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HIV Aids has been one of the most feared diseases by the human race. Intense efforts from various medical centers around the globe have all been trials in vain. The disease has been elusive to the human efforts to come up with a way of controlling it. People known to have HIV Aids are known to be stigmatized in fear of contacting the disease. This has often been posed as a problem in the society. This essay examines the ways in which individuals with HIV can be protected and how the community at large can also be protected. The essay in a careful way examines the conditions under which security. The essay integrates this information with the use of four slides having simple language and hard to read.
Protecting People with HIV. It has often reported that the protection of the people already suffering from HIV has been a major challenge to most nations. Laws have been enacted to ensure that those who are already contacted do not get to mix up with the rests of the society. Taking care of those already affected is the best way to prevent the continuous spread of HIV Aids. As a matter of fact the disease not being airborne can only be spread by those who already have been contacted. People who already have contacted HIV Aids should be empowered to enable them cope with their situation. The following are some of the ways through which individual empowerment can be carried out (Lyons, 2009).
Moral Support. Individuals with HIV Aids should be given some morals support. Moral support is quite important as it will assure the victim and him/her to keep on holding into life. There are reported cases especially in underdeveloped nation where people already contacted with HIV Aids spread the disease through having unprotected sex. Moral support and guidance if administered well ca n reduce such patterns. Through guidance victims who have already contacted HIV Aids will see the significance of taking care of their bodies. Apart from moral support, the individuals will also require some financial support (UNAIDS, 2010).
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X Factor favourites 4th Impact win place on live shows
The X Factor's Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has selected 4th Impact, Alien Uncovered and Reggie n Bollie as the first three acts through to the live shows.
In her category, Filipino siblings 4th Impact were the first group selected.
Talking about their progression from the Judges' Houses stage of the competition, they told hosts Olly Murs and Caroline Flack: "We are very grateful."
Bookies' favourite 4th Impact are through to the live shows
The girls, who have been the bookies' front-runners for weeks, sealed their place with a performance of Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna.
Alien Uncovered were the second group announced for the live shows by Fernandez-Versini.
Their raunchy rendition of Usher's Bad Girl impressed the 32 year old and her guest judge in Rome, rising pop star Jess Glynne.
The final group through was a surprise choice: Ghanaian duo Reggie n Bollie, formerly known as Menn On Point.
Their interpretation of Twist and Shout, the song made famous by The Beatles, helped them beat gospel groups Melody Stone and BEKLN Mile and The New Kings to that all-important spot in the live shows.
"We are going to entertain you every week!" they vowed.
Hosts Murs and Flack asked Fernandez-Versini to explain her choices: "Obviously, we have two very different girl groups; I can only do so much with a choir. The people who just left the stage are as talented," she replied.
Meanwhile, Simon Cowell selected Bupsi, Anton Stephans and Max Stone as his three Overs acts joining Fernandez-Versini's Groups when the ITV singing competition goes properly live next week.
The music mogul announced Leeds singer Bupsi as the first of his soloists to progress from the Judges' Houses stage.
One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, who had headed out to the South of France to assist Simon as a guest judge, felt she was a touch "cabaret".
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Backing singer Stephans impressed at Judges' Houses with Superstar by The Carpenters. Emotional all the way through the process, he said he was "over the moon!"
Musician Stone's rendition of Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio secured him the third spot over Kerrie Anne Phillips, Jennifer Phillips (no relation) and Ebru.
Cowell appeared happier with the category he had previously put down. He claimed The X Factor 2015 winner would come from his Overs.
For the first time in X Factor history, the acts judged to have performed best at Judges' Houses were announced live.
BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw took his Boys to the Cotswolds where he made his selection alongside award-winning producer Mark Ronson.
All eyes were on controversial contestant Mason Noise, who made his comeback at Judges' Houses with a performance of Robin Thicke's Lost Without You.
The 21-year-old was thrown off the show for rowing with Cowell during the Six Chair Challenge. However, he impressed on his return. "I didn't know he had a voice," said producer Ronson.
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Simon Lynch conquered his nerves to sing Too Lost In You by Sugababes and Ben Clarke performed Yours by X Factor star Ella Henderson.
The Uptown Funk producer complimented 19-year-old Che Chesterman on his voice: "I loved your performance in the Six Chair Challenge," he said.
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SUNDERLAND will not take Bolton's FA Cup challenge lightly this evening, says Martin O'Neill.
And the Black Cats' boss insists that no one should consider the job almost done from a Sunderland perspective, just because they have home advantage.
"There will be no complacency from us, although we're going into the game determined to be in the hat for the next round," he said.
"I expect Bolton to be difficult opponents tonight, just as they were at the Reebok.
"I said before that game that they were more than capable of posing us problems and that's the way it proved on the day – we had to come back from a 2-0 deficit just to survive and get to this replay.
"I watched Bolton play Leeds before our cup tie and was impressed with how they played.
"I was even more impressed with how they played in tie because they rested key players like Kevin Davies and Chris Eagles but still gave us a really good game.
"Tonight they might field a stronger side and they also have players coming back, so we have to be careful that we do not under-estimate the opposition.
"I don't think that we will though after our experiences in the original tie."
Sunderland fought back from slipping two goals behind just after half-time in that game to mount a stirring comeback which thrilled their 5,000 travelling fans.
And O'Neill believes that the quality of that rearguard action helped propel Sunderland to one of their finest performances of the season in the 3-0 demolition of West Ham last weekend.
"It was quite an effort to come back from two goals down in that cup game and the players were on a real high afterwards.
"I think they carried that into the West Ham game and that helped them produce the excellent performance they did.
"I'd love to see us build on that again tonight because you could see the confidence really flowing through the side on Saturday and while you don't want to tempt fate, you do hope that we're getting a bit of momentum now."
O'Neill says he is genuinely looking forward to tonight's game and the cup atmosphere in front of a night crowd at the Stadium of Light.
He said: "The fans have been a big part of what we've achieved in the last few weeks.
"They were great away to Southampton, at home to Manchester City and away at Bolton where I think they had a big influence.
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Park also offers fishing, camping, 28-mile Ohlone Wilderness Trail and now a bald eagle family
A new era is starting at Del Valle Regional Park, the No. 1 getaway of the 70 parks in the East Bay hills.
A mated pair of bald eagles has built a nest atop a tree on the west side of Del Valle Reservoir and could produce what is believed to be the first bald eagle hatchling in the Bay Area in a generation.
At the same time, a new concessionaire will take over in March after 17 years of operation by Urban Parks, which transformed Del Valle into the top fishing lake in the Bay Area.
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The park is also the starting point for the 28-mile Ohlone Wilderness Trail, one of the steepest trails in the Bay Area and a first-class training run to get ready for summer trips to the Sierra Nevada.
Synopsis: Del Valle is located in remote southern Alameda County about 10 miles south of Livermore. The centerpiece is a long narrow lake set against foothills that rise high to the west. The adjacent Ohlone Wilderness makes for challenging long hikes and wildlife watching.
Cost: $6 per vehicle, $4 per trailer, $2 per dog.
Wildlife watching: Bald eagle nest located in trees at west side of lake (at mid-lake), visible from boat or from East Shore Trail (accessible on foot or by bike). Coots, mallards, Canada geese at upper end of lake. Deer numbers high. Occasional sightings of fox, bobcat and coyotes.
Biking: Excellent family bike trail (East Shore Trail) starts at the boat launch and is routed north. The ambitious can climb to sub-ridges for gorgeous lake views.
Camping: Campground set amid oaks within walking distance of the lake; 150 sites, including 21 with partial hookups for RVs, and restrooms with showers and drinking water. Several youth group campgrounds available elsewhere. Reservations required, (510) 562-2267; $23 for site with water and sewer hookup; $18 for dry site; $7 reservation fee; $2 per day for dogs.
Fishing: When water clarity is decent, Del Valle often produces excellent catch rates for trout at the head of the lake, bait fishing in the former river channel. Trolling can produce large trout near the dam. $4 daily fishing permit per person.
Boating: A multilane paved boat ramp is available; 10 mph speed limit. New marina concessionaire will start in March with boat rentals, bait and tackle.
Backpacking: Trailhead for Ohlone Wilderness Trail located at Lichen Bark Picnic Area; 6-mile hike (steep, one-way) to Murietta Falls, and 28 miles to the end of the Ohlone Wilderness Trail (with wilderness campsites available) at the base of Mission Peak near Fremont. $2 per person ($2.50 by mail) for trail permit/map; write Ohlone Wilderness Permit, East Bay Regional Park District, 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, P.O. Box 5381, Oakland, CA 94605.
Directions: From San Francisco, take the Bay Bridge to I-580 and continue to Livermore and take the exit for North Livermore Avenue. Turn right and drive 3.5 miles (the road becomes Tesla Road) to Mines Road. Turn right and drive 3.5 miles to Del Valle Road. Turn right and drive three miles to the park entrance. For the boat ramp and biking trailhead, bear right at the Y (signed). For the campground and wilderness trailhead, turn left at the Y.
Contacts: Entrance kiosk, (925) 373-0332; map/brochure, (510) 562-7275; group picnic reservations, (510) 636-1684; www.ebparks.org.


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Asking us to choose between Balenciaga and Givenchy is usually like asking us to pick a favorite child…you know, if we had children.
But at tonight's world premiere of Les Misérables in London, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried stepped out dressed to the nines in creations by Riccardo Tisci and Nicolas Ghesquiére, and, in a strange turn of events, we weren't particularly blown away by either look.
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"Surely the aim of the whole operation must be the planting and perfecting of new colonies of heaven, new congregations of beautiful people... Missionary work has to be church-centred if it is to be effective... It needs to be strongly emphasied.. that the criterion for the success of an interdenominational group is the extent to which it contributes towards the building up of the church. Take a university Christian Union, for example. The test of its effectiveness is not the number of students who belong to it, or even the proportion of the membership who have been converted through its ministry... The test is long term, and is in the extent to which its former members are now integrated into and playing a part in the leadership of the local church.... they must be judged by the criterion of the benefits which they bring to the churches." *That's the kind of ministry I want to see through the Christian Unions of the South West of England.
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The art world, confusing at the best of times, took another lurch at Bonhams auction house in London this week.
Amid wild scenes, three paintings by a chimpanzee sold for £14,400 ($A33,000), more than 20 times their estimate.
In the same sale an Andy Warhol painting and a small Renoir sculpture attracted so little interest that they had to be withdrawn.
The chimp daubings are believed to be the first works of art by a non-human to go under the hammer. But they were executed by no ordinary chimp. They were painted in the late 1950s by Congo, a celebrity chimp resident in London Zoo who was hailed as the Cezanne of the ape world.
Picasso acquired one of Congo's 400 works, Miro swapped two of his paintings for one of Congo's, and Salvador Dali was so smitten with the ape's canvases that he declared: "The hand of the chimpanzee is quasi-human; the hand of Jackson Pollock is totally animal!"
Congo's work went to Howard Hong, a Los Angeles collector who described himself as an enthusiast of modern and contemporary painting. He immediately issued a statement that could have come from the Dali phrasebook, saying that Congo's painting "represents the complete evolution of mankind".
Congo became a television celebrity in the late 1950s as the star of Zootime, an animal program presented from London Zoo by Desmond Morris, the zoologist and anthropologist.
He became even more of a cause celebre when the Institute of Contemporary Arts mounted a large exhibition of his work in 1957. Critics had a field day and debate about the meaning of art raged furiously.
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – Dr. Creflo Dollar, pastor, teacher and founder of Creflo Dollar Ministries (CDM),
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The Tallahassee "Change Experience" is free and open to the public. Registration via the ministry's web site is encouraged. The convention opens with an evening session of worship and teaching on Thursday and a full day of morning, afternoon and evening sessions on Friday.
Dollar will be presenting a major gift on behalf of CDM to Refuge House (www.refugehouse.com), a local domestic and sexual violence center serving the eight counties of the Big Bend. The organization provides domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines, emergency shelters, counseling and assistance in securing protective orders.
COLLEGE PARK, GA – Creflo Dollar will launch "Grace Institute: A Call to Grace," in Montgomery, AL,
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COLLEGE PARK, GA – Creflo Dollar, pastor, teacher, and leader of World Changers Church
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Dr. Creflo A. Dollar always wanted to live up to his name by becoming a millionaire. But he also wanted to be a pastor and preach the word of God.
As a televangelist whose books, CDs, DVDs and personal appearances are in high demand, he has done both. He will sign copies of his latest book,
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The appearance comes at a time when Dollar's success is under scrutiny.
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Did you ask every question we wanted an answer! I really do like the way you go behind the camera and lights and ask about the rumors and perceptions.
Keep going after the truth. Thanks for allowing them to address us. Kevin J., Washington, D.C.
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Blessed Love, by Joy T. Bennett
He is the founder of World Changers Ministries of College Park, Ga. She is executive director of the ministry, CEO of Arrow Records, the ministry's
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decisions that need to be made, when she and I get together, it really helps us to get the mind of God on certain things. Besides her being the love of
my life, the balance of my life, the friend in my life, I don't want to live without her."
Creflo and Taffi Dollar, by Dana Slangle
Leading more than 20,000 parishioners keeps Dr. Creflo Dollar on the go. Add to that, the founder of World Changers Ministries (WCM) of College Park,
GA, reaches nearly a billion people a day through his award-winning show, "Changing Your World." The author, speaker, teacher and publisher also oversees
ministries and staff members of his global organization, which includes World Changers Church International.
As executive director of WCM, CEO of Arrow Records, the ministry's recording company, and leader of the Women's Fellowship, Taffi Dollar works alongside
her husband in many capacities. "I'm pretty flexible. It may be preaching, it may be conducting business meetings, it may be traveling - just whatever,"
explains Taffi, the mother of the couple's five children, who often teaches on family and parenting topics. As a minister's wife, she hopes she helps others
"understand God's will and purpose for their life and to see themselves fitting within God's overall picture," she says.
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traffic comes to a dead stop near the pawn shops on Old National Highway south of Atlanta.
I sit in traffic with the masses, watching as some people give up, park on a grassy median, and walk the rest of the way, Bibles in hand. Farther up
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baggy T-shirts, dreadlocks and do-rags. There's an urgency about their stride, a thrill, even, as if they are part of something bigger than themselves,
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On Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22, the American Bar Association will host the Third Annual National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The program will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, NW in Washington, DC. On Thursdaythe program will run from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., and on Friday the sessions begin at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting will adjourn at 12:30 p.m.
Enforcement of anti-corruption laws in the United States and abroad is at an all-time high. The program will provide a timely and substantive briefing on developments in this area of critical importance to companies, their officers and employees.
FCPA investigators and enforcement proceedings brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission continue to increase in number and severity for both U.S. and foreign persons. More resources are at the government's disposal, new investigative techniques are being utilized, and significant incentives to report alleged misconduct to the government are now available as a result of recently enacted financial legislation awarding a bounty to whistleblowers. Individuals are prosecuted far more frequently than in prior years, and corporate executives are becoming an increasing focus of the government's enforcement strategy. The advent of transnational bribery legislation in more and more countries and increased multinational cooperation has significantly increased the liability associated with business abroad. As a result, effective compliance programs, regular risk assessments, and careful due diligence have become vital to protect against violations.
The program will feature experienced government, corporate, and private practitioners who deal with issues raised by the FCPA.
The keynote speaker is Denis J. McInerney, chief, fraud section, criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Other speakers include Cheryl J. Scarboro, chief, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Richard Alderman, director, Serious Fraud Office, London; and Douglas M. Lankler, senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Pfizer Inc.
For information about available CLE credits and fees, visit CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
To register for the program, visit www.abacle.org/programs/fcpa.


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COMMON UNION pays tribute to the Newark Eagles. The first professional team owned and operated by a woman, Effa Manley. The 1946 edition of the Eagles won the Negro World Series. Featuring the double play combo of future Major Leagueers Larry Doby and Monte Irvin, they upset the KC Monarchs in a seven-game series. They featured the great battery of Biz Mackey and Leon Day. Other Eagles included Hall of Famer Ray Dandridge and future Dodger Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young winner Don Newcombe. The Eagles played in the Negro National League from 1936-1948.
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Winter Sleep (a J!-ENT DVD Review)
May 16, 2015 by Dennis Amith
"Winter Sleep" is an entertaining, smartly written, conversational film from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. A film that uses conversation as a way to bring out the characters, in a similar style of Bergman and Rohmer, I was captivated by the film for its intelligence and beauty. "Winter Sleep" is highly recommended!
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DVD TITLE: Winter Sleep
DURATION: 196 Minutes
DVD INFORMATION: Color, 16:9, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1 with English Subtitles
COMPANY: Adopt Films/Kino Lorber
RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Written by Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Inspired by the Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
Produced by Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan
Co-Produced by Remi Burah, Mustafa Dok, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Olivier Pere
Executive Produced by Sezgi Ustun
Cinematography by Gokhan Tiryaki
Edited by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Bora Goksingol
Art Direction by Gamze Kus
Haluk Bilginer as Aydin
Melisa Sozen as Nihal
Demet Akbag as Necla
Ayberk Peckan as Hidayet
Serhat Mustafa Kilic as Hamdi
Nejat Isler as Ismail
Nadir Saribacak as Levent
Emirhan Doruktutan as Ilyas
Directed by the Turkish cinema master, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, this enthralling, brilliantly photographed film won the top prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was Turkey's entrant in the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film category. Ceylan's Once Upon A Time in Anatolia had shared the top prize at Cannes in 2011. Set in the amazingly picturesque Cappadocia region in central Turkey, the exterior scenes strikingly capture the remarkable topography a World Heritage site while the interior scenes bring Rembrandt to mind. A retired actor has inherited a small hotel where he is ensconced with his recently divorced sister, his much younger and growingly discontented wife. A seemingly trivial incident sets in motion a drama of personalities at odds with each other and the paths their lives have taken. The superb cast of actors quickly takes your attention and won't let it go.
From Award winning Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan ("Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, "Three Monkeys", "Distant") comes his latest film "Winter Sleep" (Kis Uykusu), an adaptation from the short story "The Wife" by Anton Chekhov.
The film would star Haluk Bilginer ("The International", "Innocence"), Melisa Sozen ("Hunting Season", "Cenneti Beklerken"), Demet Akbag ("Eyyvah Eyvah", "Vizontele"), Serhat Mustafa Kilic ("Remember Darling", "Veda – Ataturk") and Nadir Saribacak ("Yozgat Blues", "Sarmasik").
"Winter Sleep" was the winner of the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and now, the film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD courtesy of Adopt Films.
"Winter Sleep" is set in Anatolia (western Asia) and revolves around a famous and retiring actor Aydin (portrayed by Haluk Bilginer). Aydin runs a mountaintop hotel known as Cappadocia and is also a writer for the local newspaper and often researches the history of Turkish theater for a possible book.
He is married to Nihal (portrayed by Melisa Sozen) and lives with her and his sister Necla (portrayed by Demet Akbag). He happens to be wealthy, educated and quite opinionated.
One day as Aydin and his assistant Hidayet (portrayed by Ayberk Pekcan) are driving to a nearby village, a young boy named Ilyas, throws a rock and shatters his window. Hidayet takes Ilyas to his father Ismail (portrayed by Nejat Isler), which we learn that Ismail and his family are behind on rent and so Aydi sent a collection agency after them and took away their television and refrigerator and because Ismail resisted, he was beaten by the local police.
As Hidayet tries to get an answer of why Ilyas threw the rock, Ismail slaps his son and breaks his fist on a window to see if they are satisfied with the punishment. But Ismail's anger starts to get the best of him and before things get messy, his brother Hamdi (portrayed by Serhat Mustafa Kilic), a local imam (a worship leader in the community), intervenes.
Because of the messy situation, Hamdi repeatedly tries to bring Ilyas in an attempt to make amends with Aydin but because it annoys him, he writes a column of how an imam should be to their community.
But we then gradually get to see how the people close to Aydin resents him because of his critical verbal ways. His sister Necla feels he uses his power just sitting and writing and criticizing people (and the two often exchange barbs towards one another). While his young wife Nihal is often disturbed by him and while she tries to give back by fundraising for developing schools, Aydin dismisses her actions as nothing that will result to failure because unlike him, she is inexperienced and not educated.
And this leads to individuals reexamining their relationship to Aydin.
"Winter Sleep" is presented in 16:9 and Turkish 5.1 Surround Sound with English subtitles. If one wants the best picture and audio quality, I highly recommend going for the Blu-ray version of this film, rather than the DVD. With that being said, the DVD does look and sound good, but as best as one would expect for DVD. I didn't notice any major compression issues or problems with audio.
"Winter Sleep" comes with no special features.
"Winter Sleep" is another wonderful film from filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
But I classify his films, almost in a similar context with French filmmaker Eric Rohmer or Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in which intelligent conversation dominates the entire film.
I am drawn to smartly written films in which conversations explore one's perspective towards life and these conversations and their reactions are ways of character development. Something quite rare to see in today's cinema.
Earlier in the film, we know of Aydin's power in the village and how there is a unique divide as he is wealthy, he is very critical and in his mind, his thoughts are almost final and no one can change it.
In showing the character of Hidayet and Ismail or even Hamdi and Ismail, he is not a character that can put himself in the shoes of those who are without money. He can not and will not care for the poor, he has a set way of thinking. Why did young Ilyas throw a rock at the window of Aydin's car? It's evident that the young boy despises the landlord who has made his family suffer.
And while Hamdi also despises Aydin, as the imam of his village and also his family is involved, he must try to make sure any friction is calmed before things can get any worse.
But while Hamdi and Aydin's scenes show the divide between rich and poor, the juxtaposition between Aydin and his young wife Nihal is what I find most interesting.
Nihal's face shows how distant she is from Aydin, her face shows nothing but discontent of a woman who knows that everything she says to her husband, does not matter. He is opinionated and everything must go his way and nothing else. She is not an equal partner in this relationship, she is just a woman that remains with him because of his power, wealth and influence.
But the film wouldn't be as enjoyable if the women did not at least challenge Aydin in his thoughts and beliefs, both Nihal and his sister Necla do their best to challenge his beliefs, especially of the topic surrounding one should not resist evil. A debate if one is attacked by something evil, do you let it happen or do you fight back? Will the victim's choice change the perpetrator if they did not fight back or resist?
But a film examines that for Aydin, does this man have a care, a heart towards the people around him? Or has his beliefs made him indifferent to others?
As for the DVD, it's important to note that if you want the best picture or audio quality, a Blu-ray version is available for the film. The DVD does look good, as one can expect from DVD, and there are no special features included.
Overall, "Winter Sleep" is an entertaining, smartly written, conversational film from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. A film that uses conversation as a way to bring out the characters, in a similar style of Bergman and Rohmer, I was captivated by the film for its intelligence and beauty.
"Winter Sleep" is highly recommended!
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It's always a treat to hear songwriters talk about their own idols and influences.
Kiss' Paul Stanley has an encyclopedic knowledge of the blues. Americana icon Steve Earle underscored his deep devotion to Townes Van Zandt by naming one of his sons Justin Townes Earle. Known as a songwriter's songwriter in the mold of John Hiatt and John Prine, Paul Thorn's most recent release pays homage to Buddy Miller, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Wild Bill Emerson and other songwriting icons.
"We had a big, old long list at first," said Thorn of the songs that were in contention for the release "What the Hell is Going On." "We just went into the studio and started playing songs we liked. We tried to find the ones that were in my wheelhouse. It was fun."
One of the best parts of the project, said the man who has been hailed as the "Mark Twain of Americana," was the chance to "take a break from myself." Ever since the Mississippi-bred Thorn's 1997 debut, he has been a study in songwriter-as-performer. Adding to the poignancy of his sound is his own world-weary voice, which underscores such sentiments as "I Don't Like Half the Folks I Love" and "Weeds in My Roses." Although Thorn and his A-list band of musicians literally give voice to the thoughts of every man, this latest album allows them to personalize the universal truths presented by other songwriters.
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|» Where: The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
|» Info: $24; 877-WOLF-TRAP (965-3872); wolftrap.org
Consider the album's title track, described as a blistered look at life in modern times by Elvin Bishop. The song underscores the disconnect among people even as modern technology seemingly joins us in myriad, yet superficial, ways. Adding to the poignancy of the tune is the way Thorn first experienced it -- when he visited Bishop and the two sat on the front porch of his house.
As content as Thorn is with the album, he notes that there were songs he couldn't include.
"I am a big John Hiatt fan and wanted to [record] 'Real Fine Love,' " he said. "I just couldn't do it. I went in there and tried, and it just sounded bad. When he sings it, it sounds so good. I just couldn't do it."


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BP Says Millions Spent Is Plugging Image Hole
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"We're quite pleased with the results our corporate ads have had," said Tim Jourdinky, Minister of Corporate Propaganda. "After our little mishap, people associated BP with Satan, which isn't ideal from an image perspective. Today, we're associated with lesser strains of evil, like Stalin or Hitler. The messages are working. People are buying them!"
Mr. Jourdinky declined to comment on the actual efforts BP is doing in cleaning up the environmental mess, compensating a variety of local businesses for income lost because of the spill and fixing lapses in safety standards to ensure another "mishap" like the Deepwater Horizon never happens again.
"Reality is reality and there's not much we can do about it," the spin guru said, "but crafting messages that give hope and change perceptions– that's the goal here. And we're moving strongly toward the goal line!"


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Melorheostosis affectedpainfull limb improved with zolodronic acid – Case report of a rare disease
International Journal of Development Research
Melorheostosis affectedpainfull limb improved with zolodronic acid – Case report of a rare disease
In 1922 Leri and Joanny, first described Melorheostosis (synonyms: candle bone disease, melting wax syndrome, Leri disease). Actually it's a metaplacia. Men and women are equally affected, dermatomal distribution, monomelic distribution. Onset is insidious, and most common symptom is pain. Classical radiological appearance of 'flowing hyperosteosis' resembling hardened wax that has dripped down the side of a candle. Recent literature shows relation with LEMD 3, encode inner nuclear protine,
Case repot: A 30 years old woman, residing at Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal, presented with left leg pain with mild swelling and limitation of knee movement. On examination non tender bony heard swelling and restriction of knee movement present. Plain radiographs showed extensive, dense, undulating or irregular cortical hyperostosis, resembling candle wax, extending along the length of bone. Zolidronicacid decrease her pain.
Conclusion: Melorheostosis, rare, benign, insidious, candle wax. Routine laboratory findings usually are normal. The exact cause remain unclear. There is nodefinite treatment available for this disease. Only symptomatic treatment improve the condition of the patients, more fruitful result obtain with zolodronicacid.


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A reader called my attention to a Washington Post story about Philadelphia's vibrant BYOB dining scene. A unique set of circumstances — a moratorium on new liquor licenses, state-controlled alcohol distribution — has created a situation in which some of the city's best eateries don't offer alcohol but encourage their customers to bring in wine and beer of their own.
The e-mailer asks,
Coming from someone that enjoys good wine and beer with a meal but has a big problem with $5-6 pints and over-priced bottles of wine, I wouldn't mind seeing/trying more BYOB places in the Albany area. What do you think?
Like the idea. Won't ever catch on. Compared to Pennsylvania — where someone wanting a liquor license for a new restaurant has to buy an existing license for $50,000 to $300,000, depending on location — New York's licenses are easy to get and inexpensive. Thus fine-dining restaurants that do not serve alcohol are a rarity, and those that do sell it aren't likely to give up that profit center.
Also, by my reading of New York law, it's illegal to bring alcohol into a restaurant not licensed to sell it.
On a related note, a column I wrote a few years back about corkage fees in Saratoga Springs restaurants is after the jump.
(Note: Specific corkage fees mentioned below may not be accurate, as this was first published in 2003. The column is meant as a general guide to the issues.)
By STEVE BARNES
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Got a great bottle of wine you'd like to drink during a special-occasion dinner at a classy restaurant? Call ahead — they'll probably let you bring it, and may even polish up the fancy glassware.Want to carry in a California cabernet just because it's $12 in the store but $25 on the restaurant's wine list? Don't — the staff will be insulted, and you'll look like a major tightwad.
New York state law says that customers may, at a restaurant's discretion, bring in any kind of alcohol that the eatery is licensed to carry. (No lugging a Bud six-pack into McDonald's, in other words, nor hard liquor into a place with only a beer-and-wine license.)
Some states, including Arizona, Virginia and Vermont, prohibit customers from bringing in wine; others like Tennesee, conversely, requires that restaurants allow it. In New York, it's up to the restaurant whether to allow customers to BYOB, and the establishment may charge what's known as a corkage fee. A recent survey found that the national average for corkage fees is $10 to $20 per bottle.
Ten or 20 bucks to open a bottle of wine? Yes. Here's why: Corkage fees compensate the restaurant for staff time and use of glassware, and help make up for the wine you didn't buy there. They also discourage abuse: A party of six that brings in six different bottles requires significant staff attention, not to mention three dozen wine glasses, but generates no income from the alcohol unless corkage fees apply.
A quick survey of some of the fancier restaurants in Saratoga produced a nearly even split between places that will let customers bring in wine and those that won't. Of those that do, corkage fees range from an almost unheard-of nothing — that's right: $0 — at the Springwater Bistro to a silly $40 per bottle at 43 Phila Bistro, a fee so steep that the place might as well ban BYOB altogether.
Restaurants that prohibit the practice generally give any of several stock reasons.
"We pride ourselves on our wine list and just don't think people should" bring in wine, says Lucas Rodriguez of Chianti il Ristorante. Adam Madkour, owner of Eartha's, says, "We offer wines that we feel go properly with our entrees and our recipes, and we don't want customers bringing in something else."
At Chez Sophie, however, husband-and-wife co-owners Paul Parker, also the chef, and Cheryl Clark have been thrilled by some of the wines their customers have shown up with, including a 1945 Burgundy and Mouton-Rothschilds from 1970, '85 and '89.
"People have brought in some spectacular bottles," says Clark. "We're honored to pour those wines in this restaurant."
Etiquette says customers should offer the sommelier and/or chef a taste of their wine. At Chez Sophie, it's a stated part of the policy: The corkage fee is $20 or a sip, whichever is more expensive.
"It gives Paul and I the chance to taste a smidge and get a smell of wines that we might not ever be able to have," says Clark.
Customers have on a few occasions carried in cheap stuff that nobody cared to taste.
"If you want to have a $10 bottle of wine with your meal here," says Clark, "not only will you have a bad experience, but you upset us, and it's an insult to the food."
That hasn't happened yet at Springwater Bistro, according to chef-owner David Britton, who used to have a corkage fee but dropped it altogether. "A fee just seemed like we were nickel-and-diming our customers," he says, adding, "It doesn't seem worth it to us to charge a corkage fee, given that most of the wines people are bringing in are very expensive bottles, and they give the server an occasional taste."
Case in point: Britton designed a large multicourse meal to complement a variety of $200 to $400 wines that a group brought in. "They were thrilled not to be charged a (corkage) fee," he says, then half-jokes, "but I charged them an arm and a leg for their special tasting menu."
Even The Wine Bar, with its eponymous emphasis on wine, permits customers to supply their own, for a $15-per-bottle corkage charge.
"It's a nominal fee," says co-owner and sommelier Melissa Evans, "but it's there because I believe people should be charged something if they're not ordering from our wine list."
Not that any of these places has to deal with corkage fees very often. The BYOB trend hasn't yet caught on with Capital Region diners, say restaurateurs, who report from less than one instance a month to almost never.
"It's pretty nonexistent," says Evans. "In four years it's maybe happened two or three times."


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Redstone restructures for cash generation and growth
Post-acquisition integration
Redstone is dividing itself up into four autonomous operating units following its acquisition of Xpert Group in April. It says the re-organisation delivers "immediate profitability and cash generation".
With the new structure, the data networking and IT products reseller, says it has "developed a strong platform for its future growth, is largely debt free, is expected to be cash generative and is much better positioned to take advantage of a developing and consolidating market place".
The company claims 370 staff in the UK and turnover of more than £60m.
The four operating units are:
- Redstone Converged Solutions - a mixture of Xpert Communications and Redstone's Solutions business selling converged IP products and networks.
- Redstone Technologies, previously Xpert Technology, which is an HP reseller specialising in servers and storage area networks.
- Redstone Telecom which will sell inbound and outbound minutes and associated products.
- Redstone Managed Solutions which will concentrate on application development and support and more bespoke work.
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Can I share a secret with you?
My diamonds are fake. Well, at least the ones in my ears are (usually).
I have several pairs of nice fine jewelry studs that I have enjoyed wearing over the years. I love studs – they are easy to wear, unobtrusive usually, and I wear a pair almost every day.
Anyway, about seven or so years ago, something very bad happened. I remember it all so clearly. I was out with friends at Dragon Bar (Bay Area residents feel free to judge away), and my hand brushed my right ear. And then I realized! There was no earring in it.
My hand quickly went up to my left ear, and then my heart sank – there was an earring in that lobe. Meaning that my right stud had fallen off, sometime during the night. Have you ever tried to look for a small item on the floor of a dark bar? I tried for about ten minutes, and then began the mourning process and ordered another round of drinks!
I complained to my mom, who was utterly unsympathetic as soon as she heard the words "…and I was at this place, you know, well a bar". But she did pick me up a pair of cubic zirconia earrings at Nordstrom randomly a few months later – the Asian mother's way of saying, Maybe you shouldn't have nice things. And I love them! They're a nice size, look good enough, and I never worry about losing them. And the best part? Under $50!
I would never buy a fake handbag, but fake diamond earrings are okay with me. How about you?
PS: I hope you never lose an earring as I did, but if you do, Tiffany will replace the missing piece for 50% of the total price, so very reasonable. Just sharing some knowledge I hope you never have to use!


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New Plants In Garden
New Plants In The Garden
New plants have been put in the garden, I like the camellia bushes, there are many different colours planted all in a row, we have a lot of those in the new garden beds. We have many varieties of plants in the garden bed, members and visitors are welcome to come and look at the new plants and work in our community garden.
There are even native trees to planted in the bed, so come along and see all the new garden beds and plants. There are water features and a bird bath as well.
We will need to pay the Elermore Vale Community Centre back, for the funding for the plants. If it was not for their generous support and lending us the $1,200 for the plants, we would not have these beautiful new plants.
As you can see it is all coming along very well. The new plants are doing very well in the new soil at our community garden.
So get busy and come on down to the Elermore Vale Men's Shed, new members are welcome! We always appreciate donations for our garden!
Sometimes we like to build wheel barrows at the shed!
Here are a few more photos of our garden!
Better to call in and have a cuppa and see the new plants in the garden. We always need more volunteers to do things in the sheds and on our community projects. You can see by the pictures how well our community garden has grown and the new plants are starting to blossom already.
New members are always welcome at Elermore Vale Men's Shed! Our community garden is there for all to enjoy, it is called the Harmony Garden and we are always looking for more keen gardeners to join our shed and help out with the new plants in the garden. Do you have a green thumb, we would like to see more people from the community come along and work on the new plants in our garden.
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iam in vancouver having a great time i like the gardens regards dave
Thanks Dave, looks like I better get a few more up to date photos in this page so you can see all the progress, have a good holiday!


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Vodafone is one of the biggest-dividend-paying companies in the FTSE 100 and it looks all but guaranteed to complete the sale of its most profitable and cash generative asset, Verizon Wireless, next year.
The chunky circular detailing the deal, by which shareholders will benefit to the tune of 112p per share in a mix of cash and shares, will arrive about now.
Because of the structure of the transaction investors who take no action will end up receiving cash and holding shares in US telecoms giant Verizon.
It is therefore essential investors fill in the "Dealing Form" in which they can choose to sell the Verizon shares and receive cash.
The benefits, in terms of the cash Vodafone will receive from the sale, are already in the share price, raising the question: should investors sell out now, or is there more to come? The most important issue concerns the income. Many bought Vodafone not for share price gains but for the inflation-busting dividend that offered a yield of 6pc just 12 months ago.
Vodafone has committed to increasing the full-year dividend by 8pc to 11p for the year ending March 2014. The rump of Vodafone, without Verizon Wireless, is expected to deliver profits of £5bn and free cash flow of between £4.5bn and £5bn, which will cover the dividend payments, forecast to be about £2.6bn, roughly twice.
Webchat: What should Vodafone investors do with the Verizon circular?
Of the roughly £79bn the company will receive from the deal, £51.4bn will be returned to shareholders. Of the remaining £27.6bn, some £7bn will be invested into the network of mobile phone masts. Management believes better signals and service will attract more customers.
Questor - the Telegraph's share tipping column - thinks Vodafone after the deal will be a Europe focused telecoms group with much lower growth. The company will have cash to buy more companies and invest in its networks to replace the lost earnings but the risks of getting this wrong will be increased. There are better returns on offer in the pharmaceutical sector at the moment.
The important dates:
• January 26. Deadline for return of voting form to agree to structure of return of value.
• January 28. Shareholder general meeting will be held at Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU.
• February 20. This is the last date on which investors can buy shares and benefit from the return of value. Shareholders must continue to hold their shares until February 24, if they are to receive the full amount.
• February 24. The first day of trading for the new entity.
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JERUSALEM (Apr. 25)
Two East Jerusalem Arab editors arrested April 15 on suspicion of sedition and incitement were released today on IL 2000 bail each by a Jerusalem district court, Joseph Nasr, editor and publisher of the East Jerusalem weekly, Al Fajar, and Jamil Hamad, assistant editor, had been remanded in custody for 15 days pending trial. Israeli authorities charged that the two had failed to submit their stories to the censor.
The court allowed bail over the objections of Jerusalem police who wanted to hold Nasr for further questioning. The interrogation of Hamad was said to have been completed. Both were detained after publishing a report that accused Israel and Jordan of collaboration in the Israeli commando raids on terrorist headquarters in Beirut on April 10 in which three terrorist leaders were killed. Jordan called the report "completely unfounded" and accused the weekly of serving Israeli intelligence.
The arrest of the two editors raised a storm of criticism in the Israeli press. Haaretz said it damaged Israel's image. Maariv said the detention of the pair would be viewed as punishment for expressing anti-Israel opinions. In addition to alleging Israeli Jordanian collusion. Al Fajr published a front page editorial urging Arabs to mourn the slain terrorist leaders.


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Eastern Carolina Barbecue Sauce
A vivacious, crisp sauce for barbecue that plays with flavor by combining sugar, paprika, white wine, vinegar, and hot sauce!
Level: Easy
- 1 c. reserved roasting juices from Carolina Pulled Pork
- 1 c. white wine vinegar
- 1 c. cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp. dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. sweet smoked paprika
- In a medium bowl, combine roasting juices with white wine vinegar and cider vinegar. Add dark brown sugar and sweet smoked paprika, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Serve.
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I Need Advice/
Ive been dating my childhood friend for almost 7? months now. Ive known him since I was 12 or 13 and when we recconected he said he was in the Guard. He was supposed to be deployed to Iraq this month but they cancelled his troop. He recently left me a distraught note that said "I dont want to put you through that kind of life if I do get deployed" He still has 4 years left, and I just want to let him know that im here, and im not going anywhere and I understand this whole situation. Ive reeassured him before but maybe I wasnt reassuring enough. Any tips?
Just continue to reassure him. Let him know that's he's important enough to you that you will get through it if he is deployed. It would hurt more to go through a break up and deployment than it would to endure a long separation because of his deployment. Remind him that you're there for him and you're not going anywhere. Let him know you support him and you'll be there when he comes back.


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Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Adagio Teas
Tea Description:
Black tea from the Fujian province of China. Golden Monkey tea is hand-processed each spring with careful plucking of only one leaf and one bud. The name comes from its unique appearance: the leaves resemble monkey paws. Sweet and very 'nosy': savory roasted apples, cocoa and spice notes that linger as you sip. Rich, coating texture and very smooth, soft mouthfeel. Delicate, almost indistinguishable astringency.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster's Review:
A beautiful golden tea, the dry leaf has colors that range from a pale gold to a warm chocolate tone. And … if I were to describe the flavor, I might offer the same description: golden notes of apple, warm notes of spice and a lovely, lingering cocoa note. And it is those chocolate-y notes that makes golden teas like this Golden Monkey from Adagio Teas a treasure.
This is deliciously sweet. When I read the description, I wondered about the apple note … I don't think I've ever had a golden monkey that I tasted a distinguished apple note … or perhaps I just didn't identify it as such, instead I labeled it as a fruit note. But as I sip this, yes, indeed, it does have an apple note, and it's quite a clear apple-y flavor. Quite nice.
The spice tones are subdued but warm … it doesn't really taste "peppery" or "vibrant" or any of those other grandiloquent words I often use to describe teas. It is really quite a mellow spice note, but, it adds an interesting dimension to the overall cup.
But it is the chocolate note that I love … and it is the chocolate note that will make this Golden Monkey memorable. It lingers sweetly on the palate, and as I allow myself to enjoy the cocoa flavor, I also notice a hint of caramel hiding just beneath the bittersweet chocolate. Lovely!
I am not always overly excited about Adagio Teas, but this one is definitely worth trying. One of the best teas I've tried from this company.
Anne started her journey with tea as a casual drinker and became more serious about her tea drinking when she realized that she couldn't drink coffee. Shortly thereafter, she started becoming obsessed with the beverage and she started creating small-batch, artisan blends of tea that she sold online as LiberTEAS. After a few years, she realized she wasn't cut out to be the sole proprietor of a business so she closed LiberTEAS and started reviewing teas online. She met Jennifer through another blog that they both reviewed for and they decided to start their own review blog. This review blog!
Throughout her journey as a tea reviewer, she discovered 52Teas and became enamored with the idea of creating a new tea every week. When the founder of 52Teas decided he wanted to move on, he offered the business to Anne but knowing that she wasn't cut out to be a sole proprietor, she instead offered the company to her oldest daughter who employs her as the Mad Tea Artist for 52Teas!
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by Jerry Meislik
This Willow Leaf Fig, Ficus salicaria, was originally in the collection of my bonsai buddy Dustin Mann of Michigan. I acquired the tree in 1997 or a year or two earlier. Dustin's front is in the first shot of the tree taken in 1998.
After a year or two I decided to change the front to the other side. My decision was based on how the rootage displayed and formed the base of the tree. The root flare seemed more attractive on the other side.
For its first few years I needed to add bulk to the branches as they were all fairly small. Also the apex was allowed to elongate and to ramify.
After some branch thickness was developed it became apparent that the tree was now too long and the trunk line did not follow the taper suggested in the lower trunk.
The whole top of the tree was then removed and a small branch was brought up as the new apex.
The last several years were used to fill out the new apex so that it would be in scale with the rest of the trunk.
The lowest branches were growing up a bit so they were moved down, a new pot was selected that was a bit less in volume.
The tree as it appears now, shown below. The future is to developt more secondary and tertiary branching.


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Reports of Low iMac Inventory Hint at a Refresh
Posted on July 22, 2010 by vincent oliver
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has ceased production of its current iMacs in anticipation of a new model coming soon. The new models are rumored to included a dual-core Core i5 model, as well as quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 configurations.
From AppleInsider:
A person familiar with the matter says the Mac maker is informing some of its distributors not to expect any further stock of the entry level 21.5-inch, 3.06GHz iMac, implying that production of that model has ceased.
Meanwhile, those with ties to the company's stateside reseller channels are being advised to sell through their stock of all existing iMac models and to keep their inventories as lean as possible for the next few weeks.


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Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer
Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer Rates and Deals
Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer Reviews
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Experience a Beautiful Haveli Hotel Nov 14, 2011
We met Little Johnny while checking out another hotel (nasty and disgusting) and agreed to see this 'haveli' he kept telling us about. The rooms were GORGEOUS! One (with a/c) had a part of the Jain temple carvings adorning its wall. I chose a beautiful double room with a window seat and balcony. It was the most peaceful hotel/hostel I have stayed in India. The price was pretty good for the decoration and luxury I felt: 450 rs. We did haggle it down from 550rs. There are single rooms available for 150 rs as well with a shared bathroom. There is a lovely roof top view and you can look straight into the Jain temple next door. The cook here, Fatan, is the most friendliest guy in the world. While, not the best cook, his company was the thing of value here. He taught us to play India checkers and even invited us out to see his farm and village (pictures included). This is the kind of real experience I came to India for; meeting locals and seeing the real India, not just tourist spots. I found a welcoming family between Fatan, Little Johnny, and their younger brother who also works at the hotel. This place has character and honesty. If you want to visit their village, just ask but be prepared to help out with gas and food money.
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Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer Overview
Guests of the Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer can enjoy accommodation in Jaisalmer nearby to many of the area's attractions, including shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues. The hotel is close to the desert, where travelers can enjoy Jeep rides and camel safaris. The Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer is easily accessible by car, and guests can get to many of the area's attractions by rail, which is close to the hotel.
The rooms of this hotel offer amenities like tea and coffee making facilities, satellite televisions, and balconies. Each of the Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer's rooms offers air conditioned surroundings and an en suite bathroom for the comfort of guests.
This modern hotel offers guests plenty of amenities, including an on-site restaurant that offers convenient meals throughout the day and evening. The Mandir Palace Hotel Jaisalmer also offers guests laundry and dry cleaning services, as well as meeting facilities and room service. This hotel is built in a traditional haveli, which is a small castle, and it features the stone carvings traditional to the area.
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Spring 2008 Fashion Week Notebook: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Photo Credit: NY Magazine
Key Takeaways: While Marc Jacobs' namesake collection was all about theatrics, his Marc by Marc Jacobs collection provided much more wearable looks. Of note was the often-subtle asymmetry seen in the collection–perhaps one shirt panel done in a different fabric, or having a rounded corner hem on one jacket side and a square corner hem on the other. Key trends included: the high waistline, colorblocking, dots, bows, short shorts, emphasis on the waistline, and nautical influences (e.g. sailor pants, horizontal stripes, navy blue).
Color Palette: Neutrals plus navy, red, brown, and olive yellow.
Silhouettes: For women, the most important trends were: emphasis on the (high) waistline, boxy dresses and jackets, the cropped jacket, skirts that fall at mid-thigh,and skinny pants. Key detailing included oversized pockets and the v-strap neckline. For men, skinny pants, short shorts, and tiny collars on collared shirts.
Accessories Report: For women, belts at the waist, wide-brimmed hats, tall newsboy-style caps, shoulder strap handbags, the clutch…and luggage. The Marc by Marc Jacobs woman is a jet-setter. For men, too-short ties, medium width ties, sport sneakers, and aviator sunglasses (hung in the pocket, not worn).
What's Wearable: Silhouettes, minus the short shorts and skinny pants, were generally wearable–though the subtle asymmetry of the garments is harder to pull off. Our favorite wearable look for women was a silk tie-neck polka-dotted blouse paired with a high-waisted navy skirt fashioned to emulate sailor pants. On the men, we loved the 70s inspired safari coat.
What's Not Wearable: If you're uncomfortable with the untraditional, skip this collection.
Previous Marc Jacobs Fashion Week Coverage from Omiru:
Fall 2007 Fashion Week Runway Review: Marc Jacobs
Spring 2007 Fashion Week Runway Review: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Spring 2007 Fashion Week Runway Review: Marc Jacobs
Fall 2006 Fashion Week Runway Review: Marc by Marc Jacobs
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Dental Implants: What Bone Treatments May Be Needed?
Dental Implants need to be placed in and surrounded by healthy bone. In this segment of my interview with Dr. Sean Rhee, periodontist, Sean discusses some procedures that may be required if there is not enough bone naturally available in the implant site, known as bone augmentation and sinus lift.
This is the second segment of my interview with Dr. Rhee. In the final segment we will cover implant materials and types and costs.
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Great site. A lot of useful information here. I'm sending it to some friends!
Hi! I just had PKR surgery using the ConforMis iUni Partial Knee Replacement. I have payeld Racquetball year round for the last 35 years, and I didn't like the idea of giving up my passion. My internet search led me to ConforMis which lead me to Dr Robert Snyder, who performed my surgery on 1-19-11. Today, 2-2-11, 2 weeks after surgery, I can walk without a walker or cane, and I fully expect to be back on the Racquetball Court in 6 weeks or so. ConformMis has built a better mousetrap!
yes it probably is cepaher abroad but I'm in the stages of implants 2 front teeth a33,500,yes its allot of money but If I have problems then I can just pop to my dentist in my car,not on a plane,I'd be to scared to get it done abroad,implants are not just a one day procedure..please think very carefully
hi daisymatilda, acrcicdong to my doctor all the private companys have come forward to offer replacments apart from harley street this is what he told me a few weeks ago. i found out mine were pip within the same hour i phoned up. I would ring them and say your having some serious problems and concerned they have ruptured ! i had pins and needles and still do in my left arm for a few months now and with all the stress i hadnt been sleeping either as well as loads of other problems with my back pain. i had an mri scan with 3 days !! with bupa thats where i had mine privatly put in. hope you find out and quick as there's going to be a huge backlog waiting for surgery ! good luck and keeping my fingers crossed they arent pip for you! x
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I was in Myer yesterday, perusing the beauty area when this little Chi Chi polish caught my eye. A flakie! For only $12.95! And 30% off! Right in my hot little hand! How could I say no? In the shop I had a great suspicion that Chi Chi Crystal Top Coat was a dupe for piCture pOlish Festival. I still bought it, because well, who can say no to multi coloured flakies?
Both piCture pOlish and Chi Chi are Australian brands, both bottles are labeled "Made in Australia"and I'm wondering if both these polishes actually came from the same big vat of nail polish in whatever factory they're made in. Both polishes are pretty much the same price, $11.90 for Festival from the piCture pOlish website, and $12.95 for Crystal Top Coat from stores that stock Chi Chi. Apart from the different lids, it seems like these are the exact same thing. Not that I'm complaining. It's always good to have spare flakies!
Now… onto the swatch!
Which one do you think is which? They're pretty much the same aren't they!
So this was two coats of both Chi Chi Crystal Top Coat and piCture pOlish Festival and as you can see they're pretty much the exact same. I'm not sure how easy it is to get Chi Chi outside of Australia, but for us Aussie girls, if you don't live near a Myer or a Target (who also stock Chi Chi, but when I checked didn't have it) you can get Festival online, and if you don't like buying online you can get Crystal Top Coat in store!
Flakies for everyone!!! Hooray!!!
Hmmmmm…interesting! I love dupes!
Wow! Well spotted! Need to check this out…I cannot tell any difference 🙂
Love this topcoat, it's so pretty! I wonder if I can get anything similar in the UK x
i've been researching these i know sally hansen had one called forbidden treasure? or something like that. might be discountinued though. nubar 2010 is another one. also the brand finger paints special effects – they have different coloured flecks etc. the one with most range so far.
– blog owner : thank you so much for these! i;ve been trying to find flakie nail polish in australia but failed lately. Love this blog and will b an avid follower. love the pictures!


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An industry in disconnect
Utility deregulation sees outages rise, workers squeezed, as CEOs, stocks gain.
Updated 7:35 am, Sunday, January 13, 2013
The winners and losers in the nation's wave of utility deregulation are clear.
The winners? Shareholders and executives. The losers? Customers and workers.
Over a decade of deregulation, the frequency and duration of outages has crept up, maintenance of aging infrastructure has been deferred, line workers have been laid off — and CEOs' salaries have risen an average of 150 percent nationwide, a Hearst Newspapers investigation has found.
The results were evident when Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast in November.
For example, the tree-lined suburban town of Weston, Conn., knew all too well what to expect. It was the third major storm Weston had suffered in just over a year. Once again, 100-year-old trees smashed into power lines, throwing the town into the surreal darkness of a lengthy power outage.
Connecticut Light & Power lineman Keith Boczer was among the first on the scene, taking cover as trees were "falling all over the place." His crew was "minimal," and Boczer, 55, felt "handcuffed." He remembers when an outage like this one would be attacked by much larger crews.
The number of CL&P linemen has shrunk 60 percent over the past three decades, while the number of people served by the utility has increased 40 percent.
Charles Shivery's first full year as chairman of the board, CEO and president of Northeast Utilities, CL&P's parent company, was 2004. That year, his compensation totaled $1.9 million. In 2011, Shivery's compensation totaled $9,685,241 – a more than fivefold increase in seven years. In that time, the company's stock price has risen from $14.49 to more than $35 a share, and Shivery has reduced the utility's work force by 16 percent.
As Boczer attacked the tangle of downed trees and lines, he faced a maddening shortage of replacement transformers. It would be the second week after the storm before the crews would make much progress.
Why? Frank Cirillo, an official with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Connecticut, said staff cutbacks have degraded every aspect of response, including the supply room, where parts like transformers must be obtained. One clerk handles every request, Cirillo said.
"It's like a million people at a Stop & Shop and there is one (expletive) cashier."
In contrast to Sandy's wrath, skies were clear and calm in San Mateo, Calif., last April. Jennifer Tello discovered in an instant that utility reliability problems aren't just storm-related.
The 24-year-old woman found herself crying into the face of her gasping father: "Dad, if you can hear my voice, just stay with me."
Enrique Tello, breadwinner for his wife and adult daughter, had been electrocuted by a 12,000-volt Pacific Gas & Electric line that fell into his back yard. When he died later that evening, Jennifer Tello was a month away from giving birth to his grandson.
According to PG&E, a duck hit the line and caused it to fall. The state is investigating not just how that could happen, but also why the line stayed hot after it fell when it should have automatically gone dead. It was still sparking when police arrived, the police report said.
"This was a maintenance issue," said George Choulos, the Tello family's attorney.
For the previous eight years, the Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E was Peter Darbee. Darbee's compensation ranged from $6 million the year he took over, down to $1.9 million in 2004, when the company was emerging from bankruptcy, and up to $9.5 million in 2011. He retired two months before Tello died, with a $500,000 per year pension.
Reliability decline cited
Electric utilities' "reliability is getting worse," said a U.S. Department of Energy report published this year at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California. The lab's research showed that nationwide, reliability — measured by length and frequency of outages — deteriorated at an average rate of two percent a year between 2000 and 2009, according to the report and its lead researcher, scientist Joseph Eto. "This is a real trend," he said, adding that the study was structured to remove weather as a factor.
During a five-month investigation, Hearst Newspapers found four primary and interrelated factors – cited over and over in interviews, studies, and other research – that drive investor-owned utilities' problems with reliability:
Aging infrastructure;
A shrinking work force that has curtailed both maintenance and response to storms;
Persistent failure to trim and remove trees near power lines;
And a culture change that has placed profits above reliability.
Investor-owned utility CEOs' pay packages are increasingly based on profit and stock performance, with very little or none of their compensation dependent on reliability for ratepayers.
Between 2000 and 2011, the 150 percent increase in CEO pay packages at investor-owned utilities brought the average to more than $6 million a year, according to a survey conducted for Hearst by Longnecker & Associates, a Houston compensation consulting firm.
From 1999 to 2002, utilities cut their manpower costs by shedding 13,000 electrical power-line installers and repairers, one-fifth of the total, according to data obtained by Hearst from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of utility linemen remains well below pre-2000 levels.
"We've gone from having dependability and reliability being the gold standard of the companies to profitability and money," said Jim Hunter, director of the utility department at the IBEW in Washington D.C.
"There needs to be a national inquiry into the reliability and efficiency of our electric supply," said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
A recent industry-sponsored study found some unnamed utilities improved in recent years, though the voluntary data came from a more limited sample than the one used by Eto in the Berkeley study.
Rodney Robinson, director of reliability management at Westar Energy and chairman of the industry's Distribution Reliability Working Group, which conducted the industry study, said, "It's not getting much better, let's say it that way. It is staying flat. Every utility that I've talked to, their worst cause is aging equipment."
On a calm night last December, a corroded and neglected splice on a PG&E wire failed, sending San Francisco's Candlestick Park into darkness during a nationally broadcast Monday Night Football game.
It was a visible and embarrassing signal of a huge problem. A quarter of the nation's major outages in the last decade didn't involve weather.
They were caused by maintenance issues, equipment failures, generation deficiencies, system overloads and rolling blackouts, according to a Hearst analysis of federal data.
"The distribution systems are getting older ... faster than they are being replaced," said Mark Joseph, an attorney for the Coalition of California Utility Employees.


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I came to a different conclusion on reading RFC 2396. I can see some justification for either. My concern, then, is that we end up specifying something that is not obvious on reading the relevant primary specification (RFC 2396). I don't see it's especially important -- maybe it's better to duck this particular issue? Otherwise, I think we should flag any decision clearly so that implementers don't overlook it. #g -- At 01:36 PM 3/29/02 -0600, Dan Connolly wrote: >On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 12:18, Dave Beckett wrote: >[...] > > We should not be testing for something with an undefined answer! > >My considered opinion is that the answer is defined by RFC 2396; > > "relfile" relative to mailto:foo@bar is mailto:relfile. >http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20020225-f2f/irclog-2002-02-26.html#T09-02-13 > >I regret that I cannot write a more detailed response, >nor investigate the state of this matter (whether >the WG has already decided on it or not) without >putting my other obligations at risk for the >next week or so. > >-- >Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ ------------------- Graham Klyne <email@example.com>Received on Monday, 1 April 2002 17:19:55 UTC
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IBS and the Gut
IBS stands for irritable bowel syndrome, most suffers would agree you get extremely irritable, fed up and at times embarrassed about the condition, as the symptoms can disrupt your life severely. Bloating, wind, cramps, diarrhoea and having to rush to the toilet can have a huge impact on your life and as it affects so many people what can be done about it?
The gut is controlled by the Enteric Nervous System (ENS), the operation of which isn't fully understood, which would explain why there is no specific test for it as yet. Many doctors and health professionals do not know the best methods of treating this illness, although they do now believe that a major disruption to the bacterial balance in your intestines can sometimes lead to long term problems with IBS.
Every individual will have different circumstances which will have triggered this condition. It may have been a tummy upset, extreme stress or infection. Although there is no cure for IBS, with dietary adjustments and some knowledge of the illness you can overcome it. Diet being the most important change you can make. Any IBS sufferer will know some of the foods or types of food that triggers an episode.
Fructose Malabsorption
Another common cause of IBS is fructose malabsorption and/or FODMAP intolerance. Just like eating carbohydrates, they can cause excessive fermentation. SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) foods high in fructose or FODMAPs, which are a group of short-chain fermentable carbohydrates, can also be excessively fermented in your colon. Look them up and try to eliminate all that you think trigger your IBS to help you on the healing process.
Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAP Syndrome or GAPS) is a condition, which establishes a connection between the functions of the digestive system and the brain. One of the major functions of the good bacteria in the gut flora is controlling about 500 different known to science species of pathogenic (bad) and opportunistic microbes. When the beneficial good bacteria get destroyed a special opportunity arises for other bad bacteria to grow into large colonies and occupy large areas of the digestive tract. A modern diet of processed and fast foods provides perfect nourishment for these pathogens. This is not good news for IBS sufferers.
Nutritional Relief From IBS
The Paleo diet is perfect for IBS sufferers, as it removes most of the food groups that trigger IBS. It offers a simple solution for a healthy new lifestyle free from all the horrible symptoms. A diet designed for optimum health and recovery should be the first line of treatment against IBS, the Paleo diet is perfect for this. It is often called the inflammatory diet and since inflammation is the key in IBS then it provides the perfect solution.
Try eating healthy food, with no additives and preservatives. Go back to a primitive Caveman style diet, which the Paleo diet, is also known as and a perfect remedy to heal you from inside. The foundation of the Paleo Diet is to eat meat, seafood, eggs, poultry, seafood and unlimited consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Many fats which include nut oils,coconut oil, lard and tallow. Drink plenty of water filtered or sparkling, tea and bone broths. No Alcohol unless gluten free or any sugar or chemical ingredients of any sort.
This will allow the foods rich in antioxidants to do their work and help you to recover. The road to this, might not be an easy one, but if you can eliminate these awful symptoms that IBS causes, then what have you to lose. It will be worth it, I assure you.


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In a job interview, an interview might very well ask you "What will you contribute to this job?" It's another version of "Why should we hire you?"
This can be a make-or-break moment in your interview. A strong answer will sell you for the job, and a weak answer will get you crossed off the short list of candidates.
In the video below, I will tell you what a strong, positive answer to this question will sound like, and talk about what kinds of things you should include. Click the video to watch.
Read my blog article where I go into much more detail about this question, and give you suggestions for how to answer it: How to Answer Interview Questions Q79. It's part of my 101 question series, How to Answer Interview Questions.


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August 2, 2013 in General Topics
The other day I was talking to my friend and colleague, Susan Kaye Quinn, about our respective serials. Susan is a solid writer currently tearing up the charts with her Debt Collector series, which features a reluctant young man named Lirium (short for Delirium). Lirium has the astounding ability to harness and transfer life force from one person to another, and he does it all under the full sanction of the government.
We thought it would be fun to pit our worlds against each other: the chilling world of Susan's Debt Collector serial against the dying universe of the Beacon Saga . You get to vote which you'd rather live in! And enter to win a free episode from each serial!
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