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7. Yotam continued …
Yotam arrivedin Chennai eight years ago after accepting a three-month gig as a sound engineer because his wife wanted out for a while from living in the desert in Israel. At the time Yotam had one daughter under aged two. He and his wife now have three daughters, and the three month gig in Chennai turned into a creative and more or less successful business that has kept him in Chennai for the past eight years, although he now commutes to Israel every two weeks - and spends about half his time there - since his wife and daughters returned to live in Israel last year. At his Chennai studio Yotam has designed and built a top quality video production room and a great sound studio, which has all of the high-end sound mixing and video editing equipment someone putting out top of the line music would need. His specific interests are in recording and promoting traditional village musicians, and in producing innovative music, most akin to modern jazz. He has recently spent weeks in Kerala state in India recording villagers using traditional Indian village instruments that he thinks is cutting edge. Two of Yotam's video music recordings have been purchased by National Geographic. He has developed great music contacts throughout India as a producer and sound engineer, and has just recorded the renowned and revered classical India singer Soubaj Mudgal doing a modern duet with an African-American singer poet from Philadelphia, which he plays for me. Soubaj's voice is just stunning and she dwarfs the woman singing opposite her, though I love the sound and think the recording is great. At the studio, Yotam has also built a kitchen and guest sleeping quarters where visiting artists and musicians can stay while being recorded. Yotam's beautiful and revealing website is www.earthsync.com. Take a peak.
And while Yotam is a without question a very hard working, broadly traveling, singularly talented producer/engineer, he has two additional passions - aside from his work and family. They are surfing and Auroville. And it is in regard to these passions that Yotam wants to guide me. Especially inasmuch as both are on my way to what I had originally projected as my next stop, Puduchcheri, where I now know I would again have had to answer the question why had I decided to visit the equivalent of Bakersfield, California, on my tour of India, rather than going to the equivalent of Big Sur. So first the surfing.
Although born in the Sinai, and in love with the desert, Yotam also loves to surf, has done so in many of the highlight surfing spots around the globe, and has even brought his big board to Chennai. Doesn't everybody? I mean, when you think of India don't you right away think of surfing? So here is Yotam, son of the desert, in Chennai on the Indian Ocean with his big board looking for places to surf. And the place that most appeals to him - because of the wave action he has observed there - is a beach and cove in the small over 2,000 year old fishing village of Kovalam, just south of Chennai on the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian Ocean.
On Yotam's third surfing visit to Kovalam, along with some Aussie friends and fellow surfers, where they regularly draw a crowd, Yotam is approached by a slight Indian man in his late twenties named Multhiy Megavan, a village fisherman, whose father was a fisherman, and whose father's father was a fisherman, who asks Yotam if he can use Yotam's board to try to surf, something no one in the history of the village of Kovalam, at least as far as Multhiy and his friends are aware, has ever done, or seen done, until a few weeks earlier when Yotam arrived and surfed there. Yotam, of course, says yes, and Multhiy Megavan, tenth generation small village Indian fisherman, gets on Yotam's big board, rides as if he has been surfing for years, and falls instantly and madly in love with surfing and the surfer's unique relationship with the sea. I watch the short video Yotam is finishing about Multhiy and Multhiy's evolution, and, at Yotam's suggestion, I visit Multhiy of an afternoon in Kovalam on my way to Puduchcheri.
8. Multhiy
The village of Kovalam is as prototypical a fishing village as you will find in any travelogue or ethnographic study about southern Indian fishing villages. Fish and fishing nets are drying in the hot afternoon sun, the air is filled with the smell of dead fish and decaying garbage, ancient log dories are being painted and tarred, the red sand is hot beneath your feet, naked children and their fully dressed mothers are wading in the surf, plastic waste litters the beach, there is one church, one mosque, a number of newer and older temples, a town hall, an older school, and dogs laying in the sun like Indian dogs everywhere, apparently of the universally held Indian dog view, that laying in tire tracks in the middle and at the edge of frequently traveled roadways is the preferred place to sleep. Kovalam has served as the site of Tamil fishing activities from at least the time ships and sailors of the Roman Empire explored and colonized the southwestern shores of the India coast. And as far as Multhiy knows his ancestors have always lived there and always fished.
When I arrive in Kovalam Multhiy comes down to the beach to meet me on his motorcycle and takes me back to his house on it. Everyone in Kovalam knows Multhiy, and Multhiy knows everyone in Kovalam. First we stop at his mother-in-law's house, which is closer to the beach than Multhiy's house, and is where he stores the six surfboards he uses and is now responsible for. He describes each board to me, the one that is Yotam's board, the one that was broken and he has been trying to repair, the small one for smaller people that doesn't track as well. He tells me to be careful of my head as we pass into every room, and as I stand up in every room. He remarks that Yotam and I are the same size and compares us to his size. We get back on the motorcycle and drive through lanes between houses not wide enough for an ox cart. We arrive at Multhiy's relatively new stucco home where his very young, very beautiful, and very irritable wife is cooking lunch for us, fish, of course, and yelling at the children. A TV set is on. Cricket, of course. There is running water in their home but no tables and no chairs. We eat seated on the floor. No one washes their hands before eating, and everyone eats with their fingers except me who has been provided with a spoon. And I don't quite eat, although I do nibble, while the kids literally grab handfuls of rice and stuff it in their mouths without the grace of the better mannered finger pinch and shovel method. Everyone washes their hands after eating. Multhiy tells me his story, how his father left the village when Multhiy was young, how he feels sad at times for reasons he doesn't understand, how surfing delights him, how he has become the surfing "coach" for numbers of young men in Kovalam who also love to surf and how much that means to him, how he wants to start a surfing school, and a surfboard making shop, and cannot wait to teach his young son to surf.
And all the while I am treated as Multhiy's honored guest, and I feel honored. After all, I'm a friend of Yotam's, someone who may in some way be able to help Multhiy realize his dreams, a simple fisherman who out of the clear blue sea has had a video made of him and of his love for surfing, which has changed his life.
9. Mamalahpurum
Mamalahpurum is a seaside village in Tamil Nadu, the most southeastern Indian state, and a Hindu religious site of some significance, with stone temples and sculptures that pre-date Anghor. And although the temples are small, worn, and not well preserved, they draw very big crowds of Indian people to them. Abutting the temple sites is a public beach where the crowds also flow. The path to the public beach is lined with trinket and souvenir shops and food vendors. On the beach are small hand operated children's rides, saddled horses to be photographed on or ridden on the beach while being led around by their handlers, and more food vendors selling everything from watermelon slices and coconuts for coconut juice, to freshly fried fish. Air pressured BB guns with real pellets are available for firing at displays of balloons attached to 4x8 sheets of plywood that people wander behind obliviously and I cannot fathom how no one appears to be injured among the all the balloon popping and balloon missing shots. The beach is crowded. The water is warm. The horses are sometimes led in a run down the beach, through the masses of people and vendors. There is a festive air about the place. Some adult men even have their shirts off, although all of the women are fully dressed on the beach whether in the sea or not.
Some of the street vendor food looks and smells delicious to me, especially the deeply friend bananas and deeply fried peppers that I studiously watch a vendor dredge in some sort of sticky deep tangerine-colored fritter batter, that she has first literally squeezed in her hands and through her fingers to mix the batter and assure its ongoing consistency after a day in the sun before dredging the banana and pepper through it, and then sliding the coated fruits into the oil. And here, overcoming all the cautions I've read about Indian street food, I decide to go for it. It was cooked for a long time, right? The oil was boiling. No virus or bacterium could live through that heat, right? And when the food comes out from the hot oil the vendor uses a ladle to put it onto a tray, that's good. And before the vendor can even touch the freshly cooked food I have previously selected to wrap it in old newspaper - the famous grease absorbing newsprint method - I grab my one banana and one pepper with my recently sanitized hands, assuring the food has not been touched by the vendor after coming out of the oil. The banana and the pepper are hot throughout when I eat them. And in addition to the food looking really good, which is why I was tempted by it in the first place, the spicy fritter batter tastes great, and the fresh pepper is marvelously spicy and deliciously peppery, and days later I've lived to write about it.
10. Yoga in Mamalahpurum
The town of Mamalapurum has a sizable foreign tourist and guesthouse scene, mostly Europeans drawn to Mamalapurum by its beach. Throughout this section of town are signs and shops advertizing massage, Ayurvedic healing, and yoga. Most signs list the times for the yoga classes, although in an excess of caution I go into two of the studios to see what they look like and to confirm with a human being that there will in fact be a class the next morning. In both places I'm assured there will be class, but when I arrive at one and then the other, a rooftop yoga venue where I find two Indian men just waking up, there are no yoga classes, and when I say to one of the men on the rooftop, "Yoga, seven A.M?" he wags his finger at me and says, "Never once." But I am determined to do yoga this morning and return to my room, put my mats on the floor, and begin.
One of the reasons I like to take yoga classes from yoga instructors is that I don't have to think about what to do, I just follow their voices, listen passively to their instructions, do what they say to do, and try to focus on my breathing. This is in contrast to most times that I do yoga on my own, when I am often distracted by my need to move myself consciously through my practice and cannot surrender my active thinking mind. But this day for some reason my mind has turned off and each pose just flows into the next until I realize I am in shivasana, a crow is calling, and more than an hour and a half has passed. I like that, that I have the space to be that person.
11. Auroville
Yotam's second passion is Auroville, www.auroville.org. He shows me a video he has made about chimes, bells and new musical instruments being produced in Auroville, which is an experimental community self described as a "township in the making since 1968" of over 2,200 people living on land spread out over 30 sq kilometers in over 100 "settlements" with names like Courage, Gratitude, and Surrender - set amidst Tamil villages named Pappanchavadi, Perdamudaliarchavadi, and Sanjeevinagar - linked by roads, cycle and walking paths, water and electric service, and having the goal of disassociating from an "old world ready for death" by working for a "new and better world preparing to be born."
Auroville is truly amazing, comfortable, fascinating, real, and successful. As an old sixties hippie and communard I am in awe of what they have accomplished. The housing is lovely. The roads are dirt and well maintained. There is a public school system. It is spiritual and political at its core. It has integrated into the community it exists in in an amazing way and is surrounded by supportive peasant farming villages that have a decidedly symbiotic relationship to the community. In the local town are numbers of really good bakeries, small fresh food and organic markets, motorcycle and bike rental stores, Internet services, small tourist agencies, and restaurants, all owned by locals who are benefiting from the success of the community. The settlements have good purified community drinking water. There are playgrounds and volleyball and basketball courts, a kindergarten, a soccer field, a weekly community newsletter, lectures, workshops, organic gardens. What most impresses me is how many local Indian people work in and around Auroville, and how some have even become members. It delights me to see peasant men and women walking, biking, and motorcycling in and around Auroville who also share in the sense of being part of the larger community, who comfortably hitch rides, who smile back when you smile at them.
People who live in the Auroville community are encouraged to be "free of moral and social convention," but not slaves to the ego and its ambition if they wish to find the path to inner peace, which in the Aurovillian view can only be attained in a state of disinterestedness. And while there is an immense emphasis on truly being "free," which in Auroville is not possible without acknowledgement of the "Divine," there is also a pragmatic commitment to working for the good of the community and each adult member of the community is asked to make tangible contributions to the collective good that are distinct from working for one's self.
There is something very attractive and beautiful to me about the whole scene, a sense of extraordinariness, immense calm, common laughter, intentionality, vibrancy, and magic. It is seductive and comfortable. And although my current biases do not immediately draw me to want to join Auroville I do find it immensely seductive, relaxed, relaxing, clean, smog free, inspired, and committed to envisioning and realizing a new world. And it is not as if Auroville is not part of India, it is, complete with cows in the street, women in saris, people balancing great loads on their heads, holy men, beggars, barefoot children, thatched huts, and a very Indian vibe, but being in Auroville is a bit like saying you've seen America when you have only been to Provincetown and I feel the urge to move on early.
12. Urusala
A French couple in their fifties or sixties are traveling with an Indian woman in her late thirties. I have seen this odd trio from time to time during my stay in Auroville and the man and I have acknowledged each other with nods. When we meet "accidentally" at the beach the man tells me he is a theatre director, and yes, he has heard of Steve Wangh and Steven's famous book, "Acrobat of the Heart," although he has not read it. A friend of theirs in France, who is now quite elderly and infirm, adopted the Indian woman they travel with, Urusala, from a convent in South India thirty years ago. Urusala, who is quite shy and lovely, has cognitive problems, and spends most of her time in a variety of sheltered workshops in France, not really knowing who she is and having no memories of her life before her adoption. The French couple, who have four grown children of their own, as a gift to their elderly friend, have taken Urusala to South India to see if such a trip will evoke Urusala's memories. It does not, although Urusala likes being among people who look like her, feels "at home" in India, and when she goes to visit the convent she was first raised in recognizes and is recognized by one of the young girls she grew up with in the convent, still living there as a teacher, unable as an Indian orphan girl to find a life outside the walls. Their recognition of each other thirty years after their separation brings each of the women to tears, and is described by Urusala as the high point of her trip, something almost entirely incredible were it not true, something she feels immense awe, pleasure, and joy about, although it evokes no other memories for her than that she knew the woman as a girl. Before I leave Auroville I bring out three inexpensive necklaces I bought in Mamalapurum as a gift for my granddaughter Mikaela's dolls and place them down on a table offering the one of her choice to Urusala as a gift. The necklaces immediately draw a small crowd of Indian women, each admiring the necklaces (which together cost less than a dollar) and trying them on. There is general agreement that the most colorful one is the loveliest, and matches the yellow outfit Urusala is wearing and she chooses that one to keep. The man and I then discuss whether God exists, a perfectly reasonable Indian segue, and he shares with me that it was Descartes who proclaimed the proof of God's existence was in the doubt of God's existence. And inspired by the Descartes reference I tell him the joke about being and doing and Frank Sinatra, and he gets it, and we laugh together. We laugh together for a long time.
13. Yoga in Auroville– Shambhu
I arrive at a 6:30 A.M. yoga class with only two other people in it offered by Shambhu, a smallish man with a very thick French accent, who is a member of the Auroville community and an absolutely dedicated yogi, and who suggests four dollars would be a fair contribution for his class … if you can afford it. I take only two classes with Shambhu but learn an immense amount from him, things I have never known, about the sound of Om, about the movement and particularization of breath, and about the space between the postures. It is totally non-aerobic, totally not exercise as I use that word, but a spiritual practice that honors the body and focuses the mind. I cannot imagine taking yoga classes with Shambhu as a regular practice but I want to be his student, want to know what he knows, want to move with the thoughtful precision that he moves with after what has surely been years and years of practice and study. "Who is your teacher," I ask Shambhu after the first day's class and Shambhu says, "I am not allowed to speak my teacher's name." And after the second day's class I ask, "Well, if you are not allowed to speak your teacher's name, could you write it down on a piece of paper?" And we laugh. And he says, "No." And I ask why. And Shambhu says, "I do not have permission," only he says "I do not 'ave 'e's permission." And I say, "I am leaving tomorrow, Shambhu, and would just like you to know how much I have enjoyed your classes and how much I feel I have learned from you in even this short time." And Shambhu says, "And I feel I 'ave learned much from you." And we laugh. And we bow. And I leave.
14. Motor scooter
Because everything in Auroville is so spread out most people who live in or visit Auroville for a while own or rent bicycles or motor scooters. It is literally many kilometers, and would be a very long time consuming walk, to get from my guesthouse, near the post office and the visitor center, to the solar kitchen, the yoga studio, or to the beach, bakery, coffee shop, and groceries in town.
And while driving a scooter in Auroville is significantly different than driving around Chennai or on the Indian roadways - slower, more courteous, fewer horns, a smaller volume of traffic, no big trucks - it is still driving in India and lanes of travel are only minimally respected.
I rent my scooter from a mechanic who stutters and speaks fairly good English. He tells me the price for the scooter will be eight hundred rupees a day (roughly twenty dollars), which seems high, but I like the guy and leave him a one thousand rupee deposit. I am happy on my scooter and it moves me around this playland with ease. We go to the beach, my scooter and me, which is as lovely a beach as you are likely to ever see. We go to the solar kitchen for late night ice cream. We go to yoga, and the bakery, and in search of the Laboratory of Evolution, which turns out to be a library.
While on the road to the Laboratory of Evolution driving slowly past the Matrimony settlement, which is right after Certitude, when negotiating a very narrow turn, I mistakenly accelerate rather than decelerate with the hand speed grip that is on the same side of the handle bar of the scooter as the rear wheel brake and graze off a small tree, lose my balance, and fall into the roadway my engine still racing, whereupon a half dozen Indian people appear as if descended from the sky, complete with iodine tincture, cotton, bandages, laughter, and looks of genuine concern.
I am fine. I mean mostly fine. Nothing is broken. Nothing needs stitching. Nothing is torn or ruptured. But I am bleeding from cuts on both legs and my toes, and I do have a significant scrape/road burn on my left knee, which is what I hit the tree with, knocked me off balance, and that I landed on. After the magically appearing team of what turns out to be Indian cement workers doctor me with great care I continue on on the scooter and have a very nice day, notwithstanding my pains, taking myself to the ocean for a healing soak, driving to a roadside pharmacy where a nineteen year old clerk sells me tinctures, ointments, and bandages and ministers to me with great care, and driving to the Kofi Café where I have a fresh cappuccino, a dosa with curried veggies, and fruit salad with yogurt, all of which costs me three dollars. (My dinner at the Auroville guesthouse I'm staying in last night with fresh homemade chapattis, rice, and a variety of veggie dishes cost one dollar.) I don't know why I'm focused on food in this way, but I am, partly because it is unfolding in India and as such fills me with surprise and delight, and partially because I know I am dangerously pushing the edges of the envelope, the furthest edges being the pancakes Joy and I ate on the street in Mandalay, the fish and rice I ate seated on the floor of Multhiy's house in the village of Kovalam, the filtered water I am drinking in Auroville, and tied for tops on my list, the deep friend banana and deep fried pepper I ate on the beach in Mamalapurum.
After dinner I drive to the Internet cafe, the grocery, the bakery, and only then do I drive my wounded bandaged flesh to the guesthouse, arriving before sunset, where I again tend to my modest cuts, scrapes, punctures, and bruises, consume the spinach quiche and exceptionally tasty veggie strudel I bought at the bakery, and indulge in an evening of healing, sleep, writing, reading, reverie, and comfort (make that joy actually) in my aloneness and my solitude.
I am of the belief that in this accident I am more lucky than unlucky. I am of the belief that my healing proceeds with great speed. I am again amazed at the power of the body and of the mind … and yes, of the Great Spirit. How else to explain my laying in bed with my body stinging in pain and realizing I am actually euphorically happy?
15. Sankar
On the day I arrive at Auroville I am dropped off at the town near the junction of the road to Auroville where I needed a taxi rickshaw to get to the Auroville Community. The driver of the rig who picks me up is named Sankar, thirty two years old, born in the town, married eight years, with two children, and living with his mother and sister while renting out his own home for the season. And besides wanting a good fare, over my three days in Auroville I come to believe Sankar genuinely wants to be the most helpful and dependable rickshaw driver he can be for me. Thus he waits for me at the guesthouse when I register and then takes me to a motorcycle rental place. And he discusses with me in broken English how I ought not take my rented cycle into Puduchcheri when I go to visit but will need a rickshaw, and that he wants to be my driver. And maybe it's all an act, but my sense is of Sankar liking me and wanting me to have the very best time I can. And on my last day, when Sankar picks me up to take into Pundi to get the bus back to the airport in Chennai we also pick up his wife and young son and he shows me his house, and his mother's house, and we take his wife and son along in the rickshaw until we drop them off at his son's pre-school, and I envy the joking and bantering that goes on between Sankar and his wife, how they are laughing together, how she playfully punches him in the shoulder and says "No Engleesh" when he teases her about the fact that she does not speak English. And I say, mindful of the risk, "Sankar, you are a lucky man, your wife is very beautiful." And Sankar says to me, "I am a wery lucky man, sir, and my wife, sir, is wery nice, and I love to love her." And he is smiling, and I am smiling, although I cannot tell whether Sankar has merely made a statement of fact or if I am also being chided about my emphasis on beauty.
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Does WISPA have a way to provide that info easilly to their subscribers?In other words a billing or subscription tracking system, to notify members when amounts due?
Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Rohrbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I paid my Dues. Tom DeReggi wrote:The fiction is not a reason to bail. The fiction is a great tool to demonstrate why we need to be on our toes and not taking NOT lobbying lightly. We need to stay active, so that Fiction doesn;t become reality. Its not so far from possible. This work of Fiction, is a fantastic example of why groups like WISPA need to exist and flourish.Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "WISPA General List" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] It's been a long roadMark,When in business one of the first things you have to do is deal with reality not the ramblings of a piece of fiction!!!!!If this *fictional* piece of work is enough to make you want to bail, they you should get out and get a real job. Heck, I'd even go so far as to say that if you have the time to dig that junk up in the first place you're not doing enough sales work! Get your tush out from behind your desk and out in front of potential customers.I've been an ISP since '97. There were two groups back then too. Some who said I'd not stand a chance, everyone else had more money, more brains, and better plans. And those that said, go for it, if they can do it, you can do it.I choose to believe that I'm as good as anyone else in this industry. Sure I do things differently than some, but my situation is also different than many others. My finance level, my technical ability, my market etc. So what.Know what else is interesting? My ISP has CHANGED over the years. If I'd have resisted that change then I would indeed be gone today. Instead I embraced it, in fact in many ways I've helped CAUSE it. Some of my competitors couldn't keep up and have gone away.You're a religious man Mark. Remember this advice? Work to change the things you can, accept the things you can't. Where does your post fall into that philosophy?laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! 18.104.22.168 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <email@example.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:44 PM Subject: [WISPA] It's been a long roadthe following is fiction... but could it happen? ========= Dateline, Washington DC, August 11, 2010 Ed Duerkson, National Small Business MonthlyToday, just in time to boost her presidental aspirations, Senator Clinton and the rest of the Senate voted in the Universal Information Rights bill. "This sweeping legislation is the most important act to pass Congress since the passage of the Civil Rights Acts in the sixties. Defining access to information as a right, just like the right to vote and the right to freespeech will revolutionize our society."As a regular writer of this column and having followed this story for a fewyears, I think it's time to recap just how we got to where we are.Researching the history of internet providers has been a fascinating study. The earliest access to what was a closed system started back in the middle90's, when a few ISP's started allowing modem access to what was a very academia oriented network. Time online was expensive, but everything online was free. And not a regulation in sight.By the late 90's, dialup was common, and faster internet connections werebecoming sought after, and DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology wasslowly rolled out in urban areas by most telephone companies, which allowed the dramatically faster - but slow by today's standards - access of at first a fraction of a megabit, and then growing to several megabit speeds. Of course, all access previous to common DSL was all by small business. Then,the phone companies saw the light and began thier own internet accessofferings. They owned DSL for the most part, and moved into the wholesale, or commodity, dialup business. Striking down the telecommunications act by the courts a few years later gave them a leg up on gaining market share.Most of this market share seemed to be at the expense of ISP's.By the middle of this last decade, DSL was available to well more than half of the population - and with the advent of commodity priced equipment, itrapidly spread to around 80%. Cable was hot, as well, providing 'netaccess to large areas and bundled with tv and eventually, VOIP offerings.Then, fiber slowly began to be deployed. With good speeds, and apermanence of presence, fiber finally began to penetrate urban areas. Butwith high costs of deployment, somewhat costly maintenance, fiber was relatlively expensive for residential use. So, you say, what happened to those areas NOT covered by DSL and fiber?Some had nothing other than dialup. Wireless providers grew expansively inthe early and middle part of the decade. No license costs, almost no regulation, and the advent of inexpensive and relatively fast wirelessequipment and technologies made wireless a bright star. It, too, however,had moderate infrastructure costs, and it did not cover everywhere.Satellite was a somewhat less than stellar, but very universally available version of broadband. Performance issues kept it from being much besidesthe "last available alternative".From a small business advocacy perspective, Wireless was the key. Anyonecould get into the business, the cost of deployment varied dramatically from a couple normal paychecks, to millions of dollars, and so it became a brightstar for small business, in the communications sector. How this changed? Well, that's a subject of debate. Some say it wasinevitable "maturing". I disagree. Many industries "mature" and leave a vibrant mix of both small and large operators. In this case, it was a caseof regulation and some interesting moves by industry and politics.First, regulators moved to regulate Internet services. WISP's began tolobby the FCC for spectrum, the kind required to offer near universalservices. They won this battle. Almost. They won, with late 2006 rule by the FCC that granted sub 1Ghz spectrum for the provision of broadbandservices. With over 150Mhz of spectrum available, the industry was ecstatic. But with an intenst lobbying by a coalition of telephonecompanies, cellular companies, and equipment manufacturers - with the lead operators of each being Verizon, SBC, Motorola, and joined by Microsoft anda group of WiMax producers and even the ARRL, intense pressure and thespecter of a lot of lawsuits prompted the FCC to reverse its decision, andthat spectrum space was changed to "licensed" and sold at auction.This seems to be the key. Lobbying produced results and WISP's gained the ability to tap USF funds to provide internet and VOIP phone service to ruralareas. In fact, a few actually bought out a couple small areas from independent phone companies and a short lived moved by larger phonecompanies to divest themselves from small money-losing areas. These wererelatively successful initially.But with this move, new regulations came into existence. WISP's could no longer offer any other service than an internet connection, or else theywere classified as and subject to full telecommunications regulations.Those that did found themselves required to sell access to thier network to thier competition. One particular happening, for instance, was when Qwest won the right to use the independent network's last mile to offer bandwidth. After arguing for almost 3 years that independents were entitled to be given access to the last mile at a discount equal to 50% of the retail price of the services offered by the owners of the network. Qwest then offered a $5 package that included unlimited VOIP and long distance AND internet access to residential customers. Small operators could not afford to build out universally if they offered anything other than net access only. And thenUSF funds became restricted to only universal access providers. Almost without exception, this ended the operations of multiple-service WISP's.This brings us to today. The last two years have been an intense effort by Microsoft, SBC, and others, by a newly formed consortium of politicians,academics, social activists, and industry players like Motorola andAlvarion, known as "Universal Knowledge Access" or "UKA", to define internet access as a universal service - requiring provision to every business andresidence in the country. With the passage of this bill, internet access has become the telephoneaccess of the last century. Only those who can provide it universally areallowed to operate. Basically, each state will have a framework ofregulations, almost mirroring that which defined telephone services up untilnow. The FCC has federal oversight and is expected to handle any regulatory issues. In about three months, the FCC and each state will start a registrationprocess, where each provider will define the territory it covers, and will have approximately 18 months to reach every address within the registered area. Rates for access will be set by the same tarriff mechanism that sets rates within each state for telephone company services. USF funds willcontinue to be available to subsidize rural buildouts.James Hart, president of WISPA, who had been influential and forceful in Washington DC revealed to me in a phone conversation, that he and WISPA wereexpecting the closure or sale of about 99% of its member's businesses. WISPA had been initially supportive of the UKA goals, but the universal service requirments killed all support. But it was too late.From a small business perspective... Internet access by small business had a17 year life. Not even long enough to retire from. And now its gone.Will it be deregulated in the future? Maybe. But don't look for it too soon. The specific regulatory processes taking place to provide universalservice actually don't plan on reaching universal access for nearly 10 years. Any plans to disrupt that will definitely face insurmountable political opposition. RIP Internet Service Providers 1995 - 2011 "We loved them well" Next month, in my column on industry trends, we're going to look at evolution of operating system diversity in the marketplace, and how the imposition and retraction of legally mandated information file formatsaffected OS and application development. We'll also examine the suprisingrise of small players over the last two years in the operating system market. ==============I honestly am beginning to question my move into the WISP business... seems there's hardly a soul out there that sees danger in jumping on the "regulateme and give me money" bandwagon... 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Useful information's
- Additional useful info for the PANDAVVENTUA travelers:
1. registration/sighing up for the tours
- To register for our tours its enough to click to the registration link on our page for registration, or just send us your email address after witch, you will be contacted by someone from our team, so we can determine the dates and details regarding the tour of your choice.
2. Drivers
- our tours don't demand necessary experience in off-road driving but it is recommended to have a basic driving experience. At any given time, you will be assisted by our tour leader with any necessary information's or, if you require, will give you an advice on how to overcome certain obstacles
3. other passengers or children passengers
- Panda 4×4 is a small off-road vehicle. For the safety of all passengers it is not allowed to have more than 2 adults per car, for the sake of overall wait. Third person can eventually be a child between 8 and 14 years of age (not more then 50kg)
4. documents needed
- it is enough to have a passport or an EU ID card, or passport for the Swiss and EU travelers
- For the USA citizens, Australia and New Zeeland citizens as well as Russians and Chinese citizens -it is needed to have a valid passport with a valid touristic visa. Besides the passport, it is necessary, for the drivers, to have a valid driving license (it is desirable to have an international driving license as well)
5. clodhing and footwear
- all our participants will get a polo t-shirt with Pandavventura logo. It is desirable to ware it during the travel for an easier distinction. Please prepare adequate attires for the warm days and colder nights. Our recommendation: 2 pairs of comfy driving shoes and a pair os slippers for the nights in accommodations
- Fiat panda is a small car with the small trunk which needed to be considered wile choosing the travel luggage. Our recommendation: Bring only the pure necessities
7. Food:
-each of out tours include all the meals: breakfast, morning snack, coffee break, lunch, coffee brake, afternoon snack and dinner. Main meals are usually consumed in restraints or ethnic households. Just in case of a further distance from the inhabited areas, the meals will be consumed outdoors (pre-packed military meals). Coffee brakes and snacks will be consumed outdoors.
8. Vacciens and medicines:
-you don't need any special vaccines to travel the Balkans. We recommend you to bring a mosquito repellant product and a sun screen product. It is always recommended to bring basic needed medicine that you usually use, just in case
9. Insurance:
- basic travel insurance is always welcome. You might do it in your own country or upon arrival to Serbia
10. Language and communication with the guides:
- our guides are chosen by the participants language of origin. Most common are English and Italian language but there is a possibility to engage a guide that speaks your language of origin. Otherwise the communication will be in English, Italian or Spanish language.
11. Currency
- local currency is DINAR. the ratio is more or less 118 dinars for one euro or 100 dinars=1usd. Your travel package is all inclusive so you will not need to exchange significant amount of money. ATM machines and exchange offices are often to be found but not in the remote village areas.
12. Cancellation policy
- we are aware of the fact that your travel plans may change at any moment but as all of our tours are planed in advance by booking and reserving by the dates, we are forced to charge some of the expenses even due to the cancellation.
- 90 days before departure:90% of the money will be reimbursed
- 60 days before departure:50% of the money will be reimbursed
- 30 days before departure:30% of the money will be reimbursed
- less than 30 days before departure: no reimbursement


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a glassy suprise
Sea Glass Beach is located on the South Shore of Kauai about 10 minutes from Salt Pond Beach. It is such a unique beach because the sand is mostly made up of Sea Glass! Sea Glass is made from broken bottles, windshields, flasks or anything glass really. The movement of the ocean smooths it out over time and add this frost like finish to it! It is truly amazing.
This beach is pretty much souly for spectating. It is very rocky and the water does not look the most inviting. I just walked up and down the beach a few times looking at all the glass and shells and maybe picking up one or two for souvenir.
Most of the pieces are very small at this point but their are a few big ones! Plus this beach is always getting new glass washed up.
The best part of this beach was seeing this guy! A Monk Seal! This was the second one I have seen in Hawaii and first one on a beach. He sat there letting the water come up and cool him off and would wiggle around every now and then. It is illegal to touch them or come within a few hundred feet. So please always stay back and respect them!
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how to get here
Driving east on the main highway from Waimea, you will run into Port Allen Airport. It is just down the road from there. There is a parking lot right in front of the beach.
The conditions at Sea Glass Beach are not for swimming. This beach is great for spectating but please refrain from getting into the water as the strong currents can take you away easily. Also, becuase this beach is popular for Monk Seal sightings please be aware at all times. These animals can be agressive if you get close so please stay at lest 100 feet away.


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This week, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is meeting to pick a new assessment tool. It will probably not be the SIB-R. Three choices it will consider are:
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Others have compared these tools. You can find some reviews and comparisons using web search engines like Google.
What do you think the new assessment tool should be? Please let us know. The ACLU will be attending a meeting with IDHW about it this week. Please let us know what you think before Wednesday, November 2, 2016, if you can.


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Today's CrossFit was my first time attempting to find a rep max of anything with today's specific finding to be a 5 rep max. A rep max is typically referred to as the most amount of weight you can handle doing the exercise one time while keeping form and avoiding injury.
Now we don't just show up, do the lift one time and leave. We warm up (which I forgot to take a picture of), stretch out, roll muscles, and then start doing the movement with very light weight and slowly work our way up heavier and heavier until we feel satisfied it was heavy enough.
Today's workout was a 5 rep max of Deadlifts.
- YouTube video on general deadlift movement
- YouTube video elaborating on back safety and movement
The goal today was to workup in weight with a significant rest in between each attempt until I found a weight I could do 5 reps of and only 5 reps of.
When it was time to get started, we went over the movement with an light weight pvc pipe with Coach Amanda to ensure we had the proper movements down. We didn't want to get started lifting such heavy weight without a refresher and double check to ensure we had the form down.
Once I had the movements down, I grabbed a bar and got started.
Round 1: 45# weight plus 10# weights on each side (65 lbs total)
For this round, I started with the bar which weights 45# on it's own. I also grabbed a 10# weight for either side. I did this easily to get the movement down using weight.
Round 2: 45# weight plus 25# weights on each side (95 lbs total)
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Round 3: 45# weight plus 30# weights on each side (105 lbs total)
For this round, I took the 5# weights off and added a 10# weight to either side.
Round 4: 45# weight plus 40# weights on each side (125 lbs total)
For this round, I took two of the 10# weights off and added two 15# weights to the remaining the 10# weight. Ooof. Yea, this was hard.
Round 5: 45# weight plus 45# weights on each side (135 lbs total)
Amanda looked at me (she had been watching, coaching, correcting, directing and cheering us on the whole time) and told me to add a 2.5# weight on either side.
I was hesitant at first, but still put the weights on. I was surprised I was still able to lift the weight. Don't get me wrong. It was incredibly heavy, but I managed my way through my 5 reps.
I am horrible at keeping track of everything in my head throughout a workout, so I wrote my weights down as we went. The weights above are just the weight on one side of the bar.
If you take that weight, multiply it by two, and then add the bar weight, you'll end up with the total amount I deadlifted. (Aside from the last one which was actually 45 pounds, not 42.5. Then I couldn't do math. It's really 135#, not 125#. I got confused and only listed the one 2.5 lb weight, not both. See? This is why I have to write this stuff down!)
For example, the first weight was 10 lbs. Multiply that for two to count the weight on both sides to get 20 lbs. Add the 45# bar, and you get a total of 65#s.
On the wall, they have a huuuuge chart (this is only half of it) to help you estimate your Rep Max's. Since I know my 5RM, I would look on the chart between the 6RM and 4RM for the 135. Then, scan to the left to see about what my realistic 1 RM would be (I'm going to guess 150). Then I can also use this to predict the weight I should use if I'm supposed to lift 50% of my 1 RM, or 80% of my 1 RM. Pretty helpful.. you know… since I can't do math in my head when I'm anywhere near a weight!
This workout was definitely not a high calorie burner. Kinda disappointing since I typically burn 500 calories or more per class. It's ok though. I walked on the treadmill after I got home while watching Brothers & Sisters and got a few more calories in.


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Strawberries Go To MOMA
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Posted: December 28, 2017
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Celebrate Every Win
Celebrate Every Win
As I work towards my personal and professional goals, I feel it is important to Celebrate Every Win. So I celebrate the little success stories and I definitely make a big deal out of the major achievements. As a result, yesterday was no exception and today I am celebrating a significant win!
In today's video, I talk about my recent challenges and achieving some progress with my goals. Because yesterday sucked so bad, it's even more important that I cherish the good news I received in the evening. In addition, the good news also ties back in with my Vivid Vision. Therefore, I felt it fairly important to include here.
Maybe you are facing some troubles of your own, in business or maybe it's your personal life causing distraction. Another cause may be coming from other people such as neighbors, employees or telemarketing scumbags. Whatever the case may be, just remember that the distractions never cease coming at you.
Time For A True Story
Because I was in a crummy mood yesterday, I needed to find a way to turn my day around. Due in part to a particularly annoying scammer calling me no less than 5 times, pretending to be the IRS.
First of all, the IRS doesn't waste time calling you about a supposed tax problem. Also, he stated that the IRS was going to be arrest and sue me. Hence, I knew he was a scammer and not a very good one at that. So I told him that he sucked at being a crook.
He cursed and hung up on me. Since I was looking for a win, any win after the day I was having, I called him back 45 times. Each time I taunted him, laughed at him and told him to get a real job. Each time he called me names, cursed and then hung up on me again. Therefore, I hit the redial button for session #46, but my number was blocked.
Today, his number is disconnected. Now I wish I had recorded it all – I was laughing so hard I had tears coming out of my eyes. As a result, I felt a lot better about the day and then I actually received good news. So today I Celebrate Every Win!


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French toast with rhubarb maple compote and orange cinnamon butter
- Duration
- Cook Time
- Prep Time
- Serves 4Servings
- 6 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- Pinch cinnamon
- 8 slices challah bread, or thick-cut white bread
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
Orange cinnamon butter
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Zest of 1 orange
Rhubarb maple compote
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 1/2 cups rhubarb, fresh or frozen
For cinnamon butter, in small mixing bowl, stir ingredients together until well combined. Roll into a log 1-inch in diameter using parchment or waxed paper. Refrigerate until ready to use. Unwrap and slice into rounds to serve.
For rhubarb compote, in small saucepan, over medium heat, simmer maple syrup and rhubarb until it starts to break down, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Serve warm or at room temperature.
For French toast, in a shallow dish, whisk eggs and milk with cinnamon. Dip slices of challah in egg mixture to coat and soak slightly. In non-stick pan, over medium-high heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter and fry bread slices, one or two at a time until golden brown and cooked through, adding butter as needed. Serve French toast topped with rhubarb maple compote and orange cinnamon butter.
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For a while now I've been talking with a number of people about a ballet project I'm planning. Many of you may have noticed my previous post, asking for contacts and information regarding schools and companies around the world. I thought I might explain a little further to clarify and build on existing ideas.
This is a plan that is still developing in many ways. I have a very basic idea of what I believe is a great way to accomplish a variety of goals that I think a lot of people can benefit from. At its core is teaching ballet. I have come to enjoy spreading my experience of ballet to people as a way of helping others and as a way to give back to an art form that gave so much to me. In the past I never saw myself as a ballet teacher and the thought of it is still difficult. Mainly because of how and where I like to teach. I noticed throughout my years in ballet, two types of teachers. One is the devoted, disciplinarian, who concentrates on the finer points and develops the the great artists of our biggest theatres. The other is a free spirited giver of whatever information they can pass on to whom ever is interested to take it, and encourages all people, from all walks of life to enjoy and experience ballet in their way. I can identify with both of these approaches but my sense of exploration and discovery has lead me to look for new avenues. Its no secret that I love to travel. As much as I love the grand cities of Europe and North America, I have come to love many areas around the world where ballet is still in its early years and some where it hasn't caught on at all. For this reason I feel I can be of great service to ballet communities in culturally rich areas that differ significantly from my own and give them my knowledge in ballet in return. I love the idea of cultural exchange and through a project like this I feel I could continue to be a valuable asset to the art form I have dedicated most of my life to as well as continuing my own personal journey to explore our planet.
From the beginning of this idea one of the biggest and most obvious questions has been finance. As I began contacting companies and schools a common theme appeared, "we would love to have you but we cannot afford the expenses." As I looked at options to see how I could make something like this possible, one of the first ideas I had became the clear choice. Crowdfunding has begun to enter the mainstream vocabulary and I believe it is an extremely useful tool for people like my self. Crowdfunding, with a well defined message and a means of getting that message out, can be the catalyst to get this project going. one of the core elements to crowdfunding is how to give back to those who give to your project. This is another area that has sparked my desire to engage in mutual beneficial projects.
With the multitude of people I know, who come from a dance background or a deep appreciation, I think one of the best ways to give back to people who would support a crowdfunding project like this is to share interesting stories about the experience. At first I thought, what an incredible way to use my passion for photography. As time went on I remembered my plan of someday working with small groups of talented, creative and dedicated colleagues of mine. I know so many wonderful artists who I respect so much as people and as professionals who have become great writers, photographers, filmmakers, choreographers, costume designers and many more. How much fun would it be for everyone to help rising dance communities around the world by engaging in creative and collaborative projects with a talented groups of people and then tell interesting stories that drive people's understanding of the world? We can connect small communities to the global community. We can highlight incredible people doing amazing things in places where nobody would have that would be done. We can discover the changing image of classical ballet from an elite European art form to the multicultural, international icon it is turning into today. The possibilities are endless and I hope everyone can spare a minutes to help me out and let me know what you think. Thank you so much to everybody who has helped me develop this project thus far and thank you in advance to everybody who would like to join in and help me take this idea to the next level.


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Our Conversation With Photographer, Exquisite Eye
When did your passion for photography begin, and where did your creative vision originate from? Well I was in high school, and I started shooting for yearbook and self-portraits. My father and my grandfather are both photographers, so my dad bought me my first camera. I set it up in the house and I was like, I'm gonna shoot some self-portraits. I put them on Facebook, and my friends were like, "yo these are so dope!" And I was like, "what? I tried!" So then I just kept doing it over and over, and then I realized like, oh I really like this. I brought my self portraits to my teacher and he was like, "yeah you need to take more shots around the school!" So every day he was like "bring your camera," so I just started bringing my camera every day. I didn't notice that I was practicing on my craft for something that would be my life-long career.
How long was it from the moment that you first started shooting to when you feel you nailed your signature aesthetic? What was your process to develop your shooting style? I think it took me literally 5 years. When I actually realized that I discovered my aesthetic, I had a mentor at the time and I sent him a photo. I was like "hey what do you think of this?" Because I finally tried something new for the first time. Before I was always doing what people told you you're supposed to do in photography. And then I tried something new and I sent it to him, and he was like, "nah, this sucks, this won't really go that far, this isn't what the photography world really accepts." And I cried and I was so sad about it, and I texted all my friends and I'm like, "yo, d ya'll think this sucks?" And they were like, "nah this is fire!!" So then I'm like, okay maybe I should just try to keep doing this even if someone said this won't really make it in the industry. That was in 2016, and after that, I started booking studio time, and I started shooting. After I started putting my work out, people were like, "yo, this girl is fire!" I had established a style for myself that I didn't even notice was an aesthetic. It was just me trying something new, and I really liked it, and it felt right, and it felt comfortable. And I just kept at it, and that's how I discovered my style and my aesthetic.
So how would you describe your shooting style in three words? Hmm, three words…I would say, one…well I don't know if 'mood ring' would really describe it, but I feel like a mood ring would describe my work because depending on the mood would depend on what the photos are, you know? And what I get from the muse. The second word would have to be…maybe 'dark,' because a lot of times I send it to agencies and they're like, "yo this is pretty dark." So moody, dark…hmm…what is another word to describe my work. It's so hard to describe my own work because I'm my biggest critic. But , maybe 'hot,' because I use a lot of orange and red tones, so I can make it feel like it's very hot when people are viewing my work, you know? So moody, hot, and dark!
What do you think sets you apart from other photographers? Hmm…my aesthetic. My aesthetic and the way that I capture my muses, and you know, everything that really goes into my photos. I think it's what sets me apart. I love grainy, I love film. I don't actually shoot on film, I shoot on digital but I love that raw feeling that film makes me feel like, so I try to mimic that in my digital work.
What's the biggest challenge that you face as a fully independent, entrepreneurial photographer? The business and actually being an artist, because it' s two different things. Sometimes, I just wish I could just create, and somebody else could handle the business part but, you know, right now it's just me so, I have to handle both. And I think that's pretty hard because sometimes, when you're creating you just wanna feel free, and feel like nothing's really on your back. But when you're handling a business, it's gonna be something on your back that you always have to think about.
I notice that you're always shooting with a lot of different people, including Aluna George, and you brought Bahja Rodriguez to the studio yesterday, and also you're on your tour so your going to all these cities so, how do you establish and maintain all these industry connections? Honestly, I just be myself. I put my work out there, and these people, they notice my work before they notice me. And then once they meet with me and shoot with me, they're like, "yo this is an experience I've never really had before," and it makes them come back and they're like, "I wanna shoot with her again." I'm able to create real relationships and bonds with my clients. They really appreciate my work so I always want to come in and give them 100, so they wanna come back, you know?
What's your ultimate dream shoot or subject? I have to shoot Rihanna. I would love to shoot Rihanna. I think if I shoot Rihanna, I could retire because I just love her so much and I feel like we would just really create some fire shit! Rihanna is my dream muse. Once I get her in front of my camera, it's over, like period. I mean it wouldn't be the last shoot, I would have to do a couple shoots with her. I wanna do some film with her, some videos, just everything Rihanna. Anything Rihanna. Rihanna is that dream person for me.
How do you plan to level up in 2018? You're launching it with your tour, but have you mapped out your year as far as how you want to elevate your work and your career? Yes, I have so many surprises for the end of the year, so you guys just really have to stay up to date with me on Instagram, and Twitter, and Snapchat, and on my website because at the end of the year I have some dope stuff that I think a lot of my supporters will really be thankful for and be like, "yes, it was time, we were waiting for this." So, I have some things up my sleeve but I just can't reveal too much you know?
What advice would you give to any aspiring photographers who are just starting out, especially something that nobody ever told you? Stay true to yourself and finding yourself. Because when I first got into the game, it's a male-dominated field and so many men were telling me what I couldn't do and how I'm supposed to do stuff. I was like no; once I found myself, and I stayed true to myself, everything falls into place because it feels right. I feel like maybe like a women's intuition, you know, just trusting your gut and knowing, you know what this feels right, I'm doing it. I think that should apply to everyone, just trust your gut. Even if you gotta second question it and it may not seem right at the moment, just do it. Because something along the lines, in due time, will happen, and you'll be like, "oh that's why I had that feeling." So stay true to yourself, and follow your gut.


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Ladies and Gentlemen it is nearly time. That time is upon us. Please stand for THE OSCARS!
The highlight of the Hollywood calendar – The Oscars showcase the best films, actors and people involved in the industry in a night of celebration and praise. Which usually leads to some stunning frocks, tipsy antics and a blooper that takes over the year (J-Law and the steps). With that in mind obviously not everyone will be happy with the results, sometimes you are left thinking how did that happen? (Guillermo del Toro winning best Director last year and not Jordan Peele – how did that happen).
So with that all in mind, settle in for my predictions for the Annual 91st Academy Awards. Remember all of these are my opinions, you might not agree with me and that is ok. Also I am not covering all of the categories because we will be here all day. Ready?
Best Picture
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
- Green Book
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
- Vice
Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale, Vice
- Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
- Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Actress in a Leading Role
- Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
- Glenn Close, The Wife
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
- Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams, Vice
- Marina de Tavira, Roma
- Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone, The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali, Green Book
- Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
- Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sam Rockwell, Vice
- BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
- Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
- The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
- Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
- Vice, Adam McKay
Animated Feature
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Original Song
- "All the Stars," Black Panther
- "I'll Fight," RBG
- "The Place Where Lost Things Go," Mary Poppins Returns
- "Shallow," A Star Is Born
- "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings," The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Visual Effects
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Christopher Robin
- First Man
- Ready Player One
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
You have heard it here first. I am backing A Star is Born heavily because it was simply put, a masterpiece. Also in Visual Effects I have opted for Ready Player One – I wanted to put The Avengers due to my love for them. But I think RPO did more in terms of making a visually stunning world. As well as that, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse for best animated feature, did you see it? It deserves all the awards its nominated for.
We'll see what the outcome is at the end of February won't we. What do you think to my list? What are your picks?


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Indian customers' experience with purchasing in a retail environment has undergone a massive change in last 5 years. The responsible factor? Massive ecommerce boom of course! It is equally encouraging for ecommerce companies to receive such huge response. While, on one hand, ecommerce retailing has started to change the notion of shopping in the country, on the other hand, the traditional brick-and-mortar stores are struggling hard against the rioting success of online shopping. Technological advancement and increasing numbers of tech savvy customers hold both curse and blessing for Brick-and-Mortar Retailers. If they resolutely indulge in making technological advancement work for them, then they will have attention of the large tech savvy customer base. Failure to do so would only quicken their defeat against online competitors.
Trends Inspiring Brick-and-mortar stores to embrace Smart Retailing:
- Non-stop boom in the number of internet users, from approx. 51 million in 2008 to 176 million in 2013 (the growth rate is around 250%)
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- During 2007-11 the Indian retail industry has grown at the rate of 8% on an average and as per the recent estimation, the growth rate will rise up to 14% by the end of 2016
Customers Ready to enter the Brave New Brick-and-mortar stores?
Quite in contrast to the general perception, the modern Indian customers are expressing their preference towards Smart Retail Stores against traditional brick-and-mortar counterparts. The quality of life has improved significantly in the country during past few years. People have become habituated with less time-consuming, personalized and automated shopping experience. The customer-base, especially the modern one, doesn't want to go through the hazards of aisles hopping, not finding the products at the right place, out-of-stock or waiting in a long queue. Quite on the contrary, online shopping portals are providing them personalized, time and cost-effective shopping experience. The persistent boom of online purchasers and their random shift from older to newer platforms are clear indication of Indian customers' readiness for the brave new brick-and-mortar stores. What the brick-and-mortar retail owners need to do is providing customers with real-time information as per their personalized shopping preference.
The best part about Smart Retail revolution emphasizes on understanding customers like never before. This intelligent platform continues gathering customer information from various touch points, starting from their social media, mobile search to in-store purchasing behavior. While the integrated retail analytics divide customers as per their taste, budgetary capacity and demographic preference, on the other hand, business strategists enjoy unprecedented benefit with sending customers with personalized promotional messages to their smart devices. Smart retailing also allows retailers to follow up with customers through different channels and remind them of any purchasing process that they left all of a sudden.
Welcoming the Brave New Brick-and-mortar Experience!
Implementing changes in brick-and-mortar retail is sure to bring forth the following changes – all for the benefit of overall retail in the country:
- By 2018 retail will be more organized and the growth will happen at an accelerating pace
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