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In the middle of the biggest storms for years a family decides that this would be a good time to visit the Holy Island. How clueless can you get? Storms, high-tides, flooding. "I know lets drive through the sea in the worst possible conditions imaginable and then put others lives at risk when they have to rescue us." Personally I would of left them there as that would reduce the stupidity in the gene-pool and the rescue services could of helped people who really needed help.
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Niger Delta Militants Warn FG Against Negotiating With PANDEF
A coalition of militant groups from the nine states of the Niger Delta have indicted the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF), accusing them of acting the script of some members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
After an all-important meeting held along the Benin River, in Delta state, and presided over by its leader, Major Johnmark Ezonbi, the coalition of militants, led by the Reformed Niger Delta Agenda (RNDA), asserted that the PANDEF is structured as an opposition tool of the PDP.
They threatened to resume hostilities against oil installations if the federal government enters into any discussion or agreement with PANDEF.
The Chief Edwin Clark-led PANDEF has been spearheading dialogue with the federal government over crises in the Niger Delta and has presented a 16-point agenda, which it believes would bring about lasting peace in the region.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the militants lamented the lack of development in the Niger Delta region despite the huge funds that had accrued to the zone.
They have identified some of the leading figures of PANDEF as being responsible for the poor situation of the region, adding that they have nothing more to offer to develop the region.
They rather preferred that the federal government entered into fresh talks with the Pan Niger Delta People's Congress, headed by Pere Charles, Dr Ayemi Botu and other respected traditional rulers and stakeholders in the region, including Dr Mike Emuh, who is the national chairman of HOSTCOM and High Chief Francis Innegbeniki, representing Edo state.
"They have our mandate from the creeks, to discuss and negotiate with the federal government, on behalf of the region."
"RNDA, with the coalition of other militant groups in the region wish to call on President Muhammadu Buhari not to have anything to do with the disbanded PANDEF group as they cannot speak or negotiate with the Federal Government on behalf of the Niger Delta region," read part of the communique.
"The coalition will be forced to resume hostilities in the creek in a well coordinated approach, if the Federal Government enters into any discussion with PANDEF, as the group no longer enjoys the blessings and support of militants stake holders in the region," it added.


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While every day we appreciate the work our service men and women do to protect us and our country, it's especially important around the holidays to show them just how much., said Fortis CEO Nathan Conway.
(PRWEB) December 31, 2015
"While every day we appreciate the work our service men and women do to protect us and our country, it's especially important around the holidays to show them just how much." said Fortis CEO Nathan Conway.
The Freedom Center is a unique, privately funded hospitality center for members of the Armed Forces traveling through Detroit Metro Airport. Among the many amenities the Freedom Center provides free food and drink, Wi-Fi, and various travel amenities to those passing through.
"Those of us who have served know the welcome sight of the USO logo, be it at an airport or at a forward deployed location, it's a little bit of 'home' when we likely most need it," said Freedom Center board member, retired United States Navy Captain, Howard Rundell. "For a world-class airport the size of and with the volume of international and domestic passengers that Detroit Metro Airport handles, it's important to have a dedicated place of quiet repose where those who serve and those who have served, along with their dependents, can escape the crowd."
About Fortis
Fortis Energy Services, Inc. is a leading oil and gas well service company in the USA. Fortis provides oil and gas well services throughout the production life cycle and operates a premium fleet of service rigs and ancillary equipment to support completion, maintenance and repair operations. All aspects of the enterprise are focused on delivering operational excellence that is safe, reliable and cost effective.
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Lahey forceps
La·hey for·ceps(lā'hē),
thyroid forceps used to deliver the uterus in vaginohysterectomy.
Lahey,Frank H., U.S. surgeon, 1880-1935.
Lahey bag
Lahey carrier
Lahey catheter
Lahey clamp
Lahey dissecting scissors
Lahey drain
Lahey forceps - thyroid forceps used to deliver the uterus in vaginal hysterectomy.
Lahey gall duct forceps
Lahey goiter retractor
Lahey goiter tenaculum
Lahey gouge
Lahey hemostatic forceps
Lahey hook
Lahey incision
Lahey ligature carrier
Lahey needle
Lahey osteotome
Lahey scissors
Lahey score
Lahey tenaculum
Lahey thoracic clamp
Lahey thoracic forceps
Lahey thyroid retractor
Lahey thyroid scissors
Lahey thyroid traction vulsellum forceps
Lahey trephine
Lahey tube
Lahey Y-tube
Lahey forceps
surgical forceps of several kinds.
Lahey forceps hemostat forceps
standard, straight or curved hemostats with ratcheted handles and cross-grooved blade faces.
Lahey forceps traction forceps
scissor-type forceps with ratcheted handles and in-turning, three-pronged blades that look like bent dinner forks.


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GRIPKIT is the turnkey handling solution for Universal Robots. It is based on Weiss Robotics' high quality gripping modules that prove their high robustness and reliability day by day in industrial automation. GRIPKIT contains everything you need to realize handling and manipulation tasks within minutes. GRIPKIT is available as servo-electric or smart pneumatic version and is fully compatible to all Universal Robots models. The servo-electric GRIPKIT-E series provides you a force and position controlled handling solution without the need of compressed air.
If your application requires the power and simplicity of a pneumatic gripper, you may have a look on our GRIPKIT-P series
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The gripping force can be adjusted for perfect handling results. It is constantly controlled during the handling process using a high performance model based force control algorithm, which allows the safe handling of even sensitive workpieces.
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With the provided easy to use URCaps Plugin, GRIPKIT-E integrates seamlessly into the Polyscope software. GRIPKIT-E supports up to 8 grippers connected to one robot, giving you the freedom to realize even the largest projects.
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The GRIPKIT-E series contain everything you need to realize a pick & place application within minutes. It includes the gripping module itself as well as an electrical interface converter to connect it to the robot controller, the mounting plate to mount the gripper onto the robot arm and all the necessary cables and screws. Just unpack, mount it to your robot, install the URCaps Plug-in and start gripping!
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Just mount the gripper to your robot arm and connect it via the supplied cables and the interface converter to your robot's USB port. Plug the provided USB flash drive into the teach pendant of your robot and install the URCaps plug-in. Now you can either choose one of the provided examples from the USB flash drive or simply start with your own program from scratch. All these steps are described in detail in the GRIPKIT operating manual, too.
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Sephardic Jews are the Jews of Spain, North Africa, Portugal, and the Middle East. The Sephardim are derived from the Hebrew word "Sepharad," which relates to Spain.
Sephardic Jews are categorized into Mizrachim, from the Northern Africa and the Middle East and Sephardim, from Spain and Portugal, and. The word "Mizrachi" derived from the Hebrew word for Eastern. There are many extensions between the Sephardim and Mizrachim.
Till the 1400s, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Middle East, all were dominated by Muslims, then in 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain and many of them were employed in surviving Mizrachi communities in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
Many Jews who settled in North America were Sephardic. In North America, now New York, Shearith Israel, founded in 1684. They were Sephardic and are still active.
Jews have a rich tradition that includes many traditional foods that are loved by many Americans.
Ari Afilalo is a huge fan of Sephardic Jews traditional foods. He gives a vast knowledge about their traditional food. So, do you want to know about their traditional food? Yes! Read the blog and get to know their culture and food more.
There are a lot of foods that are famous, but here we will discuss the Shabbat and holiday dishes which is also very famous foods of the Sephardic Jews.
On Shabbat, they serve Chreime fish in a spicy tomato sauce. As cooking on Shabbat is prohibited, Sephardi Jews, developed slow-cooked foods that would cook on a low flame overnight and the next day they eat it. The old name of the dish is Chamin the name derived from the Hebrew word "Cham," which implies "hot", but there are many other names also.
Shavfka is another Sephardi dish that has an Ashkenazi counterpart, known as Kugle. On Shabbat morning Bourekas are usually served. Pastels, sesame-seed topped pastry stuffed with pine nuts, onion, and meat, is also traditional.
Sephardi Jews prepare Charoset, which is a symbolic food eaten at the Passover Seder, from different ingredients. Whereas Ashkenazi prepare it with the combination of chopped apples and nuts spiced with wine and cinnamon. Sephardi Charoset is the mixture of raisins or dates and is generally much thicker in density.
In a short, the language, food habits and varieties of food of a community really exhibit their culture. We can't deny the fact that Ari Afilalo present the Sephardic community in the real sense and is wonderful.


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Saturday, August 4, 2018
Review: COLD DESERT SKY
Reviewed by Craig Sisterson
Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles, trying to stay anonymous in the city of angels.
But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the disappearance of two aspiring Hollywood starlets, Nancy Hill and Julie Desjardins, he finds it leads him right back to his worst fear: legendary Mob boss Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, a man he once crossed, and whose shadow he can't shake.
As events move from LA to the burgeoning Palace of Sin in the desert, Las Vegas - where Siegel is preparing to open his new Hotel Casino, The Flamingo - Rod Reynolds once again shows his skill at evoking time and place. With Charlie caught between the FBI and the mob, can he possibly see who is playing who, and find out what really happened to the two girls?
I'd been meaning to read Rod Reynolds for a while, having heard great things about his modern-take-on-classic-US-noir tales from many people at crime writing festivals and events in the UK. I have a couple of books of his on my shelves, but ended up diving in first with this, his new tale that's the third in his series starring jaded post-war journalist Charlie Yates. I really shouldn't have waited. This is a great read, and I'll be immediately leaping the first two books up the TBR mountain range too.
It's 1946, and the United States is adjusting to peacetime after the losses and deprivations of the Second World War. In Hollywood the studio system is still in full swing, and in Nevada a new type of casino hotel is being built in the desert a few miles outside of downtown Las Vegas. It's the early beginnings of what will become the infamous Las Vegas Strip, the Flamingo Hotel. And the man behind it is notorious mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. Charlie and his wife Lizzie are now in Los Angeles, trying to lay low, hiding in plain sight, particularly concerned about Siegel's attention.
Unfortunately for the pair, Charlie becomes obsessed with investigating the disappearance of two aspiring actresses. It's a hunt with a murky motive. Charlie has something to prove, perhaps to himself, but why is he so zeroed in on these two particular girls? The search has him crossing paths with the mobster, and forced to become part of a shakedown scam against Hollywood bigwigs. As things get even more tangled, Charlie and Lizzie end up in a tenuous alliance with a rogue FBI agent and heading out to the desert to try and find some solutions to their overlapping problems.
Reynolds may be a London-based author, but he's crafted a superbly evocative tale full of mid-20th century American hardboiled traditions - such as punchy dialogue, violent gangsters, shady law enforcement, noir sensibilities and an almost self-destructive yet honourable hero - while still coming across as fresh rather than any sort of mimicry. The influences are clear, but like a band who's found their own sound, Reynolds has a strong voice. The tale flows along really well.
This is masculine, muscular crime storytelling set in a bygone era, but Reynolds also gives female characters plenty of depth and agency. Lizzie in particular is no mere hanger-on to her husband's heroics. And the missing girls are not mere McGuffins. The inclusion of real-life mobster Bugsy Siegel is an interesting choice, but works well. This is a really fascinating tale on many levels.
Overall, Reynolds scratches at the American underbelly, skewering the glitz and fantasy that was like a veneer on that era and since, both in Hollywood and with what was to come in Las Vegas. Two cities built in or near deserts; it's unsurprising they're full of mirages. Recommended.
Craig Sisterson is a lawyer turned feature writer from New Zealand, now living in London. In recent years he's interviewed hundreds of crime writers and talked about the genre on national radio, top podcasts, and onstage at books festivals on three continents. He has been a judge of the Ned Kelly Awards and the McIlvanney Prize, and is founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards.
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All will be well if if if if if: Douglas on two 3/12 Marvels./
Two '70s throwbacks, of different kinds. Short version: the new Mighty Avengers is a very nice execution of a badly flawed premise, and The Last Defenders struggles with the idea behind what it's building on. More under the cut.
MIGHTY AVENGERS #10: I'm still really enjoying Brian Michael Bendis's attempts to give every issue of this series (and of New Avengers) its own plot and tone--it helps prevent the sense a lot of other series have that they're written for the trade and broken up wherever the plot allows--and I'm glad he's still doing the info-overload tricks (the thought balloons, the constant internal chatter from Tony's armor) that make this series read differently from its sibling. This issue: Iron Man and Dr. Doom, stranded in the '70s! (Well, in the comics of the '70s--when the issue plugged on pg. 2 came out, the band plugged on a T-shirt on the same page hadn't formed yet.)
But the first premise of this issue is that Iron Man is terrified of setting off some kind of "butterfly effect" in the past that changes the present. Fair enough--but they discuss their previous experience with time travel this issue, and Tony wasn't nearly as worried about changing history then. (I suppose there's a Marvel Universe precedent for being able to change history, which is why we have e.g. "Days of Future Past," but has there been a Marvel butterfly-effect story?) For that matter, if Tony had access to a time machine--and given the opening sequence of last month's Fantastic Four, we have to assume that his pal Reed Richards still has one--wouldn't the very first thing he would do be going back a few months to save Steve Rogers?
The second premise is that since Mastermind made everyone forget that Bob had ever existed, he can openly retrieve Reed's time machine without fear of changing history. This makes no sense at all--if Mastermind makes me forget where I left my keys, that doesn't mean they aren't where I left them.
That said, the execution moves so smoothly the plot problems almost don't get in the way. This is Mark Bagley in peak form--if Trinity looks this good, I'm going to be really happy. The production tricks are really clever, too: the little bottom-of-page ads for "on sale now!" comics, the "continued after next page" squibs, and the old-fashioned dot-screen coloring (anybody want to identify what the first comic to use that technique to indicate a sequence set in the past was? I'm curious) make the very contemporary verbal cat-and-mouse games between Iron Man and Dr. Doom seem weirdly anachronistic in a really appropriate way. (Doom's dialogue is just far enough off--"Okay. Yes" doesn't sound like him--that Tony's suspicions that he's a Skrull are reasonable.) Bendis can't quite channel '70s--the "It's bedlam on the street as New York's glitziest citizens run in mortal terror!" sequence is way cornier than Marvel comics of that era actually were--but as long as you don't stop to think about logic, the style and flow of the story are Very Good.
THE LAST DEFENDERS #1: I'm not quite sure what Joe Casey and Keith Giffen are getting at here. The joy of Steve Gerber-era Defenders, which is what this is pretty much a callback to, wasn't entirely that it was a team made up of second-stringers and characters who had absolutely nothing to do with each other except that they basically drank at the same bar; it was that Defenders was deliberately unimportant in the scheme of things, and Gerber could therefore do any bizarre thing he wanted with it. (A Trout In the Milk and friends wrote a series of very long posts on the dynamics of Gerber's Defenders--all the parts are linked here.)
This story, though, is about Nighthawk, the Very Most Boring Superhero of All Time, assembling a new group of Defenders (under the auspices of the Initiative), which is sort of like assembling a new group of people to drink at a bar that closed 20 years ago. They don't have anything to do with each other (the other three are She-Hulk, Colossus and the Blazing Skull); they fight some people affiliated with the Sons of the Serpent, which I always get confused with Kobra for some inexplicable reason, plus one of the Brothers Grimm refers to Nighthawk as "bird-man" the way the Hulk used to. Then there's an apropos-of-nothing flashback to the Ancient One turning the Son of Satan away 40 years ago, some tonal fluctuations toward goofiness (a caption reading "The Sons of the Serpent are getting their mystic ceremony on," the group smashing through a window as one of them yells "Defenders defenestrate!"), and finally a page on which Head seems to have drifted over from The All-New Atom (oh, fine, it's a Rigellian recorder) and Yandroth explains to him that the Defenders are actually incredibly important if they've got a lineup that... is nothing like the one in this issue and a lot like the Dr. Strange/Namor/Hulk-era one. This could be the making of an interesting story about fruitless nostalgia, especially since the title of the miniseries (and the title page) imply that it's meant to be the end of the line for the Defenders concept. But it seems to be an exercise in fruitless nostalgia instead, and the totally generic artwork doesn't help. Eh, I'm afraid.
As long as I'm here, I might as well plug two not-comics-related projects I'm working on: Mincing Up the Morning is a collection of videos of musicians whose birthday it is each day, and Circle the Globe is a linkblog--just a bunch of interesting quotes and pictures and videos I encounter. Because, you know, everybody needs more stuff on the Internet to look at.


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I haven't been having a good week last week. My rescued kitten died despite everything that I did to save him. I lost 3 kittens prior to that and I was too numb to be affected by it. But my rescued kitten, it affected me so much that it interfered with my daily life and emotion. Back in October, BamBam was missing for 15 hours from around 3 pm until 7 am the next morning when I found him. During that time, when I kept calling for BamBam, I kept hearing screaming kitten across the road, somewhere at one of the shop lots.
I ignored him because I thought it was just a lost kitten and probably his mom was around somewhere. But until 5 am, he kept screaming and screaming and it bothered me so much. When I was searching for BamBam, I found him alone and scared so I took him home to temporarily care for him. Then I found another kitten. Took both of them home. He got sick for a while but he survived. And he was a cheerful loving kitten and that is why I felt this empty void when he crossed the rainbow bridge even though I've only had him for a short time.
I had a good day on Friday because I got to eat good food and that's always a good thing. That helped me to temporarily forget about the death of my kitten. But when I got home I found out TM Point cut my phone line which never happened before and it was sudden so I spent 40 mins being pissed off and yelling on the phone.
And unfortunately, I got into a minor accident on Saturday. I also had a scare in the morning where my iMac wouldn't start again. I freaked out. I seriously don't want to send my iMac back to the store to be repaired which might take another what, a month? 2 months? No. No way. I'm sick of that. But luckily I found a video on youtube with a trick to get it started again and it did. Phew.
It's the 21st today. Only 10 days left of 2016. I wanna say I hope next year things will change and every year I said the same thing and it never did. In fact, things got worse. Worse than the previous year. But I keep hoping. So I don't know anymore.
I don't know anymore.


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A Shankha [Sanskrit:शङ्ख] is a conch shell of ritual and religious importance in Hinduism and Buddhism. It is the shell of a large predatory sea snail, Turbinella pyrum, found in the Indian Ocean.
In Hindu mythology, the shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. The shankha is praised in Hindu scriptures as a giver of fame, longevity and prosperity, the cleanser of sin and the abode of goddess Lakshmi, who is the goddess of wealth and consort of Vishnu.
The shankha is displayed in Hindu art in association with Vishnu. As a symbol of water, it is associated with female fertility and serpents (Nāgas). The shankha is the state emblem of the Indian state of Kerala and was also the national emblems of the Indian princely state of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Cochin.
The shankha is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism, the Ashtamangala, and represents the pervasive sound of Buddhism.
A powder made from the shell material is used in ayurveda as a treatment for stomach ailments.[1]
In the Western world, in the English language, the shell of this species is known as the "divine conch" or the "sacred chank". It may also be simply called a "chank" or conch. The more common form of this shell is known as "left-turning" in a religious context, although scientists would call it "dextral". A very rarely encountered form has reverse coiling which is called "right-turning" in a religious context, but is known as "sinistral" or left-coiling in a scientific context.
This shell is from a sea snail species Turbinella pyrum in the family Turbinellidae. This species is found living in the Indian Ocean and surrounding seas. The shell is porcelaneous (i.e. the surface of the shell is strong, hard, shiny, and somewhat translucent, like porcelain).
The overall shape of the main body of the shell is oblong or conical. In the oblong form, it has a protuberance in the middle, but tapers at each end. The upper portion (the siphonal canal) is corkscrew-shaped, while the lower end (the spire) is twisted and tapering. Its colour is dull, and the surface is hard, brittle and translucent. Like all snail shells, the interior is hollow. The inner surfaces of the shell are very shiny, but the outer surface exhibits high tuberculation.[2] In Hinduism, the shiny, white, soft shankha with pointed ends and heavy is the most sought after.[3]
Based on its direction of coiling, the shankha has two varieties:[4][5]
Significance of the Dakshinavarta shankha
- A Dakshinavarti Shankh: This is the very rare sinistral form of the species, where the shell coils or whorls expand in a counterclockwise spiral if viewed from the apex of the shell.
- The Vamavarta ("left-turned" as viewed with the aperture uppermost): This is the very commonly occurring dextral form of the species, where the shell coils or whorls expand in a clockwise spiral when viewed from the apex of the shell. In Hinduism, a dakshinavarta shankha symbolizes infinite space and is associated with Vishnu. The Vamavarta shankha represents the reversal of the laws of nature and is linked with Shiva.[6]
The Dakshinavarta shankha is believed to be the abode of the wealth goddess Lakshmi - the consort of Vishnu, and hence this type of shankha is considered ideal for medicinal use. It is a very rare variety from the Indian Ocean. This type of shankha has three to seven ridges visible on the edge of the aperture and on the columella and has a special internal structure. The right spiral of this type reflects the motion of the planets. It is also compared with the hair whorls on the Buddha's head that spiral to the right. The long white curl between Buddha's eyebrows and the conch-like swirl of his navel are also akin to this shankha.[5][7]
The Varaha Purana tells that bathing with the Dakshinavarta shankha frees one from sin. Skanda Purana narrates that bathing Vishnu with this shankha grants freedom from sins of seven previous lives. A Dakshinavarta shankha is considered to be a rare "jewel" or ratna and is adorned with great virtues. It is also believed to grant longevity, fame and wealth proportional to its shine, whiteness and largeness. Even if such a shankha has a defect, mounting it in gold is believed to restore the virtues of the shankha.[3]
In its earliest references, shankha is mentioned as a trumpet and in this form it became an emblem of Vishnu. Simultaneously, it was used as a votive offering and as a charm to keep away the dangers of the sea. It was the earliest known sound-producing agency as manifestation of sound, and the other elements came later, hence it is regarded as the original of the elements. It is identified with the elements themselves.[8] [9]
To make a trumpet or wind instrument, one drills a hole near the tip of the apex of the shankha. When air is blown through this hole, it travels through the whorls of the shankha, producing a loud, sharp, shrill sound. This sound is the reason the shankha was used as a war trumpet, to summon helpers and friends. Shanka continued to be used in battles for a long time. The sound it produced was called shankanad.
Nowadays, the shankha is blown at the time of worship in Hindu temples and homes, especially in the ritual of the Hindu aarti, when light is offered to the deities. The shankha is also used to bathe images of deities, especially Vishnu, and for ritual purification. No hole is drilled for these purposes, though the aperture is cut clean or rarely the whorls are cut to represent five consecutive shells with five mouths.[10][11]
Shankha is used as a material for making bangles, bracelets and other objects.[10] Because of its aquatic origin and resemblance to the vulva, it has become an integral part of the Tantric rites. In view of this, its symbolism is also said to represent female fertility. Since water itself is a fertility symbol, shankha, which is an aquatic product, is recognised as symbolic of female fertility. In ancient Greece, shells, along with pearls, are mentioned as denoting sexual love and marriage, and also mother goddesses.[8]
Different magic and sorcery items are also closely connected with this trumpet. This type of device existed long before the Buddhist era.
'Southwestern conch ''' Southwestern conch 'The expanse of this conch that makes it very valuable too. Identification of conch - 1- Spinning on the near-ear, 2- Bubble bamboo on the right and arms of the conch on the water when placed on the water, 3- Do not burn the fire on the face of the conch with a camouflaged fire 4- Touching a sick man and fixing it, 5- If the moon or sun is eclipsed on the day of full moon, then once in a month and a half months, once in a cow's place, after harvesting the conch, the cow's place Milk itself coming out, 6 - cho Decrease of injury or pain due to touching the conch for a few seconds at the closed locations.
The conclusion of which is only southwards is also very rare, the great scientist of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and the Monsoon of the Discovery Channel, believes that drinking water from this conch ending with a disease like AIDS-AIDS It is done, this conch is used to claim the diseases like cancer - AIDS. "An interesting fact that makes it more fickle" "" The scientists of the Harvard University of America believe that if a person who has gone into coma or has lost his mental balance, he sleeps By packing the time in the forehead, the person gets well soon. Some of the things that make it worth millions of rupees. India's Shankaracharya Roopnand Saraswati believes that such a conch is also known as greedy by tracing gold, diamonds and treasures like diamonds. Some such conch shells were stolen from the Mahakalal temple in Ujjain in 2014, which was bought by a German company for 12 crores, which, when it was found, the Indian government brought the conch into India by having a case on that company. The main way of identifying this conch is also its weight. The weight of this conch is less than 1 kilogram, and the five strips of its side part are small and thin. The shape of the furor of the next part of this conch is 1 to one side and from one side to the other 4, and on the second layer of furrow, on the other hand half c of the natural small and lower pore is found, due to which this conch natural energy He assumes that, the conch, who has it, the glory and riches kissing the same verse.
Some superstitions spread over this conch
1- Some people try to put it in rice to test it, so that the conch should come out of its own, when nothing is done like that, it is a science tread, a chemical called Xavolan is placed in the conch and the conch under the rice If the beans are kept then the conch is reacting with rice itself, it is because this chemical reacts with carbohydrate present in the rice and makes a gas in the center of the conch, and it Thunder is pushing the shell upwards and come out of the shell of rice. It is made to develop Radar at Chemical Bhabha's Research Center, which people also consider buying it as a southern conch, and afterwards there is nothing else to repent.
2- Some people also say that the conch floral flower gives flowering flowers within 5–10 minutes, which is also found in this flower carbohydrate and this chemical reacts in the inner part of this flower , And the gas flows out, causing the flower to bloom immediately.
Shankha is used in Ayurveda medicinal formulations to treat many ailments. It is prepared as conch shell ash, known in Sanskrit as shankha bhasma, which is prepared by soaking the shell in lime juice and calcinating in covered crucibles, 10 to 12 times, and finally reducing it to powder ash.[2] Shankha bhasma contains calcium, iron and magnesium and is considered to possess antacid and digestive properties.[12]
A compound pill called shankavati is also prepared for use in dyspepsia. In this case, the procedure followed is to mix shankha bhasma with tamarind seed ash, five salts (panchlavana), asafoetida, ammonium chloride, pepper, carui, caraway, ginger, long pepper, purified mercury and aconite in specified proportions. It is then triturated in juices of lemon and made into a pill-mass.[2] It is prescribed for vata (wind/air) and pitta (bile) ailments, as well as for beauty and strength.[3]
The sound of the shankha symbolises the sacred Om sound. Vishnu holding the conch represents him as the god of sound. Brahma Vaivarta Purana declares that shankha is the residence of both Lakshmi and Vishnu, bathing by the waters led through a shankha is considered as like bathing with all holy waters at once. Sankha Sadma Purana declares that bathing an image of Vishnu with cow milk is as virtuous as performing a million yajnas (fire sacrifices), and bathing Vishnu with Ganges river water frees one from the cycle of births. It further says "while the mere sight of the conch (shankha) dispels all sins as the Sun dispels the fog, why talk of its worship?"[3] Padma Purana asserts the same effect of bathing Vishnu by Ganges water and milk and further adds doing so avoids evil, pouring water from a shankha on one's own head before a Vishnu image is equivalent to bathing in the pious Ganges river.[10]
In Buddhism, the conch shell has been incorporated as one of the eight auspicious symbols, also called Ashtamangala. The right-turning white conch shell (Tibetan: དུང་གྱས་འཁྱིལ, Wylie: dung gyas 'khyil ), represents the elegant, deep, melodious, interpenetrating and pervasive sound of Buddhism, which awakens disciples from the deep slumber of ignorance and urges them to accomplish their own welfare and the welfare of others.
Shankha was the Royal State Emblem of Travancore and also figured on the Royal Flag of the Jaffna kingdom. It is also the election symbol of the Indian political party Biju Janata Dal.
In Hindu iconography and art
Shankha is one of the main attributes of Vishnu. Vishnu's images, either in sitting or standing posture, show him holding the shankha usually in his left upper hand, while Sudarshana Chakra (chakra - discus), gada (mace) and padma (lotus flower) decorate his upper right, the lower left and lower right hands, respectively.[13]
Avatars of Vishnu like Matsya, Kurma, Varaha and Narasimha are also depicted holding the shankha, along with the other attributes of Vishnu. Krishna - avatar of Vishnu is described possessing a shankha called Panchajanya. Regional Vishnu forms like Jagannath and Vithoba may be also pictured holding the shankha. Besides Vishnu, other deities are also pictured holding the shankha. These include the sun god Surya, Indra - the king of heaven and god of rain[14] the war god Kartikeya,[15] the goddess Vaishnavi[16] and the warrior goddess Durga.[17] Similarly, Gaja Lakshmi statues show Lakshmi holding a shankha in the right hand and lotus on the other.[18]
Sometimes, the shankha of Vishnu is personified as Ayudhapurusha "weapon-man" in the sculpture and depicted as a man standing beside Vishnu or his avatars.[19] This subordinate figure is called the Shankhapurusha who is depicted holding a shankha in both the hands. Temple pillars, walls, gopuras (towers), basements and elsewhere in the temple, sculpted depictions of the shankha and chakra - the emblems of Vishnu - are seen.[20] The city of Puri also known as Shankha-kshetra is sometimes pictured as a shankha or conch in art with the Jagannath temple at its centre.[17]
Shaligrams are iconographic fossil stones particularly found in the Gandaki River in Nepal which are worshipped by Hindus as representative of Vishnu. The shaligrama - which has the marks of a shanka, chakra, gada and padma arranged in this particular order – is worshipped as Keshava. Twenty-four orders of the four symbols defined for Shaligrama are also followed in worship of images of Vishnu with different names. Out of these, besides Keshava the four names of images worshipped starting with Shankha on the upper hand, are: Madhusudanah, Damodara, Balarama and Vamana.[21][22]
In Hindu legend
A Hindu legend in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana recalls the creation of conchs: Shiva flung a trident towards the asuras, burning them instantaneously. Their ashes flew in the sea creating conchs.[3] Shankha is believed to be a brother of Lakshmi as both of them were born from the sea. A legend describes an asura named Shankhasura, who was killed by Vishnu's fish avatar, Matsya.[23]
In the Hindu epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the symbol of Shankha is widely adopted. In the Ramayana epic, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna are considered as part-incarnations of Sheshanaga, Sudarshana Chakra and Shankha, respectively, while Rama, their eldest brother, is considered as one of the ten Avatars of shri Vishnu.[24]
During the great Mahabharata war, Krishna, as the charioteer of the Pandava prince and a protagonist of the epic - Arjuna - resounds the Panchajanya to declare war. Panchajanya in Sanskrit means 'having control over the five classes of beings'.[11] All five Pandava brothers are described having their own shankhas. Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva are described to possess shankhas named Ananta-Vijaya, Poundra-Khadga, Devadatta, Sughosha and Mani-pushpaka, respectively.[3]
Association with Nāgas
Because of the association of the shankha with water, nāgas are often named after the shankha. The list of Nāgas in the Mahabharata, the Harivamsha and the Bhagavat Purana includes names like Shankha, Mahashankha, Shankhapala and Shankachuda. The last two are also mentioned in the Buddhist Jataka Tales and the Jimutavahana.[25] A legend states that while using Shankha as part of meditative ritual, a sadhu blew his shankha in the forest of village Keoli and a snake crept out of it. The snake directed the sadhu that he should be worshipped as Nāga Devata (Serpent God) and since then it has been known as Shanku Naga. Similar legends are narrated at many other places in Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.[26]
See also
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- 1 2 Thottam, Dr. P.J. (2005). Modernising Ayurveda. Shankh. Sura Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 81-7478-640-6. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ Jansen p. 43
- ↑ "Sri Navaratna Museum of Natural Wonders". Archived from the original on 2009-12-06. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- 1 2 Krishna, Nanditha (1980). The art and iconography of Vishnu-Narayana. Shankh. D.B. Taraporevala. pp. 31, 36 and 39. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ Nayak, B. U.; N. C. Ghosh; Shikaripur Ranganatha Rao (1992). New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology. Shankha. Aditya Prakashan. pp. 512–513. ISBN 81-85689-12-1. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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- ↑ Lakshmi Chandra Mishra (2004). Scientific basis for Ayurvedic therapies. CRC Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8493-1366-0.
- ↑ "Sacred Shankha (Conch Shell)". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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- 1 2 Helle Bundgaard, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (1999). Indian art worlds in contention. Routledge. pp. 183, 58. ISBN 978-0-7007-0986-1.
- ↑ Srivastava, R. P. Studies in Panjab sculpture. Shank. Lulu.com. pp. 40–42. ISBN 0-9793051-1-X. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ Rao, p. 156
- ↑ Dallapiccola, Anna Libera; Anila Verghese (1998). Sculpture at Vijayanagara: iconography and style. Shankh. Manohar Publishers & Distributors for American Institute of Indian Studies. pp. 44, 58. ISBN 81-7304-232-2. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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Week 4 Preview
It's a fair distance away, but we all know it's never too early to start planning your team & of course there will still be a barndoor to get involved in this weekend.
So firstly, the fixtures...
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Blackburn v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Liverpool v Burnley, 15:00
Man City v Arsenal, 15:00
Portsmouth v Bolton, 15:00
Stoke v Chelsea, 15:00
Sunderland v Hull, 15:00
Tottenham v Man Utd, 17:30
Wigan v West Ham, 15:00
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Birmingham v Aston Villa, 12:00
Fulham v Everton, 16:15
As always, we look at the stand-out fixtures. In Week 1 & 2 we had quite an easy time as there were 4 or 5 stand out fixtures where the Big 4 had nice games. This week is different...
Liverpool home to Burnley, Chelsea at Stoke & Sunderland at home to Hull are the only fixtures that look ok, but I don't expect any of these to be really easy. We have some of the form teams clashing in Tottenham v Man Utd & Man City v Arsenal & lots of games that are tough to get too excited about. Fulham are perhaps favourites over Everton, Birmingham v Villa is a tough derby and the remaining three fixtures (Blackburn v Wolves, Wigan v West Ham & Pompey v Bolton) are all very difficult to call.
I'll be looking to load up on Liverpool, Chelsea & Sunderland, maybe a few Fulham/Everton players & I have a hunch Villa could do well. We'll probably get some more hints at other teams hitting form from this weekend's fixtures.
Now, I'll probably avoid getting in Spurs, Man Utd, Man City or Arsenal players unless I have them on big discounts, although I must say I fancy Arsenal to go to City and beat them. City haven't fully impressed me yet. 2-0 at Blackburn flattered them, 1-0 home to Wolves wasn't convincing & their full strength team hardly battered Crystal Palace last night. (Now that I've written this they'll go & thrash Pompey on Sunday! :)
With not too many cheap defenders & not many obvious clean sheets in Week 4, if you already have defenders you're reasonably happy with then keeping them at discount is advised.
So, below are the players I may be looking to get in... As you've probably guessed from the photo, my top pick this week (based on value & match up) is Darren Bent.
Liverpool - Torres, Gerrard, Insua, Johnson, Reina
Chelsea - Drogba, Lampard, Deco, Bosingwa
Sunderland - Bent, Jones, McCartney, Fulop
Fulham - Dempsey, Zamora, Paintsil, Duff, Murphy
Everton - Jo, Yakubu, Pienaar, Bilyaletdinov (just for ToffeeeDave), Distin
Villa - Carew, Young, Milner, Sidwell
Obvious Standard Picks - Defoe, Modric, Rooney, Berbatov (better not score), Nani, Evra, Foster, Van Persie, Arshavin, Fabregas, Vermaelen, Adebayor, Tevez, Robinho, Given
Best Of The Rest - Gomez, Rodallega, Carlton Cole, Jimenez, K Davies, M Taylor, Ricketts, Pederson, Givet, Piquienne, Belhadj, Kranjcar, Ebanks Blake, Milijas.
Wow, that was quite tough to write as I reckon it's a really difficult week to predict, but hope it's given you some ideas.
Who will you be looking to get in on the barndoor?
p.s. Week 3 Injury News/Predicted Line-Ups will be posted up late this afternoon once we have some further team news from the afternoon press conferences.


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A natural wood ring stacker made from Acacia and Rubber wood.
With 8 wooden segments in varying sizes designed to be placed in the correct order, this toy is not only a great natural alternative to plastic and silicone, it also helps children with their hand eye coordination, and their problem solving skills, all while having fun!
Total Size; approx 10-11cm base x 20cm height
Sphere is approx 4cm, smallest ring is approx 5cm.
Recommended for ages 2+ due to small parts.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hollinger International hlr said Monday that Chief Financial Officer Peter Lane will retire later this year. The company said that upon his retirement Gregory Stoklosa will assume the CFO post. Stoklosa was formerly the CFO of R.R. Donnelley & Sons RRD, +2.22% and is currently the company's vice president of finance. Hollinger said that it is moving some of its corporate operations from Toronto to its Chicago headquarters, including its financial and accounting functions.
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Brazilian AssociationMay 11th, 2012
The infanto-youthful cancer is a serious problem of public health: it is the main cause of mortality in Brazilian children and adolescents up to 18 years, and not more the infectious and respiratory illnesses. is a rare illness in comparison to the cancer in adults, about 2,5% of all the malignant tumors, presents symptoms confuse that it with other common illnesses in infancy, what it makes it difficult I diagnosis it precocious. However, according to National Institute of the Cancer, in biennium 2010-2011 will have to occur 9,386 new cases per year. However, unhappyly many patients arrive at the center of treatment with the illness in advanced period of training, hindering the cure, that can arrive 80% of the cases. However, precocious diagnosis and treatment in specialized centers are basic for the cure with little therapeutical intervention and bigger quality of life.
However, so important how much the treatment of the cancer in itself, is the attention given to the social aspects of the illness, a time that the child and adolescent sick must receive integral attention, inserted in its familiar context. The cure does not have only to be based on the biological recovery, but also on well-being and the quality of life of the patient. In this direction, ABRACC not leaves to lack to patient and to its family, since beginning of treatment, support psicossocial necessary, what it involves the comprometimento of a multiprofessional team that attends to the patient and the family, in all its necessities, since the day where if they had registered in cadastre in the entity until they are completely well. In this direction, we offer to support and support with donations of basic baskets, dismissable milk special, supplements, medicines, diapers, hospital clothes, toys, equipment and too much social assistncias. However, in the days of treatment it is supplied to snacks to the patients and companions. However, everything this has objective to improve the quality of life and to guarantee the treatment. In view of, that with more quality of life the infanto-youthful cancer costuma to be cured in 70% of the cases. The ABRACC supplies support and has gratuitously supported to patient INFANTO-JUVENIL and family without queue, come of any Public Hospital, since the diagnosis until they are completely well.
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05-Jul-2017 | Embassy of Sweden in Ankara and Swedish Alumni Network Ankara Chapter requests the pleasure of your company at our "Summer Reception" event.
On the occasion of the announcement of the successful applicants for The Swedish Turkish Scholarship Programme for the academic year 2017-2018, Ambassador Lars Wahlund and Swedish Alumni Network Turkey Ankara Chapter invite you for a summer reception event hosting guest speaker Mr. Suat Hayri Aka, Undersecretary of The Ministry of Transport Maritime Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Turkey and Honorary Outstanding Alumnus of World Maritime University in Malmö.
Date: July 5th, 2017 19:00 pm
Place: The Swedish Residence (Cinnah Caddesi No:13 Kavaklidere/Ankara)


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Is Risedronate a Generic Atelvia?No -- risedronate is the active ingredient in Atelvia (as well as in Actonel), but is not a generic version of it. Often, the active ingredient of any drug is referred to as the "generic name."
The generic name is different from a generic version of a medicine. In order for there to be a generic version of a medicine, the original medicine must have gone off-patent and another company besides the original manufacturer must make the product.
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Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Electronic orange book: approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/. Accessed February 22, 2011.
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make." --Truman Capote
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
I am considering participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time. Most of you will probably have heard of this already, but in case you haven't, November is National Novel Writing Month, and people from all over the world challenge themselves to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. Sounds crazy (unless you're Stu :) which is why I have always steered clear of it. Yet this year, it sounds like an amazing way to force myself to sit down each day and work on my novel. Sure, whatever I come out of November with will not be publishable, but some of it will be, and those parts can be expanded. What do you think? I shudder to think that I could actually stick to this for 30 days, but it can't hurt to try, even if I don't hit the target.
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A couple of thousand words a day sounds doable, and you could get a first draft out of it. It could be just the thing to get your word counter thingamy moving.
- October 10, 2008 at 3:06 AM
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These last few days, and besides launching Image of the Month, I've been busy working on a couple of new projects.
I'm trying different techniques, and even though I don't know if these projects will materialize in new work, I've been having a lot of fun.
I'll be posting some images as a preview of what's to come. The one above is the first one and belongs to Project 1, still with no name.


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Crystal and Philip's Outdoor Wedding In Whistler BC // Whistler Wedding Photographers
Crystal and Philip hosted their intimate wedding at the Edgewater Lodge in Whistler BC. The amount of thought and detail put into the wedding was immense! We were almost overwhelmed with how much there was to photograph, and the length of this blog post may be testament to that. Much of that was put together by Kiri McLeod of Dreamgroup Productions, who amassed an amazing team to put this wedding together! From the floral decor to the cupcakes to the venue itself, everything matched up perfectly to the beautiful people, speeches, and moments from this day. Enjoy the photos.
Thanks again for looking and for more of our work please visit our facebook page!
Photography: Matthew and Sayde of Pebble & Pine Photography
Wedding Planner: Kiri McLeod, Dreamgroup Productions
Hair: Chelsea Kollybaba
Makeup: Denise Hull
Venue: Edgewater Lodge, Whistler BC
Florist/Decorator: Billie's Flower House
Wedding Cake/Cupcakes: Dalana (Cake & Giraffe)
Thank you for stopping by to check out our wedding photography. If you'd like to know more about our lives in BC, or as Pebble and Pine Photography, Creative and Modern Victoria and Vancouver Island wedding photographers, you can read About Us.


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Its title notwithstanding, the British children's series Hyperlinks did not confine itself to computer technology. Rather, the series took the approach of such earlier projects as the weekly series How and the coffee-table book The Way Things Work, exploring the scientific utilization and widespread significance of everyday objects: pencils, glasses, flowerpots, and the like. Tom Pringle served as the series' science advisor. Twelve 25-minute episodes of Hyperlinks were broadcast by BBC2 from 2000 to 2001.


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Scopely is looking for a server engineer who has experience working at massive scale. You will join the team that develops the backend systems that handle over 4 Billion game transactions per week for one game alone. In this role, you will add scalable game features that can support millions of users.
If you love scaling large highly concurrent distributed systems, analyzing run-time optimization, obsessing over uptime and latency reduction, then this is the gig for you.
What you will do
- Design, develop and deploy server-side features and APIs for Scopely's multi-million user games.
- Implement services that often generate significant revenue impact for the company. Examples include matchmaking, tournaments, in-app purchasing conduits, etc
- Ensure that Scopely's games and services maintain high uptime ("three nines") and low latency (sub 100 and sub 50 millisecond latency).
- Build modern systems using: Redis, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Spark, AutoScaling, ElastiSearch, etc.
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- BS in Computer Science or related degree.
- Comprehension of CS principles: data structures, trees and graphs, object oriented programming.
- Mastery of C# or Java.
- Real, hands on experience building massively scalable server side systems.
- Have worked with and have a strong understanding of AWS.
- Understanding and have worked with different database technologies (database tuning, query optimization, NoSQL data modeling), caching solutions, and queue technologies.
- Several years working on backend technologies.
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Food Industry Innovation 2019 - FoodTech Showcase
About Food Industry Innovation 2019
Following on from the successful inaugural Food Industry Innovation 2018 (FII2018) event the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) working with Innovate UK (IUK) will repeat the success in March 2019, whilst focusing on high growth potential SMEs in the FoodTech space. The 1-day event can be broken into the following areas, for people to easily move between and network;
- FoodTech showcase
- Thought leaders speaking on current industry challenges
- Business support zone
Complimentary table top spaces
Up to 12 UK-based high growth FoodTech* SMEs are being invited (via a competitive process) to have a complimentary table top space at FII2019 to showcase their innovative products to the audience. Applications closed on 28th February 2019. For further information please contact Debbie Tully (Knowledge Transfer Manager, Agri-Food).
FoodTech Showcase
UK-based high growth FoodTech SMEs who are seeking investment were invited to apply to take part in the FII2019 FoodTech Showcase (applications closed on 11th February). Successful applicants will receive two days of Accelerator Training Programme and Pitch Training, plus mentoring from KTN experts. This training includes;
- Defining your value proposition
- Pitching skills
- Business plans for investors
A number of these companies will then be invited to pitch to a panel at FII2019 which will include an invited investor audience.
* Please note, for the purposes of this event we are defining FoodTech as: FoodTech is how we use new technology or processes to create an efficient, sustainable ecosystem for producing, transporting, preparing and cooking food.
Thought leadership presentations on industry challenges
3 themes will be presented and discussed, each for no more than an hour, during the day, with audience participation and networking;
- Theme 1 Food manufacturing and process efficiency – where can efficiencies be made?
- Theme 2 Food product development – how do we make desirable "healthier food"?
- Theme 3 Food supply chain – getting the supply chain to work better, together
Speaker details will be released soon.
Business Support Zone
Throughout the day the Innovate UK family (and wider community) will be available for drop in sessions, in addition to a 1-to-1 short meeting platform providing the opportunity to meet attendees via advance agreement.
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If you are into building cities, towns and modern day locations, publisher Octopus Tree and developers TouchTilt Games seek to bring Buildanauts to players looking to indulge in the aforementioned. The city simulation game is currently slated to hit Steam Early Access "sometime soon" and will be for PC.
Building stuff is an integral part of a city sim and there is a new game that takes building stuff and creating your very own city to another level. Yes, the Buildanauts may look graphically unpleasing, but it's the mechanics and options that speak louder in the case of sims like this.
The upcoming city builder is all about planning and being the mayor of your own dream town. Constructing houses, city sites and roads for vehicles to drive on are just a small part of some of the things that you can build/create in Buildanauts.
"In BUILDANAUTS, you're the foreman, the city planner, and the mayor of the town of your dreams. Build a town that your townsfolk, the Buildanites, will be proud to call home!"
The game tasks you to survey a vast amount of land waiting for your construction crew so that you can build whatever it is that you want. Of course, this will take some digging, shaping and structuring to make your city look like a dream project.
In-game footage can be see showing construction and other properties in Buildanauts, which does not focus heavily on graphics but the mechanics of construction. The video trailer comes in courtesy of TouchTilt Games.
The game also tasks players to tend to townspeople and keep up other buildings to make sure everything is in top shape. If you don't, however, the towns-people will move out and will decrease your overall population.
Buildanauts is set to hit PC "sometime soon" and will be for Steam Early Access. More information can be found regarding this game by hitting up buildanauts.com.


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What You Need to Ensure That Your Home Is Clean.
Many people in the modern world are looking for various ways that they can keep the home clean. You find that when your home is clean, you will have an easy way of relaxing and being stress-free in life as dirty surfaces will often make you feel bothered. You will realize that many people nowadays are very busy and you need to ensure that you get the right ways of getting the best in life, you need to ensure that you are able to get the best to keep you going. You should not give up at all, there are various procedures that will help you in choosing the right method to stay clean at home.
In case you want to keep your home clean, you need to ensure that you first declutter in the right manner. When you have less clutter in the house, it is more organized and this will make you have an easy way of carrying out various activities. There are people who have been working to ensure that homes are free from clutter. You need to now know that the bedroom is designated for sleeping and you need to ensure that the bed is organized all the time.
In many houses where you will find them very disorganized, there are usually plates and cups all over the place. The best that you can do to have an organized house is to ensure that you put everything back into its place once more. Clutter only begins when you learn to place items in their right places and if not, you might not get the kind of experience you needed. You can only put things where they are supposed to be if you have the right places where they should be all the time. People will be disciplined to keep things in the places where they are supposed to be because they know where to keep them. Again, you do not want to waste your energy and time after misplacing something in your house.
If you wait for too long, then you will realize that dust will have accumulated so fast and it is something you can prevent. Vacuuming your house from time to time is something that will help you in this so much. You will discover how messy some individuals are. Pets can make houses seem very messy if they are not cleaned or vacuumed daily. Everyday vacuuming makes things easier for everyone who lives in the house that has pets.


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"For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." 1 Corinthians 13:9-12
My daughter was working on an art project that consisted of recreating a picture. Given that this was not a project of interpreting your imagination, but an exercise in replicating something easy to compare, the success or failure would be fairly evident.
The teacher mercifully taught them to use the "Grid Method" to interpret the photo. The grid method consists of drawing grid lines across the picture to break it into more manageable chunks. Once a 12 x 12 sectioning had been established, each of the 144 smaller pieces make the whole much easier to replicate through this interpretive grid process.
At a retreat I was part of this last weekend, we talked a lot about interpretive grids. There is an obvious one that is implied for all Christians. We call it a Christian "world view" and it contains all the basic apologetics of the faith. But there are many others that help slice the onion thinner and provide ever deeper understanding.
We talked about the interpretive grids of:
- Walking with God (Conversational intimacy with God).
- Hearing His intimate counsel (Discernment of the Holy Spirit).
- Deep restoration (Healing as a process to live into on this side of eternity).
- Spiritual warfare (We have an enemy set against us and we have tools to combat).
- Suffering (Part of the human condition that seasons us for life after this).
For example, if you don't operate with the interpretive grid of spiritual warfare, you are left with one of two other interpretations for the trial and tragedy of your life:
- I'm completely blowing – everything bad happening in my life is my fault.
- God is holding out on me – punishing me.
Sometimes we are blowing it and the Lord does choose to not come to our rescue at times, but we also have an enemy set against the beloved of God. Our opposer has come to steal, kill, and destroy those that would claim citizenship in the Kingdom of God. Sometimes the frustration and confusion we find is rooted there. A good interpretive grid of spiritual warfare not only helps you interpret the situation, but will help lead you to resolution.
Without grids to help break the circumstances of life into more manageable chunks, the task of interpreting our lives will be overwhelming; finding clarity and peace will be impossible.
- Are you operating with a lot of clarity right now?
- Do the things around you seem distorted, confusing, or even unkind?
- What interpretive grids are you employing to understand your life?


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The Realism Laptop is a great icon tutorial for mock ups and the display of information in a professional container. I used this one alot and I think it works great. In this tutorial we go through the rectangle tool the ellipse tool, the gradient tool and fill adn stroke patterns.
Realism Laptop | Icon | Tutorial
Firstly we create we'll activate the Rectangle Tool and create a rectangle. Then we'll select the round nodes at the top right hand corner of the newly formed shape. Pull those nodes down whilst {HOLDING CTRL + SHIFT} so that the roundedness (if thats a word lol) is equal and proportionate.
Next we'll duplicate the rectangle with {CTRL + D} .Then scale the shape in so that first rectangle becomes the outside of the laptop and this rectangle becomes the bevel.
Duplicate the bevel rectangle and drag downwards holding {CTRL} to keep it in the same horizontal position.
Next Activate the Node Tool and in the Tools Controls Box area select the option/button "Convert Object to Path".
Select the bottom 4 nodes {HOLD SHIFT} while selecting. and make sure "Show Transformational Handles for Selected Nodes" is active.
For this step of the Realism Laptop, drag/scale the selected nodes along the horizontal axis {HOLDING SHIFT and CTRL} While scaling.
This will create the top part of the keyboard.
We'll then duplicate the bezel rectangle and drag it below the keyboard shape. This will form the base of the keyboard.
we will activate the Bezier Tool and then draw a horizontally straight line, to cut the duplicated rectangle. about 2 thirds up the shape.
Select both with{ SHIFT} and then navigate to FILE MENU -> PATH -> DIVISION.
You can use the select tool bottom transformational handle and push upward to "squash" the shape. This will be the keyboards base and it will make it thiner in appearance and thus more a modern looking laptop.
You can then create a new rectangle that will be a silver metallic strip to separate the top of the keyboard form its base. Whilst drawing the rectangle you can hold {CTRL} to make
it scale straight across the face of the laptop. After you have the correct size rectangle as seen in the screen-shot above, go ahead and round the edges like the first step proportionally.
Using the Elipse Tool, we are going to create the camera concentric circles. The first circle will be gray and the second black. You can {HOLD CTRL and SHIFT} While scaling to keep the circles "perfect". Remember to duplicate the first circle and scale in as seen above.
Then Group both circles with {CTRL +G}. Then {HOLD SHIFT} and select the Laptop Bevel Rectangle. Navigate to FILE MENU -> OBJECT -> ALIGN and DISTRIBUTE. Once there make sure "Last Selected" is selected in the drop down menu and choose the alignment option "Center of Vertical Axis".
This will center the camera in the middle of the laptop. Screen.
Duplicate the Bevel Rectangle. Then we'll navigate to FILE MENU -> PATH -> INSET. Do this twice or once depending on your size canvas.
Activate the Gradient Tool, click on the white and then click pull downwards the shape to create the lens/ screen sheen that you see in the above screen shot. You may need to toggle opacity in the Fill and Stroke Dialogue Box to get the best look at of the the sheen.
I cut the sheen in a diagonal line using the Boolean Mode "Division". But how you create the sheen is purely on preference and what you feel looks better at the end of the day.
For this step we are going to make the metal strip between the keyboard base and top a bit more interesting/pronounced. Firstly we are going to duplicate it with {CTRL + D} and then we are going to scale it in and down as you seen it in the screenshot above. Then we are going to give it a darker gray and in the HSL slider in the Fill and Stroke Dialogue Box (if you acidentally closed it navigating to FILE MENU -> OBJECT -> FILL and STROKE).
Then we are going to blur it from the same dialogue to 0.2%.
For this 14th step we are going to create a rectangle using a Rectangle Tool. The rectangle is to have straight corners (not rounded like the ones before).
we are going to place them within the silver bar as seen in the screenshot above.
Next we'll activate the Gradient Tool and fade fro black to transparency on the horizontal axis. Remember to {HOLD CTRL} while doing this to keep the gradient straight.
Then duplicate with {CTRL+D) the box, flip it and place it on the opposite side of the metal strip.
Moving on to the base of the laptop keyboard we want to create a gradient and grilled type of pattern to create some interest.
For the gradient we'll make it and a simple linear gradient. Moving vertically from back to gray. going up. And for the pattern we are going to duplicate the base we created earlier 3 times:
- For the solid colour
- The other for the pattern
- For the opacity overlay.
For the pattern section we will navigate to the Fill and Stroke Dialogue Box {CTRL + SHIFT + F} if you have closed it.
Select the button that is called "Pattern". and select the "checkerbox pattern".
The checkerpoints. will be too big for the grill effect so we'll need to scale them down. to do this will need to first double click the shape. This will reveal tow nodes to the top right of shape. As seen in the screenshot above. A Circle and a Square Node. The Circle is for rotation and Square is for scale. {HOLDING CTRL + SHIFT} We are going to push the square upwards, and this will reduce the size of the squares in the pattern.
Following from the last step from our last duplicate we are going reduce to opacity to 30% and then place it over our pattern as seen above.
Lastly we are going to create an elliptical blur or o.5% under the laptop, using the Ellipse Tool and the Fill and Stroke Tool.
Concluding we will select the entire laptop minus the recent blur and duplicate with {CTRL + D} Then we unify the new shape FILE MENU ->PATH -> UNION and invert it along the horizontal axis. Activate the Gradient Tool click and pull and downloads to full transparency. You may need to toggle the opacity until you find the right look.


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Happy Halloween! This week's big political news was the budget agreement. We are still sorting through the details but a MAJOR change to Social Security options will be changing. The "File and Suspend" options will be changing and a so-called loophole will be closed. We will post more details soon. Have a good weekend and go get scared. It's good for you.
5 Myths about U.S. government debt
Congress Ends File-And-Suspend & Restricted Application Strategies
All opinions in the links are the authors' own and are not meant to be investment advice.


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We caught up with Simon Altham reporting on Tingdene's long standing partnership with Hoseasons and investment in the future of the UK staycation at Broadlands Park and Marina in Suffolk.
'Since acquiring Broadlands Park and Marina, Tingdene have transformed what was once a tired and dated holiday park, into a modern, luxury focused resort, which is very much in keeping with current customer trends. Tingdene and Hoseasons have a very close and long standing partnership which is reaping rewards for both parties and importantly also for the local community and local tourism. Not only does the park offer local people access to more improved facilities but more affluent holidaymakers attending the park will undoubtedly benefit local shops, restaurants and attractions. It is so encouraging to be working in close partnership with an operator who is so committed to investing in high quality and luxury accommodation which is still very much in short supply in the East Anglian region against the increasing demand we are seeing from our customers and industry data.'
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It does not seem like there's a new Desperados game on the horizon anytime quickly. These highly rated real-time tactics video games are ordered by popularity, so solely the greatest real-time ways video games are at the high of the listing. Make use of the vertical gameplay and soar from roof to roof to silently kill your foes from above.
Sudden Strike 2 is an excellent instance of how RTT video games needs to be made. It focuses on building squads consisting of several types of units and taking management points. Games set sooner or later and mixing parts of science fiction obviously aren't constrained by historical accuracy and even the constraints of present technology and physics.
Widespread to those video games is the recreation in detail and scale of a particular set of significant or well-recognized battles. The Naval Unit — Typically works like floating artillery, however is well-armored and has access to seas or other areas that commonplace floor models cannot go. Also out there in Submarine, Anti-Submarine, Anti-Air , and sometimes Plane Service.
The "real-time" versus "flip-primarily based" technique distinction is a relatively new one. Previous to the mid-1990s, technique games have been turn primarily based, while action video games have been actual time, by no means—nay, seldom, as you may see—the twain shall meet.
This can be a list of the perfect actual-time techniques video games of all time for any console or system, including cover art photos when accessible. Codename: Panzers places you in control of the German army from the daybreak of the Second World Battle with the surprise assault on Poland.


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Piccolo Mondo Week Is Back!
Now everyone can indulge in the finer things in life, thanks to Piccolo Mondo Week. This special event gives food lovers and indulgence seekers the opportunity to experience fine dining at a price that won't leave you feeling light in the pocket. Guests can expect a set menu offering a delicious selection of starters, mains and desserts to choose from, ensuring a 3-course dinner that will tantalise your tastebuds! To whet your appetite, check out the menu below to see what's in store for you this Piccolo Mondo Week.
Please note: This offer is served during dinner only.
When Was It?
Piccolo Mondo Week will be taking place from Thursday, 02 March until Saturday, 11 March 2017.
Where Was It?
Piccolo Mondo Restaurant at The Michelangelo Hotel, 135 West Street, Sandton, Joburg.
How Much Was It?
R315 per person for a 3-course meal. Drinks are excluded from the price. Booking is essential.
For More Information
For bookings and more information about Piccolo Mondo Week, call (011) 282 7463 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Also, visit their website at www.legacyhotels.co.za or check them out on Facebook or Twitter.


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Offering Your Practice/
Dear Yogis
Have you ever heard a teacher say at the beginning of class 'offer up your practice'? Stewart Gilchrist says at the beginning of his classes something like this: 'Offer up your practice to God. If that doesn't suit you, devote your practice to the universe. If that doesn't chime with you, offer your practice to someone you know". With this 'offering' we try to take any selfishness out of our practice. It's another way to free the mind.
In the Buddhist tradition it's common to find ceremonies taking place to offer merit to departed ones or to people in need of support but if you're not brought up with devotional ideas then it might be hard to get your head around. I found this on the notice board of the London Buddhist Vihara on how to make an offering: 'As you make an offering, allow joy to arise in your heart; make your mind calm and contented; focus and fill your mind with the act of offering; and you will develop a heart of boundless loving kindness'. Nice, eh! Try that when you're invited to offer up your practice.
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I love it when someone we practice with has a big event or a great achievement. Professional boxer Hamid Sediqi has a fight on March 3rd in Bethnal Green. He's a total inspiration. See attachment.
Greek Yoga Retreat
There are plenty of places in the retreat for all levels, Sunday September 9th to 16th. All details are on my website including suggested flights. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Home Studio
There are plenty of places to book for next week, especially on Monday and Thursday. It's a cashless studio now – bookings and payments are online to ease the problem of no-shows. I still have a WhatsApp group, however, if last-minute places come up. Let me know if you want to be added.
Tomorrow I'll be doing Chakrabatics with Stewart Gilchrist at Indaba. Come with me. If you want to stay in the warmth of your home, here's a You Tube of the led primary series with Manju Pattabhi Jois. The whole thing is completed in an hour. The film cuts out before the final two postures, Padmasana (lotus for 10 breaths) and Utplutih (lifted lotus for 10 breaths). By that time you might have been in Savasana for half an hour so don't worry too much about it!
Yoga in the News
The Telegraph tells us that: New on the menu: Waitrose makes space for evening yoga classes. Lucky you if you're in Newbury, Basingstoke or Banbury. Classes are £7. Apparently shoppers are spending money on events rather than things and so Waitrose is experimenting with yoga and in-store consultations with nutritionists.
Refinery 29 tells us: I Went To Meghan Markle's Favourite Yoga Class & Here's What Happened. It's at Y7 Yoga, a hip-hop yoga studio with a cult following in LA and New York. It sounds like fun and I wouldn't mind going!