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Week 12: A task a week?/
This week I finished a random quote generator. I had been working on it since last week.
I did one task in a week. That's pretty slow progress. ugh. The art courses I'm currently enrolled in are stealing my time.
At this rate I could probably still finish FCC's front end dev curriculum by the end of the year. I had estimated I could finish it all before the end of my art semester (which finishes in three weeks). Instead I'm trekking along much slower than I thought I would.
I'm uncertain as to if I'll be able to finish a task this week. I'll still try. But we'll find out in the next blog post.
On writing:
I read my last blog post. It is terribly written. I'll need to go back and edit all my posts sometime. I need to remember these blog posts are public. Therefore, I should not ramble and write as though it is an online diary.
It is good I am now aware that I am a terrible writer on the first pass. Now I can learn to edit my own writing.

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Energy-efficieny technologies to the fore
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New Delhi: In 2009, India will launch prototypes and start pilot projects to test energy-efficient technologies—a fallout of increasing policy initiatives and industries recognizing that such efficiencies add to corporate image.
To be sure, scientists say awareness about global warming is still low in the country.
"Though global warming might sound like old news, awareness of its impact on the climate and the need for solutions to mitigate it, have not reached our villages and towns," says Rajender K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel peace prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "It's only the cities that are somewhat sensitized."
Gagan Mehra, managing director of Osram India Pvt. Ltd, a lamp maker, says his company will sell at least two million CFL units at a deep discount to poor families in Maharashtra, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh in 2009. A CFL unit will cost around Rs10-15, while the actual cost is around Rs300, he says.
A study by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), an industry lobby group, says that six million CFLs used every year in India would eliminate the need of 3,700MW of electricity and save around $6 million (Rs28.4 crore). Most power plants in the country are coal-fired, that add to greenhouse gas emission, a prime cause of climate change.
"In India, there are 300 million general lighting service points, and if 10% of these are converted to CFL, 4,400 million kW per annum of electricity would be saved, reducing the country's electricity bills by Rs1,320 crore," says N.K. Bansal of the Centre for Energy Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
Although there are no formal studies done on CFL adoption, ballpark estimates put the figure at as low as 10-20%. "The centre, too, is planning a scheme to popularize CFL adoption. So, that would mean several projects across 2009 to increase their popularity," says Pachauri.
Many local companies are also looking at technologies that reduce the toxicity of greenhouse gases. Though these technologies have been around for a while, international market-based mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism—under which industries in developed countries have agreed to offset a portion of their emissions by paying industry in developing countries such as India and China to implement cleaner and costlier technologies—have renewed interest in them.
Clean biogas
Chandan Gadgil is an entrepreneur who 15 years ago figured out a way to clean up biogas, a useful but polluting gas. The clean biogas, he says, can be used as natural gas to power boilers. Chemical factories, such as Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Ltd in Gujarat, have adopted the process. Gadgil, the chief executive of Innovative Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd, now adds an extra line to his sale pitch—"This can also help your company gain carbon credits."
"This line really gets people's attention," he says.
Swatantra Kumar, one of the directors of the company, says the firm has now tied-up with CantorCO2e India Pvt. Ltd, a firm that consults on managing emissions and trades in carbon credits. CantorCO2e advises companies on what technologies may be useful to reduce their carbon emissions and importantly gain carbon credits.
Ram Babu, managing director, CantorCO2e India, says: "Indian industries have already taken a lead in capturing major portion of the multibillion carbon credit market." Kumar claims the strategic tie-up with Abhitech has greatly stoked buyer interest from coal companies and kiln manufacturers.
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Unlike in the US, where bulk of the clean technology research is done in universities, India's efforts are concentrated in government labs such as those of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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Notable projects that may see progress in 2009 include CSIR's fuel cell programme that aims to harness hydrogen to produce electricity, and hopefully, run cars.
"The immediate aim is to indigenously manufacture a 1kW fuel cell at a viable cost. Once that happens, we can experiment on a variety of other fuel cells, including methanol-based ones to power laptops," says K. Vijayamohanan, a senior scientist at the National Chemical Laboratory, a CSIR lab involved in the fuel cell programme.
Other research organizations such as the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore; IIT Kharagpur; and the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, are set to scale up pilots that use algae such as Botryococcus braunii and Enterobacter cloacae, a bacteria that may potentially be a storehouse for extractable hydrogen.
Telecom efficiency
India's burgeoning telecom sector may be the first beneficiary of new age energy-efficient technologies. Since diesel-powered generators are the main source of energy for telecom towers, operators are increasingly looking at biofuel-run generators and cooling systems that could reduce power consumption and save costs.
ACME Tele Power Ltd, a Gurgaon-based company that offers power solutions for telecom companies, listed a range of products that were popular among telecom companies. These include so-called green shelters that are reinforced plastic enclosures to house equipment such as transmitters and receivers, thermal management system and air conditioners, and power interface units that maximize utilization of grid power and integrate all electrical needs on-site into a small tile.
An ACME spokesperson says the company's clients included Bharti Airtel Ltd, Reliance Communications Ltd, Vodafone Essar Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd, and "depending on the number of installations, we've been able to achieve efficiency, and thus cost savings, of nearly 30-40%."
In October, Ballard Power Systems, a Canadian company that manufactures clean energy fuel cell products, said it had signed multi-year supply agreement with ACME to provide fuel cells for backup power in the wireless telecom market.
The supply agreement imposes mutual exclusivity on both companies for the India wireless telecom backup power market through 2010.


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Welcome to Heroes of Newerth
Version 4.4.4 - 08 April 2018
== Design ==
Crippling Puncture- Effect Type and Damage Type changed from Magic to Superior Magic.
- Damage changed from 80 to 75/100/125/150.
A Thousand Cuts- Effect Type and Damage Type of the on-touch effects changed from Magic to Superior Magic.
- The return on-touch effects now use the large radius (250) rather than reverting to the small radius (80).
- Projectile speed increased from 950 to 1200 units per second.
- Mana Cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 70/80/90/100.
- Cooldown reduced from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
Enlightenment- Effect Type and Damage Type changed from Magic to Superior Magic.
- Charge refresh time decreased from 19/16/13/10 seconds to 12/10/8/6 seconds.
Ancestral Assault- Cooldown reduced from 100/80/60 seconds to 60 seconds.
- Effect Type and Damage Type changed from Magic to Superior Magic.
== Quality-of-Life Features ==
+ The following Quality-of-Life changes apply to all game modes (i.e. not just PBT), and were made to drastically improve the player experience for all of our international players:- Matchmaking now only matches teams together if the difference in the average Kill-Death ratio between each team is within a certain threshold.
- Players will now join chat channels based on Region when logging in (e.g. NA-1, EU-1, AU-1, LAT-1, CIS-1, etc.) as opposed to general chat channels (e.g. HON-1, HON-2, etc.).
- Remake Votes can only be called until the 2-minute mark in a match.
- Concede Vote can now be called after any termination or disconnect where the player cannot come back.* Concede Vote can still be called after the 15-minute mark if these conditions are not met.
- Players will now receive a personal notification whenever they successfully stack a Neutral Camp.* Special messages will appear if players stack multiple Neutral Camps at the same time.
- Added an option to enable Selection Circles around every hero at all times.* Improves visibility of heroes in the midst of combat.* This option is found under Options -> Interface -> Gameplay.* Enabled by default.
= Mechanical Changes that affect all Modes =
- Camera Field of View has been increased by 10%.
- Neutral aggro range during the day has been decreased from 300 to 150.* Prevents accidental neutral aggro when travelling to another destination.- Neutral Creeps' Movement Speed normalized to 325.
- Lane Creeps will no longer avoid re-aggroing to the ranged lane creeps after being aggro'ed by a hero.
- Melee Lane Creeps damage multiplier against Neutrals decreased from 150% to 125%.
- Ranged Lane Creeps damage multiplier against Neutrals decreased from 150% to 75%.
- Ranged Lane Creep aggro range increased from 500 to 800.
- Experience Range increased from 1000 to 1300 units.
== Casual Mode Changes ==
- Passive Gold per minute (GPM) increased from 100 to 120.
- Proximity Gold reduced from 20 to 0.
- Gold bounty per level reduced from 12 to 10.
- Buyback cost multiplier decreased from 1.75x to 1.5x.
+ The following changes no longer apply to Casual Mode:- Unshared Experience from a hero kill is higher between levels 1-6.
- Assists share the Hero Kill Experience Bounty globally for allies (as opposed to allies within proximity).
== Matchmaking Maps & Modes ==
Champions of Newerth (CoN)
- Map: Forests of Caldavar
- Mode: Counter Pick
Mid Wars
- Hero Ban
- All Random
Public Beta Test (PBT)
- Ranked Pick
== New Content ==
New Forsaken Archer Avatar: Yumi
- The legendary annual Shao Temple archery competition is a joyful event that brings villagers together from throughout the Sang-La Mountains and allows the monks to share food, tea, and news from the lands beyond the mountains. Yumi has been dominating the event as the first -- and only -- female kyudoka since she was a small girl, for her natural abilities with the bow quickly surpassed those of her instructor, then her kyudojo, until the Shao Temple became the only place that could harness her true potential. The monks taught her the way of shin-zen-bi, to shoot with truth, goodness, and beauty, so that when she uses her bow and arrow with a good and virtuous spirit toward all things, her archery will become naturally beautiful and true. Skeptical at first, Yumi finally embraced this training and grew to understand its power, and her already amazing skills became unbelievable.
Because of the beauty and virtue integral to her archery, she was stunned when the monks first told her it could be used as a weapon. But when they told her of the atrocities happening outside the walls of the temple, of the Hellbourne and their soulless cruelty, she realized the virtuous path was leading her straight into battle with these daemons. Every raise, draw, and release had prepared her for this, and she and her bow would share the beauty of her kyudo with these corrupted fiends one arrow at a time.
New Taunt: Shikigami Taunt
- Show your opponents they're nothing but target practice with the Shikigami Taunt!
New Night Hound Avatar: Wildcat
- The cruelly playful Lynx Tribe of Death's Cradle is infamous for stalking and chasing their victims before pouncing and toying with them, finally ending their misery only after the entertainment becomes tedious. When they ambushed a gypsy caravan and systematically slaughtered everyone aboard, the last thing they expected to find when they commenced the looting was a sleeping infant, swaddled in blankets. Even the Lynx are not that heartless (usually), so they took the orphan into their fold and trained her in the ways of the feline huntress. The girl took to it like a cat to catnip, and embraced the traditions and tactics so fully she went to great lengths to change her appearance to something closer to her fellow huntresses. She may still look somewhat human, but when the claws come out, she is all Lynx.
New Parallax Avatar: Cruxlord
- The Cruxlords are an extraterrestrial race even more ancient than the Artificers. They seek the ancient, powerful objects held most secret throughout the universe, for within those items are the answers to unlocking even more power. Though Andromeda's memory is still incomplete, she senses that the Cruxlords may have harvested the original dark matter and created the Fulcrums that became the devastating weapon of the Artificers, sending them forth to destroy entire planets and scatter the debris into space. Scanning the dross for ancient relics is much easier than searching intact worlds and dealing with their tedious inhabitants, but this Newerth has proven more resilient than any other planet, and now the Cruxlords must descend upon it and handle things themselves.
New Name Color: High Roller
- Show all of Newerth your winning ways with the High Roller Name Color!
== Bug Fixes & Optimizations ==
= General =- "Do Not Disturb" mode (enabled by typing in "/dnd") will now properly prevent Instant Message (IM) from popping up in the chat channel list.
= UI =- Player colour indicators in the hero pick screens are now thicker to further distinguish them from the background.
- The Report-A-Player (RAP) button (or window, if you started a report in-game) will now properly display at the end of games.
- MVP Selection will no longer display in replays.
- The HoN logo in the middle bar of the main lobby screen is no longer pixelated/low resolution.
= Heroes =
+ A few heroes ( Electrician, Myrmidon in melee form, Prisoner, Salomon in melee form, Scout) now properly have 150 Attack Range (instead of having 128).
+ The following spells now bypass Magic Immunity on ally heroes:- Accursed's Cauterize- Accursed's Fire Shield- Blacksmith's Frenzy- Blitz's Quicken- Bramble's Fungal Spit- Chipper's Focus Buffer- Glacius' Ice Imprisonment- Keeper of the Forest's Nature's Guidance- Midas' Lion Pride- Nymphora's Volatile Pod- Rally's Compel- Revenant's Defile, Mortification and Essence Shroud- Voodoo Jester's MojoProphet- Persecution's effect no longer bypasses Magic Immunity if Magic Immunity is obtained while the projectile is in midair.
Swiftblade- Activating Blade Frenzy no longer interrupts your previous Attack command if it is already part-way into its animation.
= Items =- All items in the regular (non-PBT) modes no longer have the "New" tag on them, with the exception of Orb of Zamos.


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Welcome to San Francisco!
There is a lot to see in San Francisco – and if you have time read the History of San Francisco that we have on this website.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) – is the gateway to San Francisco, and there is also a second airport Oakland (OAK) and both are around 14 miles from the City center and both are connected to the City by the BART train system, about a 30 minute trip. There are also Hire cars, taxis and shuttle buses too. The best BART stations to head for in the City Center are Powell Street, 3 blocks from Union Square or Embarcadero which is the closest to the Bay and wharf area. Check to see how close your hotel is to a BART Station or the MUNI.
There are hotels to stay at throughout the City, with most of the big name hotels in the Union Square and Embarcadero areas. San Francisco is also quite hilly, and you will probably do a of walking too, so finding a hotel which is easy walking distance to the places you want to see is a good idea.
In the City itself, buses, streetcars and the cable cars are run by the MUNI, not BART. If staying in the City get a return BART ticket from the city back to the airport, and purchase a MUNI Passport (1, 3 or 7 day pass) OR a CityPass which also gives you a discount to some of the City's main attractions. You can purchase a MUNI passport or CityPass from the Visitor Information desk at the airport.
Both airports are easy to get around and well organised and at SFO there is an Airtrain connecting the International Airport to the 3 Domestic Terminals.
Getting your bearings –
I always think that getting a printed Tourist map of a city is a good idea, or downloading one, as it gives you a snapshot of both the city and some of the highlights.
The central feature of San Francisco is the Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge spanning across the entrance to the Bay, with two long peninsulas pointing to each other, the City of San Francisco on the southern peninsula side and Marin County on the other. Just inside the entrance the Bay splits into two Bay wings – one to the north and one to the south which leads southwards past San Francisco all the way to Silicon Valley including Palo Alto and San Jose. On the North wing you will find Marin County and also the City of San Rafael and also Sausalito. On the southern wing of the Bay you will see San Francisco's second big suspension bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which crosses the south wing of the Bay to Oakland and Berkeley, the bridge mostly called "Bay Bridge". There are on fact 5 bridges crossing the Bay at different points but certainly the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate are the most famous.
The Bays are also big, varying in width from around 3 and 12 miles across, and around 50 to 60 miles long, depending on how much marsh or wetlands are included in these distances. The water in the Bay is mostly cold throughout the year, but there are plenty of private boat charters, yachts and of course Ferries and Cruises, fishing boats, Cruise liners and freighters using the Bay too. There are also some small beaches, on both the Bay and Pacific Ocean side but the water being cold means in most cases using a wetsuit if you wanted to swim.
Ferries and Cruises –
There are Ferry services for commuters and visitors that run to different points of the Bay – to Oakland, Alameda, Sausalito, Vallejo, Tiburon, Larkspur, Angel Island and Alcatraz and Cruises that will also take you to see different parts of the Bay. It is a great waterway, and definitely one way or another it is worth making one or more trips on the Bay when you are here. It can get cold on the water too, so bring some warm clothes too as the weather can change very quickly.
There are lots of ways to see San Francisco – walking, biking, Segway, using the MUNI and taking a tour bus or other transport. Here are some of the Tour companies that you could choose to see the City and some of the main sights. Some of these also have day tours out of SF too to other attractions –
BY BIKE – see
BY SEGWAY – See www.electrictourcompany.com Tel: (415) 474 3130 at 757 Beach Street.
ARCHITECTURE – see www.architecturesf.com Galleria Park Hotel 191 Sutter St Tel: (415) 264 8824
CHINATOWN – Chinatown Tours See www.allaboutchinatown.com Tel (415) 982 8839, 100 Waverly Place.
FUN TOUR – see www.sanfrancisco.ridetheducks.com Tel: 877 877 8225 Cnr. Taylor and Jefferson Sts. A tour on both land and water.
Guide you – tour organisers 2627 Taylor Street. Tel: (415) 775 1200 See www.guideyou.com
City Sightseeing – a 'hop-on, hop-off' tour leaving from 2800 Leavenworth St. Tel: (415) 440 8687 See www.city-sightseeing.us/san-francisco
Go Car Tours – your own special little yellow car with GPS navigation. 2715 Hyde St. Tel: (415) 441 5695 See www.gocarstours.com
Big Bus Tours – an open top bus. 99 Jefferson St. Tel: (415) 595 6787 See www.opentopsightseeing.com
Grayline – the big tour company 2627 Taylor St. Tel: (415) 353 5310 See www.sanfranciscoopencitytour.com
Extranomical Tours – 501 Bay Street. Tel: (415) 357 0700 See www.extranomical.com
Tower Tours – 288 Beach St. Tel: (415) 345 8687 See www.towertours.com
San Francisco Sight Seeing Company – Ferry Building, Pier 41, Marine Terminal box Office. Tel: (415) 434 86 87 See www.sanfranciscosightseeing.com ALSO they run day tours to Yosemite, Monterey, Carmel, Muir Woods to see Redwood forests, Napa and Sonoma Wine Tours. Also see www.sanfranshuttletours.com
Sf Tours – 388 Market St. Tel: (415) 513 5400 See www.sftours.com . They have a number of different tours both in SF and out of SF too.
The Real SF Tour Company – 50 Drumm Street. Tel: (1)888 973 8687 See www.therealsftour.com
FISHERMAN'S WHARF – right on the Bay is the hugely popular wharf area that was once the domain of just fisherman. There are still wooden fishing boats here and also off Pier 39 K. Dock look to see Sea Lions who rest here too. Fisherman's Wharf can get very busy on weekends and during the day, as it is one of the most famous landmarks in San Francisco, but it is also fun too, with lots to see and do, eat some Chowder, have coffee or a full lunch or just shop in any or all of the clothing and tourist shops that are here too. There are often musicians, street artists and other amusements around the Wharf, which keeps it interesting.
Exploratorium – is the interactive Science, Art and Human Perception Museum located on Pier 15 (near Green St). See www.exploratorium.edu Tel: (415) 528 4444.
Musée Mécanique – is located on Pier 45, Shed A (foot of Taylor St) See www.museemecaniquesf.com Tel: (415) 346 2000. A great collection of mechanical toys and arcade games to see.
Ripley's Believe it or not Museum – 175 Jefferson St (See www.ripleys.com/sanfrancisco Tel: (415) 202 9850) A weird and wonderful collection of bizarre and strange to see.
Aquarium of the Bay – is located next to pier 39 at 2 Beach Street. Here you can walk through 300 feet of glass tunnels surrounded by fish and other sealife, and see Otters, octopus, Sea Nettles, Moon Jellies, guitar fish, sturgeons, sharks and other fish. It is a great way to see what is happening in San Francisco Bay without getting wet. See www.aquariumofthebay.org Tel: (415) 623 5300.
Gigamon – is located at Pier 39 which offers a laser blasting game experience and roller coaster involving sound, film and action where you are immersed in the experience – what they call "7 D". Great fun for action lovers. See www.7Dexperience.com Tel: (415) 445 0120.
Ghirardelli Square is located one block back from Fisherman's Wharf at 900 North Point Street. This is where you will find San Francisco's favorite chocolates, the brand starting in San Francisco in 1852. There are a number of shops here, including the Ghirardelli shop in the old chocolate factory building.
San Francisco Aquatic Park – is just along west from Fisherman's Wharf (past Pier 45) at 499 Jefferson Street. Here you will be able to see the National Park Visitor Center, and moored at Hyde St Pier are a number of historic ships – from the 1886 Square rigger sailing ship, Balclutha, to a steam tug, schooners and Ferry Boat, with the Maritime Museum in the Art Deco Bathhouse Building housing photos, documents, murals and maritime memorabilia from the age of sail and steam to today. The Cable Car Turnaround is also right here too while further along (in the direction of the Golden Gate Bridge)are the St. Francis Yacht Club and the Palace of Fine Arts at 3301 Lyon St, (See www.palaceoffinearts.org Tel: (415) 563 6504). Here you will find a large park overlooking a lake with birds and fountain and what look like Roman Buildings including a rotunda from centuries ago, but actually built in 1915 for the Exhibition that celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal. Just along from the Palace is the Letterman Digital Arts Center where George Lucas Films animation studios are located. They don't run tours, but in the park are you can take a photo of yourself next to the Yoda Fountain, Yoda being the character made famous in Star Wars movies.
This is all bordering the vast Presidio area – see below.
SPORT FISHING – As well as just seeing new places, what creates a real memory and story to tell is if you do something that others have not experienced, and here is San Francisco there is a great opportunity to go out fishing with a local fishing boat and crew. There are a number of boats offering the opportunity to do this –
Fishing is mostly in the Bay area, but Silver Fox also take people to the Farallon Islands just off the coast where between September and November a large number of Elephant Seals head to the islands to mate, which also attracts sharks too. The Farallon Islands are a group of sharp pinnacle cone shaped islands that rise from the ocean, about 27 miles off the coastline – sometimes called the "Devil's Teeth" due to their shape. SF Bay Whale Watching run tours off the coast to the islands to see dolphins, sea lions, whales, seals, birds and sharks throughout the year. See www.sfbaywhalewatching.com Tel: (415) 349 5266 located at Pier 39, cnr Beach and Embarcadero Streets.
The Presidio – at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is a National Park area covering some 1480 acres of landscaped grounds, forests, wetlands, Pacific Ocean and Bayside views and beaches, walkways, bikeways, a golf course and some 500 historic buildings and military installations all within the Parklands. Free shuttle buses can take you to most areas of the park and there is a Visitor Center located in the Presidio on Montgomery Street. Things to see in the Presidio include
If you do drive, walk or cycle over the Golden Gate Bridge – stop and take a look at Fort Baker on the Marin County side, a former defense installation and Army Post covering 335 acres of grounds with 25 historic buildings located around the perimeter of the former Parade ground. It is located right on Horseshoe Bay, and the walking trails, historic buildings and gun emplacements, as well as the Bay Area Discovery Museum are all worth seeing. There are also great views from this side of San Francisco Bay too, and if you're feeling energetic there are trails that lead you on to Sausalito, where you could take a Ferry back to San Francisco.
The Marin County Headland is also where the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is located – a green space with lots of walking trails to take in nature, and look back to San Francisco and to the Bay and Ocean depending on where you are. You could also go horse riding here too at the Miwok Livery Stables – located at 701 Tennessee Valley Rd, Mill Valley – See www.miwokstables.com Tel: (415) 383 8048. You would need to book. Muir Woods is located in Marin County – about 10 miles north from the end of the Bridge, covering around 520 acres of forest and walkways and one of the places that tour buses head to see the ancient Redwood forests located here.
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Sausalito – is a ferry ride away from San Francisco on the Marin County side of the Bay. This town has a history going back to the Miwok and early Spanish and Mexican times, but it is very much a town centered around boating – with the Ferry Wharf and yacht marina area being the center of town. There are said to be around 400 houseboats (floating homes) here too, and up until World War Two there was a shipyard here. From the 1850's onwards a number of Portuguese from the Azores Islands came here to settle and work in the whaling, dairy, sardine and anchovy fishing industry that was here. The Spaulding Wooden Boat Center is still here teaching the craft, building and restoring wooden boats. (See www.spauldingcenter.org and you can tour the Center at Gate 5 Road Tel: (415) 332 3179.
There are small shops, boutiques, cafes, pubs and bistros and a bike and walkway along the Bayside, making Sausalito a good place to spend a few hours or stay overnight.
SAN JOSE and SILICON VALLEY –
It is hard to imagine that grains of sand that you can find on beach, river banks and deserts could become Silicon Chips and power millions of computers around the world, and if you wanted to search and find the source of this creative genius – then you have come to the right place – Silicon Valley, a name coined in 1971 when the semi-conductor business was in its early development.
Silicon Valley is not a geographic place name as such, but it has come to symbolise the high tech industry in the area broadly encompassing much of the San Francisco peninsula, San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley where over 6000 high tech companies are located. Companies including Google, Apple, Cisco, Intel, Adobe, Yahoo, e-Bay, Hewlett-Packard all have their headquarters based here, with Stanford University here too. Many of these companies are leading global businesses, but there are also a few thousand others that are of medium size or start-ups, attracting some of the most creative technical people in the world to work here. A number of Venture Capital companies are also based here too.
All of the big and also small companies are naturally very secretive about their work and what they are developing, but to get a feel for Silicon Valley, take the time to come and see these Museums.
The museum is owned by AMORC – which stands for the "Antiquus Mysticusque Ordo Rosae Crucis" (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis) a Philosophical Organisation that dates back to 1915, when the AMORC Rosicrucian Order was formed to study the "elusive mysteries of life and the Universe". Most people know of the Egyptian Pyramids and the time of the Pharaohs but have never studied what is revealed in ancient hieroglyphics. The Rosicrucian Order studies ancient teachings and wisdom, balancing this study and research against current knowledge and science. While this may sound all very mystical, the Museum and the exhibits that you see here let you delve into the world of antiquities and ancient wisdom. Definitely worth time seeing.
One of the very best things about the United States is the National Parks – where you can see what an amazing country the United States is. The very first National Park in the United States is Yellowstone, set aside as a National Park in 1872, but equally impressive is Yosemite that was established in 1890.
Yosemite is about 200 miles from San Francisco or about 4 hour's driving away, so you need to leave very early in the morning if you want to see the National Park in a day trip, but it is better if you can spend more time and stay over or at least stay closer to the Park to cut down on travel time. For a 1 day or multi–day tour to Yosemite see Extranomical Tours in San Francisco (See www.extranomical.com Tel: 1-866 231 3752)
The Yosemite National Park covers an area of around 1200 square miles in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, much of it wilderness area, with massive Sequoia, Cypress Pine trees and forest, huge granite rock faces, cliffs and boulders, high mountain meadows and lakes, and rocky streams of water that plunge down or cascade over waterfalls from the high snow-capped mountain peaks flowing down though the valleys.
Every season brings its own sense of beauty and awe inspiring landscapes – from the colors of leaves changing in the fall, to the wildflowers in Spring, snow falls, wind squalls, flurries of snow in winter and in summer the smaller cascades of water and a landscape that plays with the sun and sky. Not only is Yosemite inspirational scenery, an artist's and photographer's dream, but it is also the clean mountain air that seems to breathe a freshness all its own.
There are lots of short as well as longer hiking trails, camping grounds, picnic and parking areas, and while there are different entrances to the Park, the main one is up through the Yosemite Valley beside the Merced River with Southside Drive, a one way road leading up the Yosemite Valley to Yosemite Village, Museum and Visitor Center and the Northside Drive leading down from it. From the Visitor Center and Parking areas a Free Hybrid Shuttle service operates to take passengers on a loop road at the top of the Valley to the different walking trails and camping locations that lead off from the Loop road.
Besides the overall picture perfect scenery on the drive up the Valley, stop to see the vertical 3000 feet high granite wall of rock called "El Capitan" that 2 American 'free climbers' Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson climbed up between December 27, 2014 and January 14, 2015. They even pitched their tents off the cliff face to sleep, eat and rest up, repair their red raw fingers and hope that the snow and wind wouldn't blow them off the cliff face. Other spectacles that you will see, depending on where you trek or travel to are the Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks, the Three Brothers Rocks (Eagle Peak 7779 feet high, Middle Brother and Lower Brother), Yosemite Falls, Royal Arch Cascade, Mirror Lake, Happy Isles. There are many others places too. Glazier Point (7214 Feet high) is off Glazier Point Rd (a difference entrance to the Park which is closed in the winter months – November to May), and this is also where the Badger Pass Ski fields are too, with 5 lifts and 10 ski runs with names like Gray Owl, Chipmunk, Beaver, Red Fox and Wildcat, all located at between 7200 and 8000 feet elevation. (See www.badgerpass.com )
Staying inside the Park is great if you can book a camping spot in Curry Village or the High Sierra Camps or stay at Yosemite Lodge, White Wolf Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows Lodge or Ahwahnee but equally there are places outside the Park too in Mariposa, a small historic town about an hour from the Valley with a number of motels, B&B's, Lodges and rental accommodation, as well as a museum and most spectacular of all – the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. These giant trees 1800 years old trees really do feel like giants towering over you as you walk beneath them, and they have great names like the Fallen Monarch, Grizzly Giant, Bachelor and Three Graces, Clothespin Tree and Faithful Couple. The forest grove also has a unique fresh but earthy pine type smell too which adds further to the experience.
If you like horse riding, check out Yosemite Trails – see www.yosemitetrails.com at 7910 Jackson Rd, Fish Camp Tel: (559) 683 7611.
Wawona, another small town, between Mariposa and the Yosemite Valley has been part of the Yosemite story since the 1850's when Stage Coaches would stop over on their way travelling east or west passing by Yosemite. In Wawona you will find the National Historic Landmark Wawona Hotel, with 104 guest rooms (Tel : 801- 559 4884) and see some of the old buildings from that time nearby, including the 1857 Covered Bridge and the Pioneer Yosemite History Center. The Badger Pass ski fields are about 45 minutes from Wawona, and Wawona is just a few miles from the entrance to the Yosemite Valley.
Hetch Hetchy Valley – lies around 8 miles north-west of the Yosemite Valley, and this is where the O'Shaughnessy Dam (Built in 1923) and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is located which provides around 80% of San Francisco's water supply via an Aquaduct that leads from the dam to San Francisco and nearby towns. The Valley itself is enjoyed by hikers who come here to climb and backpack along the trails. In the spring melting snow creates two spectacular waterfalls – Tueeulala Falls (840 feet drop) and Wapama Falls (1700 feet drop) making them two of the North America's highest waterfalls. The valley has flora, fauna, lakes, streams and wildlife including bears, so bear canisters need to be carried by hikers too.
Sacramento is around 90 miles from San Francisco and it is the Capital of the State of California. Being north-east of San Francisco, it is about 3 hours south to the Yosemite Valley, but is it closer to Lake Tahoe and its ski resorts, which are 120 miles east of Sacramento.
The City is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River in what is called the Central Valley of California which covers a vast area of around one and a half million acres of farmland supplying produce to restaurants, supermarkets and produce stores across the country.
The Valley itself has been occupied for thousands of years by Niseman Maidu, Miwok and Ochecame people, and was first seen by a Mexican explorer, Gabriel Moraga (1765-1823) in 1808 who named the river he found as the "Rio del Santissimo Sacramento" (River of the Most Blessed Sacrament). He also named the Merced and Mariposa Rivers too that flow from the Sierra Nevada mountains in Yosemite.
In 1839 a German born Swiss Army Officer, Johann Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) taking the name of John Sutter travelled here to establish a Fort and settlement, and he was able to gain a land grant from the Mexican Government on the basis of him becoming a Mexican Citizen, which he duly did on August 29, 1840. Fort Sutter, built as a compound using adobe bricks became the first settlement and trading post, which he named "New Helvetia" (New Switzerland). If you see old Swiss postage stamps you will see the "Helvetia" on them.
It was only two years later that the United States-Mexican War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo in February 1848, which resulted in Alta California and therefore New Helvetia becoming part of the United States. At the time John Sutter was in the process of building a water powered sawmill on the American River.
Sutter's Mill became famous as the site of the first gold discovery in California, and the start of a massive 'gold rush' as prospectors, adventurers, frontiersmen, squatters and fortune hunters rushed to California to seek their fortune, and in the process the village, town, later to become City of Sacramento was born. Today you can visit the restored Sutter's Fort at 2701 L. Street in the center of Sacramento (See www.suttersfort.org Tel: 916 445 4422).
John Sutter however never prospered from the gold find, and the validity of the land grant he received from the Mexican Government was challenged by a newly formed Squatter's Association and then subsequently cancelled by the US Supreme Court in 1858.
Sacramento with the discovery of gold became a frontier boom town. Gold Fever took over and people became desperate to quickly get to the gold fields, make a claim and discover a fortune.
Those lucky enough to find gold, then needed to protect it too from outlaws.
In 1850 the American Express company was formed by two New Yorkers, Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William Fargo (1818-1881) and in 1852 they also formed Wells Fargo & Co.in the transport express business. Both companies have since flourished, and in 1854 Sacramento had become the Capital of California, and Wells Fargo stage coaches, which first arrived here in 1852 connected Sacramento to San Francisco and to cities all the way East to New York. In Sacramento, Wells Fargo has two museums at 400 Capitol Mall and at 1000 Second Street where you can see their old stage coaches, and learn about the company's history, drivers and horses.
Six horses were used to pull the Wells Fargo stage coaches and in April 1860 another famous American legendary story was born – the Pony Express, where letters and telegrams could be carried by the Pony Express from New York to Sacramento and San Francisco in 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted until October 1861, but the image of its skilled riders and the ponies they rode on have become part of American folklore. The Pony Express was set up with 184 Pony Express stations located every 10 miles across the country from Missouri to California. When each Pony Express rider came close to the next station they would sound a horn to get the next pony ready for the rider and his Mochila backpack to ride on.
The arrival of the railroads and the Trans Continental Telegraph in 1861 however saw the end of the Pony Express but Wells Fargo continued to expand, its early passenger and gold carrying days moving from the use of stage coaches to rail when a number of USA Railroads including the Trans Continental Railroad, built in 1869 were built. By 1918 Wells Fargo was servicing 10,000 American cities and towns, and in that year following World War 1 its Express business was taken over by the US Government and Wells Fargo became a bank, a business that continues to this day.
In Sacramento you will see streets given numbers – as in 11th Street but also single letters too – as in K Street based on the original town plan for the City.
In Downtown Sacramento there is the Old Town and the Sacramento State Historic Park – located at 1002 2nd Street, where you can see a number of buildings and historic museums that relate back to the early days. In the early days flooding of the town was a major issue, and to overcome the problem, they ended up jacking up all the buildings near the river, and so the buildings that you see in the Historic Park are really on the first floor level, though you would never notice this unless told. It is still however possible to take a look downstairs in some to the old original ground level.
In Old Sacramento State Historic Park you can see the old Pony Express terminal, Wells Fargo Museum, the Californian State Railroad Museum at 125 I Street on corner with Second Street (See www.uprrmuseum.org Tel: 916 445 7387 and the Californian State Military Museum at 1119 2nd Street (See www.militarymuseum.org Tel: (916) 442 2883) A visit to Old Sacramento Historic Park is a great way to get a feel for what Sacramento would have looked like in the early days when gold was discovered.
Besides visiting the Historic Park, take a cruise on the River. See Hornblower Cruises (See www.hornblower.com Tel: 916 446 1185 located at 1206 Front Street) that leaves from the L Street Dock, and Delta River Cruises (See www.deltarivercruises.com Tel: 916 399 9342) that sometimes have cruises from Sacramento to San Francisco.
In Sacramento there are a number of museums that we have listed below, but probably the most notable architectural feature is the Tower Bridge – a vertical lift bridge that was built in 1934. At night time it lights up and a lot of people take photos of the bridge in both day and night.
There are many historic buildings in the Old Town, but the most beautiful one without doubt is the Californian Capitol Building built in 1869 with its double cupola dome roof structure and gold ball on top. While it looks pretty spectacular from outside, it is more magnificent inside, and there is a Museum and guided tours to show you some of the public areas – See www.capitolmuseum.org 1315 10th Street, Room B27 Tel: (916) 324 0333.
The other building that I think you should see is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament – 1017 11th Street built in 1889 – See www.cathedralsacramento.org Tel: (916) 444 3071. It is also a stunning building both inside and outside too.
There are a number of other museums in Sacramento to see –
Sacramento can be very hot in the middle of summer, and for spectacular scenery it is better to spend time seeing Yosemite or the Napa Valley wine areas than coming here, but it is the State Capital and has a lot of the Gold mining history that really is at the heart of what made California develop in the early days. It also has great food and good hotels to stay in. If you want to see a smaller town which also has a gold mining history, visit Murphys, about 85 miles south east of Sacramento.
San Francisco is certainly an extremely popular city to visit, and I hope that the information about the city and some of the places nearby has aroused your interest in this part of California.
Happy Traveling!
Geoff Stuart
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in this tumultuous time, i need to take care of myself first and foremost. not every text needs to be answered immediately. i don't have to read every blog post in my reader. i should pick up a book instead of mindlessly surfing the internet.i want my life to be more about quality and less about quantity in every single way. i feel as though i'm being pulled in a million different directions and have a million different feelings welling up inside me, so i want to spend my time doing things that matter to me, and cultivate only the relationships which nourish me.
i'm very lucky that both my parents went through this stage in life, and can offer me wisdom from the other side. my mom recently found a folder containing just some of the cover letters she sent out after graduating with her master's degree. in her revistionist memory she had totally forgotten her period of uncertainty, believing she had moved right from graduation to her first job. i mentioned to my parents that this reminded me of how when i read in memoirs the author will say, oh and then i happened in to this or that job, and then i happned to meet my husband, and then i ended up stumbling upon this or that great achievement–completely overlooking the fear, pain and uncertainty of the search. in retrospect i guess it all fits together and leads you to where you are, but while you're in it it's confusing and hard and not at all logical. however, that's my life right now and i don't want to go through it doping myself with mindlessness, i want to be an active participant.
sitting in a coffee shop just now, finishing this post, i was sitting next to two high schoolers, prom dates, discussing the drama involved with picking a prom group. i rolled my eyes a few times, thinking about how silly they were being to get worked up about this detail they'll barely remember in five years. but then the girl stood up, caught my eye and smiled at me.
it reminded me just how much she has in front of her and how much she'll learn before the time that she's my age. my heart swelled and then i realized i wouldn't have had that simple, poignant thought if i hadn't have been anything but present.


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With so many assignments now getting conducted over a global in scale by foreign organizations relating diverse teams working in distinctive places and across numerous countries it would be naive to expect the job to be hassel-free and manage smoothly always. With individuals involved via a selection of cultural backgrounds and with built in language barriers such global projects are bound to encounter challenges a few level. In certain jobs social differences could cause sustained problems through the cycle of the job. Even just where teams have employment with the same worldwide organization considering the same corporate and business culture, the neighborhood cultural variations at a private level can impact the progress from the project. Global projects can be, and will be, effective mainly because they use the most suitable skills that are available in the most economical method. However it is important to know the areas that happen to be likely to cause problems above and above the conventional challenges spotted in all jobs if you are planning a global job, and/or previously focusing on a single. Actively manage these types of trouble areas along with your project will be successful.
1. Different Locations & Time Zones
Project associates working in similar site can quickly take care of little challenges prior to they will become big problems mainly because they can easily without difficulty talk personally and do not need to rely as well seriously about e-mail and electronic digital discussion boards or message boards. They will are more or less all in the workplace by the same time and do not have to plan talks nonetheless can easily present an improvised discussion once needed. If you team is definitely not co-located then be sure there is certainly by a minimum of a a couple of hour period every working day when each and every one team associates is available bu mobile phone or email. Depending on the relevant period zones this might mean that one particular workforce must modify their very own regular functioning several hours by starting earlier, or perhaps ending soon after, than usual. This basic alter can be a key factor in preventing issues with many areas of a project.
2. Ethnical Distinctions
Handful of of all of us really figure out a different customs and their varied attitudes to work. Meritocratic working surroundings do not exist in every country so thinking to mature management, controlling of concerns and quality of operate can be entirely different. No qualtity of very careful wording of contracts can mitigate created cultural beliefs. Recognize that this really is a problem that needs to be solved via both walls approaching collectively not right from only one side within the ethnic part changing. We can all learn a thing by distinctive doing work strategies and thought patterns consequently try and steer clear of complications simply by ensuring both sides state and document their very own expectations of every other.
3. Language Obstacles
In most global assignments the real key persons conversing major emails regarding the project will be completing this task in the same language. Nonetheless that dialect is not going to be the native language of all many involved and this can business lead to uncertainty. Verbal and written marketing and sales communications are both areas that can trigger disbelief and a failure to seize important details. Native appear system should apply clear, simple language once communicating with other folks meant for who the language is known as a second dialect.
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A global project director always should concern opinion to teams upon the style and top quality of their very own function. Virtually any dis-satisfaction with the job must end up being voiced early on on so that expectations are clear plus the required standard can be reached as time passes. It can be essential which the global job manager recognizes what drives each group and their affiliates and how to give favorable complaint targeted at strengthening work instead of just outright criticism. Talking in honestly and openly with team associates in the beginning should talk about distinctive factors that cause inspiration and, while the project advances carry out not forget that one of the most effective techniques of encouraging persons is to easily say thank you to all of them pertaining to the task they will have carried out.
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Villas Pinezići – Villa 1
About the project
Experience the romantic atmosphere and Mediterranean lifestyle. Luxury stone villas, situated in a beautiful location in Pinezići on the island of Krk, with panoramic view of the sea. The villas are built with top quality materials and they are furnished with superb equipment. Furthermore, each villa has its own swimming pool and stylish courtyard, decorated with various Mediterranean plants.
Villa 1 / SOLD!
Villa 1 is a new villa in littoral style, of surface of 200 sqm (with terraces), built on a plot of 539 sqm. The villa consists of ground floor and first floor. In the ground floor there are living room and dining room, kitchen, hallway, bathroom, roofed entrance and spacious roofed terrace. On the first floor there are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, hallway and two terraces. The house offers an open view of the sea from both floors. On the beautifully arranged plot there are also a swimming pool and parking lots.


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Lily Allen's new Greg Kurstin-produced album & some 2009 Tour Dates w/ Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
On February 10th, 2009, Capitol Records will release It's Not Me, It's You, the follow-up to Lily Allen's critically acclaimed 2007 debut, Alright, Still. Recorded at Eagle Rock Studios in Los Angeles, the album finds Lily in top form, creating a record Blender's recent "In The Studio" feature described as "part God, part country and all middle finger." Allen wrote and recorded the album's 12 songs with producer Greg Kurstin (the bird and the bee), who worked with her on three songs for Alright, Still – "Everything's Just Wonderful," "Alfie" and "Not Big."
"We decided to try and make bigger sounding, more ethereal songs, real songs," says Lily, who will be touring the U.S. in the spring. "I wanted to work with one person from start to finish to make it one body of work. I wanted it to feel like it had some sort of integrity. I think I've grown up a bit as a person and I hope it reflects that."
All of those spring tour dates haven't been announced yet, but it looks like Lily will be taking Natalie Portman's Shaved Head out on the road with her in April. Surfaced dates include April 1st at House of Blues in San Diego and April 20th at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. The latter goes on sale Friday at 10am via LiveNation.com.
The Bird and The Bee have shows scheduled in February and March in support of their new album Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (out now).
All known Lily Allen dates below…
Lily Allen – 2009 Tour Dates
Mar 14 – O2 Academy Glasgow
Mar 15 – 02 Academy Manchester
Mar 16 – 02 Academy Dublin
Mar 18 – 02 Academy Bristol
Mar 19 – Guildhall Southampton
Mar 20 – Dome Brighton
Mar 22 – UEA Norwich
Mar 23 – 02 Academy Birmingham
Mar 24 – O2 Academy Leeds
Mar 26 – 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
Mar 27 – 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
Mar 28 – O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London
Apr 01 – House of Blues, San Diego, CA *
Apr 02 – The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 04 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Apr 06 – Showbox SoDo
Apr 13 – Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI *
Apr 18 – Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 20 – Roseland Ballroom, NY, NY *
Apr 22 – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
May 3 – Lido Berlin
May 4 – Gloria Koln
May 6 – Cigalle Paris
May 7 – Melkweg Amsterdam
May 8 – Ancienne Belgique Brussels
* w/ Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
CD Sunday - Spring has sprung
The Cd I used was Joanna Sheen's 'the heart of the garden' by Jane Shasky. I printed out one of the backing papers three times. First direct to 280gsm white linen effect card - folded to make A5. Then the same again on 140gsm parchment to make the wrap. I added a strip of cotton lace down the middle. Then from the sheet of toppers printed on parchment I made the 3 pink spot butterflies and added antennae and pink half pearls. From the third sheet of backing paper - printed on good plain paper - I cut out the six smaller butterflies. I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from a peel off sheet by Anita. They are white glitter but I coloured them to tone with the butterflies.
We had another really good response last week to our 'Spots n Dots' theme. Lovely cards. I hope 'Spring has Sprung' will equally inspire you all, and I know I will enjoy my visits to your Blogs.
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It's a beautiful card Carol. As you know I rarely use butterflies in my own crafting as I don't 'get' the thing about them being so popular. But I'm coming around to the idea if all butterflies used were like these! I'm sure Joyce will treasure the card.ReplyDelete
Both of us seem to have had a 'pink pearl' moment! Have you seen my latest entry into Debbees DT Delights challenge?
This is absolutely beautiful Carol, I love everything about it !!!!ReplyDelete
Kevin xx
What a beautiful card Carol. So soothing, the colours and the butterflies. Michelle xReplyDelete
Wow Carol, this is a stunning card, I just love it.ReplyDelete
Hugs Julie x
This is gorgeous Carol, your butterflies are always so beautiful.ReplyDelete
I love the pastel shades of these ones.
Sue x
An all round very special card which I'm sure Joyce will treasure.ReplyDelete
Jocelyn x
Gorgeous card, I love the butterfly's, The layout is brilliantReplyDelete
I was unable to join you last week even though it was printed out, I went down with a severe cold, hope to get this weeks made, again it's printed ready to do.
A beautiful card. Could almost believe they were real. Sure Joyce will treasure it.ReplyDelete
Will try my best to enter again.
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A component of a tubular external fixation system, which connects a bar to a bar or a bar to a Kirschner wire. May be adjustable.
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Govt. to pay for 20 per cent cost of mega development projects under PPP model
New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday said the government is ready to offer 20 percent of the cost of mega development projects if taken up as a public-private partnership (PPP).
Reddy said that in Mumbai some metro rail projects have been taken up as a private-public partnership and Hyderabad is also following suit.
The government is ready to encourage such gigantic projects so that they become commercially viable.
"In cases where such schemes are taken up, such gigantic schemes in PPP (Public Private Partnership) model we are giving 20 percent of the total cost of project by way of subsidies so that these mega projects can become commercially viable," said Jaipal Reddy in the capital.
Reddy had earlier suggested an equity between the central and state governments, on the lines of the Delhi Metro model, which, in fact, had been considered and shelved earlier by the Mumbai etropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). (ANI)


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Newcastle United took a point on home ground by holding Manchester United to a 3-3 see-saw draw.
United manager Van Gaal admitted himself that he has been "very bored" at times watching his side following a galore of criticism of Manchester United's attacking prowess.
He can have no such complaints after this hugely entertaining goal fest which produced some of their best attacking play of the season.
The away team led twice, first by Wayne Rooney's penalty and Jesse Lingard's finish that made it 2-0 before Georginio Wijnaldum and Aleksandar Mitrovic's penalty levelled the scores.
Rooney then scored a second that looks like the winning goal of the match.
But as Paul Dummett struck Newcastle's third in the last minute, Manchester United to miss their chance to go level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham.
While the point was not enough to clear Newcastle from the relegation zone, it represents a noteworthy improvement after three consecutive 1-0 defeats.


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So our first two wedding inspiration mood boards of 2016 have featured the beautiful Pantone colours for 2016. We started with Rose Quartz Wedding Styling ideas, and then last week we shared ideas for Serenity Wedding Styling ideas. So, what if we combine the two happy colours?
Rose Quartz and Serenity truly work beautifully together. There are a myriad of ways to infuse these feminine colours into your wedding styling; from beautiful florals and elegant tablescapes, to pretty wedding dresses and bridal shoes.
We think a lot of couples will be combining Rose Quartz and Serenity in their weddings in 2016 (and probably for years to come). Feast your eyes upon these ideas of ways to combine these two 2016 Pantone colours.
Bride and Groom with Blue and Pink Lanterns – Via Apartment Therapy
Serenity and Rose Quartz Wedding Cake – Via Style Me Pretty, picture by Michelle Kim Photography
Twobirds Bridesmaid Dress in Serenity – Via Style Me Pretty, picture by Sylvie Gil Photography
Shabby Chic Dresser in Blue with Pink Roses – Via AA Design Interior
Serenity and Rose Quartz Wedding Invitations – By Lion in the Sun – Huntington, via Style Me Pretty
Serenity Blue Wedding Place Setting – Tulle and Chantilly
Macaroon Tower in Blue and Pink – Via Pinterest
Rose Quartz Vintage Tea Cup – Via Fab Mood
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2016 was not a good year due to the amount of idols and legends we have lost in the rock and roll world. So of course, health has became an important topic of conversation for most drinkers.
It seems that recently we have become a little inundated with studies arguing over what can cause the most harm and what may actually be secretly good for us. Typically, booze is at the centre of a lot of these studies. Our favourite tipples are constantly under scrutiny and frankly, it's a little confusing. So here's a little run-down on the most recent studies and facts on the effects of alcohol on the body.
One thing that has been made clear, is that men are no longer at a much higher risk than women for health issues related to excessive drinking- it's pretty much equal now. According to BMJ Open, a study taken over the last 100 years states that drinking trends have changed a little bit between men and women. Although ladies might not be acknowledged for working as much as men, they are now, at least, recognised for drinking just as much.
The study compared how likely men were to suffer the effects of alcohol compared to women from 100 years ago and the same with men and women born at the turn of this century. It showed that men used to be twice as likely to drink as women – but are now only 1.1 times as likely. Furthermore, where men were three times more likely to drink to problematic levels, it has now dropped to them only being 1.2 times as likely as women to reach this stage.
In an analysis of over 4 million people's habits, the evidence suggested that at the start of the century, men were 3.6 times as likely to develop health issues from drinking, whereas those born and drinking at the end of the century were only 1.3 times as likely as the fairer sex.
The study's researchers claim this may be because marketing for booze caters more to women than it used to, in relation to changing gender roles over the last century. This doesn't tell us much about how specific issues may be caused, but there are a number of other studies that have managed to find that information out. But this one lets us know that women now have more of a chance to drink men under the table.
Of course, we all know that drinking too much will lead to health issues for anyone. Optical Express chief surgeon Dr David Teenan, released information this week that there is a hidden danger to heavy drinking; it can cause you to go blind. However, there is a silver lining. Another study this week showed that drinking in moderation could actually have some great health benefits, so for men and women alike, you may be able to reduce those health risks and a number of other ones that aren't related.
Presented at this year's American Heart Association meeting, the research shed light on the fact that one or two drinks a day can significantly reduce your risk of fatal heart attacks, as the toxins keep the good cholesterol in the blood at a higher level.
This time analysing the drinking habits of 80,000 Chinese civilians, the survey gave significant evidence that those who drank moderately have better cholesterol than those that don't. Most of those involved in the six-year study drank beer or spirits, so it's unsure if wine holds the same benefits. However, if you're a fan of a pint or maybe a glass of whisky a day, you can carry on doing so in the knowledge that it won't kill you. In fact, it just might save you.
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Sales Channel Recruitment – What your Partners Really Want to Know
Every sales channel communication you have should be outward focused. We all know this but I am consistently surprised at the number of partner recruitment packages that are supplier focused. In designing the package, you should put yourself in the partner's shoes and ask yourself what would I want from this supplier
Here is a short list, which I certainly welcome feedback on for the benefit of all readers:
When you build your recruitment package around these topics, you come to grips with how well defined these items are today.
One of our clients took an honest look at how they on-board their partners and realized it was an ad-hoc process driven by the assigned channel manager. The revised on-boarding program included pre and post launch activities with a clear curriculum and regular bi-directional communication on progress. This had the effect of accelerating ramp time for the next 3 partners by 14 weeks
Does your recruitment package address the points above? If not, your potential partners might be tuning you out.
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Booking Rules
This page is about the menu SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES
You have a choice on booking rules which define how bookings from your own web site are treated:
1. Automatically Confirmed online bookings
- No Deposit - auto confirmed booking with no deposit
2. On Request Bookings - Bookings that have to be confirmed manually.
- Request Only - booking to be confirmed manually
Additional rules you can set are:
- Block the room - no availabilty will be shown for blocked rooms
- Do not block the room
3. Collect credit card details to process the card manually through your own bank or merchant account
- Request CC - request only with Credit Card collection
- Collect CC - number collected but not charged
If you want to collect credit card number for security you can set the amounts under SETTINGS -> PROPERTIES -> CREDIT CARD COLLECTION
4. Online Deposit Collection
If you want to collect a deposit Payment you can define two different deposit payments. You can set the amounts under SETTINGS -> PROPERTIES -> PAYMENT COLLECTION
- Deposit Payment 1 - auto confirmed with depostit payment
- Deposit Payment 2 - auto confirmed with deposit payment
4. Black out Property
If you do not want to accept new bookings for a certain period (for example if you are closed for the season) you wan set a blackoout
- Blackout period - no new bookings accepted
Hierarchy of Rules
The default booking rules for the whole property can be overridden
*by the booking rule for an offer set in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES -> OFFERS *the "Booking Type" set in the "Summary" tab of a rate can override the rule set in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES and the rule set in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES -> OFFERS
Booking Rules define the options and rules applying to all bookings or bookings within a certain period. You have following options:
- Normal Bookings -the booking type for normal bookings. If a booking includes normal and near term dates the booking type will be as set for near term dates. If a booking includes normal and exceptional dates the booking type will be as set for exceptional dates.
- Near Term Bookings - You can select how many days in advance to consider a near term booking and the style of booking completion for near term bookings. You may use a different strategy than your normal bookings. If a booking includes near term and exceptional dates the booking type will be as set for exceptional dates.
- Exceptional Period Booking - The exceptional period is a period you can define to use a special booking style or blackout period. It includes all dates between the first and last night. This may be used to easily blackout a date range. Another example would be to only accept On Request bookings during the exceptional period while still accepting Automatic bookings at other times.
Spam Protection
You can protect yourself from spam via your booking page in SETTINGS -> PROPERTIES -> BOOKING RULES -> GUEST VERIFICATION
- Set "On Screen Captcha code" to "Must be Entred" so your guests will have to enter a captcha code to proceed the booking
- Set "Code Sent to Email Address" to "Must be Entred" and your guest will only be able to proceed the booking after they enter a code that has been automatically sent to them.
If you think the wrong booking rule is applied check your settings for: SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES "Booking Type" SETTINGS->PROPERTIES-> OFFERS "Booking Type" Setting for "Booking Type" set in the "Summary" tab of your rates
If you have set different RULES for Normal Bookings and Near Booking - Deposit Collection : SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES "Normal Booking" - Deposit Collection 1 - auto collection with deposit collection SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES "Near Term Booking" - Deposit Collection 2 - auto collection with deposit collection Also ensure you have SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES -> DAILY PRICING STRATEGY-> BOOKING TYPE = DEFAULT (set by property booking rules)


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Bottled tea
You know that choosing varied sources of antioxidants in your diet can be part of a healthy lifestyle.
But when you buy those convenient teas in bottles from the corner store, are you getting all the antioxidant polyphenols that you want?
Maybe not.
What's in that bottle?
Dr. Shiming Li of WellGen presented preliminary test results of polyphenol content of commercial teas in bottles at the American Chemical Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, August 22, 2010.
Testing six different brands using high-performance liquid chromatography, he found that the polyphenol content varied from 3 mgs. to 81 mgs. for a 16 ounce bottle.
Fresh green tea antioxidant polyphenols
In comparison, a cup (8 ounces) of freshly made green or black tea contains 50 to 175 mgs. of polyphenols, including EGCG from green tea.
Thus, 16 ounces of home-brewed tea would offer 100 to 350 mgs. compared to 3 to 81 mgs. in commercial bottled tea.
In other words, home-made offers between 4 to 30 times more antioxidant polyphenols.
Less expensive home brew
And if you prepared your teas at home, you probably spent less than 10 cents per serving.
Another consideration is that commercial brands may contain sugars that add to your daily calorie count.
Antioxidants and free radicals
How did this difference in antioxidant content happen?
Antioxidants are basically fast-acting fragile chemicals.
Once they quench or combine with singlet oxygen molecules called free radicals, they are no longer active.
This can happen in water as well as inside your body.
Also they simply degrade over time.
The antioxidant polyphenols in teas that you make at home by heating water to extract the useful chemicals, then drinking at a comfortable temperature, will also degrade over time, usually within 8 hours.
Drink fresh green tea only!
So make sure you drink your healthy tea freshly made, but not too hot.
Otherwise, as they said in the old days:
Throw it out because...
"That's yesterday's tea."
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