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Researchers believe that the environment kids grow up in today, with too many close distance activities (like reading and device use) and lack of outdoor play is contributing to the rapid increase in childhood myopia. While glasses and contact lenses compensate for a child's blurry distance vision, they don't stop your child's vision from continuing to deteriorate. As children grow, myopia often develops as they reach school age and, untreated, progresses into the late teens.
The Danger of Myopia
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Patients with mild myopia have a four-fold increase in the risk of retinal detachment. For those with moderate to severe myopia, the risk increases ten times. One study concluded that more than 50 percent of retinal detachments not related to trauma are associated with myopia. Other myopia risks include glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration.
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~ nurturing body, spirit, and heart connections ~
Toning the OM™ is committed to nurturing body, spirit, and heart connections. We offer international experiential programs to support participants on their path towards wholeheartedness. Toning the OM™ provides an integrated approach for transformation and expansion on all levels through spirit circles, retreats, intensives, shamanic healing, and coaching sessions.
May the beat of the drum
Reconnect you with the beat of your heart
May the sound of silence
Reconnect you with inner stillness
May all who come to the circle
Become aware, awake, and alive….Meditation on Opening Our Hearts

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It's tough being a "one-man global content provider". You would have to do a lot of recycling – but don't readers deserve to know about it? And do editors know about it? And what if the "content" you're providing is years out of date or erroneous?
I've already noted numerous examples here – sometimes word for word sections, sometimes slightly altered paragraphs - that appear in two or more different Mark Steyn columns in different venues. Months after requesting a correction for an April 9, 2009 article ("We're in the fast lane to polygamy") that claimed gay marriage had led to rampant polygamy, in which Mark Steyn somehow turned this 2008 Toronto Star quote:
"In the past five years, Hindy said he has officiated or "blessed" more than 30 polygamous marriages; the most recent was two months ago."
into this:
"Last year, Aly Hindy, a Scarborough imam, told the Toronto Star that he'd performed 30 polygamous marriages just in the last few weeks".
a closer look at the rest of that article again reveals swaths of text similar to another of his publications from a few years earlier – a 2006 article in the now defunct Western Standard.
Oddly enough, Steyn begins his 2009 Maclean's column by citing a different 2004 Western Standard article from which he provides an identified quote. Unable to access that text, I can't tell if there are other sections that also appear in the Maclean's piece. But given Steyn's acknowledgement of the 2004 column, why does he choose not to cite the more substantial paragraphs from 2006, or a similar paragraph from a separate 2008 article?
Note: the following excerpts are presented in random sequence, at times with indicated ellipsis for words I omitted for purposes of comparison. No link is available for the Western Standard.
Steyn, "History swings both ways", Western Standard, Feb. 27, 2006: "In these pages in 2004, I suggested that polygamy was 'closer than you think'"
Maclean's, 2009: "What's my line on legalized polygamy? Oh, I pretty much said it all back in 2004, in a column for Ezra Levant's Western Standard. Headline: 'It's Closer Than They Think.'"
Maclean's, April 9, 2009: "A couple of years ago, Nicole Langlois of the London Free Press went to see Brokeback Mountain, the Oscar-winning gay cowboy movie, and found herself oddly distracted. 'I watched it—the lush, majestic beauty of mountains and streams; the struggle and surrender between the two men,' gushed Miss Langlois, 'and I thought of Stephen Harper.'
Each to her own. When I saw Brokeback Mountain, Stephen Harper was the last thing on my mind. At the moment of 'struggle and surrender between the two men,' I don't remember looking at Jake Gyllenhaal and thinking, 'The West wants in.' But to Miss Langlois, brooding on the Prime Minister, the scene underlined 'how truly powerless he is . . . against the rising tide of cultural acceptance for gays.'
Rising tides lift all kinds of boats…"
"History swings both ways", 2006, Western Standard: "The other day Nicole Langlois of The London Free Press went to see Brokeback Mountain, the Oscar-nominated "gay western," and found herself strangely distracted. 'I watched it--the lush, majestic beauty of mountains and streams; the struggle and surrender between the two men,' she cooed, 'and I thought of Stephen Harper.'
Well, each to her own. I saw Brokeback in Montreal and Stephen Harper was the furthest thing from my mind. At the moment of 'struggle and surrender between the two men,' I don't recall looking at Jake Gyllenhaall and thinking, 'The West wants in.' But to Ms. Langlois the scene underlined…. Stephen Harper… 'how truly powerless he is--no matter that he now holds the so-called reins of power--against the rising tide of cultural acceptance for gays.'…
…One might also note that a rising tide lifts all boats."
Maclean's, 2009: "If the sex of the participants is no longer relevant, why should the number be?"
Western Standard, 2006: "If the sex of the participants should not be relevant in our marriage laws (as Ms. Langlois believes) why should the number of participants?"
Maclean's, 2009: "...Martha Bailey advocating polygamy on economic grounds: 'Stressing 'the multicultural nature of Canadian society,' Bailey claims that Canada has an urgent practical need for more Muslim immigrants. If Canada can just 'expand the pool of applicants,' says Bailey, it just may win 'the global competition for highly skilled immigrants.'… I'm not myself persuaded that there's any correlation between polygamy and "skills…"
Western Standard, 2006: "Martha Bailey has been determined to move Canadian marriage 'beyond conjugality' …'Stressing 'the multicultural nature of Canadian society,' Bailey claims that Canada has an urgent practical need for more Muslim immigrants. If Canada can just 'expand the pool of applicants,' says Bailey, it just may win 'the global competition for highly skilled immigrants.'… do polygamy and 'high skills' correlate in any way?"
Maclean's, 2009: "…Martha Bailey's pitch for immigrants: how many highly skilled polygamists and their legions of wives have to emigrate to Canada before "'the rising tide of cultural acceptance for gays' begins to ebb?"
Western Standard, 2006: "But let's say Ms. Bailey gets her way… in attracting more skilled Muslim men and their legions of wives to Canada. What proportion of the population has to be Muslim before Nicole Langlois notices that 'the rising tide of cultural acceptance for gays' is beginning to recede?"
Maclean's, 2009: "In fairness to your big-time polygamist in Yemen or Waziristan, he has to do it on his own dime. If he wants to get the taxpayer to pick up the tab, he has to hop a flight to Toronto. East is east and west is west, and these days when the twain meet you usually get the worst of both worlds, of which government-funded polygamy would appear to be a near parodic example".
From "Lights out on Liberty", Imprimis/Investigate, August, 2008: "Kipling wrote that East is East and West is West, and ne'er the twain shall meet. But when the twain do meet, you often wind up with the worst of both worlds. Say what you like about a polygamist in Waziristan or Somalia, but he has to do it on his own dime. To collect a welfare check for each spouse, he has to move to London or Toronto. Government-subsidized polygamy is an innovation of the Western world."
Western Standard, 2006: "After all, there are potentially far more takers for polygamous marriage than there ever will be for gay marriage."
Maclean's, 2009: "There are many more takers for polygamy than there ever will be for gay marriage."
Self-plagiarism, defined in some J schools as "the submission of work by a person that is the same or substantially the same work for which he or she has already received academic or professional credit", doesn't get as much play as the non-reflexive kind, but it's not exactly
recommended, and seems to be associated with a certain dishonesty, according to some
sources. It can also end up providing out of date information that readers will be unaware of - as happened in at least one of the earlier instances where Steyn, in a recent Maclean's article on Ignatieff, reused an almost identical paragraph from an earlier publication that itself contained events recycled from 2003, presented as new evidence of creeping – well, the usual creeping stuff you find in a Mark Steyn article.


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Beverly Bell interviews Leslie Thatcher, content relations editor at Truthout, one of a number of independent, non-commercial news sites that offer an alternative to corporate-controlled media. In a world where corporations are considered persons and a few individuals are funding the lion's share of the presidential elections, independent media is critical to keeping citizens informed and motivated defenders of democracy.
Beverly Bell: Can you please start by telling us how you define alternative media?
Leslie Thatcher: I would define alternative media as media not controlled by mega-corporations or big business or very wealthy people. It is not necessarily progressive. Probably there are some AstroTurf alternative media out there, outlets that appear to be independent but are funded by the people who fund right-wing think tanks and other ideological ventures.
On the internet, you hardly need anything more than a computer to start a website. So that's probably the simplest place to do alternative media. But there've always been alternative media. I'm old enough to remember when alternative media were mimeographed pamphlets you handed out at colleges and demonstrations and things like that.
BB: And for people who care about constructing alternatives to the world we live in that's governed by money and corrupt power, how do you view media as a vehicle?
LT: We hope that by reporting what's really happening, we'll be able to change things because once people understand what's happening, they'll respond to it, rise up and do something about it.
Alternative media is hopefully not controlled by the dominant storyline in America, which I once heard someone describe as, "Everything is really okay. No matter what's happening, it's all right; just go out there and buy stuff." And that's whether it's NPR or Time Warner or Fox. Whatever they're reporting on, it seems to lull people to sleep or alarm them in ways that are not constructive. The things that they want you to respond to are putative threats, instead of what I would define as the real threats to our autonomy, our democracy, our integrity as human beings, real threats to life and love.
So I really strongly feel that I'm doing this because it gives me the opportunity every day to offer an alternative to the prevalent worldview in this country. Though sometimes I wonder whether it's really the prevalent worldview or whether it's simply the one that's dosed out to us. People in communities that are not white, that are not middle class, certainly have a different view of the world, I think, from the one that prevails in mainstream media.
BB: How do you feel that alternative media is doing in moving toward the goal you articulated?
LT: Well, of course, we'd like it to be doing better than it is, always, at any moment in time. But I translated my first Op-Ed from Le Monde for Truthout in December of 2002. At that time it was possible to read French newspapers and find not just opinions, but actual facts about what was going on in the world that were not available anywhere in the English language. Today, that is no longer the case. There is enough alternative media out there that you can find a great deal of information.
There's also success in terms of how much impact it has. I think part of that also has to do with how much people generally have come to distrust media.
BB: How do you see the battle for freedom of speech and against government surveillance and restrictions?
LT: I think we're under threat all the time. Corporate interests introduce SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] in Congress, and there's public outrage and the act doesn't pass and then there's something new, and it's just never-ending. You can't ever stop being vigilant. I think one of the great political lessons of the last almost 40 years is that you have to continually be vigilant about everything. You just have to be alert to threats to the media, to its independence, all the time. And keep informed about what legislation is relevant to us, and what the ownership and/or control structures are for the media that we rely on for information.
Also, the Israelis have a term for official government propaganda, which is hasbara, disinformation. Well, we are subject to – or subjected to, more accurately – the same thing in this country, even though that's illegal.
BB: What would you say, from where you sit at Truthout, gives you the most hope today?
LT: The very fact that we at Truthout live and die every month by the support of our readers, and that it's been forthcoming all this time, is certainly a cause of hope. It speaks to the viability of bringing people the most reliable information we can, information that addresses the questions most relevant to how we all conduct ourselves as citizens in at least a putative democracy. The other thing at Truthout that's really astounding to me is the quality and the depth of submissions that we receive from people who are not trained journalists but who are concerned citizens, educated citizens. Every day I'm blown away by the quality of citizen journalism and the commitment of people to these stories.
Outside of my job, it's Occupy – its antecedents and offshoots – that gives me the most hope. Dissent is not dead, nor is the consciousness that we need new forms of consciousness and societal organization.
BB: As one example of alternative media, how would you describe the experience of Truthout in inspiring hope? In inspiring the belief that things don't have to be the way they are?
LT: Truthout's mission statement is 'We work to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis.' I honestly feel we do a better job of that all the time. And I'd say our readers do also.
We are marinating in a society that deliberately blinds us to the real threats to a way of life that I, at least, consider very precious. And I'm not talking about consumer comforts, but the idea that we live in a democracy. Even though it's always been imperfect and it's never been for all of our citizens, at least it should be our goal as citizens to enjoy. That very possibility is threatened by the environmental situation and by the control of our society by an ignorant and selfish elite. I don't understand what planet our elite think they're going to live on after they've extracted everything of value from this one and transformed it into shit.
BB: Is there anything else that you would like to say?
LT: Whoever is reading this, I urge them to think about: What do they care about most in their life? What are their real priorities? And what are they doing to make sure that future generations will be able to enjoy those priorities?
And for people who think that they're safe: history has proven again and again that unless all of us are comfortable and safe and secure, no one really is. I really saw this when I lived in Eastern Europe briefly in 1990, right after the fall of the Berlin Wall. No one who's read any history should be under any illusions that you're safe unless your neighbors are.
Beverly Bell has worked for more than three decades as an advocate, organizer, and writer in collaboration with social movements in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the U.S. Her focus areas are just economies, democratic participation, and gender justice. Beverly currently serves as associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and coordinator of Other Worlds, and is a member of the advisory board of Truthout. She is author of Walking on Fire: Haitian Women Stories of Survival and Resistance and of the forthcoming Fault Lines: Views Across Haiti's Divide.


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Sketchpad v3.7 is here! Here's a list of new features:
- High-Res export for print! 300DPI
- Autosaving to library!
- Document resizing.
- Path smoothing on Pencil tool—no more shaky lines!
- Path tool – curved path editor.
- Polyline tool – straight line editor.
- Arrow brush with curved path (or straight path)
- More background styles! Colors, gradients and patterns, oh my.
- Outline style on Shapes, Text, and various supported Brushes.
- Angle control on Linear Gradient style.
- Color Noise on Linear & Radial Gradients
- Designed for Mobile/Desktop hybrid experience.
- Improved speed of undoing multiple actions.
- Text-box resizing without scaling by holding ShiftKey.
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The 2023 Original's on Wood Collection!
Each mini is hand painted with 100% translucent watercolors, and a one of a kind original! No two are the same or even based off the same reference photo. Giving you a collectable mini original for an affordable price.
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If you have followed this blog for a while, you know that I have promoted Joomla 2.5 and upgrading to it. The latest version of Joomla was released in January 2012. Soon after its release, it was announced that all major updates of previous versions would end in April of this year.
With millions of Joomla users need to upgrade their Joomla 1.5 installations. That's why some of the world's top Joomla companies now have taken it upon themselves to work together to provide the opportunity of a lifetime for one lucky Joomla user.
Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 9:
• Beware the Black Hat template developer
• Volunteers for Community Channels Workgroup wanted
• Joomla! 2.5 template updates Joomla
• RokSprocket & March Joomla Template Release
• The template is dead, long live the template
• Another responsive Joomla template into the mix
• Subscription plan changes for JCal Pro calendar and Agora bulletin board
• Joomla days 2012
• The JoomlaShine templates latest features and improvements
The robots.txt file is a small file located in the root folder of your Joomla site. The file contains instructions to the search engines on what to index and what to leave out.
Some people confuse the robots.txt file with the .htaccess file. The difference is significant. The first one only gives instructions to search engines - and most search engines respect it. The robots.txt file is not used for anything related to security. Nevertheless, it can have an impact on Search Engine Optimization.
The .htaccess file, on the other hand, is used to reconfigure the settings of your Apache server, redirect URLs and other server related tasks. More about that in a later post.
SEO - or Search Engine Optimization - is a complex area of web development. I've been working with SEO for a number of years, and with Joomla and SEO for almost 4 years now.
In this post, I talk about ten important factors you should consider when optimizing your site.
For me, SEO is about what you do every day. SEO is a long term strategy - not a quick fix.
If you implement these factors, you will see increased search engine traffic to your site. All without breaking your neck performing them ;)
According to Wikipedia, a content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network. A client accesses a copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to all clients accessing the same central server, so as to avoid bottleneck near that server.
Content types include web objects, download-able objects (media files, software, documents), applications, real time media streams, and other components of internet delivery (DNS, routes, and database queries).
There are currently three main CDN extensions available for Joomla, and I've just installed one on this site. I'm happy with the result - I hope you notice the difference in speed! In this post, I'll look at what CDN is, take a look at two different CDN extensions for Joomla and how to set up CDN using jomCDN from corephp.
If you have a Joomla website, you probably want it to be visible in the search engines. And particularly in Google.
There are many things you can do to get your Joomla site indexed in Google. But how do you make sure that your site is visible on the right keywords and phrases? What I mean is: How do you know that the words you use are the ones that people use when they search for your products or services?
To be successful with Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you need to optimize for the correct words and phrases.
But how do you know what people search for when looking for your products or service? You need to do some research: Keyword research.
The tool I use for keyword research is Market Samurai. It's a great piece of software and available as a free download to try it out.
Scribe is an SEO service that analyzes your content and tells you how you can make it better for search engines and get ranked higher. The service has been available for Drupal and WordPress for a while. A message about Joomla! support has been seen on the Scribe SEO site for a couple of months or so.
Today, the free Scribe SEO extension for Joomla was released.
The extension has been developed by the guys over at JoomlaShack in coorporation with Scribe SEO.
I have previously written several blog posts about Joomla and SEO.
The first one was Six steps to get your Joomla site indexed in Google. In the post, I talk about things you can do to make your Joomla site attractive in the most important search engine of them all.
A later post was the fourth in my series on Joomla meta tags which discussed how to check your Joomla meta tags in Google Webmaster Tools.
Both of the posts mention Google Webmaster Tools and how to use various functions of these useful tools.
I recently figured out, though, that many people have trouble understanding how to verify their Joomla website in Google Webmaster Tools.
By verifying your site with Google. you tell them that you are the owner of the website and that they may show details about the site to you. Without verifying your site you won't get access to a lot of the more advanced functions of Google Webmaster Tools.
Read on to get the full instructions on how to verify your Joomla site in Google Webmaster Tools.
As you might know, one of my favorite software packages (besides Joomla, of course), is Market Samurai.
I use Market Samurai daily to do keyword research, find information on SEO competition and track rankings in the search engines. To mention some of the benefits of Market Samurai.
Now, the guys behind Market Samurai have developed and launched a new product. This time it's a tool for finding the best domain to use for your website. And the best thing: It's completely free!
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TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (American Heart Association News) --The first thing to know about the possible links between COVID-19 and stroke is simple, say doctors: We just don't know.
"We have very serious worries that there's a connection," said Dr. Patrick D. Lyden, professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. "But I want to make it crystal clear that if we stay focused on evidence and data – which we really need to do more of at this moment – we don't know anything with probability."
Lyden, who wrote American Heart Association guidance for stroke centers about how to handle the coronavirus for its journal Stroke, said doctors anecdotally were reporting "a surprising number of very severe strokes at this time" in COVID-19 patients.
But the reason isn't clear. Many of those patients already had conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes that made them stroke candidates. "So, the question is," he said, "is the virus somehow triggering a stroke in these folks who have the usual suspect risk factors?"
A second related worry, he said, is whether COVID-19 might be causing increased blood clotting, which could cause a stroke.
There have been reports of such strokes striking relatively young COVID-19 patients. The Washington Post highlighted such concerns, quoting doctors from several medical centers and a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
"I've seen that with my own eyes – otherwise healthy young people with COVID infection and a stroke," Lyden said. But he's not ready to declare a link. "I guess the right way to put it is, we've got our antenna up. We're looking and searching. There seem to be observations here that should worry a lot of us, but I'm not ready to say we know what we're talking about."
Dr. Thanh Nguyen, director of neuroendovascular service at Boston Medical Center and a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at Boston University School of Medicine, agreed that until evidence is stronger, it's too early to link COVID-19 to stroke.
Nguyen, lead author of guidance on interventional stroke treatment from the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology published in Stroke, said she had read the reports about stroke in young people. But she said the COVID-19 patients she'd seen with stroke had the usual vascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes and the type of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.
So, she believes "the jury is still out" on whether COVID-19 is causing stroke in younger patients or excessive clotting.
Excess clotting could be a result of inflammation caused by the virus, Nguyen said. It also could develop just from being bedbound and immobile. And if COVID-19 were causing such clotting, she'd expect to see more reports of problems related to it. To the contrary, she's "really seeing a drastic decrease" citywide in patients with minor strokes and the mini-strokes known as transient ischemic attacks. Though, that could be related to people avoiding the emergency room out of fear of catching the coronavirus.
Lyden agreed any connection between COVID-19 and stroke might prove to be multi-layered. For example, COVID-19 patients can develop a problem called acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. That alone can put someone at risk for developing blood clots.
Lyden is paying attention to other ways COVID-19 might affect brain health.
"Some of the observations made in China is that the virus may attack the brain directly," he said. When COVID-19 patients appear confused or fall into a coma, doctors have assumed low blood oxygen is to blame. But he's wondering whether COVID-19 might prove to cause encephalitis, similar to West Nile virus. "I'm personally very attuned to this one and asking every neurologist I know to keep an eye out."
Both doctors said anyone with stroke symptoms, such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech difficulty, should call 911. And both emphasized the need for stroke survivors to stick with their medications and to be extra cautious about protecting themselves.
"If you have had a stroke, by definition, regardless of your age, you are in the high-risk group," Lyden said. "And should you become infected with the virus, you're at higher risk of a bad outcome. So, stroke survivors absolutely need to follow social distancing and hygiene to the letter and then beyond."
And, he urged, they need to avoid treatments that have not been recommended by doctors.
Nguyen also said it's important for friends and family members to stay in regular contact with at-risk people who are isolated.
Lyden said the race to understand the links between the new disease and the old nemesis of stroke is just getting started – and the finish line is nowhere in sight.
"I think all we've done so far is understood that there is a racetrack," he said. "I don't think we even knew we were at the starting line four weeks ago. So, we're not off the blocks yet."


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The kitchen is the heart of a home. So, if your kitchen is a cluttered, disorganized, disheveled mess, what does that say about the health of the rest of your abode?
Whether you live in a New York City apartment with a postage stamp-sized kitchen or a mansion in Beverly Hills with a kitchen so massive it has its own zip code (or anywhere in between), there are organizational tools that can make the room work and look better than ever.
This collection of potentially life-changing products could be the solution to getting your kitchen organized once and for all.
Container Lid Organizer
One of the most difficult items to store neatly is the conglomeration of food container lids that every kitchen seems to have. This product has three divided compartments, making it simple to store lids in a range of sizes in an orderly fashion. You can nab two for about $20 at Amazon, where buyers have given it an average rating of 4.5 stars.
Water Bottle Holder
Reusable water bottles are good for your family as well as the environment, but they can be a chore to store. This product could be the answer. Space saving, stackable water bottle holders organize reusable containers vertically. You can also use them for bottled beverages such as sodas and sports drinks. A pack of two costs less than $23 and this product has been given the "Amazon's Choice" seal of approval as well as near-perfect grades from buyers.
Pan and Pot Lid Organizer
Stacking skillets or piling pot lids makes it challenging to find what you need when it's time to cook. This organizer holds up to five pans or pot lids. You can use it vertically or horizontally, as well. Get it on Amazon for around $15, where it holds a 4.5-star average rating from buyers.
Pullout Waste Containers
Trash cans and recycle bins can be unsightly and unpleasant. This storage item turns an ordinary cupboard into a place to stash two containers. Simply roll them out when you need them. For about $60, you get two bins and all the hardware required. This one has been a huge hit with Amazon users, who've given it an average score of 4.8 stars!
Cabinet Organizer Drawer
Retrieving items from low, out of the way cabinets can be a struggle. This steel wire drawer is available in a variety of sizes to fit nearly any cupboard and hold all those random items that seem to not belong anywhere. The drawers start at less than $25 each on Amazon, where thousands of buyers have given it an average grade of 4.6 stars.
Spice Drawer Liner
Spice racks require valuable counter or wall space, but spice jars can get lost on pantry shelves. This product enables you to store seasonings neatly in a drawer, without them rolling all over the place. Cut lengths of the 10-foot roll of liner to size to create a custom spice drawer. This is about $15 on Amazon and it holds the "Amazon's Choice" distinction, thanks to high reviews.
Under-Sink Shelf
Much of the space beneath your kitchen sink might go to waste because of pipes, hoses or a garbage disposal in the way. This handy organizer works around those items, letting you stash cleaning supplies and more. The two-tier shelf is available for less than $25 and boasts an average review of 4.5 stars at Amazon.
In-Drawer Knife Block
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It was with a lot of surprise that I reacted when I learnt from a friend, that there's one brand of Oats available in India that has customised the oats to substitute various Indian staples. So when Bagrry's India contacted me to try out some of their products, I agreed pronto. They have Oat substitutes for Atta, poha, sooji, and rice among other things like regular oats. AFAIK there's no other Oats brand that provides "customised for India" variants. I have tried some of their products and quite liked them.
I am sharing a recipe that I tried some time back. I made the Oats Poha using the "Oats for Poha" variant of Bagrry's
Oats Poha with bagrry's "oats for poha"
Portion size : 2
Serves : 1
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Preparation time : 10 minutes
Utensils/Equipment – 1 large pot or saucepan for boiling peas & beans, 1 pan for making poha, knife for chopping, colander to drain veggies and Poha, 1 cutting board, 1 bowl to soak oats, 1 pan for roasting peanuts
Bagrry's Oats for Poha – ½ cup
Plain poha – ½ cup
Onion – 1, finely chopped
Peas – ¼ cup
French beans – ¼ cup diced
Peanuts – ¼ cup
Dry Red chillies – 2-3
Curry leaves (green) – few
Mustard seeds/Rye – few
Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Turmeric – a pinch
Chilli powder – to taste
Coriander powder – ¼ tsp
1. Soak Bagrry's Oats for Poha in a bowl. The original recipe says 3-4 minutes, but I soaked them for 10 minutes. Drain water and keep aside
2. Wash normal poha, drain it and keep aside
3. In a pan add oil and heat it on a high flame for 2 minutes. Now add mustard seeds, dry red chillis, curry leaves. Let the mustard splutter a little bit.
4. Add onions and saute. Meanwhile boil peas and french beans till they are somewhat cooked but not fully cooked
5. After a while, drain the peas and french beans and add to the pan. Stir continuously. Simmer down the flame and cover with a lid till the vegetables are cooked.
6. Now add Oats for Poha and all the spices. Mix well.
7. Now add plain poha and mix well so that all the spices evenly coat the poha
8. Cook on medium flame for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile roast the peanuts on a tawa for 4-5 minutes and then let them cool.
9. Once cooked, add the lemon juice to the poha, sprinkle some peanuts and serve
Here's the recipe in recipe card format.
I must say it was quite tasty unlike what I really expected. It was very filling as well. I felt less guilty because of replacing at least some part of my white grain consumption with oats. 🙂 Go ahead and try the recipe and let me know how yours turned out!


text: Houman Pourmehdi Faculty, School of Music World Music Performance: Persian Music, World Percussion Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 661-253-7816 Fax: 661-255-0938 Website: http://www.lianrecords.com/pgs/houmanp.html Room: B322 Houman Pourmehdi is a master percussionist, well known for his diverse abilities as a musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, performing and recording in numerous ensembles and at a variety of venues. He was introduced to Persian music by his father, and received his first Tonbak at the age of three from his grandfather. He was privileged to study Tonbak under guidance of the late Grand Master Amir Nasser Eftetah. At sixteen he continued his studies at the Center for Preservation and Propagation of National Music, where he completed the techniques of playing Tonbak under supervision of Master Morteza Ayan. His interest in the spiritual path of Sufis introduced him to the Ghaderi Sufi order's virtuoso Daf players, such as Haj Agha Sadeghi, Mirza Agha Ghosi, and Darvish Karim, with whom he studied the heart-to-heart traditional techniques of playing Daf. Pourmehdi moved to Chicago in 1988, where he founded the Society for the Advancement and Preservation of Traditional Persian Music. It was here that he first fathomed the exciting possibilities of introducing the unique sounds of Persian instruments to American audiences. He also preserved the ancient Persian Percussive instrument called Kurekeh. The Society also facilitated his meeting the eminent Mohammad Ali Kianey-Nejad, who taught him the Ney (Persian Reed Pipe). Pourmehdi designed the tuneable Dayereh which is part of the cooperman's Artist Innovation Series of instruments. Houman is both a recording artist and concert musician. He has appeared at many radio and TV interviews with live performance. He has performed widely throughout Europe, North America and North Africa. Pourmehdi composed music for a short educational film in 1999. His knowledge of traditional repertoire and intimacy with Sufi world are made to serve a very personal style of interpretation in his compositions. Along with several colleagues he founded The Lian Ensemble. The Hidden Sacred with Dark Wing (2005) The Hidden Sacred with Dark Wing (2005) Khak-e-Heyran (with Lian Ensemble, 2004) THREE (with Hands on'semble, 2004) Lulka (with Miroslav Tadic and Vanja Lazarova, 2003) Light and Fire (with Lian Ensemble, 2003) The Call of Love (with Master Rajeeve Taranath, 2001) Maiden's Prayer (with Lisa Lynne, 2001) The Echoes Living Room Concerts volume 8 (2001; dedicated to the memory of George Harrison 1943-2001) Dar Shekarestan Live (recording with Lian Ensemble, 2000) Syncopation (with Master John Bergamo, 2000) Banquet in the Tavern of Ruin (with Lian Ensemble, 1999) The Name of The Beloved (with Lian Ensemble, 1999) Quest (1997) Sufi Music of Iran (May-e-Berange) recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London (1996) The Art of Improvisation in Chahargah with Master Mohammad Reza Lotfi (1991)


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No. 11012/8/2011-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
January 6, 2014
Subject: – Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 – Advice of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to be communicated to the delinquent Government servant along with the final order of penalty- Amendment – regarding
The undersigned is directed to refer to the provisions of the Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and to say that the nature of consultation with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the manner of communication of the advice of the UPSC to the delinquent Government servant have been subject matter of litigation in some cases in CAT/High Courts etc. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the T. V. Patel case, delivered on 19.04.2007, held that the Disciplinary Authority is not required to furnish a copy of the advice tendered by the Union Public Service Commission to the Charged Officer before the final order of penalty is passed. Accordingly, vide Office Memorandum No. 11012/10/2007- Estt.(A) dated 07.01.2008, the Ministries/ Departments/ Offices were requested to comply with the existing provisions of CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 and bring the contents of the O.M. to the notice of all concerned for adopting a uniform stand.
2. Now, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment on 16.03.2011, while dismissing the Civil Appeal No. 5341 of 2006 in the matter of Union of India & Ors. vs S. K. Kapoor, has held that it is a settled principle of natural justice that if any material is to be relied upon in departmental proceedings, a copy of the same must be supplied in advance to the charge sheeted employee so that he may have a chance to rebut the same. The Hon'ble Court also observed that there may be a case where the report of the Union Public Service Commission is not relied upon by the disciplinary authority and in that case it is certainly not necessary to supply a copy of the same to the concerned employee. However, if it is relied upon, then a copy of the same must be supplied in advance to the concerned employee, otherwise, there will be violation of the principles of natural justice.
3. The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Legal Affairs and it has been decided that in compliance of the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.K. Kapoor case, a copy of the advice of UPSC, in all cases where the Commission is consulted, may be provided to the Charged Officer, not withstanding the provisions of Rule 17 and Rule 32 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 before a final decision is taken by the Disciplinary Authority (DA).
4.Accordingly. it has been decided that in all disciplinary cases where the Commission is to be consulted, the following procedure may be adopted:
(i) On receipt of the Inquiry Report, the DA may examine the same and forward it to the Commission with his observations;
(ii) On receipt of the Commission's report, the DA will examine the same and forward the same to the Charged Officer along with the Inquiry Report and his tentative reasons for disagreement with the Inquiry Report and/or the advice of the UPSC;
(iii) The Charged Officer shall be required to submit, if he so desires, his written representation or submission to the Disciplinary Authority within fifteen days, irrespective of whether the Inquiry report/advice of UPSC is in his favour or not.
(iv) The Disciplinary Authority shall consider the representation of the Charged Officer and take further action as prescribed in sub-rules 2(A) to (4) of Rule 15 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.
5.A flow chart indicating the present and revised procedure is annexed for ready reference.
6. All Ministries/ Departments/Offices are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all Disciplinary Authorities under their control. All cases, where final orders have not been issued may be processed as per these guidelines.
7. Formal amendment to CCS (CCA) Rules will follow.
8.Hindi version will follow.
Director (E)
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Le "HUB" du stockage de l'Energie à Amiens
July 3-5, 2024 : The 20-years Anniversary of the MESC+ ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course gathers >180 people in Amiens. Great Celebaration with bright ALumnis from all over the world.
June 4-6, 2024 : The ALISTORE ERI European Research Network celebtrates its 20th Anniversary in Chalmers University, Sweden.
February 13, 2024: Dhanush SHANBHAG is now a Doctor of Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FRANCE, after his superb work on Argyrodite-type ionic conductors for All Solid State Batteries. Very fruitful collaboration with V. VIALLET from LRCS Amiens and UMICORE, Belgium. Four Patents are filled.
January 16, 2024: Yearly Review Meeting in Paris of the "PEPR Batteries" project, a 50 MEuros French initiative on disruptive Battery Technologies and Chemistries, coordinated by CNRS (Patrice SIMON & Mathieu MORCRETTE) and CEA (Hélène BURLET).
December 14 & 15, 2023: The traditional "Journées Scientifiques" of the LRCS, with 47 talks given by PhD candidates and Post-Docs. Lots of exciting science + a superb and friendly lunch with local dishes from 22 nationalities !!!!
December 6 & 7, 2023: 37th Bi-Annual Meeting of the ALISTORE European Network. Superb organization by Sergio BRUTTI and his team in Universita Roma La Sapienza.
December 4, 2023: Eunike MAHAYONI is now a Doctor of Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FRANCE, after her superb work on NZSP Nasicons solid electrolytes, in the frame of the Na-Master ANR Project. Fruitful collaboration with P. CANEPA and S. ADAMS from NUS Singapore, O. GUILLON and Q. MA from Jülich, V. SEZNEC and J.N. CHOTARD from LRCS Amiens.
November 1, 2023: Gave a talk at the 14th ABAA Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM. On NASICON Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries. Solid Electrolytes. Big Crowd. Superb organisation by Khalil AMINE and his team
October 18, 2023: Paper on ZrO2-free NASICON solid electrolytes, published in J. Mater. Chem. A. with Eunike MAHAYONI as second author. Collaborative work with P. CANEPA and his team from NUS SIngapore.
October 17, 2023: Briseis MERCADIER is now a Doctor of Sorbonne Université, after her superb work on BaSnF4-type solid electrolytes. Collaboration with D. DAMBOURNET from PHENIX Lab. in Paris, B. MORGAN from Univ. of Bath in UK, ICMCB Bordeaux.
October 16, 2023: Paper on BaSnF4 lone pair published in JACS with Briseis MERCADIER as first author!!
October 12, 2023: Online Talk at the Solid State Chemistry Division of the Société Chimique de France.
October 5-6, 2023: attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in University of Caen @CRISMAT Laboratory.
May 17, 2023: Kick Off of the LIMASSE Project on Solid State Batteries, a "target" action of the PEPR on Batteries.
May 10, 2023: Paper on Na3V2(PO4)2(F,O)3 with Chloé PABLOS as first author, accepted in Chem. Mater.
March 21, 2023: Attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in Bordeaux, @ICMCB Institute.
March 21, 2023: Paper on the sodium-rich NASICON cathode Na4MnV(PO4)3, by the great Sunkyu PARK, accepted for publication in Chem. Mater.,
March 15-17 2023: Selection of Class#19 of MESC+ Master Course, in WUT
Warsaw, among
> 400 applicants
March 6-9 2023: Gave a talk at the IBA Conference in Austin, USA, on Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes. Superb organisation by Manthiram and his team.
January 11-13, 2023: Kickoff Meeting for Cohort#2 of DESTINY Marie Curie PhD program. In beautiful Bohinj, SLOVENIA.
October 13, 2022: Attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in Montpellier @ICG Institute
October 5, 2022: Gave a talk at IBA Conference in Slovenia on Na3PS4 Solid Electrolyte
September 26, 2022: Gave a talk at Na-Ion Symposium in Berlin, on NASICON electrodes
September 19, 2022 : Giving a talk on NASICON electrodes at the E-MRS Meeting in Warsaw
July 12 2022 : Sunkyu PARK is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on NASICON electrodes for Na Batteries, funded by TIAMAT and ANRT, in strong collaboration with ICMCB Bordeaux and NUS Singapore. Thank you SUNKYU !!
December 29, 2021 : Paper on the structure of Na2V2(PO4)3, solved by Sunkyu PARK, published in Chem. Mater.
December 17, 2021 : Cédric BARCHA is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on interface stabilities in solid state batteries, in collaboration with RENAULT through a CIFRE funding. Thank you CEDRIC !!
December 14, 2021 : Kickoff of the DESTINY PhD Cofund Marie Curie Project (50 PhDs....) in Amiens as a joint event with the ALISTORE bi-annual Meeting
December 2, 2021 : Na2V2(PO4)3 spotted by Ziliang WANG and P. CANEPA'S team (NUS Singapore) through computational methods, published in J. Mater. Chem. A
June 19, 2021 : One more great paper from Theodosios FAMPRIKIS on Na3PS4, accepted in Chem. Mater.
June 15, 2021 : First paper from Sunkyu PARK on his PhD work, on NaxFeV(PO4)3, accepted in Chem. Mater.
March 29 & 30, 2021: Oral interviews for the Marie Curie PhD CO-FUND project DESTINY. 29 topics on "batteries" in Europe.
November 10, 2020: Theodosios FAMPRIKIS is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on solid electrolytes, in particular Na3PS4, in collaboration with Prof. S. ISLAM @ Univ. Bath, through an ALISTORE funding. Thanks you THEO !!
September 24, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A on Na7V3(P2O7)4, with Vadim KOVRUGIN as main author.
September 14, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Amer. Chem. Soc. on Na3PS4 and pressure effects on solid electrolytes, with Theodiosios FAMPRIKIS as main author.
August 30, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources, a review on Na-Batteries, with Montse CASAS-CABANAS as leader of a great team of contributors.
July 13, 2020 : 30 PhD topics received for the first Pre-Call of the MSCA PhD Cofund project DESTINY. An exciting adventure begins.
June 8, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources on Na-containing Antiperovskites, with Ernest AHIAVI and Theo FAMPRIKIS as main contributors.
May 29, 2020 : Omer Ulas KUDU is now a "Docteur de L'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on solid electrolytes within the Li2S-P2S5 system, in collaboration with SOLVAY. Thank you ULAS !!
April 1, 2020 : Official start of our Bilateral ANR-NSG, i.e. France-Singapore, project on Na-containing solid electrolytes, with Pieremanuele CANEPA, Stefan ADAMS and Tony CHEETHAM as collaborators from NUS, Jean-Noël CHOTARD, Vincent SEZNEC and Christine FRAYRET as co-workers from LRCS.
February 3, 2020 : The EU informs me that they accepted our 8 Million Euros Marie Curie COFUND project, DESTINY. 50 PhD projects to be granted to talented students witin the frames of the ALISTORE Network and the BATTERY 2030+ Initiative.
February 6 & 7, 2020 : The National Committee on Materials Science (CNU, Section 33) gathers in Montpellier to examine the files of candidates for "Qualifications" for Assistant-Professor and Full Professor positions in France.
January 8, 2020 : Congrats to Theodosios FAMPRIKIS, recipient of the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award from ICDD.
December 12, 2019 : Long NGUYEN defended his PhD Thesis in Université de Bordeaux, FRANCE. Wonderful work. He will join Prof. Shirley MENG's group in UCSD, as a PDRA, starting March 2010.
December 10-11, 2019 : The 27th ALISTORE ERI Meeting was held in Barcelona, hosted by M.R. PALACIN. A special tribute to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given by Mike THACKERAY.
November 21, 2019 : Mathieu MORCRETTE, the head of LRCS, receives the "Médaille de Cristal" of the CNRS, a prestigious recognition for his achievements in Amiens
October 30, 2019 : The Crystal structure of a new polymorph of Na3PS4, discovered by Theo FAMPRIKIS, is published in ACS Materials Letters.
October 15-17, 2019 : Around 120 people gather in Amiens for the RS2E Meeting. Lots of excellent science on many fronts of advanced battery and supercapacitor research.
Sept. 26, 2019 : Submission of the DESTINY project under the Marie Curie COFUND Scheme : 40 partners from 12 countries, 50 PhD thesis to be funded.... Results in February 2020 !!
June 19-20, 2019 : 28th Meeting of the ALISTORE-ERI in Vitoria (SPAIN) in the premises of our Partner CIC-Energigune
March 25-27, 2019 : Meeting of the MESC+ Consortium in Toulouse, FRANCE, to select 20 students for EMJMD Scholarships, among many applicants (>250).
March 19-20, 2019 : Bi-annual Meeting of the RS2E Network, Lille, FRANCE.
March 4-8, 2019 : IBA International Meeting in UCSD, La Jolla, USA. Organized by Prof. Shirley MENG
October 17-18, 2018 : RS2E bi-annual Meeting (120 participants) in ICG Montpellier
October 1st, 2018 : Ulas KUDU's review paper on Li2S-P2S5 Solid Electrolytes accepted in J. Power Sources
September 27th, 2018 : Big proposal submitted for the Marie Curie COFUND action; DESTINY gathers 40 european partners for 53 PhD thesis proposed.
July 26th, 2018 : Fan CHEN's first paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on Na4MnV(PO4)3
July 24th, 2018 : Thibaut BROUX's paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on high rate Na3V2(PO4)2F3
June 26th, 2018 : MESC+ is granted as an EMJMD ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course for 5 more years, with partners in Spain, Slovenia, Poland, France, USA and Australia
April 25th, 2018: Attending the 34th PSI Electrochemical Symposium in Villigen, SWITZERLAND. Talk on operando investigations of Li and Na battery materials.
April 24th 2018: Mattéo BIANCHINI's paper accepted in J. Mater Chem. A. on Na+ - Ag+ ion exchange in Na3V2(PO4)2F3
Jan. 19th, 2018: Simon MALIFARGE defends his PhD Thesis in UPJV Amiens
Dec. 12th, 2017: ALISTORE Meeting in Amiens, FRANCE. New Direction elected with P. JOHANSSON, R. DOMINKO and myself as Directors. Thanks A LOT to R. PALACIN and P. SIMON for their leadership during the previous term.
Dec. 11th, 2017: Thibault BROUX's paper accepted in Chem. Mater. on transpot properties of Na3V2(PO4)2F3
Nov. 29th, 2017: Attending the 4th International Na-ion Battery Conference in Tokyo, JAPAN.
Nov. 24th, 2017: Edouard BOIVIN defends hs PhD thesis in UPJV Amiens
Sept. 28th, 2017: Application for a COFUND Programme (Marie Curie Action)
May 30th, 2017: Attending the 8th ICE Conference in Nagoya, JAPAN
February 15th, 2017: New Application of MESC Consortium for ERASMUS + EMJMD.
February 5th, 2017: the LRCS moves to its new building, the HUB of the RS2E French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage.
February 5th, 2017: Paper #2 of Thibault BROUX, on VIV disproportionation in NVPF upon charge, accepted in ACS J. Phys. Chem. C
February 1st, 2017: Paper #2 of Yue DENG, on mixed anion effect in solid electrolytes, accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
October 24th, 2016 : Paper #2 of Edouard BOIVIN, on LiVPO4(F,O) accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
October 6th, 2016 : Paper #1 of Thibault BROUX on Na3V2(PO4)2F3 accepted in Chem. Mater.
October 5th, 2016 : The Nobel Prize for Chesmistry is attributed to Jean-Pierre SAUVAGE from Strasbourg.
June 28-29, 2016 : ERAMUS + Meeting in Brussels on "Mastering Joint Excellence under ERASMUS MUNDUS"
June 14-18, 2016 : IMLB 2016 in Chicago, 1800 attendees......
April 12-15, 2016 : Proposals Subcommittees and Scientific Council at ILL, Grenoble, FRANCE
March. 22, 2016 : Talk at IBA Conference, Nantes, France
Feb. 18, 2016 : Application of M.E.S.C. for ERASMUS + re-accreditation ......
Dec. 5, 2015 : Interview of Mathieu MORCRETTE, Director of LRCS, in "Agir en Picardie".
Nov. 23-25, 2015 :CNRS-sponsored ANF Chimie du Solide, organized in Caen, France.
Nov. 9, 2015 : PhD Defense of Fabien LALERE in UPJV Amiens
Oct. 23, 2015 : PhD Defense of Matteo BIANCHINI in UPJV Amiens
Sept. 15, 2015 : Graduation Ceremony in Amiens of Class#10 of M.E.S.C. Master Course.
Sept. 2, 2015 : invited Talk at European Conference on Neutron Scattering, Zaragoza, Spain
August 7, 2015 : New Crystal Structure of Na3V2(PO4)3 published in Chem. Mater.
July 1, 2015 : Yue DENG's first paper on Li4SiO4-Li3PO4 is published in JACS.
July 1, 2015 : Invited talk at ICMAT Singapore on highly defective LiFePO4 powders.
June 16, 2015 : Fabien LALERE gives a talk in SSI Conference, Keyston, USA
June 4, 2015 : Matteo BIANCHINI is the ECS Battery Student Award winner for 2015
June 1, 2015 : Robin AMISSE's paper on highly defective LiFePO4 accepted in Chemistry of Materials
Nov 24, 2014 : the www site
http://www.docteurs-chimie.fr/ is launched. There is in particular a very convenient Job section.
July 23, 2014 : Visit the www site of Nature related to CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, MILESTONES
July 11, 2014 : HDR Defense of Joël GAUBICHER, IMN Nantes, France
June 15-18 : EPDIC Conference in Aarhus, Denmark.
June 7-12, 2014 : IMLB conference, Como, Italy
May 6, 2014 : Comité de Sélection, Poste 33MCF0269, Amiens
April 16th, 2014 : Conseil Académique à l'UPJV Amiens.
April 2-4, 2014 : Power our Future at CIC Energigune, SPAIN
March 18 & 19, 2014 : ILL Subcommittees for experiments, Grenoble, FRANCE
March 3-7, 2014 : IBA Meeting in Brisbane, Australia
Feb. 24-25, 2014 : Meeting of the French RS2E in Lyon, FRANCE.
Feb. 11-13, 2014 : Meeting of the MESC Consortium in Marseille for the Selection of CLass#11 (2014-2016)
February 7, 2014 : All Solid State Battery Meeting of the RS2E.
February 7, 2014 : Na-ion Group Meeting of the RS2E
January 24, 2014 : Li-Ion Group Meeting of the RS2E in Collège de France, Paris
January 23, 2014 : Prof. J.M. TARASCON gives his Inaugural Lecture at College de France, Paris


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Diamond Lake has been on my list of must-do hikes for a long time. The problem is that you - we - need to get to the trailhead rather early, not just to get a parking spot but also to ensure that you are back before the afternoon thundershow. Diamond Lake is not an easy hike but we've graduated to moderate and slightly strenuous hikes with Medha (and me, but don't tell her) that it should not be a problem anymore. But the rise-and-shine early thing presents several issues on weekends; on weekdays, too. But it's summer and we are allowed these small luxuries of life even though I always feel like we're sleeping our lives away. Yet it seems to be firmly ensconced in my genes and poor Medha has it socked from both sets of genes she inherited.
So Diamond Lake, it was not. Instead we thought we'd do an easy hike to Lake Isabelle (10,870ft), 2 miles one way. Except, we didn't get parking at the Long Lake trailhead - no prizes for guessing why. We had to park near the Niwot Cutoff Trailhead (10,300ft) in the Brainard Recreation Area, making the hike a 3-mile one way trip. Someone was not very happy: "this is like doing BolderBoulder at almost 11,000ft, Mumma!" but she was glad she came along because Lake Isabelle is so worth it! The lake is nestled in a valley, almost at treeline. It's an incredible kind of high.
The lesser traversed Jean Lunning trail winds through meadows that are currently beaming and bursting with wildflowers. That equates to crack for me, for I saw wildflowers that I had only seen in books and on Jen's photoblog before.
Friday had seen us at the Temple of Jen, where we had gorged ourselves on 'grazings' that left me so satiated that I could barely walk to the car, and very grateful that Kitt would drive us down the canyon and back home.
Meals at Jen are always a work of art and I hate to add my splotch to an elaborate design but, since we were 'grazing' and I know Jen prefers savory to sweet, I thought I'd add my touch of Indian to the snacks that she was going to lay out for us. I took chivda. Little did I know that grazings would be more than an entire meal, followed by three courses of dessert, punctuated by fruity piña colada and refreshing mojitos with floral minty tones. Kitt brought the mojitos and unfortunately, I did not get to taste the white wine Sangria that Dana brought with her.
Chivda is a tea-time (or any-time) snack. There is fried chivda, spicy chivda, chivda that is more sweet than savory. Chivda is made with poha, or there is potato chivda, cornflakes chivda, rice crispies chivda and so on.
Chivda, chevro, chevda; Indians have a lot of names for it. Kitt gave it a new name: crack.
- 1lb poha or thin flattened rice
- 1/4 cup ghee
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp asafetida
- 15-20 fresh kadipatta or curry leaves
- 15 Thai chillies, sliced fine
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 3/4 cup raw peanuts
- 1/2 cup cashew halves (optional)
- 1/2 cup split dalia
- 4 dried red chillies, broken into 2-3 pieces each (optional)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder (optional)
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- pinch citric acid crystals (optional)
- In a large pot or saucepan, add a tsp of vegetable oil and heat. Add 3-4 cups of thin poha at a time and roast on medium flame for 4-5 minutes until the flakes of poha are crisp. You can skip the oil, if you wish.
- Spread on a large cookie sheet and repeat until all of the poha is crisp.
- Wash, dry and slice the green chillies.
- Wash and dry the kadipatta, too.
- Wipe the pot clean and heat 1/4 cup ghee and 1/4 cup vegetable oil.
- Add mustard seeds and when they start crackling and bouncing about, add asafetida.
- Have a splatter guard or lid ready because if you didn't need it before this, you will certainly need it now.
- Add the green chillies and kadipatta and quickly cover the pot else you will have droplets of oil everywhere.
- Open the lid to give you enough space to stir the oil mixture. Or hold the pot and swoosh it about every so often. The goal is to have crisp kadipatta and green chillies but you don't want to burn them either.
- After a minute or so, add sesame seeds. Be a little careful at this stage as they tend to pop right out and into your face when they get hot.
- Add peanuts, cashews and dalia.
- Add cumin seeds and dried red chillies and stir some more.
- Add turmeric powder last as this tends to burn and leave an undesirable flavor if added earlier.
- Turn off the heat and add salt, sugar and citric acid. Mix well.
- Add 3-4 cups of crispy poha at a time to this oily mixture of spices and nuts and toss together each time. The oil should coat the crispy poha in a tight embrace.
- Taste for spice level and if you need to up the heat, add red chilli powder now and toss to mix well.
- If you feel that it is not salty enough, hold that thought for at least another half a day.
- You can skip the ghee and make this with 1/2 cup vegetable oil. Using ghee adds a level of homemade flavor not found in store-bought chivda.
- If you are lucky enough to have pure or near-pure asafetida, you won't need more than a pinch.
- I like the flavor of green chillies in this chivda and prefer not to add dried red chillies or red chilli powder. If you are like me, make sure you have a lot of green chillies on hand. I ran out of green chillies the second time I made it and they were not spicy enough either, so I had to add dried red chillies, and that was not enough either, so I had to add red chilli powder. It was Kashmiri red chilli powder so I didn't mind.
- Do not even think of attempting to make this if you don't have fresh kadipatta or fresh green chillies. Go buy yourself a packet of chivda from the nearest Indian store instead.
- This chivda is often called kaccha chivda or uncooked chivda as the poha is not deep fried.
- A core ingredient that I left out is thin slivers of dried coconut. About 1/4 cup. The dried coconut I had at home was a little too old and the bag of slivered dried coconut at my Indian grocer's was a little too big. Dried coconut does not score very high with the rest of my family so no-one missed it.
- There are many variations of this chivda. A friend of mine fries onions till they are a crispy brown and adds it to the chivda.
- Another friend makes thin garlic chips and adds those.
- This recipe uses some garam masala made just ahead of time.
- Find the recipe that appeals to you most or try all these variations. But do try this chivda at least once and like Kitt, you might get high on a healthy kind of crack.
Now, my patio beckons, so I will be off. Hope you had as interesting and as fulfilling weekend as I did. But before I go, let me share some of the madness that my family indulges in every time they are near a body of water.


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The Kingdom
Film Review by Kam Williams
Headline: FBI Secretly Tries to Crack Saudi Terror Cell in International Potboiler
After the bombing of an American compound in Saudi Arabia leaves over a hundred innocent civilians dead, the United States is determined to find the radical Muslims responsible. However, since the Saudis are supposedly allies, a diplomatic solution is in order as opposed to a military intervention.
But with signs that the negotiations are bogging down among the bureaucrats, the FBI opts to intervene via a top secret operation headed by Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) who has a special interest in the assignment. For, among those who perished in the attack was his best friend and colleague, Agent Francis Manner (Kyle Chandler).
With word that he'll have only five days to infiltrate and bring down the terrorist cell, Fleury quickly assembles an elite team of intrepid agency renegades, each with a different skill needed for this dangerous mission to the Middle East. The crew of commandos is comprised of intelligence analyst Adam Leavitt (Justin Bateman), demolitions expert Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper) and forensic examiner Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner).
Upon their arrival in Riyadh, Fleury and company are debriefed by the Saudi in charge, Colonel Faris Al-Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), who soon vents his frustration with the royal family for discouraging him from mounting a legitimate investigation thusfar. Furthermore, it becomes apparent that even the U.S. envoy Damon Schmidt (Jeremy Piven) would prefer to stage a phony raid for a P.R. photo op than to risk destabilizing the region with an actual assault on the jihadist stronghold.
Fortunately, Faris is an honorable soul who cares more about fundamental notions of justice than on a reflexive loyalty based on religion. Thus, he's willing to incur the ire of his superiors to help the fearless FBI foursome negotiate its way around a maze of obstacles ranging from unreliable informants to political adversaries to the city's terrain to the searing heat.
Directed by Peter Berg, The Kingdom is a combination flick, part psychological thriller, part pyrotechnic spectacular, which works somehow despite considerable conceptual flaws. The first three-quarters of the movie unfolds like a cat-and-mouse caper, even though it's riddled with preposterous inaccuracies such as the sight of Janet walking around Saudi Arabia unnoticed in Western clothes, when women over there are required by law to be covered from head to toe in basic black, 24/7.
So long as one is willing to suspend disbelief in favor of a patriotic escape, the film furnishes a satisfying chase worth watching which inexorably builds to a spectacular showdown reminiscent of Black Hawk Down, except the cowboys wearing the white hats win.
Sweet revenge in the desert.
Very Good (2.5 stars)
Rated R for profanity and graphic violence.
Running time: 110 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures


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December 25, 2010 – False Teachers and Prophets
I Am the beginning and the end. It was through Me that My Eternal beloved Father created the world and it will be through Me that it will end. I Am the Light and the Saviour Who will bring all those who believe in Me into the promised Paradise. Those who, despite all My Teachings and the efforts of My prophets, still refuse to accept Me will not enter My Father's Kingdom.
Those of you who have been given the Gift of the Truth, through the Scriptures, must open your eyes, now, and accept My Teachings and the prophecies given to My prophets. The time is finally approaching when I will return to Earth to reclaim My beloved followers. Through My modern prophets, I will, sadly though, still be rejected. You all must listen and read the Messages from Me, which are being given to you, out of Mercy, and understand the significance of them.
My Teachings have never changed
You must remember that My Teachings are the same as they have always been. Those who come, in My Name, must be watched carefully. If they proclaim My Word, then they are of the Light. When you find My Teachings to be changed, in any way that seems strange to you, walk away. Do not listen. These unfortunate people have been tempted by the evil one to distort My Teachings, deliberately, to lead you astray and confuse you.
Any doctrine that has not originated from Holy Scripture and which claims to proclaim the Truth is a lie. This is a sin against Me and is a grievous attack on Me and My Eternal Father.
False messiah
These false teachers will begin to make themselves known all over the world, shortly. You will find them everywhere, shouting at the top of their voices. Seeking attention. Some will impress My children, to such an extent, that even My genuine followers will believe they have special Divine powers. One, in particular, will exalt himself to such lofty heights that people will mistakenly believe him to be the Messiah.
It is going to take a lot of courage, single-mindedness and strength, for My children to stick by Me and allow Me to guide them through this dangerous jungle, full of demons. The demons, now being unleashed by Satan, as the last days begin to unfold, will come disguised as My followers and prophets. They are now colluding to target My genuine visionaries, seers and prophets. They will try to seduce them with false doctrine. They will twist the Truth to suit their immoral ways, which from an external perceptive, will be hard to discern. My devout followers, sacred servants and prophets will know, immediately, who these evil people are. They will find their declarations to be painful and disturbing, but what will cause terror in their hearts is the fact that so many Christians will fall for their charming personalities. So convincing will they be, that many will draw the very sacred servants who have designated their lives to Me and My Eternal Father into their evil snare.
Call on Christians to stand up
Those devout followers of Mine, blessed with the graces of the Holy Spirit, I call on you, now. Take up your weapon of faith and stay strong. Challenge them. Teach people the Truth by reminding them constantly of the Truth, which is contained in My Father's Book – the Book of Truth. These Teachings will last forever.
It may be difficult for you, My children, to stand up and be counted, but hear Me now. If you do this, you will help souls. Your brothers and sisters in the world are your family. I will bring you all with Me into the Paradise, which I have promised all My children. Please, please help Me not to leave any of you behind. It will break My Heart if I can't save all My beloved children. It will be through prayer, sacrifice and perseverance, on the part of My followers everywhere, that My Will will be granted.
Take up the Cup of Salvation, now, in My Name. Follow Me. Let Me guide you all. Let Me embrace you in My Heart as we unite together to save mankind from the deceiver.
Remember this. I love every one of My children to such an extent that victory, without bringing all of them into eternal life, will be bittersweet and will break My Heart.
Pray, pray, pray, now, all of you, and remember the Words – I Am the Alpha and the Omega.
Your beloved Saviour
Jesus Christ, King of the Earth and Just Judge for all of mankind.


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Audits. Nobody likes the term, and often, the mere mention of an audit is enough to make business owners cringe. It doesn't have to be like that – audits can actually be opportunities. They highlight potential points of weakness that, when corrected, can actually enhance your bottom line.
If it's been a while since you've had your network audited, you should embrace it, rather than shy away from it. Here are just a few of the ways that a network audit can improve your bottom line:
Less Downtime
If your network isn't properly scaled for the traffic flowing through it, significant delays can be caused. Likewise, if there are bottlenecks caused by improper configurations or conflicting IP addresses, it can have a negative impact on employee productivity. Your own technology might be working against you. Once corrected, those problems vanish, and your productivity improves.
Identifying Security Risks
One of the biggest ways a network audit can help is by identifying gaps or holes in your system's security. If you've got machines that don't have all of the latest security patches, you might have easy ways past your security for a would-be hacker, and it only takes one successful breach to bring your company to its knees.
Backup Assurance
You've probably got some kind of data backup plan in place, but is it working the way you think it is? Are the backups actually occurring on schedule? Is all of your company's most critical data included in the backup, or are there things that are being missed? If there are, then should the worst happen, you're going to find yourself trying to do business without mission-critical data or information.
In business, information is power. Audits can provide you a window into the inner workings of your network that you just can't get by other means. Take advantage of that fact and have a qualified network consultant regularly assess and audit your network's integrity. The expertise provided isn't expensive to acquire, and it could wind up saving you big, making it well worth the time and effort.


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Written and Directed by: Adrián García Bogliano
Starring: Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, and Michele Garcia
Reviewed by: Brett Gallman
"It was the devil."
Having helmed 11 movies during the past decade, its fair to say that Adrian Garcia Bogliano is one of the most prolific directors in this or any other genre. Clearly, he has the ambition and the means to crank out a wide array of unsettling ideas, from cults invading an apartment building to re-imagining The Wages of Fear in another apartment complex (never rent property in Argentina is what hes saying). His fertile filmography feels like a prelude to Here Comes the Devil, a film thats stuffed with enough plot developments for at least three scripts; I imagine many filmmakers would love to stumble upon one of them, and Bogliano essentially uses them to screw with his audience. It almost seems unfair.
Here Comes the Devil opens in the throes of sex (a place it wallows in early and often), with two women enjoying each others company until a machete-wielding maniac interrupts. After some frenzied bloodletting, the scene shifts to the ominous outskirts of Tijuana, where Felix (Francisco Barreiro) and Sol (Laura Caro) are vacationing with their children. While stopping at a gas station on the way home, they get frisky in the car and lose sight of the kids when they wander off to explore a nearby cave. When the two dont return, the two are despondent, and their already tenuous marriage becomes even more unstable. Only the mysterious return of the children the next day stabilizes the situationat least until Sol begins to suspect these might not be their children after all.
And thats just the set-up. By this point, Here Comes the Devil has already shifted from a lurid sex-and-slash movie (shades of De Palma and any number of psychosexual thrillers) to a more brooding, unsettling drama in the vein of The Vanishing (a close-up on a coffee dispenser in the gas station is a wink) and Dont Look Now (ditto the red coat worn by the daughter). The whiplash feels like someone mixed up the reels for two different films, as it only finds a stable footing in Boglianos replication of 70s Eurohorror, particularly its shaggy energy and disorienting cinematography (there are enough zooms to even give Mario Bava pause). Bogliano might be quick to shift gears, but hes slow to reveal much of anything, save for his influences.
When Here Comes the Devil continues to feel like a buffet line with the addition of even more ingredients (implied incest, child molesters, revenge killings, haunted landscapes, urban legends, possession), you wonder if its all going anywhere or if Bogilano is just tossing chunks against the wall to see what sticks. Somewhat remarkably, its the former, and while Boglianos explanation is a familiar refrain (the devil made me do it!), its slyly delivered. The films title provides an obvious hint to assist its laconic exposition to paint a tableau suggesting that the devil would look to unleash a controlled chaos. You dont see him resting on the characters shoulders or whispering into his ears, but his sinister presence is felt in every frame on the film, whether its in the overtly supernatural or the characters destructive decisions.
If the devil were real, I imagine this is how he would operate: by lurking in the background and relying on the power of suggestion. Actual evil pulses through Here Comes the Devil: in the dead-eyed children that return to Felix and Sol, in the extreme measures these parents take to protect their children, and in the even more extreme measures Sol takes when she must protect herself. Perversion of innocence and the destructiveness of sextwo of the devils favorite hobbiesrecur throughout as well. The daughters disappearance (into an obvious vaginal cave) coincides with her first period, while her parents roadside tryst is laden with dirty talk about their own early sexual experiences. A maniac threatens to hack the two lesbians to death after sex, thus confirming Satan conforms to slasher movie standards (though one can argue that the genres tendency to punish sex is some puritanical, hellfire-and-brimstone shit in the first place).
Its appropriate, then, that the rocky, arid wastelands looming in the distance is something of an anti-Eden, or, at the very least, the Garden by way of the Twilight Zone. From here, the devil operates and manipulates, spreading his influence and seemingly punishing women specifically. Every woman in the story is subjected to some sense of sexual shaming, with the daughters period essentially functioning as the inciting incident. Eves curse is literalized into a destructive burden that consumes everyone in the film. It feels a little unseemly and narrow-minded that the women here are indirectly responsible for Satans presence, but I wonder if that isnt the point. In some ways, Here Comes the Devil confrontational in its insinuation that men cant confront female sexuality without lashing outSatan included, apparently.
Once Sol becomes the films anchor, its clear the film sympathizes with her. After his roundabout tour through various genres and subplots, Bogliano comes round to vaguely exploring institutionalized misogyny. While he doesnt fully flesh these musings out and sometimes undercuts them with an over-reliance on the male gaze, he and Caro (making a remarkable feature film debut) paint a compelling figure in Sol, who is left to bear the burden of motherhood alone as her husband acquits himself to be quite the unfeeling dipshit. Her struggle leads herand her familyto dark places; she must face figurative and literal abysses that continually spit her back out as a twisted shade of herself. For all its scattershot aim, Here Comes the Devil eventually focuses on familiar territory: the gradual, heartbreaking collapse of a woman meeting an evil that overwhelms her. Maybe its time we start wondering why the devil's hoofprints have settled into this path so often. Rent it!
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Find food that fits your pet's needs
Find a dog food that fits your pet's needs
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Balance is important in every area of our lives, but for our dogs it's probably most critical in their nutrition.
A dog that eats an unbalanced food that does not contain all the essential nutrients he needs is likely to suffer health problems and live a shorter and less happy life.
How Do I Know My Dog Food is Balanced?
A balanced pet food for your dog should contain protein (from an animal), vegetables, whole grains, fat, and micronutrients (omega 3 fatty acids for skin and brain function; and for large breed puppies and older dogs, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate).
Dogs also require more than 50 key nutrients, the most vital of which are vitamin C and minerals magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus. The balance between these nutrients is important, too. "The body is a very complex organic place where biochemical reactions are going on," explains Kerri Marshall, DVM, a licensed veterinarian and chief veterinary officer at Trupanion.
Should I Change My Dog Food According to My Dog's Lifestage?
Yes! Like humans, dogs have different nutritional needs depending on their life stage. Puppies, and lactating and pregnant females in particular, need plenty of calcium and magnesium for bone health and growth; older animals typically need fewer minerals to avoid kidney damage.
Because of these different requirements, "be sure to always buy pet food that's specifically balanced for the life stage of your pet," says Dr. Marshall.
If your dog has one of a number of diseases, such as arthritis or renal disease, his problems could worsen if you feed him an incorrectly balanced food. To avoid problems, there are foods that are especially designed for these issues, which dogs can eat indefinitely.
And, says Dr. Marshall, there are even foods specifically balanced for shorter-term medical problems like obesity, bladder infections, vomiting, kidney stones, and anemia.
If your dog is on a special food for a short-term medical problem or a short-term life stage like being a puppy or pregnancy, be sure to switch onto the new dog food — or back to the old food — gradually, warns Dr. Marshall, or your dog could suffer vomiting or diarrhea from the sudden change. The transition should take at least a week.
For the complete article on balanced dog food and choosing the best food for your dog's health, visit petMD!


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The celebrated windows flamed with light
directly pouring north across the Seine;
we rustled into place. Then violins
vaunting Vivaldi's strident strength, then Brahms,
seemed to suck with their passionate sweetness,
bit by bit, the vigor from the red,
the blazing blue, so that the listening eye
saw suddenly the thick black lines, in shapes
of shield and cross and strut and brace, that held
the holy glowing fantasy together.
The music surged; the glow became a milk,
a whisper to the eye, a glimmer ebbed
until our beating hearts, our violins
were cased in thin but solid sheets of lead.
— John Updike


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WASHINGTON— USCIS has launched a new Online Fee Calculator to assist members of the public in calculating the correct fee amount to include when filing their forms with USCIS at an agency lockbox facility. A list of forms processed at USCIS Lockbox facilities is available on the USCIS website.
USCIS developed the Online Fee Calculator to help reduce the number of applications rejected due to incorrect fee amounts. The Online Fee Calculator will determine the exact filing and biometric fees an individual needs to include with their forms and will always have the most up-to-date fee information.
In fiscal year 2017, USCIS processed more than 11 million applications. For applications that require fees, USCIS rejects forms submitted with an incorrect payment amount. Fee issues, including incorrect fee amounts, are consistently a leading cause of rejection.
When using the Online Fee Calculator, filers select a form, or combination of forms, and answer a series of questions. The tool then calculates the correct fee amount that the filer must submit.
The Online Fee Calculator works on all browsers and on both desktop and mobile devices. To protect privacy, the tool does not collect user data.
For forms filed at Lockbox facilities, USCIS accepts payment via check, money order, or credit card with Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. For more information on payment, see the USCIS webpage on paying USCIS fees.


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Situated near bloemendaal – on the edge of the kennemer dunes – a sustainable home by dutch architect paul de ruiter is conceived, implementing a design that shows respect for man and nature alike. 'villa v' is the first home built in park brederode, a unique residential area where the existing flora and fauna are given full reign.
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Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread
How do you make bread even better? You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) or to eat during a football game. Or, make it for dinner and serve with a salad. It's basically pizza, heavy on the crust…right?!
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FAKT hovers an undulating aluminium cloudscape within a french courtyard
during the 2015 edition of the lively architecture festival, FAKT has realized an aluminium cloudscape that seems to weightlessly hover within a provincial courtyard in montpellier. the berlin and zurich-based studio have conceived '#034′ as a spatial and structural experiment — two sheets of 2mm thick aluminum undulates inside the semi-outdoor space, spanning a distance of 6.4 meters long by 4.5 meters wide. the two paper-like layers subtly bend, crinkle and wrinkle in juxtaposition with each other, creating apertures that allow visitors to peer through the installation to the other side of the courtyard.
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House in Miramar
It is a building consisting of two distinct adjacent and interrelated volumes, the housing itself – consisting of two storeys plus a penthouse – and a garage. Although the volume, apparently, is being treated as a solid monolith, it is fully traversed, with vertical and horizontal voids, with the purpose of creating strong visual relations with its contiguous exterior spaces, and allowing the light to enter through the entire house. On the ground floor are the social and service areas, plus, in the northwest, there is a 'body' attached, to be used as a garage. The entire floor is opened, from north to south, allowing social spaces relate frankly to their outdoor spaces of natural expansion.
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Naturally Pink Lagoon in Mexico Is The Most Instagram-Worthy Place To Be
Mexico's pink lagoon must be the reason why Instagram was created. It pink that many people find it hard to believe it's real. However, it's completely natural, and there's a perfect scientific explanation to it.
Source: Naturally Pink Lagoon in Mexico Is The Most Instagram-Worthy Place To Be | Bored Panda
Warning: Looking At This Will Make You Wake Up At 6AM Every Day!
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and one imgur user really takes his breakfast seriously (and very deliciously, I might add)! Admittedly, I've skipped breakfasts far too many t.. see it here.
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CRN mega yachts j'ade is world's first to feature a floating garage
on a recent designboom visit to the 2014 monaco yacht show, the CRN mega yachts 'j'ade' 60m vessel – the first to feature a floating garage – was a finalist in the interior design award category. the ship was designed to feel at one with the sea as it boasts special full height windows that provide exceptionally wide panoramic views.
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Denver craft beer: Brews and brew events you don't want to miss
YOU'RE LEANING BACK in a brewpub patio chair on a cool summer evening, beer in hand. Blue skies fade into the sunset behind the mountains in the distance. You wrap up a good-natured debate with the umpteenth local beer aficionado you've met today, concerning the merits and drawbacks of different types of hops, and go to close your tab. Your phone finds its way into your hands and pulls up the next brewery on your itinerary. Your thumbs instinctively begin to summon Uber, until your brain interjects: It's within walking distance. Again.
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HCCH International Family Law Briefings, June 2011
Recently published: the quarterly update, provided by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, regarding the work of the Hague Conference in the field of international family law.
- Introduction
- Cross-Frontier Surrogacy Issues Added to Hague Conference Work Programme
- The Inter-American Meeting of International Hague Network Judges and Central Authorities on International Child Abduction
- Finnish-Russian Expert Conference on International Child and Family Law
- The Hague Children's Conventions: status update
Download the full Briefing for June 2011 (extract from International Family Law, June 2011, pp. 149-150).


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In terms of why people are feeling more stressed at work, the main reason is they have been asked to do more under their current role - the response from 57% of those who feel more stressed. This is followed by 26% who said it's because the organisation they work for is under greater financial strain; 26% who said their line manager is not functioning properly and one in four (25%) who said they are just generally working longer hours.