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Grape Character Design Final Package
Illustration of Giggly Grape on package. 3 happy cartoon grapes illustration tickling each other in a giant spoon. Grape character design for packaging by Mick Coulas for Kraft JELL-O jello Grape flavor.
Click to see the first, second, and third stages of this design.
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This is a collaborative project bringing together information about bands, people, and places related to the underground/independent music scene in China. If you live in China or are interested in the music, please share what you know with the rest of us. Read more...
At the moment there are 5,488 pages in the wiki. Thereof are 2,104 artists and 945 records.
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China's music scene is a vibrant, lively and constantly changing hotpot of genres, fusion and explosions of sounds!
To make it easier for newcomers to get a glimpse on the scene and have some direction on where to start looking and what is out there to explore, the team of Rock in China has prepared a little guideline (a small introduction) on the Chinese music scene.
We are going to tell you a little bit about what happened in the past, what is ongoing right now, where you can find out more, where you will be able to listen to the music, how to connect to the bands and other fans and how to get to the venues!
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Midi Music Festival 2013, in Shanghai October 2013
Shanren (山人) is an indie folk rock band with a definite performance style. They are an energetic band, fun and enthusiastic while their music is interesting, fresh and entertaining. A night with Shanren is a night not to be missed, and one you will remember for a long time to come.
Forged in Yunnan Province of southwest China, Shanren, meaning 'mountain people', are a Chinese Folk phenomenon. A band from mixed ethnic backgrounds – Han, Wa and Buyi – Shanren aim to promote and preserve the combined and diverse heritage of Yunnan and Guizhou's many ethnic minority groups through their own original compositions and re-workings of local folk melodies.
Structure of Target Groups and Followership in Chinese Rock and Modern Music
Bands with Female Musicians
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The next upcoming gigs in Beijing, proudly presented together with Beijing Gig Guide
Also check out the Hongkong Gig Guide

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In wrestling, you can be a really good tag team and still have no credibility due to your booking. Just ask the Revival.
On the other end of the scale, there's guys like the Young Bucks, who have done pretty much everything in the world of wrestling, except work for WWE.
The brothers are reportedly a huge component in the rumoured All Elite Wrestling promotion said to be starting next year, and there have been rumours that feelers have been put out by Jim Ross to WWE talent to see if anyone would be interested.
Now it's no secret that Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of the Revival are close friends with Matt and Nick Jackson, with the two teams often trading friendly tweets, and it looks like the Bucks have been offered a challenge for the future.
Taking to Twitter, Dash Wilder assured fans that at some point in the future, they will face off against the Bucks, leading fans to speculate that Dash and Dawson may be two of the men approached by JR.
One day we'll wrestle The Young Bucks & everyone will rejoice. Remember this tweet.
— Dash (@DashWilderWWE) December 4, 2018
You could hardly blame them if they did leave. They had plenty of match of the year contenders during their time in NXT, but I doubt if they could even claim a match of the week since debuting on the main roster in 2017.


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Ghana have secured a potentially decisive 2-0 win over Ethiopia in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played at the Addis Ababa Stadium on Sunday.
With CAF yet to make a final decision in regards to Sierra Leone (who have been banned by FIFA and therefore barred from playing the last three rounds of qualifiers) and their status in Group F, the Black Stars' place at the 2019 finals is not fully confirmed.
But if and when CAF award 3-0 wins to Sierra Leone's opponents for the three missing games (two of which were against Ghana), James Kwesi Appiah's side will be mathematically guaranteed a place in the top two of the group, and therefore safely into the draw for Cameroon 2019.
Ghana claimed the lead as early as the third minute, catching Ethiopia's defence very square to send Jordan Ayew into space – the Crystal Palace forward coolly picked his spot and stroked the ball into the bottom corner of the net to make it 1-0.
Midway through the first half the Black Stars were awarded a penalty after Emmanuel Boateng was tripped up by goalkeeper Abel Mamo. Jordan Ayew took on the spot kick and easily converted to double the visitors' lead in the 24th minute.
The Black Stars were in cruise control from them on, looking only to manage the game by holding Ethiopia at arm's length and looking to counter attack whenever the opportunity arose. The Wayla Ibex grew in confidence near the end of the first half, but were unable to make any real inroads before the interval.
The second half saw Ghana maintain the status quo: they controlled the game and kept any threat from the home side under wraps, but struggled to click into higher gears going forward.
Andre Ayew had the ball in the back of the net with just under 10 minutes of regulation time left to play, but his hopes of a third goal for the team were dashed, with the referee blowing for a clear and obvious foul from the forward on a defender.
In the end Ghana held out for a comfortable and important victory, though their performance – apart from the opening 25 minutes – left much to be desired.
Ethiopia 0
Ghana (2) 2 (J. Ayew 3' 24' pen)
Ethiopia: Mamo, Adem, Feyissa, Panom, Demte (Aregawi 78'), Omod, Yohannes (Reshad 57'), Gebru (Alemu 70'), Tamene, Dibaba, Godo
Ghana: Ofori, Afful, Partey (Acquah 59'), Atsu (Owusu 73'), J. Ayew (Mensah 88'), A. Ayew, Wakaso, Kasim, Boateng, Boye, Agbenyenu


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2019 Summer programming for Children and Youth
3 age-grouped programs available each Sunday
Sundays, June 2 – September 1
Playroom with Reba, room 6
- Unstructured playtime for newborns – 5 year olds
- supervised by our childcare staff.
- adults sign children in & out on computer in classroom.
Elementary aged children, room 3: "Learning the Unitarian Universalist Principles from Avatar: The Last Airbender" a curriculum for 1st-5th grades.
- Lessons include excerpts from the Nickolodean series with related crafts and activities.
- Children begin with their families in the VUU sanctuary.
- Sign children in at the Faith Formation welcome table.
- Children meet teachers outside the sanctuary after Time For All Ages.
- Families pick up children in room 3, in the education complex, at 11:45 am, all children must be signed out after class.
Youth in 6th grade – recent HS grads: "You the Creator of Justice" edited.
- Discussions, activities, art & music to explore the idea of Justice on different levels: the world, local community, and family.
- meet in room 2 at 10:30 am (skip the sanctuary)
- Youth sign themselves in to the class.
Special Dates
July 7th = large group game day, room 2, in honor of Independence Day
Sept 1st, Water Fun Day
All are invited – wear your swim suit and LOTS of sunscreen!


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Plan of Neolithic Period by Andrew Andersen
The region was settled sometime between 6000 and 5000 B.C. by a neolithic culture. Numerous excavations in tell settlements of the "Sulaveri-Somutepe-Group" have been conducted since the 1960s. In the 1970s, archaeological excavations revealed a number of ancient settlements that included houses with galleries, carbon-dated to the 5th millennium BC in the Imiris-gora region of Eastern Georgia. These dwellings were circular or oval in plan, a characteristic feature being the central pier and chimney. These features were used and further developed in building Georgian dwellings and houses of the 'Darbazi' type. In the chalcolithic era of the fourth and third millennia B.C., Georgia and Asia Minor were home to the Kura-Araxes culture, giving way in the second millennium BC. to the Trialeti culture. Archaeological excavations have brought to light the remains of settlements at Beshtasheni and Ozni (4th – 3rd millennium BC), and barrow burials (carbon dated to the 2nd millennium BC) in the province of Trialeti, at Tsalka (Eastern Georgia). Together, they testify to an advanced and well-developed culture of building and architecture.
Between 2100 and 750 B.C., the area survived the invasions by the Hittites, Urartians, Medes, Proto-Persians and Cimmerians. At the same period, the ethnic unity of Proto-Kartvelians broke up into several branches, among them Svans, Zans/Chans and East-Kartvelians. That finally led to the formation of modern Kartvelian languages: Georgian (originating from East Kartvelian vernaculars), Svan, Megrelian and Laz (the latter two originating from Zan dialects). By that time Svans were dominant in modern Svanetia and Abkhazia, Zans inhabited modern Georgian province of Samegrelo, while East-Kartvelians formed the majority in modern eastern Georgia. As a result of cultural and geographic delimitation, two core areas of future Georgian culture and statehood formed in western and eastern Georgia by the end of the 8th century B.C. The first two Georgian states emerged in the west known as the Kingdom of Colchis and in the east as Kingdom of Iberia.


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a) This contract is assigned by Erdil Arsoy (will be addressed as the company from now on) and CONSUMERS who requests services and/or consultancy that takes place in this contract and who have used the services of Erdil Arsoy (will be addressed as the client from now on).
b) TA NO: 69721198496 Erdil Arsoy. Official website:www.educasedanismanlik.com.
a) The mentioned company prepares all-example qualified studies like activities supporting education on demand (like education guidance, consultancy, test evaluation, organizing student exchange programs, test papers and question bank preparation that supports education outside of curricular).
b) As it is stated in this contract, the clients are obligated with providing all the information and/or papers that the company demands thoroughly and correctly and is obligated to do all the payment that is requested by the company according to the client's demand and that is notified on the PDF completely and on time.
a) The Request Form on en.educasedanismanlik.com/request-form/ that is prepared by the company in the means of preventing any kind of loss of rights for both the company and the clients must be filled by the clients. However filling the Request Form doesn't mean the work will be started.
b) In case the client fills the request form incorrect and/or incomplete, they have the right to apply by emailing to email@example.com address and making change. However, by that the quality of the service will be changed as well, the company has the right to set a new price or to cancel the request.
c) The company will send the determined price and the procedure of determining price in PDF document form by taking attention on the request form that they received and the change demands before the price presentation if there is one (This document will be addressed as PDF document from now on). The client must notify by emailing to email@example.com address or must pay the first payment that is stated in PDF file in case of the client accepting this offer that they received. The company has the right to cancel the price offer they made and to reoffer price and/or to cancel the request in case any kind of change is demanded on the PDF file by the client.
d) The date of delivery and payment is stated in the PDF file and every information and/or document sent to the client by email is considered as service/job.
e) Following the last offer made by the company and approved by the client, in case of not paying the first hire-purchase payment on the date and hour, the company has the right to call off the request without any obligations.
f) The service will be started to be given within following the two work days after the first hire purchase of the payment that is decided by the company and approved by the client is passed on to the bank account that is mentioned on 7(a) of the contract and especially after the procurement of any kind of document and/or information that is seen as necessity to give service and is demanded by the company.
The responsibility coming from any inconvenience of procurement of the said documents belonging to the client, it will be accepted as the execution will be made impossible by the company. In case of not complying with these conditions, the company holds the right of cancellation of the contract.
g) In case of any wrongdoings on the ongoing and incomplete projects if the said wrongdoing is a result of the client's wrong information at the beginning and/or aftermath of the service, the responsibility belonging completely to the client, there won't be any changes on the service by the company since the quality of the service will be changed. Being able to make the readjustment depends on, if and only if it is requested any changes, the client being obligated to fill a new request form and receive a new price offer to make this readjustment.
h) The company having the right of protracting for 12 months the said service in case of the client not paying the payment on time and date that they have agreed on about the service that is ongoing and started, the client binds and agrees on paying 50 TL penalty clause for each day of delaying. Also the company reserves the right to cancel the service and send all of the remuneration to bailiffs in case the client does not pay any of the hire purchase or delay it.
i) In case the company does not receive a feedback from the client through email@example.com address, the company will accept the service and/or the work hitherto is completed within 20 work days after every job that is started under the conditions within this contract and that is delivered. Since the service is considered as completed, all the payments that are accepted by the client will become past due.
j) The client can send their demands through email@example.com email address without the necessity of filling a new Request Form in case any change on the conditions on the PDF file and/or additional services to the conditions and/or service demand is made by the client before the service is started. The company has the right of requesting a new price offer and not accepting these demands.
k) This contract does not give a right to delay the service payment date and hour to the client for any service if the readjustments and/or deficiency is removed that the client requested within the first 20 work days after the delivery of the said service.
l) In case of the client demanding to remove all the readjustments and/or deficiencies firstname.lastname@example.com email address within the first 20 work days after the job is delivered, the company reserves the right to use extra time in the range of time that is determined for the service on the PDF file starting on the date demanded for every service that is stated in the client's PDF file.
m) On the services that is started according to this contract, until the deadline of the service and within after the first 20 work days of the delivery of the service, the client is considered as they accepted this contract without the necessity of another contract in case of demanding making changes for the job in accordance with the PDF file before the beginning of the job and/or additional services to the conditions from the client and the company reserves right to make a new price offer and/or to cancel the offer for the additional services and/or job offers.
n) The company, in the means of boosting the service quality and serving better, reserves the right to delay for 20 work days for every service on the PDF file.
o) Every price offer that is stated by the company being based on the project; a discount is cannot be requested on one or more of the amount of page, subject, method etc. qualifications by criticising these parts for changing and/or removing.
a) The company accepts and binds not to share any personal information about the clients' with third parties or institutions if it's not necessary or obligatory.
b) All the studies run by the company is conducted with the double-blind method.
c) The company accepts and binds that they won't share any personal information with the individuals who worked in the service and/or took a place in the service if it's not necessary or obligatory.
d) The company accepts and binds not to share any personal information about the individuals having worked on the said service or having contributed on the said service with the clients if it's not necessary or obligatory.
e) The company cannot be held responsible for the tangible and intangible damages and results that are caused by the client sharing information with third parties and all the responsibility belongs to the client.
f) The company reserves the right to not keep and/or store information, file and supplies of job that they delivered to the client in the means of protecting privacy.
g) The client accepts and binds not to make use third parties any kind of work, information, and file that is run by the said company. Since the said service is specialized for the client, the client cannot use the service on the same purpose or put on sale for third parties. Otherwise, the client accepts and binds to pay 100 TL penalty clause for each day of the violation.
a) Individuals demanding on meeting at the company address taking place in 1(b) of the contract must certainly make appointments from the company through phone and/or email.
b) The date and hour of the appointment will be decided by the company in accordance to the client.
c) Interviewing with the clients coming without an appointment is left the employees of the company to decide and the company takes no responsibility for the damage coming from not to communicate with the company.
d) The company reserves the right to cancel the appointments of the individuals who do not apply the date and hour of the appointment. The first ten minutes of delaying at the appointment hour will not be considered.
e) The company reserves the right to not giving another appointment with the conditions given in 5(a) article for those who canceled the given appointment twice and was late over ten minutes for the said appointment.
a) Since the service and/or consultancy given with this contract is a service/goods that is made in accordance with the client's demands, the right of withdrawal cannot be used.
b) The company, if they require, reserves the right to cancel the work and/or service at any stage and not to return any payment taken
a) Outlays paid by the client can only be done through debit, bank wire, or EFT. The official company account for the bank wire in order and EFT: TC İs Bank, IBAN NO: TR26 0006 4000 0011 0890 6814 77, for Erdil Arsoy.
b) In the outlays paid through using bank wire and EFT by the clients, the payment will be done as long as it is put into the company's account. The company, if they require, reserves the right to start the service without taking any kind of payments. However, this situation does not mean the next job/service after this service will be started without any payments. The company reserves this right.
c) In the frame of this contract, the client accepts and binds to pay 50 TL penalty clause for each day in case of not paying the payable claim on time.
a) The company reserves the right to not accept service requests coming to their way and/or not return to the Request From coming to their way. The requests not answered within 20 work days are considered rejected.
b) Erdil Arsoy always reserves the right to make any changes in this contract.
c) This consumer contract is considered accepted by the individuals whom got service from the said service and/or consultancy and/or any kind of service from Erdil Arsoy.
d) Individuals who filled the Request Form are considered as they have read the Consumer Contract and as they have accepted the consumer contract explicitly mentioned in the request form.
e) The company not using a right as a resultant of a violation of this contract, not using or delaying authorisation and power, does not mean giving up on any rights on this contract or does not obstruct to use this right later or does not obstruct to use right, authorization and solution following this Contract's violation.
f) The company is not responsible for the information, file and materials delivered by the client getting lost and/or being stolen
g) Every work being prepared by the company being in the quality of example and/or reference, the company cannot be held responsible for the legal and/or juridical crimes as the result of the usage of these works.
h) In case of one of or a few of the provisions in this contract being invalid, illegal and inapplicable under any law or adjustment, legality, validity and applicability of the rest of the laws are not affected by this or not harmed by this.
The unrealising of the service that is the subject of this contract under legal and factual situations constitutes vis major. In case of the entity of vis major, obligations as a resultant of this contract are delayed until vis major is removed.
a) The company accepts and binds to be as in peace as possible with the clients and show the maximum effort on solving problems under legal incompatibilities in the framework of this contract and service.
b) The client reserves the right to apply to Arbitration Committee For Consumer Problems or Consumer Court on legal incompatibilities in the framework of this contract and service for the solvation of the incompatibility.
c) Istanbul Courts, Enforcement Offices, Beşiktaş Arbitration Committee For Consumer Problems are authorized for the legal incompatibilities as a resultant of this contract.


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Dana's Housekeeping Personnel Service
Brea House Cleaning Services
Orange County Office
1740 W. Katella Ave Ste T
Orange, CA 92867
(714) 538-0577 / (949) 951-3277
Call Today! During normal business hours, you will always be able to reach our staff.
Brea's Choice for Housekeeping Referrals
No matter who you are or where you live, housecleaning will eventually pop up on your list of required tasks. Some homeowners are happy to take on this responsibility. However, due to a lack of time or simple preference, many people would gladly shift their cleaning burden to a competent third-party provider. Similarly, professionals such as property managers and realtors, who must factor housekeeping among their many daily tasks, often have a pressing need for experienced, reliable housekeeping specialists.
In the City of Brea, homeowners and professionals alike can turn to Dana's Housekeeping for their every cleaning-related need. Over the course of 40-plus years, we've served tens of thousands of Orange County and Southern California residents through our unique network of regional offices and local housekeeping experts. Whether you have short- or long-term cleaning needs, we'll happily match you with seasoned providers who know how to achieve your desired goals. We stake our reputation on your satisfaction and our unbeatable blend of affordability and guaranteed reliability.
Services for Homeowners
In communities across America, the size of the average home has been increasing steadily for decades. This widespread increase in residential square footage has brought some important benefits to homeowners, including the ability to dedicate space to single-purpose rooms such as home offices, playrooms and nurseries. However, it has also brought one unavoidable burden: the need to cover more space during routine household cleaning. Unfortunately, while cleaning responsibilities in the home have increased, the time available to take care of these responsibilities has not. In fact, many homeowners now have less time than ever due to the hectic pace of modern life. And, quite frankly, even when homeowners have extra time, they may not want to spend it on cleaning and other chores.
Instead of spending precious hours of the day on household chores, residents of the City of Brea can contact the specialists at Dana's Housekeeping. As California's largest and oldest referral network for professional housekeepers, we maintain constant access to the state's biggest pool of verified housekeeping experts. No matter what type of one-time or regularly scheduled job you have in mind, we can connect you with a local provider experienced with that particular kind of work.
Our extensive network includes housekeepers who specialize in general cleanings that restore basic order to your household. It also includes professionals who know how to perform deeper cleaning tasks, as well as experts who know how to perform advanced organizing tasks or adapt to the needs of family members suffering from chemical sensitivities. With just a few questions, we'll identify the right type of housekeeper for you and your family. And regardless of your needs, we never forget to factor affordability into the equation.
Services for Project Managers
All managers of rental property must deal with the need to keep their listed houses and apartments in a physical state that appeals to qualified potential tenants. Oftentimes, this means juggling between occupied, vacant and soon-to-be vacant properties, as well as juggling between periods that call for little or no housekeeping assistance and periods that call for lots of help. If you're like a lot Brea property managers, this balancing act makes it difficult to maintain access to sufficient numbers of housekeepers without bearing unnecessary financial strain.
At Dana's Housekeeping, we help you avoid this strain and maximize your housekeeping flexibility. Instead of worrying about adjusting the size of a permanent staff, you can take advantage of our industry-leading network of professional providers who specialize in the upkeep of rental properties. Whether you need to make seasonal adjustments to your existing staff or gain access to a reliable group of freelance housekeepers, we'll make sure that you can meet your goals with an absolute minimum of stress and worry.
Services for Realtors
In addition to their many other job requirements, realtors must keep track of the physical upkeep of the properties they have for sale. A crucial part of this upkeep is the condition of each property's interior. While it's possible to handle this responsibility with untrained personnel, only experienced housekeeping professionals can reliably perform all necessary tasks and put property in its best light. However, the question remains: Where can you find experienced housekeepers who fit the specific cleaning needs of every property you have listed?
In Brea, the answer to all of your needs for realtor-oriented housekeeping services is Dana's Housekeeping. With our deep bench of seasoned local providers, we can easily find a match for your cleaning needs, even as those needs shift over time. Whether you have five properties or 50 properties on your current list, we'll connect you with enough housekeepers to accomplish your desired objectives. And unlike some other referral outfits, we make sure that all providers have the skill set required to perform top-quality work at each individual property. In addition, we can connect you with personnel to staff open houses and take care of other critical tasks not strictly related to housecleaning.
The Housekeeping Source in the City of Brea
Once noted as a center for oil production and citrus farms, the City of Brea is now known as a regional hub for retail shopping. In addition, the Orange County city of roughly 40,000 maintains a longstanding public arts program that now serves as a prime example for similar programs in other communities throughout the country. The list of prominent landmarks in Brea includes Brea Mall, the Brea Gallery, Carbon Canyon Regional Park, the Olinda Oil Museum, El Rodeo Equestrian Center and the Curtis Theatre.
Dana's Housekeeping maintains its Orange County offices near Brea in the City of Orange. With over four decades of continuous operation, we've established ourselves as the city's premier source for trustworthy housekeeping services for your private home, managed property and realty listings. At Dana's, you have the freedom to make reliable arrangements that precisely suit your short- and long-term needs. If you have a schedule in mind for your required services, we'll connect you with providers available to work regular hours. However, if you don't have a set schedule and can't predict exactly when you'll require help, you don't need to worry about any drop in quality. Under all circumstances, we maintain the same high standards and guarantee the work performed by members of our network. In addition, we offer a range of payment options that you can select based on your current needs and financial resources. Take advantage of our free estimate today.


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Last night we ate the simplest and most delicious meal: it was basically a salmon sandwich without bread. Instead the salmon was sandwiched with sliced kale between two layers of rissotto: rice cooked in a rich home made stock and mixed with parmesan. It was then baked.
Even the dairy-free portion set aside for myself was just so delicious, and the children ate their fair share, even with K feeling quite dubious about the 'red tuna' that was in the dish. He ate it and declared that red tuna was a fish he likes now. You have no idea how momentous that is. The next step is being able to call it salmon. So yay for the stock, for making that meal so very delicious and nutritious.
Making stock is just a matter of course for me now. It is habit to buy the cheaper cuts of meat that are still on the bone, or if I need chicken that week then I'll buy a whole chook and then cook up the bones. I cannot bear throwing them out, even if there is no room in the freezer for more stock, I still have to cook up the carcass and use it up somehow. Bones that can be broken to reveal the marrow are snapped. Nothing goes to waste – all the best 'scraps' of the veggies, the ones that are still green and vibrant are put into a separate container waiting to be added to the stock pot once a week.
My stock is used for everything: it is used as the liquid for cooking rice, for soups, for making sauces (you do not need to buy most of the condiments in your cupboard you know – they can be made in about 15 minutes at home for a fraction of the price). Often I heat it up and drink it like a cup of tea for breakfast – I add a little bit of salt and drizzle an egg in it while it is heating up. So filling.
NEVER heat your stock up in the microwave. I forget what actually happens to it but basically all the nutrition is wiped out and reversed. It becomes toxic. I never use microwaves for anything. It isn't any trouble to heat things up on the stove or in the oven and you can enjoy a cup of tea while you wait.
So make stock. It is super easy, super nutritious, adding nutrients and enhancing taste to food that might otherwise need a little MSG to make it tasty. Stock made with bones is also an excellent source of calcium, and if you live dairy-free (like me!) then that is good news too. Making stock fills your house with good smells and also makes you feel like an extremely efficient housewife 🙂


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Document Type
Date of Degree
Summer 2016
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree In
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Canahuate, Guadalupe M
First Committee Member
Bai, Er-Wei
Second Committee Member
Kuhl, Jon G
Third Committee Member
Garvin, Mona K
Fourth Committee Member
Mantilla, Ricardo
The past few years have brought a major surge in the volumes of collected data. More and more enterprises and research institutions find tremendous value in data analysis and exploration. Big Data analytics is used for improving customer experience, perform complex weather data integration and model prediction, as well as personalized medicine and many other services.
Advances in technology, along with high interest in big data, can only increase the demand on data collection and mining in the years to come.
As a result, and in order to keep up with the data volumes, data processing has become increasingly distributed. However, most of the distributed processing for large data is done by batch processing and interactive exploration is hardly an option. To efficiently support queries over large amounts of data, appropriate indexing mechanisms must be in place.
This dissertation proposes an indexing and query processing framework that can run on top of a distributed computing engine, to support fast, interactive data explorations in data warehouses. Our data processing layer is built around bit-vector based indices. This type of indexing features fast bit-wise operations and scales up well for high dimensional data. Additionally, compression can be applied to reduce the index size, and thus utilize less memory and network communication.
Our work can be divided into two areas: index compression and query processing.
Two compression schemes are proposed for sparse and dense bit-vectors. The design of these encoding methods is hardware-driven, and the query processing is optimized for the available computing hardware. Query algorithms are proposed for selection, aggregation, and other specialized queries. The query processing is supported on single machines, as well as computer clusters.
Bit-vector, Database Indexing, Data Compression, Data Exploration, Distributed Database, Query Algorithm
xiv, 124 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-124).
Copyright 2016 Gheorghi Guzun
Recommended Citation
Guzun, Gheorghi. "Distributed indexing and scalable query processing for interactive big data explorations." PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis, University of Iowa, 2016.


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Alzheimer's drug to be developed within five years`
Washington – Scientists have said that a drug that could provide a breakthrough for Alzheimer's disease will be available within the next five years.
Recruitment of people aged 55 – 90 to take part in the final-stage study in the US is taking place. The study will examine if the drug solanezumab slows the cognitive and functional decline of people who suffer from mild Alzheimer's.
In the new trial expected to end by December 2016, people are going to be given solanezumab as a monthly 400mg injection for 18 months.
Dr Eric Karran, director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said that the results would suggest that monthly injections should be given early to ward off the disease, News.com.au reported.
Dr Karran said that the drug showed "reasonable" effect in people suffering from mild Alzheimer's and results would come within five years.


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Now you can process sales orders from anywhere
Sage 200 Version 2016 offers users a new way of getting sales orders into Sage 200 from a web browser.
Here's a quick run through of how it works:
1) Select your customer (by customer name). As you type, the list of available matches will be displayed. Once you select the customer, the screen will display Balance, Credit Limit and On Hold Status
2) Pop in your product, warehouse and quantity. The price is then populated based on the customer, quantity and product entered. (You can overtype this if you wish, but if you don't have the permissions to amend prices, your order will not be posted). Just click Add and when finished, click Create Sales Order.
3) A confirmation of the order is then displayed
4) Now you can create another order, print the order, change the company you are working or logout
Web Sales Order Entry will work on a mobile device or tablet. The latest versions of Chrome, Internet Explorer 11, Safari, Firefox and Edge are all supported. Other devices and browsers may work fine but have not been tested.
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The first thing Daniel Butler sees through his bedroom window every morning is a massive crater next to his North Bellmore home. The hole has been there for three years, and for the past 15 months it has expanded into his backyard, causing two sections of his fence to collapse into it.
"I couldn't complain about them building a house, but once my yard started to collapse I had to go into the hole to get the two sections of fence that had collapsed in," Butler, who has lived on Virginia Avenue for 30 years, said. The hole was created when Butler's former neighbor sold the now vacant property to a developer who knocked it down.
"He excavated too close to my property, it went right up to my fence," Butler explained. "So over time, it eroded away and he didn't up put any barrier to keep it from eroding."
He called the Hempstead Town's Department of Buildings in an effort to address the issue, but received no help. Butler said he's reached out to the town more than two dozen times in 15 months. "That was the most frustrating part about this whole thing," he said. "You would think that you would call the Town and they would come in and do something about it."
Mike Fricchione, a Town spokesman, said the owner of the vacant property has been issued multiple summonses for not fixing the hole. "The new property owner and contractors have assured the Town's Building Department that the concrete foundation for the new house will be put into place where the hole is and should be complete by the end of the month," Fricchione added.
On May 31, construction workers were working on the property and a retaining wall was placed between the hole and Butler's property — but that hasn't stopped the erosion. . "They didn't backfill it high enough [because] my property is [still] dipping," Butler explained as he pointed to a dip in his backyard. But all Butler can do for now is wait for the hole to be leveled so he can level his own land and replace his fence.
"I shouldn't have to give up my yard for two years," he said. Butler said he wants his backyard returned to normal so he can enjoy it during the summertime. "Maybe by the end of the summer, I can bring my hammock out. Last year I didn't bring it out," he said. "Let's reseed it and pretend like it never happened."


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MUSCATINE, Iowa - It was a trying day as Muscatine mayor Diana Broderson heard complaints against her.
Muscatine city council members first voted to start the process to remove Broderson from office and they're the same people who will decide the outcome after hearing the evidence.
The Mayor's attorney fought to get the case moved to district court, to let a third party decide.
"Seems to me, given the fundamental and fairness that the court has recognized, that in this type of preceding that the proper venue would be to take this to district court" said Bill Sueppel, mayor's attorney.
Council members denied that request and evidence was presented accusing Broderson of misconduct, maladministration and neglect.
One of the main concerns brought up was Mayor Broderson's claims she was discriminated against by the city council and city administrator because she's a woman.
"We felt there was a misunderstanding, probably mostly on the part of the mayor, of what her duties were, which is what caused a little bit of the friction between the city council and the mayor," said Louis Savelli, private investigator.
Broderson hired a private investigator to look into her complaints that the city council and city administrator are discriminating against her because she's a woman.
"She felt that it was being done because of gender, mostly that.. this was kind of like a 'good old boys club' so we looked at it that way... and as a result of it it was found that was not the case," said Savelli.
The city administrator said that was his breaking point.
"The last attempt to come to a resolution, we shook hands that night and the following morning there was a gender bias discrimination complaint.... filed by Mayor Broderson and that ended any opportunity to fix, come to resolution," said Gregg Mandsager, Muscatine city administrator.
The council only heard witnesses for the city at the hearing, Mayor Broderson will present her defense at a second hearing on April 1st at 9 a.m.


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It's officially football season when I spend more time than is necessary figuring out ways to defeat the opponent. Urban Meyer must have lost my number. None-the-less, here are a few plays that could make a big difference Saturday night.
When Oklahoma Has the Ball
The Sooners, like most teams, look to run the ball on first down to stay ahead of the chains. With a noticeable drop off from last year's production in the backfield and no true starting running back to dominate most of the carries, look for Oklahoma to take some quick shots over the middle on first down.
In the clips below, quarterback Baker Mayfield does a nice job of selling the fake while reading the play-side linebacker or strong safety depending on the coverage. This hard play fake causes the linebackers to react to the run while tight end Mark Andrews slants towards the middle of the field in the vacated area. Last week, the Sooners used this play to precision and provided the Mayfield with a single read and easy throws.
Oklahoma broke tendency by targeting Mark Andrews on first down versus UTEP. Buckeye LB will need to be disciplined Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/L6qhD26muu
— Kyle Morgan (@NoHuddleScouts) September 6, 2017
UTEP made an adjustment to the play fake on first down, reacting to the run instead of anticipating or predicting the run. This allowed the linebackers to fall into a shallow zone, which eliminated Mayfield's initial read, forcing Mayfield to throw deep, resulting in a 50/50 ball.
UTEP LB adjusted to 1st down play fakes, resulting in Mayfield taking a shot deep to WR Jeff Badet. pic.twitter.com/N4pLclKJQy
— Kyle Morgan (@NoHuddleScouts) September 6, 2017
When Ohio State Has the Ball
Ohio State ran an odd amount of Run Pass Option plays versus Indiana, including 13-straight to finish the ball game. Early on, J.T. Barrett would hand off on the inside zone while the H-Back would flare to the wide side of the field. Barrett did not show much thought of actually throwing the ball in these instances, but the numbers advantage was there and it would have made for an interesting stat line should the passes have been made.
Motion of H-Back widens the LB, opening up the interior running lanes. Barrett will need to make the throw to Campbell to widen the OU LB's pic.twitter.com/zMM8VngKaz
— Kyle Morgan (@NoHuddleScouts) September 6, 2017
The final drive, however, consisted of Barrett purposefully looking to throw out of these formations resulting in a 13-play drive, covering 87 yards and taking over six minutes off the clock.
Look for Marcus Baugh, Parris Campbell, and K.J. Hill to have success out of these formations on the outside, while running backs Mike Weber and J.K. Dobbins capitalize on the widened defense to attack the middle running lanes. Keep in mind, last season versus Oklahoma the Buckeyes attacked the middle of the defense on 45% of their snaps.
Barrett reads LB who doesn't react to TE Farrell running to flat for an easy gain. Horizontal throws will open up vertical routes. pic.twitter.com/iuYU8BCq8x
— Kyle Morgan (@NoHuddleScouts) September 6, 2017
Oklahoma's Most Dangerous Play
With good overall offensive line play and an All-American left tackle in Orlando Brown Jr., naturally Oklahoma likes to run to the left side. Where Brown struggles is his ability to block in space. Oklahoma is able to use this to their advantage by slanting their blocking scheme to the left while Mayfield rolls away from the play side motion.
The Sooners run this play from the left hash, providing Mayfield with the wide side of the field to read and either pass or keep it himself, but also rolling to his strong throwing side. He is much more accurate when rolling to his right, and this gives him room to operate while limiting Orlando Brown's ability to miss a key block in space.
In the clip below, Oklahoma runs the play in the red zone, resulting in an easy touchdown. Look for the Sooners to pull this play out anytime they are shaded to the left hash, particularly if they are struggling in their running game.
Oklahoma rolls towards wide side often, limiting Orlando Brown in space. Gives Mayfield run or pass option to his strong side as well. pic.twitter.com/vpJaEoAalX
— Kyle Morgan (@NoHuddleScouts) September 6, 2017


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Who loves a good Amish romance?
Hopefully you do! I know that I sure do. Not only do I love reading them, I love writing them!
Recently, I embarked on a new ebook only (for now) series called the Amish Quilts of Indiana. Each book is the story of a young Amish woman from Shipshewana, Indiana, as they find love. Sometimes they find it in unusual places. Other times under unusual circumstances. But love is what it's about.
Take Annie and Becky. One wanted to marry a farmer and the other wouldn't even think about such a thing! But sometimes life throws us curveballs. Plans don't always work out exactly the way we wanted them to…but God knows what he's doing. 😉
Have you read Annie's Quilt and Becky's Quilt yet?
I've written so many novels that you would think it comes second nature to me. But that's not the case. Most of my novels are more than just plain old romances. Most of them examine different aspects of Amish life. Some follow characters throughout their marriage (i.e. Amanda and Alejandro <3) while others simply follow the courtship.
I love when readers write to me asking for a follow-up novel so that they can continue reading about the characters. Most of my books are standalones (think An Amish Buggy Ride, Belle, and Ella) while others do continue following the couple after marriage (The Tomato Patch Series and Amish Circle Letters).
But the bottom line is that readers of this genre want something special: romance. It doesn't matter how it happens, just as long as it happens.
Isn't that the way that it is in life? Most people spend the formative years of their young adult life seeking romance. That one true love who will make them see stars during the daytime and flowers at night. Love makes all things wonderful and glorious, doesn't it? Nothing is better than the fresh budding relationship between two soul mates. And reading about them is the next best thing.
Sarah Price is the author of the Plain Fame series and the Amish of Ephrata series, among other books. She comes from a long line of devout Mennonites, and her writing reflects accurate and authentic stories based upon her own experiences with several Amish communities. Visit her at sarahpriceauthor.com and on Facebook.


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Yes, I realize it's Saturday. That's ok. I still have five good things to remember today and I'm going to write about them here and now. No silly rules about where and when matter.
That is my #1 this week: the joy of knowing it's ok to be late sometimes–and not to be bound by self imposed rules that don't matter. Be kind to yourself! You're probably doing the best you can.
#2 : going into The Swoonerie (a wonderful artisan marketplace that has a mission spirit) and seeing handmade hearts attached to a prayer board. My daughter's name was on one of those fluttering hearts. Why? Because the owner (Pam) prays for my child after only knowing her for a few months. She treats her like family. Because God connects us with people in many and wondrous ways.
Another name was on that board: Frank. I don't personally know the Frank that the owner does, but I have two precious Franks in my life: my daddy who died in 1974 and my nephew, who just moved to Chicago to start a new chapter in his life. Seeing that name brought to mind two people I love, and I prayed for them right then–prayers of thanksgiving for a good and loving father–and prayers of direction and protection for my nephew–in the unexpected setting of a store.
And another blessing of course. I'll call it #3: the inspiration that came from that moment. Seeing that simple cork board with a handmade cross near the bottom. Inked words inviting prayer. Hand cut paper hearts fluttering on tiny pins–names on front, intentions on back that only the Pray-er (Pam) knows.
I'm starting my own prayer board this weekend because of that moment. I hope you will start one, too.
#4: "Put the baby on first."
Pam's words to me made me smile for so many reasons. She knows I'm expecting a grandchild in August. She is expecting one in the next few months as well. We pray for good and joyful reasons. She knows this too.
The connections we make as humans are so important. I'm so glad I have been given the gift of knowing that. Pam's name will also be on my board.
#5: names. Names that will come to me today as I cut out simple paper hearts from art paper. Names of people I've known for decades. And names of those I've only met recently. Each name gives me a story. A reason to pray. I'm looking forward to standing in front of my prayer board at times throughout the day and stopping to give thanks and lift these people in prayer. I've had a journal for years, and that is a blessing. But this is a new blessing: an open and constant reminder — and an invitation to all who might happen here to see.
I hope you are as blessed by simple paper hearts as much as I am. It's really the perfect time as we enter the month of love, isn't it?
God bless you, my readers. You'll have a special heart on my board, too.


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By Sebastine Obasi
Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, DAPPMAN has said that the N713 billion spent by the Federal Government as fuel subsidy in 2018, could have been better used to build hospitals, additional roads to link out farms for easier evacuation of products, as well as complete dam projects for improved power and water supply.
DAPPMAN's reaction is coming on the heels of the World Bank report which stated that Nigeria spent N713 billion to subsidize fuel consumption in 2018, while the country's oil sector declined in its productivity, ending on 1.9 million barrels a day (mbd) production mark as against the government's hope of 2.3mbd.
Speaking on the issue, Olufemi Adewale, Executive Secretary, DAPPMAN, said: "Though I don't have data on empirical alternatives but surely, N731bn could have been used to build more hospitals to improve health care, build additional roads to link out farms to the cities for faster evacuation of farm produce, complete a few dam projects to both provide portable water and improve power supply for the country's teeming populace. N731bn could have been put to better use than 'consumed 'as fuel subsidy. It is hoped that the FG will take the bull by its horn and do the needful to curtail these unnecessary and avoidable expenses."
Challenging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to provide data on fuel consumption, Adewale said: "NNPC has been the sole importer of PMS for quite a while so the corporation should be able to provide data on our fuel consumption nationwide.
"We in DAPPMAN have for quite a while been clamouring for deregulation of the nation's downstream sector to eliminate subsidy costs and we shall continue to do so. For as long as landing cost of PMS into the country is higher than the pump price , for so long shall we be experiencing distortions in our economy." According to the World Bank report, most of the petrol volumes Nigeria spent money to subsidise in 2018 were inflated as daily consumption increased to 54 million litres per day (ml/d) from 40ml/d in 2017, ostensibly due partly to out-smuggling.
"Oil and gas revenue collection increased in 2018 but remained below potential. Net oil and gas revenues retained in the federation account grew by 73 per cent in nominal terms: as oil production remained stable, the increase has been driven by the oil price. "As cost is not linearly proportional to the oil price increments, more growth in the oil revenues were expected, and only about two-third of the budgeted net oil and gas revenues were actually collected. "The oil revenues continue to underperform both relative to the budget targets and their realistic potential due to the unbudgeted fuel subsidy (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) 'cost under-recovery'), which amounted to N731 billion in 2018, among other discretionary deductions, and the dollar-naira conversion using an exchange rate lower than that prevailing in the convertible IEFX window," the report stated.


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Gaia Energy project manager Charles Hary tells how the renewable energy company is expanding beyond Morocco to all of Africa.
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Roller Derby and mental health
Written by Drrt Cheap
"I haven't seen [X] for a while – are they okay?"
Sounds really simple, doesn't it?
Actually, it's really goddam hard to be vulnerable with people. And when you have a problem with mental health, opening that up to someone else is a bit like asking if someone would like to watch you being publicly skinned.
I'm lucky – I'm a real FEELINGS person and I weasel them out of other people too. But I still have trouble raising my issues with, say, my manager without feeling like a fraud.
Or, perish the thought, asking for help when I'm struggling.
This came to a head quite recently for me, when I had to take a break from everything in order to give my brain a chance to catch its breath.
That meant not going to practice, it meant shirking my board responsibilities and it meant spending a lot of time indoors feeling like crap. And it happened because I kept going when I couldn't – because I felt like I wasn't *really* sick, because you couldn't see an open wound anywhere so it wasn't real.
And that is exactly the problem.
Time to Talk is today – the 7th of February 2019 – and it's happening to try and end the stigma surrounding mental health.
Luckily, my club support me when things like this happen. We have a system, we check in on each other. We remind each other that it's okay to stop when you're suffering.
Some of my teammates have admitted that they never felt comfortable talking about their mental health issues before, until lots of other people on the team piped up with 'oh yeah I'm literally a walking bag of garbage' too.
It helps to be garbage together – to know you're not alone.
That's why Leeds Roller Derby are proud to support Mind – the mental health charity. Mind offer practical help as well as support – and are there to make sure no-one has to deal with their mental health alone.
So today, even if your brain is incredibly healthy, try and be vulnerable with someone. Reach out to a teammate, check-in on someone who hasn't been to practice for a while. Start a conversation that someone is too scared to start on their own.
Your whole team gets stronger when you know you can lean on each other.


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Inn from the Cold
Through its emergency family shelter and temporary emergency shelter program, Inn from the Cold is a volunteer society that provides the first important step for ending homelessness for families and others in need. To this end, the Inn offers families a single, stable place to stay every night, where volunteers can come to provide meals and hospitality.
St. James supports the Inn by providing the necessary financial, procurement and volunteer services to prepare, cook and serve breakfast to approximately 20 homeless families on the 3rd Saturday of each month (typically consists of 60 adults and 20 children). Our mission is a simple one premised on Matthew 25:40 "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me." – to give back in some small part the great blessings Christ has given to us by offering the families of the Inn a wholesome, homemade breakfast that they otherwise wouldn't have. Our ministry's mandate is to only cook and serve fresh, homemade food. Our typical breakfast consists of bacon & sausages, French toast (sometimes pancakes), hash browns, scrambled eggs, and an assortment of fresh fruit. By giving back and caring for our brothers and sisters in need we hope to demonstrate Christ's love for all of us.
Bag Lunch Ministry
This ministry is made of up three teams and a number of faithful volunteers who help with supplying lunches for the EXIT Community Outreach. EXIT is a downtown storefront ministry to young people, offering a safe drop-in with counselling and service referral. EXIT promotes their health while they live on the streets and help when they choose to leave the streets.
Our teams put together 100 lunches of sandwiches, cups-of-soup, muffins, fruit, juice and milk on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays of each month. EXIT staff come to pick them up on Monday mornings and the lunches are usually distributed to those who need them by Wednesday morning. Most of the food costs are paid for by the church but we always welcome donations of supplies.
Chinook Care Centre Hymn Sing
On the fourth Sunday afternoon of each month, St James takes its turn to offer a time of hymn singing for the residents of the Chinook Care Centre. This provides an opportunity for the residents who otherwise could not get out to enjoy a church service.
St. Edmund's Food Bank
The Anglican parish of St. Edmund's in Bowness operates a food bank that St. James is pleased to help support. The need in the community is such that St. Edmund's has been distributing about sixty hampers each month. Food donations (no clothes please) can be left at St. James and we will ensure that these items are delivered.


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I tried to paint him with a smile. The pirate gear was a felt pirate hat, eye patch and dagger, made by me for each child. It was hilarious to see their reactions when they saw the shark and then their gear. The pots and pans strung up for our 'banging wall' became a great way to announce each new pirate. Yaaarrrrr!
(Note to self. No paper clips for fishing hooks please (!!) Must I explain "The possibilities" should someone wish to run off with the pole??)
After they got their pirate gear they eagerly tried out the ship and their daggers.
They had fun pulling the sail up and down and engaging in some swashbuckling pirate fighting.
The bubster opened a few presents. This was a sweet moment where he sat down with his friend to open his pressie and then said, "Oh tank you!" Heart burst from mum here!
Everyone had fun with the pirate photo board. I got such a kick out of painting again!
We didn't have any structured activities. They mostly ran around and played. Food was simple; just sandwiches for the kids, homemade punch, guacamole, salmon dip and salsa for the adults (and champagne). We also made some goodies. We were missing the help of a grandma with the food.
The kids seemed to enjoy battering the banging wall and fishing for their treasure through the sharks jaws. When the timing seemed right, I directed a search through the sandpit for treasure tokens to exchange for ice cream cones.
Then we got the cake ready.
Once everyone was sitting with their cake, I read a pirate story.
As they were leaving the party, I handed each a party bag that I made.
Each bag included chocolate coins, a bouncy ball, a finger puppet and this matching game made from an axe handle. They seemed to really like these tokens.
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Naach Meri Jaan Video Song - Disney's ABCD 2
Watch "Naach Meri Jaan" Video Song from Disney's ABCD 2 starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor.
Naach Meri Jaan Video Song - Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor
"Naach Meri Jaan" is a song from Indian dance film ABCD 2 starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor in leading roles. This is an dance number showing casts traveling through Vegas, USA.
The song is sung by Benny Dayal, Shalmali Kholgade, Siddharth Basrur, Rimi Nique, it is composed by Sachin - Jigar while lyrics are written by Mayur Puri and English/Spanish lyrics are by Rimi Nique.
ABCD is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and scheduled to be released on 26th June 2015 by Walt Disney Studios & Motion Pictures.
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Song: Naach Meri Jaan
Singer(s): Benny Dayal, Shalmali Kholgade, Siddharth Basrur, Rimi Nique
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Lyrics: Mayur Puri (English/Spanish lyrics by Rimi Nique)
Video Features: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor
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I always find it interesting to see what sells at a show, especially in the hats. Unfortunately I don't have photographs of every hat that sold (my bad, I usually take at least one snapshot for my records but didn't get to all of them) but here are some of the lids that found heads this weekend, thanks to my talented husband who I put to the task the day before the fair and shoved a bunch of hats at him as I did last minute creations and packing.
This time I did some things a little differently with the Sheepy Dryer Balls. First of all, I added colours! Instead of just the 4 natural (undyed) colours, I added the primaries and secondaries for a total of 10 colours. Second, I let folks choose their own instead of creating sets of 3 tricolour flocks. So it was interesting for me to find out what was the most popular colour. All of the naturals were at the top, with light grey as the reigning ewe. In the new colours, purple was tops. Third, I let folks buy 1 at a time if they so desired, although I recommend 3 in your dryer for effectiveness. People bought them for natural dog toys, kid toys, and fibre art.
The catnip balls were a hit, too, and I've already had an email from a buyer who says her cat loves it. Fun!
And as an afterthought, I put out a few ornaments. It was an afterthought because I really didn't think that people would be into Santa in September, but I was wrong.
I just realized today, in my post-show haze, that I was invited to join this, this, and this, and invited back to a show I did last year this weekend by passers-by. Which makes me feel pretty good about deciding to go for it wholeheartedly this year! I also received 2 emails from folks who bought stuff this weekend to just say thanks. And that, my friends, makes it all the hard work worth it.


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Largest cod of 2018 caught in the Mersey
The Mersey may not be the first river which springs to mind if you are looking for a great day's fishing. It is a river which had once been severely polluted. Water quality in the river had been impacted by industrialisation since the 19th century. 200 years of pollution had taken its toll and led to the Mersey becoming one of the most polluted waterways in Europe.
By 1985, the Mersey Estuary received up to 60% of the mainland pollution caused by the 5 million residents in the Mersey Basin area.
But that year, the Mersey Basin Campaign was established to improve the situation.
£2.5bn was spent enhancing water quality and an investment of £1.5bn was made into regeneration of communities including Toxteth. It was money well spent as the results have been impressive!
Fish supported along entire length of the river
In 2002, oxygen levels that could support fish along the entire length of the river were recorded for the first time since industrial development began on the Mersey. Since then, fish have been returning to the river. Salmon have been seen at Woolston and Howley Weirs and have been caught in the Mersey's tributaries. Cod, whiting, dab, plaice, flounder, mackerel and dogfish are present in the estuary.
The cleanest water since the industrial revolution
In 2009, it was found that the river was cleaner than at any time since the industrial revolution. The recovering fish stocks have led to a number of successful charter operations being established. A catch and release policy remains in force to protect the ecology of the water but there have been issues with poachers in recent years.
Highly-regarded fishing charter yields record cod
Angler Nathan Barrie recently took a birthday trip on the Size Matters charter. Skipper Kevin McKie is enjoying a growing reputation for excellence and is attracting a constant stream of customers looking to fish the Mersey. Nathan was certainly a happy customer on his special day as he managed to land a 12lb 3oz cod, the largest caught in the Mersey during 2018.
From Fleetwood to Liverpool
Hailing from Norris Green, Skipper McKie is impressing anglers with every voyage. His reputation as a great skipper grows by the day. News of the record cod will only serve to enhance his business further. Nathan Barrie, who had travelled to Liverpool from Fleetwood to join , was certainly glad that he placed his confidence in McKie.
Lug and squid fishing bait
The record cod was taken on a lug and squid cocktail presented on a 6/0 penned rig. The catch was encouraging for anyone looking to fish the Mersey and provides further indication that the ecology of the river continues to improve. The cod was safely returned to the water after being photographed.
If you hadn't considered fishing the Mersey, it could be time to think again. With an expert skipper and the right fishing bait, you can now enjoy a first-class day out on the Mersey.


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Mini Martian Burgers
I'm always trying to come up with fun recipes for my grandchildren. Since these mini burgers starred at their trick-or-treat party, my grandkids have been requesting them often. They love to help me make the sliders. —Pamela Shank, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 20 min.
Makes4 servings
- 1-1/4 pounds ground beef
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups frozen seasoned curly fries
- 4 slices American cheese, halved
- 8 Hawaiian sweet rolls, split
- 1/4 cup pimiento-stuffed olives, drained
- Ketchup
- Shape ground beef into eight small patties; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, cook burgers over medium heat until a thermometer reads 160°, 3-4 minutes on each side. Meanwhile, bake curly fries according to package directions. When cool enough to handle, cut fries in half.
- Add a half slice of cheese to each burger; cook until slightly melted, about 1 minute. Place burgers on rolls. Using toothpicks, attach curly fries to rolls to look like antennas and arms, and attach olives to look like eyes. Serve with ketchup.
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- we need lesser corruption at the lower & higher levels;
- we need good growth, ease of doing business;
- we need equal growth for all sections of our society;
- we need a functioning and decent state and central government and their related organisations;
- we need a free Lokpal, CBI, Police, Judiciary
- we need a strong defence framework, without the current problems that it is beset with
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Reality Series – 3 : Do We Really Want Change {Part 1}?Published October 4, 2014 by vishalvkale
- we want lesser corruption at both the lower and higher levels;
- we want good growth, ease of doing business;
- we want equal growth for all sections of our society – not just for the creamy layer;
- we want a functioning and decent state and central government and their related organisations;
- we want a free Lokpal, CBI, Police, Judiciary that can ensure zero scams
We, the people are his power; if we go to sleep, he will find the process that same process of change a very hard and uphill task – and that is a simple fact. Why are we ignoring these realities?
Elections 2014 – Hope, Euphoria, and IgnorancePublished May 16, 2014 by vishalvkale
Sure, we will be better off under NDA than under UPA. But serious, serious fissures remain. Nothing is being done on Sachar Committee report. Polarisation of society continues. This is clearly evident in,voting pattern, at least what has been reported so far. Implementation remains a bug bear. Will NaMo with his focus on big business forget the plight of the downtrodden? If he does, then democracy has lost today, yet again. More than 300 million Indians still live in dire straights. More than 600 million Indians still don't have access to proper education and health facilities. India still partners sub Saharan countries on,HDI parameters.NaMo and NDA focus is on big business: I just pray to God that he doesn't forget the others, the 80% Indians outside the purview of this class.
If he does,Democracy will have lost -again – for the third time in a row…
But we are building this strong superstructure on a weak foundation. There is a historical precedent for this : in 1953, Panditji was warned of the errors of higher education without a solid primary education platform. No one listened. We are still paying the price for that folly. That is the real danger confronting us : the democratic institutions of our nation are inarguably weak, corrupt, rusted and decrepit, with rampant corruption and nepotism. We ignore this at our own peril.
Do you deny that we are among the worst in HDI parameters? Do you deny that we are as bad as Saharan nations in health and education? Do you deny that schools in rural India go unattended by teachers? Do you deny that malnutrition is a serious concern? Do you deny that farmer suicides are rising at an alarming rate? Do you deny that small and marginal farmers are losing 800 rupees per crop per hectare? Do you deny corruption has beset the entire government machinery across departments and sectors and levels? Do you deny the increasing polarisation of our society, and the increasing intolerance? Do you deny that only 10paise reaches the people out of every rupee spent?
How will these come unstuck?
Dont we want a performing, free police force that is free from interference? Dont we want the IAS lobby and the Babus to be held accountable? Corruption is the single biggest drain on the economy… shouldnt we want to lessen it? Dont we need to both ease land acquisition while also providing for the land-owners? Dont we need an Armed Forces free from the babus who know nothing of the Army? Dont we want to be safer, which a properly functioning police and NIA-NCTC will make us? We also need to understand where things are stuck. Everything comes unstuck in project implementation, which lies solidly in areas governed by the state list as per our constitution. In a coalition government, getting consensus and moving on such matters is highly fructuous and virtually impossible. We can also not change the list or introduce constitutional amendments. Center lacks sufficient leverage to make things move on the states list. This is why NCTC still lies a work in progress, for example. This is why land acquisition deals get stymied.
What will be the impact of Dr Rajan's removal? What is interest rates are lowered in this scenario? What will be the impact on the people? We are already being hammered by 10-12% inflation on CPI basis on our home consumption basket – the 8.62% is total CPI inflation. That means, interest rates are being lowered to achieve a short term impact on the economy, forgetting the other more deleterious impacts. Are they advocating interest rates reduction to benefit big business? This is even before taking power!
The Great Inclusion Vs Growth DebatePublished August 21, 2013 by vishalvkale
A cursory perusal of the newspapers will readily bring out the above as simple fact. It is there in just about every daily; in just about every magazine that you would care to pick up and read. Some articles glibly suggest an even more diabolical and dangerous viewpoint, that the correct method lies in a blend of the above – namely, market-friendly policies and reforms with a human face of support and intervention for the poorest of the poor. These are views that, regardless of which side of this debate you are on, sound good to the ears; and yet, are totally off the mark as they don't address the core issue that is currently facing India, that is threatening to engulf all of us; perhaps it already has swallowed all of us, for all we know!
The reality of Capital Flight is now there for all to see, as businessman after businessman invests abroad; as international investors give India a bypass; as our Current Account Deficit balloons; as inflation reaches stratospheric levels and as the exchange rate enters new territory almost every trading session! These are factors and realities that can no longer be ignored, or wished away. And neither are they unconnected; the glib reason aft stated for the slide of the Rupee – QE-related problems and developed market concerns, cannot explain away the sustained run on the Rupee, neither can they explain away the steady fall against all currencies; neither can they explain the steady decline for the past 2-3 years; and neither can they explain inflation, or investment decline or anything else.
Similar is the case with any other solution proffered – for example, that now-famous grand strategy statement named market reforms, a statement that can have the distinction of making a great statement while meaning nothing in real terms, a feel good statement that sounds good to everyone, as they can then sidestep the real issues that are confronting India, one that no one wants to confront, as it shows a mirror to us… and as in that mirror, we can see our own ugly, distorted faces.
Even the most cursory eye over the various sectors of the economy will throw up one inescapable reality: that nearly every sector from core to consumer goods, from services to manufacturing has been buffeted by scams, scandals and corruption. In the entire great debate being conducted in newspapers between eminent thinkers, editors, politicians, businessmen and economists – you will be hard put to find even a passing mention to this problem. You will, at best, find oblique references in the form of beautiful statements like "it is difficult to do business in India" – statements that mean nothing, while seeming to sound informed and full of meaning. Statements that seem to address the issue head-on, while neatly sidestepping the real issues very adroitly.
I would like to understand how can we possibly unlock our potential by mere market reforms / How can we solve the problems of the poor by interventionist policies – when 90% of the inputs don't reach the intended targets, be it investments or subsidies. It is like throwing good money away. You might as well collect the entire cash and throw it in the Indian Ocean, for all the real effect that occurs on the ground situation. This is also supported by hard-core data, as I have previously espoused on my blog on many an occasion.
No amount of policies and changes in them can make an impact, unless implementation on the field is looked at with equal, and perhaps greater emphasis. This is what the entire picture shows – when analysed from a 360-degree approach. Each round of "reforms" is accompanied by grandiose announcements of investments into the country; how many of those get translated into reality – and most critically, and in what time frame do they actually materialise? Furthermore, how many get cancelled due to various and sundry issues? How many get stuck in the red tape?
Corruption is a massive drag on the economy; it is also a brake that is stopping all development. In land issues relating to investments, in subsidies, in regulatory approvals – this is an ever-present brake that is acting on every economic activity. Projects get stuck as people don't get their dues, leading to protests. Projects get stuck due to laxity, acting as a further impediment. And the nation pays the price of the negligence of our so-called intelligentsia, who have so far not shown the guts, the courage, the audacity and the gall to take on this scourge.
Let alone corruption, these so-called great men and women in politics, universities and society have so far not shown any inclination to seriously link the other great scourge that is acting as a disk-brake that is threatening to bring the economy to a dead stop, and as a reverse gear that threatens to pull it back. And by that, I mean the total lack of accountability in our so-called public service, for which a pretty strong case can be made out for a renaming to Civil Disservice. The total lack of accountability on Government Servants, and the intertwined corruption is like a spreading cancer that has now engulfed the entire body of Mother India. The lack of accountability means that Primary Health Centers go unattended and unstocked; that medicines get diverted; that schools go unattended, that no genuine teaching occurs, that free books get sold, that projects get stuck and delayed for sheer lack of proper implementation… and so on and so forth.
And that is the real issue; we require someone with the bloody guts to link the two; sure we need market reforms. We sure as hell need to support the poorer section of our society. But we most of all need a strong implementation culture in our country, a work ethic and a corruption free atmosphere to do business in.
And judging from The Great Debate that has been on in the Media among Government Servants, Politicians, Economists, Thinkers, Strategists, this is light-years away from the minds of the people who matter. The article that talks of problems facing the economy will usually totally omit the real problems of implementation, while the anti-corruption brigade totally ignores this other side. There is no one that is linking the two; for they are connected and intertwined into one indivisible whole.
No one has shown the courage to take the real steps to tackle corruption and implementation – tame the Civil Service, include a work-ethic and culture, free the police from political control, improve overall policy implementation. Sadly, there is no debate on the national level on this problem either. All you hear is a deafening, all-engulfing silence, with intelligent people spouting grand strategies that translate into rubbish on the ground. Only Arvind Kejriwal has come close to this, with his Lokpal campaign… only he has shown the guts… I very much fear that even he has not gone far enough!
And I very much fear that if this is not done post-haste, India faces greater tension in the day to come…
Jaago, Sonewaalon!
The Silence of the Media, leading from the silence of the people…Published March 24, 2013 by vishalvkale


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The Black Mesa team finally released a trailer for the Xen portion of their long in-development game. As you may recall, Black Mesa was "released" in a rather incomplete stage. I say "released" because even though it was added to Steam back in May 2015, it's still listed as an "Early Access" title. I also say "released" because the entire Xen portion from the original Half-Life wasn't included.
But it's now 2018 and we finally have our first actual trailer for the Xen component. The good news is that the developers say Xen alone will be a roughly six hour long experience. The bad news, and you should have seen this one coming, is that they don't expect to have Xen released the second quarter of 2019. Given the track record for this game and release dates, I would personally push that date into 2020.
Development of Black Mesa began in 2004. It was released as a mod in 2012. It was then released to Steam in 2015. It may now finally be completed in 2019*.


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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Strategic Planning Feature in NCURA
Thanks to our colleague Cory Hallam, our laboratory retreat last month has been featured in a essay and case study on Bringing Strategic Planning to the Research Lab for the National Council of University Research Administrator's magazine (as a "Feature"). The article is written by Cory (Assistant Vice President of Commercialization at UTSA) and co-authored by Charles. The strategy, however, is a true lab team effort. To see the NCURA Magazine feature, click here and go to page 42.
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text: Dolby Laboratories has announced that both 2D and 3D formats of Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger are being released globally in Dolby Surround 7.1. "Marvel Studios' Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger deliver unforgettable sequences that will draw audiences into the story with rich visual effects and Dolby Surround 7.1 will compliment these elements in an epic way " says Victoria Alonso executive vice president of visual effects and post at Marvel Studios. "So whether you are swooping over the lands of Asgard in Thor or in a World War II battle scene in Captain America: The First Avenger audiences will feel more a part of the action with Dolby Surround 7.1." "Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger becomes the twenty-first 7.1 feature film to be announced making Dolby Surround 7.1 one of the fastest cinema audio formats ever adopted in Dolby's history " says Robin Selden senior vice president marketing Dolby Laboratories. "We are thrilled that Hollywood exhibitors and content creators around the world have embraced Dolby Surround 7.1 to help enrich the moviegoing experience for consumers." Thor was released in May. Captain America: The First Avenger is scheduled for release on July 22. Both films are being released in select Dolby Surround 7.1 theaters across North America with International regions to follow. Dolby Laboratories www.dolby.com


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Designs and Manufacturing Methods for Lightweight Hyperdamping Materials
T2016-144 Designs and manufacturing methods for lightweight hyper-damping materials providing large attenuation of broadband frequency structure borne sound.
The Need
Damping materials provide energy attenuation solutions for a variety of commercial applications. These materials are prominently used in the auto and aerospace industries and are also found in conventional building practices, and industrial settings. Most standard damping materials work in a limited frequency range, or they have too much mass to be useful in the many industries where added mass is a penalty to efficiency, such as for vehicle systems. A material that is both lightweight and provides a substantial, broad damping performance is the next technological advancement needed in this field.
The Technology
Researchers at The Ohio State University, led by Dr. Ryan Harne, developed lightweight hyper-damping materials that provides substantial vibration and noise attenuation performance over a broad spectrum of frequencies. One sample design of these material systems is an elastomer cylinder fabricated through various suitable molding procedures. Once manufactured, the elastomer cylinder is inserted into a thin metal shell, geometrically constraining the elastomer cylinder near the elastic stability limit. When a material is at the elastic stability limit, the natural frequency vanishes, and the construct exhibits unusually large damping properties, especially in the low frequency range, also known as hyper-damping.
Commercial Applications
Industries that can benefit from noise attenuation:
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Marine
- Construction
- Machinery/Factories
- Buildings
- Windows
- Hyper-damping materials that exhibit large, broadband vibration/acoustic energy damping in a lightweight material
- Material can be incorporated in original design or retrofit to existing product
- Due to the strategic interior molded architecture, the weight of the hyper-damping material is significantly less than comparable materials
- Low cost material


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Norwood School (PS – 8) Open House
November 12, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Please join us to learn more about Norwood School and its dynamic, child-centered, PS-8 program. At the Open House, prospective families will have the opportunity to talk with current faculty, students, and parents and tour our beautiful, 38-acre campus. No reservations required. Children of all ages enthusiastically welcomed.


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Business Skills Viability (BSV) has been contracted by the Victorian Department of Education and Training to host 2 Industry Advisory Groups (IAGs), as part of Victoria's new Industry Engagement Framework and working under the direction of the Office of the Victorian Skills Commissioner (OVSC). The IAGs are as follows:
1. Business Services, Financial Services, Professional Services, Property Services, Education (including International Education), ICT, Printing and Graphic Arts, Cultural and Related industries
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December 17th, 2018
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After School:
Monday: 2:00-3:30 Open Band Room
Tuesday-Friday: The band room closes at 2:10 PM.
Midterms begin today. Midterm information has been reposted below this week's news. Students need to turn in their S&E data sheet when they do their midterm with the copy of their piano part (if applicable). If students are using a school pianist they need to have their $5.00 deposit for the piano player attached to their data sheet. All TCHS Band students perform at S&E. Students in the Color Guard and Symphonic Band I and II are responsible for selecting their own S&E music. Freshmen have the option of performing in a choir or performing a solo or small ensemble on their own.
Jazz Band Midterm:
Jazz Band Members will identify the form of pieces and will improvise in the blues chord progressions we have rehearsed during the first semester using appropriate style.
Color Guard Midterm:
Color Guard members will perform their S&E material. Click on this link for the rubric.
https://fba.flmusiced.org/media/1313/auxiliarysolo.pdf https://fba.flmusiced.org/media/1222/aatm-app-a_lookfors_judge_sheet_aux_solo.pdf
Auxiliary Timing Information:
The grading scale will be modified so that an "Excellent" is an A. Guard members MUST turn in their data sheet in order for their midterm to be complete.
Symphonic Band I/II and Percussion Ensemble Midterm:
Students will perform their S&E material for their midterm. Tempos should be close enough to performance tempo that the student will be able to have the selection at performance tempo within two weeks of returning from Winter Break.
Click on this link for the rubric:
The grading scale will be modified so that an "Excellent" is an A. All students MUST turn in their data sheet in order for their midterm to be complete.
Freshman Band Midterm:
Be prepare to perform the F, Bb, and Ab Scale, Stairs and Slides, Chromatic Scale, and Scale Patterns 1-4. Students will perform 1 scale, 1 chromatic scale, 1 stair and slide exercise and 1 scale pattern. These will be drawn at random on the day of their midterm. All students MUST turn in their S&E data sheet in order for their midterm to be complete.
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The prettiest bar in the world
"It charges you with positive energy." That is how the judges of the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards described this blue and white space, with views over the port of Barcelona. The Blue Wave cocktail bar, now the OneOcean Bar, won the prize for best design in the latest edition of these prestigious awards. Behind the tricks of light of its façade and the blue mosaics at the bar is El Equipo Creativo. Their mission was to enhance its exceptional location, in the new OneOcean Club, Port Vell marina. And they achieved it by creating a true marine ambience. It emulates a wave, which envelops customers while they drink cocktails from its exquisite menu.


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The Cut collects all that Obama schwag we've been trying to get you to buy. Turns out hope has a price tag. (The Cut)
Wendy Mullin sells patterns to her Built by Wendy collection. Get out your sewing machines. (Fashionista)
Speaking of cut and sew, screw your recession, bespoke suits are market proof. Guess we should have invested in thread. (Luxist)
Lounge boutique closes. Now how are we going to get from Mercer street to Broadway without getting wet? (Racked)
In other Soho inside baseball, Upstairs is closing, going down the staircase, walking up a few blocks, and going upstairs again. (Down by the Hipster)