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Be Royal And Hire Hi Profile Hyderabad Escorts !
Are you taking a service lately? There are different types of Hyderabad escorts services available and the payment depends solely on the type of service you are taking. But in most of the cases, you have to pay some sort of payment for the service. So how you are going to pay them? In this world of virtual services, Hyderabad escort services are very much popular. No matter what people think about it, there's no replacement of this service and every day lots of young women are joining the league as the money in this field comes in a fast manner and if someone is looking for quick money, this is the best way out.
Hyderabad The City Of Nawabs!
Hyderabad is the city of the nawabs and the most wonderful thing of this city is of course the traditions maintained here. When someone reaches Hyderabad, they are welcomed with a lot of food options. The taste bud of a foody will always get satisfied when he visits Hyderabad. The Charminar is the most famous historical structure situated at the heart of the city. This is the most crowded part of the city. Most of schools and colleges and government offices are also situated around this place. Once you are visiting the mosque situated just beside Charminar, you will find people shopping their daily stuff and lots of such things happening around. Find one Hyderabad escort and visit the city with her!
What An Awesome Place!
Hyderabad is a famous IT hub in India and also lots of banks have their main branches and head offices here in Hyderabad. So the office hub is very famous here. People have to work day and night and hence having craved for someone close to them is always live here. One needs to understand that booking escorts in Hyderabad becomes easy when he knows where to go for it! Lots of live websites are there on internet and at the same time one needs to know which website is safe to work with and which not! The IT professionals better know this fact but the general people get confused and sometimes get cheated in this manner.
Hire An Escort When You're Bored
When you are lonely, boredom can stuck you at any point. Suppose you stay away from your home and doing job in Hyderabad. So after a tiring day, you will not get to see the faces of your family and you feel so terrible! This is the point when you must go for the best medics and that is hiring an Independent Hyderabad escort. Escorts are well available in abundance around the city. What you need to make sure is to pick out one that suits your personality and your stature. You must not want escort in Hyderabad that sounds filthy! So go through the websites and find someone that suits your choice and your personality.
Know The Base Rate
You first need to know what the standard and basic price in the Hyderabad model escort market. There are lots of such websites available around the world. You have to go through internet a bit and through the websites available in your region. This will help you to understand the amount you need to spare for the purpose. No matter what you have to spare a huge amount of money in the end of the day. So it is your duty to find out the amount that you have to spare. This will help you from not getting cheated. People are out there that are ready to cheat you in every possible manner, but you have to save yourself from these filthy people around you.
Find The Type Of Escort You Need
Once you know the base rate of the market, you need to go through the offering section and choose the Hi profile Hyderabad escort you want to be with. You will get lots of options available there. You need to make sure which woman is of your type. Suppose you have spared a lot of money and could not enjoy with the woman! This is not accepted at all! You have to make sure that you find the woman of your dreams and then only you can go ahead and pay for the Hyderabad Escorts Service that you are intended in taking. The woman, present there will do anything to satisfy you. You need to make sure that you find someone worthy to pay for. Just grab that and your evening will be sorted.
Keep Yourself Aligned With A Budget
You are going to hire Hyderabad Escorts and in the end of the day you have to pay them a huge amount of money. So you must have a budget for yourself. You are a young person doing job in Hyderabad. So there is something you need to consider. You have a monthly budget and no matter what you cannot go beyond it. People are always out there to cheat you. But you have to be organized. An organized person needs to have a budget. You need to go through the website and depending on your choice, you have to fix a budget and keep the money aside in the beginning of the month. .
Online Payment Options
You have to book the service online and everything during the process of booking will be done online. So the payment is also done online. If you do not have any online banking option, go for that. But there's some other kinds of payment options are also available. You can go through the available options. This will help you to locate the payment option you use. The bank to bank transfer option is available in most of the case. You can also paytm them and lots of such popular online app payment facility is also available. So when you are paying them, you just need to go through the available options and that's it!
Don't Use Your Salary Account
Do not go for paying from your general account. The salary account you possess is obviously the main account of yours. This is something that holds most of the payment that you get. So do not let anybody trap that account of yours. There are lots of people out there that are trying hard to cheat you and take the money out of your account. You must not let them do that. Lots of hackers are there that has a certain connection with the agencies. Sometimes the agency website is hacked and thus whenever you place your bank details there, it can get hacked.
Paying The Worthy Person?
When you are paying them, just take a look. Are you paying the worthy person? Are you paying someone who actually deserves the money? You have gone through the whole website and checked a lot of woman throughout the process, aren't you paying for the wrong one? This is something you need to make sure before you pay them. There are lots of websites available. You can check and compare the price of different websites and when you are satisfied with the whole thing, you can pay them!
Help Her With Some Tips
When the process is done, you can actually need to pay some tips to the lady. The lady has provided good service for you and you have to acknowledge that. The lady earns a certain sum of money as a salary from the agency. Once you pay her a smaller amount as a token of appreciation, this is something she will get only and you will feel comfortable as after the session both of you are happy.
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Creative Tools Within Ads Manager App
Facebook has released new tools to help brands create and edit images directly on their mobile devices. The creative tools section within the Ads Manager app allows you to create compelling content anywhere as long as you have your phone.
New Creative Tools
Text Overlay & Policy Checker: This tool allows you to add text to your ad image. You can select different fonts and adjust the positioning of the text. The text policy checker will notify you when the amount of text exceeds Facebook's 20% guideline.
Protip: Find a font style that matches your branding and stick with it. Make sure your font is a color and style that is easy to read.
Image Cropper: The image cropping tool allows you to crop images right on your phone. You can adjust your image sizes accordingly to fit in your ads and page posts.
Templates: With the templates tool you have access to fully customizable ad templates! These templates allow you to add banners and to make your ad more creative.
Shapes, Stickers & Logos: You can easily add your brand's logo and customize your ad to showcase important information about your business.
Protip: Having a sale on a certain item? Advertise the sale right within your image using a "sale banner". See the image below for an example.
Color Filters: With this feature, brands can add color filters to adjust the final look of their ad.
Content Is Key
Having quality content is key to be successful with Facebook advertising. With these creative tools on your phone, Facebook is literally empowering you to be a better advertiser.
These tools give brands the ability to take a normal image from ordinary to extraordinary in no time.
Next time you go to upload an image ask yourself, "is there anything I can do to spruce this image up?" The answer should always be "Yes"!
Using these tools is a quick and effective way to better your content and overall marketing! Comment below and let us know what you think of these new tools.
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Industrial Floor Treatments (Stone) Ltd - 01785 819800
Factory Floor Painting
Industrial Floor Treatments (Stone) Ltd are a dedicated industrial floor painting contractor. We specialise in the installation of epoxy resin factory floor paint and epoxy resin and polyurethane resin screeds on new build and refurbishment projects.
We do not undertake domestic works.
As an industrial floor painting contractor we concentrate on manufacturing & engineering plants, printing, paper & packaging industries, food production facilities, warehouses, garages and workshops.
For our commercial clients such as hotels and restaurants this generally involves the application of a food grade floor finish to back of house areas such as kitchen floors, food preparation areas, pot-wash and other areas of high footfall.
The term 'Food Grade Flooring' has been adopted into common usage without having a clear definition within any British Standard or Hygiene Regulations.
SMOOTH high GLOSS FLOORS
Self-smoothing high-gloss epoxy resin flooring. Wide colour range. Provides hard wearing surfaces that are chemically resistant, impervious and easy to clean.
In industries where static sensitive components or volatile chemicals are involved, static electricity can result in damage, injury and financial loss.
Heavy duty polyurethane resin brewery flooring is extremely hard wearing with excellent impact and abrasion resistant properties and is impervious and non-porous.
Bakery floors tend to have differing requirements so there is no simple one floor fits all. Oven areas, dry mix, wet mix and storage areas have different needs.
High build epoxy resin floor paint is ideal for commercial vehicle workshop floors. They are hard wearing and cost effective with minimal downtime, often installed over a weekend.
Health and Safety, operational demarcations, dust, aesthetics, ease of cleaning and light reflection are among the many reasons for painting warehouse floors.
Office Location
Industrial Floor Treatments (Stone) Ltd
PO Box 3701, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 9ES
Operating Hours
As necessary to meet customer needs and minimise downtime. Weekends. Night shifts. Bank Holidays.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a successful business executive for a Fortune 500 company? Meet Robert, a man with extraordinary drive, who served as President and Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest manufacturing companies in the United States. Walk with him as he describes an ordinary day in his extraordinary life.
Working Morning
The alarm blares at 4 a.m., signaling Robert to wake up and start his day. Then, he briefly catches up on business news while drinking his trademark half cup of coffee. "Why only a half cup?" Robert chuckles, "I like my coffee hot, and a full cup gets cold before I finish it." Afterwards, it's off to the racquetball club for a 5 a.m. match with colleagues. Working up an intense sweat, Robert plays raquetball to win, just like he plays to win in business.
Arriving at the office at 7 a.m. before any of his coworkers, Robert takes advantage of the quiet time before phone calls, meetings and plant tours consume his day. In a mere hour, he reviews a stack of resumes for hiring a new vice president, outlines a proposal for reducing production costs on a core product and prepares an agenda for a business acquisition meeting.
As his coworkers arrive to work, Robert walks the corporate halls to greet everyone by name. Upon his return to his office, a half dozen phone calls and over a dozen internal memos sit in his inbox. Staying on top of communications, Robert addresses them immediately to clear his schedule for the busy day ahead. On this day, he discusses ideas for reducing production costs with the plant manager and corporate engineers. Later, he attends a service awards recognition ceremony, and shakes hands with all production personnel as they celebrate with cake and coffee.
Working Lunch
Lunch never appears on Robert's agenda; instead, he nibbles on cookies and crackers all day. Along with his engineering team, Robert travels to a vendor's plant to view new equipment to reduce production costs. Back at the office, he meets with his senior marketing team to discuss the company's display booth at the next corporate trade show. Enjoying a little fun with creative ideas adds some levity to their day.
In the early afternoon, Robert attends the monthly purchasing committee meeting to review conditions affecting the prices of raw materials. Robert then meets with the senior finance and accounting staff, led by the chief financial officer (CFO). Here, they review financial results, cash projections and manufacturing efficiencies. Afterwards, he analyze the effectiveness of promotional and marketing spending. Robert ends his day with a briefing with his administrative assistant to summarize that day's events, and his schedule for the next day.
Working Dinner
Robert's day doesn't end at work. That evening, he and his wife enjoy dinner out with a few senior managers and their spouses to promote team spirit. While mixing a bit of business with pleasure, Robert feels it's important to foster good personal relationships.
Working 24 Hours
If Robert's lucky, he will grab a few winks of sleep before his 7 a.m. flight to the West Coast the next morning. However, he will be mostly running on adrenaline. As he sums up himself, "The pace is always fast. The work is always demanding. The hours are always long. The vacations are always short. The challenges are always motivating, and positive results are always celebrated. Yet, I always find time for my family and for fun. It is quite a balancing act that requires extraordinary time and energy. Most people think I am a nut job, but I am loving every minute of it."


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Civil/Site Design Engineer
We are seeking for a Civil/Site Design Engineer with minimum 3-4 years design experience in Rockville, MD.
A successful candidate will have the opportunity to be responsible for planning, design, permitting, preparation of specifications, stormwater calculations, and technical reports for a variety of land development projects. Engineer must be knowledgeable in design requirements of local jurisdictions.
Candidate must have a good attitude and ability to work as a team. Needs self-motivation and the ability to work effectively under minimum supervision.


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Epson Singapore has renewed its partnership with the Geylang International Football Club (GIFC) for the third consecutive year. This makes Epson the football club's platinum sponsor until the end of December 2018.
Through this partnership, the company will continue to work with GIFC to develop youths in football through initiatives such as the Epson Youth Challenge, a youth football tournament in support of GetActive! Singapore. Since the inaugural Epson Singapore Cup held in 2016, the youth tournament has expanded in size and scope, and witness more than 1,200 youth participants in 2017.
The sponsorship renewal reflects the strong and ongoing commitment of both parties towards youth development, and the success of the partnership, a press statement read. It also shows the aligned vision of developing and elevating the Singapore football scene through opportunities provided, to nurture local talents.
"The past two years have been extremely exciting and successful for Epson in terms of deepening our community outreach efforts to develop young footballers. In this third year of partnership, we hope to continue empowering and nurturing local young talents to achieve their footballing dreams," Toshimitsu Tanaka (pictured right), managing director of Epson Singapore said.
Epson has also been an active sponsor of sporting icon Manchester United, and partnered with the J-League team, Matsumoto Yamaga FC in Japan. As part of the partnership, Epson and GIFC had sent a total of six youth footballers to Yamaga in Japan for a short training stint, where they were exposed to Japanese coaching methods and new training techniques.
"We have had a very fruitful relationship with Epson over the last two years and have co-organised various community football related events with them. Epson also played a significant part in helping us initiate and nurture our growing relationship with Matsumoto Yamaga FC, from which we have benefited significantly from the exchange of footballing and community engagement experience," Ben Teng (pictured left), chairman of GIFC said.


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Indian Speakers Club
We at ISC have strong desire to create a platform to connect knowledge seekers and the professionals with in depth practical exposure of particular field & Industry.
We have right set of professionals either working/having experience in respective industry. We are ready to welcome new speakers on board from each possible industry
Currently we have on board Indian speakers from different Trade and Industry Associations.
Our clients are always engaging speakers to address the topics that affect the performance of their organizations and institutions and are always appreciative of the unique insights and achievements of our speakers. In turn our speakers are from different industry and states, who have in depth knowledge of the market and on going trends.
ISC's highly qualified personnel are the links to our speakers and are known for their rapid response and attention to detail when it comes to specific requests from our clients and speakers. We commend ourselves on treating each enquiry delicately in the most professional manner and we always do our best to accommodate the unique requests of our clients and speakers.
Speakers on Panel
- Imperial Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rajasthan
- Assocham
- Exhibition Agency UK
- FICO Punjab
Rajasthan Industry Specialist
- Founder & Director General at Imperial Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI)
- Elected as Youngest Director and Vice – President of Jaipur Stock Exchange Ltd. at the age of 30 years, in the year 1995
- Member of "Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee" of The Department of Customs, Rajasthan.
- Member of "Permanent Trade Facilitation Committee" of The Department of Customs, Rajasthan
- Served as Secretary General of FORTI (Federation of Rajasthan Trade and Industry, An Apex Chamber of Trade & Industry) and Additional Secretary General of FORTI during the tenure of April 2013 – July 2016
International Speakers
Exhibition/Event Industry Knowledge Bank
Want to get maximum output from participating in Exhibition? John has the apt answers for you.
Brings 35 years of practical informed insights, experience and expertise to those needing to validate attendance at events.
Srategy Consultant working with Global organisations and SMEs to deliver measurable and extraordinary results from Tradeshows, Exhibitions, Congresses, Meetings.
Developed The Exhibiting Agency into foremost Consultancy in niche of Trade show Performance Enhancement.
Contact Us
Avighna Business Promotion Experts
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CNC sheet cutting comparison: Water jet, laser, punching or routing?
Can you cut it?
Waterjet Cutting:
Waterjet machines use cold supersonic abrasive erosion to cut almost any material, both metals and non-metals.
The highly pressurized water stream carries abrasive garnet to etch away the material.
Laser Cutting:
Laser cutting is a thermal process. Special lens are used to focus energy (3 to 6 kW) in a small area to melt away material.
A punch press uses a set of punches and dies to form parts out of metal. The metal is formed and cut by the punch press into a part, which may have secondary machining done to it or not.
CNC Routing:
CNC Router Systems for processing rigid and semi rigid materials with a rotary cutting tool. Our CNC Routers can also machine in two axes simultaneously to create shapes out of flat materials.
|Waterjet cutting accuracy average of ±0.1 mm.
|Accuracy to ±0.025 mm or better in thin material.
|±0.5 mm positioning accuracy. ±0.25mm,punching accuracy.
|±0.5 mm for 3mm tool. For 1.5mm tool ±0.25 mm. For Fret Tool ±0.1 mm
|Waterjet Machines mostly cut under 75mm. Thicker parts can be cut with reduced accuracy and slower speed.
|Usually cuts mild steel less than 6mm.
|Up to 3mm steel or 6mm aluminium.
|up to 25mm for most woods, plastics and composites. >3mm Aluminium. No steel or stainless steel. 8mm Cementous board can be cut slowly.
|Sheet size
|4 meters x 2 meters bed. The base sheets can be larger if the sheet is references and moved.
|Various. 3 meters x 1.2 is common.
|1.2m,x 2m deep clamped zone. The machine then moves on to the next 1.2m section without releasing the sheet.
|3 meters x 2 meter bed. The base sheets can be larger if the sheet is references and moved.
|Cutting speed
|Similar speed to Routing. Higher cost per square meter.
|Very fast cutting in thin, non-reflective materials.
|Fast batch production when initial programming is done. Excellent for consistent repeating patterns (from library) or where edge smoothness is less important (bracketry systems etc). Typically 3 times faster than water jet cutting or routing.
|3 sq. m / h for ACM. 6 sq. m / h for foamex or acrylic. We have 6 CNC routers so can ramp up faster.
|Quality of edge
|Excellent. Due to the nature of Water jetting, cuts have a fine sand-blasted surface finish.
|Excellent. Laser cuts tend to have a rougher edge, which may need additional machining operations to clean up.
|Fair. There can be a shearing effect on the back edge of the material similar to a guillotine cut.
|Fair, depending on the speed of the cutting programme there can be gradated lines on cut edge. For detailed work we have smaller tungsten carbide drill heads that work to far higher accuracy.
|Heat affected zone (HAZ)
|Waterjet produces no HAZ
|Cuts by melting the material, resulting HAZ, often need additional process to avoid micro cracking.
|No HAZ
|No HAZ
|Material Distortion
|Waterjet machine generates No Distortion but may have hazing near the cut. No internal stress built up.
|Cuts by melting, resulting material heat distortion.
|Some distortion. This depends on the amount of material removed and the thickness of the sheet.
|No distortion
|Other characteristics
|Waterjet cutter works well in non-conductive and conductive materials. Material that is not, of consistent thickness flat can be cut.
|Limited to non-reflective materials.
|Dimple, cluster punch, louvre, key hole, triangle, obround, embossing, slitting, square, circle, rectangle and circular tools available. Up to 20 tools can be simultaneously loaded for use on the same sheet.
|It is possible to V cut route the sheet and fold it. This allows tight radii corners to be formed.
|Can pierce material directly without other drill equipment. The reliability of the water jet machine reduces the risk more valuable raw materials will be damaged in production.
|May need different gas for cutting different materials.
|Not work well on on brittle or hardened materials. No plastics.
|Also it is possible to hog out material without cutting all the way through. Bull nose, bevelled edges, pocketing and step cutting. These are processes that laser, punch and waterjet cannot perform.
|Fast setup and rapid programming. Great for short runs, difficult material, and thick material. The very nature of Waterjet cutting places no mechanical stresses into the work-piece. For this reason non toughened glass, tiles, granite etc can be cut without the risk of shattering.
|Cannot cut some plastics (PVC, foamex) due to gasses produced. Cannot cut aluminium, copper or bronze.
|We have a library of over 3,000 tools in stock. This can allow the economies of fast production without the cost and delays of instruction a tool.
|Cannot cut steel. Rout or cut foam core, corrugated cardboard, MDF, PVC, PETG, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Aluminium Composite Material, Di-bond, Aluminium, brass, copper, Corian, Marley Eternit.
|Lateral forces with a waterjet are negligible, which means that holes can be placed very close to the material edge, which is not the case with a punch press. Waterjets can also work with very thick materials, while punch presses are limited in thickness to the amount of pressure they can apply. And, of course, waterjets can work with many different types of materials, including brittle materials and laminates .
|For high production of thin sheet-metal, the stamp will be more profitable in many cases. Compliments the accuracy of the water jet.
|Cost advantage – other CNC technologies such as waterjet and laser cutting are dramatically more expensive capital investments with higher ongoing operational costs.


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Western Restaurants in Petaling Jaya, Selangor – 701 Restaurants
Hartz Chicken Buffet
AbyG112 postedBad
Went there for dinner for the first time on Wednesday, all because my friend bought Groupon vouchers. The restaurant was quite run down, tables and chairs cramp together. The salad bar was horrible, coleslaw and salad dressing were watery. Some "economy rice" style dishes aside from the 2 main fried chicken dishes which were nothing to shout about. Mash potato was inedible, so was the spaghetti, fried seafood toufu tasted sour. Plastic plates and cups made me feel like I was eating in a canteen. Surprisingly it was pretty crowded.. however, it's was a not more next time for the 3 of us.
Utara Coffee House
It's raining pasta at Utara Coffee House of Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya as we present Pastabilities this March. Italian cuisine has always been rich and varied in all aspects, but pasta has been its pride and glory through much of its history. With that, Executive Chef, Chew Teik Chye is pulling out all stops to present you 7 popular pasta made, the Italian way! With these dishes starting from RM22.00++, head down to Utara Coffee House of Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya, where the 'pastabilites' are almost endless. Promotion valid throughout the month of March, 2012.
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From 3rd January till 11th February 2017, Armada Hotel's buffet line will be featuring a wide variety of 'good luck' dishes leading up to the Chinese New Year Reunion Buffet Dinner The Chinese New Year Reunion Buffet Dinner is priced at RM88+ per adult, RM62+ for senior citizens and RM44+ per child.
Maria's Restaurant and Cafe
Popular for quality premium beef steaks - Japanese Kobe, Australian Wagyu, Australian Black Angus. The menu has a variety of food from steaks, pastas, seafood, sausages and their signature pies. The dessert menu is filled with Movenpick Ice-cream and cakes.
mimid3vils posted www.choiyen.com 419 Reviews
If you looking for a good steak meal that will not cost an arm and a leg, Maria's SteakCafe certainly the place!
Signature by the Hill @ The Roof
Stylish, Premium Gastro-Lounge & Bar
posted foreverinhunger.blogspot.com
Signature is a contemporary dining room section for the avant garde who wish to be tantalized by a plethora of Asian and international fusion cuisine.
Strangers at Forty 7
Anfieldyee posted anfieldyee.blogspot.comSuperb
What makes Strangers so special is their crepe dish. Usually a fine dining cafe offers those western ingredients (eggs, hams/bacon, sausage, salad, sandwiches, spaghetti etc) but you get crepe here. When you think of crepe, probably what comes into your mind is breakfast or lunch. But not in Strangers, you could have it during dinner! The crepe alone can make you unreasonably full feeling.
Tony Roma's
Tony Roma's is pretty popular overseas with its grilled to perfection ribs, seafood and steak. They also offer a wide range of burgers and sandwiches, salad and starters.
pamela_ybc posted www.malaysianfoodie.com 997 Reviews
Tony Roma comes out with their new promotion and it's time for burgers. This time, dine yourself with friends and family at Tony Roma's with their new promotion- New Beginnings.
Manmaru Robatayaki & Bar
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Honestly, if there is no promotion or any special offers, this will be the last place I'll think of. It's alright, but not great value for money. It's not really worth it for the price that they charge. There are plenty of other sashimi places in Klang Valley that serves the same sashimi grade and only half the price. I've noted that Manmaru seems to be more popular for their fusion dishes and not the traditional ones.
IKEA Food Court
Their meatballs, made from minced beef are the best, served with thick gravy from beef stock, and lingonberry jam, with thick cut fries.
ojsiew posted ojsiew.blogspot.com 633 Reviews
We didnt really enjoy the coffee as it smelt like 'cockcroach'!!.. I even poured away the 1st cup after the 'unexpected smell', then 'washed' the cup and refill from another machine. But the smell was still there. gosh... not such if that's the 'acquired' flavour or what!!.... not sure!!...
Restaurant Piccadilly
This restaurant is actually located at the ground floor of condominium together with some other shoplots.
mum2 postedExceptional
Look at the menu, it seems they have anything you want - malay, chinese, indian, thai, western, etc. Lots of variety. The food quality is quite good but not fantastic. It's not expensive and parking is not an issue, so I would still recommend this place as it's a nice place to dine in.
3 Bags Full (Kota Damansara)
posted foreverinhunger.blogspot.com
Bringing a wide variety of dishes from their very talented kitchen maestros. Exquisite food creation and zeal to reach your heart in a nice and relaxing atmosphere. They have also introduced valuable lunch sets that are worth eating out for. Set Lunch Menu at RM21 Nett. Available from Tuesday to Friday 11.00am - 2.30pm. Main Course + Mushroom Soup + Lemonade or Ice Lemon Tea
pamela_ybc posted www.malaysianfoodie.com 997 Reviews
Serai Platter (RM 25). The fluffy white rice which is infussed with the lemongrass brought us with the aromatic blend. Served together with the h honey squid, fresh acar, juicy fried chicken, and oxtail asam pedas. It's so delicious and the blend is such a heaven. The chicken is well marinated and it's meat is juicy and tender
Metal Box Cafe
mimid3vils posted www.choiyen.com 419 Reviews
Metal Box offers both indoor and al-fresco dining area. Bare cement walls and floor, a container housing the kitchen, dangling light bulbs and a concrete brick partition has made up the interior however seats are quite limited.
A place devoted to the pursuit of good food, coffee and comfort.
mimid3vils posted www.choiyen.com 419 Reviews
The cafe has got all my checkmarks of a great place to dine in terms of food and service. There are a few dishes in the menu that I wish to try out such as Conchiglie in Spinach Cream & Pulled Pork Sandwich that highly recommended by others. Wait for me, I'll come to you soon!
Crave Cafe
We are an Australian style cafe promoting Toby's Estate Coffee and premium grade teas along with a range of western and fusion cuisine.
pamela_ybc posted www.malaysianfoodie.com 997 Reviews
The restaurant with the prominent brick walls, comfy sofas, wall paintings- makes overall a decent and comfortable cafe setting is just so nice to enjoy ourselves during a lazy weekend sipping coffee and enjoying some great meals there.
Betjeman & Barton (B&B)
posted www.broughtup2share.com 450 Reviews
Tea is served in this tea salon with a French flair. Right after entering the salon, you will be tempted with gourmet chocolates, teas, French macarons, and many more sweet delicacies at the counter. And you'll be in awe with their tea boutique that features at least 100 types of loose teas, colourful tea canisters adorning the whole area, gift sets that would itch your heart to buy 'cos they are just too pretty & also different types of tea pots!


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In 15 years, Ameera Shah transformed Metropolis Healthcare from a single lab in Mumbai to a chain of 135 laboratories raking in revenues of Rs. 650 crores in FY 2015. She's now gearing up for the next phase of growth, one in which she wants to create a formidable diagnostics brand in two geographies – India and Africa. Her master goal: reach a valuation of Rs. 12,000 crores by 2020.
Every entrepreneur's journey, when retold with the benefit of hindsight, can throw up valuable lessons on several aspects of managing a business. However, many such stories, often, tend to simplify the hardship that is entrepreneurship. The journey is often seen as a set of events that shaped up the venture to what it is today; but, in reality, it is much more complex than that. There are several unexplained events, day-to-day challenges that often get left out in such narratives and most importantly, the role played by team members in executing a strategy is often overlooked.
Having said that, when an entrepreneur looks back at his or her own journey and asks the question "what could I have done better?" it gives a whole new perspective to the narrative. One such story that we'd like to share here is that of an entrepreneur who was told by her father that whatever she becomes, she has to be the absolute best at it.
This is the journey of Ameera Shah, the woman leader of Metropolis Healthcare, the diagnostics company, who built her organisation block by block and led it to become an organisation with revenue of Rs. 650 crores spread across 7 countries. When Ameera joined her father's business, Dr. Sushil Shah's laboratory, in 2001, it was an 1800 square feet single laboratory in Gamdevi, Mumbai. Subsequently, in the same year, the laboratory was renamed to Metropolis and today, has grown to become a 135 laboratory chain not just popular in India but also in Srilanka, UAE, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. Metropolis has expanded its tentacles in the last 15 years and grown to become an organisation with over 3500 employees, 135 laboratories, 1000 collection centres and has created a seamless network across India.
But all this has not come easy. Ameera admits that her best learning has come from a careful analysis of her own journey, and she aims to put it to use as she gears up for her next phase, what she calls Metropolis 2.0.
Here is Ameera's 15-year journey split into three phases where she analyses her own decisions (or sometimes, the lack of them), approach to growth, marketing strategies adopted and the key lessons she learnt during these different phases.
Phase one: 2001 to 2005
It was all about establishing the business
A finance and business management graduate from the University of Texas, Austin, Shah realised early on in her career that a standard corporate career wasn't for her. She saw the potential in her father, Dr. Sushil Shah's diagnostic lab in Mumbai. She set herself the goal to build a pan-India brand in the diagnostics space. The reasoning was simple: "The industry was very fragmented with more than two lakh small pathology labs across India and most of them had no minimum standards," recalls Ameera.
However, to understand the nuances of the industry, she had to get into the nitty-gritty of the business and, hence, she donned many hats. While doing this, she also retained her steadfast focus on establishing standard operating procedures, to ensure quality and consistent service across centers.
What immediately differentiated Metropolis from rest of the pack was its technical expertise and research, which became evident with the number of tests it offered. In 2002, it offered 500 varieties of tests while other pathology labs had 200. And this number increased to 1500 varieties of tests in 2005. "In fact, many hospitals started to outsource tests to us," recalls Ameera, mentioning a key source of customer acquisition.
However, Ameera recognised the fact that Metropolis' popularity was restricted to Mumbai. While the obvious approach would have been to expand the brand one city at a time, Ameera adopted a wanted to enter new markets through the acquisition of well-known, respected diagnostic labs. However, this wouldn't be a big bang acquisition of a large number of centers; rather, it would be a small acquisition, which would then be used as the base to scale up.
Between 2003 and 2005, Metropolis started to forge alliances with well-known local brands that had a strong backend. Some of the early partnerships were with Sudharma in Kerala, Lister in Chennai and Desai Laboratories in Surat. Eventually, Metropolis went from being a single laboratory organisation to run over 10 labs with 150 collection centers by 2005.
"In 2005, we also expanded to Sri Lanka through a joint venture, thus setting up the agenda for expansion outside India," says Ameera.
Setting the right tone
To make all this happen, the organisation needed to formulate a set of clear strategies:
One, Metropolis started acquiring laboratories for expanding its tentacles outside Mumbai while within the city it set up its own centres.
Two, the company started hiring people with a non-technical profile for purchase, customer care, marketing and other functions that it did not focus on earlier.
Three, the organisation felt the need to get accredited globally, to enhance the credibility of the brand. In 2004, it got its first accreditation from the National Accreditation Board of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, while in 2005 it got accredited by College of American Pathologists, an internationally recognized program and a unique one that utilizes teams of practicing laboratory professionals as inspectors.
Four, it also started increasing its technical processing ability and came up with new tests to help make it a serious, pan-India player.
At the end of this phase, the company was valued at approximately Rs. 135 crore with a revenue of Rs. 40 crore (from Rs. 15 crore in 2001).
Phase Two: 2006-2010
Global foray and alliances
Continuing its ascent, Metropolis started implementing a unique strategy of simultaneously growing in both domestic and global markets. The company was the first multinational in its sector and has over 10 years' experience now in dealing with the vagaries of international markets. Its first international alliance was with the Navloka Group in Sri Lanka where it currently has about 50 labs and 200 centres. Realising the opportunity that emerging markets offered, the company also entered Dubai and South Africa very early in its lifecycle, while continuing to acquire labs in cities like Pune, Kerala and Gujarat.
Restructuring the organisation
And all this growth did not miss the sharp eyes of an investor and in 2006 the company received its first round of institutional investment from ICICI Ventures, which invested about Rs. 35 crore for a minority stake. Eventually, in 2010, ICICI Ventures exited Metropolis with about 4x returns and at the same time Warburg Pincus came on board as an investor.
However, as Metropolis had a disorganised structure with no clear leader then, it was obstructing its growth. Ameera and three others were working together since 2001 on building the organisation. And hence, when ICICI Ventures exited its investment in 2010, Metropolis reorganised its board and Ameera became the Managing Director of the organisation, while everyone else became non-executive directors. This helped the company to scale up well.
While all this was happening on the organisation front, Ameera started observing that her customers were getting more affluent, well-travelled and as a result their expectations were changing. While Metropolis was used to offering home collection services, it decided to expand and organize this service in 2006, with the idea of making it a key differentiator.
While growth was happening on one end, the organisation started to make investments on the backend as well. Ameera says, "In hindsight, I feel we should have focused a lot more on systems and processes during this phase, but we were short of management bandwidth."
In 2010, the company operated 30 labs, over 400 collection centres and offered 3500 varieties of tests.
Phase three – 2011-2015
Scaling the business
"An exciting and a productive period," says Ameera, about the last five years. It started with building a robust backend. This gained paramount importance as there were many individual labs entering its stable and they had to start thinking like a group and relate to the brand called Metropolis. "To make them come around with our best practices was a challenge but it was core to brand," she says.
The organisation also started integrating all the labs, creating a common platform for finance, IT, HR, stores and material handling. "This was particularly important as our business is a distributive business with centres all around the country and integrating them and putting in the right controls was essential," says Ameera, emphasizing on its importance.
Building density
While the company acquired labs in India and outside, it realised that it didn't have density in the market. "For example, we didn't have too many centres in Mumbai. It was important for us to start dominating some markets and build density in those markets rather than being across too many countries," shares Ameera.
With respect to its global strategy, the company took a firm decision to stay focused only on Africa, going forward. While Metropolis will be open to exploring opportunities, it has decided not to add too many geographies. "For now, we have decided to focus only on Africa as it has the opportunity of panning out just like it did in the Indian market," shares Ameera.
From no marketing in 2001-05, the company gradually built its marketing strategy and had a clear framework by the second half of 2011-15. "For the first three years, marketing was very minimal, while in the last two years we stepped up our spend, especially on building Metropolis into a strong consumer brand," shares Ameera.
On the organisational structure front, one of the most important changes that took place was when Warburg Pincus exited its whole 27 per cent investment in April 2015. The promoter family bought back this stake with financial support from KKR, the global private equity major, and other industrialists. "I orchestrated an exit for Warburg, where I bought their share out myself in March 2015. One of the other financial investors, Dr. Velu, also exited in September 2015 (He was investor from 2001)," shares Ameera. This was important for creating a clean shareholding structure.
Making the natural progress
During each phase, the expectation of the consumer grew with time and the 2011-15 timeframe was no different. The consumer became health conscious and people started managing their well-being more proactively.
In this phase, Metropolis grew at a CAGR of 25 per cent (while the industry growth rate was between 12 and 15 per cent), touching revenues of Rs. 650 crore in FY 2015. It currently employs 3500 people and operates 135 labs and 1000 centres in 7 countries.
Phase four – 2016 to 2020
Metropolis 2.0
Ameera believes that there are three key foundations – an established network of centres, strong backend, and a well-aligned board structure – that'll augur well as she gears up for the next phase of Metropolis.
"I am looking at the future from a progressive perspective, rather than having a retrospective view," she says. The previous phase was a mix of growth and clean up, but the next one, she believes, will be a lot more focused.
"We will take a concentrated and aggressive stance. We are also evolving to bring in more professionals. Recently, we appointed a CEO and rejigged our senior management structure. Of course, the role of the promoter will continue to be crucial," she explains.
Ameera says, "While many opportunities come up, learning to say no is crucial. The opportunities you go after must align with the overall goals of the organization." Like most consumer-facing businesses, Metropolis aims to strengthen its understanding of customers and stay nimble enough to grab opportunities as they come up.
Going forward
A key strategy for the next phase is to build regional dominance and not fragmented dominance. For Metropolis, its Western and Southern regions are strong markets and the team aims to build dominance in these geographies while its Northern and Eastern markets are very opportune areas that it aims to go aggressive on in the coming years.
Internationally, Metropolis aims to focus on the African market and in the next five years it aims to touch Rs. 100 crore in top line from that region.
Metropolis' goal for 2020 is very clear: from its current valuation of approximately Rs. 4000 crores, Ameera hopes to reach a valuation of Rs. 12,000 crores to Rs. 15,000 crores within the next five years. As we draw this conversation to a close, Ameera says, "Valuation encapsulates many things – profit, balance sheet, quality and defensibility of business and what the market thinks about your brand. Our strategy is to deliver on all these fronts."


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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) _ A Bridgeport police officer who accidentally shot himself in the leg in a crowded bagel shop has been arrested on a gun charge.
State police said Tuesday that they charged 55-year-old Juan Santiago of Bridgeport with unlawful discharge of a firearm in connection with the Dec. 17 incident at the Bagel King on Main Street.
Troopers say Santiago was sitting with three other Bridgeport officers when he mishandled a pistol that fired a shot through his left thigh. No one else was injured. Santiago was treated at a hospital.
State police say Santiago turned himself in Monday. He was released on a promise to appear Feb. 18 in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Santiago's lawyer, John R. Gulash, declined to comment Tuesday.
Some city residents had called for criminal charges against Santiago.
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Niehaus: Mantashe conflicted after Ramaphosa slate announcement
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma's campaign says that Cyril Ramaphosa has put Gwede Mantashe in a difficult and untenable position.
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma's campaigners have told Eyewitness News that Gwede Mantashe is conflicted in his position as secretary-general now that he was named on Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's slate.
Earlier this week, Ramaphosa announced what he described as a winning team which had the name of Mantashe as a possible candidate for chairperson of the party on his slate.
The ANC has since criticised Ramaphosa for this announcement, saying that the action is unacceptable.
Dlamini Zuma's campaign says that Ramaphosa has put Mantashe in a difficult and untenable position.
One of her campaigners, Carl Niehaus, has questioned whether Mantashe will be able to be neutral when presiding over the nomination process.
"He's conflicted and biased because he's been so clearly pronounced to be on the slate of the deputy president."
Eyewitness News understands that some national executive committee members sympathetic with the president will use this weekend's NEC meeting to push for Ramaphosa to be disciplined over the announcement of his slate.
Meanwhile, ANC stalwarts say while President Jacob Zuma may be deployed by the party to attend their consultative conference next week, they will see what happens if that's the case.
The stalwarts have previously called on the president to step down, saying that he has contributed immensely to the deterioration of the party.
When the ANC stalwarts called on the president to step down, they mentioned Nkandla, the State of Capture report and his previous Cabinet reshuffles as some of the reasons behind their call.
Now, the question is whether they are willing to allow the same man they say they have no confidence in to be at their gathering.
The president has more than once hit out at the stalwarts for demanding the consultative conference on their terms, saying they are not superior than any ANC structure.
At the same time, the stalwarts say they are ready for the conference, adding that they hope their gathering will save the party.
They say the gathering will be attended by civil society, business, labour, ANC branches and they have invited the party's leaders.
Stalwart Wally Serote said they expect 500 people to attend the conference.
"Saving the ANC as an organisation that serves the people of this country is a very key thing. But in order for us to that, we need to define the problem."
He said even the ANC NEC which denied them the opportunity to hold this conference before the policy gathering in June this year, has been invited.
The ANC will have a special NEC meeting this weekend where the party may decide whether or not to send a delegation to the gathering.
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Justice Emerton of the Supreme Court in Chief Commissioner of Police v McIntosh [2010] VSC 429 found the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal erred in law in interpreting s 25A of the Freedom of Information Act, a provision that permits an agency to refuse access to documents if satisfied the work involved in processing a request "would substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of the agency from its other operations."
The application by Opposition front bencher Andrew McIntosh, sought access to staff rosters produced in each police station in Victoria for last pay period in July 2009. The Tribunal decision was that the time taken by the freedom of information section of the agency should not be calculated in deciding whether s 25A(1)(a) applies, because the section had no functions other than dealing with FOI applications.
"This is unlike where a police station has a request by a staff officer for documents. In that circumstance, clearly the officer would, if not searching for documents, be performing other functions. It is a diversion of those functions that the section is referring to. It cannot be that a person from the respondent's FOI department when working on an FOI request is being diverted from other functions... To interpret the section otherwise would be to deny the word "other" plays any part in interpreting the section. That is, the word "other" would be given no meaning."
Justice Emerton said
23 In my view, the questions of law raised in this appeal can be resolved by reference to the words in s 25A(1) and (2) of the Act. The meaning of the words 'other operations' in sub-s (1) is to be ascertained by reference to the words at the beginning of the sub-section, which concern 'a request', and permit the agency (or Minister) to refuse to grant access to documents in accordance with 'the request' without having caused the processing of 'the request' to have been undertaken, if the agency (or Minister) is satisfied of the matters that follow. Those words refer to a particular request. Dealing with or processing 'the request' is one of the operations of the agency. Its 'other operations' are all of the other things that it does, including dealing with and processing other FOI requests. Such a construction is supported by sub-s (2), which in my view makes plain that the performance of the relevant tasks by any of the resources of the agency, including by FOI officers or specialists, are to be taken into account.
24 The obligation to comply with the Act is an important obligation of an agency. If, by reason of the voluminous nature of a particular request, an agency's ability to process other FOI requests is impaired, there is no reason why that should be ignored in applying s 25A(1).
25 Accordingly, the Tribunal ought to have taken into account the time that would have to be spent by the FOI unit to process the Request when deciding whether processing the Request would substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of Victoria Police from its other operations.
In evidence before the Tribunal Victoria Police had estimated it would take at least 640 hours to process the approximately 450 pages of rosters involved. The Tribunal found that it would take 25 hours, incorrectly in light of the Court's finding, allowing a discount of 30 hours of time spent by the FOI section. Justice Emerton remitted the matter to the Tribunal to be determined again, noting:
32 The requirements of s 25A(1) are not easily satisfied. In Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance v Kelly,[7] Ormiston JA held that s 25A(1) should only be applied to a "clear case" of substantial and unreasonable diversion.[8] The Court was referred to a decision of the New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal, Chapman v Commissioner of Police,[9] which conveniently summarised some of the Tribunal decisions in which s 25A(1) had been successfully invoked. The three matters referred to involved thousands of pages of documents and a commitment of the available officers' time in the order of "years", "15 – 16 months" and "between 15 and 30 weeks".[10]
33 Victoria Police has processed two requests from Mr McIntosh for police rosters in the recent past. In relation to one of those requests, in McIntosh v Victoria Police,[11] Judge Harbison concluded that Victoria Police could not avail itself of s 25A(1)(a), notwithstanding that the request was for police rosters for two pay periods rather than one.
34 On its face, it seems unlikely that a commitment of 55 hours to process the Request would involve a diversion of Victoria Police resources sufficient to satisfy the requirements of s 25A(1)(a). However, without the benefit of the evidence before the Tribunal, including as to the competing demands on the time of the persons who will necessarily be involved in processing the Request, it is nonetheless difficult to conclude that the decision would not have been different had it been based on an estimated commitment of resources of 55 hours rather than 25 hours.


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Federal Circuit Affirms That D Three Enterprises Priority Patent Filing Does Not Support Genus Claims
A Priority Patent Application is Only as Good as the Claim It Supports
- Federal Circuit affirms district court's summary judgment regarding effective filing dates and invalidity in view of intervening prior art (largely, the infringer's own product sales)
- To support genus claims there must be disclosure of the genus; otherwise only the disclosed species will be supported
In D Three Enterprises, LLC v. SunModo Corp., decided on May 21, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment regarding effective patent filing dates and invalidity in view of intervening prior art, in this case largely the infringer's own product sales.
The patents in suit relate generally to roof mount assemblies, primarily for solar panels. The question presented was whether D Three's patent applications (particularly the 2009 application) described inventions at least equal in breadth to the asserted claims. If they did not, the asserted claims were not entitled to the earlier effective filing dates. 35 U.S.C. Section 112(a).
The asserted patent claims fell into two categories: those that do not recite a soft washer (as part of the assembly), and those that do. The former category constituted all but two of the asserted claims; the latter constituted the two exceptions. Op. 4-5.
As to the asserted claims that do not recite a washer, all but one of the assemblies disclosed in the 2009 application had a soft washer. The 2009 application disclosed only one invention that lacked a washer: the assembly depicted in Figures 27-33 and 41. Figures 27–33 and 41 of the 2009 application depict an assembly in which an attachment bracket 1700 is bolted directly to the base bracket through the flashing 1902 without a washer (Figures 30, 41). Op. 9.
The problem D Three faced was that in all of the washerless embodiments, the washerless assembly consistently had one type of attachment bracket: no. 1700. The applications consistently defined bracket 1700 as having "W shaped prongs 1701 and face seat 1702 [that] can hold a support post 100 in a conventional male/female interaction when needed." Id.
There was no teaching that the washerless assembly could be used with other than the W-pronged attachment bracket 1700. The Federal Circuit agreed with the district court that "washerless assemblies using attachments other than attachment bracket 1700, which has "W[-] shaped prongs," J.A. 2223, are not adequately disclosed, because the 2009 Application in no way contemplates the use of other types or never uses the term washerless, or describes any other types of attachment brackets that could be used in the claimed roof mount assemblies." Op. 13.
Because the washerless assembly disclosed in the 2009 application was limited to using the W-pronged attachment bracket with face seat defined as attachment bracket 1700 – and the asserted "washerless" claims were not limited to such a bracket – the asserted washerless claims were not supported by the 2009 application and so were not entitled to the 2009 effective filing date. Op. 13.
The asserted claims that do recite a washer were also denied the earlier effective filing date since the 2009 application disclosed a soft washer only above the flashing. While the later applications disclosed the washer either above the flashing or both above and below the flashing, none of the applications disclosed an assembly in which the soft washer was only under the flashing. Op. 16, 17.
Since there was no dispute that without the benefit of the 2009 Application's filing date the patents-in-suit would be invalid due to intervening prior art, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment of invalidity in view of intervening prior art. Op. 5, 18.
The take-away from D Three Enterprises v. SunModo is that for a priority patent filing to support genus claims there must be disclosure of the genus; otherwise only the disclosed species will be supported. D Three's claim to priority failed because the priority patent filing disclosed a washerless assembly only with the W-pronged attachment bracket (as to the washerless claims) and a washer above the flashing (as to the washer claims). It did not disclose the genus of using the washerless assembly with any attachment bracket (as to the washerless claims) or a washer below, above, or below or above the flashing (as to the washer claims).
As another example, see Tronzo v. Biomet, Inc. 156 F.3d 1154 at 1158–59 (Fed. Cir. 1998) where the Federal Circuit held that a claim that was generic as to shape of hip cup was not supported by parent's disclosure of a hip cup disclosed as a trapezoid, truncated cone, or conical. In short, a priority application is only as good as the claim it supports so provide more examples in your patent filing to provide more support for broader claiming.


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Vintage 1964 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust model 1601
Here is a very handsome vintage Rolex Datejust model 1601 in stainless steel with the white gold bezel. Fitted with the 26 jewelled Rolex automatic calibre 1560, this Rolex is in superb condition. Stock# W1283 Maker: Rolex Model: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust reference 1601 Circa: 1964 $Sold.
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It's films like Sarkar that keep reminding us how our brand of cinema is entirely different from the general perception worldwide. If a film can be considered good if it succeeds in meeting all the goals it sets for itself, then Sarkar is a winner because its only mission seems to be selling Vijay as the other political prospect of Tamil Nadu - even if it means sacrificing the form. It is shockingly surprising that director AR Murugadoss has cut a lot of slack in his cinema to incorporate the hero that is 'Thalapathy' Vijay.
Sarkar is a propaganda film in many ways but here the filmmaker is not selling an ideology but a hero; a brand called Vijay, and it is safe to say that he succeeds. Sarkar is the kind of film that Rajinikanth or Kamal Haasan would have done eventually, but Vijay pulled the trigger first.
But Sarkar fails as far as cinema is concerned. The story, which has been making a lot of noise over the past few months, opens with NRI Sundar Ramaswamy (Vijay) the CEO of American corporate company GL, coming to India. His arrival is news. It sends chills down the spine of all the domestic corporate companies because he is a 'corporate monster' known for hostile takeovers and dissolving competitors. But the purpose of his visit is to cast his vote and return that very day. The twist is that his vote has already been cast by someone illegally.
The fight for his one vote takes Sundar on a journey that changes the fate of the state.
There is very little happening in Sarkar even till the interval. Apart from the 'massy' fight sequences which are compulsively in slow-mo, pleading the audience to hoot and whistle, not much is going on. There is very little drama in the film. Real-life politician Pala Karuppiah as the villain Masilamani doesn't look all that great as it sounds, but his daughter Papa (Varalaxmi) turns out be the only interesting character in Sarkar.
Keerthy Suresh as Nila is actually the third wheel in the romance that goes on between Vijay and his fans. She is omnipresent but has no reason to be so. It is one of the terribly-underwritten roles for a heroine in recent times. As Vijay fans drool over their star, she drools along with them, and our hero doesn't give two hoots about her.
After a point, Sarkar looks like a stretch of Vijay's speeches - on issues that range from Tamil Nadu fishermen to Jallikattu to freebies to what not - knitted one after the other in a weak narrative.
Coming to the only thing the film seems to care about - Vijay. He is, without a doubt, suave. AR Murugadoss seems to know the alchemy of making Vijay look his charismatic best. He is on top of his game when it comes to the dance numbers and sending goons up in the air, but fails to invoke empathy. His emotional segments don't do much to the viewer. But the film is not about his performance. For Vijay, Sarkar is something beyond box office, acting and success; it is an announcement... that he is very much in the game of thrones.
Vijay's big Diwali release Sarkar serves only its hero. Watch it for Vijay. There's not much more than that in the film, says our review.
2.5 stars out of 5 for Sarkar.
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Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D. received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and did her residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University. She trained in Ayurveda with leading Ayurvedic physicians and scholars in India, Europe and the United States.
Dr. Lonsdorf has served as the medical director of The Raj Ayurveda Health Spa, an award-winning Ayurvedic treatment center, and The Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Center in Washington D.C., the first Ayurvedic medical clinic in the nation's capital.
Dr. Lonsdorf has special expertise in women's health and is author of The Ageless Woman: Natural Health and Beauty After Forty with Maharishi Ayurveda (MCD Century, May 2004), and co-author of a best-selling Ayurvedic health guide for women of all ages entitled A Woman's Best Medicine: Health, Happiness and Long Life through Maharishi Ayur-Veda, published in 1995 by Tarcher/Putnam of New York.
Dr. Lonsdorf is the recipient of the Atreya Award for excellence in Ayurvedic practice given by the Association of Ayurvedic Pracitioners of North America. She has served as a consultant and grant reviewer in complementary and alternative medicine for the National Institutes of Health and currently serves on the editorial board of Natural Medicine Journal. She has lectured at leading medical schools including Johns Hopkins, Columbia-Presbyterian, NIH and the CDC, is a frequently quoted expert on Ayurveda and natural health in the lay press, and has been featured in numerous local and national TV and radio shows as well as the print media.
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ATTARI/WAGAH: Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged sweets at the Wagah border on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Diwali on Sunday, Zee News reported.
The Indian news site reported that the Indian Border Security Force's officiating Deputy Inspector General Deby Joseph, along with other officers and soldiers, gifted assorted traditional Indian sweets to their Pakistani counterparts.
Pakistani Rangers Wing Commander Mohammed Asheer Khan returned the gesture with an assortment of choice Pakistani sweets.
Diwali marks the homecoming of the Hindu god Lord Ram after vanquishing the demon king Ravana and symbolises taking people from darkness to light and the victory of good over evil.
The Hindu festival was marked by a relaxed atmosphere at the joint checkpost near the international Attari/Wagah border.
The warm exchange today came despite both the countries being locked in a blame game against each other for violating the decade-old ceasefire along the Line of Control.
With over 50 violations across the LoC and working boundary Since August, tensions have been escalating. Skirmishes since the start of the year have taken the lives of many, including civilians.


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Batty is the thirteenth episode of the first season of LoliRock.
After Iris saves a scientist who got trapped in a cave looking for an energy-rich ore, the twins attack with a giant bat to steal the ore for Gramorr.
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- Amaru
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- Crystal Luxtra - Used by the princesses to defeat the Giant Bat.
- Aterodere - Used by Praxina to summon the Giant Bat.
- Crystal Offensio - Used by Iris to attack the Giant Bat.
- Crystal Levare - Used by Iris to lift the unconscious Rebecca to the surface.
- Crystal Audire - Used by Iris to find Rebecca in the cave
- Crystal Reflecto - Used by Iris to make a decoy copy of the Power Booster.
- Crystal Lucis - Used by Iris to create a blinding light against the Giant Bat.
- Crysta-Tectus - Used by Talia and Auriana to defend themselves against the Giant Bat.
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Calvin Johnson wants in Michigan marijuana industry, was denied due to traffic ticket
Calvin Johnson, and his old Detroit Lions teammate Rob Sims, are trying to get in the Michigan marijuana business.
Their application for prequalification for a marijuana dispensary, grow operation and marijuana processing facility was denied however, in part because of an old traffic ticket Johnson said he forgot about.
It's a bit of an unusual story Kathleen Gray of the Detroit Free Press wrote about Friday. Johnson has mostly laid low since his abrupt retirement following the 2015 season. Johnson was an unbelievable player with the Lions, but always a bit quiet. He was a bit of a mystery off the field.
Recreational marijuana became legal in Michigan this week. The Detroit Free Press said people are hopeful it will generate $800 million in revenue by 2024. It makes sense why Johnson and Sims would want in on it.
But there was a problem.
Calvin Johnson denied prequalification for marijuana business
According to Gray's story, Johnson and Sims were denied prequalification status by the Michigan Medical Licensing Board because of some old, minor issues.
In Johnson's case, it was an outstanding "failure to maintain lane" ticket from July 2014 in Atlanta. A spokesman for Johnson said he was unaware of the ticket and as soon as he heard about it, he flew to Georgia to take care of it. For Sims, who played for the Lions and Seahawks from 2006-14, he had an unspecified issue with some houses he owned in Dearborn, Michigan, and the spokesman said Sims took care of that issue as well.
Still, they were denied.
"One is nine years old and one is four years old and there are warrants out," board member and retired Michigan State Police officer Donald Bailey told Gray. "They're minor, maybe even meaningless, but the problem is their response. We're entering this highly regulated market. And if this is their response, that's a problem for me."
The former Lions can appeal the denial, Gray wrote.
Plenty of crossover with marijuana and former players
There has been plenty of crossover between football players and marijuana, which is banned in the NFL.
Some players, after their careers are done, have spoken publicly about the benefits of marijuana for things like pain management, something many NFL players are familiar with. Nothing in the Free Press story says if Johnson is a marijuana advocate or just seeing a business opportunity, but his spokesman talked about why there's an appeal to marijuana for former football players.
"There is great interest because of head injuries and there are a number of football players looking into the research with cannabis and oils and the impact it might have on brain injuries," Johnson's spokesman John Truscott said, according to the Free Press. "And there are a lot of professional athletes who are interested in the business as they look at 20 years down and how it may impact them."
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La La Land's Golden Globe sweep with a record seven wins means we're well over due for the usual backlash. It's a staple these days. Some people like a thing, those folks build it up and then those who wouldn't have even noticed otherwise snap back. And for La La Land, in particular, that backfire's been… well… intense.
There's definitely some stuff that doesn't quite work. It is, for sure, a bit racist. Ryan Gosling does kinda sweep in and do the whole white savior thing, and that's absolutely shitty. But there's been this undercurrent of the conversation that's refused to acknowledge that has any enduring value. And that definitely isn't true — at least not for me.
I know I'm a bit late to this particular party. I didn't see La La Land until last week. I'd been meandering, emotionally, through the past month. A somewhat charged holiday trip back home with family and some odd shocks to my dating life, and topped off with professional listlessness had me feeling aimless. That's where La La Land came in for me. It's this glorious cocktail of everything that I needed at once, and regardless of what missteps it makes (that we should continue to point out), it's important to remember that the soul of media is the effect it has on us. And never have I felt such a clear connection right when I needed it most.
I'm clicking into 26 now, but it's not an age that feels quite right to me. Like seemingly every other millennial, I've often felt like I was sold some a fantasy. I grew up pretty poor, raised by a single parent. I spent some nights hungry — through no fault of hers — and some nights lonely as she busted her ass to make sure we could pull through. All the while she did what she could to guide me and teach me. She took me to Chickasaw Tribal Council Meetings. She organized toy and food drives at the Oklahoma Department of Human services and took me with her on Christmas Mornings so we could deliver toys and food to those who had even less than we did, teaching me about the importance of being involved in the community. She continued her own education — while holding down multiple jobs — and encouraged me to learn everything I could. She believed in the American dream, not for her, but for me. I was her moonshot.
And that wears on me. I'm the embodiment of her hope. My choices are in some sense, hers. Every failure, every hit I take wears on me. And it's exhausting to walk with that. So heavy that I couldn't bear going back home for years. I'd invested in my life, my goals, and my own dreams and kept coming up short. It felt like if I'd gone back before I was who I felt I needed to be, that I'd coming back defeated.
All the while my failures were stacking. I'd wanted to be a professional writer since I was a child, and while I'd had a lot of work published, I couldn't find the stability I needed to consistently pay bills. I'd had full-time offers at some stellar publications, but I chose to invest instead in my romances. I was mostly okay with that struggle as it was because my life was still moving. Until, about a year ago, I split with a partner that I had, at one point, every intention of marrying.
That hit wasn't just the loss of the relationship, but the feeling that I'd given up that childhood dream for the sake of the ethereal.
La La Land has answers for these, nudges and little suggestions for what people like myself should, or at least should consider, doing. The story opens with a raucous shotgun blast of cute, digestible songs. Each of these sets the stage for you to be swept up in the magic of a classically-styled musical. The hyper-saturated backgrounds and joyous ballads are otherworldly. And that's intentional. When we're motivated and pressing towards goals of ours, the real world starts to blur together in a dreamy backdrop of our imagined triumphs. And that sets the stage for what La La Land does best: subversion.
I've never really been a fan of nostalgia in any of its forms, much less the Hollywood fairy tales about being "discovered" and suddenly becoming some big star. I've also never seen many of the classics like Casablanca. So the rosy look back at the golden age of movies that La La Land plays with didn't really nab me. Instead, I got swept up in what it has to say about the way we live out our dreams and seek love in the millennial era.
It's hard not feel scammed as a millennial. Throughout the 90s and early aughts, we were all told that there's liberty in education, that a degree and elbow grease was all you needed. But that's just not true. I worked four jobs while attending school full-time. I was a model student, got two degrees across three majors. I also applied for (quite literally) thousands of jobs. I made dean's list, graduated with honors, and had countless student organizations and skills listed on my resume. And none of that helped.
Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) are two disaffected twenty-somethings struggling with just that. They're far from the (hilariously wrong) caricature of the lazy, digital-era youth. Mia's been struggling as a barista for years, despite her wealth of talent as a playwright, an actress, and a singer. Sebastian struggles to keep anything solid not because he can't hack it, but because his is a world that no longer values his exceptional talent.
When we step into their lives, the pair are on their last legs, but they still have some hope — a hope that the end of their long slog, of their decades of practice and study, might bring them a brighter tomorrow. And in a sense, it does. Mia, by happenstance, hits a few parties with the specific hope of "being discovered." Instead, she finds, and falls for, Sebastian. And that's such a natural sequence. In the midst of struggling to stay alive stumbling across someone who, however briefly, brings joy into your life can masquerade as "the one." I know that because I've lived it. My love life has, and still is, an escape.
*spoilers ahead*
Mia and Sebastian aren't much different. Sebastian doesn't really have a character other than "I really want to bring jazz back." We never learn how he got into it, why that's his dream. He is the rare example of a Manic Pixie Dream Guy, and the story knows it. Everything revolves around Mia, her story and her arc. And in the end, Sebastian isn't in it. For her, he's a means to end. He propels her career, but then… that's it. Mia jets off to Paris to star in the big movies. That's a sobering, but haunting and poignant arc.
Many people come into our lives, and many will have to leave. That's the way of it. Sometimes they give you the push (as Sebastian did) to help you move to the next stage of your life. And sometimes you fall in love with someone you spend the rest of your life with. But those people aren't always the same.
When Mia and Sebastian see each other, years later, they're not angry. They aren't bitter that they didn't get married, settle down, and have kids. They smile, share a moment, and part ways — possibly forever.
La La Land isn't about the magic of LA; it can't be. LA is a place of pain, of failed dreams and struggle. Throughout the film, we see how much strife comes with trying to make it in show business. It's not a circle jerk to old school Holywood either. It has call backs, but where those films frame unrealistic dreams as the idea, La La Land is grounded. It's about wondering what could have been, it's about letting go of the fairy tale, and about moving on as a changed person.
La La Land healed this wound I've had for years, where I've mourned the people that stepped into, and then inevitably out of my life. It's taught me that I can still cherish the time I spent with someone, be grateful for what they brought to me, and still let go. La La Land's beauty comes from taking a genre so saturated with unrealistic, against-all-odds love stories and adapting it to match the fluid reality of our time. It's given me some peace, and that's something.


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An internal survey of Pac-12 athletes has discovered that student-athletes dedicate an average of 50 hours a week to their sport during the season, a time commitment that is leaving them underslept and struggling to keep pace at school.
The "Student-Athletes Time Demands" study, which was conducted by consultancy firm Penn Schoen and Berland, surveyed 409 Pac-12 student-athletes in every sport and across nine of the 12 schools. USC, Arizona and Utah did not participate.
- 50 hours per week is typical mid-season time commitment
- 71% of student-athletes say sports most get in way of sleep
The vast majority of the student-athletes said they were happy with their athletic, academic and overall college experiences. But the study found that student-athletes devote 50 hours a week on average to their sport, the vast majority of that coming from required athletic activities (21 hours) and travel (22 hours).
That time commitment is a larger than what most full-time U.S. workers dedicate to their jobs, according to Gallup, and it was identified as the hardest part of life as a student-athlete, even more so than the school work itself.
A HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted in February found that only 2 percent of those surveyed thought top-tier college basketball and football players should dedicate more than 40 hours a week to their sport. Sixty-four percent thought student-athletes should spend 40 hours a week or less to athletics, and 34 percent were not sure.
"Student-athletes feel they have the resources at their disposal to succeed academically," the report reads, "but do not have the time to do so."
Fifty-four percent of the student-athletes said they don't have enough time to study for tests, and 80 percent said they have had to miss classes to compete this school year. Others said practices also get in the way of class, as they can often run late.
Even when they do have some free time to study, they are often too tired to do so. From the study, which was first reported on by CBS Sports:
When asked how the athletic season affects their ability to focus on academics, students say they are too exhausted to study effectively, that they are unable to devote enough time to both their academics and tests, and that athletic stress negatively impacts their academic focus.
In fact, student athletes said, "Sleep is the number one thing their athletic time commitments prevent them from doing, ultimately hindering their athletic and academic performance," the report states. More than seven in 10 said their athletic commitments were hindering their sleep schedule more than anything else.
Jamie Zaninovich, the Pac-12 deputy commissioner and chief operating officer, notes that athletes' sleep-related issues might also be a result of the typical college experience.
"When you're talking about the student-athlete experience, you're also talking about the student experience," he told The Huffington Post. "Some of this has to do with general campus life, and sleep goes beyond the purvey of just student-athletes."
The study is part of a larger plan by Pac-12 presidents to improve the treatment of student-athletes at its campuses. The Pac-12 announced late last year that it was adopting a number of reforms to its athletic programs, including guaranteed four-year scholarships and better health care.
Asked which of eight proposed reforms most appealed to the students, the athletes said they'd like it to be easier to have a part-time job, make "voluntary" workouts actually voluntary, rather than de facto mandatory, and create a rule that practice cannot start before 6 a.m. or finish after 10 p.m.
Zaninovich emphasized that 93 percent of the student-athletes surveyed said they were very or somewhat happy with their overall college experience, and that the Pac-12 hopes to "fine tune" the existing structure, rather than "revolutionize" it.
"The next step for us is to take the conversation that was started here and to report on that with our larger group of administrators and coaches," Zaninovich said.


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Topic Page: Fantasy literature
Genre of unrealistic fiction. The term has been loosely applied to a range of works and attempts to define it more precisely have not been successful. However, a feature shared by most fantasy fiction is its reliance on strangeness of setting (often an imaginary or dream world) and of characters (supernatural or non-human beings).
The genre was advanced by 19th-century works, such as The King of the Golden River (1851) by John Ruskin, The Rose and the Ring (1855) by William Makepeace Thackeray, The Water Babies (1863) by Charles Kingsley, and Alice in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll, most of which were written for children but also appealed to adults. As a commercial literary genre, fantasy began to thrive after the success of J R R Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings (1954–55). Terry Pratchett, one of Britain's leading fantasy writers, produced many best-sellers including Mort (1987), and achieved cult status.
Fantasy has provided many authors with an opportunity for creative use of language not available in other areas. The use of familiar language to depict the unfamiliar is a challenge that requires skilful analogy and imaginative ingenuity. The narrative must convey a credible story, even though normal expectations do not apply, and it must be logically developed in order that the reader can properly engage with the work. Names for creatures and individuals used in fantasy fiction are often exotic and elaborate, such as Carroll's Jabberwock and Snark, Tolkien's Gandalf, and Edgar Rice Burrough's Jeddak of Thark. Neologism is a characteristic feature of nonsense verse and of descriptions of people, places, and objects in fantasy. Tolkien's work involves whole imaginary languages, notably Elvish, which could be described as a blend of romantic medieval and biblical English.
Some works of fantasy have a didactic purpose. For example, C S Lewis conveys a Christian message in his Chronicles of Narnia, although even in such cases it can be distinguished from allegory, which is more controlled and has a more direct relationship with the familiar. Fantasy fiction is also distinct from genres such as horror and the gothic novel, in which the supernatural usually imposes upon the natural world without the creation of an entirely different one, and from science fiction, which is typically set in worlds separated by space and time from the one in which we live.
Much fantasy is pseudomedieval in subject matter and tone. Such works include Ursula K Le Guin'sEarthsea series (1968–91), Stephen Donaldson'sChronicles of Thomas Covenant (1978–83), and, in the more urban tradition, John Crowley'sLittle, Big (1980), Michael Moorcock'sGloriana (1978), and Gene Wolfe'sFree, Live Free (1985). Such books are closely allied to the magic realism of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Angela Carter, and Isabel Allende.
Well-known US fantasy authors include Thomas Pynchon and Ray Bradbury, whose works are often in the science fiction genre.
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Dinner in the City
We had reservations at Persephone in Midtown. If you like Greek/ Mediterranean food and are looking for a fancy restaurant with fair, but not cheap prices, I recommend it. It was so cute and the food was awesome. We also got the best table in the house. I love little quiet corner tables.
After dinner we were both extremely full. I guess that's what we get for ordering 2 appetizers before our delicious meals. We had about an hour before the next train so we decided to walk off some of the dinner. We ended up walking all 26 blocks back to Penn Station.
It was a really nice walk down 5th Ave. We passed all of the really nice (read: mad expensive) shopping like Bergdorf Goodman and Harry Winston. We also saw the crazy Apple store that's made of glass and we got a great view of the Empire State Building.
After reading several posts from fellow bloggers about New York City and how people from around the world dream of visiting, I decided that I really need to stop taking my proximity to the city for granted. I never look up when I walk down the streets of Manhattan. I don't even look to the side to see what shops and pretty storefronts I'm passing, unless I'm looking for something specific. On our walk from Persephone we made it a point to look around us and yes, NYC is as great as they say it is.
Oh and here is a picture of what Tiffany's looks like after they close at night: (They are not messing around!)
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Hehe! You are exceptionally lucky to live so close.ReplyDelete
It is a major DREAM of mine to visit New York - hell, even to live there!
Please do more photo's - it's amazing to see!
Wow - Tiffany's means business! Hahahahaha
I think Id be a little scared of New York. I cant even comprehend its size. I have been to London but I feel like it is a bit less intimidating because of the lack of sky scrapers. Maybe it's just me?! hahaReplyDelete
Oh I love NYC! Haven't been there since November 2008, but can't wait to go back!! You are so lucky to live so close!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Wow they really aren't messing around! Can't say that I blame them. New York Fasion Week is on the 30 before 30...can't wait to make it happen!ReplyDelete
Oh my this looks and sounded so amazing! I want to go back some day really soon! LOVE the city!ReplyDelete
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Lucky gal! Since I was a kid I've always dreamed of living in New York City! I've visited several times... even lived in a friend's rundown mouse hole apartment in Brooklyn for a week, and I somehow still romanticize the city being my dream home.ReplyDelete
ahhhh im dying to go to NY!!!!! that sounds so dreamy :0)ReplyDelete
that's insane! i'll have to do more night time exploring when i visit again.ReplyDelete