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Superfood Breakfast Bowl for Pregnancy (and after!) - Mumberry
Posted on 16 May 2016
Mint, almond, coconut, and chocolate are just a few of the flavors that we mixed with the nutty, earthy flavors of quinoa to give you a delicious breakfast bowl you can eat during pregnancy to satisfy your tastebuds and your nutritional needs!
If you're used to eating your quinoa in more savory dishes, then you'll really enjoy this spin on the superfood seed. The secret to getting it to taste just as delicious in sweeter dishes as it does in savory dishes is the cooking base. We cooked this quinoa in almond and coconut milk to give it a sweeter and creamier taste (which also happens to mesh PERFECTLY with chocolate ;)
Why do you need to add quinoa into your prenatal diet? Here are just a few reasons:
High in antioxidants
Decreases risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
Helps regulate the digestive system and decrease symptoms of constipation
Provides complex carbs to give you sustained energy throughout the day
One of only a few plant sources that can be considered a "complete protein"
High source of iron, which you need more of during pregnancy
Rich in many vitamins in minerals like B-vitamins, magnesium, calcium, vitamin E, and more
There's a simple way to add more quinoa into your diet! Use it in place of rice in the dishes that you already make. Or use it in place of/in addition to oatmeal like we did in this breakfast bowl.
We love this recipe because it's warm, nutrient-dense, flavorful, naturally sweetened, and, let's be honest, because it means we can eat chocolate for breakfast.
On to the recipe!
1 cup uncooked, rinsed quinoa
1 1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup rinsed, juicy blackberries
1-2 mint leaves, chopped
1/4 cup dry, uncooked oats
2 Tbsp chia seeds
3 squares of dark chocolate, chopped
Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat and add the rinsed quinoa. Leave over heat for 2-3 minutes to toast it and get the remaining moisture out.
Add the almond milk, coconut milk, and vanilla syrup and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover quinoa, reduce heat and let simmer until moisture has been absorbed and the quinoa is a light fluffy texture.
Remove the quinoa from heat and transfer some to a bowl
Next, add in the maple syrup and chia seeds and stir until well mixed.
Top with oats, mint, chocolate, and blackberries, and enjoy!
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By Muneeb Yousuf
Everything is not shoddy about Pakistan. There are bright things too which we least take notice of or which get overshadowed by what selective media rhetoric present to us. In the present times, where radical right has taken the center stage, playing the cards of nationalism and promoting hate culture have become vital tool to further their political agenda. Amidst this, there is an ever increasing tendency of displaying hard power. Apart from signifying the territorial boundaries which came to place as a result of bloody partition, the government in place is cultivating a national consciousness and acting as a selective permeable membrane for cosmopolitan agents. The nation-state considers such cosmopolitan agents as a threat to peace.
In July last year, the governments proscribed certain channels in Jammu and Kashmir which they believe could encourage violence and disturb law and order. Among the proscribed channels is Karachi based Hum TV which airs dramas on wide ranging issues. There is a significant viewership of Pakistani dramas in Kashmir and Hum TV stood not only as a source of entertainment but something which shakes up viewers' conscience on a range of social issues that they usually do not recognize or think of.
Pakistani Dramas are unique in the sense that they are theme based raising social issues with embodied aura of Urdu that just goes straight to the heart. Unlike Indian serials where family fights and rivalry continue to engage viewers for years, Pakistani dramas are strongly aesthetic, focusing on characters with specific themes that run for limited number of episodes. From last three years in Kashmir, there has been decline in the interest of women for Indian TV serials particularly those aired on Star Plus and an upsurge in viewership of Pakistani serials in Kashmir and even mainland India. There are hundreds of thousands of watchers of Pakistani serials across South Asia. It was perhaps this popularity which Indian TV network Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) wanted to en-cash when they launched Zindagi. Zindagi was the first Indian general entertainment online channel, showing only Pakistani serials targeting vast Indian audience. The channel was an instant hit but it had to switch over to Turkish dramas after anti-Pakistan sentiment caught hold in India following 2016 Uri terror attack.
Pakistani dramas could be considered in the South Asian region as possessing certain attributes of what Joseph Nye calls "Soft Power", which he defines as "the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion and payments. It arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, political ideals and policies". Few Pakistani dramas have women oriented themes in their script thus naturally leading to large female audience. Such dramas prompt audiences particularly women to rethink and reclaim their rights, dignity and honor in a pattern of a society which is largely a male dominated one.
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan (my existence is meaningless) is one among the popular Pakistani serials that just rattles major constructs of our families and the societies that we live in. In the broader context Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan is a masterpiece of art where religion, patriarchy and progressiveness meets together in an overarching fashion, pushing viewers to think beyond the notion of black and white that most of the society do. The drama is based on an independent and freethinking woman whose life is completely ruined. In a premeditated fashion, her mother-in-law, who appears pious, deliberately sends her to a room to show her as a woman of immoral character, which she is not. This false display of her illicit behavior terminates her marriage. For this false accusation, the woman is then married to a man double of her age, who mercilessly scolds and beats her. Towards the end, the drama suggests that sometimes people who look pious from the outside can do horrible things for certain interests. The drama skillfully shows how other versions of the truth are never considered by elderly family members particularly males; they consider it an imperative to save the family honor without considering whether those allegations levelled are true or not.
Dastaan (The Tale) is a heartbreaking Pakistani drama that brings to the fore gory and grim realities caused by the Partition of Indian sub-continent. It beautifully presents how communal violence took place before the British India got divided into nation-states of India and Pakistan. The drama looks at the struggle of Pakistan as a fascination, a 'holy place' for whose realization mass killings and thousands of rapes took place. Bano,a young woman who is a staunch supporter of Muslim League during United India undergoes a tale of harrowing incidents that just rousehuman consciousness. Even after going through horrendous incidents, her love for Pakistan remain supreme.After reaching Pakistan, Bano happily shouts"ye paak mulk, paak sarzameen hai". Her notion about Pakistan is such that there are not fiend elements in it, a pure land. She believes that everyone living in Pakistan is her relative and they will treat her with love and respect. The drama fundamentally looks into the idea of Pakistan that thousands like Bano had believed to be religious and reverential. However, such beliefs are shattered when Bano sees Pakistan deviating from the very 'idea' it was formed for. Though the drama praises those people who sacrificed for Pakistan, it paradoxically questions the concept of nationhood. The similar questions are raised by Begum Jaan, an Indian movie released in 2017. The movie asks the fundamental question of what does the concept of nation and freedom mean to marginal sections of the society?
Diyar-e-Dil is a virtual dose to eyes and heart. The story of the drama revolves around a middle aged father (Agha Jaan) who has two young sons from whom he wants deep commitment and respect to his decisions even regarding their choice of marriage. The marvelous performance by Agha Jaan along with breathtaking script keeps viewers desperately waiting for rest of action. Not sticking to the family codes, the elder son bypasses father's decision of marrying to his cousin and instead elopes with a woman whom he loves. This decision brings conflict in the family and as a result Agha Jaan disowns his son, who starts his new life in the city. During this period of separation, the younger brother continuously remains in touch with his elder brother, however, Agha Jaan remains adamant. The efforts by young son results in the reunion of Agha Jaan and the elder son, however he doesn't survive the fruition of his efforts. The reunion scene is incomparable to any Indian serial. In the larger scheme of things, the drama immensely focuses on family values, which is an important character of families in Pakistan.
There are several other Pakistani dramas that have huge viewership in Kashmir. Among others are Man Mayal, Khuda aur Muhabbat, Pyar-e-Afzal. Man Mayal is extremely popular among youth given to its undying love theme that continues even after the marriage of girl. "Aap mujhe zehar lagtay ho!", a prominent wording of girl to her lover is a favorite line among Kashmiri youngsters.
By proscribing channels in Jammu and Kashmir, the government wants to build an imaginary 'Berlin wall' that would in their belief keep the Kashmiri community separated and unaware from the society across the dividing line. In the age of globalization, that of-course is a unintelligent move with only aim of deriving political mileage from it.


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IN his new memoir, Opposite Mandela: Encounters with South Africa's Icon (Jonathan Ball), Tony Leon offers a behind-the-scenes insight into how the country's first democratically-elected president related to his political opponents (see Kindle edition here). Leon was, of course, leader of the then-minuscule Democratic Party and later the Democratic Alliance, and although the two men clashed, sometimes fiercely, on the issues of the day, the young white MP would enjoy an extraordinary accessibility to Nelson Mandela and his office.
Although this access ended abruptly when Thabo Mbeki took over, Leon's relationship with Mandela continued until 2006 - the time of their last conversation. Opposite Mandela is a chatty, personal account of those turbulent, "history-in-the-making" years. Leon engagingly explores such issues as race, reconciliation and corruption; these themes not only marked that period but continue to dominate as President Jacob Zuma enters his second term of office. The Mandela that emerges in Leon's account is a complex figure. There is the much-adored, warm, generous leader - and there is the Mandela the public seldom saw: Machiavellian, flawed, irrational and combative.
Our interview took place on Wednesday morning, at the Mount Nelson Hotel.
POLITICSWEB: The big surprise here, as you tell it, is the warmth of your relationship with Mandela.
LEON: "It was an extraordinary feature. Not just of those times, but perhaps of what followed."
But there was also acrimony...
"There were some pretty rough moments. But that's natural if you were on different political sides. That's why I wrote the book. There's a huge body of literature on Mandela - the authorised biography, the unauthorised biography, the book by the jailer, and so on. These people all had unique access to him. I had a different sort of access, based on the fact that I wasn't a supporter of his party. I was an opponent, and right from the beginning, when he moved into [Houghton], the area I represented [as an MP] back in 1992, he sought me out ... well, I sought him out - he was the most famous resident. But he responded to me so warmly and effusively from the very first moment, and that really persisted right until I left the leadership of the DA. That probably says a great deal about Mandela more than anything else. Richard Stengel, his ghostwriter, makes the point that Mandela was a great persuader and a great charmer. He was ... Stengel used the word 'seductive'. In the political sense."
You write that FW de Klerk made that observation, that the charm was one of Mandela's two great faults, that he'd use it to smooth over problems without taking effective remedial action. The other was that he would sometimes fly off the handle without checking his facts beforehand.
"That was accurate in many ways. We had a big barney right at the beginning, in Parliament [in 1994], when I took the government on over the Shell House massacre. Mandela did not like to be crossed on certain issues. On other issues he was very relaxed. I also think Mandela did enjoy a robust discussion, a different viewpoint. It was almost useful for him to show me off - I was almost like a mascot at all these state dinners. [Leon gives a dubious impersonation of Mandela:] 'This young man, he gives me all my trouble. Ha, ha, ha.' 'Look here, we've got a functioning democracy here. If you have any doubt about that, just ask this young chap. He's the bloke giving me all my problems.' He would laugh about it."
There's a great anecdote about how, at one such function, to honour Queen Elizabeth II, this "democracy" spiel failed with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. ["Why is your party called 'Democratic'?" Philip demanded. "Aren't you all democrats now in South Africa? The problem with the word 'democratic' is that all those republics in the Soviet Bock called themselves democratic and they weren't democratic at all, were they?"]
"Yes, he was not very impressed when Mandela gave him the normal 'democratic' banter. 'Oh what's so democratic about you.' He also went on to ask me, 'What sort of democrat are you?' I said, 'Well, we're liberals.' 'Oh,' he said, 'well, why don't you call yourselves liberals? We have plenty of liberals in England.' I said, 'It's not really a very popular term in South Africa.' 'Oh, I wonder why that is. . .' Well, one might wonder today as well."
The "rot", if we could call the intemperate and corrupt creep in our current public life, started on Mandela's watch.
"It's a mixed picture. Of the many things that happened on his watch, he got far more things right than he got wrong. But certainly the orange lights started to flash, as they would have, and now they've gone to bright red. I think the underestimated part of the Mandela years was that [ANC national] conference in Mafikeng [in December 1997]. Because the speech he made there really gave the green light for cadre deployment. It was the green light for turning on the press and civil society. It was the green light for deployment across the whole of society. Those were green-lighted at the end of the Mandela term, and he went along with it. He articulated it.
"And even corruption. I heard a radio commentator yesterday suggest that [former health minister, now chair of the African Union] Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is completely untainted by corruption. It's absolute rubbish. The biggest single corruption case at the start was over Sarafina II, which was the diversion of all that European Union Aids money into a play produced by her best friend, [playwright] Ngobeni Ngema. It was a complete waste of public expenditure, and it wasn't the amount involved, R14million [that was troublesome], it was the fact that Mandela closed ranks around her. [Mandela would do the same with scandals involving Stella Sigcau and Allan Boesak.] Rather than standing against the transgressor, he actually stood with the transgressor, he protected the transgressor and didn't stand against the sin. The arms deal was green-lighted on his watch, although we didn't know the extent of the corruption until he left office. It is fair to say that some early clues were salted to a problem that has become very embedded in South Africa."
Even so, he fought bitterly against his own party when it came to reconciliation.
"Yes. Mandela understood very well that you must actually be generous in victory and not mean-spirited. That is a very powerful lesson that he managed to get his way with. He did stand up against the ANC on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,, for example. Mbeki went to court [to stop the TRC interim report from being issued] and Mandela said, basically, publish and be damned. I think that Mandela's attachment was not just to the constitution, which was something after all that he helped negotiate and certainly signed into law, but the rule of law itself. I cite that Louis Luyt [SA Rugby] court case where [Mandela] was dragged to court, subpoenaed as a witness, and the court found against him. It didn't make a very complimentary finding on his credibility as a witness. He was deeply outraged that he was dragged there. But he [appeared before the court], he said, 'because of my respect for the administration of justice'. That really did mark him out in comparison to that which followed. So I think on some of those very big things, he did set the right signal. But other things, less so."
What if he had he served a second term?
That is the very great question. Well, the point to me about Mandela - as a person, a politician and everything else - was that he was deeply adaptive and flexible so he didn't stick to the hidebound positions because he'd once articulated them and the party held them. He demonstrated that with our first get-together way back in 1992 when he was telling [DP stalwarts] Ken Andrew and Zach de Beer and me how he'd been to Davos, the World Economic Forum, and he'd been bashed over the head by all these business people. As he put it, 'They all want to be photographed with me, but they wouldn't donate a cent to South Africa because of [the ANC's] policies of nationalisation so I came back and said, Listen boys, we must change our policy.'
"So I think Mandela did take lessons from the real world. He wasn't in that bubble, strangely enough, that so many politicians and business leaders find themselves in, which is an echo chamber. You know, 'Yes sir, how high must I jump?' He did on many issues show a flexibility. HIV/Aids was perhaps the best example of that because, although the ignoring of the pandemic happened on his watch and he did nothing about it, the moment he stepped down as president, he listened and saw what was going - his own son had died of an Aids-related illness - and he changed. And then he tried to get the ANC to change, and that ended very unhappily for him. [In his book, Leon points to biographer Martin Meredith's 'painful' account of an NEC meeting where Mandela tried in vain to get Mbeki and his supporters to revise their stance on HIV/Aids. Mandela was torn apart by 'wild, aggressive and merciless' NEC members. 'After his mauling,' one witness said, 'Madiba looked twice his age, old and ashen.']
"But he then went out to proselytise for anti-retrovirals and against denialism. So you can't help but think that if he served a second term that South Africa would not have had that calamitous policy. I also think that Mandela's instincts - and you saw that with the Sani Abacha incident when [the Nigerian despot] executed [activist] Ken Saro-Wiwa - were, with certain qualifications, in favour of human rights."
He had no qualms, though, about who he took money from?
"No, he didn't. Basically he had an enormous attachment to countries or organisations that were pro-ANC during the struggle and he tended to allow that to be a blind spot. I mean, look at [former Indonesian dictator, President] Suharto. The irony is that Suharto was the one who gave Mandela those batik-styled shirts. But he did a lot of damage besides... In some ways it was purely mercenary so, for example, Suharto got [SA's highest honour, the Order of Good Hope, in exchange for contributions to the ANC's 1994 election fund]. It was a cash for an award offer. Ideologically, Suharto was vehemently anti-Communist. [Suharto's brutal anti-Communist purge of 1965-66 left at least 500 000 dead and about three times as many imprisoned.] And, don't forget, the ANC was busy fighting on behalf of independence in East Timor at the same time they were bestowing this honour on the very people [the Suharto regime] who had massacred the people in East Timor.
"We got into an argument, early one morning in January 1997 [shortly after Leon was offered a cabinet position by Mandela] because we were about to sell tank firing systems to the Syrian defence force. I mentioned to him that I didn't exactly have a pro-Syrian constituency in my little party, and he starts going into a thing about, 'You know, America was against us, and Syria was in favour of us and therefore the regime of Hafez al-Assad [father of Bashar al-Assad], they were on the side of right and America was on the side of wrong.'
"But he was prepared to speak up on behalf... I mean, look at [Robert] Mugabe! When he was rampaging through Zimbabwe in the 2000-2005 period I don't think that Mandela would have given him the kind of succour that Mbeki did. But you know, this is speculative."
At about that time, in January 1997 Mandela offered you a cabinet position, an appointment many DP members felt you should accept. Yet you refused because although Mandela had claimed there were often vehement disagreements in cabinet meetings and members were free to state their viewpoints, they would not be permitted to express their dissent in public. As he put it, "We must go out and face the world with one voice, just as Mugabe and [Joshua] Nkomo do."
"That sealed it for me. That's when I realised that this was a bridge too far. That is true, he did say that [Zimbabwe] was an example of a government of reconciliation, and I thought, 'Ja, but at what price?' I don't think Mandela had a high regard at all for Mugabe. He told me once, 'You know, we were in Addis Ababa, at a meeting of the Organisation of African Unity, and I came into the room and all the people, the dignitaries and the media, that were surrounding Mugabe left him and they came to talk to me.' And he said, 'I think that he was very angry that day and I'm not sure that his anger has recovered.'"
Which brings us to Mandela's anger towards FW de Klerk, and his treatment of the National Party leader. You quote a source as saying, "In Mandela's eyes, De Klerk became the proxy for much of the anger he felt and managed so masterfully to mask from view, towards the group and community FW came from." Who was this insider?
"I can't identify him because he was a person of consequence in Mandela's cabinet, and I suspect he will be a person of consequence in the future of this country, so let me not be more indiscreet than I already have been in this book. There was a very bad chemistry between De Klerk and Mandela - to the extent that Mandela would say that, look, it was easier to deal with PW Botha. But I put that down to the fact that they were both on the same stage at the same time. It's easier to look on a predecessor with more fondness than your contemporary. But I was struck by that 'proxy' comment, because Mandela masked his true feelings very well in the national interest, and that De Klerk really was the proxy for what Mandela thought. We saw that at Codesa, back in December 1991. Wow, that fury came out there! That first meeting, there was a misunderstanding about who would speak last, and then De Klerk said something, and Mandela just lost it, just ripped into him, and said, 'You have no idea what democracy means!' There was a lot of anger."
But they made up afterwards? There was, for want of a better term, a "gentlemanliness" to it all?
"There was - but there was no repair of the structural rift. Which was inherent in that government of national unity."
And Mandela could play the race card?
"He certainly played it on occasion, as I recall. But usually when he felt cornered. It wasn't done as a matter of course. The reflexive use of it now has almost discounted its efficacy but it was used by him to defend, I felt, the indefensible. Corruption, and so on. He had this wonderful attitude towards me until I crossed him on Shell House and then he just lost his temper, and said, 'Well, you know, I know who you are, you're just a young man who wants to make a good impression, your party's all white.' What the hell, I thought, has that got to do with the price of eggs? He was very angry with this probe I was conducting into the massacre. It didn't start off like that but eventually when he couldn't convince me to back down he kind of used that tactic. But I would say that was more the exception than the rule with him."
Then there was the John Dugard affair. In March 1995 Mandela told your that there was a problem with the DP's nomination of Dugard - a professor in international law and a respected human rights champion - to the soon-to-be-established Human Rights Commission, and that Dugard should be dropped in favour of veteran MP Helen Suzman. There was no reason why, as you suggested, both of them couldn't be on the HRC, but Dugard had to be dropped?
"That was a strange one. [Leon writes in his book, 'It suggested, and this later became the iron rule in the new South Africa, just as it had pervaded the old republic, that individual merit merit would be placed second to racial and political preferment. That the liberal community would, almost by definition, have more rights activists in its camp as a proportion of its overall numerical strength was passed over in this early signal that political and racial representivity would trump other considerations.' ]
"That happened [at a time when it seemed the HRC] would have a huge role to play. Immediately afterwards there was controversy about the appointments with [then HRC chair] Barney Pityana getting into a row with [Judge] Dennis Davis, who hasn't a racist bone in his body and [who] criticised some rightwing conservative being there instead of Dugard. But then Pityana said, 'If you criticise us you're criticising a black president and ipso facto you're a racist.'
"It was such a thought-blocking response but that almost became the terms of trade for everything afterwards. I think that was a moment when we were having our maximum glasnost in South Africa and everything seemed open and Brave New World when - boom! Public appointments are now being made, you're being critical of them? You're going to be blocked with the racist card. And it doesn't matter who does it. For example, there's Joe Slovo's widow, Helena Dolny, being elbowed out of her position [as managing director] at the Land Bank by some apparatchik who was a homeland trustee who happened to be black. But she's white, so she can go to hell? The fact that she's Joe Slovo's widow and had impeccable credentials didn't matter.
"I think if you're to look back at that you've got to say, 'Well, there was a big paradox, and South Africa's filled with paradoxes and contradictions - because Mandela was in many ways the great non-racialist, the great rainbow warrior, but at the same time, very quickly, racialisation was reasserting itself across the board in South Africa. A lot of people didn't want to speak about that. 'No, no, no, you can't say that,' and so on, but it was so. It's now entrenched, that re-racialistaion. It's not a question of affirmative action, it's a question of racial quotas. And racial quotas are very far from what the constitution had in mind and very far from that more hopeful vision of Mandela's."
Can we talk of deconstitionalisation?
"I think there are a lot of threats to the constitution. I quote [Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Ngoako] Ramathlodi in my book, and he says there is a body of opinion inside the ANC that regards the constitutional transition as a bit of a hoax. [Leon reads:] 'In 2011, [Ramathlodi] stated that the constitutional transition was a victory for "apartheid forces" who wanted to "retain white domination under a black government". This was achieved "by emptying the legislature and executive of real power" and giving it to "the other constitutional institutions and civil society movements".' There are many others in the ANC who share this opinion."
You end your book with a quote from JM Coetzee, on Mandela: "He was, and by the time of his death was universally held to be, a great man; he may well be the last of the great men, as the concept of greatness retires into the shadows."
"Mandela wasn't just a great man, which he was, he was also dealing with great times. When you're dealing with this drama, the end of an era, the beginning of a new one, it's..."
Cometh the hour, cometh the man?
"Absolutely. Now it's the day-to-day stuff, which he didn't give that much attention to. That becomes the preoccupation of his successors. And that is probably true of every political succession where you have a new era and a great leader and by definition successors who have to deal with that. I think that was part of Mbeki's frustration, that he was the guy who had to deal with the rubbish and clean out the lavatories as it were. There was Mandela, basking in the adulation of the world, and there he was going around having to sort out everything."
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The Aiyappan Temple is located in Saasthanagar and is dedicated to God Aiyappa. The devotees are greeted by a 42 feet tall flag pillar and the Balipeeta (a lotus shaped seat) at the entrance. The moolavar is God Aiyappa and is seen greeting the devotees with a smile. The Navagraha Shrine is on the left. God Vinayaka is seen to his right. There is also Dyana Mandapa - Prayer Hall - with facilities for devotees to prepare their pilgrimage to Sabarimala with their Irumudi. The speciality in the temple is the pooja performed to Sani Bhagwan for relief from sani dosham. The tickets for performing the Ghee Abishek in Sabarimala is issued in this temple. A special and an effective pooja for relief from Sani doshas is performed only in this Sasthanagar Aiyappan temple. The 42 feet tall flag pillar and the Balipeeta (a lotus shaped seat) welcome the devotee at the entrance. The Navagraha Shrine (shrine for the 9 planets) is on the left. God Aiyappa, the divine son of Hari-Hara, graces as a child in the temple as a smiling child. His beloved brother God Vinayaka is to his right. There are also Dyana Mandapa-Prayer Hall-with facilities for devotees to prepare their pilgrimage to Sabarimala with their Irumudies – a package with items as ghee filled coconuts etc. to be offered to the God at Sabarimala.
Devotees visit this temple to seek fulfillment of the following:-
- To overcome obstacles in getting married
- To do well in education
- To overcome obstacles in having children
- Relief from sani dosham
Om Bootha Nathaya Vidhmahe Bava Nandhanaya Dheemahe Tanno Sastha Prachodayaath
Meaning -We worship Lord Shiva's son, Ayyappa. Salutations to Saastha (Ayyappa). May Ayyappa encourage our creativity.
Mattha Mathanga Gamanam Karunyamrutha Pooritham Sarva Vigna Haram Devam Sastharam Pranamamyaham
Meaning -I salute Lord Ayyappa, who has an elephant's gait, who is compassionate and who destroys all obstacles.
Loka Veeryam Mahaa Poojyam Sarva Rakshaakaram Vibhum Parvathee Hirdya Anandham Saasthaaram Pranamaamyaham
Meaning -I bend down to Lord Shastha, who defends Dharma and Sastra and who brings happiness to Parvathi's heart, the fearless warrior that protects all, who has great glory and who warrants great admiration and devoted worship.
Bhoothanatha, Sadananda, Sarva Bhootha Daya Para, Raksha Raksha Maha Baho, Sasthre Thubham Namo Nama
Meaning -I offer my salutations to Lord Sastha, the master of all beings, who is infinitely every happy, who is merciful towards everyone, I pray, protect me great hero.
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Rather than store their home directories up on a server, some users would like to plug in flash media, and run off their memory stick. This currently works on the live CD. We should look at getting this to work for LTSP thin clients as well.
Edubuntu with LTSP is enjoying much success in schools, especially in third world countries where the cost of a full function PC plus software plus support may exceed a teacher's monthly or even yearly salary. Universities and colleges in these countries also struggle to fund adequate PC labs for the use of students, which impacts on teaching. Edubuntu with LTSP could make a great contribution in tertiary education, but we need to recognise that many students at colleges, and even some at schools, have some access to computers at home, in libraries, and elsewhere. If they can only access their home directories when they are on school or college premises then they are less able to exploit any other computer resources to do homework, projects, or research. As well, some systems administrators of public systems (say, for instance, libraries), may not want to have to manage home directories for users. This would provide the perfect oportunity for library patrons to have a persistent home directory.
Use cases
- Joseph is studying journalism at a college. He gets an assignment to study and report on the employment opportunities that the growth of biofuel feedstock crops may offer to subsistence farmers. He starts developing his report on a memory stick inserted into a lab computer at college, then goes to the town library to access more information resources. He wants to further edit his report using a computer available within the library.
- ltsp-server-standalone
- dependency on libpam_mount, libpam_script
Currently, the persistent home system on the live cd requires the user to reformat/repartition their usb stick with an EXT3 filesystem. We'd like to avoid this, for support reasons. This requires us to create another layer of filesystem.
We'll need a filesystem shim that will provide standard unix filesystem semantics on top of a vfat filesystem. Things we'll need to handle that a fat formatted memory stick don't have are:
- proper times (utime, mtime, ctime) witout constant updates to the memory stick (so as not to wear out the flash)
- long filenames/directories simulation with 8.3 real names.
- permissions, user, and group auth.
- symlink and hardlink emulation.
Overall process will look something like the following:
- The user will have to pre-prepare the stick for use.
- This will be simple. No reformatting will be required, the user just has to create the /pershome directory.
- Perhaps a simple shell script using zenity can be created to facilitate this.
- User plugs in media into the workstation before login.
- User logs in.
- the pam module pam_script will run, and determine from either /etc/ltsp/persistent_homes, or $HOME/.persistent_home, that the user wishes to have a USB persistent home dir.
- pam_mount executes a ltspfs mount to /media/username, which mounts the vfat formatted media.
- pam_mount then executes a layered mount of a fuse based filesystem that behaves much like the rockridge extentions for CD's, in that it maps long filenames and permissions (but not userid or groupids) into the corresponding files in a /pershome directory on the vfat media. This directory then is mounted onto $HOME for the user.
- If there is no /pershome directory, then we pop up a dialogue box indicating that the /pershome directory hasn't been created, possibly with instructions on how to do it.
On logout, reverse unmounting is done. The libpam-mount module does this. NOT VERIFIED
- Design format for /etc/ltsp/persistent_homes
- simple text file of userids
- $HOME/.persistent_home simply has to exist.
- package pam_script, write persistent_home checking scripts, promote to main.
- Write fuse-filesystem:
- fuseexmp.c, simple loopback filesystem.
Need to handle getattr, readdir, & link (soft and hard) system calls.
- rest are passed through.
- prototype in Python with python-fuse bindings. Rewrite in C if performance is a problem.
- pam_mount, fuse-python need to be promoted to main.
- fuse filesystem will need:
- name munging routines
- dictionary for mapping realname to fakename, file attributes
- Save this out to the disk in a pickle.
- Some users will pull out their memory stick before logging out, so the filesystem should probably save the pickle periodically, if it has changed in the interim.
Data preservation and migration
Unresolved issues
BoF agenda and discussion
Need more input from the rest of the LTSP team.
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I have learned many things from working on social games, and one of them is that you should show your players the countdown timers.
Why am I talking about this? I started playing Final Fantasy XIV, and they have a lot of countdown timers... and many of the are hidden. In this MMO, the most efficient exp is earned from levequests, a special kind of quest. You can do eight battle leves per day, and eight crafting leves per day. Or, well, maybe it's every 36 hours? I don't know for sure, and most of the players don't seem to know either. This is a critical cooldown timer, and the game doesn't show it to you! It's extremely frustrating, because you have to go to a certain NPC in town to exchange used leves for new ones, but you can't exchange a used one until 24 (or 36) hours after you completed it. Without the timers, you just have no idea when to go back for them.
That's not the only important cooldown timer the game doesn't show you. After you die and revive, you have a weakness status. In the previous Final Fantasy MMO this lasted 5 minutes, and now it's certainly shorter, perhaps 2 minutes? I haven't timed it yet, but I shouldn't have to. The timer should be displayed for you so you can watch it tick down. All of the status effects do a little bit of blinking before they wear off, but some of them seem to blink for an awfully long time - maybe they blink at 50% maybe 25%? Again, I have no idea, and it's maddening.
If your game has cooldown timers, show them. In FFXIV, all the abilities you can use show their cooldown timers in minutes and seconds, ticking away. Why couldn't they extend that to everything else?
There are many ways of showing a cooldown in a way that a player can feel they have a good grip on how long it will be until... whatever it is happens. Minutes and seconds is the most accurate, but it can be a little ugly and possibly confusing if you load the screen with dozens of them. I also like the radar-sweep transition from greyed out to normal (or vice versa). It's almost as precise as numbers, and, as long as there is enough of a contrast bteween the "live" and "dead" shading that's progressing around the icon, is as easy to read.
In social games, cooldown timers are even more important, because they are often very long - hours or even days. Players often leave and come back to the game later. They need to know how long they can be away, and when they do return, have to be able to easily reacquire the amount of time remaining on multiple timers. In these games numbers are usually the only acceptable readout.
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This is The Advice I Give to Clients Before They Go on Viewings
Whether you're looking at a beachfront villa or a town-centre penthouse, the viewing is the most important aspect of the buying process. It gives you the chance to see it 'in the flesh' and identify how well it would work for you and your family. In short, it's a great opportunity and it's vital to make the most of it, right from the moment you walk through the front door.
At Unique Living, we do most of the hard work before you even start viewing properties; taking the time to ascertain exactly what you're looking for and making sure it's within your budget. That means we're already fairly confident that you'll like it when you view it – however, we want to ensure that it really is the best possible property for your requirements.
That's where you come in. At the viewing, you'll be able to 'get to grips' with the property and figure out just how well it matches your lifestyle. Here are some tips on how to get the most from the experience.
Go in With an Open Mind
Some of our clients have precise visions of what they're looking for. They want that specific villa with that precise view of the ocean. As such, when they see something that isn't in-line with their aesthetic, it tends to put them off. Remember, if you don't like an aspect of the décor, it's usually easy to change it.
For example, if you loathe the tiles in the bathroom, that shouldn't be a deal-breaker. Simply work out how much it'll cost to install the right tiles, then deduct that amount from your offer. Remember, everything is negotiable when it comes to house-buying.
Listen to Your Gut Response
In our experience, most people know if the property is right within a few minutes of entering the house. That instinctive reaction is important and shouldn't be ignored; you want to love this property for years to come, not just like it on a practical level.
Take the time to imagine your family living in it. Can you picture your kids playing in the lounge? How about you and your partner, sipping wine on the terrace? And what about location? Can you easily pop out to purchase food for your evening meal, if cooking is important to you? Is there good nightlife nearby (if you enjoy going out)? If it feels right, that's a good sign.
Try not to show the agent how much you love it though, for obvious reasons. This is a sales process and if you decide to put in an offer, you'll want to be in a strong negotiating position. That means maintaining a poker-face throughout; or even better, letting us help you with the negotiations to ensure the best possible result.
Explore Every Space
While you're viewing the property, it's still technically someone else's home and it's important to respect that. However, the whole purpose of the viewing is to immerse yourself in the space and imagine yourself within it. If you want to stand out on the balcony to soak up the view, ask. Likewise, if you need to see how large those fitted wardrobes are, it's okay to request to look inside. If you're going to be investing in this property, you need to know that you're spending your money wisely.
Don't be Pushed into Anything
Unique Living operate in such a way that we eliminate the need for pushiness, the minefield associated with buying a luxury international property, the cultural differences, and the negotiation process. Additionally, our partners give you the time and space to view the property at your leisure.
As a general note, it's worth stating that you should never feel pressurised into anything when you're at a viewing. If an estate agent tells you they've got an amazing property around the corner that they'd love to show you, don't feel that you have to look at it. This is your investment and should be tailored to your needs. Always check what the price is and how it compares to your brief (though if you're working with us, we'll handle all of this for you).
There's no rush to commit either. We've got clients that have been on our database for over five years and they haven't found the right opportunity yet – but that's fine. The important thing is that they find the property that's right for them, however long it takes. This is a lifestyle decision, after all.
Stick to Your Budget… But Understand Your Budget First
When viewing properties, it's easy to be swayed into thinking you need to spend just a bit more, in order to get something a bit better. My advice? Before you get started, sit down with us and let us help you to work out exactly what you can afford.
Sometimes, it's possible to manoeuvre your spending in such a way that you get more for your money. Clients often tell me that they've got X million pounds in liquid assets that they can use to spend on a villa. That's great, but what about potentially getting a mortgage? By spreading the costs, you can possibly get a higher priced villa, not to mention free up some cash for improvements or redecoration.
Work with the Right Agent
On that note, it's wise to work with an agent that's acting on your behalf. For example, we see ourselves as a mediator between the seller and the buyer, ensuring that the property price reflects its history, condition, and the market as a whole. This ensures that you don't end up paying over the odds – that you don't pay the "footballer's price" for a property, as I call it.
Remember also that some properties are multi-listed with several agents. This means that the agent showing you around the property can tell you about the offers they've personally received so far, but not about any other offers made to other agents. Ensure you work with someone who has access to all the necessary information.
Take it Seriously
A viewing can be a lot of fun, not to mention exciting. After all, there's nothing quite like stepping into a luxury villa and realising it's the property of your dreams. But it's important to keep a level head throughout the experience. Be prepared before you enter the house. Ask the right questions as you're looking around. And imagine how it will work for you; not just now, but in the future too.
What advice would you give someone viewing a property? If you think we've missed anything out, we'd love to hear from you.
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One thing that you should know is that the economy in Colombia is rising very fast, therefore, leading to businesses employing people and that is why nowadays these people are being encouraged to start a home business as it is a great idea. Below are some guidelines that will help someone when starting a business in Colombia.
When it comes to registering your business, one should be open in working with different institutions in order for them to registered their businesses in Colombia The first institution is the chamber of commerce which regulates the formation of new businesses in Colombia. If you need a tax number or your business to be regulated into the tax system, you ought to ensure that you visit a department known as DIAN because that is usually their work.
It is usually advisable for one to ensure that they obtain forms that are needed either at the chamber of commerce or online. If you are going through any difficulty when it comes to filling out the forms, you can always ask for help at the chamber of commerce. One needs to ensure that they have handed in the completed forms and provide photocopies of ids for the business owner, business partners or any legal representative. When the forms are approved it is important to ensure that you pay the inscription.
The Pre Rut form is usually of great importance it can be acquired at the DIANs website. In order to be on the right track when it comes to registering your business it is always wise to ensure that you take your time and fill out all the required forms. When the pre Rut is ready, it is important for someone to open a bank account immediately. Once you have received a bank accountant certificate it is important for one to ensure that they take it to a DIAN office with a copy of your legal representatives ID and a letter that more about states who the accounts manager is. After that one needs to bring the copy to the chamber of commerce in order to complete the registration. When the registration is about complete, it is important for someone to ensure that they hire an accountant because they are more familiar with how a business is run in Colombia and they can guide you when it comes to filing a business taxes. In order for a business to be successful it is important for one to ensure that they have a trademark for their business and when it comes to registering for a trademark, one is supposed to register it with the Columbia ministry of commerce, industry, and tourism.


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I am so happy with my boyfriend and it only gets better. The thing is, the happier I get the more afraid I get. At first I didn't know what I was afraid of. I think I am actually scared of being happy though. He gives me everything that I want, the sex is great, and he is just as goofy as me. It's like i'm waiting on something bad to happen though. Probably because that's what usually happens, something bad. I'm waiting on the spiral of drama, waiting to find out whatever secret he is hiding. Thinking that it is all too good to be true. Sometimes I feel like I am pushing him away mentally. I subconsciously create negative situations and my head and that brings about negative situations in real life. Causes petty little arguments and I know its all my fault because I was thinking the shit anyways. At the end of the day it's like we always good. We have a better understanding of each other and we love each other even more. I'm used to people hurting me so it's like i'm expecting him to do the same. It's like I can't even enjoy what I have because I'm so focused on what might happen or things that have happened in my past. It's like i'm just always in my head....So I am on a new mission. A mission to stay out of my head. A mission to forget all about what has happened to me in my past and except the gift that life has given to me now. If I don't...I'll lose it all. That only adds to my list of fears.


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Laser Tag Parties for BIG Groups
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Game On at Tri-Cities Holiday Parties
The holiday season is upon us and it's time to plan your holiday parties! Game On! Tri-Cities is a fun addition to any party big or small. Why stick the a traditional boring holiday party when you can have an interactive, action-packed, game filled evening? Why Bring Game On! to Your Tri-Cities Holiday Parties? FUN!…Read More
Game On! at Community Events in the Tri-Cities
Game On! has grown from a simple mobile game truck doing birthday parties to a full mobile entertainment company serving large community events with multiple attractions! We've been busy this summer at many community events in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. We're always happy to work with you on your events, big or small. See…Read More
Using Laser Tag as a Team Building Exercise
Whether you are a small business, warehouse, or big corporate offices, team building activities are crucial to bring together employees to establish strong relationships. Why settle for boring when you can engage everyone in a friendly battle of laser tag! What? Laser tag? YES! Not only is laser tag a fun game everyone can participate…Read More
Action Inflatable Party Fun in the Tri-Cities!
What's more fun than a bounce house rental at your party? An extreme, insane action inflatable game! That's right… our newest attractions are not for the weak. In fact, you will be challenged every second during your attempt to conquer Toxic Drop and Toxic Meltdown action inflatable games. Toxic Drop Our newest addition to our…Read More


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In this section you will be able to find some of the main graphic aspects that designers take into consideration when developing a Web site. As any graphic piece, a Web site has specificity and therefore some adequate elements should be used for the contents to be attractive and clear, and for the identity of a company to be expressed visually. Nowadays, all the specifications regarding the presentation of the content of a Web site are usually included in what is called style sheets.
Apart from the functionality and navigability, the graphic design of a Web site is essential for its success, given that users identify visual quality with corporate quality. Every company willing to grow and give a professional and committed image needs a Web site designed by professionals, conveying, through a chosen aesthetics, its positive values. On the contrary, if a Web site looks sloppy and little professional, users will not rely on that company. Therefore, it is vital for the Web site to generate confidence in users in order to make them relate with the company advertised and feel secure when acquiring its products or hiring its services.
Here we will introduce some of the key design aspects taken into account by specialists. Once you get to know them you will understand, beyond doubt, the importance of the Web designer's job.
In the first place designers undertake to develop a system of templates that help keep a homogeneous design between the different pages of a Web site. In so doing, basic templates or patterns with the layout, colours, typographies, buttons, headlines, footnotes, navigation bar and every graphic structure of each page are created. The template system is used due to its advantages: it offers the same style for a Web site, thus simplifying navigation to users and consolidating the company's image. Given that information is separate from the presentation, the content may be updated easily. Besides, due to the same reasons, modifications in the visual traits can be introduced very easily.
When thinking of a Web site, designers decide on the general layout of each page. An advisable way of organizing the content is using HTML tables. In so doing, you avoid having the text moving from one margin to the other, which creates a little professional image. The conventional way of organizing a Web page is applying three tables, one for the headline, another for the central content and the last one for the footnote. The headline must be attractive, with the logo of the business placed in the left corner at the top. The footnote must repeat the name of the company and its legal data; it can also repeat the hyperlinks to make navigation easy.
The organization in tables reduces the loading time of a Web site. Besides, it allows for the distribution of the text in sections, application of columns and introduction of more tables to highlight particular information. It is important for the layout to clearly show hyperlink buttons, both at the top and bottom of the page and in both sides as well.
Background and colours.
Background and colours of the pages of a Web site must be carefully chosen, given that legibility of the texts included and the design clarity in general depends largely on them. It is really advisable to avoid saturated backgrounds given that they make reading difficult and produce distraction and confusion. It is important to have contrast between the colour of the background and that of the typography, given that it favours legibility. Therefore, black text over a white background is a good choice, although other dark colours are also recommended for the typography against light colour backgrounds (or vice versa, light text against dark background), given that in this way contrast does not disturb sight.
There should be coherence between the colours chosen for the background and typographies of a Web site given that, otherwise, it will look chaotic and will hinder navigation. Colours must be chosen according to the personality of the company, taking into consideration that each colour produces a different effect and is associated with different meanings. Generally more striking colours, such as yellow, orange, fuchsia are used for companies targeting a young public and bearing a more informal image. More formal companies usually choose cold or neuter colours such as dark blue or grey.
Regarding backgrounds, the Web designer must take into account that if he employs a great number of lines in creating them, the loading time of the page will be longer, reason why fewer lines are advisable in a bigger size. Coherent background images are advisable, that is following the same standard in every page of a site. And it is important to check that the typography is legible over the images.
Given the importance the text has in a Web site, it is essential, apart from distributing it adequately in each page, to choose adequate typographies to make it legible. It is advisable not to change fonts significantly, given that this generates confusion, especially in a means like the Internet, where there is a high level of visual saturation. It is convenient to choose the typography for the text of a whole site and another one for the titles, making variations in style (bold, italics, underlined, etc), in the body and colour. For the texts Arial or Verdana are generally used, given that both fonts are easily read on the screen. For the titles, an advisable typography is Georgia, given that it is adequately seen in big sizes.
The main obstacles to sort out when choosing a suitable typography are the degree of text resolution and screen brightness. There is a big difference between reading texts printed on paper and long texts on a computer screen. Letters have less resolution, because they are composed of pixels, which reduce definition. There are typographies that are exclusively created for screens, with a high level of pixels that increase resolution, but the drawback lies in the fact that they require machines with big memory to be visualized. On the other hand, screen brightness makes reading difficult and it becomes necessary to reduce the light contrast between the typography and the background. This means that, although it is advisable to make a considerable difference between the colour of the background and that of the text, you should use dark blue and grey or any dark colour with a light colour rather than black and white.
Composing parts
The Web designer takes into consideration the key elements of a Web site that are inevitable to offer a good quality site. Firstly, it is necessary to have a domain of your own, and a good quality server, given that users consider most reliable and committed those Web sites complying with these requisites. Besides, it is absolutely indispensable for every company to have a plain and eye catching logo that identifies it within the remaining companies. The logo must be placed at the top left hand corner of each page of the Web site. Thus, users will easily remember a particular company.
On the other hand, the Web designer will undertake to create a site focused on only one topic. A site must focus on the chief activity of a company or institution, and from there on in offer sections related with that core topic: tips, news, articles, other sources of information, images gallery, etc.
The main page is the letter of introduction of a company, and therefore, its design must be carefully done. It is very important to include a clear text, not too long, in which core services and products of a company are introduced, as well as the values defining it. In so doing, the user will stay in the site without getting bored of the lack of clarity. Pictures of highly sold products can be included, especially in those sites in which e-commerce is core. The main page must be simple and attractive and introduce links to other site pages in which to find further information.
Other sections usually contain testimonies of customers (it is advisable to offer some way to contact them in order to increase credibility), money reimbursement guaranty (to guarantee customer satisfaction and increase product confidence), privacy policy (to relieve users as to the way in which their personal information is handled), customer service (section in which you can answer customer questions, either through chat, e-mail address or form), e-commerce security system (when offering online products and services it is important to make clear which security system is used in order to avoid putting the customer at risk in e-commerce transactions).
Apart from taking these aspects into account, Web designers undertake to re design Web sites, in order to update them or incorporate new styles and contents of a company. Do not hesitate in hiring these specialists; they will know how to obtain a really striking Web site.
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It goes without saying: Events can wear heavily on the Earth's ecology. They generate a lot of waste and sometimes can wreak damage on the environment.
However, a smart event planner can build a reputation for excellence with a social conscience by deciding to go eco-friendly route while putting on a fantastic event. You can even generate positive publicity by going the extra mile in being environmentally conscious. Everyone wins — including the Earth.
Here are 13 ways to make your event greener:
- Let everybody know. If attendees are told in advance that you're planning to be eco-friendly, they'll feel like a part of the effort, especially when you request their cooperation.
- Appoint a "Green Chief". The person will be specifically tasked to map out green goals and coordinate among other stakeholders to ensure that they're informed of your green goals and to ensure that these objectives are met.
- Go digital. It's perfectly acceptable to send invitations online these days. At the same time, you save on the cost of paper, mailing and courier service. Specify that people must RSVP in advance. Include travel directions for public transportation, and a map. Also, encourage carpools, and offer a carpool option if you can.
- Promote online. Use email, as opposed to snail mail, and social networking sites like Facebook, which provide RSVP options. Other promotions, if needed, can be through the newspapers or magazines, which would have been printed with or without your ad anyway.
- Reuse, reuse, reuse.Many items can be reused, such as plastic name badge holders as opposed to the adhesive types, which can be collected after the event and reused in the future. Design all banners and posters so they can be reused, and after all events, gather all unused collateral rather than just disposing of them. If they're in good condition to be reused, great. Otherwise, recycle the material. You can also invest in decorations that can be reused and/or repurposed. This will save you money in the long term.
TIP: Consider renting décor items like plants, candle holders and the like.
- Choose environment-friendly venues. Ask potential venues if they have environmental certifications. A lot of hotels advertise that they have these certifications to draw in business. However, consider location as well, to minimize your carbon footprint. The venue should be near public transportation and close to guests' homes, if possible.
- Save energy. This will prevent greenhouse gas emissions. Consider a daytime event to lessen need for electricity. Use only as much lighting as necessary, and shut off equipment when not in use, including between sessions.
- Save trees. Reduce your use of paper at seminars and conferences. If you must use paper, print on both sides. Otherwise, use PowerPoint presentations. For added notes, refer attendees to your website, or offer to email the notes to them. This is also a way to track your participants so that you can invite them to future events.
- Use recycle bins. Place them beside trash cans. Throughout the event, encourage participants to recycle whatever they can.
- Use materials that can be recycled or used for composts. Otherwise, consider renting glasses, cutlery and plates, which create an upscale look for an event, rather than using plastic utensils and plastic bottled water, box lunches, wrapped snacks, and condiment packets, which only adds to trash and costs. If you must do box lunches, make sure that the boxes are the kind that can be recycled. Also, serve finger foods that you can eat without using silverware.
- Serve food that is seasonal and local. Consider going organic or vegetarian, and arrange to donate any extra food that was not served to a food bank or a shelter in your vicinity. Donating food to a charity makes you eligible for a tax deduction, talk to the charity representative to get details.
- Give green. Consider eco-friendly event giveaways such as mugs that attendees can use during the event and take home afterwards, or promotional bags made of organic materials. All businesses selling promotional items offer some sort of green and/or recycled items, so check them out before placing your order.
- Send an eco-friendly thank-you after the event. This can be done through e-greetings or an email note expressing your appreciation for the fact that they helped to keep the event green and helped to lessen their carbon footprint.


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1 lb plain flour
½ level tsp salt
1 oz lard
½ oz fresh yeast (or 1 level dsp dried yeast and 1 level tsp caster sugar)
½ pint tepid milk
2 tbsp liquid honey
4 oz currants
Sift the flour and salt.
Rub in the lard.
Cream the fresh yeast with a little tepid milk then stir in the rest of the milk.
Or if you are using dried yeast, mix with sugar and sprinkle on top of tepid milk.
Leave for 15 mins.
Make a well in the centre of the flour and stir in yeast liquid and honey to make a soft dough.
Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead for 10 mins.
Lightly oil the inside of a large polythene bag.
Put the dough in the bag and leave in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size.
Knead currants into the dough.
Put dough into greased and floured loaf tin.
Bake in centre of preheated oven at 450° until it sounds hollow.


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PHStocks Exclusive: Top 30 Best Performing Stocks in June
Manila—(PHStocks)—It's that time of the month again to see who the best and worst performing stocks are over the pastRead more
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Arriving at Mexico City International Airport with GoTrek
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Each winter, GoTrek heads for sunny Mexico to climb two spectacular volcanoes: El Pico de Orizaba, North America's third highest mountain at 18,880 feet and Iztaccihuatl, North America's seventh highest mountain at 17,887 feet. Not only is this a great cultural experience, these guided volcano climbs give you the opportunity to see how well you do at moderately high altitudes before attempting peaks like Aconcagua, McKinley or others. Before embarking on your latest adventure its necessary to pass through the ever challenging Mexico City International Airport. Take a look at the video below that owner/operator Craig Van Hoy made to help those navigating the Mexico City Airport and let us know what you think.


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Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 never got the official Android 4.0 ICS software update, but look what do we have here, Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean (CM10) is already being ported for this Android phone with almost all the features working fine on the small screen.
As you read further, we will guide you through the entire process of how to update Galaxy Mini S5570 to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean (CM10) custom firmware using CWM recovery. Make sure you backup all your data from the tips and tools given below as you will have to wipe everything in order to install this firmware.
Disclaimer: All the tools, mods or ROMs mentioned below belong to their respective owners/developers. We (TeamAndroid.com) or the developers are not to be held responsible if you damage or brick your device. We don't have you on gun point to try out this tutorial 😉
What doesn't work:
- Proximity, magnetic, orientation sensors
- HQ video playback
- Camera
- Voice search
Make sure you have installed all your USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy Mini to connect it with the computer. Download Samsung Galaxy Mini USB drivers! Apart from just the USB drivers, there are a few more things that you need to take care of.
1. You need to enable USB debugging mode. This helps to connect your Android phone with the PC. See here: How to Enable USB Debugging.
2. Your phone battery should be 80-85% charged. If your phone goes off suddenly because of battery, during flashing ROMs or installing mods and updates — your phone might go dead permanently. See here: How to Check Battery Percentage.
3. Backup all your important data that you might need as soon as your flash a new ROM, or make a backup for just in case, you never know when anything might go wrong. See below on how to backup data:
- Backup your SMS messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore SMS Messages.
- Backup Contacts, Gmail and Google Data. How? –> Sync with Google Sync.
- Backup Call History. How? –> How to Backup Call History.
- Backup WhatsApp Messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore WhatsApp Messages.
- Backup APN Settings: GPRS, 3G, MMS Settings.
4. Your phone should be factory unlocked. Additional instructions for locked Android devices will be added in the tutorial for unlocking devices.
Now, let's proceed with the tutorial on the next page and install Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on Galaxy Mini S5570.


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More rainfall on Tuesday and the breaking down of overhead equipment led to snags on Central Railway, causing delays and cancellation of services on both the Main and Harbour lines.
Although immediate restoration work of the overhead wire at Dadar was undertaken, trains remained stranded and commuters were seen walking on the tracks. Fifty-five train services were cancelled on Tuesday.
"Due to a technical problem the overhead wire broke at Dadar railway station on Tuesday morning affecting services. The overhead wire broke on the Up line at Dadar, on platform number three, around 7.12 am. Trains were diverted on the fast line between Matunga and Vidyavihar from 7.15 hrs to 9.25 hrs. Trains were running 20 -25 minutes behind schedule," said a spokesperson for the Central Railway. "Similarly, train services were affected on the Harbour line, causing a delay of 15-20 minutes," said the official.
"I usually take 7.29 am slow from Dombivali, but due to this technical problem I had to walk from Sion to Dadar as all trains were queued up until Dadar," said Shrikant Tiwary, a commuter.
Western Railway had to break wall to check station flooding
The Western Railway last week had to break a portion of a boundary wall near the Elphinstone Road railway station to allow water to drain out after record rainfall caused waterlogging. The June 20 showers affected train services between Churchgate and Dadar stations.
"We were able to run trains only between Andheri and Virar for major part of that day. Around 335 services were totally cancelled and 564 partially. Vulnerable areas like Elphinstone Road and Matunga Road were waterlogged. We had to break a wall at Elphinstone Road station, which was made to prevent railway track crossing," said a senior Western Railway official.
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Outwear Review: Bonfire Particle Pants
This year I picked up a pair of Bonfire Particle pants, pretty cheap. ($109.00) The specs on the pants are as follows:
-Plain Weave Fabric
-10,000 mm Waterproof
-Fully Tape Seams
-8,000g Breathability
-Shell Insulation
-Brushed Tricot Seat and Knees Lining.
This is my first pair of Bonfire pants, and really they aren't bad at all. In fact I rather enjoy riding in them. They are baggy enough to move around in, and have consistently kept me warm, even on some 4 degree days. I do wear a pair of base pants underneath them to help with warmth on super cold days. The nice thing about Bonfire pants is it appears that the sizing is pretty much spot on. Usually snowboarding gear runs smaller than normal, but in this case sizing appears to be right on. If you're a bigger waist 38ish, you can nab an XL and be fine, if you're 40-42 you can nab the XXL and they should fit just fine. Again, try them on prior to purchasing if possible.
Onto some specifics. The taped seams are nice and do their job well. The pants kept me dry with no problem, and have held up well to some gnalry bails. So far, I don't have any tears or rips in them, which was suprising. I'll report back on how they stand up as time progresses. The pants have several pockets including cargo pockets, nice for storing lil items you may need. Bonfire include a very simple lining that acts similar to a pair of underwear, but that's about where it stops. It's a basic lining, nothing fancy, but it does get the job done.
The pants slip right over my boots no problem, and even with my short 30″ inseam they don't drag on the ground when I walk. Your mileage may vary of course, depending on physical constraints. There is a multitude of color choices including, fire engine red, purple, lime green, an off yellow, and a few more to boot. Of course there is always the traditional black that a lot of people seem to favor. I myself opted for the lime green, that way you can't miss me shredding down the runs.
Overall, the Bonfire pants are a great "bang for the buck." Quality built, seem to last pretty decently, and fit just perfectly. I have to give props to the Particle pants for now. We'll see how they hold up as I move onto A-Basin to finish up the season.


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If you are hurt on the job, you should file a workers comp claim with your employer as soon as possible. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) considers that claim and either approves or denies it. If approved, your employer is able to dispute the claim. If denied, you may dispute the decision. In either situation, you must attend a workers compensation hearing to prove your case.
A hearing can be a frightening thing. However, having an attorney on your side can help ensure that you receive a fair decision. At Larrimer & Larrimer, LLC, our workers comp lawyers have been standing up for the rights of injured workers for nearly a century. We can explain the entire Ohio workers compensation appeal process to you. We can then represent you at your hearing.
After the BWC has made a decision about your initial workers comp claim, you and your employer each have 14 days to request an appeal. If the Industrial Commission (IC) receives an appeal, it will schedule a workers compensation hearing within 45 days. You may appeal a decision more than once, meaning that you could attend several hearings before a final decision is made. The possible hearing levels are:
The IC oversees your initial hearings, which means they will likely take place at the nearest Commission office. You will need to submit your previous workers comp claim information for consideration before the hearing. You should also bring any relevant evidence with you. This evidence could include your medical records, witness statements or a report from your doctor.
You will present your case, and the hearing officer or other party involved may ask you questions. The hearing officer is not on your or your employer's side; he or she is there to make an impartial decision. Depending on your work injury, the questions asked could be very technical. This can work against you, especially if your employer has legal representation and you do not. The best way to ensure someone looks out for your best interests is to find an experienced team of workers comp lawyers to represent you.
For many, workers comp payments make a big difference when it comes to medical expenses, rent and even grocery bills. At Larrimer & Larrimer, LLC, we understand how important your workers comp hearing is to you and your family. We are proud to help injured workers throughout central Ohio, including Zanesville and Portsmouth. If you need help with a workers compensation hearing in the greater Columbus area, contact us online or call one of our offices today to schedule a free consultation.
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