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Period Films are set in a specific historical period. Social graces of the period and interactions between classes are often themes of these films.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Out of Africa (1985).
Out of Africa (1985). The story based on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of the author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, Dinesen's book Shadows on the Grass. This film received 28 film awards, including seven Academy Awards. The book is from the 1914 to 1931, the story is about the European settlers and the native people of Kenya. The setting spans from Mombasa up to Nairobi and from Mount Kenya to Kilimanjaro.
Directed by Sydney Pollack. Cast: Meryl Streep as the Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke; Robert Redford as Denys Finch Hatton; and Klaus Maria Brandauer(as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke).
The film opens as an older Karen Blixen is remembering back to a hunting expedition in Denmark, when she lived in Africa. Denys Finch Hatton, a big-game hunter whom she met when she first arrived in Africa. She was looking forward to helping her new husband Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, start a dairy farm. Things do not go as she planned, Baron used her money to buy a coffee plantation. She struggles to maintain a coffee farm on her own, through all her struggles and many disasters, she wants to improve relations with the natives. Karen does fall in love with the the Baron over time and is heartbroken when she learns of his extramarital affairs. Karen contracts syphilis from her husband, which at the time was a very dangerous disease. She returned to Denmark for a cure using experimental medicine Salvarsan. This was before the discovery of penicillin. After she recovers she returns to Africa, a relationship between her and Denys begins to develop. She soon realizes that Denys can not settle down. She decides to open a school to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, and also some European customs to the natives.
What a very emotional movie. With the breathtaking cinematography and the beautiful musical score, makes the movie worth viewing, especially, when Denys Finch Hatton, gives Karen Blixen her first airplane ride.
Audrey Hepburn was originally offered the role of Karen.
The film was shot on location in Africa, but local laws prohibited the use of wild animals in film. Trained lions were imported from California.
The story was originally planned as a project for Greta Garbo. At various times, Orson Welles, David Lean and Nicolas Roeg had tried to make a film about Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen).
Meryl Streep developed her accent by listening to actual recordings of Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) reading her works.
The pilot in the scene where the flamingos take flight was Sir Henry Dalrymple-White, a British Baronet and former WW2 pilot who moved in Kenya in the 1940s. He flew until he was 80.
During filming In one scene, Karen Blixen, travels across dangerous terrain to bring supply wagons to her husband's regiment. During the night, a lion attacks one of the oxen and Karen tries to fight it off with a whip. Streep was assured that the lion would be tethered by one of its back legs so he couldn't get too close. When the scene was shot, the lion had no restraint. The lion got closer than Streep anticipated; the fear on her face is real.
Isak Dinesen and Karen Blixen, lived in East Africa for twenty years making a living on their coffee plantation. Out of Africa, is a memoir of her life on the plantation and the people. The way Blixen writes you become swept up in the words and imagery. It is obvilious that Blixen loved Africa.
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Sunday, 10 June, 2018, from 13.30 till 17.00
Once a year, for one day, Vipassana Center Dhamma Pajjota opens its doors to all visitors. It is a special day on which both new and familiar faces pass by. All are welcome, whether friends or family of meditators, or simply the curious.
Tour of the center
A walking tour gives a good impression of the center: from the meditation hall to the accommodation building, from the walking areas to the dining halls. During the tour you will also get a glimpse of how the center expects to expand in the coming years. New lodgings and a new kitchen building with dining halls will be added, and the walking areas will be expanded.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Natural and Deep Symmetry
Natural and Deep Symmetry L. Edgar Otto January 18, 2012
In the natural dimensions certain patterns persist regardless of the content of the numbers or sub-regions the Euclidean (plane) familiar n-space. I hoped that this approach, the natural dimensions on which we can fit the puzzles (Soma for example) into intelligible assemblies as a matter of local trial and error to which the artistic in us does not see that these may be in higher depths of mathematical connections globally, that this approach would give me the formulas for all the solutions by space theory of the 240 Soma sets where the "Jigsaw Sukodu" of several regions also across the plane as bilaterally symmetric, and in its representation in three space.
This came from a look again at the permutations of Sukodu (Extreme) in the form that has also two diagonals containing the nine numbers- and the symmetrical across the plane.
The classification from the inside or inversion- a deep Soma formula is not a matter of natural symmetry but of deep dimensional symmetry so far- I also suspect that 16 may have a solution (despite the exhaustive enumeration by computers) but this may be only a deep concept relating to deep symmetries- or a borderline or frontier intuition caused by unclear partial visions into the depths.
I also relate closer my recreations with the 30 color cube and deep permutation and dimensional theory such as that of Kea that goes beyond the natural or shallow symmetries albeit these the springboard for all of our intuitions.
I see that TGD posts today again on the generalization of Feymann diagrams as a proposal with promise (not from my view looking back from the actual implementation of this idea- I posted independently in previous blog posts- but it really shows the need for a generalization of the idea of matrices in general before we can be said to naturally use the group idea- such as the dihedral to operate on the matrix.
So such a generalization that we seem to be heading toward or dwelling in are all the same description:
1. The nature of symmetry in the quasic grid is or contains such a generalization if that is meant the symmetry of natural space and group theory involved.
2. The ideas of permutation and braiding of Kea in the intuition on the depths (as usual these debates go beyond the nature-nurture as that of instinct and intellect), as I show in the color cube theories, is or contains such a generalization. This is true for her use of the matrices as modeled by others as to what sort of main diagonals are involved.
3. In the use of number theory and ideas from modern physics (including the usual considerations of what is classical that falls from it if not that means natural) the aspirations of TGD seem to be leading to this sort of thing or converges to the intuitive idea of it, p-adics can also be such a generalization or leads to it.
4. This is not, as deep, a matter of metaphysics or philosophy only- for I can imagine in knot theory our ability to invoke matter from raw space- and that so far is in the realm of speculation only. There are generalizations beyond Feymann's reductions.
5. PeSla's and Kea's approaches emphasizes the informational aspects to ground the deep intuitions. This is not just a matter of debate for the objects we can be sure of as proposed (for example why do the neutrinos change flavors in the first place?) The Koide formula is an example as to which side of the depths and natural span we regard as solid science.
6. It is clear also that the planes, that is in general branes, and the polytopes generalized of Coxeter, are also the generalization again of Feymannian quantum ideas.
7. Ideas on partitions of space itself has to eventually merge the natural dimensional and the deep dimensional symmetry views.
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Associated Associahedra I thought I would check the spelling on a google search and found my posting first on the images and also in the text this most interesting pdf paper:
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Forschungsprojekte (Drittmittel)
Fighting biofilms of Streptococci by a novel inhibitor: from bench to dental products
Antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective due to bacterial resistance. Moreover, they fail to work for infections caused by bacteria living in biofilms. Finally, since they target conserved mechanisms of bacterial growth, they affect a large fraction of the human microbiome, causing severe side effects.
The cooperative project e:biofilm aims at developing a new antibacterial drug that is effective against biofilms and differs from classical antibiotics in its mode of action. Carolacton, a secondary metabolite produced by the soil bacterium Sorangium cellulosum, has been demonstrated in the previous MedSys program to interfere with a central signaling mechanism in the caries bacterium Streptococcus mutans. Carolacton was incorporated into dental filling material and inhibited biofilm formation of S. mutans on these materials.
The systems biology approach will be used to develop the biofilm inhibitor carolacton
- towards dental products (e.g. tooth fillings) and
- to transfer the understanding of its action from Streptococcus mutans towards the genus Streptococcus in general.
The cooperative project e:biofilm is coordinated by Prof. Wagner-Döbler at the HZI.
The following institutions are participating:
- HIPS Saarbrücken (Prof. Rolf Müller)
- Technical University Braunschweig (Prof. Stefan Schulz)
- University Hospital Aachen (Prof. Georg Conrads, Prof. Christian Apel)
- Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (Prof. An-Ping Zeng)
- Technical University München (Prof. Andreas Kremling)
Beteiligte Gruppen
- Mikrobielle Kommunikation - Prof. Dr. Irene Wagner-Döbler
Prof. Wagner-Döbler
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Cantilevered over a hillside , its single-room interior floats among the tree trunks to which it's anchored for support. In fact , the Half-Tree House's only direct connection to the ground is a set of footings at the back end of the building. The simple living space is flooded with sunlight through the insulated glass of three oversized steel-tube pivot doors.
Its wood boards were milled from Eastern pine trees felled on the property , and the exterior was sealed with traditional Scandinavian pine tar. The use of materials and the way that the inside and outside relate is really appreciated by some famous architects in New York.
The remote site lacks vehicular access , piped water , and electricity , so the building was designed so that it could be constructed mostly by hand by its amateur builder-owners. At just 360 square feet , it's a compact , rustic getaway , built for only $20,000.


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I notice it every time I get out of my car. It literally takes me several minutes to get into a fully upright position. I feel like I am acting out the "evolution of the human" diagram every time I exit a vehicle.
I notice it when I am at the State Fair. How do people eat those twelve-inch corn dogs and then go on the Zipper?
Makes you sick just looking at them, doesn't it?


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In March 2001 Dave and I finally tied the knot. Not overly keen on being the centre of attention or having too much of a fuss made, we decided to do things a little differently and get married at sea.
To make it legal, we had a small ceremony in Mandy & Lex's beautiful garden in Port Elizabeth two days before embarking on our cruise aboard the SS Monterey.
The cruise was fantastic, even with the tail-end of a cyclone we had to endure for the first couple of days. It was a seven-night round-trip from Durban to Madagascar. Seven days of peace and tranquility, with every need catered to, copious amounts of food and plenty of entertainment laid on.
We were fortunate to have as our companions Mom, Jacky, Mandy and Lex, not to mention our brand new friends, Tracey and Brian, who we met on board and who were also newlyweds.
Our wedding on board took place somewhere in the Indian Ocean on the return leg to Durban, on our last day on board. The wind had picked up again but nothing could detract from the magical experience of getting married at sea, with the the ship's horn sounding three times in our honour. What a happy girl was I!!!
Before the official ceremony with Lisa, Mom, Danielle & Jacky.
Officially Mr & Mrs, with my beautiful step-children.
Family Reunion!
Our first day on board the Monterey - a little choppy..!
Calm waters and blazing sunshine near Madagascar.
Our wedding party on board the Monterey... Lex being noticeably absent due to prior Bingo engagements!
The Happy Couple, married at last (...again!)
Saturday, May 07, 2005
A Dream Wedding
In March 2001 Dave and I finally tied the knot. Not overly keen on being the centre of attention or having too much of a fuss made, we decided to do things a little differently and get married at sea.
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The original reason I went through the process of signing in were these photos.
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Court of Appeals of Virginia
February 21, 2017
RAYMOND LOUIS HARVEY, JR.v.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE David B. Carson,
Suzanne Moushegian (Moushegian Law, P.L.L.C., on briefs), for
J. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring,
Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Present: Chief Judge Huff, Judges Humphreys and Alston Argued
at Lexington, Virginia
Louis Harvey, Jr. (appellant) appeals his convictions for
attempted murder in violation of Code §§ 18.2-32
and 18.2-26, use of a firearm in the commission of attempted
murder in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1, aggravated
malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51.2, and
use of a firearm in the commission of aggravated malicious
wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1. Appellant
argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to
dismiss the indictments based on speedy trial violations. We
agree and reverse the decision of the trial court.
October 14, 2014, appellant was arrested on a felony charge
for malicious wounding. Appellant was directly indicted on
November 3, 2014 for attempted murder pursuant to Code
§§ 18.2-32 and 18.2-26, aggravated malicious
wounding pursuant to Code § 18.2-51.2, and two counts of
use of a firearm in the commission of a felony pursuant to
Code § 18.2-53.1. Appellant was served with the
indictments on November 5, 2014.
February 23, 2015, both parties jointly moved for a
continuance of the trial date, which was granted. The parties
signed the continuance order reasoning that "[b]oth
parties need[ed] additional time to review [forensic work]
and continue the negotiation process."
on April 23, 2015, within twenty-four hours of the scheduled
jury trial, which was scheduled within speedy trial, the
Commonwealth orally moved for a continuance due to the
absence of a subpoenaed witness, to which appellant
strenuously objected. Appellant argued that the Commonwealth
had not shown good cause and relied on McElroy v.
Commonwealth, 153 Va. 877, 149 S.E. 481 (1929), in
arguing that when no affidavits are filed, the trial court
may readily deny a continuance motion. Nevertheless, the
trial court granted the motion and placed the matter on the
docket for rescheduling the following morning.
April 24, 2015, the case continued on the docket for
appellant's motion for bond and further consideration and
argument on the Commonwealth's motion to continue, which
was granted the day prior. After denying appellant's
objection once again, appellant requested, and the trial
court found it reasonable, to include within the continuance
order that appellant was not waiving his speedy trial rights.
The remainder of the hearing focused on appellant's
motion for bond, during which the context of an exchange
between the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, the court,
and intermittently appellant's counsel
ensued.[2] While discussing the procedural posture of
the case, and the appellant's unequivocal entreaty to
have the record appropriately reflect his distinct speedy
trial concerns, the Commonwealth interjected, and the
following conversation ensued:
[Commonwealth]: Your Honor before we get to[o] far away[, ] I
appreciate everything that [appellant's counsel] has just
said and I don't really . . . I may disturb a little bit
but that stands to reason that we have picked a trial date I
believe June 12th.
[Appellant]: Yes.
[Commonwealth]: [Counsel] and I both have done the math and
that is still within the
[Commonwealth]: The time frame set.
[Appellant]: Yes, yes.
[Commonwealth]: We both agree that that is within the
Commonwealth's statutory limit of speedy trial. And that
is as the Court has stated there may be need for a further
continuance on this case.
order entered by the trial court on April 24, 2015 read, in
pertinent part:
These matters were originally set for a jury trial [on April
24, 2015], and for all of the reasons that were placed on the
record at a hearing on April 23, 2015, today's trial was
continued at the request of the Commonwealth, and objected to
by [appellant] for all of the reasons as stated on the
. . . .
Whereupon . . . the Commonwealth stated the jury trial date
is June 12, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
Whereupon [appellant's counsel] stated that because the
continuance is granted at the Commonwealth's request, she
is not waiving any of the allowable time under the statute,
and requested the [trial c]ourt to include in this Order that
[appellant] is not waiving his speedy trial rights with this
continuance. The [trial c]ourt stated this will be included
in the Order.
On June
5, 2015, appellant filed a motion to dismiss the indictments
arguing that he had been denied his right to a speedy trial
guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment to the United States
Constitution, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and appellant's statutory right
pursuant to Code § 19.2-243. At a hearing on June 9,
2015, before a judge designate[3] of the trial court, the
Commonwealth argued that appellant cannot approbate and
reprobate, and alternatively, that appellant invited any
error because during the April 24, 2015 hearing he took the
position that his speedy trial rights were not violated. The
Commonwealth further argued that the time between December 1,
2014 and February 24, 2015 was excludable because appellant
did not object to setting a new trial on February 24, 2015.
The Commonwealth also stated that the period between November
3, 2014 and November 20, 2014 was waived as to speedy trial
because during that time appellant requested a
court-appointed attorney, the court appointed one for him,
and then continued the case to December 1, 2014 for docket
responded that the Commonwealth was using an incorrect
assessment of law and that speedy trial began to run as soon
as probable cause was found. Thus, according to appellant,
"when [appellant] was found with probable cause on
[November 3, 2014] it was set over to [December 1, 2014]
which is the Court's docket calendar day at which point
it was set over to [February 24, 2015] all of [which was]
within the statutory period." Further, appellant argued
that he does not bear the burden of objecting and invoking
his right to speedy trial every time the court sets a trial
trial court replayed the recording from the February 24, 2015
hearing and despite the clear recitations in the order to the
contrary, believed that both the Commonwealth and appellant
agreed that the new trial date of June 12, 2015 was within
speedy trial. Appellant argued that the trial court was
taking the discussion out of context, that appellant was
simply acknowledging that counsel was available on
that date, and reiterated that appellant objected to the
continuance, invoking his right to speedy trial as evidenced
by the clear language in the order. Appellant's counsel
stated that she
was responding yes while [the Commonwealth] was talking.
Because when he [was] talking and he is trying to make his
motion, I am saying yes, yes we have agreed to [June 12,
2015]. That is what I am responding [to]. . . . [Appellant]
is in no way obligated to make sure that he is tried within
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I know that as soon as you read the title, you are likely to think that you are not addicted and so you may not wish to continue reading this write up, well I advise you to continue and finish it, you would be surprised.
I remember sometime in the year 2000 when someone put that question to me; well, I didn't know where he was heading to and because I have certain addictions, I answered him Yes I am addicted
I was addicted to cleanliness (infact I could pass for being obsessed with clean and neat environment including personal cleanliness - I used to bathe 3 times in the day - lol)
I was addicted to arriving at my work place not just on time but early enough to beat everyone to it (infact, the competition then was between me and the Head of the Hospital where I worked - it's either he's given me 2 minutes to arrive first or I was giving him 2 minutes to be the first to arrive)
I was addicted to work (oh dear - I could be at my place of work from 7 am to 7 pm whether or not I was on duty. I used to cherish bringing smiles to the face of worried patients when I have taken care of their health challenges)
And so I reeled out my addictions to the guy but you know he had the patience to listen to me and after that he just burst out laughing.
He laughed so hard that I thought I had screwed up or something and then he said to me - "Doc, you just don't get it" and I was like - What????
And he said to me. listening to you and your work ethics, I can surmise that you have a very dangerous addiction - "Addiction to Monthly Salary"
Ahaaaaaaa - is that where he was going I asked him?
Yes- he replied
Do you have any other source of income apart from your monthly salary - he asked me?
Yours faithfully was guilty as charged. I was so much in love with my job and my patients that I made no thought to start something else on the sideline which would be bringing me extra income.
My family and I learnt to "manage" my monthly counted money called Salary
His exposition removed the scales from my eyes and I could see clearly that there was no future in the way I was headed, so I had to enroll in my first Networking Business and since then I have not looked backwards.
That was 16 years ago
Today, it is my turn to ask you same question
You that has a job that you love to hate, are you dangerously dependent on your Salary alone???
Are you addicted to your monthly salary?
You know how sweet addictions can be!!!
Well if you are, I am sorry to tell you right here and now that there is no future there!!
And don't tell me that you are damn too busy - so were these Pensioners who gave their lives to serve their Nation and today their Nation does not care a hoot about their left over lives
And don't tell me that you will think about it - there's just nothing to think about but something to do
And don't tell me that you know it all - you just don't get it because if you do, you'd drop whatever you are doing wrong right now and get yourself on the side of your future
The future is not tomorrow, the future started yesterday, today is still a good day to fine tune it but take it from me, if you don't create the future that you want, others will create it for you and all you can do is to whine and complain until death does us part!!!!!
Let me repeat the question - are you hooked on your monthly pay?
if yes, please for the sake of anything you hold dear - GET UNHOOKED TODAY
I am willing to help you
My name is Dr. Oguzie Jerry - the First: JP
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April 13, 1983
SYLVESTER JONES, Plaintiff,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants
The opinion of the court was delivered by: RICHEY
The Court has before it Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for lack of venue and personal jurisdiction, plaintiff's opposition thereto, and the entire record herein. Upon consideration of the record, the Court finds that venue is not proper in this Court. However, rather than dismiss this action, the Court will, sua sponte, order transfer of this case to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Plaintiff, who was then a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institute in Leavenworth, Kansas, filed a complaint in this Court alleging that prison officials and unnamed others were involved in a conspiracy to deprive him of his rights. Plaintiff alleges that these individuals violated his rights when they, inter alia, interfered with his mail by opening packages before delivering them to him, monitored his telephone calls, failed to allow him to use free prison mails to assist other inmates with their legal problems when they were transferred to other institutions, and dealt with him unfairly at the prison commissary. Plaintiff seeks nearly $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
Plaintiff has not specified, either in his complaint or in his response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, on what basis venue here is premised. Defendant argues that the only possible basis for venue is 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) because this is a "civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship." Under § 1391(b), suit may be brought "only in the judicial district where all defendants reside, or in which the claim arose. . . ." It appears to the Court that another possible statute on which venue may be based is 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e). Section 1391(e) provides that where, as here, a defendant is a federal employee acting in his official capacity, venue is proper in any district in which a defendant resides, the cause of action arose, any real property involved is located or, if there is no real property, in which the plaintiff resides.
Neither § 1391(b) nor § 1391(e) supports bringing this suit in this Court. None of the defendants in this action reside in this district and there is no real property involved. Moreover, it appears to the Court that the claim arose in Kansas.
Plaintiff argues that defendants' actions were in accordance with federal prison policies and those policies were formulated in Washington D.C., therefore, the actions complained of occurred in this district. However, upon a careful reading of the complaint, the Court finds that plaintiff takes issue with the actions of individuals, not with the policies underlying them. In fact, the actions complained of may have been in contravention of official policy. For example, plaintiff argues that his rights were violated because prison officials did not know how to deactivate the monitor on prison phones so that plaintiff could call his counsel. Plaintiff sought to have the monitor removed when he learned that it was prison policy to allow inmates to communicate with counsel in private. In this instance, it is clear that plaintiff takes issue not with the policy but with its implementation. The implementation of the policy occurred at Leavenworth. Consequently, the Court is aware of no statute on which venue may be based in this action and the Court is convinced that venue here is not proper.
Accordingly, it is, by the Court, this 13th day of April, 1983, hereby
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Anyway I did manage to fit in a short ringing session at Billinge yesterday morning and while it only produced 3 birds it was good to be out. The highlight was a singing Grasshopper Warbler which was my first of the year. It was caught and ringed and resumed singing almost immediately on release. It may have been a passage migrant that was holding a temporary territory but there is just enough suitable habitat for the species to breed should it stay and attract a mate. It is certainly something I will be keeping an eye on when time allows.
|Grasshopper Warbler 02/05/2017
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As things stand I am unlikely to be able to get out as much as I would like in the near future but a few recoveries have been coming in and there is also the Starling RAS to report on so I will have something to blog about fairly soon or at least when other commitments allow. As the saying goes, if it is not one thing, it's your mother.


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What if one stops the car on highway and breaks into a roadside dance, What if one screams aloud and disturbs the silence in the plaza, what if one go to job interview in khakis and sneakers, what if one refuses the uniform.....What if I do not follow rules, morality & wisdom to eek out happiness in life.
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October 28, 2010
Corruption & India
TI has ranked India at 87th place in survey of 178 countries, almost near the middle of the pile. So in a way we are well placed as we don't seem to be alone on an island. I often wonder why we are a corrupt country. How could a country with national tag line of 'Satyamev Jayte'(Truth shall prevail) could happen to be corrupt? Should we not estimate the economic & social impact of corruption on us? Can we develop despite corruption amidst us and become developed country?
India is known to be deeply religious society, so could be trace the role of religion in fighting or promoting culture? The western society has begun to blame the Church for problems faced by the society, could we do the same? There is nothing new about it as Mahavir, Budh & Nanak did express such a view. Why can't the social & religious leaders launch a crusade against corruption? Would that be not a better temple for our pantheon of Gods in India that fighting over size of the temple?
One yoga teaching swami has become very popular of late. His success has been engineered by a vested interest group that want to promote yoga for the their social race genda than anything else. Some two decades ago Doordarshan ( Govt. owned TV Channel in India)had done so to another yoga guru who was close to the then prime minister. Swami Ramdev talks about fighting corruption, why can't he start a micro finance venture and save millions of Indians from falling sick? Most of the MFIs are in the direct control of influential people including parliamentarians & politicians.
Corruption erodes the quality from a system. It has eroded away India's potential to compete globally. We have become chalta hai jagaroo country. Look at our companies, most of them survive on borrowed or copied ideas, products & processes. Some of our visionary industry leaders after independence had influenced the politicians to protect them from competition so that they could survive. Look at any sector and tell where we have leadership? How could we have victory without going through the competition? Copying an idea is a form of pure corruption and most of so called Indian products like Cinema, auto, and chemicals etc are based on borrowed ideas. India needs original ideas to become a better country.
We grow up listening to chants of India being a land of culture, saints and family values. Our rivers have been given the status of God/Goddesses but no one thinks twice before polluting them. If our rivers are polluted & revered at the same time, do we take it as a sign of our way of life? Such unimaginable ambivalence? If you ask an average middleclass guy about such issues they would blame it on the lower strata of society. Indians of all economic class lack civic sense. They would not think twice to spit out from a moving vehicle or defecate at any public place. I have, you must have too, seen people bathing in rivers & other water sources that not suitable for human consumption just to please Gods. How could the Gods like unclean people?
Our social structure is based on group dynamics with family as the unit. So a large family has greater influence over the smaller one. You may find it natural? But these results in destruction of individual talent at the hands of might of family number? Our ancients text Mahabharta portrays the struggle between two families, depicting the defeat of the bigger size family and projecting individuals as Heroic. Could we learn some lessons from there and cap the corruption at the source?
October 25, 2010
US Fast Food Franchises are heading for India/China
Global fast food market is estimated to be round US $ 13 billion in 2009. With the western economies under pressure due to many factors the leading MNCs have been scouting around the world for new markets to sustain themselves. The global food franchise managers are no different. KFC, PizzaHut, Macdonals, Subway..etc have already found feet in the indian subcontinent, so the its natural that other food retailing major follow suit. Indian food industry is expected to touch US $ 400 billion by 2025.
Food has always been very complex business for branding as well operations. One of the major challenge to this industry is the cost of real estate. It makes it very difficult in income surplus states in India. Operations is the second major challenge. There are approximately 6 million street vendors in India that service the hunger pang in an express manner. Its not going to be easy for the global fast food giants to settle down in India sooner as the food habits are very different here but then persistence would be rewarded very highly.
Food has always been very complex business for branding as well operations. One of the major challenge to this industry is the cost of real estate. It makes it very difficult in income surplus states in India. Operations is the second major challenge. There are approximately 6 million street vendors in India that service the hunger pang in an express manner. Its not going to be easy for the global fast food giants to settle down in India sooner as the food habits are very different here but then persistence would be rewarded very highly.
October 21, 2010
Creating differentiation for Car brands
Open any paper, you will see the adverts of almost all the major car makers in India. Could you notice the difference? Hardly, all the adverts have a visual of the product, against a color background and some description about what is featured. Does that make a compelling ad? Agreed that print has its limitations but what happens to the sacred objective of achieving the differentiation?
If you have decided that a car is a commodity put together using exactly same technology covered with a differently contoured steel panels, then well lets us not waste time on looking for a differentiation. A wise man told me once that cars are sold on the basis of market leadership, market entry timing, Salvage value, price, service, spares and the mood of the buyer during the purchase month strictly in the same order. Could you guess how much time does a person/family takes in finalizing the purchase?
I wonder why all the car ads look & feel the same? Why do we show the same profile angle in every advt? Its time to make this interesting. How could we expect the reader spend a second on an already digested visual? Unless each brand creates a special look about it in the print its impossible to cut through the clutter during this festival season even with an atomic ad spend.
Fiat Linea could have ruled the market if they had targeted the indian middle class family by wresting the positioning from smaller 5 door hatches. It is possible entirely in the current economic growth period. Only if Fiat could create an Italian aura for sometime in its communication strategy it could do wonders. An ad is meant to tell story & create drama, lets bring it back in print medium.
October 9, 2010
Laloo may race ahead on his Motorbike in Bihar elections
Laloo's promise of giving motorcycles to the youth in Bihar has put Nitin on defensive. There is nothing new about giving away goodies in elections in India. Southern states have been using the power of giving free televisions etc to the electorates with great results. There is nothing wrong about making a public promise of giving things to people to improve their lives. How many people are can afford to buy a bike in Bihar? Such tactics are good for our democracy & would catalyze the economy of the state.
Infact it would be ideal if our political parties can make similar promises during elections so that citizens may have a better standard of living. Criticism of such policies is both wrong and devoid of any moral & legal force. I would love to live the day when a political party promises housing to their voters.
The way political & social system works in India would take centuries for people to get rid of their poverty and have some life. The political players raise billions of rupees for their election campaign & use it for their own benefit. The voters get nothing in return except a lame promise. It certainly does not amount to bribing the voters as there is nothing hidden about the promise. This kind of practice may strengthen the system.
The political parties have been known to give money & liquor to electorate during elections. That is immoral & corrupt practice. I would be pleased to see parties entering competitive mode in giving gifts to people so that ordinary people could raise their standard of living. Just imagine how the enhanced mobility with a mobike would add to the economy of the individual & society at large.
This would lead to greater production of goods & services that in turn would contribute to the economic progress of the nation. Let the political parties come forward and make such promises to the voters. The skepticism about resources to fund such give aways is completely misplaced as we all understand the fund raising ability of our politicians and also know a thing about the size of parallel economy in India. It's a win-Win for all.
October 8, 2010
Volkswagen India: Poor Branding
Germany, in India, has been known for Mercedes, Engineering, Football & Hitler. The consuming class in India loves the well established powerful brand equity of trust, engineering & solid quality of Made in Germany products. All that has been altered by a dramatic full page 'talking print advertisement' by Europe's largest car maker Volkswagen for the launch of a 'luxury' car into the fast expanding Indian passenger car market. The agency & the MarCom head at Volkswagen India has been all over the media claiming success of their strategy to get greater bang with smaller buck.
Lets us not get into the structure & size of the Indian car market but let us understand that the forecast of passenger car segment for the year 2010-11 is pegged at around 2.25 million units. And we all know that the largest share of this market goes to small car segments. Volkswagen does not have products in sub 4.5 lac segment as yet. But I would like to analyze the issues that were the target of this interesting media innovation.
When MUL had launched their ALTO years ago with huge decibel level generating mega campaign so that masses could feel the launch it did not help them getting the trust of the customers. Volkswagen innovation is in sheer bad taste for the way Indian consumer behaves. Having a Chinese contraption blurting out crude words about an aspirational involvement product associated with serious engineering pedigree could only have worked to discourage the prospective buyers. My research with students at b-schools has established it beyond doubt that the talking innovation lacked the sophistication required for a serious product like a german car. I am afraid that some other innovative marketing guy may not suggest a similar company to get the car endorsed by a Swami to get immediate adulation.
If their budgets were tight then a full page bleed could easily be hived into two 40x6 releases to get greater OTS. Volkswagen India has to learn their India lessons by understanding the Indian car market, the buying behavior and socio-economic profile of Indian car buyers. There are various serious ways to involve the customers with the product than vain media innovations meant to entertain the agency/media guys only.
This certainly is a body blow to the Volkswagen brand & the image of Made in Germany in Indian market.
This certainly is a body blow to the Volkswagen brand & the image of Made in Germany in Indian market.
The politics of population
Many of the participants & visitors at the CWG Delhi are completely baffled by seeing swarm of people around them at all places. Well I too fell uncomfortable in Delhi coming from Chandigarh seeing so many humans around me all the time.
We all agree that India has too large a population. But the agreement ends there only as two diametrically opposite opinions begin to emerge from this point onwards. One set of Economists and politicians consider it as a daunting challenge to the very survival of India whereas the other group takes it as an opportunity for greater progress in future in terms of more hands to produce more goods & services. I wonder how could these 'additional' workforce could be economically productive when there are not enough jobs for the present number of youth in India. Population explosion is leading to alarmingly high numbers of stressed out unemployed youth looking for work.
Our economy even with double digit growth cannot provide jobs to most if not all the youth in another 3-4 decades. So what will happen to us in 2020 when large numbers of youths would be out there without gainful employment on our city streets? Over supply of labour in a free economy has its own dangers expressed in terms of under employment and low wages etc. The stress of competition to succeed in school exams is driving our kids mad, there joy has been sapped. How could you expect them to enjoy life on this planet when they find even the survival is threatened at home in India?
Population in India is a political issue. Some Indians may be giving birth to more than 1-2 children due to lack of education etc but majority of them are doing it deliberately to add numbers to their tribe. What will happen to the progress & stability of India? Where will we accommodate such large population? We cannot wait till all Indians get enlightenment to restrict the family size to reasonable number of 1 or 2 only. The government must discourage citizens from producing more than 2 children, I fully understand that many political parties & politicians would not agree to this suggestion citing many laughable reasons. At the back of their mind is the hideous intent of swelling their numbers to have more power in a democratic India. What will those guys do with power when the country may fail under the weight of ungovernable population? If you love India please do not have more than 1-2 children.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Articles For Women.
Straight Bar Deadlift versus Hex Bar Deadlift
Contreras is on the women train this week, and I love it. I'm all for getting women into the weight room, showing them that there's nothing to fear from weights, see below.
Weighted Bridging and Beautiful Badasses
Again, with photo's of everyday people we see just what women can accomplish, I personally love the look of the women in both this and the above post.
Beautiful Badass Profile Part 1
Nia Shanks is fast becoming a house hold name, and for good reason, she's an insanely strong woman, who looks amazing, and is a working mum! A living example that hard work pays off.
What Are You Waiting For?
Yeh, this lady is awesome. Motivational blogs are always good for those who struggle with such, which is most clients.
Bro Badasses
And a little somesine somesine for the boys. I refer you to her attached articles my lady readers, to see what you could be achieving, without running!
Yes I Can Deadlift Over 300 Pounds
Um, yeh, I don't know too many guys doing that weight!
Yes, we are smothering our children
Something for the mothers.
Does everybody hate women?
Branching a little off training and more into women's issues, I thought I'd post some stuff on how women are treated in the world.
Outcry in America as pregnant women who lose babies face murder charges
Last article, as reproductive rights become a bigger and bigger issue and as I'm discussing women in general, I thought I'd chuck this in, enjoy!
I hope this isn't considered misogynistic of me, but here are some recipes for anyone really, but I figure the gals are going to be, either through stereotyping or simply more interest, more into cooking and varieties of such. Men are kind of "I put meat on pan and pan cook meat hot, me eat, eeerrg!"
Peach Blackberry Crisp - Guest Post by Brandi
Vegetable Rosti with Tomato-Corn Relish: Guest Post by Joanne
Tropical Butternut Squash Salad
Chicken, Artichoke and Grape Skewers with Tarragon-Yogurt Sauce
Peanut Butter and Jelly Loaf (Low-Carb, Sugar Free)
Spicy Mango Black Bean Turkey Burgers
Cookie Dough Cupcakes (Gluten Free, Sugar Free)
Smokey Eggplant Guacamole
Grilled Eggplant Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese
Chili-Peanut Squash Fries
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We saw Miss Olympia at the Every Woman Expo. It was a bit gross. There were male strippers too. I don't know what was worse :(ReplyDelete
Too lean?ReplyDelete
We were drunk and hoping to see hot ladies. All we got were overly-muscular women and buff dudes.ReplyDelete
You don't like to see buff dudes (I can understand not wanting to see overly-muscular women)?ReplyDelete
My friends and I tend to go more for the skinny hardcore boys/Mt Lawley scenesters with trendy hair. Yes, I know how sad that sounds :PReplyDelete
Male strippers are just a bit.... gay. NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bodh Gaya to Kolkata
My final train ride in India was scheduled to depart at 4:45, so I got up early than I go to sleep on some nights, and dragged myself and my bag out to meet the rickshaw I'd arranged to be waiting earlier.
Like a fool, I showed up at the Gaya train station on time, made my way passed the other ass standing in the mud, headed to the platform, and waited, and waited, and waited. After a while I started wondering if the train had actually been early and I'd missed it, but I knew that couldn't be!
After three trains went by on the same track, one of them even stopping, making me wonder how it had got passed my train, before, finally, the train to Kolkata arrived.
I arrived in Kolkata with just enough cash left to get a taxi to a guesthouse and rent a room. I hadn't been in any places where I could withdraw cash for a while, so I needed to find an ATM in Kolkata. Unfortunately, there was a service strike in the city, which included the service of all ATMs, People kept telling where some random ATM might be that is from such and such a bank that should be open despite the strike. I walked miles around the city looking for the elusive open ATM but it was futile. Finally, after walking through half the city, either I got lucky, or I out walked the strike... I'll never know!
I was worried I won't be able to get cash for the ride to the airport tomorrow, not to mention food and other things. Now that I had money, the only thing I really wanted to do was eat, so I searched out a little Bengali restaurant recommended in the Lonely Planet for its coconut prawn curry. I wasn't used to sweet, white curry but it was one of the best things I've ever eaten.
After the places I'd been between Delhi and here, there wasn't much I wanted to do or see in another over populated, impoverished city. Just about exhausted, I'm ready for the flight to Singapore, tomorrow. I sort of wished I'd stayed the extra day in Bodh Gaya, but I didn't want to risk missing the flight.
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MARK O'HAIRE (@MarkOHaire) has delivered six profitable weekends from eight in the Football League this season. Can he continue his hot-streak on Saturday?
Brentford v Wigan | Saturday 15.00
Brentford have accumulated 17 points (W5-D2-L2) since their opening day defeat at league-leaders Huddersfield to move the Bees into a lofty fifth-placed position ahead of Saturday's encounter with Wigan.
Fans are speaking about a possible promotion push and, unlike other managers who try and downplay those expectations, boss Dean Smith is happy for Brentford supporters to do so as the capital club continue to excite and enthral.
At Griffin Park the Bees have picked up 13 points from a possible 15 and although lopsided 4-1 and 5-1 triumphs over Reading and Preston in their past two outings as hosts are a little flattering, the Londoners are full of confidence and look a decent prospect at 11/10 (Betfred) to win here.
Midfield mystros Ryan Woods missed the midweek victory over the Royals but Alan McCormack came in for his first league appearance of the season and produced a typical all-action display alongside Nico Yennaris. It was one of five changes from the team beaten 3-1 at Wolves last weekend.
Yennaris, Lasse Vibe, Josh Clarke and Andreas Bjelland all performed admirably as Clarke and Maxime Colin scored their first goals for Brentford on Tuesday. The Bees had to ride their luck at times but countered superbly with Romaine Sawyers, Scott Hogan, Vibe and Clarke all impressing in the final third.
There are most definitely goals in this team but Smith spoke about his delight at Brentford's defensive discipline against Reading and with players coming back from injury, more is to be expected from Saturday's hosts in the future.
The Bees aren't particularly prolific or exceptional in the performance data parameters but they do tend to be strong operators in front of their home fans. Under Smith, Brentford have W10-D4-L5 at Griffin Park and since promotion to the Championship the home side boast an excellent W26-D11-L14 return as hosts.
Both the above stats suggest the Londoners should be chalked up at odds-on quotes and with Wigan pointless from five away days since returning to the second-tier and shipping at least two goals on four occasions, it's easy to oppose Gary Caldwell's travellers.
The Latics did record just their second success of the season on Tuesday night as Caldwell made a brave call to drop leading scorer Will Grigg against Wolves. The move paid off as Grigg's replacement Adam Le Fondre grabbed the opening goal of the game for Athletic.
However, Wigan are struggling to turn their strong possession statistics into goalscoring opportunities. Only Reading, Fulham and Derby have enjoyed more time on the ball but only eight clubs have landed fewer on-target attempts, whilst only 60 (45%) of their 133 shots have been taken from inside the penalty box.
Athletic will look to attack Brentford and that should play into the Bees' counter-attacking hands. Despite hosing up in League One last term, the visitors managed just six clean sheets on the road and so I'm happy to go against Caldwell's charges here.
AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham | Saturday 15.00
Late goals were a feature of these two clubs' midweek matches as Coventry snatched a point in a 2-2 draw against Wimbledon four minutes into stoppage-time whilst Gillingham earned a share of the spoils at Chesterfield thanks to Scott Wagstaff's 96th-minute leveller (3-3).
The point lifted the Dons outside of the bottom-four but Neil Ardley was understandably frustrated that his side couldn't enhance their recent W2-D5-L1 run with a third three-pointer in seven. The Wombles supremo blamed the officials for the late equaliser but also blasted his troops for a sloppy first-half display.
AFC return to Kingsmeadow on Saturday for a contest against Gillingham eager for points. The hosts have already welcomed and lost to three of the league's promotion favourites (Sheffield United, Bolton and Scunthorpe) but will believe the Kent club are beatable and an enjoyable encounter should be in store.
Four of Wimbledon's first five on home soil this season have delivered at least three goals from an average of 3.20 goals-per-game. The Both Teams To Score selection has proven profitable in all five home fixtures and overall seven of the Dons' 10 League One clashes have broken the 2.5 goals barrier with nine featuring both sides scoring.
Visitors Gillingham delivered the goals goods for us on Tuesday night and I see no reason why Justin Edinburgh's men can't repeat the feat this weekend.
The Gills are yet to keep their sheets clean in 2016/17 and have now managed just seven (19%) shutouts in 37 road trips under Edinburgh, leaking 13 in games as guests already this season – that's an average of 2.60 goals per-game.
A huge 26/37 (70%) of Gillingham's away days under Edinburgh have featured Over 2.5 Goals winners with the same figure proving profitable for Both Teams To Score backers, as the visitors have notched in all bar seven (19%) matches and netting twice or more in 17 (46%).
Collectively, Over 2.5 Goals has won in 15/20 (75%) League One games this season and Both Teams To Score has paid out in 18/20 (90%).
The average goals per-game scored across the pair's 20 outings stands at a handsome 3.25 so I'll happily snap-up the 23/20 from Coral on Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score.
This selection has paid out in 14/20 (70%) combined matches in 2016/17 – that percentage implies betting odds of around 4/9. That's big value.
Notts County v Morecambe | Saturday 15.00
It's been an eventful week at Morecambe.
Last Friday Diego Lemos' majority shareholding and takeover was approved by the EFL with the Brazilian saying the Shrimps "can dream" about the future. And on Tuesday manager Jim Bentley denied speculation linking him with the vacancy at Tranmere.
In football matters, Morecambe collected a point from their two matches – a 3-2 home loss to Crawley and a 2-2 draw with Barnet in midweek. Those results mean the Shrimps' last six League Two games have seen 26 goals in total as Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score landed in all six encounters.
For the majority of Morecambe matches this term, Bentley's boys have been under the cosh despite their (W5-D1-L4) return. The Shrimps' 34.5% shot ratio figure is comfortably the league's lowest and no fourth-tier team has shipped more goals (18).
Nevertheless, Morecambe as good as they got at a Barnet side admittedly missing defensive rock Bira Dembele. The visitors hit the woodwork on three occasions and played some fine free-flowing football during a breathless encounter.
So although only seven sides have fired in fewer shots across the opening 10 games, I'd still fancy the Shrimps to get on the scoresheet here.
Since 2011/12 the away side have notched in an impressive 87/120 (72%) road trips with Over 2.5 Goals collecting in 17/28 (61%) since the start of last season and Both Teams To Score banking in 18/28 (64%).
Morecambe haven't failed to score the opening day of the season and so it's the goals angle I'm keen to explore at Meadow Lane on Saturday with Over 2.5 Goals offered at 4/5 (SkyBet).
Notts County moved into fifth place in the table following a routine 2-0 away win at Exeter in midweek. Last year's Player of the Season John Stead gabbed another to goals to take the 33-year-old to the top of League Two's goalscoring charts and there's a feeling that we've not yet seen the best of the Magpies.
County have played well in patches in most matches under John Sheridan but bar a 2-1 defeat against Plymouth, the side haven't controlled or dominated for 90 minutes. With so many new players having been integrated into the side, partnerships have been slow in blossoming.
However, Sheridan, known for his dour and defensive-first football, has opened Notts up with the hosts playing an exciting brand of attacking football. Stead and Jonathan Forte have flourished in offence whilst the three-man midfield of Michael O'Connor, Robert Milsom and Alex Rodman have impressed of late.
Still, Tuesday's triumph represented the Magpies first shutout of the season with 14 goals already shipped in their 10 league games. Indeed, we've seen at least two goals in each of County's 10 games with six of their most recent eight creping over the 2.5 goals line and seven overall seeing both sides score.
Last season's meetings produced a total of nine goals and collectively this term the pair have been involved in a total of 65 goals across their 20 games – an average of 3.25 goals per-game. I'm happy to side with goals here.
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Brentford v Wigan – Brentford to win (11/10 Betfred)
AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham – Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score (23/20 Coral)
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ISAS Public Lecture: 'Security in the Asia Pacific' by Mr Shivshankar Menon cum Book Launch 'Choices: Inside the Making of Indian Foreign Policy'
Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore
Thursday, 12 January 2017 from 16:30 to 18:30 (Singapore Standard Time Singapore Time)
Event Details
ISAS Public Lecture
Guest Speaker
Mr Shivshankar Menon
Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India
4.30pm Registration and Networking
5.00pm Welcome Remarks
Professor Tommy Koh
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
5.10pm Keynote Address: Security in the Asia Pacific
Mr Shivshankar Menon
Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India;
Chairman, Advisory Board, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi; and
Distinguished Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington
5.35pm Interactive Session with Mr Shivshankar Menon
Moderated by:
Professor Tommy Koh
6.15pm Book Launch :
'Choices: Inside the Making of Indian Foreign Policy'
Author: Mr Shivshankar Menon
6.30pm Vote of Thanks
Ambassador Gopinath Pillai
Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies
National University of Singapore; and
Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
6.40pm End of Session
For the first time in over a generation, security issues in the Asia-Pacific have the potential to affect the continued economic progress of the Asia-Pacific. This paper examines from an Indian point of view the causes and nature of that phenomenon, and looks at ways in which these security issues might be managed or resolved.
About the Guest Speaker
Mr Shivshankar Menon
Mr Menon is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi, and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington.
Mr Menon served as national security advisor to the Prime Minister of India from January 2010 to May 2014, and previously as Foreign Secretary of India from October 2006 to August 2009. A career diplomat, he has served as Ambassador or High Commissioner of India to Israel (1995-1997), Sri Lanka (1997-2000), China (2000-2003), and Pakistan (2003-2006). He was a member of India's Atomic Energy Commission (2008-2014). He has also served in India's missions to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and in the Department of Atomic Energy in Mumbai.
Mr Menon studied at the Scindia School, Gwalior and at St. Stephens College, Delhi University, where he studied ancient Indian history and Chinese.
In 2010, he was chosen by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world's "Top 100 Global Thinkers."
He has been a Richard Wilhelm Fellow at MIT and Fisher Family Fellow at Harvard University in 2015. Mr Menon is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Society Policy Studies Institute in New York.
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Raffles Town Club
Dunearn II and III, Level 1
1 Pymounth Avenue
Singapore 297753
Thursday, 12 January 2017 from 16:30 to 18:30 (Singapore Standard Time Singapore Time)
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The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is an autonomous research institute at National University of Singapore. The establishment of ISAS reflects the increasing economic and political importance of South Asia, and the strong historical links between South Asia and Southeast Asia. ISAS is dedicated to research on contemporary South Asia. The Institute seeks to promote understanding of the region, and to communicate the knowledge and insights about it to policymakers, the business community, academia and civil society, in Singapore and beyond.


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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Cruel Mommy?
Gavin has a little "beauty mark" on his tummy. It looks like a chocolate chip and we've called it a chocolate chip since he's been born. We used to be able to say, "we're going to lick off your chocolate chip"(aren't parents stupid?) and he'd say "NOOO!!" and then get huffy.
Lately he's been getting too old for this. The other day, Gavin was sitting on the couch with Scott chatting his daddy's ear off, and I felt an opportunity to cause mischief.
I ran upstairs to my bathroom and dipped my baby finger into my foundation and slowly sauntered back downstairs.(aren't I such a brainiac??)
I said to Gavin, "Gav come to mommy. I want to see your chocolate chip."
He came over and lifted his t-shirt and said, "see mommy there it is."
"Can I take it to use in my chocolate chip cookies?"I asked.
"Nooo, you can't take off my chocolate chip. It doesn't come off!"he said.
"I can take it off."
I said, "close your eyes" and I rubbed his chocolate chip and put the foundation over it.
"Open sesame, I have your chocolate chip for some Gavinized cookies!"I said.
"Nooo..."he started...then he realized his chocolate chip was gone.
"You took my chocolate chip!!"he began to cry and it was the cutest, big alligator tears streaming down his face.
Scott was trying really hard not to laugh.
"Okay mommy will put it back!"I said. I nonchalantly licked my finger and rubbed the foundation off.
"See..there it is!"I said.
He sighed,"Oh Mommy You is the best!"with a lone tear still streaming down his face.
Am I warped?
Mamaliscious does not promote the taunting or humiliating of children. Moments like the one described above are few and far between, and she feels will not adversely affect their characters or self worth. She was teased like this as a child(only it was taking the nose)and she turned out fine...(or did she??)
5 comments:
- Nin said...
lol....thats awesome. I love the disclaimer.
By the way, I HATE HATE HATE laundry too, and I HATE HATE HATE putting it away. What usually ends up happening is it sits in the basket forever, then dirty clothes end up going into the basket, then I end up washing some clean clothes....cuz I don't know what's dirty and whats not. Sheesh....
Oh yeah, and I'm totally going to try the Nin "needs" thing. That looks fun : )
(incase you didn't know, I cancelled my facebook...was spending too much time on the computer, so I quit. But I'm glad our poking war is done. Truce?)
- Chunks said...
I LOVE IT!!! What brilliance! I've tortured my children since birth and they love it! That is so cute about the chocolate chip. Too bad you didn't have an extra one in your hand you could have eaten. THAT would have been classic! LOL!
- Devo said...
That is hilarious! I love it, he just sounds cute enough to eat, that little guy! Devo
- Gwen said...
That's excellent! I bet he'll remember that when he's older. (Though he probably won't be lying on a couch when he recalls it, don't worry!)
- joni said...
hahaha good one for sure...
(so thats what all the screaming was about yesterday!!hahahah)


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Oh, and I picked up the 2013 regional stamps, which to my joy included two sites in the park system I already visited, the Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas, and the Rockefeller Memorial Highway located in Wyoming. I felt like I'd hit a grand slam, a great feeling considering our first day on the road had such an annoying start...
Now, I will back up to the BAD referred to in this post's title. Shortly before I veered off the highway to revive my spirits at the New Gorge National Park, this occurred.
Yes, that's a West Virginian police car glowing in the rear view window. My first reaction when I spotted it was to pull over into the right lane so the good officer could chase whatever scoundrel was breaking the law. Imagine my shock & surprised to find out that I was the scoundrel! I squealed to Ila, "But I wasn't DOING anything!". I'd just pulled out of a gas station & onto the freeway, got up to speed and while driving downhill, I'd been breaking when I spotted the lights. I was breaking! Officer, did you see my break lights??
The officer told me I was speeding, but that he would see to it that my ticket didn't mess up my insurance. Both myself and Ila were so thoroughly rattled. The officer gave me a ticket, for driving 55 mph in a 50 mph zone!
I wish I could remember what the GPS unit said. I recall it being closer to 65mph.
So, now I know how the little West Virginian dutchie keeps its coffers flush - picking off out-of-state cars for minor traffic violations. &$%$^*@#
[Management wishes to interject here, the fine paid by Ms. Miller tallied in at $176.00. Madame did not take it well. As she wrote the check, oh, the language she used! Peeled the paint from the walls.]


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St. Januarius, Bishop and Companion Martyrs
Red vestments
Missa 'Salus autem'
INTROITUS – Psalm 36: 31
Salus autem justórum a Dómino: et protéctor eórum est in témpore tribulatiónis. 36: 1: Noli æmulári in malignántibus: neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancti sicut erat in principio et nunc, et semper, et saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Salus autem…
INTROIT: Psalm 36: 31
The salvation of the just is from the Lord: and He is their protector in the time of trouble. Ps. 36: 1: Be not emulous of evil-doers: nor envy them that work iniquity. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The salvation of the just…
O God, Who dost permit us to celebrate the birthday of Thy holy martyrs, Januarius and Companions, grant us to enjoy their companionship in everlasting beatitude. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever.
EPISTLE: Hebrews 10: 32-38
Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews
Brethren, call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions. And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations were made a gazingstock; and on the other, become companions of them that were used in such sort. For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and lasting substance. Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great reward. For patience is necessary for you: that doing the will of God you may receive the promise. For yet a little and a very little while, and He that is to come, will come and will not delay. But my just man liveth by faith.
GRADUAL: Psalm 33: 18-19
The just cried, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart; and He will save the humble of spirit.
Alleluia, alleluia. The white-robed army of martyrs praiseth Thee, O Lord. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 12: 1-8
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; nor hidden, that shall not be known. For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear, in the chambers, shall be preached on the house-tops. And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom ye shall fear: fear ye him who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. And I say to you, whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God."
OFFERTORY: Wisdom 3: 1-3
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of malice shall not touch them: in the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace, alleluia.
We offer Thee, O Lord, the gifts of our devotion; may they be rendered both pleasing unto Thee, for the honor of Thy just ones, and to us, through Thy mercy, helpful to salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God…
It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God: through Christ our Lord. Through Whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, the Powers stand in awe. The Heavens and the Heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with them we entreat Thee, that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted, while we say in lowly praise:
SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria Tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light; and that which you hear in the ear preach ye upon the housetops.
Grant us, we beseech Thee; O Lord, by the intercession of Thy holy martyrs, Januarius and Companions, that what we touch with our lips we may receive with a pure heart. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, For ever and ever.


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Twelve new natural sites are nominated for World Heritage status this year, including to landscapes in Gabon, the Whale Valley in the Egyptian desert and Vredefort Dome, a meteorite impact site in South Africa. The two Gabonese sites are nominated for their cultural and natural value.
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Friday, November 30, 2007
My Harford County Public Library Liaison Experience
This is Maurice Coleman from Harford County Public Library and I was one of three people who worked with HCPL staff on our Learning 2.0 project. The timing of the project could not have been better since were planning and did have a two day system-wide Technology Fair and used that forum to launch the Learning 2.0 project for our system.
Throughout the summer and fall, we had out of 407 staff, 258 signing up and 151 completed the program to date. We have some staff that are still working on the project and I just received an email from a staff member who is getting a group together at their branch to go through the 23 things.
Some of my observations about the project:
HCPL staff loved incentives. Self-explanatory but very,very important. We had incentive prizes for completion and three prizes from a drawing of completers. This raised the stakes for staff and provided a competition of sorts and provided another reason to try/complete the project.
Email's worked. Having both the state email and our internal emails to gently encourage/nudge staff worked well. Some staff during the middle where there seemed to be a slowdown were picked up by the emails.
Support is good. HCPL staff got support not just from all three of the co-leaders but also from other staff that embraced training and mentoring others through the project. Some departments took on the Learning project as a Team Learning objective.
Support from administration is good too. HCPL's Senior Staff encouraged participation in a very real way by saying that all staff could take one hour during their work week to do the program. This upper management seal of approval was vital to the success of the program.
Even with that support, some staff felt they did not have enough time at work to work on the Learning 2.0 project. They then either did not finish, finished very slowly or did the exercises at home on their time.
Too much information. The individual "thing" descriptions need to be streamlined. Some staff felt that the had to do every single thing on each page before saying they were done with the thing. That bogged staff down during some of the exercises. The exercises need to be streamlined and some of the resources reevaluated.
Keeping the knowledge and learning going. As a system we are continuing to spread the knowledge by still encouraging folks to participate in the entire program and folding several of the "things" into our corporate body of knowledge that we expect each staff member from pages to administrators to have a passing awareness of its existence.
Self direction is not everyone's direction. We learned that not everyone was ok with the self-directed nature of the project. We tried to accommodate those folks by offering open workshops where a trainer would work with the person on their impasse in the program. We also offered one-on-one assistance to staff which worked for some. My sense is that some of our staff were put off by having to do the project by themselves and wanted much more hand holding with each of the discovery exercises.
Staff Fertilizer. The program as inspired our staff to use tools from the Learning 2.0 project to work better, smarter, faster and together. We have branch and project wikis, shared del.icio.us tags for all of our branch's reference desks, staff blogs, and our 2008 Summer Reading Program Team is using a wiki to cut down on paper used throughout their year.
Thank God for RSS or You Know, there were a lot of blogs...We have 180 plus blogs that were looked at least once by myself and by my fellow liaisons. What made monitoring them easier was using RSS feeds to create public pages where all of the new posts by all of our bloggers could be seen. Saved 2000 lbs. of time.
Those are some of my observations about the program. If you would like any more information, feel free to contact me via my blog. Thank you for your time.
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4. I love to plan parties of any kind. Be them little teas for Emma or a wedding. I want to get my hands on the plans and make them come true and make each and every dream a reality. I love the end result and how fulfilled you feel when people see your work and are just amazed by it. This is not a job for me but comes very easily, I would love to do this as a living someday. Jeff has made all of my dreams come true so far so maybe this one will too. I want to have a boutique where I can sit down with Mom's and Brides, Mothers to be and friends to help organize an plan the perfect party for their speical someone.
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