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Cricket Australia's plans to stage the world's first ever floodlit Test match within the next two years would not improve the game of cricket and would dislodge the sport from its rich traditions.
Day/night cricket is a great innovation that has helped the development of the one-day game at both domestic and international level, as well as opening the door for the Twenty20 format to thrive.
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However, by adapting the playing conditions of a floodlit cricket match to the purest form of the game would only serve to cheapen the spectacle.
The inception of floodlit cricket by Kerry Packer in the 1970s served to help the limited-overs game develop and thrive, bringing it out of the shadows of the traditional Test match.
World Series Cricket revolutionised the game and brought in so many innovations that helped drag the sport into the 20th century, including raising the wages that cricketers received.
But the use of a white – or pink, due to a clash with Test match whites – ball would not be conducive to producing five-day cricket that is any more riveting than it already is.
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Day/night cricket was initially introduced partly due to a gap in the market. By allowing families to watch a game in the evening, more people were able to attend matches and tune in on the television.
This would not necessarily have the same effect on Test cricket though. The longer, more drawn out nature of the format wouldn't entice casual viewers, and is generally followed by purists.
In this day and age, cricket is unique for its five days of marathon action that can keep fans on the edge of their seat at times, while also entailing periods where the match cools off.
Another deterrent for floodlit Test matches is the concept's potential to force some players into an early retirement.
Chris Rogers is just one example of a colour blind Test cricketer, who would struggle to see the pink ball during play.
That could unfortunately lead to the left-hander prematurely departing the game if floodlit games became the norm, although it would be more tragic if it curtailed the career of someone even younger than the 37-year-old.
One way around that dilemma would be to implement a change to coloured kits, allowing the use of a white ball under the lights. But this would signal another re-writing of the rulebook that would take more tradition away from Test cricket.
Experiments have taken place – like the one between Kent and Glamorgan in 2011 – but haven't really proven that floodlit four or five day cricket is the way forward.
The Test format is still a strong one, and that is largely due to its loyalty to the stark traditions that have ruled it for hundreds of years now.
To make wholesale changes would spoil the game for generations to come, and that is something that should not happen.


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Neal Gottlieb reflects on his Survivor: Kaoh Rong journey.
A few of the Survivor: Kaoh Rong castaways had the feeling something was up when host Jeff Probst and a doctor surprised their camp at the end of the latest episode. After the medical practitioner examined a concerning infection on Neal's knee, he let the ice-cream entrepreneur know some disappointing news; for fear the condition would worsen, Neal would have to leave the game immediately, much to his dismay.
We were able to catch up with Neal following his unfortunate exit, so find out what he had to say about his love for the game, how he coped with his infection after leaving the show, and who he would've taken to the Final 3, if he had made it that far.

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When you've been out and about recently, you'll have noticed a chill in the air and a change in the colour of leaves, that's right, Autumn is upon us! And I always really look forward to this time of the year, not so I can make the usual generic comments about how 'the leaves are a lovely shade this time of year' and 'look how dark it is outside already!', but because it is the time of year when Rugby's finest from the South Hemisphere come on tour and so the Autumn Internationals start! Yes, that's right, we can look forward to our weekends when terrestial T.V coverage will be overrun with some classic fixtures and some of the sport's great players will be on display.
So in my usual preparation to these great matches, I was doing a bit of reading on how the Tri-Nations teams had been performing up to now and my eye was drawn to an article on Australia's new up and coming Out Half, Quade Cooper. He is a fantastic athlete with a great set of hands and feet and a mind to run the game, however it wasn't his skill at the game of Rugby that caught my eye.
In the Rugby World magazine, Cooper was featured and interviewed in an article that focused on the beginnings of his career, where he found his motivation and desire, and what he hopes to achieve. As a young sportsman, these are perfectly normal questions to face, but it was his responses which intrigued me most. The article started with a quote from Michael Jordan, the world's greatest ever Basketball player, who said this:
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost 300 games. 26 times i've been entrusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again. And that is why I succeed.
The article went on to explain how it was Jordan's constant embrace of risk in the pursuit of success that drew Cooper to him and therefore this is why Jordan's quote has been an inspiration to him. This sentence then followed; "Forget the Bible, for a 22 year old fast emerging world rugby star, Jordan's story is a good a guide to life as Cooper is going to get."
A very interesting quote. In todays world, I wonder how many millions upon millions simply 'forget the Bible' when it comes to working out their own life guides. I do wonder where people get their guide to life, which philosopher, celebrity or personal thought do they turn to in order to have some direction in their lives. Many today perhaps think the Bible to slow and old fashioned to keep up with their hip and exciting ways of living, like Quade Cooper, success, money and status has given the world it's drive to cast aside the holy word of God and catch and hold to other meaningless and empty words to guide them.
As for Christians, we know that the Bible is God's infallible word; Psalm 119:105 'Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path' and Joshua 1:8 'This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.' are just a few verses which show how important it should be in our every day lives.
May we take great confidence that we know our life guide is coming from the very mouth of the Lord, that every word in the book is fashioned for our own well being and good.
Psalm 119:103, 'How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!'


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"There is really no such thing as a specifically Islamic or "Pakistani" blueprint for running a modern state. None. Nada. Nothing. There is no there there. Yet school textbooks, official propaganda and everyday political speech in Pakistan endlessly refer to some imaginary "Islamic model" of administration and statecraft. Since no such model exists, we are condemned to hypocritically mouthing meaningless and destructive Paknationalist and Islamist slogans while simultaneously (and almost surreptitiously) trying to operate modern Western constitutional, legal and economic models."
This quote is from Omar Ali's commentary on 3quarksdaily.com ("Pakistan and Its Stories"), but it references his longer article on Pragati — link, below).
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Yeah, that's a Christmas song, or a bad approximation of one, but for comic book and pop culture fans in the New York City area, THIS is "the Mooost Won-der-ful Tiiiime of the Year"…
It's time for New York Comic-Con 2014! This week: October 09-12.
Circumstances are such that I can't promise as many "NYCC Moment" posts as last year, but I'm sure we'll have some!
And, to get you (…and ME, for that matter) in the mood for the festivities to come, here are ALL ELEVEN "NYCC Moment" posts for 2013! …It's just like doing the con with me! …But not really, or very much at all!
Hope you can all get there this year! And, if not, go to your own local or regional comic-con. It's always a great (if sometimes exhausting) experience!


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We're trying to create a "secret garden" in the space between the garden shed and the house. The plan is eventually to train the English ivy up the side of the shed, and maybe even into an archway over the alley between buildings. It's a years' long project, but already it's a prettier spot than it used to be. The Rose of Sharon screens the air conditioning unit and the flowerbed also hosts Moonlight Broom, Golden Creeping Jenny, and Catmint, which was especially beautiful this year.
Veronica Golden Creeping Speedwell
Golden Creeping Speedwell has done so well this summer. It took two years to get the Stepables established, but now it's taking off, filling the spaces between pavers in the arbor garden. Its bright green color makes a nice contrast to the rose bushes and dogwood.
"Pretty in Pink" Petunias
The petunias have been so pretty this year. We didn't have good luck with them last year, and I think one thing I was doing wrong was packing too many into a pot. We split them up and planted sparsely this year and now, near the end of June, they are going to town! They're such cheery flowers, it makes them worth the little bit of deadheading they require.
The view from the deck
Every morning when we come out to the kitchen for breakfast, we're greeted by such a pretty view out the dining room windows. Sometimes it entices us to have breakfast outdoors. The trees (both ours and our neighbors') have really filled out and are starting to provide shade and privacy. I can't wait to see what this view will look like five years from now.
Green skies
Early June and we've been under a weather advisory all day. This picture doesn't quite capture it, but at times the sky - the whole atmosphere, really - has had that eerie greenish cast it gets in tornadic conditions. It would be rather pretty if it wasn't so scary!
Roses galore!
What a year for roses this has been! They are lovely in shades of pink and yellow and everything in between, and coming on by the dozens. I love roses! (Click on the photos to get a larger view.)


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I just read that this afternoon in the austrian TVon ORF 2 they showed the repetition of the Barbara Karlich Show with the titel: Women return to your natural being. This is the Link to the page with a movie. I don´t know if you can see it. I was not able to watch it in france.
Tonight the 3rd of August there will be another repetition at 3:40Uhr in ORF 2. Here is the announcement from ORF for the show:
The BARBARA KARLICH SHOW
Women return to your natural being
|Christine, 32, Naildesinger from Ebenthal in Kärnten,
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Mariam, 47, artist from Narhendorf close to Hamburg,
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Julia Bland is the president of the Louisiana Children's Museum (LCM). In this podcast, Julia describes the LCM's upcoming Children's World's Fair, presented by Dow. This uniques fundraiser on March 19, 2016 will takes attendees on a day-long journey to explore global diversity in four important areas: science, technology, engineering, and math. Children's World's Fair travelers will have multi-cultural experiences as they enjoy the music, literature, games, attire, crafts, and flavors of destinations throughout the world. Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Scotland, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam are some of the destinations children and adults will visit. The Early Explorer patron party for this very special interactive fundraiser will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a special $100. four-ticket family package, and individual tickets for $30. Admission from noon to 4:30 p.m. will be only $20, and members' tickets, $16. For further information, contact the Louisiana Children's Museum at lcm.org; the Louisiana Children's Museum is located at 420 Julia Street.
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Kenilworth musician Mister Keith's final show of his tour, to be held in the town, has sold out.
He is playing the final show of his Parlour Tour on Saturday October 31 at a house in Common Lane.
Mister Keith, whose real name is Keith Ayling, said: "I've been playing in people's houses since 1986 and it's a great way to showcase songs on an intimate level.
"There is a personal connection when someone sits right in front of you and sings."
Bob Dudley, who will be hosting the concert, said: "Hosting a house concert is a great way to get friends and neighbours together for a fun evening.
"I jumped at the chance to host it and it sold out straight away."
Over 30 people are expected to attend the house concert.


text: An unbeatable record of an outstanding year for British sidecar racers! Follow Dixon and Hetherington's path to victory as they blast their way through all seven rounds of the World Championship season right up to the final clincher at Catalunya. Along the way the drama is underscored by superb performances from the Brindley brothers, a last-minute comeback for four-times champ Steve Webster and the usual high calibre competition from seven-times World Champion Rolf Biland. These official highlights feature the best action from Europe's most challenging circuits including Nurburgring, Assen, Le Mans and Donington, plus exclusive interviews with all the main competitors.


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Beauty and fashion brands are leading the way when it comes to doing digital business in China, according to the latest report from digital think tank L2.
Brands such as Estee Lauder, Lancome, Burberry, Sephora and Kiehl's made up two-thirds of the top 20 luxury retailers ranked by L2 based on their China-specific offerings across the the Web, social media, and mobile as well as in digital marketing.
For each platform, the 100 brands ranked are assigned "IQ scores" from over 140 to under 70 that equate to ratings of "genius," "gifted," "average," "challenged" or "feeble." The digital IQ index developed by L2 scores companies against more than 800 qualitative and quantitative individual data points.
Beauty brands had the highest average digital IQ, with Estee Lauder at No. 1 overall. The cosmetics giant earned the top spot by creating Chinese-language iPhone and iPad apps, running paid advertising on local search engines, and having a user-friendly site that includes user reviews and ratings, live chat and online makeup trials.
One of the biggest surprises in this year's ranking, according to L2, was Hong Kong-based jewelry brand Chow Tai Fook faulting to No. 3 by ramping up its e-commerce capability across channels and launching smartphone and tablet apps.
While fashion and jewelry brands featured prominently in the top 20, the majority ended up in the "Feeble" category, including Prada, Harry Winston, Baccarat and Ralph Lauren, which came in at No. 100. L2 found that digital investment by brands overall is lacking, despite the large opportunity represented by the Chinese market.
As an example, it pointed out Chinese sites have average load times of 24.1 seconds, four times longer than their global counterparts. More than half of the sites still aren't certified by the Chinese government, possibly resulting in pages being removed from search results. Furthermore, only four brands have launched direct e-commerce sites since last year.
"For the first time in a decade, China is a question mark for the prestige industry," said L2 founder and NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway. "We continue to believe China offers more upside -- specifically digital upside -- than any other luxury market."
His outlook is buoyed partly from spending by Chinese tourist spending in the third quarter, which was up 58% from a year ago. Despite the hurdles, the L2 report city a McKinsey study projecting China's luxury e-commerce market will grow 33% to $3.2 billion this year from $2.4 billion in 2011.
One area where brands have made strides is in social media in China. Sina Weibo remains the social platform of choice for luxury brands, with nine out of 10 setting up storefronts there.
Progress on the mobile front has been slower. Only 23% of brands maintain a mobile-optimized version of their China site and only a third are e-commerce enabled. Though Android dominates the mobile landscape in China, only 35% of brands have an Android app, with 22% available in Chinese. And only one app offers e-commerce.


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This implementation guide is for use of Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions with a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System.
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How Does Pluto Retrograde Affect Communication? Mind Your Power Dynamics In The Months Ahead
Of the many planets currently in retrograde, little dwarf planet Pluto may not seem like one to worry about. Unfortunately, though, things like size and official NASA planetary status do not seem to interfere with Pluto's astrological weight and how it affects our interactions on Earth. So how does Pluto retrograde affect communication, you might wonder? Pluto will be retrograde for the next five long months, stretching from April 20 through Sept. 28, 2017, so we're in for quite a ride.
Despite being the outermost planet and slow-moving, in astrology, Pluto is considered highly transformative. Named after the god of the Underworld, known in Greek mythology as Hades, Pluto rules all things that lay "below the surface," notes Cafe Astrology. While Pluto is retrograde, you may be forced to confront and bring to light a dark hidden part of yourself in order to move forward. Pluto's forces also traffic in issues of power, control, and obsession — so in other words, welcome to the dark side, my friend.
Planetary retrogrades often mark times of reflection and deep self-assessment. Like the apparent backwards motion in the sky, as the planets seem to move move from left to right across the stars, the retrograde period asks us to take stock of the past and learn from our mistakes so that we can move productively forward in our lives by the time the planets station direct again.
Pluto's retrograde cycle in particular asks us to turn inwards and take stock of where we stand emotionally and spiritually — and, yes, that means examining our less attractive qualities, too. While we all would rather be care-free and playing in the summer sunshine, Pluto forces your hand for an important reason, AstrologyKing.com explains; if "some destructive energy is hindering a necessary transformation, Pluto retrograde forces an internal investigation to root out the problem and eliminate it." Taking into account the position of Jupiter in 2017, which is also retrograde right now (it stations direct on June 9), this means that some of these dark issues may have to do with "greed, excess, faith or ideology" — all the things your mom told you not to mention at a dinner party.
When compared with Mercury retrograde's reign of chaos and miscommunications, Pluto's inner demon hunting may seem like we're getting off easy. Call me lazy, though, because I don't want to clean out my fridge, let alone my subconscious and inner-psyche. Over the next five months expect to tackle issues relating to power and control, in the ultimate search for deeper meaning. When it comes to communication, try and remain aware of how you tend to interact with those close to you and the power dynamics at play.
If there's a bad friend in your life or if you have been controlling others, prepare to make some tough changes. As AstrologyKing.com suggests, "If people have been controlling or manipulating you then now is the time to let them go. If you have been too controlling of others or situations then it is time to let go. This is not a time for power tripping but a time for elimination." By putting a stop to reinforcing toxic friends' behavior and owning your bad habits you will be able to form healthy relationships built on equal and fair footing.
A little astrologically-prompted spring cleaning will get you ready to find your voice or ease your grip. Pluto may be smaller than our moon but boy, is it powerful!


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By John Bendel, editor-at-large
Your job could morph into a video game.
An outfit named Starsky Robotics recently jumped into the growing field of autonomous truck developers. They join Daimler, Paccar, Volvo, Otto (now owned by Uber), and Embark, which is a newcomer itself. We'll come back to Embark.
Starsky is a bit edgier than the rest of them.
Starsky Robotics hopes to do more than the others and for less money. Like Otto, Starsky plans to market retrofit systems. In February, Embark claims it made a 140-mile haul, 120 miles of it without a driver at the wheel. But highway driving is the easy part. Everybody is doing that.
So here's the video game part. Starsky has taken on a piece of the autonomous truck challenge others have yet to address. Starsky's working on a way to get autonomous trucks from the interstate to sites on local roads – what is called the "last mile." For that part of the trip, there is no driver in the Starsky truck, but it isn't driverless.
The driver is in another location, probably with a joystick and surrounded by computer monitors. He or she drives the truck the way ground crews pilot combat drones, much like a video game.
"We're focusing on long-haul, distribution center to distribution center jobs. Remote driver gets the truck onto the highway, truck drives itself on the highway, then a remote driver pilots the truck from the highway to the final DC," Starsky CEO Stefan Seltz-Axmacher told Land Line via email.
Starsky sets itself apart from the crowd in another way. Starsky's steering control apparatus attaches to the steering wheel. Their brake and accelerator actuators are in a mechanical device that presses down on the pedals like real feet.
"We aren't compromising trucks' existing systems by hacking into them," Seltz-Axmacher said in a recent blog post. "Our system physically pushes the pedals, turns the steering wheel, and changes gear."
Seltz-Axmacher claims the "physical controls of the truck don't hinder the capacity of our safety drivers to take control."
How does a driver take control on short notice if he/she has to get all that hardware out of the way first? Seltz-Axmacher did not respond to an email asking that question.
But in an earlier email he did say Starsky Robotics is backed and advised by the founders of Access America Transport, a very big logistics outfit that is now part of Coyote Logistics, an even bigger logistics outfit.
Oh yeah, back to Embark. Like Starsky Robotics, Embark is another Silicon Valley venture capital startup. Embark isn't talking about driver-assisted autonomous trucks like the other guys. Embark wants to get rid of drivers wherever possible. Driverless is the autonomous truck option that makes the most economic sense, they say. They're probably the only autonomous truck developer that's really telling the truth.
For now, their focus is on highway line hauls. More local applications will presumably come later.
Meanwhile, we apparently have quite a way to go before Americans will be comfortable with driverless vehicles.
In February, U.S. Representative Gregg Harper, R-Miss., asked a question that caught the attention of a Washington Post reporter. Mike Abelson, vice president of strategy for General Motors, was the witness at a subcommittee hearing when Rep. Harper wanted to know what to expect when he encounters a self-driving car while in his own car.
"If I honk my horn, will it do any good?" he asked.
According to the Post, Abelson didn't have an answer.
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According to Jalopnik, the digital media that covers everything with wheels, the CIA has been looking into hacking vehicles since 2014. That information comes from the massive data dump by WikiLeaks in March – very interesting considering a white-hat hacker was able to pretty much take over a Corvette from a smartphone in 2015.
That legitimate hacker was able to turn on the windshield wipers and slam on the brakes. As autonomous elements are built into vehicles, more critical functions like steering could come under the control of a malicious hacker.
The hacking threat to drivers can be less direct, especially for the growing number of drivers who cannot read a map. In February, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., told a New York radio station the U.S. is in a cyber-security war and we're not necessarily winning.
"Hackers have been able to get into uplinks and downlinks of our satellite systems, which means your GPS could go out and not come back on," Rogers said.
But even if we do manage to find our way home and can keep our vehicles free of hackers, we may just drown in a veritable ocean of data. We're not talking about what techies now call Big Data. This is something else, way beyond today's understanding of what big is.
Writing in a company blog, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich described the virtual explosion of data that will be coming with more and more vehicle automation. Intel is the giant chipmaker that helped kick off the computer revolution more than 30 years ago.
"In 2016, the average person generated 650 MB of data a day through use of their PCs, mobile phones, and wearables (smart watches, etc.)," he wrote. By 2020, Krzanich projects the average person will generate 1.5 GB of data a day, an increase of 200 percent.
"But it pales in comparison to what we're about to see in autonomous vehicles," he said. With data from cameras, radar, sonar, GPS, and LIDAR (a laser-based sort of radar), along with traditional engine data, each vehicle will generate approximately 4 terabytes of data a day.
"Every autonomous car will generate the data equivalent of almost 3,000 people," Krzanich said. "Let's estimate just 1 million autonomous cars worldwide. That means automated driving will be representative of the data of 3 billion people."
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In early 2010, Lars Jan, a Los Angeles-based playwright and director, was commissioned by the Whitney Museum in New York to create a performance in one of its galleries.
What he delivered was as much prank as play, a theater happening in the spirit of Abbie Hoffman: attendees entered the room under the gaze of an earnest attendant to find a man in an explosive-rigged vest dodging the questions of a hackish TV reporter as to why he has decided to blow himself up in public. The scene was filled out with live bands, fawning fans and even protestors. At the end of the performance, Jan "exploded" with a flurry of flash bulbs in a blunt but effective commentary on terrorism and art-world celebrity.
This week, Jan has brought the performance to a converted Skid Row warehouse and invited attendees of Radar LA and the Theater Communications Group conference in on the joke. In the spirit of Jan's deadpan parody performance — a trifle, but executed with technical finesse and an air of wicked fun — the following is an imagined item from a fictitious news wire:
LOS ANGELES — An estimated 30 people were killed last night in an apparent suicide bombing of an art gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
The metaphorical explosion late Thursday evening tore through the Hi-Lite Gallery on the sixth floor of a building on South Los Angeles Street, leaving all present symbolically dead. Curiously, the deceased, among whom are a chamber quartet and several curators from theater companies around the country, appear to have been present with full knowledge of the the attacker's intent.
The bomber, artist Lars Jan, advertised his self-detonation in advance, through a web site, flyers and a sign spinner outside the Biltmore Hotel. As captured by CNN news footage gathered by a reporter on the scene, Jan, wearing a black suit, white shirt and suicide vest crafted from a carpenter's apron, duct tape, two kilos of plastic explosive (or maybe just plastic) and a few hundred nails, spent the hour before his suicide wandering vacantly around the gallery in the company of two women in black skirts and precipitous heels, mumbling greetings to the assembled onlookers.
The reporter described Jan as a "Polish-Afghani gentleman." He is a known member of Early Morning Opera, a Los Angeles multidisciplinary performance group, and has been implicated in prior incidents at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Whitney Museum, Philadelphia Live Arts and EMPAC.
Jan did not give any explanation for his actions, but one of his companions assured the reporter that Jan was "not motivated by any political, religious, hypoallergenic or prehistoric agenda."
In the CNN footage, the chamber quintet — consisting of an oboe, saxophone, violin, cello and keyboard — can be seen playing for some 40 minutes before the explosion, while attendees looked on in silence, beers in hand. As the musicians finished, Jan pushed the button on his improvisational explosive device, laying low — for a few moments — all persons present.
Witnesses in the street said they'd hoped the explosion would be bigger.
A Suicide Bombing by Invitation Only, Early Morning Opera at Hi-Lite Gallery. 9:30 pm Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 pm Saturday, June 17-18.


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Watch out, Pablo Sandoval. There's a new panda in town.
The San Francisco Zoo will be welcoming a 10-month-old male red panda as a new member to its zoo. The unnamed red panda will receive his name on May 7 and make his first public appearance in his new enclosure on May 10.
S.F. Zoo emeritus board member Barry Lipman and his wife, Marie, pledged $31,000 to secure the naming rights to the panda.
Animal Planet's "Treehouse Masters" — which constructed the enclosure complete with a treehouse — will televise the red panda's S.F. Zoo debut sometime in June.
Red pandas, native to eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, are an endangered species with less than 10,000 left in the wild. Shy and solitary, red pandas generally grow to about the size of a house cat, not counting its long, bushy, ringed tail.


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CHILD Protection & Child Rights » IV. National Mechanisms » Child Related Legislations » Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
Child marriage has been an issue in India for a long time. Because of its root in traditional, cultural and religious practises it has been a hard battle to fight. Child marriage is also associated with other problems like dowry and child widowhood. It is also associated with malnutrition, poor health of mothers and high fertility and hence over-population. The following is an overview of the act.
According to the act a child is a male who has not completed twenty one years of age and a female who has not completed eighteen years of age. Child marriage is a contract between any two people of which either one or both parties is a child. Child marriage that took place before or after this act can be made void by the person who was a child at the time of marriage. But the marriage must be voided before the person who was a child completes their second year of maturity.
A court can decree that if it is the husband that is asking for a void of marriage than he or his family are responsible to pay for the maintenance of the girl until she is remarried. The amount of maintenance is to be determined by the district court. If there were any children born of the marriage, it is the court discretion as to where the child shall reside, with which parent, and how visits will be organised all in the best interest of the child. The court may also decide for one of the parties to provide maintenance for the child. Every child conceived before the voiding of the marriage is considered a legitimate child.
If a male adult above eighteen years contracts a child marriage shall be punishable unto two years imprisonment and/or a fine with may extend to Rs. 1 lakh. The same punishment will be given to person who performs, conducts or directs a child marriage. Unless proved otherwise, the parents or guardian of the child are considered to have failed to prevent the child marriage and hence are also held accountable.
There are certain situations in which a child marriage is deemed void even without a petition from one of the parties. If a child was detained away from her/his parents or guardians, forced to go to a different place, sold into marriage, or made to marry after which they are used for immoral purposes or trafficked then that marriage is considered to be null and void. The court has the power after the application of an officer or any person to issue an injunction prohibiting a suspected child marriage against any person, including a member of an organisation or an association of people. The court may also act against a suspected child marriage on its own motion but must provide the person/association with time to respond to the injunction. Ignoring a notice or injunction is a punishable offence. If the marriage is still carried out after the injunction, it is automatically voided.
The act calls for the instatement of a Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, who is responsible for ensuring no child marriage takes place in their jurisdiction by approaching the courts for an injunction, collecting evidence against people, creating awareness about the negative effects of child marriage, collect data concerning child marriages, etc. A child marriage prohibition officer is deemed a public servant in this act.
Rules of this act are to be made by the respective state governments. The act calls for the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 to be amended to meet its provisions as well as the repeal of The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929.
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Slate's mistakes.
In the April 12 "Future Tense," Joseph Stromberg misspelled the name of the town of Marlinton, W.Va.
In an April 12 "Moneybox" blog post, Matthew Yglesias misspelled economist Emmanuel Saez's first name.
In an April 12 "Weigel" blog post, David Weigel misidentified Christianity Today columnist Mollie Hemingway in one instance by her maiden name, Ziegler.
In an April 11 "Movies," Dana Stevens misidentified Branch Rickey as the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the baseball team's president and general manager.
In an April 11 "Bad Astronomy" blog post, Phil Plait wrote that money for NASA's asteroid mission was being taken from planetary research. The asteroid mission would be funded with new money added to the budget.
In an April 11 "Future Tense" blog post, Torie Bosch misspelled physicist Brian Greene's last name.
Due to an editing error, an April 11 "Vault" blog post mistakenly said that a 40-page book held a record for each war dog enrolled in the Marines during WWII. In actuality, each dog got its own 40-page book.
In an April 10 "Brow Beat" blog post, Aisha Harris misspelled the name of video creators Slacktory.
In an April 10 "DoubleX," Emily Bazelon misidentified Leah Parsons, mother of a Canadian teen who committed suicide, as Linda Parsons.
In an April 9 "Technology," Farhad Manjoo originally misstated the value of 24,000 bitcoins. At press time, they would've been worth approximately $5.6 million.
In an April 9 "Vault" blog post, Rebecca Onion misspelled Lynyrd Skynyrd.
In an April 9 "XX Factor" blog post, Amanda Hess misspelled the last name of Sen. Michael Bennet.
In an April 8 Mad Men "TV Club," Paul Ford misstated the name of the fictional soap opera Megan appears in. Though set in Berkshire Falls, the soap is called To Have and to Hold, not Berkshire Falls.
In an April 8 Mad Men "TV Club," Seth Stevenson misidentified Betty's husband. His name is Henry Francis, not Dick Francis.
In an April 8 "Weigel," David Weigel misspelled Roger Ebert's first name.
In an April 8 "Weigel," David Weigel misquoted Margaret Thatcher as saying, "You would rather have the poor poorer." The correct quote is, "They would rather have the poor poorer."
In an April 4 "Culturebox," J. Bryan Lowder misidentified the extremely serious, sombrero-wearing, gloved gentleman in an early shot from the telecast of the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony as a "farmer pouring from an oilcan into a doghouse." He is, more likely and with equal absurdity, a beekeeper pouring smoke into a beehive, which we're told calms the beasts therein.
In an April 4 "War Stories," Fred Kaplan said that the most recent conflict between North and South Korea was the sinking of the Cheonan in November 2010. Actually, the Cheonan sank in March 2010. In November 2010, the North Koreans fired on South Korean forces at Yeonpyeong Island.
Slate strives to correct all errors of fact. If you've seen an error in our pages, let us know at email@example.com. General comments should be posted in our Comments sections at the bottom of each article.


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I'm a huge fan of arts & crafts, and I always have new projects that I would like to take on, but unfortunately I never have enough time to do them all. I normally work on most of my projects in front of the TV; this way I feel less guilty when I do the couch potato thing in front of the telly ;)
Anyway, there are loads of really interesting blogs about crafts out there and I wanted to share some of these with you. Since you may be one of the lucky Canadians that will be holiday next week, you may be looking for fun projects to do.
Note that they are not in order of preference because they are all different with a unique touch of style.
Martha Stewart
This is by far my personal favourite craft blog and also a great resource for anything related with housekeeping. It has so many great articles, ideas as well suggestions, making it really easy to spend hours on the site. Whatever the type project you have in mind, you'll be able to find tutorials and tips to help you make it perfect.
Skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou is managed by Cindy, a mother of 3 kids who also has a bachelor degree in art education. There is no doubt that she puts her studies to good use. I particularly love the design of the site and also the photos that she takes. Plus, you can find recipes ideas, crafts for kids, printables and handmade gift ideas.
Make and Takes
This is another one of my favourites, which has excellent project ideas but also recipes, family living tips and much more. If you are a mom or dad, this website is perfect for you because it is fun and has some pretty interesting articles. Marie Lebaron is the managing editor of the site, but expect to see other competent contributors writing on there too.
Oh My Crafts
Oh My Crafts is a blog and also an online store. It has many great ideas that are well divided into different categories of projects. One of my favourite features is their Youtube tutorial section, teaching different projects. This can be really helpful if you're not sure how to make something. There is a big team behind Oh My Crafts which also means loads of talent.
I recently discovered this website and I quite like it because they have all sorts of fun projects that are not necessarily too complicated. One thing that I don't like about the site is that I find that there is too much publicity and the fact that the site is managed by the Taunton Press group, which tends to make it a bit too commercial.
I hope this will help you to find everything you need to make beautiful crafts this year! I would really like to hear what was the last project that you finished and even see a photo of it if possible. Who knows, maybe you will inspire some of our readers to start crafting themselves!


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Letters to the Editor: November 24, 2016
Ways to cut spending
Including the last and current fiscal years, the Saskatchewan government's borrowing to cover declared deficits and infrastructure loans will come to more than $3 billion by the end of the current fiscal year.
That doesn't even include the future liability built into P3s or the debt that has been added to the Crown corporations. The cost cuts already implemented or being proposed will raise money that is a drop in the bucket by comparison. The brunt of the cuts so far has been borne by people at or near the bottom of the economic scale, including people with disabilities.
Here is a short list of how the Saskatchewan Party government can increase revenues without inflicting any hardship on anyone:
Add 10 cents a litre to the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Considering that we were paying about $1.25 a litre just a few years ago, this should be easy. This tax increase could even be designed to phase itself out if and when oil prices go back up;
Harmonize our PST with the GST. If partial rebates are allowed for businesses including farming, restaurant meals likely would be the main item affected. A dollar or two extra for an evening meal out won't hurt anyone and is unlikely to have any significant impact on restaurants;
Cancel all non-residential capital gains exemptions. Income from capital gains is already taxable at a much lower rate than income from employment or pensions, so the exemptions are little more than gifts to people who are much wealthier than the average taxpayer.
Walter Wall, Saskatoon
Gray jay good choice
I agree that it's time for a national Bird, so I was very happy to read Doug Cuthand's column last week.
I grew up on a farm in Alberta's Peace River country. As a young girl, I would go with my father when he went into the bush to cut firewood by hand. We'd take along a lunch Mom had made, and Dad would built a fire. He'd heat some snow for water to make tea, and toast our sandwiches.
Soon along would came the whiskey jacks to greet us. This is the bird that set me on a lifelong appreciation of nature. I have never forgotten that experience so long ago.
People mention other birds as a choice, but these are already taken. The gray jay is unique — a truly Canadian year-round bird, albeit mostly in northern Canada, from coast to coast to coast. The gray jay's special characteristics unites all Canadians, First Nations, campers and nature lovers.
We can do our part to honour truth and reconciliation by adopting the gray jay as Canada's national bird.
Jacquie Christenson, Saskatoon
A distant date
In the Nov. 18 edition of The StarPhoenix, Stephen Hawking claims that a mass extinction awaits us and we have a thousand years to leave planet Earth.
I'll believe it when I see it.
B. Bryan Puk, Saskatoon
Focus on actual news
The media ought to focus on the news, not their own navels. It might come as a surprise to journalists and the pollsters, but what they think doesn't matter very much.
Couple this with their paralysis due to shock at the American election result and their prejudice against Donald Trump (don't take this as a defence or endorsement of him), and the clear conclusion is that the reporting on the campaign and transition of power was — and continues to be — poor.
When Chicago played Cleveland in the World Series and the odds-on Vegas favourite lost, did the media spend half its time pondering why the bookies were wrong? Substituting pollsters for bookies, that's what the media did with the World Series of U.S. politics.
Stop with the talk about why the pollsters were wrong, and stop with the nonsense about there being dissent in Trump's ranks and give us the facts. For example, Jeff Sessions, Trump's choice for attorney general, is a goofball and we need to hear more about his background. Meanwhile, 900 people in the New York Police Department are Muslim. What are they saying?
Steven Thair, Saskatoon


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Hello weekend! Hope you all are having as glorious weather as we are in NYC. It's pretty crazy how cool it is here, I even needed a jacket yesterday. Totally bizarre for August, but it certainly makes running around the city a little more enjoyable when you aren't melting with each step. Rylan has finally adjusted to having just one nap a day, so we are now free to roam all morning long. You forget how nice it is not to have to rush home for naps. So far we've been to the zoo, a new playground, out for breakfast, and we actually got to use up the whole 2 hour allotment for childcare at the gym! I'm a big fan of that last one.
So here's what we've been reading, eating, and loving this week:
Eve in Hollywood by Amor Towles (Only $2.99 on Amazon). This short novella was our book club pick for the month. It follows one of the characters from Rules of Civility through a series of interactions with rather unique individuals in Old Hollywood. If you've never read Rules, then this is probably a pass for you. It's full of the glitz and glamour of Old Hollywood, but it's just a collection of stories that don't necessarily have a point rather than adding to the portrait of their heroine, Eve. If you did read and love Rules, like so many others, than this would be a quick and entertaining read. My full review is HERE.
Angelfall by Susan Ee. I'm working through a rather serious, thought provoking book right now, and needed a break with something fun and entertaining. So naturally, I reached for a YA book full of angels and end of the world drama. This was exactly what I was in the mood for, with hardly an idle moment in the story and a building, forbidden romance (it is YA all the way, so there is no hanky panky whatsoever). I felt like I was watching a movie rather than reading, which is a telltale sign of a good YA novel in my opinion. My full review is HERE.
Montmarte. This cute French bistro was the site of our book club meeting this week. It has a gorgeous garden area that was unfortunately closed up do to the rain, but would be the perfect romantic spot on a nice day. The food is an interesting fusion between classic French dishes and Asian flavors. The highlight of our meal was most definitely the french fries. They were amazing. Not only were they thin and crisp, but they were topped with this delicious mixture of salt, sugar, and mustard powder. Hands down the best fries I've ever had in NYC, and I've had a lot of fries over the years!
Witch Fingers Grapes. These grapes have such a cool shape. They taste like regular red grapes, but are long and skinny. I especially liked that they didn't have to be cut in half before the kids could eat them. When I was buying these, I also randomly picked up some Cotton Candy Grapes, which are officially my new favorite fruit. They look like regular green grapes but taste just like cotton candy. I can't stop eating them, and you should definitely try some if every given the chance.
PicMonkey. I LOVE PicMonkey. This is the easiest and best photo editing program I've ever used. I'm not a professional by any means, but PicMonkey makes turning your photos into something special doable for even the most inartistic of us all. I use it for 90% of my graphics and pictures on this blog, and love the huge selection of options. PickMonkey has a basic option that is free, that would be totally sufficient for most purposes. I used that for months before upgrading to the paid version, which I don't necessarily even need for most of my editing. You could use this to make really cute computer backgrounds, awesome Facebook profiles, personalized gift tags – the options are endless. Something Swanky has tons of great tutorials that can get you started.
So what about you – do you read multiple books at once? try any new and fun foods this summer?


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A Northumberland gardener is one of six people battling it out for a chance to design a feature at the Chelsea Flower Show.
The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge is a new competition series for BBC Two that will give one amateur designer the chance to win the biggest prize in gardening.
And Sean Murray, from Ashington, is one of the lucky six battling it out for the top prize.
Occupational therapist and nurse Sean, 51, is completely self-taught with no formal garden training, and he recently passed his NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) demonstrators test.
Mentored by Joe Swift (Gardener's World), the designers have just four days and a limited budget to build show gardens in different styles.
The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge will broadcast on BBC Two in May.


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Oklahoma Expands DNA Database
A dramatic expansion of the state's criminal DNA database received a ceremonial bill signing Thursday.
Senate Bill 646, by State Sen. Jonathan Nichols and State Rep. Fred Morgan, requires individuals convicted of a felony crime to submit a DNA sample for inclusion in the state's database of offenders.
"This legislation will allow us to identify dozens and maybe hundreds of criminals who have committed a wide range of crimes," said Morgan, R-Oklahoma City. "There are criminals behind bars today who have escaped prosecution for serious crimes — even rape and murder — who will now be identified and convicted."
"For every conviction on a felon's rap sheet, there are other, often serious crimes that person committed and avoided prosecution," said Nichols, R-Norman. "Criminals don't limit themselves to one or two crimes during their life."
In 2003, the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Center reported there were 5,168 felons convicted of major crimes who would have been required to submit DNA samples under the provisions of Senate Bill 646.
Oklahoma began requiring offenders convicted of violent or sexual crimes to provide DNA samples in 1996, and expanded the program in 2001 to include offenders convicted of burglary.
Officials have identified more than 70 suspects in unsolved crimes through the use of the database and expect to solve many more thanks to the database expansion authorized in Senate Bill 646.
In one instance, DNA evidence led officials to a suspect in the 1996 rape and murder of Jewell "Juli" Buskin, a University of Oklahoma ballet student. Forensic evidence from the crime was linked to a man already incarcerated in Oklahoma on an unrelated charge. He has since been charged with the crime and prosecutors have announced plans to seek the death penalty if they obtain a conviction.
Morgan said DNA evidence is becoming increasingly pivotal in criminal cases throughout the country, both to convict the guilty and to exonerate those wrongly convicted. However, a large sample base is needed to truly maximize the value of DNA testing to law enforcement agencies.
Thirty-seven states require a DNA sample from all convicted felons, including all states neighboring Oklahoma.
"This program will provide law enforcement with the tools to shut the books on literally hundreds of unsolved crimes as well as more quickly solve crimes as they happen in the future," Morgan said. "This is one of the most significant improvements in law enforcement since the fingerprint system was developed."
"This legislation will undoubtedly lead to the capture and conviction of criminals who are committing some of the most horrific crimes against children and others," said Nichols, a former prosecutor. "The question isn't whether we can afford it; the question is how can we not afford to have it."


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Coal India the world's largest coal producer plans to take a proposal for setting up a INR 9,000 crore power plant in Odisha to its board for approval in the next couple of months. The 2x800 megawatt plant at the mouth of a coal field in the Mahanadi basin will mark the coal producer's foray into the power sector.
Mr S Narsing Rao CMD of Coal India said that the company is looking at setting up power plants at mines from where evacuation of coal in the absence of road and rail transport in these terrains is difficult.
A power transmission line from the plant to the nearest electricity grid is easier and less costly to build.
Mr Rao said that "Right now I think 1 power plant in Mahanadi is at the approval stage. The investment proposal for the 1,600 MW Odisha, I think in couple of months should be finally approved."
Coal India arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd will set up the 1,600 MW super critical thermal power plant in Sundargarh district of Odisha.
He said tha "The project would take up to 4 years to begin generating electricity. Typically a size of 800 MW takes 42 months for the first unit and 45 months for the second unit. Normally it should take four years."
Mr Rao said that approval for the INR 9,000 crore project from the board would take some time as it was still awaiting environmental clearances among others. He said that "Because environment clearance et, are required it is still in the process. It's going on."
He indicated that the maharatna firm is also exploring the possibility of setting up power plants at all those places where they produce coal but due to lack of infrastructure, the fossil fuel cannot be transported.
He said that "There are some places where I can produce coal but am not able to supply that coal to consumers because of infrastructure problems. So such places we are exploring the possibilities of setting up the power plants."
Source – Zee News


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Welcome to Watford Celebration!
Watford Celebration is an annual colourful festival which offers the people of Watford the opportunity to learn about the rich diversity of their town. Ethnic, faith and charitable groups showcase and share each other's music, dance, drama, costumes and food offering a wonderful afternoon of entertainment for the whole family. Local artists are also welcome to display their talents.
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School: Abbotsford Grade School (8th Grade Graduation - 1947)
Contact: Stan
Surnames: Ven Rooy, Ehrenreich, Ryder, Treankler, Seidel, Gosse, Dolan, Anderson, Mueller, Grambort, Hoffman, Phaneuf, Bitter, Ingersoll, Geiger, Kalepp, Borreson, Kienholz, Brandt, Bender, Przybylski, Needham, Szymanski, Foelsche, Novobielski, Shields, Olsen
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/15/1947
Graduation for Eighth Grade at Withee, Tuesday
The eighth grade pupils of the Abbotsford grade school will participate in the county commencement exercises to be held at the Withee high school, Tuesday, May 20, at 10:00 o'clock.
The following from the Abbotsford school will attend:
Jimmie Ven Rooy, Kenneth Ehrenreich, Billy Ryder, Virginia Treankler, Shirley Mae Seidel, Darlene Gosse, Carol Dolan, Kenneth Anderson, Vera Mueller, Darlene Grambort, Richard Hoffman, Phyllis Phanuef, Melvin Bitter, Kenneth Ingersoll, Louis Geiger, Donald Kalepp.
The following program has been planned for the occasion:
Invocation, Rev. Borreson, Curtiss; piano selection, Frenchtown; solo, School Days, Gale Kienholz, Garfield; baritine and cornet duet, Virginia Treankler and Shirley Seidel, Abbotsford; solo, Anita Brandt, South Worden; address, Harry Bender, Colby; vocal and piano selection, Theresa Przyblski, Pozen; declamation, Cafeteria Queen, Carol Dolan, Abbotsford; solo, Oral Olsen, Pleasant Ridge; piano duet, Janet Needham, Longwood; harmonica selection, Robert Szymanski, Pozen; solo, In an Old Dutch Garden, Norma Foelsche, Sunnyside; accordian selection, JoAnn Novobielski, Pozen; declamation, Gang's First Ciga, Frederick Shields, Abbotsford; saxophone solo, Janet Olsen, Greenwood; benediction, Rev. Borreson.
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Take it away, girls!
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When it's warm outside, I want to wear bright, cheerful colors!
2. Nights spent outside with friends.
It's just cool enough to sit around a fire pit, cocktails in hand, chatting with your besties. Perfect night.
3. Coral nails
4. Sandals!
I don't bare my toesies until the weather is warm, and I was so excited to finally start wearing flip flops and sandals this spring!
5. Flowers
What do you love about spring?
Ashley from Turquoise & Teale
{P.S. Ashley has the BEST last name ever! It's my favorite color (just with an "e")! Baller!}
tortoiseshell sunglasses
This spring I've been eyeing the new brightly colored clutches over at K. Slademade-- that added tassel on the zipper? Obsession. Anything tortoise I'm a fan of and this oversized pair by Karen Walker is perfect. Take the sunglasses and this oversized straw hat and place me on the beach and I'm one happy girl!
I've been scooping up any mint colored clothing and accessories that I come across. This pair of earrings by Kendra Scott is a great simple, splash of color and I'd pair mine with a simple white dress to let the statement earrings standout.
Lastly, this bumble and bumble surf spray is one of my all-time favorites. It smells absolutely wonderful and transports me to the beach if only in my mind. It doesn't leave hair greasy or crunchy and offers tousled beach waves for those of us that don't live by the water.
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Serving the Medak District in the state of Telangana, the Medak District Court has issued the recent MEDAK DISTRICT COURT PROCESS SERVER,JR.ASST.,TYPIST RECRUITMENT NOTICE 2016 to recruit candidates found eligible and deserving to various posts against 75 vacant posts. All candidates who are either from telangana or are looking forward to be placed in this state under a government job and stable work schedule are requested to apply to this notification as per their eligibility.
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Name of the exam: MEDAK DISTRICT COURT RECRUITMENTS 2016
Name of the conducting body: Medak district court
Name of posts: Junior Assistant, Process server, Examiner, Field Assistant and typist
Number of vacancies: 75
Job location: Telangana
Exam date: to be announced
Medak District Court Process Server Syllabus 2016
- The exam for recruitment as Process Server and Examiner will be conducted as two different tests.
- The first is written test which holds 80 marks.
- The duration of the written test is `1 hour
- The written test will judge the candidates in following subjects:
- General Science
- General English
- General Knowledge
- Judiciary
- General Maths
- Candidates who qualify the written test will be called for personal interviews later which will be of 20 minutes.
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- the Medak District court Junior Assistant Exam and the Medak District court Field Assistant exam will be conducted in two forms written test and personal interview
- The written test holds 80 marks and is of 1 hour duration.
- It will have questions from:
DISTRICT COURT Exam General Science
DISTRICT COURT Exam General Knowledge
DISTRICT COURT Exam General Maths
DISTRICT COURT Exam General English
DISTRICT COURT Exam Judiciary
Qualifying candidates will be called for personal interviews.
- The exam will be conducted in three phases- written test,Skill test and personal interviews.
- Written test holds 50 marks and is of 1 hour duration it will test candidates in:
- Study of General Knowledge
- Study of General English
- Study of General Maths
- Study of General Science
- Study of Judiciary
- Study of The skill test will test candidates typing abilities and will hold 30 marks
- The personal interviews will hold 20 marks.
All the candidates will be tested in their basic knowledge and their judiciary knowledge. The Medak District Court Syllabus has been provided below:
- Updates On Current Affairs – National & International.
- Study of General Science.
- Knowledge of History – India & World.
- Indian Geography.
- Updates On Indian Economy.
- Indian Culture & Heritage.
- Knowledge of Indian Constitution.
- Updates On Indian Polity.
- Science & Technology etc.
- Knowledge of Vocabulary.
- Knowledge of Sentence Rearrangement.
- Updates On Fill in the Blanks.
- Study of Idioms & Phrases.
- Knowledge of Grammar.
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- Knowledge of Biology.
- Knowledge of Chemistry.
Medak District Court JA Syllabus 2016
Study On Number Systems.
Updates On Whole Numbers.
Decimals & Fractions.
Study On Percentage.
Updates On Fundamental Arithmetical Operations.
Study On Profit & Loss.
Updates On Mixtures & Allegations.
Time & Work.
Study On Time and Distance.
Updates On Discount.
Study On Data Interpretation etc.


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On Tuesday, Food52 founder Amanda Hesser wrote a blog post, "Advice For Future Food Writers" that spread like wildfire through the online food community. The crux of Hesser's post (which is worth a thorough read for anyone interested in food media as a career) is that food writing doesn't pay well, but there are a lot more opportunities now to break into food than there used to be. Although parts of the future seem bleak (if you actually want to afford rent, for example), Hesser isn't down in the dumps. "This new era is actually better," she argues.
John Birdsall of CHOW, in a post titled "What Amanda Hesser Got Wrong" called Hesser the "Internet's Debbie Downer on Tuesday" and summarized various Twitter reactions "as if Hesser had announced that Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras, and the Aspen Food & Wine Classic had all been canceled this year."
Parts of Hesser's post might have been misinterpreted though -- Hesser wasn't telling all budding food writers to run for the hills. Instead, she argues that it is a smart idea to diversify one's talents:
Better to see writing as part of a more personally-crafted career that will allow you to pursue an array of interests -- and a career that you will need to treat in an entrepreneurial way, inventing and reinventing what you do along the way. Your lifestyle may still not be that lavish, but it will at least be yours to shape. You will have the chance to have a much more varied and engaging career; I wish mine had begun this way.
In many ways, this is an amazing time to become involved in food, whether it is as a lowly paid writer or in another capacity. The opportunities for many food jobs did not used to exist. The website Good Food Jobs, which officially launched in October 2010, has posted almost 4,000 jobs since its inception and has over 19,000 registered users. Taylor Cocalis, the co-founder of Good Food Jobs, emailed me her two cents:
I'll willingly admit, when I knew I wanted to 'work in food' -- but also knew that I was more interested in restoring food culture in America than running a restaurant -- I used to dream about writing for Gourmet magazine. Am I sad that the dream never came to fruition? Not really. I had to create an opportunity that was off the beaten path, and hopefully both the (food) world and I are better for it
People are finding food careers in all sorts of places. They are pursuing food as an academic discipline. Small food businesses are sprouting up on every street corner in Brooklyn. Nonprofits devoted to issues such as food access are getting noticed by more individuals, thanks in part to Michelle Obama's efforts. If the recent pink slime controversy has taught us anything, it is that people care a lot about what they are eating.
Will you be a millionaire by exploring relatively uncharted food careers? It is highly unlikely. But you will have the opportunity to join a growing field in which you will be continually impressed by the amount of knowledgeable and passionate people that are deeply dedicated to writing, reading, cooking, teaching and learning. Thanks to my pursuit of a food career, I've had the chance to meet all sorts of food professionals: chefs, writers, event planners, bakers, sheep farmers, small business owners, bloggers, chocolate makers, marketing professionals, local food advocates, food photographers, farmers' market coordinators, professors, vintners and countless more. The more people I meet and interact with, the more I am inspired by the ambition and dedication of people that have chosen food as their jobs.
Shared passion might not replace a high paycheck, but having a source of daily inspiration can be a pretty powerful natural high, and one that makes you excited to get out of bed in the morning.


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If you take a second to think about it, it´s quite astonishing to realize the number of people who have been influenced by Steve Jobs and Apple in the last 20 years. Almost all of us have some Apple product, whether it´s a computer or an iPod, we are all connected to Apple in some way. When thinking about Steve Jobs´passing it´s really easy to see how he influenced and forever changed the world he recently departed from. Simply put, he completely revolutionized technology.
There are some influences that are more noticeable than others. For instance, the physical products created by Apple Inc. and Steve Jobs are easy to see everywhere around us. I see MacBooks, iPods, and iPhones on a daily basis, even now that I am studying abroad in Spain. We can also see how these products have transformed over time. An example of this is looking at the iPod over time.
Although it is easy to notice the influence on the surface, there is so much more to Apple´s influence than just its products. Apple has truly changed the web 2.0 world forever. Their operating system has provided a stable, reliable, and secure way to use the web, parallel to none. Steve Jobs and Apple brought an interesting philosophy to their work and this philosophy was probably one of the main reasons why the company has had so much success over the years. They strive to produce fun and functional products. A testament to this is that even my mother, a rather un-savy computer person, can work easily with her Mac computer and operating system. Their dedication to great customer service has proven to be remarkable for their business and profits. Every time I enter and Apple store I am greeted by someone and instantly shown to a customer service representative to help answer my questions or find what I´m looking for. An obvious way that they have benefited Society 2.0 is through their products and applications. With what seems like the endless amount of applications provided by Apple, one can do virtually anything. Applications such as Twitter and blogging sites can now be accessed on phones and iPods, creating a way for people to instantly upload anything to the internet without having to be near an actual computer. I could be walking down the street, see a protest, snap a few pictures, and have them uploaded onto the internet through by iPhone within minutes. Without Apple and Steve Jobs the world would be a completely different place today. The video below was made just after Steve Jobs passed away and gives a humorous take on the amazing influence he left on society. AOTS Viewers React to the Death of Steve Jobs