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We all know life is a mixture of joy and sorrow. There are times when we are flying high riding on the wings of Success. Similarly there are times when the tides are against us. The feeling is as if we are falling off a cliff in free fall with no ray of hope, nobody who will provide a helping hand.
Most of us tend to forget the happy moments of our life and focus on the bitter experiences and problematic situations of our life. The result is that we are neither able to enjoy life fully nor we are able to overcome problems in life. Ultimately we fail to explore our true potential in life.
"Life is like paper. Don't make it heavy by drowning it into water of sorrow and pain. Instead make it lighter by letting it blow in the wind of joy and happiness." By Anurag Prakash Ray
Let's try to pay attention as to how do we behave when we are faced with challenges in life? How we perceive the problems in life and how we respond to the problems in life?
Our belief system – Do we believe that a solution to problem exists. Are we fully convinced?
Our belief system plays an important role in finding solutions to problems. No matter how big the challenge is and how difficult the problem, if our mind firmly believes that a solution exists or is possible, there is high probability that it will explore various alternatives and find a way out.
You may also like to read "Don't Let Fear Control Your Destiny"
The reason is simple. If you work with a positive attitude, your mind focuses on the core issue. It gathers whatever relevant information relating to the issue is available and accordingly takes a decision.
However if we are not convinced that we can overcome a particular problem, our mind will keep on looking for excuses thereby discouraging us from taking any action. So what we feared about will actually happen. We will fail in our efforts.
Sometimes you may not have solutions to few problems in short term
As we delve deeper into this subject, you will realize that Solutions are available to most of our problems. Still there may be certain events or circumstances which are beyond our control. But to accept the harsh realities of life and finding means of overcoming such challenges is in our hands.
Untimely death of our dear ones could be one such event. Still how we accept this reality, how we handle such circumstances and how we design our life in the aftermath of such tragedy is in our hands.
You may also like to read "I Want To Change – No More Excuses"
There are people who completely get shattered after such tragedies. But there are also those brave hearts, which come out even stronger out of it.
You would have seen cases where ladies after death of their husband show great mental resolve and take all possible steps to facilitate their children take best of education. These ladies display immense strength by getting financially independent as well as providing strong emotional support to children.
How do we handle our problems in life?
Are we willing to accept that Problems are bound to come? Our approach to problem solving is actually a habit. Hence two persons facing with a similar problem often tend to react and approach the problem solving in different ways. Different people have different habits.
Many a time solutions to problems require change in our mind set. The question then arises "Are we willing to change?"
Most of the times, we are not willing to change because human beings try to avoid changes as far as possible.
So the next logical question is then can we change our habit or manner in which we approach to solve a problem? The answer is if we believe that there is fault in our approach, then surely we can change our habit.
Problems are the stepping stone to success
We often tend to face problems in Professional life and personal life. Whenever we have problems with other person, we unknowingly start believing firmly that the cause of the problem is that other person. He could be your Boss or Colleague in office or wife at home.
You may also like to read "You Just Need To Change Your Mind-set To Become Successful In Life"
So our expectation is that other person needs to mend his ways so that the problem gets solved. And when this does not happen because the other person similarly blames us for his miseries, we are disheartened.
Understanding the root cause of the problem is very important. It is not necessary that solution to the problem will always be as per your wishes. This does not mean that solutions are not appropriate. We need to open up our mind.
Failure on our part to find solutions makes us uncomfortable. The result is we get stuck with our problems and get frustrated in life.
What we fail to understand is that obstacles actually provide us inputs which can help us in solving problems. The problems will be much lesser in number and quality of our lives will be a lot better, if we start adapting change with a positive mind-set.
In God's design of this world, the purpose of problems is to make us strong. The day we realize this, our life will become a lot easier.
"Each problem has hidden it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognised a problem and turned it into opportunity." By Joseph Sugarman
It is always possible that we may not achieve what we aim at. At times, our upbringing, family atmosphere, circumstances, schooling etc may be such that we might find achieving certain goals in the short term extremely difficult. We may have tried on something and failed.
Still it does not mean the end of World. One approach is that i didn't get what i wanted. So i lost hope and i won't aim anymore. The other approach is to explore if we can change our strategy and again aim at our goal. And still if we keep failing, what next best option is available that we can aim at. Let's give a try to next best alternative tour goal and achieve it.
Again it is all controlled from our mind set. The day we realize how to use the remote control of our mind to its true potential, we will realize the power of mind to do wonders in our life.
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2018 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition
- March 06, 2018
DEADLINE: APRIL 8, 2018. Waterloo Arts invites all artists residing in the US or Canada to submit artwork for the 2018 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition. This is a unique opportunity for artists to exhibit work in the Waterloo Arts Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. As in 2017, the Juried Exhibition will take place in three locations in the Waterloo Arts District: Waterloo Arts, Praxis Fiber Workshop and Brick Ceramic + Design. Artists will also receive substantial exposure during the district's largest community event on June 30, 2018, The Waterloo Arts Fest, welcoming more than 5,000 attendees.
Submission Deadline: April 8, 2018
Jury Notification: April 30, 2018
Shipping and Delivery: May 1 to May 13, 2018
Exhibition Opening: June 1, 2018
Waterloo Arts Fest: June 30, 2018
Exhibition Closing: July 21, 2018
Best of Show: $500
Second Best of Show: $250
Honorable Mentions: $100
Brick Ceramic + Design Prize: $150
Praxis Fiber Workshop Prize: $150
The Sculpture Center Prize: $150
Waterloo Arts Trustee Prize for Painting/Illustration: $150
Zygote Press Prize for Printmaking: $150
Outstanding Work in Paper: $150
CAN Journal prize: Cash Prize TBD
All Accepted Artists Will Receive $25 Honorarium*
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THE suspended staircase with the crystal fringe dangled over the two-story gallery like a necklace, floating children amid paintings, then tinkling as they raced downstairs. Chandeliers sprouted tiny glass balls from narrow metal stalks, like giant Queen Anne's lace hung up to dry. In the library, above the Rembrandt paintings, shimmered a ceiling quilted with Japanese silk brocades.
The enchanted rooms at the Havermeyer house at 1 East 66th Street in Manhattan were created in 1891 by Louis Comfort Tiffany and the artist Samuel Colman, for clients any interior designer would crave: Henry Osborne Havemeyer, who made his millions in sugar refining, and his wife, Louisine. While their neighbors copied Versailles, the Havemeyers gave Mr. Tiffany total freedom and an open purse, asking only that he create something new, opulent and truly American to frame their world-class art collection. He rewarded them with mosaics, friezes, hand-blocked wallpapers, ornamented ceilings, filigreed railings and tile floors.
Almost none of it remains. In 1930, a year after Mrs. Havemeyer died, her three grown children -- Adaline, Horace and Electra -- decided to tear down the turreted, four-story, Romanesque revival mansion on Fifth Avenue. Art Deco was in, Tiffany was out, and no one spoke up in the mansion's defense.
The art, of course, survives. The Metropolitan Museum of Art alone received nearly 5,000 prize specimens: French Impressionist and other European paintings, Oriental ceramics, Japanese armor, and bronzes and textiles from one of the country's largest and best private collections.
Many of the significant pieces of the collection have now been drawn together into a major exhibition, "Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection," opening Saturday at the Metropolitan. But the art is not the first thing one sees upon entering the gallery. Instead, fragments of the house itself hang in the entryway: a panel from the staircase, a mosaic of azure peacocks, a chandelier in which Mr. Tiffany embedded beach-worn pebbles. Scavenged from one of the city's great, vanished mansions, these artifacts make up a second, ghostly, Havemeyer legacy.Continue reading the main story
They also resurrect a 62-year-old mystery: what happened to the rest of the interior when the house was razed?
"It was probably Tiffany's most important interior, because of the unhampered relationship he had with his clients and because of the techniques he perfected there," said Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, associate curator of American decorative arts at the Met and a relative of Mr. Tiffany by marriage. "The fact that it is lost is just criminal."
Havemeyer descendants who previewed the exhibition last weekend or helped in its planning remember childhood visits to an incredible museum -- a place where none of the 13 grandchildren were scolded for playing tag under the Rembrandts and where the widowed Mrs. Havemeyer gave personal tours to even her youngest visitors.
Nothing was sacred. "This was Grandma's home," said J. Watson Webb Jr., 77, who lived next door with his mother, Electra, in a house connected to the mansion by a corridor. "You could romp all over the place." Electra Havemeyer Webb's brother, Horace Havemeyer, was a neighbor, too, creating a kind of family compound. (H. O. Havemeyer, who died in 1907, did not live to meet his grandchildren.)
Another grandson, 82, remembered roaming the house as a boy, opening what seemed like secret doors. "I would look at all her treasures," said George Frelinghuysen, a son of Adaline, "storerooms full of Japanese tea jars and screens, her smallest Degas on a pedestal in an empty servant's room -- all of them shut up. She couldn't show everything."
Mr. Frelinghuysen even recalled daring to ask, as a teen-ager, for "View of Toledo," El Greco's moody masterpiece that Mrs. Havemeyer bequeathed to the Met: "Grandmother said, 'George, you cannot have it. That painting is for the public, not for the individual.' Of course, she was right, and she was very nice about it."
Mr. Webb remembered being led by Mrs. Havemeyer into the velvet-curtained library when he was 8d. He found the seven Rembrandts "kind of dark" and was more impressed by the library's gloom. But his grandmother's passion for the arts stayed with him. He grew up to become president of the Shelburne Museum, which his mother founded with Havemeyer art and furnishings in Shelburne, Vt.
The stone mansion looked massive and severe from outside, but within, a revolution in decorative arts was under way. A pastiche of Japanese, Chinese, Islamic, Byzantine, Celtic and even Viking motifs ranged across everything the designers touched, right down to the furniture and lamps.
"Tiffany drew on a huge range of sources and combined them in a way that had never been done before," said William Hennessey, director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, which houses the architectural fragments on loan to the Met. "It was a real analogy to the melting-pot idea, so current at the turn of the century."
Mrs. Havemeyer was nonconformist in many areas besides decorating. Active in the early days of the women's suffrage movement, she loaned her paintings to an exhibition to raise money for the cause and once chose jail over a fine for the publicity it would create. Her closest friend, Mary Cassatt, the painter, guided her purchases, from her first Degas -- bought at age 22 -- through a lifetime of collecting.
When Mrs. Havemeyer died in 1929, her children had no use for the mansion, and a developer, wanted the land. Furnishings and fixtures that the children didn't want were auctioned off on April 22, 1930, right out of the house. Records on that sale, which rated only one paragraph in The New York Times, are elusive. No mention was made of Mr. Tiffany's adornments, long out of style.
But one man at the auction bid methodically on the Tiffany pieces. Emil Lorch, dean of the University of Michigan's architecture school, was building a vast collection of ornament and bought 25 Tiffany lots -- including three windows, the Queen Anne's lace chandelier, the peacock mosaic and the entire "flying staircase."
One panel of the staircase is now displayed at the Met, but no one knows what became of the rest of it, not to mention Samuel Colman's silk ceiling and carved furniture and most of Mr. Tiffany's windows.
"They may have been bought and stuffed in a barn someplace," said David Donaldson, a Tiffany expert who is the curator and conservator of the Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Fla. "Nobody thought much of them then. The style of the day was changing."
As for the grandsons who loved the house, no one asked their opinion before razing it. Five years later, Mr. Webb, then 21, went to visit the Frick Collection, which had just opened. It was his first glimpse of historic preservation, and it stunned him.
"I said, 'Why wasn't this done with Grandma and Grandpa's house?' " he recalled. " 'It was so much better than this.' "
Because of an editing error, an article in The Home Section on Thursday about the Havemeyer mansion referred incorrectly to Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, an associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is related by marriage to the Havemeyer family, not to the Tiffany family.


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Answer any 5 questions from the following. Each of your answer should be a maximum of 300 words (excluding diagrams). All questions carry equal marks.
1Explain what it means by the term scarcity. What are the implications of scarcity for all economies?
2. What do you consider to be the main reasons for the recent increase in the retirement age?
4. Why is price elasticity of demand so important in economics?
5. Explain why certain medication are not available on the NHS
6. Outline using real world examples where appropriate, what is meant by the term "monopolistic competition?"
7. Outline using world examples where appropriate, what is meant by the term "oligopoly?"
8. What is price discrimination and what conditions are necessary for it to be successful? Give examples in your answer


text: After the Los Angeles Lakers announced their new advertising-patch partnership with eCommerce giant Wish, half of the league will be wearing patches this upcoming season. Sports Illustrated has a complete list of teams and partnerships. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZUDvSxFUlP/?hl=en&taken-by=lakers The Lakers patch will simply say, "wish" and be featured on the opposite shoulder from the Nike logo. The … Continue reading Lakers are 'thrilled' to partner on patch deal with eCommerce app-company Wish


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Do surveillance cameras affect unruly behavior?: a close look at grandstands
This paper studies how surveillance cameras affect unruly spectator behaviour in the highest Swedish soccer league. Swedish stadiums introduced surveillance cameras at different points in time during the years 2000 and 2001. I exploit the exogenous variation that occurred due to differences across stadiums in the processing time to get permits to use cameras as well as delays in the supply of the equipment. Conditioning on stadium fixed effects, I find that the unruly behavior was approximately 65 percent lower in stadiums with cameras compared to stadiums without. The natural experiment provides a unique possibility to address problems regarding endogeneity, simultaneous policy interventions and displacement effects.
Mikael Priks
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We present exemplary political work from all over Europe to you – submitted to the Innovation in Politics Awards and from other sources.
(FINALIST 2018) Engaging young people: encouraging civic and political engagement of children and adolescents through an online platform.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations states that "parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child". Despite the convention being almost 30 years old, the possibilities for children and adolescents to participate, especially on the community level, are still slim. The canton of Glarus in Switzerland is addressing this issue with "Engagement for Glarus".
Politicians of the canton provide a wide range of participation possibilities for children and adolescents living there: they can post their ideas online, discuss them directly with politicians, develop the ideas into projects, and participate during implementation. Under the motto "What's missing in Glarus? Do something!", all young people between 12 and 25 were invited to file a request. A total of 180 requests were submitted with the goal to develop Glarus according to their ideas. This resulted in three project ideas, which are now being implemented by the young people. The project supports young people to participate in politics, and thereby to get to know and appreciate the concept of democracy.


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Hello LUCKIES!!!
But not today, today we are visiting the girls of that after school club K-ON! (Light music). The girls of the HTT band (After School Tea Time), have become more and more popular in the resent months, and the resent fall in popularity of Haruhi (damn you Endless Eight) it has seen the rise of this show about a few girls that form a band.
Don't worry its A LOT better than I put it, there are huge characters in this show (Sawako and Yui spring to mind) and for you more erm... well Otaku out there, there are many girls to fixate on, there are plenty of different personalities to cater for. (No I wont tell you what one I like either hee hee).
But this isn't a review of the show oh no fair Otaku, this is a review of some figures I picked up from eBay…
And wow was I impressed!!
First we have Tsumugi, the rich girl that wants to be seen with interesting people. This version (yes there is another but that will come later) she is smiling and has a wistful look and the tea set is three separate items (a problem you can see from the picture). As I was taking the photo I knocked her over and she broke… which is good in a way and the bits don't bend or break.
All models are VERY nicely made they all sport a very cute looking face and all very well proportioned.
The girls are all made true to the show, we have Ritsu with out her tank top,
Here is the bit that is odd to me; we have two different versions of Tsumugi and Mio. I am guessing its because they are the most popular or they wanted more for the collection I don't know they has Azusa or even Sawako they could have snuck in there as a special release.
I mean even Nodoka would have been cool, I don't see why they had to have two sets of heads and they aren't as good as the ones we have, I don't really like the Mio winking it doesn't have the same effect as the crying one.
But all in all I cant say emphasise how much I love this set, seeing them all standing together really puts a smile on my face the moulds are great the quality of the paint and general niceness off it all just makes them great.
I give this 4 out of 5 lucky stars


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Cindy De Gouveia Cindy is originally from South Africa where she studied at Helia-D International and received her qualification in Make Up Artistry and Spa Management. She has lived on Zanzibar for 4 years and runs her own Spa company, Mali Spa's. Cindy has a passion for bridal make-up and believes there is nothing more... Read more...
It's in the Details
This section is HUGE and very informative. The aim is that you are 100% sure on what we offer. There are no gray areas and more important than anything; you are comfortable with your choice of planner package, dreams, Zanzibar, and what it has to offer. The whole aim of a destination wedding is not to have the hassles of what a big wedding back home may bring.
Let me know if you have any questions or need any further explanations – I am always happy to help!


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The Vision
I am a flytier. That means that I use thread to attach fur, feathers, silks, and metals to hooks in an attempt to make them look like something a fish would eat. While these creations are generically called flies, they may be made to imitate anything a fish would eat: Insects, crustaceans, amphibians, etc. Abstract artistic flies such as the ones I tie are meant to look like small baitfish, but no fish ever seen in nature. The graceful, sweeping lines of the fish are usually all that remain recognizable in these artistic flies, as the tier endeavors to bring something altogether new and visually interesting to life. Originally, the novelty of these flies was intended to pique the interest of large salmon, so the flies are often referred to as salmon flies, but during the Victorian Era they began to be tied to pique the interest of people and become collectible as pieces of art.
I usually attempt to capture a theme in my artistic flies; in this one, the challenge was to capture the whimsical essence of the fairy tale. The Rumpelstiltskin story interests me on many levels: As a chemist (my formal avocation), because of the age-old quest of alchemy and the many tales it spawned. As a goldsmith and craftsman, because I'd never spun anything out of gold before. And as a flyfisherman, because any story of greed and deception reminds me of my goal every time I fish – to fool a predator into becoming prey.
When I first envisioned this fly, I was focused on the transition from straw to gold. I saw dozens of strands of straw magically transitioning into strands of gold. Then I began seeing the materials twisting and weaving together. The vision began to take shape: I would disguise a hook in such a deceptive swirling web of gold and straw that fish or human would have to exercise extreme prudence to avoid being lured in by its beauty to its dangerous point.


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If you are at a loose end in London on Saturday you could do worse than stroll down the South Bank and attend the Missing Believed Wiped Pop Special screenings at the NFT – recent discoveries include
Cliff Richard and The Drifters in a very special Oh Boy (ITV 1958), and then enjoy some glam rock with Top of the Pops (BBC 1975) plus some fun, toe-tapping clips from Thank Your Lucky Stars, Time for Blackburn, Supersonic, A Whole Scene Going and more!
Old Grey Whistle Test, Colour Me Pop and others. We also screen complete programmes A Day in the Life of Rod the Mod (ITV 1965) and episode 600 of Top of the Pops (BBC 1975).


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Not going to lie, my resolution was to write every day of the month, not matter what the writing was be it a poem, prompt, full chapter of something, letter, journal entry, ect. It didn't really work out that well... life got busy as usual, and it's hard to go from 'having a habit' to actually scheduling and setting time aside, (at least when it's not April, July, or November for obvious #NaNo reasons).
Even this cool little goal tracker on the official nanowrimo site didn't keep in my mind.
And so I became discouraged again, as I've had in previous years of writing alone, (I don't have any type of support groups). It's always been that way since 2007, and then, low and behold, I find a video on youtube about famous youtuber and nanowrimo star wanting to write all year.
Now, I've been watching ITalkToSnakes since 2007-2008. I'm always amazed at what she can do. She and PolandBananas20/Books have been great inspiration to me in the last year. PolandBananas actually has been writing a book for the last year, and doing great. And right after I decide that NaNoWriMo isn't for me, (I can't sacrifice full months right now), I have the same thought as Kristina Horner: Let's write ALL YEAR.
But how?
Well, this gem video came out 1-2 days ago, and I guess I better catch up!
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How I can separate the two stations in the same network.
I am seeking some clarifications regarding this matter. I am planning install new stations with Microsoft Windows 7 OS for office use and training purpose. I am also planning to install 'MAC' OS in all stations in the lab for editing purpose. I do not know how I can separate the two stations in the same network. Training and office stations can only access the Database server and the MAC OS stations can only access the storage driver. May I have to buy new 'Database Server'?
Please help me. Thanks in advance.


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Toyota Land Cruiser 200-Series
Toyota Land Cruiser GXR 4.5L Diesel
Vehicle Specifications:
Base vehicle : Toyota Land Cruiser 200-Series GXR, 4WD, lhd, new
Model year : 2014
Engine model : 4.5L V8 Twin Turbo diesel DOHC 32-valve
Output : 217HP
Cubic capacity : 4,461 cc
Transmission : 6-speed automatic
Seats : 8
Colour : As per request
Body Type : 5-door Station Wagon
Grade : GXR
Interior Features:
- Auto Air Conditioner/Heater: Single & Manual Rear Cooler
- AM/FM Radio with CD/MP3r
- Driver, Front Passenger Airbags
- Fabric Seats
- 4-Spoke Steering Wheel
- Power Door Locking
- Anti-theft Engine immobiliser system
- ABS with Brake Assist and EBD
- Smart Entry and Push Start
Exterior Features:
- 285/65 R17 All Terrain Tires with steel rims
- Coloured Bumpers
- HID Headlamps with Headlamp Levelling
- Floor Mounted Spare Wheel
- Side Steps
- Powered & Coloured Door Mirrors
Additional equipment included:
• ECM and battery protection
• Fuel-tank protection
• Upgraded suspension to cope with the additional weight due to armouring
• Run-flat systems on all 5 wheels
Further optional equipment:
Further optional equipment available at extra cost, such as
• Operable front door windows
• Ballistic radiator protection
• Full engine sides protection
• Brake upgrade – stage 2 (slotted discs and braided hoses + HD callipers and pads)
• Brake upgrade – stage 3 (big discs, 6-piston callipers front, 4-piston callipers rear and pads)
• Suspension upgrade – stage 2 (HD antiroll bars)
• Suspension upgrade – stage 3 (high performance springs and dampers for high-speed driving)
• Heavy Duty 18" alloy rims with run-flats
• Gun-ports
• 2-way intercom
• Front and rear strobe-lights integrated in OEM light lenses
• Police siren/Public address system
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Korg SR1 Sound On Sound Recorder (ex-display)
Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND is a handy-sized multitrack recorder that lets you play back any song that you've recorded, while continuing to overdub more tracks. You can continue to overdub as many times as you like, without having to worry about running out of tracks. Pick a rhythm, chop out some guitar chords, lay down a vocal, add some harmonies, play a solo – or two, or three or fifty!
Main Features
- Unlimited overdub recording
- Record to MicroSD cards
- Battery powered
- 10 Hours recording from 2AA batteries
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Unlimited recording tracks = limitless possibilities
With the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND, the possibilities are endless. Used as a sketchpad, Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND allows you to preserve all of your musical ideas, from complex themes to inspired snippets and phrases.
Each overdub is saved individually
Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND saves each of your overdubs separately. These track files are saved as individual WAV files. This allows each overdub to be loaded directly into nearly any DAW software program as an individual track. The individual files are BWF (Broadcast Wave File) compliant, meaning they contain timing information. So if you had overdubbed a track in the middle of the song, it will automatically align correctly in a BWF-supported DAW. You can also use the Finalize operation to automatically time-align each overdub track. Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND can record at either 44.1 kHz/16-bit recordings are saved onto a microSD card.
Advanced recording functions
Unlimited undo/redo*
Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND allows an unlimited number of undo/redo operations. This is great when you are recording alternate takes of a guitar solo, for example. You can set Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND to keep all of the 'undone' recordings. This allows you to move all of your recorded tracks – even undone tracks – to a computer-based DAW system, and then choose the best take.
*Limited by the capacity of the installed microSD/SDHC card.
Loop recording
The A/B Loop function can repeatedly plays back a specified section of the song – a great way to practice your instrument or build up your song. In addition, you can even record while looping, creating results similar to a looper effect.
Sound Stretch
This is powerful feature allows you to change the playback speed without affecting the pitch. Sound Stretch can be used during playback or during recording. You can record a difficult passage at a slow speed and then return playback to normal speed. Likewise, you can slow down the entire sound during playback. The playback speed can be set anywhere from 25% to 150% of the original speed.
100 powerful effects.
Powered by Korg's proprietary 'REMS' modeling technology, Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND provides 100 types of effects, including effects for electric guitar (such as amp modeling), acoustic guitar, vocals, or any instrument. The effect can be applied as you record, or added to a previously recorded track. In the Master position, the effect can be applied to the entire song. The effects are divided into Guitar, Mic, Master and Touch. This last category allows effects to be controlled in real time, using the touchscreen display.
[GTR]36 types of modeled guitar & bass effects
[MIC]25 effects designed for acoustic sources using a microphone – vocals, acoustic guitar, etc.
[MST]32 Master Effects, suitable for adding to a recorded song, or when recording a line input source (such as an external MP3 player)
[TCH]7 Touch Effects, controllable in real-time using the display
On-board rhythms
The rhythm function is convenient when recording your phrases and ideas. It can be used as a tempo guide or to create a rhythm backing. Fifty rhythms (each with four variations) cover a broad range of styles. Simply choose a pattern and set the tempo. The touch screen allows you to select one of four variations to change the complexity of the pattern
Korg tuner technology
Now you can always be in tune when you record. Guitar, Bass, and Chromatic digital tuners are built in to the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND. The calibration range is adjustable from 435 Hz to 445 Hz.
High-quality stereo mic / Internal monitor speaker
A high-quality stereo condenser mic is securely mounted inside the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND, providing a broad frequency response that realistically captures the sound of acoustic instruments. You can adjust the Tone, Low Cut, and Noise Gate settings of the input sound. The input level can be set manually or automatically. An external microphone jack is also provided. The dedicated guitar input lets you connect your guitar directly to the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND. A line input for an external audio device is also provided. The monitor speaker lets you review your recording on the spot, without requiring any additional equipment.
Easy-to-use modern design
Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND features a wedge shaped design that's easy to use whether held in your hand or placed on a desk. All the buttons are laid out on the top surface for intuitive operation. The innovative display provides a clear indication of the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND's current functions and settings. The touchscreen display allows realtime access to song playback position, level adjustment, effect parameters, and rhythm patterns simply by touching your fingertip directly to the screen.
Battery powered portability
Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND can operate for up to ten hours using two AA alkaline batteries. It can also be used with an AC adaptor (sold separately).
*The continuous recording time is six hours.
KORG AUDIO UTILITY downloadable software
The Korg Audio Utility format conversion and audio CD creation software can be downloaded for free from the Korg website, and used free of charge. This software provides convenient data management of your recorded songs. With it, you can perform simple editing of the audio data, convert between audio formats, and even create audio CDs.
• Pocket-sized, portable, and battery powered, the Korg SR1 SOUND on SOUND multitrack recorder provides on-board rhythms, effects, and an infinite number of overdubs for truly creative recordings
• With the built-in speaker and an internal high-quality stereo mic, you can capture and review your recordings instantly, without the need for any additional equipment
• Advanced recording features include unlimited undo/redo, loop recording, and Sound Stretch –adjust the playback speed without changing the pitch
• 100 on-board effects – powered by Korg's proprietary REMS technology – to enhance your recordings using a wide range of instruments
• Record along to 50 preset rhythm patterns, covering a broad variety of styles
• Record and save up to 200 songs in WAV format
• High-performance guitar, bass, and chromatic tuners are built in
• Records up to ten hours on a pair of AA batteries
• Wedge-shaped design is easy to use as a hand-held recorder or on a desktop
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This is an oldie but goodie. I saw a blog post today reporting that Dita Von Teese showed up to the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring 2010 fashion show. Sadly instead of sitting in the front row (wearing a sweater dress? really?) she should have been on the runway. So here are some pics from when Dita did some modeling for Gaultier back in 2009.


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This recipe is a family favorite which is often made at dinner parties and is a Christmas table regular. Its crunchy meringue outside and marshmallow center make the perfect combination. Top with fresh fruit and whipped cream.
INGREDIENTS (for 1 servings):
3 egg whites
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons water
3 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet, line it with parchment paper and sprinkle a little water over paper.
In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in water, then mix in cornstarch, vanilla, vinegar and salt.
Pour entire meringue mixture onto the center of the pan. Pavlova will spread as it bakes.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Turn oven off and leave Pavlova in the oven until cold. Turn upside-down onto plate and top with fresh fruit and whipped cream.


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Senior Jordan Turpin, Sophomore Dakota Skees, and Freshman Dominic Skees advanced to the East Chicago Semi-State on Saturday, February 10th. coming out of the Logansport Regional, the three wrestlers had captured 4th seeds, earning a match against the top seed from another Regional. This proved to be the difference in the day as all three wrestlers lost in the first round.
103 Dominic Skees lost to Alexander of Wawasee. Dom ended his season with a 39-9 record, was a champion at the Covington Duals and North Putnam Duals, and 2nd place in the Hoosier Conference Tourney.
138 Dakota Skees lost to Dembowski of Valparaiso. Dakota ended his season with a 34-14 record, and was a champion at the Covington Duals.
145 Jordan Turpin lost to Ellis of Chesterton. Jordan ended his senior season with a 39-8 record, was a champion at the Covington Duals and North Putnam Duals, and the first Hoosier Conference wrestling champion for Central Catholic since re-joining the conference. Jordan completes his wrestling career with an 87-29 record.


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I have to admit that there are many people who have inspired me through books, youtube videos, audio programs, blogs and every single way possible. Here's a list of top 5 blogs that have added so much value in my life:
(1) ProjectLifeMastery : Most favorite blog! Stefan Pylarinos is the reason I got introduced to the idea of self-improvement. Before I found his channel,YouTube was just a place to watch cat videos! projectlifemastery.com is buffed with rich contents. It includes tips, guidance, inspirations and motivation for every possible area of life. From productivity and finance guidance to awesome interviews and his goal updates (for extra inspirational boosts!) he covers all of the areas you need to focus on your life.
(2) FourHourBlog : Author of the bestseller TheFourHourWorkWeek Tim Ferriss has a great way to share his smarter ways to live life. The blog is filled with a huge amount of tools and techniques to live smart, not hard. If you have read his books (Highly Recommended!!) you know that he suggests to master techniques to get maximum value in the small amount of time. He also covers some other awesome segments like "Tim Ferriss Show" and "Tim Ferriss Experiment".
(3) ZenHabbits : Leo Babauta started zenhabbits.net in 2007 just to share how he lives a simple life. He writes about ways we can apply zen in our life and inspires us to live a physical and mental decluttered life. If you visit his blog you will know how simple but effective a designed blog could be. It is really amazing to learn from him.
(4) TheMinimalists : Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus are the founders of TheMinimalists.com. I learned about them through this TED video where their presentation on minimalism was a paradigm shift for me (Awesome enough to funnel me in!). Almost like zenabits they focus on how materials we own end up owning us. They introduced me to the concept of "less=more".
(5) NoMeatAthlete : I am really into veganism and Matt Frazier has a great way to feed my desire and maintaining my beliefs on veganism. This blog really helped me going vegan and is full of recipes, nutrition, motivation and much other awesome stuff. If you are going vegan nomeatathlete.com will be beneficial for you.
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Torch is a framework for scientific computing in LUA. However, it has mostly been used for deep learning research as it provides efficient and comfortable C/CUDA implementations of a wide range of (convolutional and/or recurrent) neural network components. In this article, I want to provide a code template allowing to easily extend
torch.nn by custom modules implemented in C and/or CUDA without knowledge of Torch's core.
In 3D vision, a common problem involves the comparison of meshes. In 3D reconstruction or surface reconstruction, triangular meshes are usually compared considering accuracy and completeness — the distance from the reconstruction to the reference and vice-versa. In this article, I want to present an efficient C++ tool for computing accuracy and completeness considering both references meshes as well as reference point clouds.
Triangular meshes are commonly used to represent various shapes in computer graphics and computer vision. However, for various deep learning techniques, triangular meshes are not well suited. Therefore, meshes are commonly voxelized into occupancy grids or signed distance functions. This article presents a C++ tool allowing efficient voxelization of (watertight) meshes.
Automatically obtaining high-quality watertight meshes in order to derive well-defined occupancy grids or signed distance functions is a common problem in 3D vision. In this article, I present a mesh fusion approach for obtaining watertight meshes. In combination with a standard mesh simplification algorithm, this approach produces high-quality, but lightweight, watertight meshes.
We are releasing the code and data corresponding to our ArXiv pre-print on weakly-supervised 3D shape completion — a follow-up work on our earlier CVPR'18 paper. The article provides links to the GitHub repositories and data downloads as well as detailed descriptions. It also highlights the differences between the two papers.
Learning 3D shape completion under weak supervision; on ShapeNet, ModelNet, KITTI and Kinect data; published at CVPR and on ArXiv.
Finally, we are able to release the code and the data corresponding to our CVPR'18 paper on "Learning 3D Shape Completion from Laser Scan Data with Weak Supervision". In this article, I want to briefly outline the released code and data.
Currently, both OpenCV 2 and OpenCV 3 seem to have some minor issues with CUDA 9. However, CUDA 9 is required for the latest generation of NVidia graphics cards. In this article, based on this StackOverflow question, I want to discuss a very simple patch to get OpenCV 2 running with CUDA 9.
Weakly-supervised shape completion of cars on KITTI using variational auto-encoders; including two synthetic ShapeNet-based benchmark datasets.
Currently it is difficult to successfully link C++ projects with Tensorflow. However, to compile and run smaller code snippets based on Tensorflow, it might be convenient to put the code inside the tensorflow code base and compile an individual executable using Bazel.


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APC rack Automatic Transfer Switches (rack ATS) provide reliable, redundant power to single-corded equipment. The rack ATS has dual input power cords supplying power to the connected load. If the primary power source becomes unavailable, the rack ATS will seamlessly source power from the secondary source without interrupting critical loads. Networked units have built-in network connectivity, which allows for remote management via web, SNMP, or Telnet interfaces.
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Music and motorcycles go together like peanut butter and jelly: they're good on their own but once put together they are like heaven. A good selection of songs to listen to when riding can really enhance a road trip and even help you to get more out of the experience. Sound good? If you're ready […]
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Travel Opens Your Eyes & Promotes Happiness
International travel can make a profound impact on those who yearn to see more and do more. But did you know international travel can actually promote happiness in the rest of your life? If you haven't traveled internationally yet, here are some good reasons you should take the plunge and explore new cultures. Step Out […]
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Making Nashville Home Again
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Finding the Power for Electric Cars
I love technology. Love new discoveries and developments in science. I'm a proud and regular reader of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics. I've always enjoyed reading about new cars and I'm very happy to see the development of more and more electric cars on the market. I just have one question. Where's All the Electricity […]
My Kids and the Droid Charge on Verizon
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The Family Visits the Georgia Aquarium
To some degree when my family visited the Georgia Aquarium at the beginning of our vacation, we were just going to one of the attractions in Atlanta that we thought would be a good educational stop for our kids. What we may have done is ruined our perception of any other aquarium or aquarium like […]


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At Simplilearn, we constantly aim to offer courses that are aligned with the current industry trends and help professionals stay current and also further their career. We are delighted to announce the inclusion of the self-learning curriculum to Simplilearn's Machine Learning Certification Training. With this inclusion, you can now choose to gain a certification in Machine Learning through self-paced online training or by attending instructor-led live virtual classes.
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Written by Tom Ewer on 02 September 2013
At some point in our lives we all have to deal with stress of some sort. For self-employed people, underlying personal worry and tensions can be compounded by the stress that inevitably comes as part and parcel of running your own business. While it is natural to fret over finances, clients and even performance, the way in which you manage your anxiety can help to reduce your stress levels. In this post I will highlight some of the most common factors that cause us stress in our business lives and look at the best ways to combat them.
Time Management
There's no doubt about it: managing your time effectively can have a huge impact on productivity. Sitting at your computer for nine hours a day may feel productive, but it won't always produce the best results. This can lead to an overwhelming feeling of being 'swamped' and the sudden realisation that you can't possibly meet all of those fast-approaching deadlines. The key here is advanced planning. At the end of each working day, set aside time to plan your activities for the next day. Break your day into manageable slots and set yourself a start and end time for each task. This kind of targeted focus will allow you to work in short but highly productive bursts. Taking small breaks in between activities will also help rest and refocus your mind for the next task. It may sound like an overly simple technique but try it -- I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results.
Business Administration
It is remarkable how quickly administrative tasks can build up. What started as a few unsent invoices can escalate to a tray full of unopened mail or an inbox crammed with unanswered queries in no time. These tasks won't go away and setting aside time each day or even once a week is vital in maintaining an organised working mind set. Trying to focus your mind on important jobs is very difficult with the nagging thought of two weeks of unfinished administration hanging over you. If you are really struggling for time then consider outsourcing some of your more routine tasks. Skilled, reliable and highly affordable administration assistants can be found on freelance broker sites such as Elance and oDesk.
When you work from home you're bound to get the odd distraction and disruption -- be it the window cleaner, a delivery man or even the dog barking. If you're in the middle of a project or working to a tight deadline, every break in your concentration can seem huge and cause you to get wound up and stressed. The best remedy here is to always make sure that you work in the quietest spot in the house -- even if this means alternating between your office, the dining room and the loft space. You can't be productive in an environment that makes you tense.If you have kids, work intensively while they are at school. If you have a noisy neighbour or your street is undergoing construction work, try some background music or using ear plugs. If all else fails, consider working at the library or hiring a desk at a local dedicated co-working space.
Sickness and Absence
Periods of illness and unexpected life events are guaranteed to affect you at some point. Businesspeople are not superheroes -- we get sick and experience loss and difficulty just like everyone else. What you shouldn't do in this situation is panic. It will make you feel worse and will lead to unnecessary stress. Instead, look carefully at your schedule and cut out any non-urgent tasks. Prioritise deadlines and identify possibilities for pushing them back. If you have someone you trust, consider outsourcing some of the work to them. Finally, if it is likely that your absence will last more than a day or two, contact your clients. They are real people too and should be understanding of your situation.
Worrying about the Future
As self-employed workers we're all familiar with the rather aptly named famine and feast cycle. Unless you're lucky enough to have a sufficient number of long-term, regular clients, the stress of wondering where your next pay cheque is coming from can be immense. Some of this stress can be reduced if you are careful to implement a continuous marketing strategy for your business. By maintaining your presence via your website, social media and other networking opportunities you can ensure you remain at the forefront of potential prospects minds. It's no good waiting for the lean times and embarking on a frenzied period of submitting proposals and contacting clients. Not only will this make you anxious but could lead to a glut of new work which you are unable to handle which in turn will only serve to perpetuate the cycle of stress.
Summing Up
Let's be honest, in all probability it is impossible to totally eliminate stress from your life. Some stress and pressure can even be good for you and as freelancers, entrepreneurs and business owners we accept it as part of the territory. Learning to recognize when stress is becoming an issue and taking the necessary steps to lessen it is crucial as it can prevent more serious mental breakdowns and burnout problems in the future. By working more effectively you can reduce stress to a manageable level, eliminate overwhelming feelings and be a happier, more productive person.


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The last conversation I had with Mahajan was about a column on The Da Vinci Code, writes Vir Sanghvi.india Updated: May 14, 2006 16:32 IST
The last conversation I ever had with Pramod Mahajan concerned a column I had written on this page about The Da Vinci Code. The point of my piece was that Hindus tended to be less tolerant than Christians. Consider what would have happened if somebody had written a Da Vinci Code-type of novel about Hindu gods, I asked. Would we have allowed such a book to be published?
On the other hand, I wrote, Christians had shown themselves to be astonishingly tolerant. The central thesis of The Da Vinci Code is that modern Christianity is a hoax and that Jesus did not die on the cross but married Mary Magdalene and went on to have children.
Despite these apparently blasphemous claims, The Da Vinci Code is the best-selling novel in the history of the world and it has broken all records in nearly every Christian country. When, I asked, would Hindus learn that a mere novel poses no threat to a religion and stop demanding bans on everything?
Pramod Mahajan phoned to say that he disagreed. It wasn't that Hindus were intolerant. It was just that Indians liked protesting. After all, the campaign against The Satanic Verses did not begin in the Islamic world but was launched by Indians. And as for all my arguments about how Hindus would react to similar claims about our gods, was I aware that blasphemous books suggesting an illicit relationship between Ravana and Sita (and casting doubts on the paternity of Luv and Kush) had been published in Marathi?
I said that this was news to me. And, in any case, if this was so, then why hadn't he, as leader of the Maharashtra BJP, protested?
That was just the point, he said. The books were written by Dalits at the height of the Dalit Panther movement in Maharashtra. "Dekho Vir," he explained. "At that stage the Dalits were protesting more. How could we, as Brahmins, have complained? It would have been seen as an anti-Dalit activity. In our country, Dalit agitation will always be more powerful than Hindu communalism. He who protests the loudest always gets his way."
I was reminded of my conversation with Pramod when I read about the protests against the impending release of The Da Vinci Code movie from Indian Christian organisations. While these organisations had been largely content to let the book become a massive bestseller in India, they had suddenly been galvanised into action by the news that the movie was about to hit our screens.
Pramod had said that the propensity to protest and the desire to censor had nothing to do with Hinduism, or Islam for that matter. It had to do with Indians. We are a nation of protestors. Give us an issue and we will demand a ban. Some religious or caste groups were better at protesting (Muslims and Dalits, for instance), so they usually got their own way. But given a chance, everybody would protest.
And sure enough, India's Christians have not let Pramod down. Even though the film The Da Vinci Code is made by Christians in a Christian country and will be watched by millions of other Christians all over the Christian world, India's Christians say that they are so offended that it should be banned in our country. Never mind that the rest of the world will see it.
Say this for Pramod: his slightly cynical but entirely pragmatic perspective has been vindicated. India's Christians are Indians first and Christians second.
In other words: give them an issue and they will protest, protest, protest.
And what about the nature of the protests? All of us were outraged when Yakub Qureshi, a UP minister, offered a reward of Rs 51 crore for the head of the Danish cartoonist who drew the cartoons lampooning the Prophet. But Nicholas Almeida, a former corporator in Bombay and a self-described Christian activist, has attracted little outrage for doing much the same sort of thing. Almeida has offered a reward of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who brings Dan Brown (the author of The Da Vinci Code) before him "dead or alive".
And what will Mr Almeida do if Dan Brown is actually produced before him in the flesh? "That is between me and him," the saintly Nicholas told the Bombay edition of the HT. "I know what I have to do. I have no fear. Even Jesus gave his life for the people."
Clearly, Almeida would prefer to give Dan Brown's life for the people, rather than his own. But just in case members of his local parish fail to produce the author before him, the saintly Nicholas has a Plan B ready: he will burn Dan Brown's effigy in front of St Antony's Church, Vakola.
As he says humbly, "God may forgive Dan Brown. But Almeida will not."
In case you think that Almeida is a nutcase and that I am unfairly caricaturing the Christian community by quoting him, I should point out that he is not alone. A week ago, the Catholic Social Forum (CSF) called people of all faiths to fast unto death at Azad Maidan in central Bombay until the government banned such anti-Christian films as The Da Vinci Code. For good measure, they also asked for a ban on Tickle My Funny Bone, a film I have never heard of but which presumably also poses a grave threat to the holy Church.
The CSF is nothing if not far-sighted. Recognising that others like me will not know why Tickle My Funny Bone is so offensive, they also planned to show objectionable clips from the film at the Canossa Convent in Bombay's Mahim area. Well may you ask: if the damn thing is so offensive, then why in God's name are you going to show clips from it to people who would otherwise never have heard of it?
Another organisation, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS), has already met the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to demand a ban on the film. Surely, it is not in the nature of Christians — a well-educated and reasonable community — to demand such bans? Not at all, BCS president Dolphy D'Souza told the HT, "Freedom of expression is being used in a whimsical way."
Moreover, adds the good Dolphy, The Da Vinci Code film is part of a concerted campaign against Indian Christians: "There is a pattern emerging. The Bishop of Vasai, Thomas Dabre, was attacked in February. There were ridiculous molestation charges against Father Gonsalves in Nallasopara recently. Now, Christ is being depicted wrongly."
All right, I concede that none of this sounds entirely sane. And it would be tempting to dismiss it as the work of a lunatic fringe. But it isn't.
The CSF has already met with some success over Tickle My Funny Bone. Along with the All-India Christian Council, it approached the Censor Board in Delhi and secured guarantees that all visual Christian symbols — a church, a rosary, the cross, clergy and even a woman dressed as a nun — will be deleted from the film. Now, says Joseph Dias, general secretary of the CSF, it will continue these protests till The Da Vinci Code is subjected to similar butchery — if not banned altogether. A Christian member of the Delhi Minorities Commission, Arnold James, has already written to Sharmila Tagore, chief of the Censor Board, demanding a ban on The Da Vinci Code: "This movie is sheer blasphemy and has deeply offended millions of Christians." (How? They haven't even seen it. They've only read the book. And nobody's asking for a ban on that. But it's no use looking for logic in these protests.)
My guess is that the Censor Board will hold firm on a big film like The Da Vinci Code even if it is willing to hack the relatively unknown Tickle My Funny Bone. But don't be too sure.
Remember, India is probably the only democratic country in the world where the film Jesus Christ Superstar — a musical that was credited with starting a Christian revival in the West — was banned by the censors because Catholic organisations took the bizarre line that it was anti-Christian.
What does all this prove? I don't think we should draw any general conclusions about the liberalism of the Christian community from these protests. After all, some liberals such as Bishop Agnelo Gracias have said that though they regard the central thesis of The Da Vinci Code as absurd, they are against banning movies on principle.
But equally, I think, these protests should also tell us something about religious sensitivities in India. Most of us regard Indian Muslims as extremely illiberal. And we are shocked by the regular demands to censor anything that Hindu fringe organisations find offensive.
The truth, of course, is exactly as Pramod Mahajan described it: it is not Muslims or Hindus who are illiberal when it comes to religion. It is Indians. Even Indian Christians will demand bans on films that Christians elsewhere in the world regard as entirely acceptable.
And the tragedy is that because we give in to anybody who protests loudly enough, we risk becoming an illiberal state, held to ransom by any nutcase who claims that we have insulted his religion.
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SPAWAR's Laser Lab
It's easy to get lost and mesmerized amongst the spectrum of colors bouncing off the mirrors in the photonics lab at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific). The hypnotic colors reflected are, in fact, lasers and the kaleidoscopic light show is the future of data transmission.
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Credit thaw is 'going to take a while,' Bush says
The government's drastic economic rescue efforts will eventually pay off, President Bush insisted Friday, offering calming words to anxious Americans but no suggestion of a quick revival.
The economy didn't falter overnight, "and it's going to take a while for the credit system to thaw," Bush said just before the markets opened, speaking across a park from the White House at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building.
Despite a flurry of radical actions by the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve, banks in the United States and abroad are still wary of lending money to each other and to their customers.
Financial and credit problems have dragged on for more than a year and took a dangerous turn for the worse last month. The fallout threatens to plunge the U.S. economy – as well as the world economy – into a painful recession.
That has led to erratic trading on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrials have swung widely, slashing a trillion dollars of wealth from the markets one day and piling some of it back on the next. The Dow seesawed between positive and negative territory Friday, closing down slightly.
Bush defended the government's recent interventions into private business, which would have been extraordinary for any U.S. administration but have been particularly so for a Republican president.
"I would oppose such measures under ordinary circumstances," Bush said. "But these are not ordinary circumstances."
Bush said the steps are "big enough and bold enough to work."
Earlier this week, the Treasury Department announced it would inject up to $250 billion in U.S. banks in return for partial ownership stakes, something that hasn't been done since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The government hopes banks will use the capital infusions to rebuild their reserves and bolster lending to customers.
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At the same time of the Treasury announcement, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it would temporarily guarantee new issues of bank debt – fully protecting the money even if the institution fails.


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Taking a cue from basic management practices, the adage that you can't control or manage what you don't measure or monitor is just as true in sustainability
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The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics
a book by Hazel Henderson
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The fate of our planet rests on our ecological awareness and the political actions that are the response to this awareness
Hazel Henderson, who combined the new, ecological-holistic paradigm with economic wisdom and produced an ecologically aware economics, has an impressive list of credentials including co-authoring Creating Alternative Futures: The End of Economics.
She recommends the works of:
- the Tofflers (The Third Wave)
- Rachel Carson (Silent Spring)
- Philip Slater (his groundbreaking milestones are A Dream Deferred and Earthwalk)
- Frances Moore Lappé (The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives)
- Gregory Bateson (Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
- and others
The fate of our planet rests on our ecological awareness and the political actions that are the response to this awareness of ecological and environmental realities. Old style "more-is-better" and "all growth is good" economics spell eventual disaster. The book insightfully looks at alternatives.
Old style 'more-is-better' and 'all growth is good' economics spell eventual disaster