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Disability Law
The rights of students with disabilities are protected under Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Summary of Section 504's Prohibitions
No otherwise qualified [sic] individual with a disability in the United States shall, solely by reason of his/her [sic] disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. - Section 504
Under the provisions of Section 504, Monmouth College may not:
- Limit the number of otherwise qualified students admitted that have a disability.
- Make pre-admission inquiries as to whether an applicant has a disability.
- Exclude an otherwise qualified student with a disability from any course of study.
- Provide less financial assistance to students with disabilities than is provided to other students, or limit eligibility for scholarships on the basis of disability.
- Counsel students with disabilities into more restrictive career paths based solely on their disability.
- Measure student achievement using modes that adversely discriminate against a student with a disability.
- Establish rules and policies that have the effect of limiting participation of students with disabilities in educational programs or activities.
Summary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
ADA extends anti-discrimination legislation to all institutions of higher education regardless of whether or not the institution receives federal funds. The ADA provides comprehensive civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, public accommodations, state and local governmental services, and telecommunications. The act contains five titles; Titles II through V apply specifically to students who attend post-secondary educational institutions:
Title I covers nondiscrimination in employment activities. It requires that employers not discriminate on the basis of disability in recruitment, hiring, retention, or promotion of employees. Employment opportunities must be made available when it can be shown that, with or without reasonable accommodations, the individual can successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
Title II of the ADA is divided into two subparts. Subpart A requires that state and local government entities and programs be made accessible to individuals with disabilities. Subpart B covers transportation and requires that public transportation systems be made fully accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.
Title III covers the accessibility and availability of programs, goods and services provided by public and private entities. Although the Act uses the term "public accommodations," it is focused on the context of use by the public rather than operation by a public entity. By definition, a public accommodation can be privately owned, operated, and/or offered.
Title IV requires that telecommunication services be made accessible to individuals with hearing and speech impairments and has a specific reference to the development of telecommunications relay systems and closed-captioned technology.
Title V of the ADA contains miscellaneous provisions that apply to all of the other titles.


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There's no denying the instant appeal of beautiful, clean windows. Actually finding the time to get rid of smears, stains from rainfall and Mother Nature, dust, and other debris, however. isn't always easy. Even if you do have the time, achieving the desired results can lead to many hours of frustration or present certain risks. If you're still on the fence about hiring professionals to clean your residential windows, consider the four main benefits of home window cleaning in Hinsdale, IL.
Boosting Curb Appeal
Let's face it, windows with smudges, doggy drool, and other materials can create an unpleasant aesthetic for anyone driving past or visiting your home in Hinsdale. Clean windows can also make your home more inviting and serve as an enhancement to other things you may normally do to keep your home looking good, like maintaining your yard or washing off your siding. Clean windows can also make a good first impression on potential buyers if you end up selling your home in the future.
Improving Safety
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 30,000 non-fatal ladder injuries requiring an ER visit that occur in the United States each year. Window cleaners know how to safely set up and use ladders to clean outside windows. Even if you have windows that flip inward, there's the risk of damaging the window or injuring yourself while sliding windows up and down or back into place. Professional cleaners routinely work with all types of windows, so they instantly know how to safely manipulate windows like this.
Getting the Job Done Right
Professional window cleaning technicians will take the time to pay attention to every detail. Companies that do window cleaning also have access to the special cleaners and tools necessary to remove stubborn stains, streaks, and smears in a way that won't damage your windows. They also know how to clean windows in a way that won't leave you with noticeable streaks when the sun is at full strength.
Sparing Your Weekends
Not too many people are thrilled about the idea of giving up part of their weekend to do windows. Most companies that provide residential window cleaning service offer some degree of flexibility with scheduling, which means you can have your windows cleaned when it's most convenient for you. All you'll have to do is enjoy the results when the work is done!
Another good thing about the window cleaning Hinsdale IL homeowners may have done professionally is the ability to get this job done with a simple call. In some cases, you may be able to arrange for cleanings to be done when you are at work or busy taking care of other responsibilities. Also consider that windows that are regularly cleaned are more likely to look their best for many years, which can also mean fewer repairs and replacements.

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Grants are gift assistance which means they do not have to be repaid. You will automatically be considered for need-based federal, state, and University grants when you submit your FAFSA.
The results of your FAFSA determines if you're eligible for most grants, but others are available for students who have served in the military or are serving in the Illinois National Guard or those who plan to enter a high-demand teaching field.
ISU's preferred filing deadline is November 15th
Your financial need is determined by the results of your FAFSA. For best consideration for need-based grants, file your FAFSA and complete all required steps before our March 1 preferential filing date.
A federal grant for students with significant financial needLearn more
A federal grant to increase aid for very high need studentsLearn more
A State of Illinois grant for Illinois residents with demonstrated financial needLearn more
An institutional grant to increase aid for the highest need students. Access Grants will only be awarded if a students is enrolled full-time and is applied to tuition and fees only. An Access Grant combined with another tuition and fees specific award cannot exceed the amount of tuition and fees a student is charged.
A portion of the Access Grant may be funded by the AIM High Grant Program. While students with SAT scores of 1100 or better may receive some AIM High funding, priority for these funds will be given to students with SAT scores of 1160 to 1250 and grade point averages of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
A State of Illinois program that assists low-income individuals and dislocated workers. Eligible students must have at least junior standing and be enrolled in certain career-oriented programs such as business, construction management, health information management, and several others. You are not automatically considered for Career Link when you file your FAFSA.
For active members of the Illinois National Guard (Army or Air) to cover tuition and some feesApply online
For honorably discharged veterans who meet certain service requirements and lived in Illinois for at least six months before entering the service and returned to Illinois within six months of military dischargeApply Online
For the dependents of veterans who are either Missing In Action, a Prisoner of War, died while on active duty, 100% disabled due to service connected disabilities, or died as a result of a service connected disabilitiesLearn more
For the spouse or child of an Illinois police or fire officer who was killed or became at least 90 percent disabled in the line of dutyLearn more
For the spouse or child of an Illinois correctional officer who was killed or became at least 90 percent disabled in the line of dutyLearn more
These programs are gift aid that do not require the recipient to have financial need; however, repayment is required if the recipient does not complete the required teaching obligation.
A federal program for highly qualified teachers who plan to teach in a high-need field in a low-income areaLearn more
In order to receive the TEACH Grant, you must complete both your FAFSA and Illinois State University's TEACH Grant application.
A state program for students who plan to teach special education in IllinoisLearn more
A state program for underrepresented students who plan to teach in an Illinois school with at least 30% minority enrollmentLearn more
A partnership between the Golden Apple foundation and the state of Illinois which provides awards for students with the promise and drive to be excellent teachers in high-need schoolsLearn more


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I am independent consultant, currently working for Mughal steel. I am part of in house team, who is implementing Dynamics Ax in Steel industry.
I have round 12 year software development experience. From Last 5 years I working on Microsoft ERP solutions. I have sound knowledge of Functional side as well, But my major focus on BI solution, customization, custom SSRS reports, requirement gathering, UAT testing and finally delivery the code on production server.
I got first MVP award in 2014. I am also Microsoft Trainer for Dynamics. I also usually conduct training's for Dynamics Ax and for Power BI.


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Vehicle Loans
Only titled vehicles may be used as collateral.
Rates are 0.50% higher if not payroll deducted.
Rates apply to all vehicle loans, including ATV's, boats, motorcycles, etc.
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Signature Loans
One of our most popular loans/services, available until April 1, but is used extensively during the first month of the new school year.
Signature Loans, for each new school year, are usually offered around the middle of July for McDonald County personnel, and the middle of August for all of the other schools. Simply file a credit application online and come in for a visit after we have contacted you.
- 15.0% (Up to 12 months and $2000 per individual – must payoff with contract – be payroll deducted.)These are popularly known as the "SIGNATURE" loans.
- New employees with a 12 month contract may have a signature loan but the loans are limited to $500 the first year.
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Film composer Ennio Morricone, who has been nominated five times for an Oscar and who received an honorary statuette in 2007, is scheduled to conduct concerts of his movie music at performances in Los Angeles and New York in March.
The L.A. concert is set for March 20 at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live; the New York performance is scheduled for March 23 at the Barclays Center's Cushman and Wakefield Theatre in Brooklyn. Tickets go on sale Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. at www.axs.com.
Listing Morricone's most famous movies scores can be a difficult task simply because there are so many — "A Fistful of Dollars," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "Once upon a Time in the West," "The Mission," "The Untouchables," "Cinema Paradiso," and "Bugsy" among them.
In 2009, Morricone was to conduct a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, but the event was canceled. He led a concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 2007.
INTERACTIVE: High-earning conductors
The composer has led numerous concerts of his film music around Europe. His concert in L.A., which will be his first in the city, will feature about 200 musicians and singers.
Massimo Gallotta, who is producing the concerts, said by phone from New York that he is bringing the musicians from Europe because the composer prefers to perform with them. "That is the most difficult part for me," Gallotta said.
Morricone, 84, has worked regularly with many famous filmmakers, including Sergio Leone, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Brian De Palma and Warren Beatty. His other scores include "The Battle of Algiers," "Days of Heaven," "In the Line of Fire" and "Once Upon a Time in America," Leone's New York gangster saga-as-opium-dream.
He recently co-wrote a song for Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," an homage to the Spaghetti Western genre closely associated with Morricone.
Danny Elfman to bring concert of Tim Burton movie music to L.A.
Danny Elfman concert of Tim Burton music adds third performance
Ennio Morricone's concert Sunday at Hollywood Bowl appears to be off
PHOTOS: Hollywood stars on stage
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Ooze, it's the stuff that changed the Ninja Turtles into mutants and tried to eat Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters II, and who can forget the classic line "He slimed me."
There comes a time in your filmmaking career when foam and plastic props look, well, too much like foam and plastic on screen. But having someone make a custom metal
When you make a special effects movie, it's the effects that can really make or break the success of it. But most small productions don't have the budgets to hire
Another basic skill you should master if you want to create effects for your film is using the simple yet versatile Nose and Scar wax, which does exactly what
One of the fundamental tools used in a makeup artists kit is liquid latex. It can be used for making everything from a simple prosthetic to a full body suit.
All right, so you made it through the first video and wanted more, right? Well that's great news because ask and you shall receive. In the second video done
To continue our theme on creating effects of zombie and horror films, we will now go to the art of makeup and turning your actors into a zombie. The techniques
This video instructs you on hot to make a fresher looking zombie with fresh blood and scratches. Maybe this person was just turned into a zombie recently! It goes into some
Of all the props you may need to get your hands on to do a productions, guns are probably one of the most difficult to get for several reasons. First,
If you are into effects movie there may come a time when you just really want to stick it to someone, you know, an axe in the back or something


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Indispensable in the kitchen, flat-leafed parsley for its unique flavor.
Parsley aids digestion, sweetens the breath when chewed, and is a natural diuretic, benefitting both the kidneys and urinary system. However, during pregnancy, use only as a culinary ingredient.
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IELTS Writing Task 2 essay with model answer
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic
Some people think that the news media nowadays have influenced people's lives in negative ways. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
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I completely disagree with the given statement that media has a negative influence on our lives. In the following paragraphs, I would put forth the arguments in favour of my views.
News channels have influenced society in many positive ways. To begin with, the usefulness of media, which is providing news almost instantaneously, is undeniable. This gives us a feeling that we do not belong to the big planet earth; but, we are the citizens of we belong to a small global village. Secondly, it acts as a bridge between the government and the people. Most of us would never meet a prime minister or president in our lives but anyone who is regularly watching news or reading newspaper would certainly know about them. Furthermore, media plays an important role in spreading different cultures and lifestyles to the modern world. Today, the popularity of Indian culture and tradition across the globe is a best possible example of media's enormous impact. Finally, news channels also help in providing justice to common man when his rights are being denied.
As every rose has thorns, media too has its downside. The paparazzi could invade the privacy of celebrities. Sometimes violence and vulgarity are shown, and at times, it can shape us in negative ways. For that my counter-argument is that once a person becomes famous then his personal life becomes public and he has no right to complain about paparazzi. Also, people can choose what they want to see and technology has provided options to block the channels that they do not want to see.
In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that the influence of media on our lives is largely positive.
Total Words: 272
Task Achievement: 9
Coherence & Cohesion: 9
Lexical resources: 9
Grammar: 9
Overall Score: Band 9
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Just when you thought selfies couldn't get more personal, one Florida couple is celebrating not their union, but their divorce by sharing a self-portrait posed with the decree that dissolves their three-year marriage.
From their enormous grins, you'd never suspect that Michelle Knight and Keith Hinson of Orlando were calling it quits. But sometimes, as this beaming duo proves, knowing when to say when is cause for jubilation.
Not long ago a friend of mine told me she was getting a divorce after more than a decade of marriage. When I told her I was so sorry to hear that, she said, "Don't be. I'm thrilled. I've wanted this for a while. Trust me, it's a good thing."
More from The Stir: 36 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Divorce
There wasn't one thing or incident that led to my friend's decision to move on. Rather, she said she'd been unhappy for several years, and feeling that time is passing faster than ever, she didn't want to spend any more of her life that way. Though making the transition hasn't been easy for her, I do think she's much happier. A weight I hadn't even realized she'd been carrying has been lifted.
I have another friend who jokes that while some people say their parents' divorce screwed them up, he believes he'd have been much better off if his constantly bickering mom and dad had simply parted ways. (He's unmarried, I should note.)
So, while some have criticized the happily divorced selfie couple for breaking their vows or not giving their marriage more of a chance, there are times when you just know something isn't going to work, so why make each other miserable?
If only everyone could be as evolved as the newly single Hinson when he writes, "Here's to the most friendly, respectful, and loving split imaginable. We smile not because it's over, but because it happened."
Do you think the divorce selfie will become a new trend? Should it?
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Most people have strong feelings about Microsoft, one way or another. (Bill Gates probably has an opinion about us, his customers.) But do you have a strong visual image to go with your feelings? Want some?
I wandered around the Redmond campus, camera in hand. In spite of all the security cameras, no one stopped me.
Watch carefully when it first launches. Yes,
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Responding to the reality of the East Africa drought
Southern Ethiopia is being devastated by a drought that has taken the lives of more than 300,000 livestock, threatening the future of the pastoralist communities who rely on them.
Last week I headed out to meet families in the region of Borana who have been hit time and time again by failed rains that refuse to give the communities enough breathing space to recover.
In Sarite village in the Borana area of southern Ethiopia, the land is dry and the earth powder-paint red. In amongst the spines of the encroaching acacia bushes the carcasses of cattle lie desiccating in the hot sun. The area has had no substantial rain since March last year. This means pastureland cannot regenerate and water sources are not recharged.
The drought affecting Borana is the same one reaching out over the Horn and East Africa region and has been described by the United Nations as the worst in 60 years. The Ethiopian government has confirmed that 4.5 million of its citizens are in need of help.
Dide Doyo is a pastoralist from Teltele in Borana. He and his family have been trying to cope with the drought which is slowly stripping them of their ability to survive. He said: "I had eight cattle last year and when the drought hit my village I went looking for grazing. It took me three days to get there. One of my cattle died two days after we got there. One was pregnant and died the following day. Seven of them died one after the other. When my cattle died I deeply got hurt, but a man cannot get mad at God. There is nothing I can do."
Dide Doyo's story is a common one and most pastoralists I met in Borana told of losing up to half their herd to the drought. In the past 18 months two major rains have failed, leaving grasslands unable to regenerate sufficiently to sustain the large number of livestock owned by the local communities. And as if to cruelly compound this struggle, hardy acacia bushes are invading the grasslands, pushing out even those grasses able to resist the drought. In response to the loss of good grazing land, pastoralists have been travelling with their herds from one place to another searching for grassland and water.
I spoke to Dejene Fikre who coordinates CAFOD's joint drought response project in Borana. He said: "The communities are worrying a lot because there is a huge fear that the drought situation will get worse as the resources have already been used up and the next rain season is far away.
"Due to mass livestock migration, huge numbers of livestock are crowding small pockets of the Borana range land causing degradation of areas."
Elema Wario is 60 years old has lived near Sarite for a decade. She has 10 children and nine grandchildren. I met Elema the day she had walked to collect water at ponds cleared out and repaired in partnership with CAFOD in Sarite. As part of the project local communities were paid to help clear silt from the ponds – one for drinking water and one for livestock. In this way the communities gain wages to buy food and have ponds that can capture and hold water when the rains come.
Elema said: "There is no relief from this drought and we are losing all our livestock. I have lost nearly all of mine. This water hole has made a difference, now we don't have to travel so far for water and our livestock can come to drink and we can collect water for ourselves. It is a great benefit for our households and for weak animals that can't travel.
"But there are more problems. The price of cattle has become good but you can't buy anything with the money because everything else has gone up too. It is very hard. The grain price has increased more than the cattle price. If I sell one cow, I can buy enough grain to last only one month."
The communities in Borana are praying that the seasonal October rains will fall this year, but after two failed rains already this year, it is a desperate hope.
Elema added: "If the rains don't come in October we will expect to lose all of our livestock. They will all die. Without livestock there is no Borana. If there is no livestock the people will not be able to continue, they will die too."
Since the East Africa drought appeal began, parishes, schools and supporters have given £4.5million direct to CAFOD. In partnership with sister agencies Trocaire and SCIAF, CAFOD is using that money to protect the livelihoods of the people of Borana. The organisation is ensuring people have access to food and have the tools to cope with the present drought, as well as potential future crises.
In Borana, pond and well rehabilitation and water projects have given 20,000 people and 80,000 livestock access to water. 20 water committees have also been trained up to look after their ponds and wells and support knowledge sharing. More than 400 hectares of bush have been reclaimed as grassland by the clearance of acacia trees, offering more than 90,000 weak livestock and calves grazing land during the drought. More than 1400 households have benefited from the establishment of cooperatives that help people earn money from alternative livelihoods, including soap-making and honey production.
Dejene Fikre added: "To the people who have given to CAFOD, first of all thank you for giving attention to Borana - it is important that people give during the crisis times of the drought and we thank you for this. Without people giving there can be no work here in Borana.
"But we mustn't focus only when the crisis comes, when it is being talked about in the media. There needs to be investment at other times. You must remember that drought is known to these people, it is part of their lives, so they can cope if given help to be prepared. We will save more lives if we can invest in preparedness, so that people are ready for the worse droughts. Please remember this and help us continue this good work."
This Harvest Fast Day please continue your support for the people of Borana and others affected by the East Africa drought. To give, go to: www.cafod.org.uk
© Pascale Palmer is Senior Press Officer (Policy & Campaigns) for CAFOD.
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Top two photos from 'Above the Fold' by Jim Cox
Quick -- without checking Wikipedia, do you remember the much-publicized 2006 case in which three Duke University lacrosse players, all of them white, were accused of raping an African-American stripper who had entertained at their party?
If so, do you remember how that case was resolved? I confess -- I didn't remember, and I would guess I'm not alone.
That's one of many points that Bernard Weinraub makes in his blistering new "Above the Fold," at Pasadena Playhouse -- that we often remember the initial headlines about high-profile criminal cases but not the conclusions.
Although he was inspired by the 2006 case, Weinraub has carefully fictionalized it. The play is set in North Carolina, but Duke and lacrosse aren't mentioned. And he has updated his tale to the Twitter-infused present day. Because it's fictional, no one can say that he's distorting the real story as egregiously as an unnamed "New York newspaper" does in his script.
But it's that newspaper's reaction that Weinraub is most interested in dissecting. He's an alumnus of the New York Times reporting ranks, and his wonderfully dimensional protagonist -- Jane (the splendid Taraji P. Henson) -- is an African-American reporter who's covering the case for the New York Ti--... er, newspaper.
Jane breaks the story in the national media with the eager cooperation of the prosecutor (Mark Hildreth), who is also running for Congress as a white man in a predominantly black district. She says her initial attempts to reach the accused are unsuccessful -- first, because they haven't been identified and then because "their lawyers are freezing me out" (it might be helpful if we saw this actually taking place on the stage.)
Oops. When she finally speaks to the alleged rapists, she begins to regret the tone of her earlier articles. Yet it's too late to suddenly change her tone, says her editor (Arye Gross), who had earlier raised some precautionary questions.
Jane's ambitious. She has an eye on a coveted foreign post for the newspaper. It turns out that the purported victim Monique (Kristy Johnson) has ambitions of her own. But the play never resorts to the cheesy level that some producers might find irresistible -- there is no romance between Jane and the prosecutor, for example.
Weinraub has taken big steps as a playwright since his "The Accomplices" opened at the Fountain Theatre in 2008. And director Stephen Robman whips the ingredients into a compelling journalistic thriller. An intricate projection design by Jason H. Thompson helps convey the currency of the situation, although part of the imagery unfortunately developed a tic on opening night Wednesday, so a slice of the visual field went dark for most of the second act.
Although no one mentions it in the program, "Above the Fold" is a fascinating follow-up to the revival of "Twelve Angry Men" that the playhouse's artistic director Sheldon Epps directed last fall. That production was unnecessarily schematic. Six black jurors gradually were convinced to save the day for the unseen defendant (who was also apparently of color), against the rush to judgment of six white jurors. There were no Latino or Asian-American or female jurors.
Weinraub's examination of the journalistic system, as opposed to "Twelve Angry Men"s treatment of the justice system, is much more nuanced -- less black and white, metaphorically as well as literally. I can't remember a play with a more detailed demonstration of how easy it can be for the media to make mistakes that matter.
Drugs, anyone?
Kate Fodor's "Rx"is a sprightly satire focused on the clinical test of a new prescription drug designed to combat "workplace depression." One of the test participants (Mina Badie), who edits a pork industry newsletter, and her medical monitor (Jonathan Pessin) -- who's as depressed by his own job as she is by hers -- begin an unlikely and perilous romance. News flash -- complications ensue. John Pleshette directs a nimble ensemble at Lost Studio (130 S. La Brea Avenue.)
Illegal drugs launch the very different "Se Llama Cristina," by Octavio Solis, at Boston Court (70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena.) It hinges on the not-entirely-plausible premise that a couple awakens from an illegal drug binge with almost total amnesia. The man (Justin Huen) and woman (Paula Christensen) then gradually prod each other into re-creating their shared past from their returning memories, which include the suspicion that they're apparently neglectful parents. Director Robert Castro emphasizes the script's inherently dreamy quality to explore the turbulent feelings produced by severely flawed parenting, but the ending is surprisingly upbeat. "Se Llama Cristina" is as close to performance art as it is to being a play. Fortunately these performers know how to sustain interest.
Musicals to the Southeast
Since the death of Reprise, the city of LA lacks a fully professional company devoted primarily to producing (as opposed to presenting) musicals. LA fans of musicals now spend a lot of time in their cars on the way to Musical Theatre West in Long Beach and 3-D Theatricals shows in Fullerton (Plummer Auditorium) and Redondo Beach (at the city's performing arts center.)
Last Sunday I combined a matinee of 3-D's revival of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" with an evening performance of one of South Coast Repertory's rare musicals in Costa Mesa -- the Adam Guettel/Craig Lucas/Elizabeth Spencer romance "The Light in the Piazza."
"Piazza" follows a North Carolina mother (Patti Cohenour) and her not-quite adult daughter (Erin Mackey) on their vacation in Florence in the '50s. Much to her mother's chagrin, the young woman falls for a brash Italian not-quite adult man (David Burnham) and vice versa, despite linguistic barriers. Then the mother begins to consider her own conventional but threadbare marriage, and tables start turning. Kent Nicholson's crystalline staging is smaller and more intimate than the one that played the Ahmanson in 2006, but the nuances are perhaps clearer and the ending just as moving.
As for "The Producers," I'm guessing no synopsis is necessary, but I'll just say that the leads -- Jay Brian Winnick as Max and Jeff Skowron as Leo -- are as accomplished as their Broadway predecessors but lack the hype that might have raised some expectations too high. Would you believe that Skowron recently won the Ovation Award for best actor in a musical for 3-D's revival of the musical about the lynching of Leo Frank, "Parade" -- which has virtually nothing in common with "The Producers" other than a Jewish connection and the fact that both titles start with "P"?
These are Don Shirley's first reviews for LA Observed. Don was the LA STAGE Watch columnist and copy editor of LA STAGE Times, a website (now on hiatus) published by the LA STAGE Alliance. He was the primary theater reporter for the Los Angeles Times for two decades, writing many reviews as well as news, feature articles, and larger commentaries. He also has been the theater critic of LA CityBeat, a (now defunct) alternative newspaper, and KCRW, a public radio station. Early in his career, he was on the staff of the Washington Post and wrote extensively about DC theater. He is a graduate of USC and also studied at NYU and at the National Critics Institute of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.


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We all want to know the secrets to winning the lottery, right?
But like all the best secrets, the real lottery secrets are hidden in plain view.
Here's What I Mean
Deep down I think we all realise that nobody can actually predict lottery numbers. It's just not possible. I've seen endless crazy maths over the years, and some truly wacky Excel spreadsheets.
But none of it can overcome the fact that the lottery is just balls bouncing around in a plastic bubble. And those balls do not remember what happened last week. Each draw is unique, and random.
Think about it for a moment. If ANYONE could predict lottery results, even just the tiniest bit, it would PROVE the lottery game was NOT random! And do you realise how much legal trouble the operators would be in for running an unfair lottery? It has NEVER happened.
Here's The Real Lottery Secrets
(Note: there's just not enough space to explain these in detail, so I'm just going to give the quick and dirty version here - I explain better in my lottery tips newsletter)
- Play the right game. Don't just blindly pick the game with the biggest prize. Games with huge jackpots are stupidly hard to win.
- Don't spread your money over lots of different games and scratch cards. Work out which are best (my free lottery compare tool helps here) and focus.
- You don't have to play every draw. More entries in less draws gives you better odds.
- Buying more entries gives a better chance of winning. So together with the above, plan how you are going to spend your budget. And stick to your plan.
- Playing in a group can be more fun, and you can afford a lot more tickets. That's why syndicates win more often.
- Enjoy playing. If it stops being fun, find a different hobby.
- If you hit the jackpot, do everything you can to avoid publicity. Yes, the media circus can be fun, but the begging letters and crazies will arrive in droves and they won't go away anytime soon.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown and Jordin Sparks, among many other A-list celebrities, stepped out for the Los Angeles premiere of Sparkle. Brown looked stunning in a black sequined bandage dress with feathered high heels, a statement necklace and earrings, whereas Sparks donned a beautiful white strapless gown with crystal detailing, Starpulse.com reports.
The film, which stars Sparks, also features the late Whitney Houston. Even though the iconic singer died this past February, her spirit was on the red carpet. Brown went in honor of her mother, who had been working on the film for quite some time, the New York Daily News reports.
"This movie was 12 years in the making for Whitney and me. And this will be the final piece of her legacy," producer Debra Martin Chase told the news source. "I'm glad we have a six month distance [from her death] so the immediate pain and shock isn't there. It's still tragic, but this is a celebration."
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Colin Dixon is part of a group of developers working on the Table Type Patterns (TTP) project within the OpenDaylight Project. TTPs are the first tangible output from the Open Networking Foundation's (ONF's) Forwarding Abstractions Working Group (FAWG). The group's goal is to allow for an OpenFlow controller and OpenFlow switch to agree on a set of functionalities to help manage the increased diversity made possible with OpenFlow versions 1.1+ within OpenDaylight.
Using a Q&A format, Dixon explains TTPs and their implications.
Can you tell us a bit about the Table Type Patterns proposal?
Since its inception, OpenFlow has evolved from a relatively simple way to manage one logical "flow table" (in OpenFlow 1.0 and before) to a much more capable and flexible protocol. OpenFlow now allows for managing multiple tables, each of which can have different capabilities in terms of the fields it can match on, fields it can modify and the next tables packets can flow to. Along the way, OpenFlow has also picked up the ability to work with additional protocols (e.g., MPLS and IPv6) as well as better abstractions (group tables) for handling things like ECMP, LAG and multicast.
These capabilities have made OpenFlow a much more interesting tool in two major ways:
1. Better for developers. Simply put, the new features allow developers to do more interesting things: handle IPv6 traffic, provide better multipathing, and separate logical concerns into different tables. Of course, this is all limited to software switches if hardware doesn't expose these features via OpenFlow, and it can't do that if OpenFlow provides poor abstractions for hardware.
2. Better mapping onto hardware. The original model of OpenFlow (a single, very flexible table) was actually a poor fit for real network hardware. The new model allows for an OpenFlow table pipeline that can much more closely match the pipelines in real networking ASICs. This allows hardware to both expose more of its capabilities and expose them to controllers (and thus developers) in a way they can efficiently take advantage of.
The crux of making these newer versions of OpenFlow (dominantly OpenFlow 1.3, since it seems that's the version with the most interest from both hardware vendors and controller developers) useful comes down to getting these two to meet in the middle. That is, coming up with patterns for using OpenFlow 1.3 that are both useful to developers and amenable to being implemented on real hardware.
This is exactly the problem TTPs are aimed at solving. Recent versions of OpenFlow implicitly create a forwarding pipeline by allowing a single packet to be processed by multiple tables as it traverses a switch. However, they define the pipeline incrementally as FlowMod messages describing the behavior of each table. This incremental definition works well for software switches which have as many tables as needed, each with whatever capabilities are required, but it works poorly for hardware switches.
With hardware switches, not only is the implicit pipeline unlikely to match the capabilities of the switch unless it's been carefully crafted using prior knowledge, but any mismatch can crop up with a rejected FlowMod in the middle of operation. The end result is that controller-switch compatibility for OpenFlow 1.3 in multiple-table scenarios is exceedingly poor except when the controller and switch have been co-designed or pre-tested together.
Instead, a TTP explicitly describes a logical forwarding pipeline in OpenFlow 1.3 terms. This description can then be negotiated when a switch and controller connect, providing both with much-needed context about what is needed and expected. Further, these TTPs can be named, and then switches and controllers can explicitly advertise support for given TTPs, easing compatibility and interoperability.
All of this has been released as a standard by the ONF's Forwarding Abstractions Working Group.
The goal of the TTP project in OpenDaylight is to take advantage of and demonstrate this new standard in solving real problems — in particular, enabling OpenDaylight to better use a wider variety of OpenFlow-enabled hardware switches.
What challenges will TTP overcome?
Meaningfully supporting TTPs will require overcoming a variety of challenges, but I'll highlight two.
The first challenge is how to expose TTPs and to whom. Requiring applications or network operators to be aware of TTPs seems like a bad idea since the number of TTPs could be large and the added development or management burden would be large as well. Instead, our current thought is that network services in OpenDaylight will act as a "narrow waist" by aggregating a larger number of TTPs into a smaller number of services, all in support of a larger number of applications.
Even with this approach, the number of TTPs that a network service might have to think about could be larger than makes sense for the developers of that service. To help this, we'd like to build tools that allow for fuzzy matching between different TTPs. In particular, we'd like to be able to tell when the TTP service wants a subset of a TTP that a device offers, and do the mapping for them. This might be something we tackle a bit later on, though.
A second challenge is keeping an inventory of TTPs for developers to use. This inventory should track all of the available TTPs, the ones each network service and switch supports, the currently active TTP for each device, as well as the ones services would like most. Tracking this registry and making it usefully available to the parts of OpenDaylight that will use it is probably the most important challenge to overcome.
Who is the target audience for this?
At the deepest level, TTPs are targeted at two groups. First, developers building and maintaining network services in OpenDaylight that would like to make better use of OpenFlow-enabled hardware. Second, hardware vendors or firmware developers who would like to make switches more useful to OpenFlow controllers.
These are the people who are most likely to work with TTPs where the rubber meets the road, but we expect that nearly anyone working with the OpenDaylight controller will benefit from the features they offer.
How will TTP impact hardware/software in OpenDaylight?
At first, the TTP project will likely have limited impact on the behavior of OpenDaylight, instead providing information for OpenDaylight applications and services about the capabilities of OpenFlow 1.3. Going forward, we think that almost all network services and OpenFlow-enabled hardware will want to think about TTPs and how they will play well with OpenFlow in OpenDaylight by using them.
How will TTP interact with OpenFlow?
TTPs were designed to get out of the way after a switch and controller negotiated a TTP. As a consequence, they only explicitly affect the negotiation that happens at first connection. However, the negotiation implies that only a subset of the possible OpenFlow messages should be valid after a TTP becomes active. Going forward, enabling the TTP project to verify that these promises are kept would be useful in preventing bugs and ensuring compatibility.
It's also worth noting that in the short run, devices capable of TTP negotiation may be somewhat uncommon and so we're also exploring ways to negotiate TTPs out-of-band by manual configuration, inference based on the switch model and vendor, or other mechanisms.
For those looking to get involved or follow the project's progress, what do you recommend?
Please join our mailing list, [email protected], by going to lists.opendaylight.org and following the link for ttp-dev. You can also participate in the ONF side of things by attending the FAWG meetings most weeks on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. Since these meetings are run by the ONF, you'll need to first make sure you or your company is a member of the ONF. Lastly, the most compelling project I've seen to provide TTP support on real hardware is Broadcom's OpenFlow Data Plane Abstraction (OF-DPA), and you can find and contribute to that on GitHub here.
If you really want to get involved, you can grab the code here.
Additional resources for learning about TTPs?
The best place to start would be the OpenDaylight wiki page, and the project proposal page has good information including links to slides, talks, and specifications concerning TTPs.


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I only had a few minutes to log in tonight, so I resolved to go to a place I had never been before, find a beautiful place and post a snapshot of it on the blog. This is the Kookaburra sim, and this Asian-themed quadrant has a beautiful, gurgling stream, plenty of trees and a pleasant, intimate setting. It really doesn't take a great deal in Second Life to make an environment that you'd want to immerse yourself in.
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In this picture, I'm looking south over the Manatee River towards Bradenton. These are the Mangroves that line it from its source to the sea. Mangroves form an essential part of the ecosystem by protecting the shore from erosion.
Believe it or not, this is across the street from the Bradenton Area Convention center, so while it looks like a nature shot, it's in the middle of a suburban setting. Mangroves are protected in Florida, so there's little chance they'll be affected by development. Despite the activity all around, they continue to protect rivers and coastlines.
The reason I took this was for the reflections. Its a repeat of a shot https://justenoughfocus.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Full/i-7NMML9G) I've done in the past and the results are similar. However, the clouds are never the same. And because it's only a 2-minute drive from home, this is something I see often. No matter how many times I see this, I never get tired of nature inside an urban landscape.


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LOL one of the joys about having my family living in NZ is that if I want to online shop there I can have the order delivered to my family home address. Although not a great idea if I need something in a hurry. I have recently found such an online store in NZ and since I visit the family alot I sort of take advantage of my family and order from Artfull Crafts and then have it posted to them :)
So I have made my father in law his birthday card and apparently it got there the day after his birthday so really it should have read ... "next stop ... 80" I sort off didn't factor in a public holiday hence the delay!
The card colour were chosen for the Autumn challenge over at Artfull Crafts blog.
The title is a bit cheeky but he has a great sense of humour I thought a bike is ideal for him since he rides a bike around town.
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Estonian Nixes Lunches for Pregnant Women
Viido Polikarpus figured he could help counter Estonia's falling birthrate by offering free lunches once a week to any pregnant woman who wanted one.
Starting in late September, he figured maybe a dozen or so women would take him up on the offer.
After a few weeks as many as 200 women were eating for two on entrees like blood sausage, stewed sauerkraut and marinated eel for free at the Eesti Maja, or Estonian House.
Polikarpus wanted to help the women defray the costs of pregnancy and, maybe, convince them to have more babies.
Pregnant women get 150 kroons (US$9.35) a month in government subsidies. The birth rate in the Baltic Sea coast nation of 1.4 million people has plummeted since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In the late 1980s, Estonia averaged 16 births per 1,000 people. In 2001, there were just 8.7 births per 1,000 people.
The decline has been blamed on the rising cost of raising a child as well as many women waiting until later in life to have kids.
But his altruism came at too high a price. By the end of December there was no room for paying customers and feeding as many as 200 women at once got pricey. The average price of a lunch at Eesti Maja is around 40 kroons (US$2.66) per person.
"I still had to pay taxes on all of it too," he said, without disclosing how much the venture cost him. The free meals ended Dec. 31.
Even though the women are gone, he has the memories, and the walls are filled with snapshots of dozens of newborns. He figures they'll be back for the blood sausage.


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Where can I obtain copies of Norman Corwin scripts?
Although not in standard script format, many of his best plays can be found in the books Thirteen by Corwin (1942), More by Corwin (1944), Untitled and Other Radio Dramas (1947), and Memos to a New Millennium: The Final Radio Plays of Norman Corwin (2012).
How can I obtain permission to produce/present a Norman Corwin radio play?
Norman Corwin made certain to copyright his works. Permission to perform his works cannot be granted from this website. However, inquiries can be forwarded to the heirs who now control the rights to all of his works.
How can I obtain permission to produce/present a Norman Corwin stage play?
Permission to perform stage plays such as The Rivalry is granted exclusively through the play-licensing agency. In the case of The Rivalry, it is Dramatists Play Service, Inc. They may be contacted at www.dramatists.com
Was Norman Corwin married? Did he have children?
Yes. Norman Corwin married actress Katherine Locke in 1947. They had two children, Diane and Anthony (Tony). Katherine died in 1995. Both children are alive and well.
Who were Norman Corwin's literary heroes?
Early influences were poets, especially Walt Whitman. It was a line in the book Leaves of Grass by Whitman that Corwin credited with giving him the idea for how to construct On A Note of Triumph. Carl Sandburg was another hero who became a good friend. Another hero was journalist Heywood Broun. Broun was a member of the "Algonquin Roundtable" with Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker. He championed the underdog and wrote with a style that greatly appealed and influenced young Corwin. Norman Corwin traveled to New York City in 1929 and met Broun. Corwin cited Broun's book Gandle Follows His Nose as influencing his works.
Why did Ray Bradbury dedicate his book The Martian Chronicles to Norman Corwin?
Bradbury was a fan of Norman Corwin and took the opportunity to write him a letter, enclosing a sample of his own work. He wrote that he'd like to take Corwin to lunch sometime. After reading the material, Corwin contacted Bradbury and said, "You're not taking me to lunch. I'm taking you to dinner!" A lifelong deep friendship was born. Corwin suggested that Bradbury take his Martian short stories and try to compile them into one manuscript. This, of course, it became The Martian Chronicles and launched Ray Bradbury on a magnificent journey as a writer.
What did Norman Corwin really think of Orson Welles?
One of the prized possessions that Norman Corwin kept all his life was a telegram from Orson Welles in 1941 asking to work on one of his shows. Welles' first chance was on December 7, 1941, the very day Pearl Harbor was attacked, when the Gulf Screen Guild Theater presented Corwin's Between Americans, read with special vigor that evening by Welles. Corwin didn't direct the show, however. He was still writing We Hold These Truths. Naturally Welles got the call to join the all-star cast as soon as Corwin arrived in Los Angeles to direct and produce the broadcast. It was a relationship that continued throughout the 1940s. Norman Corwin loved working with Orson Welles and they had no clash of egos, which is probably remarkable.
Who was the greatest influence on Norman Corwin?
Perhaps the greatest influence in Norman Corwin's life was his older brother Emil. It was Emil who took him to Europe for the first time in 1931. It was Emil who introduce him to the symphony. Emil worked hard to get his younger brother noticed in New York, even getting him an appearance on NBC's The Magic Key through a friend in the publicity department. Norman Corwin often credited his brother with setting the example and providing unwavering support and encouragement. When Emil Corwin passed away on March 15, 2011 just weeks shy of his 108th birthday, the toll was heavy on younger brother (at age 100) Norman. Already in declining health, Norman Corwin would live only a few more months longer, passing away on October 18, 2011.
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69 N. Grant Street, Mid Lake City, California 84301
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In Ontario, big beverage companies like Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Pepsi sell about 3 billion plastic bottles every year. Less than half those bottles get recycled. The rest – about 1.5 billion bottles – end up in landfills or littered in our environment, including the Great Lakes, where they kill fish and wildlife and threaten ecosystems.
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There are 18 clubs in the league. The season lasts from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents for a total of 34 games for each club, with a total of 306 games in each season. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. The two teams at the bottom of the IPL and top of the Azadegan League play in a series of playoffs with return legs, the two teams out of the four that come out of those games victorious will be promoted or remain (if previously there) in the IPL.
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St. Petersburg, Florida – The Law Office of James R. Kennedy, Jr., a St. Petersburg-based plaintiff's law firm, has announced the launch of a newly designed website. The site was designed to offer clients quick and easy access to essential information about the Firm's practice areas and capabilities.
James R. (Jim) Kennedy, Jr. the Firm's sole practitioner, has been serving clients in St Petersburg in the State of Florida for over 30 years. Jim's vast experience encompasses a multitude of practice areas including, but not limited to, personal injury (auto accidents, medical malpractice), family law, divorce, probate, and estate law (wills, trusts, estate planning, probate).
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text: KIRKUS REVIEW Suddenly, anthropic cosmology--which speculates on the relationship between scientific law and human life--is all the rage. David Darling's Deep Time (reviewed above) takes a self-consciously lyrical look at the field; here, Gribbin (In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, 1984, etc.) and astronomer Rees opt for a more nuts-and-bolts approach. The coauthors scamper across much of the newest turf in astrophysics and particle physics. Their main concern is to identify the nature of the "dark matter" that permeates the universe, and whose gravitational pull keeps the cosmos "balanced on a knife edge between being open and closed." This search for dark matter leads into dizzying tours through "the geography of the universe"--quasars, gravity lenses, cosmic strings, et al.--and the microcosmic "particle zoo." Since dark matter "controls the structure and eventual fate of the Universe," it also creates conditions that favor human life. The authors note that other physical events--the precise balance between nuclear, electrical, and gravitational forces; the homogeneity of the universe--also seem eerily conducive to human life. Coincidence or design? These orthodox scientists plump for the former, positing a vast number of universes, one of which--our own--just by chance gave birth to us all. The aforementioned conclusion is the book's Achilles' heel--neither Gribbin nor Rees is an accomplished philosopher, and in constructing their views on human life, they lean heavily on the most recent (and quite possibly evanescent) theories. When they're writing about what they know, however, they can knock your socks off. A heady introduction to a complex subject. Pub Date: Aug. 15th, 1989ISBN: 055299443XPage count: 302ppPublisher: BantamReview Posted Online: May 17th, 2012Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15th, 1989


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Lisa found the blog via LinkedIn and reached out to let me know she liked the content being written. I have always wanted SOTGC to be an open forum for people who wanted to share what they do for a living, help inspire others who might still be figuring out what they want, or help add resources to those who want to make a change but aren't sure where to start or who to reach out to.
We did a post called "It's All About Strategery" that starts off the topic of job hunting and how to prepare. This is the second segment in this theme. (And yes, Stategery is misspelled…on purpose.)
A huge thank you to Lisa Gray for her support and help on this piece.
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Categories: Arts and Culture Beat of the Day Jazz
well, spring isn't quite here. it was there, however. on Wed, i woke up at home (Atlanta) to a glorious spring day. it was like 80 degrees, sunny, no humidity, no wind, just perfect.
then i flew to NY. by the time i went to bed, at my parents house, it was friggin' snowing out. jeesh...
oh, and Alex - i forgot to mention for the BOTD posts... Joe Morello just died about a week and a half ago. he was the incredible drumming legend for Dave Brubeck. you should maybe post a video of "Take 5," with a fantastic Morello drum solo...
Joe was one of the last living legends. He was also hilarious. even though he was blind, he had album covers of him sitting on a motorcycle! his clinics were half comedy, half drums. he was a Jersey and taught my Jazz teacher, back in the day. he and Jim Chapin were carriers of the Moeller technique, studying with both Sandford Moeller and George Lawrence Stone.
i didn't get to study with Joe or Jim, but i've met them both and did some playing on a drum pad with them. i studied for years with each of their prized pupils. i feel so fortunate to have learned one generation from these guys. something the benefits of growing up in NY provided me.
we lost a very very very important drum legend. Morello was 82.
Roy Haynes, is pretty much the last one alive...
Bill Evans makes everything better.


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On Lisp (Prentice Hall, 1993, 432 pages, paperback. ISBN 0130305529) by Paul Graham is a comprehensive study of advanced Lisp techniques, with bottom-up programming as the unifying theme. It gives the first complete description of macros and macro applications. The book also covers important subjects related to bottom-up programming, including functional programming, rapid prototyping, interactive development, and embedded languages. The final chapter takes a deeper look at object-oriented programming than previous Lisp books, showing the step-by-step construction of a working model of the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS).
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Q&A: A Drinking Water 'Game Changer'
WaterHealth International, a social business that has set up drinking water centers in western and southern India, now purifies about 1.4 million liters of water a day, and serves around five million people.
In villages, the drinking water centers use untreated water available from the municipality; where possible, the projects use surface water. For the most part, or for about 70% of the water they treat, the centers use groundwater.
After removing contaminants with carbon filters or techniques like reverse osmosis, the water is disinfected with a proprietary ultraviolet light method. It's then supplied to customers for for about 5 to 7 rupees (9 to 13 cents) for 20 liters of water. Results from fortnightly water quality tests are displayed at each plant.
So far, the group has been working in rural areas where there weren't many options for people in the way of clean drinking water. That's why their next project is a bit of a departure: Water centers across Bangalore, starting next month.
Bangalore already has a municipal water supply and conducts frequent water quality testing, but Vikas Shah, chief operating officer of WaterHealth's India arm, believes they can still offer something more to city residents.
Edited excerpts from an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal: Don't people in cities already have a lot of options for clean drinking water?
Vikas Shah: Let's divide customers into three groups. One does not use purified water. One uses home-based, point-of-use purification. One uses packaged water.
For the first group there is an obvious benefit. They may not have been using purified water because they couldn't afford it.
[For the home-purification group], the fact of the matter remains, when have you tested it? When a contract person comes to your home and says that person wants to do a test. For the remaining 364 days you have no idea. Your reverse-osmosis membrane or your UV light may not be working. It's just your blind faith that you're going with it. Here's an opportunity where someone else is being a watchdog on the quality of your water.
For the third group, which is using packaged water, this is a value proposition. Commercial water is coming from an area about which you have no backround or antecedents. You can walk across to our plant and look at the quality report and our operator will explain how the plant works and you get it at a value of the cost.
WSJ: Where are you setting up in Bangalore?
Mr. Shah: We have a contract for Bangalore municipality to set up a plant in each ward. There are 198 wards, we have an agreement to install one plant in each ward.
We are already constructing in two locations. This will be a test case or a showcase to a large municipal corporation. It's going to be, in my mind, a game-changer in urban drinking water.
WSJ: How many people can one plant supply?
Mr. Shah: Theoretically, about 25,000 to 30,000 people.
WSJ: Municipal water is also treated and tested. Whydo people feel the need for additional purification?
Mr. Shah: Here's the problem - you need to be very sure that the transportation of water is also disinfected and not adding to the contamination. One of the things people need to check against is that at the dispensation point water is tested and make sure it still meets the quality check. That's the acid test.
WSJ: Water purification can be wasteful. Reverse osmosis, for example, can lose three liters of water for every clean liter of water. How do you deal with water wastage at your plants?
Mr. Shah: Most of our plants operate at 70 to 80% recovery [Meaning a plant produces 70 or 80 liters of drinkable water for every 100 liters of raw water – WSJ].
In order to be in consonance with nature, we are setting certain kinds of vegetation in the plant that feeds on high dissolved solids. Coconut trees, citrus plants, they need high TDS water. They soak up the solids and the pure water permeates into the ground. This is what we are doing with the reject water.
The overall water that is rejected is not even in the thousand of liters, it's in the hundreds. It's a very small amount of water. This is the best you can do with the technology today.
WSJ: How does that compare to the commercial water industry?
Mr. Shah: Typically, I would say 50% to 55% recovery is the norm.
WSJ: There's a lot of concern in India about groundwater loss. How do you address that in your business model?
Mr. Shah: There are a couple of things we do.
Generally we use the source available from the local council; we don't create our own source.
[When we use groundwater] we do a hydrological survey, where we try to determine what is the water table. They [the council] take approvals for digging tubewells.
At our WaterHealth centers we've started rainwater harvesting where we try to replenish soak pits. We try to replenish more than we extract.
Corrections & Amplifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that WaterHealth's purified water is available for 15 to 16 rupees for 20 liters. The project's centers have been providing water at a price range of 5 to 6 rupees for a 20-liter can, which has increased in the case of some centers to 7 rupees.
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"I am assuming that one does not idly choose to follow a fae."
"What are you making?"
She had to smile. They were both rather talented at avoiding certain things, both good at keeping to social standards. They were the caretakers, the ones who looked after others, and would ever sidestep any who tried to help them in turn.
"At the moment I make not a thing, for the sweet taste of fruit does dance upon my tongue."
Snorting, Sign turned and settled near her bonded, her long, flowing main rippling around her as she studied the frail looking creature. There was a smile playing around her lips, something that hinted at one of her bonded's special days. She would never forget the day of riddles she had witnessed.
"You speak in rhymes that doth catch the tongue and demand that it be let out to play. What celebration is this, then, that calls you to weave a barren's clothing and sprinkle magics in the air?"
"Always asking, always caring, always trying to be what's needed. My dearest Sign, you must trust in others."
"Always dodging, always fooling, always giving what little's left. My dearest Songhue, you must trust in others."
There was a moment's silence between them, each frozen as if in a picture. Finally, the fae lifted her head, almond shaped eyes flashing as they met the soft purple gaze before them.
"This is a day for stories and tales, a day for rhymes and letting songs sail. When I was young.. I would hear the story of my people, stories told by the very first creatures."
"I thought you were young as of yet.. Your name, after all. NewShine, a new star shining on the horizon.."
"For a wind sprite I am young, yes. Now it is your turn to tell a tale. Tell me why you followed me."
"You've been.. Strange. I wanted to make sure you were ok."
The fae looked back to her weaving when Sign gave this answer, holding her tongue for the moment. There was much she could have said, yet little would have done good. So she sat with the half eaten fruit in her lap, the sweet scent wafting through the little glade as she wove a garment out of wind and thread.


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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Statement of Eric Goldstein, Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa Division
I wish to thank the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for convening this briefing and for inviting Human Rights Watch to participate. My remarks will focus on the repression of the Ahmadis in Algeria, a country where Ahmadis number only about 2,000 by their own account, in a country of 40 million, and are clearly being persecuted because of the peaceful exercise of their faith.
The intolerance shown toward Ahmadis in Algeria comes from on high. The current minister of religious affairs, Mohamed Aissa, has been quoted describing Ahmadis as part of a "deliberate sectarian invasion." He added that the government brought criminal charges against them to "stop deviation from religious precepts." Aissa said that Ahmadis are "damaging the very basis of Islam," and accused Ahmadi leaders of colluding with Israel. In April 2017, Ahmed Ouyahia, the chef de cabinet of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, called on Algerians to "protect the country from the Shia and Ahmadiyya sects." Government officials have also used similar tropes to attack Protestantism, which has attracted a tiny following among Algerians.
Algeria's constitution states that Islam is the religion of the state but that freedom of conscience is inviolable. The government denies that Ahmadis or anyone else for that matter in Algeria is persecuted for his or her their faith, and insists that people are prosecuted only for violations of the law.
The Ahmadi community provided us with lists showing that between June 2016 and January 2018, there were 266 prosecutions of Ahmadis in Algeria. The charges never include practicing the Ahmadi faith, since there is no law banning it, but include instead one or more of the following charges:
denigrating the dogma or precepts of Islam, an offense under the penal code;
possession and distribution of documents from foreign sources threatening national security, also a violation of the penal code;
participation in an unauthorized association, under the law on associations;
collecting donations without a license, under a decree regulating donations;
conducting worship in unauthorized places, under the law on the exercise of religions other than Islam ("Law 06-03").
The use of Law 06-03 to prosecute Ahmadis is premised on the notion that they are not Muslim, a characterization that they reject.
Algerian laws discriminate against non-Muslims in various ways. For example, proselytizing is an offense when committed by non-Muslims but not by Muslims.
Algeria has also convicted Protestant Christians occasionally over the past decade for conducting worship in unauthorized locations.
The convictions of Ahmadis are usually appealed and then result in suspended sentences but in some cases have resulted in actual prison terms of up to six months. The prosecutions have in some cases resulted in Ahmadis being suspended from their public-sector jobs. The arrests are usually accompanied by the confiscation of books and documents about the Ahmadiyya faith and sometimes personal computers and identity documents.
The repression extends also to efforts by Ahmadis to practice communal life. The government rejected the application in 2016 for legal recognition of an Ahmadi charitable association. The government also shut down a building in the city of Larbaa that Ahmadis were intending to use as a place of worship and as headquarters for their association.
The court documents in cases against Ahmadis are revealing. In one conviction, the court found, "It appears that a group of people belonging to the Ahmadiyya sect have formed in Ain Melilla to disseminate beliefs that are alien to our religion... . This movement appears to be based on religion and rites but, in reality, it has a hidden agenda and future strategies aiming at destabilizing the country and shaking its stability and security." The judgment did not specify how the defendants were endangering Algeria's security.
The judgment in another court case referred to seized books and publications that "contain ideas that are alien to the national religious framework and this leads necessarily to harming the national interest." It found that Ahmadiyya doctrine challenged the national religious identify, which is based on the Malekite rite of Islam.
In one case, the judgment stated that the mere possession of books on the Ahmadiyya faith was sufficient proof that the defendant was engaged in "a proselytizing enterprise that could destroy the unity of society and public order, since the Islamic religion is a pillar of the national identity and is enshrined in the Constitution."
Algeria's Ahmadis are for the most part Algerian-born citizens; they are not people who have migrated from other countries.
Under international law, freedom of religion includes the right to practice one's faith collectively and in public, and to collect donations. Freedom of speech and of information includes the right to proselytize on behalf of one's religion and to possess, prepare, and distribute religious texts or publications. The freedom includes the "right to replace one's current religion or belief with another."
We urge Algerian lawmakers to review all laws that have been used to prosecute Ahmadis and to abolish those that violate internationally recognized rights, notably the laws punishing proselytization, worship in unauthorized locations, membership in an unauthorized association, and denigrating the dogma or precepts of Islam. Ahmadis and other religious minorities should enjoy the same broad rights to build and operate places of worship and to form faith-based associations as other Algerians. Any restrictions on proselytization or on other rights related to one's religion should be formulated and practiced in a non-discriminatory fashion. And Algerian government officials should refrain from the kind of inflammatory remarks targeting the Ahmadiyya community and, instead, affirm the right of all Algerians to practice their faith peacefully and without unreasonable restrictions.
We urge the US government to continue to monitor and speak out when Algerian authorities restrict and punish members of the Ahmadiyya community and of other religious minorities for practicing their faith peacefully and conducting faith-based activities.
Thank you for your attention.