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"Always the best!"
"Super fast turnaround, met spec exactly, high-quality work. Thank you!"
Anonymous client
"We are very happy with our designs and just as important DSKY is easy to work with and responds quickly."
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
"Very fast and hit all the details"
Anonymous client
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"Fast, high-quality work."
Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
"I provided specific instructions and a mock design. The designer is flawless. Provided exactly what we wanted. The work was completed quickly. Communication was excellent. Top notch designer. Will work with them again!!"
"Great Job and good communication "
Grces55 1
"Another great experience perfecting my current logo!"
Anonymous client
"Great designer. Will definitely continue to use him in the future. Quick to respond with great design ideas! Thanks Konstantin"
"Great designer... really on top of it."
Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
"Outstanding, high-quality work with very fast turnaround."
Anonymous client
"Excellent work + fast turnaround"
Anonymous client
"Great design! Thanks."
Media Shower
"Awesome job and communication!"
Grces55 1
"High quality work with fast turnaround."
Anonymous client
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Media Shower
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"Great work, fast turnaround"
Anonymous client
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"Thanks for the great work!"
Anonymous client
"Fast, high-quality work as always!"
Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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ken zp
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Anonymous client
"It was great to work with DSKY. I have always liked his designs, so I was excited to hire him for my project. He was very prompt and responsive with the editing process. I appreciated that he readily accepted my requests and then gave creative design..."
ken zp
"Fast turnaround"
Anonymous client
"Great work and very quick turnaround."
Anonymous client
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"Great job again! Will definitely be back for future design needs :) Easy 5 stars"
"Fast turnaround and outstanding quality."
Anonymous client
"Well done and thank you."
"Working with DSKY was great. He just gets it immediately and deliver a design just like I wanted, but I had trouble describing. Good communication, really skilled designer, I will definitely use DSKY for all my future design work. Thanks again :) "
"DSKY always delivers!"
"Thank you DKSY!"
"great as normal."
Anonymous client
"Great job!! Thanks for the great communication and design."
Media Shower
"Superb as normal."
"High quality work with very fast turnaround."
Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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"Konstantin is very professional and truly understands your vision with minimal direction. If you're clear with you explanation, he will be clear with his delivery. 5 stars and will be coming back for future projects. "
Anonymous client
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Anonymous client
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Media Shower
"Great designer. We enjoy working with him."
Anonymous client
"Konstantin was the absolute best. He came up with a great design. He was fantastic to collaborate with. He answered every question, and provided, and reached far and wide to satisfy our needs. There were times he missed some questions, and we had to res..."
"Thanks for the great work, as always."
Media Shower
"Fantastic designer."
"Konstantin is an outstanding talent. We are grateful for his work!"
"Fantastic designer to work with. Logos came out great. Would highly recommend."
"Job well done again!"
Anonymous client
"Fantastic designer"
"great job everytime"
Grces55 1
"excellent design, great communication, fast turnaround time!"
Anonymous client
"I work with DSKY routinely, and look forward to many years of relatonship."
"Thanks for the great work as always! Looking forward to our next project."
Media Shower
"Unreal attention to detail and response time. Thank you!!"
Anonymous client
"Great service, beautiful product. Very well done! Thank you very much!"
"Creative interpretation. Well done."
Anonymous client
"Outstanding work and prompt turnaround."
Anonymous client
"Looks great! Very quickly and thoroughly done."
"Excellent work! Thanks for the great design. Will be working with you again soon."
Media Shower
"Wonderful to work with!"
Anonymous client
"Great designer! Will be using his services again."
Anonymous client
"DSKY you're great to work with! Thank you for completing everything so quickly and reliably! "
"Wonderful to work with!!"
"Would create more projects with DSKY anytime. Perfectly satisfied with the job."
Anonymous client
"Good job again, I like the responsivenes!"
Anonymous client
"Excellent work as always!"
Media Shower
"Very good job. Fast and responsive."
Anonymous client
"Excellent work as always. We are already working on a new project."
Media Shower
"Amazing work! Logo looks really awesome. It matches the brand identity and style. "
Elica Lemann
"Everything went great! "
"Excellent work, very professional, insightful and truly worth it. I will refer and use this designer again!"
Anonymous client
"Amazing work which exceeded my expectations! I highly recommend this designer. "
Elica Lemann
"Konstantin is synonymous of great work, talented and professional individual - thanks again for the great work!"
"Professional, great designer as always. Great job Konstantin!"
Anonymous client
"Very creative. "
"DSKY is an excellent designer whom I work with repeatedly. DSKY again created some great options for my company."
Ash @ WannaJam
"fantastic to work with, incredible level of vision and execution. Highly recommend working with him! Looking forward to the next design"
"DSKY built a website from the ground up and did an amazing job. He hit all of the critical timelines and worked through some difficult problems to bring the website online. I would advise DSKY for any project that you have."
"DSKY is delivering visually very appealing, modern websites and simply has a good eye for the right design. Highly recommended."
Anonymous client
"Always great and professional."
Anonymous client
"DSKY did a very nice job designing our About Us Page. Thanks!"
"Amazing work and communication!"
"Designer was kind and responsive, but needed too much direction and lacked creativity for the assignment."
Anonymous client
"DSky is a great designer and was a pleasure to work with. I recommend him."
"Excellent, talented designer. Highly recommended!"
Anonymous client
"Konstantin was great at creating designs for our ideas. Thanks."
"Always great designs from DSKY!"
"Excellent job! Thanks as always."
Media Shower
"DSKY has the ability to take a concept or ideal that's in your head and make it into something very real. He has a way to make it look better than what you had in mind. This design is a great communicator and patient with me during this project. I wo..."
Anonymous client
"Excellent work. Great communication. Will be working with again!"
Media Shower
"Did a great job, and worked closely with me about details I was particular over. Pleased with the final design!"
MintyFresh, LLC
"DSKY does amazing work!"
"Great designer!"
"Exceptional work, easy to deal with. Will use again."
Anonymous client
"Great work, fast delivery. Easy to deal with."
Anonymous client
"I am sorry to say this project took a long time to complete, but not from DSKY's end but from my end from being very picky and time constrained on other projects while this one is taking place. But he is professional, responds well and the job was well ..."
Anonymous client
"More great work thanks!!!"
"Quick respons and good dialogue."
"Great and fast work!!"
Marks Media
"Excellent work, excellent designer"
Anonymous client
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"great designer . highly recommend "
Anonymous client
"Great work and communication by Kostya! Will definitely be working with him again."
vishal l
"DSKY is a great designer whom I continue to work with."
Ash @ WannaJam
"Great designer!!"
"Did a fantastic job! Would work with him again. Did everything I asked and was easy to work with."
"Very good work, look forward to the next project. Thank you :)"
Anonymous client
"Great communication, great Job, would hire again"
Anonymous client
"DSKY is a great designer and a really nice person to work with. Great ideas! Love the result"
"A great designer! Very innovative and responsive to feedback. A pleasure to work with!"
Ash @ WannaJam
"Great work, and ongoing revisions as this project spiralled a little. DSKY was always willing to help reschedule and rework to help us achieve our goals. "
Anonymous client
Grces55 1
"Great designer. Very quick turnaround, with a high quality of worl"
"Konstantin did a great job as always. Fantastic designer!"
Anonymous client
"Very patient despite of the length of the communication because of various issues. Great turnout, would work with again!"
"good job as expected!"
Anonymous client
"Excellent designer! Good communicator and quick responses and edits."
dan 0B
"Excellent work. Will use again."
Relief Factor
"Amazing work and completed very quickly."
Anonymous client
"Yet again a seamless experience, always on time, accurate and professional!"
Olive Oil Club
"good job again. thanks for the work again. "
"The design turned out better than could have imagined. Thank you for bringing my idea to life."
"DSKY did an absolutely amazing job capturing exactly what we wanted for our logo! We could not be more happy and above all he was very easy to work with, providing any formats we required!"
"Returning client of DSKY and back for a reason – he's awesome to work with! :)"
"I'm so happy with the beautiful design that DSKY created for our website! He helped us refine our vision and it changed substantially from what we had originally planned. He's so very talented and responsive. It was a pleasure working with him."
"Great artist and reliable"
"More Great work. Thank you!"
"very creative!! best designer!"
"DSKY is a great designer, I highly recommend him ! He has been very patient and attentive to my needs, every time. Thank you so much for everything !"
Anonymous client
"DSKY is one of the best designers you can work with. We is fast and responsive. He also is great at making changes requested. He is talented and has a great eye for design. You can't go wrong with him on your project. I will use him again for any ..."
"The finished product exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend. Thanks again, Brian"
"Great experience!"
Anonymous client
"DSKY is a great designer, I highly recommend him ! He has been very patient and attentive to my needs, every time. Thank you so much for everything !"
"My designer is one of a kind and is great work with! Thank you!"
"Great to work with!"
"He was extremely responsive and professional. Great to work with, very strong design work. I can highly recommend Konstantine without hesitation. "
seth 2T
"I love your work!"
Anonymous client
"It's great to work with DSKY. I highly recommend him. He is my companies go to designer and he should be yours as well!"
"Great work! Thanks again!"
"Fantastic job! Pleasure to work with. Very pleased with final product. "
Anonymous client
"Did a great job with the designs and was always prompt with responses. "
"Brilliant job and always willing to work with you!"
Anonymous client
"Great work as always!"
Anonymous client
"A+ work, will work with again"
Anonymous client
"I have been working with DSKY for several months now and would highly recommend his work. I will continue to work with him in the future as he is versatile, creative, and fast. If your looking for a great designer then you have found him!!!"
"Tremendous job once again!!! "
Anonymous client
"very professional and excellent design, easy to work with, responds quickly to changes and makes good suggestions on his own. Will work with again."
"I love the logo DSKY did for me. Highly recommended. "
"This was my 2nd project with DSKY. I highly recommend his design. "
eli RV
"DSKY is without doubt our '99 Designer of choice' when Your Nutritional PT have design requirements. Having partnered with him on 3 different project in recent months, he has never let us down & continued to deliver exceptional work. DSKY is responsive,..."
"Great job very creative and listens to what you want to do..would use again"
"Our company has had a great experience working with DSKY. He is very professional, creative and works quickly. We highly recommend him for any work you have. We will continue to work with him in the future. Highly recommended!"
"Very Patient and follows instructions very well. We hope to use him over and over!"
Anonymous client
"Alles bestens! Profi-Designer!"
"Thank you. Keep up the good work."
Anonymous client
"I will work with him again!"
Anonymous client
"I chose DSKY directly, rather than run a contest, to design by new business logo and website. I browsed the designers on 99designs and found that DSKY's work spoke to me and I felt this designer would suit my needs. I was right! It has been a great coll..."
"I will use this designer again!!"
Anonymous client
"Very professional and great designer!"
"Absolutely amazing job! Konstantin went way out of his way to help us and fix every issue we had. Would hire him again in a second :-)"
mark s4
"Very helpful and responsive "
"Great work as always."
"DSKY has been an absolute pleasure to work with on all aspects of our project. From proactive creativity to clear & concise communication, we've been delighted with our choice to partner with DSKY. We highly recommend anyone else who is looking for an f..."
"Konstatin has a great eye for design, almost equally as important is his willingness to embrace client feedback. We are a tough client and provided harsh criticism in early his design iterations. Konstatin modified the work and exceeded our expectation..."
"Konstantin is a very talented and great designer that will take care of all your needs. He is very professional and highly skilled, I will definitely use his services in the future."
Anonymous client
"Created a logo from scratch. DSKY was very quick and efficient and able to provide logos based on my ideas, very clearly with minimal back and forth. I would recommend DSKY for any project included web page design which we will be starting next."
eli RV
"DSKY was prompt, professional, creative, and made the creative process a very easy one. We look forward to our next project!"
"Outstanding! Simply fantastic in every regard, design, artwork, creativity, enthusiasm, collaboration and demeanor. Simply a wonderful designer and person!"
Anonymous client
"DSKY is a truly great designer to work with. He was the only designer in our competition that truly wow'ed us with his design and ideas. Always eager to help and willing to adjust even the smallest details at you request! We have nothing but praise for ..."
Stunt Squad
"the designer did an awesome job navigating our feedbacks, likes and dislikes into ultimately coming up with a classic design that we were going for."
Anonymous client
"DSKY was fantastic to work with! He "got" my design vision on the first try and was incredibly accommodating and prompt with my requests. Very nice and talented designer. I will definitely work with him again. "
Anonymous client
"DSKY's logo design work is second to none. He was extremely accommodating and a pleasure to work with. If/when I have design work needed in the future there's no question who I'll be contacting. Thanks again DSKY!"
"Really happy with the design, how clean, simple, clever and effective it is for our business. JOb well Done!"
"DSKY is a great designer, with a long career ahead I'm sure, and I wish him to keep having fun in his work as it is right now !"
"We are very pleased with our design. Right off the bat DSKY had done everything we asked for in coming up with a creative and unique logo. DSKY was very easy to deal with and quickly made any changes or amendments we specified. Great job and many thanks..."
"DSKY was one of the quickest to reply and made the exact changes we asked for, was super easy to work with and we came out with a design that far surpassed our expectations. I would highly recommend this designer, also when we have printing done with ou..."
"DSKY did a GREAT job! Everyone loves the result! "
"DSKY does amazing work and was great to work with. Very friendly and helpful, and does stand-out designs. Thanks!"
"We were very happy with the approach that DSKY took to our assignment—it was 90% of what we wanted right from the start. The designer was very responsive to our input and very quick to make changes and adjustments. We're very happy with the final produc..."
"DSKY did an excellent job for us. We got a design that completely represents what we do. Great job!"
"DSKY designed a fantastic logo for us , completely working to the brief provided with a very creative and clever twist. He/ she was also very flexible in giving us tweaks and small changes and highly efficient in turnaround times , many thanks , 99 d..."
"Great job, crative and very responsive to my ideas . Willing to make changes, A plus."
"DSKY is a great designer and t was a pleasure to work with them in this contest. They provided multiple revisions and variations throughout the contest. They were accessible start to finish and I would work with them again! I wish them all the best in t..."
"DSKY came up with a winning design right away, when I looked through the other work of DSKY. "
"It was a pleasure working with DSKY. From the beginning they came up with a design that we liked and it was just a matter of making some small changes that suited our theme. Thank you!"
"This was a great experience and DSKY was terrific to work with. Very quick to respond and an excellent listener. DSKY gave us a logo that is just what we asked for -- fresh and evocative and capturing the essence of our mountain just north of San Franci..."
"DSKY is a great designer. After doing our logo and our website, we'll continue with 1-to-1 projects all over the year. With the help of 99, we've found our official designer. Congrats DSKY !"
Anonymous client
"I was thoroughly impressed by DSKY and I would recommend anyone who wants a professional, creative, and all around excellent design experience."
Anonymous client
"DSKY was great throughout the competition, very helpful and co-operative. We ended up with a great design!"
"DSKY nailed the design in my contest. The logo and business cards look great."
Anonymous client
"DSKY's concept appealed to us from the beginning. With just a few adjustments it was perfect. This designer was easy to work with and efficient!"
Anonymous client
""THANK YOU" DSKY you worked so hard to get to our logo the smallest little change was no big deal to you everything we asked you did with no delay thank you very much for your time and effort look forward to working with you in the future on other proje..."
"DSKY was an excellent designer to work with. I connected with their design right away, and I was extremely impressed by their patience and flexibility with making edits for me to get to the right design. Thank you!"
"Great designer. HIt the right spot very quickly and very responsive."
Anonymous client
"For this logo contest, we had a lot of entries. A lot. At first our committee was feeling rather down because the quality of the entries was just okay - nothing that really made us say 'wow'. Then DSKY submitted and we instantly saw a logo that was i..."
sandra ZA
"DSKY was very responsive throughout the contest and a pleasure to work with. We are very happy with the result. Thank you."
"This designer is top-notch. He does background research and produces clean, beautiful designs, He was very responsive to requests and excellent in communication. We cannot recommend DSKY more highly!"
info I3
"DSKY's talent and versatility is amazing. He was one of the few designers who really seemed to care about what our desires were in a logo. He also responded quickly to any little change we wanted to explore. We are lucky he chose our project in our o..."
Providence Farm
"We ended up with a fantastic logo that we really felt works great for our company. DSKY was great to work with and the communication was amazing. He responded to all of our annoying requests for tweaks of the design and with an unbelievable turn aroun..."
"DSKY was a terrific designer. From the fist design submitted, I knew DSKY would be a strong contender and the level of service and attention to detail was superb. I would highly recommend DSKY for creative design services. A very happy customer!"
"DSKY was great to work with! We requested changes to the horse a few times as we progressed, and DSKY made the changes quickly and met our desires every time."
"DSKY is a fantastic designer. He worked very hard on two contests we were running, and ended up winning both of them. He responded very quickly to feedback, and changed the designs exactly as we asked. He also came up with a lot of original ideas of his..."
Anonymous client
"DSKY is a great designer. He came up with 2 fantastic designs for our contest. We couldn't choose between the two. He also won a separate contest we were runnnig at the same time. This wasn't just from our preferences - we polled over 50 of our friends ..."
Anonymous client
"I would to thank DSKY for his effort and being patient with us . he did a supreme,beautiful,stunning,attractive ans simple logo that catches our eyes to makes them focus on his design between almost 60 designs and the creativity he had by making the di..."
Tamer Kamal Mahmoud
"DSKY really came through in my contest. I had already chosen a winner in my mind and out of nowhere DSKY came up with a completely original design that I feel represents my brand perfectly! I had a great experience with 99Designs and I am extremely happ..."
"Very happy with DSKY, the attitude shown, listened to what we were looking for, and produced a very powerful logo for us. Thanks so much, and well done!"
Johann Du Toit
"DSKY was a pleasure to work with... a clean, inviting design was achieved, and off-line we have done several other projects. He's fast, clear and oh-so easy to work with. Gotta love that your designer can be a world away... and still at your fingertips!"


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Migrant Smuggling
Smuggling of Migrants is a crime involving the procurement for financial or other material benefit of illegal entry of a person into a State of which that person is not a national or resident. Migrant smuggling affects almost every country in the world. It undermines the integrity of countries and communities, and costs thousands of people their lives every year. UNODC, as the guardian the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Organized Crime Convention) and the Protocols thereto, assists States in their efforts to implement the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air (Smuggling of Migrants Protocol).
UNODC Response to Migrant Smuggling
What is Migrant Smuggling?
The Smuggling of Migrants Protocol supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime defines the smuggling of migrants as the
"procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident." (Article 3, Smuggling of Migrants Protocol).
In order to comply with the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol, Article 6 requires states to criminalize both smuggling of migrants and enabling of a person to remain in a country illegally, as well as aggravating circumstances that endanger lives or safety, or entail inhuman or degrading treatment of migrants.
Virtually every country in the world is affected by this crime, whether as an origin, transit or destination country for smuggled migrants by profit-seeking criminals. Smuggled migrants are vulnerable to life-threatening risks and exploitation; thousands of people have suffocated in containers, perished in deserts or dehydrated at sea. Generating huge profits for the criminals involved, migrant smuggling fuels corruption and empowers organized crime. Learn more about the crime of migrant smuggling here .
Migrant Smuggling - a deadly business
Currently, data is too scattered and incomplete to paint an accurate picture of numbers of people who are smuggled each year and the routes and methods used by those who smuggle them. Still, available evidence reveals the following trends and patterns:
- Criminals are increasingly providing smuggling services to irregular migrants to evade national border controls, migration regulations and visa requirements. Most irregular migrants resort to the assistance of profit-seeking smugglers. As border controls have improved, migrants are deterred from attempting to illegally cross them themselves and are diverted into the hands of smugglers.
- Migrant smuggling is a highly profitable business in which criminals enjoy low risk of detection and punishment. As a result, the crime is becoming increasingly attractive to criminals. Migrant smugglers are becoming more and more organized, establishing professional networks that transcend borders and regions.
- The modus operandi of migrant smugglers is diverse. Highly sophisticated and expensive services rely on document fraud or 'visa-smuggling'. Contrasted with these are low cost methods which often pose high risks for migrants, and have lead to a dramatic increase in loss of life in recent years.
- Migrant smugglers constantly change routes and modus operandi in response to changed circumstances often at the expense of the safety of the smuggled migrants.
- Thousands of people have lost their lives as a result of the indifferent or even deliberate actions of migrant smugglers.
These factors highlight the need for responses to combat the crime of migrant smuggling to be coordinated across and between regions, and adaptable to new methods. In this regard, UNODC seeks to assist countries in implementing the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol while promoting a comprehesensive response to the issue of migrant smuggling.
UNODC's Response to Migrant Smuggling
As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its supplementary protocols, UNODC's primary goal with respect to combating migrant smuggling, is to promote global adherence to the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol and assist States in their efforts to effectively implement it. The Smuggling of Migrants Protocol aims to:
- Prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants
- Protect the rights of smuggled migrants
- Promote cooperation between states
In providing technical assistance towards achieving these goals globally, UNODC's response is focused on two working areas:
- Assisting states in bringing their legislation in line with the Protocol, and
- Assisting states in developing an effective criminal justice response to migrant smuggling
The Model Law against the Smuggling of Migrants was developed by UNODC in response to a request by the General Assembly to the Secretary-General to promote and assist the efforts of States to become party to and implement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto. It was developed in particular to assist States in implementing the provisions contained in the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air. The content of the Model Law was drafted through a comprehensive, collaborative effort conducted through two Expert Group Meetings and reviewed by an expert group of judges and prosecutors. It is currently available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
UNODC in cooperation with Interpol and Europol and with funding received from the European Union, has elaborated basic training modules on preventing and combating migrant smuggling. It has done this through a series of expert group meetings (EGMs) of law enforcers and prosecutors from around the world. The first Expert Group Meeting was held in 30th November to 2nd December 2008 in Saly, Senegal, the second EGM from 23rd to 25th March in Cairo, Egypt and the third EGM was held from 22nd to 24th June in Abuja, Nigeria.
A Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants has been designed to assist countries to implement the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol. Specifically, the Toolkit is intended to provide guidance, showcase promising practices and recommend resources in thematic areas addressed in the separate tools.The promising practices and recommended resources included in this Toolkit by no means comprise an exhaustive collection of successful, creative and innovative response to addressing migrant smuggling. However, in light of the urgent need for cooperative response to the phenomenon, examples have been included with the intention both of commending such initiatives and of demonstrating the range of resources available to assist users in undertaking the anti-smuggling efforts that may feature in the next edition of this Toolkit.
UNODC is supporting States in West and North Africa in implementing the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol and strengthening their criminal justice systems, through its Impact Programme.
UNODC holds Training Workshops for Prosecutors on Investigating and Prosecuting Migrant Smuggling One example is the training workshop for 25 Egyptian prosecutors on the investigation and prosecution of migrant cases held by the Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo, Egypt during the period 24 to 26 May 2011.
UNODC is currently developing and implementing a number of new projects to assess and counter the various threats posed by human smuggling. To do so effectively, and to learn from already existing research on migrant smuggling for current and future programme design, it is imperative to gain an overview of the current state of knowledge on the subject by consolidating the existing literature on the subject in one comprehensive and informative background document. This has been done through The Global Review and Annotated Bibliography of Recent Publications on Smuggling of Migrants (Global Review).
The publication Smuggling of migrants into, through and from North Africa: A thematic review and annotated bibliography of recent publications is the second in a series of unique publications produced by UNODC. Recognizing, however, that irregular migration and smuggling flows are transnational in nature, the review goes beyond North Africa, to also cover sub- Saharan African and European countries affected along the various smuggling routes. The aim of the review is twofold: to describe major findings on smuggling of migrants; into, through and from North Africa, and to highlight the need for further research on specific issues that have not yet been studied.
A 2011 report investigates the the involvement of organized criminal groups in the smuggling of migrants from West Africa towards the European Union (EU). Information in the report was compiled by a team of researchers from West Africa and Europe using both documentary studies and field research conducted in Mali, the Niger, Nigeria and Spain. Read more here
Further information
For a full listing of latest tools and publications, visit our Publications page
|UNODC News on Migrant Smuggling
|Subscribe to UNODC Migrant Smuggling (RSS Feed)
To learn about Human Trafficking, click here
Learn more about UNODC Partnership Opportunities
For more information about the Global Programme against Trafficking in Persons and the Global Programme against Smuggling of Migrants, contact us.
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RAID, LVM and ACLs on Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu is trying to break into the server market. Indeed as I talk with companies moving to Linux on a weekly basis over 50% of them want to move to Ubuntu as the server of choice. If Ubuntu 8.04 is the server of choice of so many and if Ubuntu wants so desperately to move into the server market then you would expect Ubuntu to have server quality options easily available on the Ubuntu install. What I cannot understand then is why RAID tools are not available, why Logical Volume Management version 2 is not installed and why Access Control Lists for the file system are also not installed on the server. All of these can easily be installed and upgraded but my question is …why not default?
Note: With 8.04.1 some of these issues like LVM2 have been updated, the original install DID NOT have LVM2.
If you want to create RAID on Ubuntu you will need to install RAID tools before you can do so. Now I am talking about software RAID. You do have access to tools to install RAID during installation but the mdadm program is not installed by default. So if you want to install RAID after the installation you need to add it so you have the tools.
sudo apt-get install mdadm
If you would like to see a tutorial on installing RAID on Ubuntu CLICK HERE.
Install LVM2 on Ubuntu
Ubuntu does not have LVM2 installed by default…why? If Ubuntu wants to move to the server market why not have lvm2 intalled by default like RHEL 5 or CentOS 5? Now it can easily be upgraded with this command:
sudo apt-get install lvm2
If you want to see a tutorial on how to install and configure LVM2 on Ubuntu 8.04 CLICK HERE.
Access Control Lists
Access Control Lists (ACLs) allow you to provide different levels of access to files and folders for different users. The Red Hat Enterprise 5 / CentOS 5 have implemented ACLs in the file system by default. This new feature will allow you to set a file where one user can read, other users cannot read and yet other users are able to read and write to the same file. This was not possible previously.
sudo apt-get install acl
If you would like to see a tutorial on installing and configuring acls CLICK HERE.
If Ubuntu really wants to break into the server market, they will need to install by default features that the server market really wants to use, specifically RAID tools, LVM2 and acls. Until they make this transition many will not take them seriously in the server arena.
July 15, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I really like the CentOS (RHEL) installer in that it lets me set up software RAID and LVM at install time. Filesystem ACLs by default are handy too. I first noticed that they were on by default in CentOS 5.2 although they may have been on in previous versions too.
One decent thing that Ubuntu does that CentOS does not is to turn just about every daemon off by default. With CentOS, I always have to turn off a million things when configuring after the install. Sometimes, I have to scratch my head and wonder why they'd want bluetooth or ISDN on by default.
July 31, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I recently did a LAMP server install of Ubuntu 8.04.1 server and configured lvm durning the install process. If my memory serves me correctly lvm was an option under the 7.1 install process as well.
October 14, 2008 at 1:35 pm
depends on the features you wish to implement on your server. I like Ubuntu server as-is, because it is light and I can customize it how I want.
June 11, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Actually, I have to disagree with you here. OpenBSD takes a similar minimalist approach with great success, and on a server, I might not always need or even want those specific features, depending on the server's intended task. For a big file server, sure, SAN technology like LVM is very handy. But for an NMIS or Nagios server, I don't need LVM or ACL's. And for virtually any server that I build or spec out, I use hardware RAID anyway, thus I don't need or want software RAID.
Remember, those who are building a server need to actually have an idea of what they're doing. Some basic server admin knowledge must–MUST–be assumed here, kinda like being an electrician or plumber. I don't consider it unreasonable at all to expect someone to know how to "apt-get install WhateverApp". Yes, I know, "but Windows installs it by default!" you say. Yeah, right, have fun being 0wn3d by the script kiddies if you go that route. That is a big part of why you're considering Ubuntu Server instead of Windows Server, isn't it? 🙂
Default installs should be basic. That's a good point to keeping a server secure.
May 28, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Hi ,
I can't install mdadm using the command sudo apt-get install mdadm.
it shows message like mdadm package is not available….How can I configure raid10 on ubuntu server 8.04.3?
Thanking U,


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United States of America
In the Matter of
Case Nos. 05 FSIP 72
The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia (Employer) and Local 1145, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (Union) filed separate requests for assistance with the Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) pursuant to the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982 (Act), 5 U.S.C. § 6120 et seq., to resolve an impasse arising from the Employer's decision to terminate a 4-10 compressed work schedule (CWS) for employees in the Recreation Department (RD).
After investigation of the requests for assistance, the Panel determined that the dispute should be resolved through an informal conference by telephone with Panel Member Mark A. Carter. The parties were advised that if no settlement were reached during the informal conference, Member Carter would report to the Panel on the status of the dispute, including the parties' final positions and his recommendations for resolving the impasse. After considering this information, the Panel would take final action in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 6131 and 5 C.F.R. § 2472.11 of its regulations.
Pursuant to the procedural determination, Member Carter conducted an informal conference by telephone with the parties on May 9, 2005, but a voluntary settlement of the impasse was not reached. The Panel has now considered the entire record, including the parties' pre-conference submissions, and Member Carter's recommendation for resolving the dispute.
The Employer's mission is to protect society by confining criminal offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure. The U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia is high security facility that houses approximately 2,600 inmates. The Recreation Department has both indoor and outdoor facilities, including a Gymnasium, Leisure Center, and hobby shop, and services about 700 to 800 inmates per day. The Union represents about 544 employees, at grades GS-5 through -11, WG-5 through -9, and WS-7 through -11, who are part of a consolidated nationwide unit of about 23,000. The parties are covered by a master collective bargaining agreement (MCBA) that expired on March 8, 2001; its provisions will remain in effect until a successor agreement is implemented.
In accordance with section 6131(c)(3)(B) of the Act, the issue in dispute is whether the findings on which the Employer bases its determination to terminate the 4-10 CWS in the RD is supported by evidence that the schedule has caused an adverse agency impact.1/
1. The Employer's Position
The Panel should find that the 4-10 CWS in the RD is causing an adverse agency impact "in all three areas delineated" in the Act: "diminished service, increased costs and decreased productivity in programs." Since its inception in October 2002, "there has been a decrease in programs, excessive staff absences and a general decline in the operational integrity of the [RD]." Recent events involving the RD staff's seven full-time employees have created a number of vacancies, two of which cannot be filled until the incumbents, who are on extended absence pending medical retirement, have their retirement status "approved and completed." The size of the institution and the "complexity of the mission," however, require that there be a minimum of four staff scheduled to work on any given day. Although there is only one employee currently using the CWS, it is impossible to meet this minimum staffing requirement while the CWS is in effect.
The CWS also "does not promote a sound use of staff time." In this regard, those on the CWS begin work at 9:30 a.m., 2½ hours before the Gym or Leisure Center are scheduled to open, and before the majority of programs offered in the RD begin. As a result, the cost associated with CWS employees' "idle time exceeds $77,000 per year." In addition, the Gym and Leisure Center are closed 50 and 70 percent of the time, respectively, "due to staff absences." Staff coverage has been further reduced by the elimination of two security posts within the RD because of the recent implementation of a BOP-wide budget initiative referred to as the Mission Critical Custody Roster. Thus, the lack of flexibility created by the CWS does not permit management to "provide coverage for all recreation program needs," which makes inmates reluctant to enroll in programs. Its termination, and a return to the traditional 5-day workweek, "will provide adequate staff coverage and consistent programs for the inmate population."
During 2003 and 2004, when the CWS was in effect, sick leave increased by 14 percent over prior years. Moreover, the number of times staff "called in sick on holidays when scheduled to work doubled in 2004." Consequently, with the staff shortage, scheduled events were cancelled and starting dates delayed. Inmate participation in leisure activities has declined, and "inmate morale is negatively affected." In conclusion, the CWS does not meet the staffing needs of the RD and "severely impedes" management's ability to accomplish the RD's mission.
2. The Union's Position
The Panel should find that the Employer has not met its burden under the Act of demonstrating that the 4-10 CWS has caused an adverse agency impact. As required by BOP policy, the CWS was reviewed after a 6-month trial period and "there were no concerns raised by the Agency," nor have more recent routine reviews "identified any concerns." With respect to the 2½ hours of "idle time" it now alleges to be caused by the CWS, management apparently is counting such things as the lunch break, which is "idle whether staff are on a compressed schedule or not and will not change." More importantly, management has assigned employees duties during the 9:30 a.m. to noon time period (i.e., the shakedown of the entire Recreation Yard and to stand "main line" in the inmate dining hall), and could choose to assign them other duties as well. Moreover, contrary to the Employer's claim, inmate enrollment in leisure programs has not declined. Rather, the figures the Employer relies on "are simply due to a failure of departmental staff to upload the proper data into the computer system," which is not a CWS problem but a departmental one.
The Employer's allegations regarding the dollar costs of the CWS are based on "manipulated data." In fact, the "idle time" in question "has been used the way it was agreed to be used by the parties prior to the CWS's inception." The real problem in the RD "is not coverage of staff but a shortage of staff at this time." This is because there currently are only three Recreation Specialists assigned to the RD, one of whom is on a CWS. In essence, "management can not propose any schedule with three people assigned that will give flexibility to provide staff coverage and consistent programs for the inmate population."
In the area of diminished services, the Employer cites statistics that are "simply manipulated to show a decline in programs." It does not, however, provide the underlying documentation that would prove its statistics are accurate. An examination of the sign up forms for inmate sports programs, for example, does not support the Employer's claim. With regard to unscheduled leave use, the Employer's figures actually support the conclusion that RD staff has used less unscheduled leave in 2004 than in 2002. The real reason that the Gym and Leisure Center are closed as often as management has asserted is the failure of the Recreation Supervisor to administer sick and annual leave properly. Finally, the fact that the Employer proposed its own CWS alternative during negotiations implies that a CWS "can and does work in this department." As there currently is only one employee in RD using the CWS, the Union is willing to agree not to add any new employees to the CWS without the Employer's agreement. This would also allow the Employer to ensure that the "lone employee makes good use of his time while on CWS."
Under section 6131(c)(2) of the Act, the Panel is required to take final action in favor of the agency head's (or delegatee's) determination to terminate a CWS if the finding on which the determination is based is supported by evidence that the schedule has caused an "adverse agency impact." As its legislative history makes clear, Panel determinations under the Act are concerned solely with whether an employer has met its statutory burden on the basis of "the totality of the evidence presented."2/
Having carefully considered the evidence presented, including the representations of the parties during the informal conference, we conclude that the Employer has demonstrated that the 4-10 CWS in the RD is causing an adverse agency impact by diminishing the level of services furnished to the public. In this regard, the Friday regular day off (RDO) of the Recreation Specialist currently on the CWS is preventing the RD from maintaining the level of service to inmates that was provided prior to the implementation of the CWS. Put another way, the employee's availability an additional day per week will increase the number of inmates who can participate in leisure activities. As this is an important element in maintaining the safety of the facility, we shall order that the 4-10 CWS be terminated.
Pursuant to the authority vested in it by the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act, 5 U.S.C. § 6131(c), the Federal Service Impasses Panel under § 2472.11(a)(2) of its regulations hereby orders the termination of the 4-10 CWS program in the Recreation Department.
By direction of the Panel.
H. Joseph Schimansky
Executive Director
May 18, 2005
Washington, D.C.
5 U.S.C. § 6131(b) defines adverse agency impact as:
The burden of demonstrating that the CWS has caused an adverse agency impact falls on the employer under the Act. See 128 CONG. REC. H3999 (daily ed. July 12, 1982) (statement of Rep. Ferraro); and 128 CONG. REC. S7641 (daily ed. June 30, 1982) (statement of Sen. Stevens).
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There's no better way to ring in the holiday season than with live music from The Duprees, The Legendary Teenagers, Shirley Alston Reeves and more. Headlining the event are The Duprees, known the world over for their romantic interpretations of some of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Their New Jersey street-corner roots are still audible in the doo wop harmonies, The Duprees became known for mixing doo-wop vocals with big band arrangements with songs like "You Belong to Me" making the Top 10. The Duprees followed up this success with "My Own True Love", "Have You Heard," and "Why Don't You Believe Me", all Top 40 hits.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Slideshow ob me!
20 comments:
- DonatellaNovember 13, 2011 at 12:13 PM
¡Que magnifico! What a handsome cat. Love you Estorbo. Besos y abrazos! (smallboice) To the Wooman and Beence too.ReplyDelete
So sorry you are not feeling well, Estorbo.ReplyDelete
My cat Tizzy and I have enjoyed looking at all your pictures. You are so photogenic and look so handsome against all the different colored backgrounds. Never realized you are such a big boy. Tizzy is big too.
We hope you are feeling much better very soon.
Hugs and purrs, Carolyn and Tizzy
We hope you feel better soon, Storbie. That was a terrific slideshow. I think my favorite pic was the one with you wearing the sunglasses.ReplyDelete
Bad times? By that you must mean trips to the vet, or the Wooman's reaction to your (too) early morning wake-up eeeeps.ReplyDelete
Estorbo, you are a handsome devil! I hope you are feeling better very soon.
Superstar! Feel better soon!!!ReplyDelete
Feel better soon, Estorbo. You are so special and all the photos are most enjoyable. Maybe your recent dose increase is too much for you? Stay warm and eat well, amigo.ReplyDelete
The human and I have been enjoying your guapo-ness! Hope you start feeling better soon, hermano.ReplyDelete
I love the slide show, EstorboReplyDelete
you are a rock star!
You're a cat of great character, Mr E. Feel better soon.ReplyDelete
- Pesto the catNovember 14, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Don Estorbo, you are such a handsome mancat and Wooman's photos of you are great. Get well soon amigo.ReplyDelete
I helped the human do catalog shopping today. She didn't think me sitting on the order form was that helpful however.
Oh honey, I'm really sorry you're not feeling up to snuff. I'm sending you love and good mojo.ReplyDelete
Your photos are precious, absolutely precious. I especially love the profile shots. They show your contemplative side. :)
Lovely! My favourite is the one of your front paws, crossed. Good health dear cad :)ReplyDelete
I send hugs and smooches Estorbo.... please feel a bit better soon....ReplyDelete
Estorbo, you are big black Domenicam cat but I am big orange Pennsylvania cat and I don't allow pictures of me. I see a camera and I run. If they take picture I pretend to cower so that if the picture is ever disclosed people will believe that I am grossly abused. (It is true. They actually SHUT OFF the power for 5 days. They said they had no control, but I know better. Then they built a fire! A FIRE!)ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better by now, that it is only a reaction to the adjustment of your meds.
Tino. (Dictated but not read. Amy)
You are a berry, berry handsome cad.ReplyDelete
That wooman is berry, berry lucky to hab such a handsome (& smart & charming) cad.
Please get well soon Storbeee
Les chats de Rue Noir,
BleetNess, Olver & Virgil
That was wonderful. Many thanks to the photographer and the model! Hope you are feeling better soon.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Oh dear, only just caught up with this post and a bit worried about the "not feeling so good"...ReplyDelete
Hope there's some improvement by now.
hey Storbie, ¿estás malito ( a little seek)? So sorry, but you´re so so so guapo that you will be better very soon, and you are very lucky having a personal, exclusive and talented photographer like the Woooman.ReplyDelete
Hey Estorbo, get well soon! I loved the slideshow and sent it to my wall on facebook. But I really like the photos with your acerbic comments best. What a beautiful garden the wooman has made - did you get rid of that black squirrel? How dare he invade your space!ReplyDelete
Estorbo and family,ReplyDelete
I have never enjoyed a cat that isn't mine so much, and I've never cared so much about a cat that isn't mine.I'm sure you have many admirers who feel the same.Your slide show is wonderful and I will look at each and every one.Que eres alegria. I hope that's right, but you get the idea. Love you, Storbee.


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Thugs Of Hindostan Trailer Is Out And Is Brilliant!
Thugs of Hindostan, Aamir Khan's and Amitabh Bachchan's first film together, just dropped its highly anticipated trailer and it is truly brilliant. From the looks of the trailer, it promises to be extremely exciting, if I may say so myself.
Set in the year 1795, the trailer maps the journey of how the East India Company entered India and moved on to become a dictator (rather than just being a trader.) The three minutes, 33 seconds long trailer shows how Indians all over the country are coming together to fight against the oppressive British rulers. Watch the trailer here!
Action. Adventure. Drama. Get ready to watch it all on the big screen! #ThugsOfHindostanTrailer OUT NOW – https://t.co/UzXufVOrD7#ThugsOfHindostan | @SrBachchan | @aamir_khan | #KatrinaKaif | @fattysanashaikh | #VijayKrishnaAcharya | @TOHTheFilm pic.twitter.com/129J67d247
— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) September 27, 2018
The trailer introduces us to the many characters that play a crucial role in the movie. Amitabh Bachchan (Azaad) is a determined patriot who wants to free his country at any cost. However, the road to freedom is not as easy as Azaad thinks! Enter Aamir Khan (Firangi,) the character who tries to stop Azaad from doing something truly dangerous and life harming. Going through the trailer, one sees how Firangi finally understands what Azaad is trying to do and sides with him to save the country he loves. Despite the trailer showing Firangi partnering with Azaad, the line "Ab hume Azaad ke saath rehna hai, Azaad banna hai," makes one wonder if Firangi is truly on Azaad's side or if it is all part of a larger game.
Not only is the trailer a first of many, many introductions, it also was released on a memorable day (Yash Raj's birth anniversary.) Despite keeping us all on tenterhooks for the trailer, one can definitely say it was worth the wait! Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, this film is an adaptation of the 1839 novel, Confessions of a Thug! Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, the movie also stars Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Sheikh in key roles. Thugs of Hindostan is going to be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and is scheduled to hit the screens on 8th November, 2018.
PM Narendra Modi Trailer Released
After a long wait (and just short of the Lok Sabha elections,) the trailer of the biopic about PM Narendra Modi was released today. With Vivek Oberoi playing Narendra Modi, the trailer maps out the Prime Minister's life from before his entrance into politics to being a Prime Minister. With subtle prosthetics and makeup done the right way, Oberoi has pulled off Modi's character perfectly.
Opening to the days of Modi's life as a tea seller at a railway station, the trailer moves forward to show how Modi ended up as one of the most important persons in India. With hard hitting slogans, the tri colour fluttering with pride and hints of anti Pakistani sentiments, this movie is a tribute to Modi. Watch the trailer here and now!
#PMNarendraModiTrailer 🙏 pic.twitter.com/cVTqn0ckzN
— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivekoberoi) March 20, 2019
Apart from giving us an insight into Modi's life, the trailer also shows us what to expect from the different characters in the film. Furthermore, it also shows us Modi's life as a child and about his self imposed exile from family and marriage life. From rescuing Muslims, to saving a burning Gujarat and to the victory of Modi's party in 2014, this trailer shows Narendra Modi as not just a leader, but a man of action.
While some people argue, this movie is about furthering and promoting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before the Lok Sabha elections, others say it is a dedication to the Party's leader. Also starring Boman Irani, Manoj Sinha, Zarina Wahab, Barkha Bisht, Darshan Rawal, Akshat R. Saluja, Anjan Shrivastav, Rajendra Gupta and Yatin Karyekar, this biopic is directed by Omung Kumar.
With most of the film shot in Gujarat, the biopic is co produced by Sandeep Ssingh, Suresh Oberoi and Anand Pandit. Initially scheduled to release on the 12th of April, the release date of PM Narendra Modi was changed. This movie is now slated to hit the screens on the 5th of April this year.
Kalank First Song Ghar More Pardesiya Out Now
After keeping us all waiting with bated breath for something other than just a teaser, the makers of Kalank have finally released a brand new song! Titled Ghar More Pardesiya, this new song doesn't have a conventional pair as the lead but is instead, centered around Alia Bhatt's and Madhuri Dixit's characters.
Written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, the voice has been given by Shreya Ghoshal and Vaishali Mhade. The song opens to Alia Bhatt's and Varun Dhawan's characters entering a Ramleela performance. While on the one side of the stage, Laxman draws the epic Lakshman Rekha in front of Sita, Madhuri Dixit's character is seen swinging on the other side. Listen to the song here.
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— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) March 18, 2019
What makes this song stand out is the way the attention to detail and the old school charm the song has. From the way the song was picturised, to the way Madhuri and Alia are dressed, the picturisation of this song has been perfectly done.
Days before the song was released, Alia teased everyone with tiny bits and pieces about how the shoot for the song went, "A song that gave me sleepless nights, days & months is coming very very soon.. I think you can safely say that I have never been SO nervous for anything in my life.. *screams frantically and hides under bed* You may have to send a search party to find me. Meanwhile watch this space for more."
Directed by Abhishek Varman (known for other brilliant movies like 2 States,) this movie is the most awaited film of this year. Also starring Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapur in key roles, Kalank is all set to hit the screens on the 17th of April this year!
Alia Bhatt's Best Performances To Date
When Alia Bhatt made her first faux pass on the show Koffee With Karan, many thought this particular star kid wouldn't last for a long time. However, the then one movie old actress learnt to not only laugh at herself, but made sure people started taking notice of her because of her movies, not because of her blunders on national television. Here is taking a look at some of the truly brilliant performances given by this extremely talented actress!
1. Student of the Year
To talk about Alia Bhatt's best performances and not have Student of the Year on the list is quite a bold dismissal. Making her debut as the rich brat, Shanaya, Alia made sure she more than made her presence felt. With a confidence not many possess in their first movie, Alia certainly proved she was a great actress in the making with Student of the Year!
2. Highway
While Highway maybe a couple of years after Student of the Year, this movie proved how much Alia could achieve if she had a great director showing her the ropes. Transforming from a ditsy newbie to a strong individual, Highway was quite definitely her ticket to fame in the world of Bollywood. From the moment this particular movie hit the screens, everyone knew they had a brand new star in their midst and why not? Playing the role of a girl who sympathises with her kidnapper and shows the world just how strong she is on her own, Alia blew the roof with her brilliant acting. Not bad for a mark maker at all!
3. 2 States
When it comes to doing a movie like 2 States, it is hard to picture someone like Alia Bhatt fitting into the lead role. A girl from Chennai, without any over the top glamour, falling for a boy from Punjab. Who would have thought Alia could have done justice to the role? In fact, many would have thought a character reversal was definitely in the works for this particular movie. However, just like with her other movies, Alia proved otherwise. Playing the role of Ananya, a girl who in every way wants to do what she believes is right, Alia made a lasting impression and won over even the coldest of hearts. Furthermore, she proved with 2 States that she was never going to be pigeonholed into playing only a certain role!
4. Udta Punjab
When Udta Punjab started doing the media rounds, it took people a certain amount of time to come to terms with the fact that the main lead was played by Alia. Completely letting go off her glamorous look, Alia Bhatt dug deep into the Punjabi girl she was playing and boy, did she work her character well! Fierce like never before and paying attention to every detail, Alia Bhatt more than proved her salt as an actress who was here to stay. From playing the victim, to pushing everything away and owning her confidence, Alia rose to show the world she was going to rule the Bollywood roost.
5. Dear Zindagi
Unlike the above mentioned films, Dear Zindagi saw a different side of Alia. Playing the role of a confused and vulnerable daughter, Alia showed everyone that in order to know who you are, you have to start accepting everything about yourself. Playing a part glamorous and a part simple character, Alia was quite a treat to watch in this particular movie.
6. Raazi
Another movie which brought out the finesse in Alia's acting skills was Raazi. From the way she proved herself in a new house, to protecting her home from a life threatening war and to coming to terms with the fact that even her life was dispensable, Alia's role in this movie was commendable. Despite everyone else doing a really great job with their characters, it was Alia who stood tall and strong in this movie.
As the actress turned a year older a couple of days ago, it is fitting to say that not only has she grown in age, she has also grown as an actress. Someone once said, for an actress like Alia to blossom, she needs a good director guiding her forward. If these movies are anything to go by, then that fact is certainly true! What is your favourite Alia Bhatt movie? Comment and let us know!
Bollywood Movies Which Inspired Hollywood Films
How many times have you heard of a Bollywood film inspired by either a Tollywood or a Hollywood film? More number of times than you can count, right? We agree. However, there are some movies which did so well in Bollywood, they inspired some really great Hollywood movies. Here is looking at Bollywood films which not only made a mark on the Indian audience, but on the rest of the world as well!
1. A Wednesday (A Common Man)
Perhaps one of the best movies Neeraj Pandey has made in his career, A Wednesday received so much praise, it was critically acclaimed internationally as well! So loved was it by the world of Hollywood, they thought just one film like this wasn't enough. Sri Lankan film maker, Chandan Rutnam loved it so much, he officially remade it as A Common Man in the year 2013. With Ben Kingsley playing the role of Naseeruddin Shah, Rutnam recreated the movie with only slight tweaks in the script. A Common Man did so well, it bagged not one, but several titles, such as the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards at the Madrid International Film Festival.
2. Jab We Met (Leap Year)
When Jab We Met released in the year 2007, it quite literally redefined love and all the expectations people have from relationships. For years after, this movie became a gospel of sorts for when it came to love stories. This is why, when Leap Year was announced, it came as no surprise to people all over the world. Leap Year had Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in pivotal roles! While Jab We Met had everything you could want from a romantic, feel good Bollywood movie, Leap Year made you want to think about the choices you make. With an equally great premise, both the movies stay embedded in your memories because of their great storytelling.
3. Vicky Donor (Delivery Man)
When Vicky Donor released in India, it made quite a splash at the box office and with the critics because of its unique concept. While the Bollywood world and its audience really appreciated this concept, Hollywood loved it to no end as well. Taking inspiration from the story of Vicky Donor, Hollywood produced a brand new movie with the same concept, called Delivery Man! The only major difference between the two films was, while Vicky in Vicky Donor helps give birth to more than 500 children, the lead in Delivery Man helps give birth to around 100 kids!
4. Darr (Fear)
Remember the Yash Chopra directorial, Darr? The psychological thriller starred Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Sunil Dutt in the lead roles. It did so well, it received appreciation from fans and critics alike. Still remembered as one of the most iconic characters played by Shah Rukh Khan, Darr was the inspiration for the Hollywood thriller, Fear. From the characters, to the story line and to the direction style, Fear was quite literally copied from Darr. When Fear released, the movie did so amazingly well, it was one of the biggest hits of 1996.
5. Sangam (Pearl Harbour)
Directed by Raj Kapoor and starring Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar in the lead roles, Sangam was a sensational success when it hit the screens. A love triangle set during a war, this movie was not just famous for being an iconic one, but for Raj Kapoor's character as well. Kapoor's character in Sangam is deemed as the best one ever played by him! So well done was this film, it became loved across the borders as well. It inspired the 2001 super hit Hollywood film, Pearl Harbour. With the script and everything else being the same, the only thing which was perhaps drastically different was the fact, Pearl Harbour was set against the backdrop of the Pearl Harbour attack!
When you see your favourite Bollywood films acting as inspiration for Hollywood movies, you know things are right in the world! If you think we missed out on any other Hollywood movies inspired by Bollywood movies, comment and let us know!
Photograph Review And First Day Box Office Expectations
Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra
Rafiq (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is a street photographer who walks the streets of Mumbai trying to create special memories through polaroids. Into his frame walks Miloni (a CA, played by Sanya Malhotra.) However, while Rafi seems to think Miloni should definitely get a picture clicked, the latter is reluctant. Miloni finally succumbs to Rafi's charms and persuasion skills and gets a picture clicked. The moment Rafi takes the picture, a conversation strikes up between Miloni and Rafi. The rest of the movie maps out to a family meeting on pretense and a slow romance in the works! With Miloni pretending to be Rafi's fiancé Noor, the movie shows how the leads start getting closer even though they are playing a facade.
Despite being part of a world which is constantly obsessed with social media and staying connected, Ritesh Batra has created a setting similar to old school romance. As always, Ritesh Batra has breathed magic into every scene. Something as simple as a photograph (not a selfie, mind you,) is so powerful, it draws two strangers together. Who would have thought?
Photograph works for one basic reason. It pulls at the nostalgia strings of your heart! Miloni and Rafi realise they really do have a lot of things in common and these similar tastes and similar dislikes form the basis of a beautiful friendship between them, with hints of something more in the offing.
Like always, Nawazuddin's acting skills are par excellence. With every line delivered perfectly and a perfect characterization of Rafiq, Nawazuddin delivers his dialogues with skills only a seasoned actor has. On her part, Sanya Malhotra also plays the role of Miloni really well. While in the beginning, she plays a reserved and slightly aloof character, Sanya seems to grow in a manner which shows her acceptance of the character she's playing.
With some lines of resemblance drawn from Basu Chatterjee's Chhoti Si Baat, Ritesh Batra has made quite a masterpiece with Photograph. All in all, with the cinematography and music adding a really fine feeling to the entire movie, this Ritesh Batra directorial is a delight. Watch it for the subtle nuances and the simplicity of the entire tale!
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While the DSK scandal was rocking the front pages of newspapers and inspiring deep conversation about political entitlement, it was hard to see through all the smoke to get a good picture of what really happened at the Sofitel Hotel on May 14th.
Almost 6 months later though, investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein has published a detailed account of that days events after pouring through court documents and checking out surveillance footage. His piece was published in the New York Review of Books this Saturday.
And it makes three points that are making everyone think: He really might have been framed.
Let's break it down:
- DSK's IMF Blackberry is still missing: Where was this in the news? Epstein points out that even before the Sofitel encounter, DSK had been warned that his IMF Blackberry (which he used for a mix of personal and professional communication) had been compromised. A friend told him that Sarkozy's party was somehow in possession of an e-mail he sent to his wife, Ann Sinclair. He was about to have the phone examined for bugs in Paris. This is the Blackberry he lost after his encounter with Sofitel maid Naffest Diallo. She entered his room around 12:06 PM or 12:07 PM. She left around 12:13 PM. He then called his daughter Camille on his personal phone, met her for lunch, and shortly after he left McCormick and Schmicks where he was dining with Camille, he realized his IMF phone was gone.
- Diallo kept going back to the same hotel suite all day and we still don't know who was staying in it: According to key card swipe records, Diallou visited room 2820 a few times on May 14, including while a guest could have still been there. She also went there immediately after leaving DSK's suite. She did not tell the prosecution about this.
- The hotel's security company has close ties to Sarkozy: A French company called Accor group owns the Sofitel hotel. And while Diallo was reporting DSK in NYC, their head of security, René-Georges Querry, was attending a soccer game with President Sarkozy. Back in NYC, John Sheehan the director of safety and security at Accor made a mysterious call to an unidentified 646 number while en route to the Sofitel to look into the Diallo issue. There's more: Xavier Graff, the duty officer at the Accor Group in Paris, later sent an e-mail where he lauds "bringing down DSK" (he later said it was a joke), and on May 14th, a security guard and an unidentified man were seen giving each other high fives and celebrating around 1:28 PM. This is the same unidentified man who took Diallo to the security office when she reported being assaulted at 12:52 PM.
You can read the full account for yourself here, and see if it doesn't plant any seeds of doubt in your head.


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Reuniting artworks from the Fifty Works for Fifty States gift, this digital collection allows curators to collaborate in creating a unique resource on contemporary minimalist and post-expressionist art.
With support from the National Gallery of Art, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the National Endowments for the Arts, this simple yet vibrant site brings together 2,500 artworks that were gifted by Herbert and Dorothy Vogel to fifty museums across America, one in each state. The site's robust content management tools and flexible HTML design allows each institution to add new essays and media to artwork, artist, and institution records, as well as to curate new online exhibitions. A dynamic, colorful Flash component visualizes real-time results of visitor filtering for artworks. With extensive interlinking of records by category and different way of viewing the collection, the site promotes expansive, intuitive discovery of the Vogels' collection of minimalist, abstract, and post-expressionist art from the 1960s to the present day.
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bostontrainguy wrote:After seeing all those sleek modern designs, Boston once again goes for the ugly award.
And note the 50 mph maximum speed.
CRail wrote:The other design was a disgrace for esthetic and practical reasons. This rendering is sensible and is aN esthetic improvement over the type 8 for sure!
I noticed the skirt too. My guess is that it'll be mounted to and swive with the trucks. My guess is also that they won't last long. They'll be taken off so often for maintenance reasons they'll likely stop going back on (assuming they still have them when they arrive).
tommyboy6181 wrote:I did some additional research and found out that the Type 9 will feature CAF IGBT propulsion. This will be the third project to use CAF propulsion in the United States, after Cincinnati and Kansas City. Previously, CAF outsourced their propulsion to Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens, Mitsubishi, or other companies. However, they recently acquired the company Trainelec. This gave CAF propulsion, low voltage power, IGBT electronics, communication systems, train monitoring, and signalling systems capabilities that they previously did not have.
Link to the IGBT electronics: http://www.cafpower.com/en/systems/elec ... -converter
For those who are wondering what CAF's propulsion sounds like, here is a link from the Kansas City streetcar amd a link for the same LRV platform from France:
Kansas City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ9pReytVaI
France: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYRKwLeYwXU
[Houston] Metropolitan Transit Authority officials continue withholding $12.9 million from CAF U.S.A. - the builder of the vehicles - as they debate the amount of liquidated damages owed because of delays and delivery of railcars that were overweight, leaky and halted by faulty axles, among other problems.
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Doug and Char Cooklin of Spirit Lake and Ron and Valarie Hessel of Bettendorf Iowa are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Rene Cooklin and Dave Hessel.
Rene, 24, is a graduate of Spirit Lake High School and obtained her bachelor's degree of science in microbiology from Iowa State University in 2008. She is currently working on her master's degree as a graduate research assistant in the department of entomology. Her research is concentrated on classical and cnservation biological control within the Integrated Pest Management field at ISU.
Dave, 25, is a graduate from Pleasant Valley High School, and obtained his bachelor's degree of science in biology from Iowa State University in 2007. He is working on his PhD as a graduate research assistant in the department of genetics. His research is concentrated on crop genetics and pathology within the Plant Pathology field at ISU in Ames.
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Delawareans are encouraged to deliver their Christmas trees to one of the many yard waste recycling facilities located throughout the state.
Delawareans are encouraged to deliver their Christmas trees to one of the many yard waste recycling facilities located throughout the state.
Christmas trees will be accepted for recycling from December 26 to Jan. 25, 2014 from families at the facilities listed below. Trees will not be accepted from commercial haulers or tree vendors without prior approval. Artificial decorations, including hooks, wire, tinsel and ornaments, as well as wood and metal tree stands, must be removed from all trees before dropping them off for recycling.
Kent County will collect Christmas trees from January 6-17 (on your regular trash day) for customers in trash districts that have the yard waste collection service.
Please note that Christmas trees are no longer accepted for recycling at any Delaware State Park locations.
Christmas trees, stripped of all decorations and detached from tree stands, can be dropped off by Delaware residents for free at any of the following locations:
8:30 am. to 4:30 p.m. New Castle County, Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site, Pike Creek area on Polly Drummond Hill Road, about 1/2 mile north of Kirkwood Highway.
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. South Chapel Yard Waste Site, 1034 S. Chapel St., Newark, (new site, operated by Holland Mulch); Accepting yard waste at approximately 10 Brookhill Drive until work on entrance off of Route 72 is complete; closed and Jan. 1 and 2.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26-Jan. 3 at the Copeland's Mulch Depot, 2 Honeysuckle Drive, Stanton. Free is the tree was purchased at Copelands; otherwise, $2.
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Holland Mulch, 135 Hay Road, Edge Moor. Closed Jan. 1 and 2.
6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 6 a.m. to noon Saturday at Wilmington Organic Recycling Center, 612 Christiana Ave., Wilmington; Closed Jan. 1.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday at Sussex County Blessings Greenhouse, 9372 Draper Road, Milford. Closed Jan. 1.
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at Blue Hen Organics, 33529 Fox Run Road, Frankford. Closed Jan. 1.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Grizzly's Landscape Supply Service, 18412 The Narrow Road, Lewes. Closed Jan. 1.
7:30 a.m to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday at Kaye Construction, 22288 Coverdale Road, Seaford. Closed Dec. 26-Jan. 1.
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday at the Selbyville Pet and Garden Center, 38205 DuPont Blvd., Selbyville. Closed Jan. 1.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Stockley Materials, 25136 DuPont Blvd., Georgetown. Closed Jan. 1.
For more information: dnrec.delaware.gov/yardwaste.


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With just five ingredients, and costing only a couple of bucks, Sriracha Chili Sauce probably isn't something you need to make out of economic necessity. But imagine hosting a pho dinner for some friends and bringing out a batch of homemade Sriracha! You could have a blind taste test to see which one people like best.
DIY Sriracha by Andrea Lynn on Serious Eats; photo of Sriracha bottle by Flickr user Barron.
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Some of you may remember The Gong Show. People came on the show and the judges would give them a score. If the acts were really bad, a judge would stand up and bang a gong that meant the act was off the show. I think the winner of the show got something like $32.98 or some such odd, low number. America loved it for awhile as they loved to watch the stupid, crummy acts, not the good ones. We love competition but sometimes we seem to gravitate to the most preposterous or bad performances. One of NFL Films most popular team biopic is on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that lost 26 games in a row and every game in a season…the only team to do so in modern times until the Detroit Lions joined them this year. And of course, there is American Idol and the infamous William Hung. He is probably more well known than most of the winners.
This is not new with America.
Before the Gong Show and the Buccaneers and William Hung, there was the Cherry Sisters. They were so bad, they became a smash hit. The Cherry Sisters first took to the stage on this date in 1893 in Marion, Iowa. They received $250 for a one hour show. Pretty good money. In Marion, the folks must have been kind because it was in Marion that they got their only good newspaper review. When they took their act to Cedar Rapids, the local Gazette referred to their performance as "ultimate gall." The paper also mentioned that people threw overshoes at the ladies. See…Iraqis did not invent the act of throwing shoes at people on stage. Not to outdone by their neighbors, the people of Dubuque tossed a tin wash boiler, turnips and sprayed them down with a fire extinguisher. I'm not sure what a tin wash boiler is but, who brings turnips to a show? The newspaper in Davenport, Iowa issued a warning to would be concert-goers. Rocks larger than two inches would not be allowed in the theatre! I guess Constitutional rights only go so far….one inch rocks were okay but two inches? Forget it!
Eventually, the act was so bad, it became popular and the "The Celebrated Cherry Sisters" made their way to the big time of the Big Apple. Yup…they went to Broadway in 1896 under the guidance of none other than Flo Ziegfeld himself. People came to the theatre in droves just to hurl insults and garbage at them. Much like the Blues Brothers, the stage manager stretched a fish net across the stage to protect them from hurtling objects. But, it finally went too far.
These ladies were indeed modern women determined to move ahead the process of jurisprudence when they did a very late 20th century thing. They sued. The Des Moines Leader wrote a review that called "Addie" a "capering monstrosity of 35" and sister "Effie" "an old jade of 50 summers." Not true…Effie lived until 1944. It was kinder to "Jessie" referring as a "frisky filly of 40."
The truth is that Jessie died of typhoid in 1903 at age 31. It also called the sounds the sisters made "were like the wailings of damned souls." I don't know why they sued the Leader because Billy Hamilton of the Odebolt Chronicle in western Iowa called the ladies "three hideous creatures surpassing the witches of MacBeth." I guess being a hideous creature and people throwing rocks and garbage was one thing but telling the public that Effie was 50 was too much. So what did the judge do? He had them perform in court and the case was closed. He ruled in favor of the newspaper saying that "Freedom of discussion is guaranteed by our fundamental law." This was not just any court though…it was the Iowa State Supreme Court and, while the Sister's act may be long forgotten, the case has become a textbook standard citation of First Amendment law under the moniker, the Cherry Case. I don't know how much money the ladies made but if they pocketed $250 in Marion, Iowa they must have done pretty good in New York. Nevertheless, I doubt if they planned on being remembered in history for a lawsuit against a newspaper that ridiculed them mercilessly. Another case of unintended consequences.
Weather Bottom Line: Told you there would be snow and the rest of the forecast will hold true as well with pretty cold temperatures through the weekend. Snow White was driving to Louisville on Thursday and I told her that she would probably not get snow until about the time she it Lexington. She reported that at the 75/64 interchange, she saw her first snowflake. She took some issue with the conditions of I-64 on Thursday afternoon from about Shelbyville on in. Not sure why the road was not addressed since this storm was well known in advance. On Monday, there is another chance for snow but this one probably won't be as significant as the system is southern in nature and will be traversing the Dixie states well to our South. Nevertheless, some over running moisture will bring at least some snow showers if not light snow We may get back above freezing on Thursday afternoon.


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Installing three times the EFI on your car
Remember when stand-alone EFI systems seemed beyond the reach of the average car guy? Oh sure, the computer geeks could get it to work, but for those of us without a computer degree, the risks just seemed to outweigh the benefits. Well, now that the EFI companies are well past their infancy, anyone who really wants to take a bit of time to learn about them can have a great performing EFI system in as little as a weekend.
But what if you don't want to run a single or pair of four-barrel throttle bodies? What if you have (or want) a Six-Barrel car and want to keep it that way? And what about using a Shaker hood?
That's the issue that Muscle Car Restorations came up against recently, when the owner of a '70 Challenger wanted to upgrade from a 383 four-barrel to a 512-inch stroker and a Six Pack. Sure, repop carbs are available, but EFI on a six-barrel throttle body sounds cool.
It just so happens, that Bruce K. Bridges, founder of F&B Performance Engineered Products, has been working with Chrysler two-barrel throttle bodies for well over a decade, and has been building billet aluminum versions for some time now. He has come up with a complete six-barrel setup that will work with either FAST's XFI or EZ-EFI systems. Just like the original Six-Pack cars, you can run around on a mild two-barrel and still have as much as 2,300 cfm at your disposal.
Because F&B builds their throttle bodies from billet aluminum instead of cast aluminum, they can offer bore sizes of 44-50 mm, and claim that they will flow more air than any other throttle body of the same size. The billet construction also allows them to build-in larger inlet areas than stock, use tapered flow paths for maximum ram effect, and most important in this case, they are compatible with factory air cleaners and shaker hoods.
F&B also supplies an Edelbrock Performer intake that has been fitted with the proper injector bungs and vacuum ports for the MAP sensor and etc., so you can get a complete bolt on kit that even comes with custom spacers so your shaker hood will end up at the correct factory height. You will need to upgrade your fuel system, but we'll show you what you need to do to for that as well.
So no longer are you six-barrel guys left out of the EFI loop. Whatever your application, contact F&B and they'll set you up with what you need to enjoy the full rush of six barrels with the precision of modern EFI.
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