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Briefing the media a few days ago, "government sources" said that the massive roadshow along the way from Ahmedabad airport to the Motera stadium and the joint rally there with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the "key deliverable" of President Donald Trump's visit to India on Monday and Tuesday.
The very next sentence in the report seems to suggest that the source was no less a person than foreign secretary Harsh Shringla who was damping down suggestions that the visit would be of little consequence since the bilateral trade deal was stuck.
Despite being the "key deliverable", it is now clear that the Motera rally is not an official event. It has been organised by a hastily raised entity called the Donald Trump Nagrik Abhinandan Samiti (DTNAS). Indeed, it could well be that foreign secretary Shringla is the inspiration behind the 'Namaste Trump' event, just as he was of the 'Howdy Modi' event in Houston last year.
If so, he deserves credit for getting India the undivided attention of the US president for around 36 hours. Considering Trump's refusal to be the chief guest for Republic Day 2020, perhaps the promise of a "10 million audience" in the "world's largest stadium" was the only sales gimmick that would work.
Having got the Great Salesman, Chief Law Enforcement Officer, and President of the United States to India, the challenge is to also get something out of him. As things stand, Trump alone seems to be the gainer, playing up to an audience of Indians who have a significant diasporic presence – some 800,000 of the 2.4 million Indian Americans are Gujarati. The biggest concentration of them are in the true blue state of New York.
Indo-US relations have gathered a great deal of steam in recent years and so, hopefully, New Delhi is also mixing a lot of business with pleasure. The Indo-US agenda is vast – there are issues to be clinched, points to be clarified, misunderstandings to be cleared and so on. Given the imperial presidency that Trump has rolled out, the president has the ability to not just deliver on issues, but, if whimsy strikes him, to even overturn previous decisions. Of course, this cuts both ways, and presumably this is the reason for New Delhi's caution in not over-selling the deliverables and concentrating on keeping Mogambo happy.
Playing up arms purchases, such as the one for 24 MH-60R medium lift helicopters for the Navy and six Apache attack helicopters for the Army, seems to suggest that they are being offered as payback for Trump having condescended to visit India. Usually, purchases and presidential visits do not coincide. Note, however, the acquisitions are not sops, they are desperately needed by our armed forces. But if New Delhi can kill two birds with one stone, why not?
Besides, there are matters relating to our common interests in security in the Indo-Pacific region. Then, there are those involving our growing defence industry ties. Besides, it is in the interest of the two countries to discuss regional issues, or, perhaps, the global distemper. Surely, there could be some deliverables there.
The lack of a trade deal hides a larger reality – that India simply lacks the kind of clout that gains Trump's attention. Even though its trade with the US is handsome by our standards, it pales into insignificance when compared to that between the US and China. So, too, the deficit which is now merely $13 billion, as compared to $345 billion between China and the US. India may offer to make up some of its deficits by buying more weapons, chicken legs and dairy products, but compare it to China's commitment to buy $200 billion worth of products over the next two years as per its Phase I deal with the US. That's something for Washington to salivate over, even if it looks like an improbable target.
So, it is not surprising that we are unable to influence the US agenda, whether it relates to trade, Afghanistan or Russia. We were unable to deflect the US duties on steel and aluminium in March 2018, or its decision to deny India preferential access to its markets under the GSP scheme. To add insult to injury, on the eve of the presidential visit, the US Trade Representative decided to remove India from the list of developing countries who benefit from US tariff preferences in relation to countervailing duties. The US contended that India is a G-20 member which does not really deserve the category of being called a "developing country."
There is, however, a greater congruence between India and the US in areas beyond trade. It is one that is spurred by a common concern on the need to check China. The US realises notwithstanding what it considers New Delhi's pusillanimity, that India is the only country in terms of location, size and economic potential that can balance China. As for India, the growing gap in the comprehensive national power of China and India makes it imperative for us to call on Uncle Sam to maintain the balance.
Our role in the Indo-Pacific, our desire that the US take on board our security concerns in the western Indian Ocean are all matters of ongoing discussion and are being addressed, if only incrementally.
An important Indo-Pacific concern relates to Sri Lanka where the US-Sri Lankan estrangement could have negative consequences for India. The Sri Lankan unhappiness over the denial of a visa for its army chief could have the net effect of benefiting Beijing at the cost of both India and the US.
Of immediate interest to both India and the US are developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan. India needs to get a clearer idea of just how the US plans its Afghan end-game. Perhaps New Delhi is not too keen to discuss Afghanistan. There have been suggestions, perhaps inspired by the US, that India take up some of the burden by placing boots on the ground in the war-torn country. This is a non-starter in a country whose military has, with its declining budgets, to deal with internal challenges in Kashmir, guard a disputed border with China and undertake a long-delayed restructuring and modernisation exercise.
Had it been another president, the prime minister could, perhaps, have taken up a discussion on the need to revitalise the WTO and the world trading system. This would probably enrage our guest who believes the US has been tricked by countries like China and India into giving needless concessions by the WTO.
There are other regional issues – India's ties with Iran, with Russia and so on. But it is unlikely that New Delhi would like to engage Trump on them. They would prefer to deal at a lower level through Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or/and Defence Secretary Mark Esper.
In the case of Russia, India remains in the cross-hairs of CAASTSA on account of its continuing high-value arms purchases from Moscow. Perhaps a good quid-pro-quo could have been the discussion of American purchases along with the compulsions for the Russian ones. Or at least an effort to get a presidential commitment for a waiver from US sanctions, which still hangs over the Russian deals.
There will, of course, be official level talks as well as one-to-one discussions between Modi and Trump. Given the way Trump works, it would be difficult to predict anything here.
But having gone through a period of estrangement with the US president between November 2017 and his re-election in May 2019, Modi has learnt to play Trump better. Hopefully this will yield some more deliverables than the tamasha in Ahmedabad.
Manoj Joshi is a Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.


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When we heard a real estate agent call the Excelsior the "new Bernal Heights," we were a bit dubious. True, the neighborhood is next to 2014's hottest district, but that doesn't make it a clone. However, looking at the listing for 715 Amazon St. has us thinking that there's a lot to be said for being Bernal adjacent—and foremost among those things is the price. This nicely remodeled, 2,146-square-foot house is asking for $995,000. If it were located a bit to the northeast, we are guessing there would be seven digits in that price.
Whoever did this remodel has taste, style, and a really interesting art collection. The warm neutrals are classy and varied enough (ranging from white to buff to paper-bag brown with shots of red and dark blue-green accents) to keep it from being boring. We are guessing that the nice molding was there pre-remodel, and someone had the sense to play it up using color. All this is a lovely backdrop for a nice collection of midcentury furniture (not included with the house, of course, but fun to look at).
The square footage is respectable for the area. The fact that it has three levels (the lowest story has a third bedroom, a bathroom, and a separate entrance) is a bonus for homeowners who have a lot of guests or who are looking at a property with an eye to short-term rental possibilities—and these days, who isn't?
The good taste extends out to the yard, where a cool trellis provides privacy and shade and large stone pavers have a sophisticated aesthetic. True, it's a long walk to the restaurants and shops on Bernal's Cortland Avenue, but this house is just a block and a half away from John McLaren Park. If there really is a Bernal alternative, this is it.
· 715 Amazon St. [Redfin]

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Tourists take pictures at Red Square in Moscow May 12, 2015. [Photo/IC]
RCIF banks on Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure projects in other major markets for sustained returns
The Russia-China Investment Fund, a private equity fund formed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund and China Investment Corporation, said on Thursday it will continue to focus on generating strong returns and advance bilateral economic cooperation.
The fund, along with its partners, has so far invested about $2 billion in 10 bilateral deals with good potential, a top official told China Daily.
"We are particularly interested in sectors like infrastructure, tourism, agriculture and shipbuilding," said Kirill Dmitriev, co-CEO of the Russia-China Investment Fund and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
"We have immense confidence that our investments will yield practical results," said Dmitriev.
The RCIF was set up by CIC, China's sovereign wealth fund, and the Russian Direct Investment Fund, its counterpart in Russia, in 2012. Both sides put up an initial seed capital of $1 billion each.
Among the deals that the RCIF has invested in is the first Russia-China railway bridge across the Heilongjiang River. Other projects include tourism and elderly care infrastructure in the two nations and an aircraft leasing platform to promote the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger planes in Chinese and other Asian markets.
According to Dmitriev, the newly set up Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and China's Belt and Road Initiative have shown the rest of the world the need to support long-term infrastructure projects.
"China is playing a positive role in this regard," he said.
Dmitriev said tourism is one of the sectors that offers rich pickings and the fund plans invest in projects in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Hainan Island in China. The fund is also working with its partners to offer travel packages for Chinese tourists in Europe via St. Petersburg.
"We set up a Sino-Russian tourism fund last year and expect to clinch our first deal early next year."
Dmitriev said it is important for Chinese companies to find the right partners while investing in Russia. They should consider reputed organizations like RCIF, RDIF or other large Russian companies to partner with as most of these firms will have shared interests.
"The depreciation of the rouble is a good opportunity for foreign investors," said Dmitriev.
Trade between China and Russia reached $31.1 billion during the first six months of the year, a 30.2 percent fall over the corresponding period in 2014, according to customs data.
Andrey Denisov, the Russian ambassador to China, said that bilateral trade had declined due to the steep fall in raw material prices.
The two-way trade is changing from goods to projects and the annual trade volume will cross $100 billion in the near future, said Denisov.
Ling Ji, director-general of the department of Eurasian affairs at the Ministry of Commerce, said earlier this year that the two sides are taking positive steps to face the trade challenges.
He said China and Russia are both undergoing the development and reform period and have enough motivation to cooperate with each other.


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Jim Stanford: Unions need to be independent from all the parties and do what's best for workers
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PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Toronto. The Ontario election will be held on October 6. And to some extent, some of the political problems facing unions and progressive people in Ontario are not that dissimilar to those in the United States. Now joining us again to talk about Ontario politics and the coming election is Jim Stanford. Jim's an economist at the Canadian Auto Workers. Thanks for joining us again.
JIM STANFORD, ECONOMIST, CANADIAN AUTO WORKERS: Paul. My pleasure.
JAY: In the US, when President Obama was elected, the unions said, one of our most important issues is a piece of legislation called EFCA, the Employee Free Choice Act. President Obama campaigned all over the place saying, I support this act, got into power, and it didn't take very long before it was not much on the agenda, and then it was off the agenda, and then they lost control of the House and it was completely off the radar.
STANFORD: Right.
JAY: The unions never are willing to say to the Democratic Party, it seems, either you do A, B, C for us, or you won't get a penny, you won't get a foot soldier. Now, in Ontario, while you're saying–you, CAW, and some of the other unions, taking what is called a more strategic voting position, as opposed to some of the unions which are saying just support the NDP, which is traditionally the more left social democratic party, more linked to the union movement, you're saying stop the Conservatives. You wind up saying, in most of the ridings, support the Liberals, 'cause it's the only way to stop the Conservatives, although in ridings where the NDP are the incumbents, you're saying reelect the NDP. But there's no, to the Liberals, do this or else there's no–you know, there's no deal, in a sense. Like, what stops the Liberals from–if they do, for example, win a majority government, what stops them from simply carrying on, which was more or less, you know, not as radical right as the Conservatives would likely be, but a kind of neoliberal economics that doesn't–hasn't done all that much for workers in Ontario?
STANFORD: Well, a couple of things I've got to jump in on. First of all, the neoliberal economics is true across Canada, whether that's Liberal, Conservative, NDP, or Parti Quebecois in Quebec. They've all followed the same tendency. So voting for a particular party never protects you against neoliberal economics.
JAY: Okay. So talk about that, talk about the NDP, then.
STANFORD: So the NDP's view in this election has been a very sort of populist, very centrist strategy. Their main emphases have been kind of pocketbook issues. They've had a whole campaign over the last year and a half against taxes in Ontario, and particularly this new version of a sales tax that we have. We had a sales tax before, and then they've converted it into a new value-added structure, and they've tried to sort of foment a sort of populist tax rage kind of argument there. So there's many things on the NDP platform that are progressive, but many that aren't. And in general, the NDP in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada is very much within the constraints of neoliberalism. So if our goal is to fight neoliberalism, it can't be to endorse any particular party. This is where the labor movement has to have an independent voice to go out and show what's wrong with neoliberalism and convince enough Canadians that those policies have to change. And if we're successful in that, then we'll win stuff from government, whichever party is in power. And this is where I completely reject the assumption that who you endorse in an election is the be-all and end-all of your politics. If that's what we do, we've outsourced our politics to a political party, whereas I think the union movement has to have an independent view. I also have to correct you on what the actual strategy is. We are not endorsing Liberals in most ridings, even in any ridings. As I said, our campaign from our union is to oppose Hudak, highlight what's wrong with his program.
JAY: Okay. For–hang for a sec. For people that didn't watch part one, Hudak is the leader of the Conservative party, which is sort of like a Republican Party in Ontario.
STANFORD: And engage in the battle of ideas that way, rather than the battle of party logos. Now–.
JAY: Now, hang on, your president of CAW was out campaigning with Dalton McGinty, the leader of the Liberal Party the other day. I think they showed up at a–.
STANFORD: No, he wasn't. It was a CAW plant, and Lewenza was there and–our CNW president. And McGuinty was there to tour the plant where they had made some announcements. And he's–that was part of an election tour that Ken is on, an independent union election tour where we're having public meetings and rallies in communities across the province, to rally our members and our activists and their neighbors, to say, this is what's wrong with Hudak.
JAY: But you are saying–I thought you're saying overtly–certainly that's the message people are getting, that to stop Hudak, vote either NDP or Liberal, whichever one is more likely to defeat the Conservatives.
STANFORD: Use your vote to defeat the Conservatives–that's what we're saying. And that's very different from saying we endorse the Liberals. It's very different than saying we endorse the NDP. I don't think that we'll be in a situation where we'll endorse the NDP, not solely, because the NDP's policies themselves are often questionable; and not solely, because the NDP's actions when they're in government are also questionable.
JAY: So drill into that a little bit, 'cause part of your basic argument is there's not a significant enough difference between NDP and Liberals to endorse just the NDP and allow for a Conservative government. And just to be clear, that's–two of the big unions in Ontario have taken that position. CUPE, which represent most of the public sector workers, and the Steelworkers are both vote NDP across the board. They're not agreeing with your more strategic approach.
STANFORD: Yeah, and as we mentioned, there's a whole range of views. There are other unions, like some of the construction unions, which explicitly endorse the Liberals. And then there's other unions, like the teachers unions, which had said, we'll endorse Liberal incumbents and NDP incumbents as part of our effort to try and prevent the Conservatives from winning. So there's a whole spectrum of views. But that traditional approach, which was never really universal in the labor movement, where the union was actually affiliated to the NDP, and in essence union members, by joining the union, were also joining the NDP, that approach is very much on the wane and is in the minority view within the labor movement now.
JAY: JAY: And part of that came about, if I have this correctly, when Jack Layton, who died recently but was the national leader of the NDP, kind of brought down a Liberal government that led to several years now of Conservative government. Is that more or less when the break takes place?
STANFORD: That's part of the history. But part of the history is Ontario as well, where the NDP won–by fluke, really–the election in 1990. They ruled for five years.
JAY: This is the Bob Rae government.
STANFORD: Bob Rae government, in the context of a wicked recession, so they never really had a chance. And they did do some positive things, but they also did some very negative things, including an outright attack on public sector unions and legislating their contracts to be opened and changed. So that was as much proof as you'll ever need that you can't trust any political party to do what's right for you when they're in government, unless you, as a mass movement, have mobilized and educated your base that can pressure that government to do the right thing. And that's where, again, I think it's much deeper than just an issue of whose platform looks good in which particular election. I think there's an important structural principle that the labor movement has to have an independent voice and an independent capacity in politics, because otherwise we're always in some party's back pocket, and that's where you get into trouble.
JAY: Now, your president of the CAW, Ken Lewenza, if I understand it correctly, has called for a kind of merger between the NDP and the Liberals. What is the thinking on that? And is there any possibility of that?
STANFORD: Well, this is part of our trying to make sense of the political landscape after the federal election. And, again, there's lots of NDPers who think the federal election was great, because they got a record number of seats and now they're the official opposition. I think most progressive Canadians think the federal election was horrible, because the way the vote split, the Conservatives won a clear majority, even though their vote didn't actually go up that much, and we're now stuck with a very hard-right government for four–likely eight or 12 years. So it's a disaster.
JAY: Because of the likelihood of continued vote-splitting.
STANFORD: Continued vote-splitting. And the NDP's surge was a bit of a fluke. Everybody knows that. In Quebec it's going to be very hard for them to keep all of those seats in the next election. And the prospect of the NDP actually winning the government in the next election is very farfetched. I mean, you never know. But–so in the light of that, you have also had the collapse of the Bloc Quebecois, which is the federal parliament wing of the separatist or nationalist movement in Quebec, which is very progressive on social and economic issues, generally more progressive than the NDP is, but the NDP took most of their seats in Quebec. So what happens to the Bloc? How do we deal with the Greens, which are there now in the House of Commons? But that also contributes to the vote-splitting. How can we try and have the math work to take back power from the right is the open question. So Lewenza didn't call for a merger. He said we'd better have a discussion about how we're going to do this, and one way or another we will. The NDP insiders' or the NDP establishment's approach is they don't want a merger–they just want all the other parties to disappear. So their–in a way, their end goal is the same, to have a two-party system where they have the monopoly on the center and the left. I don't think that's going to happen. I think we're going to need some kind of cooperation between the parties, if not an outright merger, in order to get the math right so that we can get rid of Harper.
JAY: How do you explain the strength of the right in a city like Toronto? You have now in Toronto a right-wing mayor, Rob Ford. You have–the Tories are ahead in the polls. I mean, if there was an election today, based on the polling, probably the Conservatives would win–I guess it's not entirely clear, but probably. How do you explain this shift, particularly in urbanized Toronto, which is–. I mean, you know, I'm from Toronto originally, but I'm in Washington a lot of the time, and it's–like, to imagine this kind of a mayor getting elected is really shocking. Rural Ontario has always had a kind of a Conservative part of it, at least, bent. How do you explain this?
STANFORD: Well, part of it's the puzzle, Paul, that faces the left everywhere in the world. In the wake of the crisis and the recession and the austerity and the hardship that people have experienced, why is it that right-wing forces and right-wing movements have actually picked up steam in the wake of a crisis that was clearly caused by right-wing policies? And that's a puzzle that reflects many weaknesses–our inability to have a true alternative to put in front of people, I guess the whittling away of the labor movement and the other progressive institutions in society, and, you know, just a kind of a, I don't know, knee-jerk kick him in the ass mentality on the part of many individual voters. Now, to be fair, in Toronto we've only had a few months of this guy, Rob Ford, and already he's sinking like a stone in the polls, 'cause Torontonians now realize they'll pay, and pay dearly, for his agenda of tax cuts and cutbacks and–.
JAY: And he's already given in on some closing of libraries, subsidized daycare centers.
STANFORD: Yeah, he's made some token concessions. But more importantly, he's kind of on the run politically. And I think Rob Ford's problems in Toronto are going to hurt the Conservative campaign provincially, because Mr. Hudak, the Conservative leader, is very much in the Rob Ford model, and his platform will require huge cutbacks in provincial services, just as people in Toronto are waking up to how painful the cutbacks in municipal services would be because of those same policies.
JAY: Okay. Well, after the election we'll do this again, and we'll see what kind of Ontario Ontarians are living in. Thanks for joining us.
STANFORD: Very good, Paul. Thank you.
JAY: And thank you for joining us on The Real News Network. And If you want to see more Canadian coverage, which we want to do–we're going to start a campaign in the next couple of weeks to hire a full-time Canadian producer. So please look for that and help us with that, and then you'll see regular Canadian reporting every week. Thanks again for joining us on The Real News Network.
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Thank you to Alistair at Sunday Photo Fiction as always for providing this prompt! To read more stories for this prompt, click here. The original prompt is here.
31 Wedding Anniversary
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"I hate to nag . . ."
"Yes, dear."
"…but the ivy will kill the tree. It taps into the moisture around the roots and sucks the life out of it."
"I know exactly how it feels."
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When the news of Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff coming together for an action flick came out, it sent movie buffs into a frenzy. The excitement level doubled up when the first teaser of the film, which has been titled as War, came out. Giving out glimpses of some breathtaking action sequences, the teaser took the craze for the film to an unprecedented point. It also sky-rocketed the expectations from War trailer, which dropped just a while ago and has left us jaw-dropped.
The Siddharth Anand directorial has Hrithik and Tiger pitted against each other. The War trailer gives us a basic idea about the storyline as we see a determined Tiger on a hunt for his former mentor Hrithik. The 2 minutes 25 seconds long trailer boasts of stunning locales and never seen before action scenes. The chase and fighting sequences between the two lead actors make for the highlights of War trailer.
It would be safe to say that the trailer has lived up to the hype and the mammoth expectations people had from it.
Produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films, the film also stars Vaani Kapoor. She can be seen romancing Hrithik in War trailer.
War marks Hrithik's second outing with Siddharth and YRF after Bang Bang and Dhoom 2 respectively. The film will be out on October 2.


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The idea of 'passing' and the issues it raises in relation to contemporary and historical notions of self-fashioning and identities is of central importance in a period of political, social and cultural upheaval. The notion of passing also speaks to current discrimination and civil rights issues, and this conference seeks to examine the ways dress has been used to 'pass', to negotiate, resist and refuse contemporary prejudice, discrimination and status and beauty ideals. We aim to explore dress, the body and the idea of 'becoming' – in relation to gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and class, with the city as a key locus for attempts to outwit social and cultural mores through the artful deployment of dress.
The conference seeks to highlight and interrogate this important aspect of urban self-fashioning to understand its place within dress practices and visual culture, and to develop analysis of its place within American social life.
09:30 Registration
10.00 Dr Rebecca Arnold, The Courtauld Institute of Art
Self-Fashioning/Becoming American
10.30-11.30 Chair: Dr Rebecca Arnold, The Courtauld Institute of Art
Horace D. Ballard, Williams College Museum of Art: 'W.E.B. Du Bois: A Boston Revolutionary Passing as a European Dandy'
Grant Johnson, University of Southern California: 'Né Lifshitz: Ralph Lauren's America'
Kalina Yingnan Deng, Parsons School of Design: 'DIY Citizenship: East Asian Immigrant Females' Sartorial Methods for (Re)dressing Lady Liberty'
11.30-11.45 Discussion
11.45-12.15 Break
Literature & Film
12.15-1.15 Chair: Professor David Peters Corbett, The Courtauld Institute of Art
Olga Vainshtein, Russian State University for the Humanities: "We are expected to be pretty and well-dressed till we drop": fashion and "passing" in the novels of Edith Wharton
Elizabeth Way, Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT): 'Dressing to Pass During Harlem Renaissance: Fashion in the Novels of Nella Larsen and Jessie Redmon Fauset'
Ksenia Gusarova, Russian State University for the Humanities and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Political Administration: 'Blanche's Trunk and the Fabric of Urban Decay in Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire'
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Film & Discussion: Queens at Heart Trans Women in the 60s, Dir. Jenni Olson (1967)
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John-Michael O'Sullivan: 'Imitation of Life: Passing and Panic on the American Newsstand'
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The past year has brought changes to higher education. It has brought changes to our thinking about higher education. In a year of pandemic isolation that has affected students and staff alike, COVID-19 has reminded us of the importance of place and social interaction for learning to take place. Educators and students have adapted to new technologies. Students have gone through a year of studying from home, without the support that social contact and campus life offers. Education technologies at our disposal have been better understood by some than others. How we have chosen them and combined them has been discussed only to a limited extent. How will we bend campus and virtual media in the future, in a horizon of mutual expectation and understanding shared by students, lectures and managerial staff alike?
Now towards the end of 2021 we are all reflecting on what permanent changes we might be seeing in higher education? There is talk of returning to "normal" and references to "the new normal". There is also the fact that COVID-19 is far from over, the pandemic on the rise in many countries and the availability of vaccination extremely uneven.
What reflections do we make in light of this, concerning higher education´s digital future? Will we see a return to an old "normal"? Explore a deeper sense of virtual spaces and forms of immersion? New combinations? Please join us at the 11th World Learning Summit to explore research, teaching and learning practices, engaging with world thought leaders.
WLS 2021 is a live recorded digital event, video editions and summit transcripts available to registered attendees.
Opening remarks: WLS Co-chairs Donna Kidwell and Oddgeir Tveiten
Keynote: Ebba Ossiannilsson
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Global Higher Education after COVID-19: Pathways to innovations in the context of Open Education Resources
Keynote panel : Open Education – Post.Covid challenges and opportunities.
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That is an example of a residential 3D render. The project is based out of San Diego, California.
Generally, the approx. The price range for executing 3D exterior rendering for a bungalow of this size is $475/view.
The client supplied us with 3D Revit Model for the house as an input. Further, texture, color and landscaping elements to be incorporated into the renders were provided in a detailed fashion. Also, the client asked for two images, one in daylight and one as 5 minutes post-dusk.
The first draft was supplied as a low-resolution image in a timespan of 3 business days. Markups were provided for the first draft by the Client using Lightshot software and corrections were implemented in 2 business days. The client approved the second draft for the final HD render.
Post-production was carried out via Octa-Z plugins in a timespan of 3 business days, and thus HD renders for the exterior with Daylight and Dusk options were delivered in a timespan of 8 business days in total.
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I speak about energy and what/how is affected often. And that's because to me energy and health are the same. Answer a few questions for both of us?
- Do you feel healthy when you feel energized?
- Do you feel healthy when you feel sluggish?
- Do you feel healthy and energetic when you …. (fill in the blanks) – eat x, drink x, do x activities, etc.
- Do you feel sluggish and drained when you …. (fill in the blanks) – – eat x, drink x, do x activities, etc.
If you have not taken the time recently or ever to take inventory and write down these observations, I encourage you to grab your wellness journal and write the answers down right now. Do it now, not later. You know well enough that it's unlikely you will get back to this podcast to do it. Don't you think you deserve a 2-5 minute break for self-assessment?
Now that you've answered these questions, you may agree that the words energy and health can be used interchangeably.
In today's episode, I'll talk about the thyroid gland. The info will start shedding some light on how it is related to your metabolism and fat loss.


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Cue the breakup music – It starts out sad and mopey as you listen to Carl Thomas's "Emotional" and Bryan McKnight's "Anytime" and Drake … lots of Drake. Then it begins to get a little more "I'm better off" with Chris Brown's "Deuces." And eventually, you find yourself slightly bitter, looking for revenge. At this point all bets are off, and you start rationalizing things that you wouldn't under normal circumstances. This is not you speaking, it's the breakup.
Breakups are devastating. The heartache can lead to an uncontrollable desire to commit some misdemeanors. Too many people we know have lapsed into larceny, trespassed on private property, and committed property damage all in the name of healing a broken heart or looking for "closure."
Here are ten petty things you can take from your ex to ensure they will never forget your sense of humor, yeah let's go with humor.
1. Socks.
Every single last pair. If he's dominican, it's likely he doesn't own any socks and/or would not be fazed if you took the few mismatched pairs he does own. In this case, take one pair of laces from all his shoes. It will drive him crazy.
2. Lightbulbs.
This would be easier to do if you were already living with the person, otherwise you are borderline trespassing. Unless they gave you a key … then all bets are off. Take all the lightbulbs, all of them, even the one in the refrigerator. Here's how I see it – You were his moon, his light, his everything. Now, he can sit his ass in the dark and contemplate what he did wrong until he can take a trip to Home Depot or the hardware store and get his own damn light bulbs.
3. Chargers and power cords.
From laptops to cellphones, to fitbits and more… I'm talking about anything and everything that charges every source. It's even more torturous than taking the actual item. Can you imagine coming home with 3% battery life and looking for your charger/USB cable only to find that there are no power cords or USB cables anywhere in the house? They won't even be able to call you and curse you out. Add that to the list. They will be sitting in the dark with cold feet and no source of entertainment.
4. And DON'T forget the batteries.
From remote controls to the smoke detector. Extra points for replacing the batteries with nearly depleted batteries so the smoke detector won't stop beeping.
5. Toilet paper and paper towels.
You've cleaned up after him enough, now he can clean up his mess with his bare hands. If you want to up the ante, pile all the toilet paper and paper towels in the house into the tub and sink them in water.
6. Half of everything.
No seriously, take half of the pots and some of the lids, but make sure they don't match. Just the pot from the coffeemaker, only half of the silverware, but make sure it's all the spoons or forks. Remove the fitted sheets and leave the covers. Take the the earring backs and leave the earrings. If there is a box of Lucky Charms in the house, take the marshmallows out too – You get the jist.
7. Presents you gifted.
You bought it, you keep it.
8. Presents you received.
He should have thought twice before buying you that diamond necklace if he knew he was going to break your heart. Whether you decide to keep it, pawn it or burn it, it's yours. NO TAKSIES BACKSIES!
9. Access to your Netflix/Hulu/Prime.
Change your password right now. Don't sit and wonder if he is signing into your account to watch late night movies. This is as urgent as changing your locks or asking for your extra key back. You never want to find yourself accidentally paying for his Netflix and chill session with someone else. Nope, not happening.
10. His identity.
Him: I can't find my social security card/passport anywhere. Do you know where it is?
You: No idea.
Him: Are you sure?
You: Yeah, but good look findin' it cuz YOU AIN'T NOBODY WITHOUT ME.
If you want to be extra petty, you can snapchat him a picture of his documents entering the shredder.
The list can go on forever. The sad reality is that none of these things will mend your broken heart, but they will give you a lapsing moment of solace and amusement. When all's said and done, you'll have some funny stories to tell your future partner and you better believe they'll think twice about crossing you after they hear what you did.


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Wall Street analysts often tell investors to shut out near-term noise and focus on a stock's long-term prospects instead. It's a piece of advice reiterated by Oppenheimer's Colin Rusch following Velodyne Lidar's (VLDR) latest quarterly results.
"While VLDR's 2Q21 results were below expectations," the 5-star analyst said, "We believe the company continues to progress on setting the foundation of long-term growth and technology leadership."
Revenue in the quarter hit $13.6 million, not only down by 52.1% from the same period last year, but also missing the estimates by $3.75 million. Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.18 also missed the Street's call by $0.03. The company stuck to its full year 2021 guidance for total sales between $77 and $94 million. The Street expects $85.1 million.
Despite the misses, Rusch sees much to be buoyed about and notes the list of signed and awarded contracts in Q2 grew from 29 to 34, which keeps on track the potential for total revenue to reach $1 billion by 2025.
"While ADAS wins appear further out (2026 ramp)," Rusch noted, "Nearer-term adoption among industrial customers has accelerated, diversifying VLDR's customer base." Expanded agreements with current customers covering manifold applications, such as warehouse/logistics and last mile delivery are also "encouraging."
During the quarter, Velodyne shipped 3,800 sensor units, and as the company guided for more than 3,800 a quarter in the year's second half, Rusch believes the product gross margin expansion will "continue to improve sequentially."
Velodyne shares have taken a hammering in 2021, down by a value obliterating 64%. Yet, Rusch is highly confident the stock can provide big returns for investors.
"We will be watching COVID headwinds on its contract manufacturer relationships, but remain constructive on shares due to its IP, manufacturing, and customer position," the analyst summed up.
To this end, Rusch rates VLDR an Outperform (i.e. Buy) along with a $30 price target. Investors could be sitting on gains of 262%, should Rusch's forecast play out over the coming months. (To watch Rusch's track record, click here)
The rest of the Street's projections for VLDR indicate a split between the believers and the fence sitters. The stock's Moderate Buy consensus rating is based on an even 3 Buys and 3 Holds. However, the bulls appear in the driving seat; going by the $14.83 average price target, shares will be changing hands for 79% premium, a year from now. (See VLDR stock analysis on TipRanks)
To find good ideas for stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks' Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks' equity insights.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analyst. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.
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The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psalm 19:7
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Pastor Lee has been leading us through various books of the Bible, verse by verse. The goal of these messages is to give length and breadth to our faith through the study of the Bible. Through it we find peace and the "life abundant" that Jesus talked about. (John 10:10)


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February 14th… a day to celebrate those that you love. And, what better way to say, "I love you." than with a delicious meal at Blue Moon! In addition to our regular dinner menu, our chefs will be preparing grilled octopus, surf & turf, and chocolate covered peanut butter mousse bombs. Boom! The menu is posted below.
As always, we seat upon arrival and are open 11:30 AM – 9 PM. Come spread a little love with us.


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How Does a Transformer Work?
Detailed 3D animated explanation about working principle and basic parts of electrical transformer. Step up Transformer, Step down Transformers, Core Construction, Cooling of a Transformerm (oil-immersed transformer), Single Phase Transformer, Three Phase Transformer, Transformer Windings, How Electromagnetic Induction is used to change the voltage of electric current, Delta and Star configuration of Transformer, Energy Losses of Transformer are covered in this video.
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Video How Does a Transformer Works? is one of my best videos. I worked on it for about 4 months, it is made in 3D animation, even cooling air around an electric transformer and oil inside a transformer. Honestly, I think that I covered all the important things about transformers and make an explanation in an easy and understandable way. So, please, I expect any feedback from you, good or bad.
00:08 – About Electric Transformer
00:49 – Transformer Core:
Parts of transformer core (limbs, yokes),
Magnetic flux through transformer core,
Construction of transformer (thin stell lamination),
02:13 – Electromagnetic induction:
Electromagnetic induction through the coil,
Electromagnetic induction through a single wire,
03:07 – Single phase transformer:
How magnetic field of primary winding will induce an electromotive force in
secondary winding,
Equations for electromotive force (EMF per turn, EMF of the primary winding
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Equation of EMF for transformer,
Transformer ratio K,
Conservation of energy in transformers,
05:42 – Configuration of three phase transformer:
Primary winding (configuration),
Secondary winding (configuration),
How magnetic field of primary winding will induce an electromotive force in
secondary winding,
06:40 – Windings of three phase transformer:
Disc type of windings,
Delta configuration (scheme, relation of voltage and current)
Star configuration (scheme, relation of voltage and current)
Insulated bushings
09:10 – Energy losses in three phase transformer:
Copper Losses, Hysteresis Losses, Eddy Current Losses,
09:30 – Transformer oil in three phase transformer
3D animation of pouring transformer oil in three phase transformer
09:57 – Colling of transformer oil in three phase transformer
3D animation of colling transformer oil via natural convection
Conservator tank
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The pigs gorging themselves at the EU trough have finally woken up to the fact that their easy life may be under threat, as the result of the promised referendum is not as cut and dried as they expected. Already the usual suspects are everywhere, attempting to frighten the electorate and producing the same tired and completely false arguments they have used for decades.
Unsurprisingly the political class are in the forefront, the Heathite Tories like Clarke claiming that to leave would be a disaster and three of the four contenders for the Labour leadership declaring their undying loyalty to Brussels. Jeremy Corbyn offers some hope as far as the EU is concerned but is by no means a committed opponent and anyway his views on such matters as the Middle East and defence are anathema to most Eurorealists. The squeaks from the Liberal Democrats in their phone box are of course irrelevant and the slavish devotion of the SNP to the concept of a federal Europe says all one needs to know about them.
Naturally the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation is doing all it can to support its paymasters in Europe. Anyone obtaining their news only from the BBC would believe that the shambles at Calais and the chaos in Kent caused by a combination of French strikers and economic migrants were nothing to do with the EU and its benighted Schengen agreement, while the blanket coverage given to President Obama's ill advised comments on the UK and Europe was positively obscene. It is deplorable that President Obama seeks to influence the referendum to be held on UK membership of the EU and it also illustrates how little he, and many of his fellow countrymen, understand of the true nature of the European Union. Not only would the lack of democracy in the latter be rejected outright by freedom loving Americans but it also possesses an anti American bias which, should the aim of creating a single European state be achieved, would split the West and lead to hostility between the two continents.
The fat cats of the CBI are vocal in their defence of their beloved EU but, in reality, over ninety percent of jobs in the UK are provided by small to medium businesses and these are not so keen on subservience to Brussels. While the big companies love to deal with easily corruptible apparatchiks smaller enterprises are subjected to endless regulation and interference which prevents them from operating efficiently and create costs which undermine their profitability.
A new voice has recently been raised in support of the EU, emanating from the UK universities, who are claiming that to leave would be disastrous for research funds and student exchanges etc. Anyone who knows anything about the modern education system, or any reader of Private Eye, can testify that the higher education establishments are now infested with highly paid but incompetent senior executives and managers, much as the case with the NHS, whose raison d'être is their own personal enrichment, rather than any commitment to the dissemination of knowledge, and, like most of the bureaucratic class, love the EU as it is the ultimate product of their mindset, and a guarantor that much of the resources of the nations involved will go towards perpetuating the managerial culture which provides their personal wealth.
By raising their heads above the parapet the educational establishment invites a scrutiny of how much they have contributed towards advancing the Europhile cause and it is not a pretty picture. Those of us who benefited from the education system bequeathed by the Act of 1944 know just how good it was and can now recognize how far it has declined since the days of the eleven plus followed by O levels and then A levels, based on examinations where only a pen might be taken into the exam room. A restricted availability of university places, financed by state grants and allowing students to leave at the end of their time with useful degrees and without vast debts was so much preferable to the nonsense of sending vast numbers to college, only to emerge with qualifications that do not even help them find decent jobs. That the successful system of the fifties has been replaced by inferior methods is evidenced by the current complaints by universities that so many arriving to study for degrees need remedial teaching to make up for the gaps in the essential knowledge required. Our youngsters are the victims of a gigantic confidence trick.
If it were not for the pressure exercised by the educational establishment to replace a conventional, and successful, system by the nonsense of progressive methods we would not have seen standards decline as they have over past decades, although, of course, such methods allow poor teachers to survive whereas in the past they would have been dismissed. Anyone who has interviewed youngsters for jobs or even just seen them on TV is aware that, through no fault of their own, their breadth of knowledge is very limited. They have been fed a diet of celebrity and vacuous pop music but how many, except those taking specific degrees know much of philosophy, politics or, most importantly, history.
In order for a democracy to function properly the electorate must have a least a basic knowledge of how it came into being, developed and what are its main characteristics. When people have only a vague understanding of the system of representative democracy, couldn't tell you when the Chartists or the Suffragettes were active, or even who they were, and probably think Napoleon and Richard III were contemporaries then they are highly unlikely to interest themselves in the arguments for and against the EU. I do not believe in conspiracy theories so doubt that the situation in which we now find ourselves is the result of a deliberate ploy but, as it is so much to the advantage of the Europhiles, I am sure that they are happy to see the general public more interested in the National Lottery, football and the personal lives of moronic celebrities than they are in the vital issues concerning the future of our democracy. For those few that are the courses on offer in our schools relating to such matters are now heavily biased in favour of the Brussels dictatorship.
Naturally the greatest political thinker since the war, George Orwell, identified this phenomenon in his works, most particularly in 1984, where the proles were fed with the trivial and inconsequential, ensuring that it did not even occur to them to question the political system under which they lived. We should be in no doubt that those in the universities extolling the so called virtues of the EU know only too well that they have succeeded in slanting the entire education system against any idea of criticising the concept of the UK becoming a part of a federal Europe. They must be regarded in the same way as the mouthpieces of the CBI, being nothing more than beneficiaries of the largesse distributed by the Brussels elite directed at those who seek to further the undemocratic aims of the latter.


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Report 041 / 2020-12-08
It's the end of influencers.
They will be replaced by Improvers.
Improvers; those who use their public outreach and voice to change the world for the better such as improving the climate or making a positive change on society.
Influencers were nothing more than salespeople, PR machines, promoting whatever they were asked to promote. Because of their social media outreach they were used by advertisers as sales dolls, with success. The age of influencers is over (re-read 'The End of Influencers').
Influencers will be replaced by Improvers. They gather their audience by doing good to the world, which they in turn can use to have even more of a positive change on things such as climate and society. Instead of a feed filled with advertisements, the feed of an Improver will have real consistency. People will look up to them and respect them for the content they make and the actual influence they have on the world.
As a direct example, we saw Sara Sadok get big on TikTok after posting videos to help people with eating disorders. She is improving the world and gains a following because of it.
We also see people who did good things in the past finally gather an audience. They are gaining followers who share the same ideals and message, and can use that audience to continue doing good things.


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What constitutes an Articulated Pipe?
Two half shells.
CPNL's articulated pipe may look similar to many other suppliers in the market, but the devil is in the details. Once put in action the boltless pipe proves to be the most refined one available in the market. This shows in the flexible quadrant. A feature that none have accomplished with their pipes. The articulated pipe has been tested to failure throughout the years and optimised to the point where the product is now: a fully certified product. All of CPNL's systems include the articulated pipe to support the cable lifetime.
The assembly of the product resembles a rooftile construction. The pace is picked up quite easily after the "aha". At the very end of a string of articulated pipes you will use an end clamp. This product comes with 2 sets of bolts and nuts. Whether it is 2 meters of 40. The result is the same.
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May 21 – June 2, 2024
Chimpanzees use extraordinary social and communication skills to band together and rush through the forest, resulting in successful hunts. © Jonathan Rossouw
The southerly Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to a population of tree-climbing Lions that offer great photographic opportunities. @ Jonathan Rossouw
Mountain Gorillas share 95% of their genes with humans. It's no wonder that spending time with them is such an unforgettable experience. © Jonathan Rossouw
A scarce denizen of the vast papyrus swamps of Central Africa, the Shoebill is one of the world's most peculiar and sought-after birds. © Jonathan Rossouw
The Murchison Falls are created by the mighty Victoria Nile being squeezed through a mere 15-foot-wide chasm and released over a sheer cliff. © Jonathan Rossouw
Enormous Nile Crocodiles are a regular sight along the meandering Victoria Nile in Murchison Falls National Park. © Jonathan Rossouw
Uganda Gorilla SafariStraddling the Equator in the heart of Africa, Uganda is a land without equal. From the source of the Nile on Lake Victoria's papyrus-choked shores to the snow-capped Rwenzoris, the game-thronged grasslands flanking Murchison Falls to the legendary Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda is a country of astonishing contrasts. In a continent long renowned for its wildlife, Uganda alone combines the intoxicating abundance of classic, thorn-studded savannas with the biological wonders of the primate-rich Congolese rainforests. Join Apex Expeditions on this comprehensive Uganda safari and discover for yourself why Winston Churchill described the country as "The Pearl of Africa"!
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- Travel by Boat
- Travel by Bullet Train
- Travel by Rail
- Travel by Dog Sled
On arrival in Entebbe, you will be met and transferred to the Protea Hotel, on the shores of Lake Victoria. This evening, gather with your fellow travelers and Apex Expedition leaders for a welcome briefing and dinner. Overnight at the Protea Hotel.
After breakfast, depart for an exploration of Mabamba Swamp to see the legendary Shoebill—surely one of the world's strangest birds. After lunch at the hotel, meet for a walk through the nearby Botanical Gardens. Dinner and overnight at the Protea Hotel.
Entebbe / Murchison Falls National Park
This morning, transfer back to Entebbe Airport for your charter flight west across Uganda to Murchison Falls National Park. Uganda's largest national park—a scenic wonderland of rolling palm-studded grasslands, Acacia woodland, Papyrus swamps, and the meandering Victoria Nile—is home to some of the most impressive concentrations of animals in all of Uganda. You have three full days to enjoy the magnificent scenery and bountiful wildlife of this unique area.
Approaching the Western, or Albertine, Rift by air, you'll gain a unique perspective of the spectacle that is Murchison Falls, the mighty Victoria Nile squeezed through a mere 22-foot-wide chasm to cascade nearly 120 feet to the rocks below. Transfer by private vehicle to Nile Safari Lodge for lunch before embarking on one of the world's great wildlife-watching cruises. En route to the falls, you encounter a plethora of waterbirds, enormous Nile Crocodiles, grazing African Elephants, and one of the highest concentrations of Hippopotamus in Africa. Eventually, you reach the base of Murchison Falls, with wonderful photographic opportunities, before returning downstream as the sun sets over the Nile. Meals and overnight at Nile Safari Lodge.
Murchison Falls National Park
Discover the many highlights Murchison Falls National Park has to offer. Head downstream on a game-viewing cruise to the delta on Lake Albert. Keep binoculars and cameras at the ready for Hippopotamus and Nile Crocodiles, with Defassa Waterbucks and elephants in close attendance. Birders will thrill to the species that live in this region: Grey Crowned Cranes, Goliath Herons, Red-throated Bee-eaters, and possibly even Shoebills. Continue your exploration of the park by safari vehicle in search of the elegant Rothschild Giraffe and Lake Chad Buffalo. Smaller herbivores such as Lelwel Hartebeest, Ugandan Kob, and Nile Oribi are plentiful, and support a healthy population of Lions. With luck, encounter bands of terrestrial Patas Monkeys, a primate restricted to the arid savannas of the Sahel. Dinners and overnights at Nile Safari Lodge.
Kibale National Park
After an early breakfast, begin the fascinating drive to Kibale, traveling from the Rift Valley into a patchwork of colorful villages and agricultural lands. Eventually you reach a mixture of forest and tea plantations at the foothills of the looming Rwenzoris, or "Mountains of the Moon." Overnight at the beautiful Ndali Lodge, ideally situated for activities in Kibale National Park.
Kibale National Park
Spend a full day in Kibale National Park, one of Africa's most celebrated forests for primates. Home to several large communities of Chimpanzees, many of Kibale's primates are well studied and accustomed to human observers. The reserve is accessed by a series of well-marked and maintained trails and walking is relatively easy. Typically, chimpanzees live in large communities and are best located by their characteristic pant-hooting calls as they execute their nomadic treks along forest pathways or forage for fruit in the canopy above. Although they feed primarily on figs and other fruits, they also occasionally hunt other forest animals. At these times, the Chimpanzees use their extraordinary social and communicative skills to band together and rush through the forest to capture ground dwellers such as bushpigs and duikers. Although Chimpanzees are the main focus, you will also spend time viewing other wildlife species which inhabit this diverse forest reserve. Those commonly encountered include Grey-cheeked Mangabeys, Red-tailed and Tantalus Monkeys, and both Ashy Red and Guereza Colobus Monkeys. Enjoy dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge, with panoramic vistas of the Ndali crater and the fabled Rwenzori Mountains.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
After an early breakfast, head for Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive takes you once again to the western corridor of Africa's Rift Valley. Arrive at Mweya Safari Lodge, situated on a bluff overlooking the Kazinga Channel and Lake Edward, in time for lunch. This afternoon, set out on a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This narrow ribbon of water teems with huge herds of Hippos—the largest concentration in the world—and buffalo, and connects Lake Edward with smaller Lake George. Birds here are both numerous and spectacular, including multiple species of eagle, stork, waterfowl, kingfisher, and bee-eater. Regarded by some as one of Africa's best birding locations, more than 560 bird species have been recorded. After the cruise, drive to Elephant Plains Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
An early start provides a full day to explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. The focus is the southerly Ishasha sector of the park and its population of tree-climbing Lions as well as myriad other wildlife, including Uganda Topi, Giant Forest Hogs, and even Leopards. Dinner and overnight at Ishasha Wilderness Camp.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
After a final exploration around Ishasha, set out for the world-famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The drive through the Ugandan countryside winds through rolling hills, cultivated lands, and villages that make for excellent photographic opportunities along the way.
Arrive at the permanent luxury-tented Gorilla Forest Camp, set on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a World Heritage Site and one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet. Later this evening you'll have a briefing on gorilla-watching etiquette followed by dinner and overnight.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Spend two days tracking Mountain Gorillas. Under the supervision of trained local guides, you'll head out each day to the site where the gorillas were seen the previous day and then begin your search. Once the gorillas are located, you make your approach and sit quietly by them, watching and observing, with ample time for photography, or to simply enjoy this unique experience. The moment of looking into the soft brown eyes of a gorilla, to marvel at its size, and yet gentle countenance, as you introduce yourself to the family group, is truly unforgettable.
Other activities at Bwindi include forest trekking for the lesser primates, Blue and L'Hoest's Monkeys. There are also opportunities to look for the many bird species that make this montane forest their home. Dinners and overnights at Gorilla Forest Camp.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest / Entebbe
After breakfast, board your charter aircraft for the short flight to Entebbe, then connect with your independent flight homeward.
- May 21 – June 2, 2024
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- $19,980 Per Person Rate
- $23,170 Solo Rate
- 13 days Trip Length
- 14 guests
- Entebbe Start/End
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Sahih Muslim Book 10, Hadith Number 3658.
Chapter : Both the buyers and the sellers have the option to withdraw the transaction before leaving the meeting (where the bargain is struck).
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When two persons enter into a transaction, each of them has the right to annul it so long as they are not separated and are together (at the place of transaction); or if one gives the other the right (to annul the transaction) But if one gives the other the option, the transaction is made on this condition (i.e. one has the right to annul the transaction), it becomes binding. And if they are separated after they have made the bargain and none of them annulled it, even then the transaction is binding.


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Instagram- Working Point for Young Folks
There is an underlying fact that needs to be understood that we have reached a point where we have to achieve our aim at any cost and for that you need to be very ambitious in nature right from childhood where you have to accordingly work out plans for the future.
In school, you need to be good in studies so that you can pass out with good grades and enroll into a top college where again you have to be a master in academics to get top scores so that you can then get a job in a huge multi-billion dollar company where finally your dreams are achieved.
To be honest, it is easier said than done because the younger generation does not want to work under anyone due to their rebellious nature, which is not wrong in any way as they want to carve out their own path but there is also a lot that wants to take short cuts to get that success early on with little hard work and for which they are willing to even take the wrong path.
Bright Prospectus
Fortunately, there are numerous options available for a bright career prospectus now in the 21st century where youngsters don't have to waste their time sitting at an office desk from morning till night to achieve their goals due to social media being such a prominent feature in that everyone has taken a fancy too.
Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube are the big 4 that have the most number of followers and subscribers across the world where many youngsters have taken use of them to further their talents in unique things because it has gone way beyond entertainment.
Some people simply assume that these platforms are simply to post, like and dislike videos and quotes when in fact there have been many people that have achieved success on Instagram and YouTube with PewDiPie being a shining example where he has the record of the highest number of subscribers in the world on both platforms.
However, while YouTube has emerged as a huge success in the past decade, certain people are skeptical about Instagram and whether it will work for them or not because they don't see how they can utilize this platform to their advantage because it is pretty small.
Talent Worth
Instagram is a platform where many people share their daily routines like photographs, videos, stories, memorable quotes, news reports and many others with live chats too gaining significant popularity in the past few years.
You can also buy instagram followers if you want to as there are many celebrities like politicians and movie stars that have billions of followers but it has been found out in a recent survey that many of them are fake handles just to garner attention.
So it is not exactly a correct practice to buy followers as that would mean that you are simply craving for attention and don't have talent worthy of showcasing to hundreds of people due to which you have resorted to cheap antics.


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This Is Why President Uhuru Cancelled The Makongeni, Ngoliba Visit.
|President Uhuru Kenyatta acknowledges cheers from enthusiastic supporters at Gatitu Junction in Thika where he had visited to urge them to register as voters.
An earlier schedule to the area was early morning changed to accommodate other very urgent official duties, prompting the president to start the Kiambu County visit at Gathage to Kiganjo in Ruiru Sub-County, then proceed to Gatundu, Mangu, Thika, Makongeni, Juja and wind up his tour in Githurai. His Ngoliba visit was differed due to time factor.
What agitated the people was the cancellation of the Makongeni visit where thousands of curious supporters braved the scorching sun to meet their president.
Why the cancellation?
Sources privy to us say that the president was very infuriated by the manner in which some Thika leaders organised some youth to shout down each other in a battle of supremacy with the aim of catching the president's eye.
Even though the drama to castigate a section of Kiambu leaders started way back in Ruiru Town, President Uhuru got infuriated at the Gatitu Junction after supporters of a certain Thika Town politician shamelessly displayed their candidate's banners to the president's view and drowned his voice as he was addressing the mammoth crowd that had gathered to hear him. Several attempts by the president to cool off this temper yielded no fruits but instead worsened as supporters of other candidates confronted this group.
It was at this juncture that President Uhuru lost his cool and openly blasted these youth.
"Angalia hawa vijana wanapigana juu ya viongozi na labda hata baada ya kuwapigia kura hamtawaona tena. Mkiumia mnafikiri hao viongozi wanajali? Waaah! Jameni wacheni kelele. Tarorai gukiga! Mureciria wanyonia banner niyo iguguthura? Wona ndamiona kana njage kumiona gatiri na thina. Ati gutwike ati muroka kunegena haha uhoro wa banner. Bure nyinyi! Ujinga!" retorted Uhuru.
(Look at these youth fighting over leaders who may be will dessert them immediately after the elections. If you hurt each other here, do you think that these leaders will give a damn? Please stop making noise! Just look at these fools! Do you think that by showing me that banner it will translate to votes? Whether I see it or not that doesn't make any difference. How do you dare come here to fight over a banner? Very useless fellows! This is stupidity!)
He pleaded with the youth not to allow themselves to be misused by politicians in the name of soliciting votes.
The situation in Makongeni.
Intelligence reports at the time indicated that the situation in Makongeni was very volatile as different politicians had organised a political match ups for a similar reason, probably prompting the president to cut short his Thika visit without notice.
Youth donned in campaign materials bearing the images or names of particular candidates were littered all over Makongeni area shouting each other down. The situation in mid-morning and early afternoon erupted into fights as well-known supporters of one politician attacked and stoned convoys and motorcade belonging to their rivals.
In one incident, a vehicle belonging to Thika Town aspirant Patrick Wainaina had its windows smashed and a stone badly injuring one lady supporter who was in the vehicle. Another of his supporters was attacked with a knife which nearly chopped off his finger.
When we caught up with Wainaina, he said that the incident was very unfortunate as this was not the right way to win votes for the president nor ensure development was achieved in the constituency.
"They attacked my convoy and injured several people. One lady is now nursing a very serious wound that has needed to get six stitches. If we allow hooliganism to creep into our politics, we will scare away investment as no one will be comfortable enough to invest in an insecure environment," said Wainaina.
He said that it was very wrong for politicians to politicise the voter registration exercise as it had everything to do with the future of the people.
"This month has been set aside for voter registration and not for politics. The most important thing now is for politicians and other leaders to join hands and mobilise all the unregistered voters at the grassroots to get out and register. To my fellow politicians, mudslinging and name calling will not translate into votes. Let's tell 'Wanjiku' what agenda we have for her," he said.
He pointed out that his priority at the moment was the re-election of the president for a second term as this will guarantee the people of Kenya more development.
He lamented over the low voter registration turn out in Thika Town Constituency saying that the data from the IEBC showed that the performance was below par.
"We feel honoured to host the president into this county and we hope that his visit will boost the exercise to register more voters. It is worrying that we have about 50,000 people in Thika Town Constituency who have ID cards but have not yet registered as voters. As at yesterday, only about 10,000 had registered as voters.
We therefore need to work extra hard to ensure that we beat our target in the next two weeks. It is our collective responsibility as the people of Thika to ensure all potential voters get registered within this stipulated time," concluded Wainaina.


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You've learned that the nature of business writing is to get things done. You keep a business perspective when you organize your ideas in the three parts of Writing to Get Things Doneu00ae. As a writer, you found that it's easier to do this after you've identified the difference between readers and writers.
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Neurocritical Care
Venkatesh Aiyagari
My current research explores the relationship of quantitative changes in the pupillary light reflex with neurological injury and the nuances of blood pressure management in critically ill patients.
Christiana Hall, M.D.
The Neurocritical Care and Stroke Units serve actively as Emergency Neurology clinical research venues There Under IRB/ peer reviewed conditions we study interventions that may improve outcomes in selected disease states such as acute ischemic Stroke, Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Subarachnoid hemorrhage; We also validate tools that may provide early warning to enable earlier interventions to prevent neurological decline. We recently contributed level 1 data showing that for acute stroke patients with type 2 diabetes that sub-cutaneous insulin to keep glucose < 180 mg/dL yields similar outcomes with less risk for hypoglycemia compared to tighter glucose control to targets < 130 mg/DL using insulin drip.
DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.
Optimizing Neurocritical Care outcomes requires complex interdisciplinary teamwork. Our research is focused on identifying methods to quantify the proportion of variance (r2) in outcomes that can be attributed to nursing care for patients with neurologic illness or injury.


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Videos With Personality Are the Videos That Click
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"To get the attention of your intended audience, you've got to break through the clutter," said Lisa Mattson, communications director at Sonoma County's Jordan Vineyard and Winery. "We live in a world today that comes with personal filters. Our email box is filtered; our social media posts are filtered. Everyone is trying to cut the digital noise. Video helps you break through this clutter. "People would rather see a picture than read. Reading takes longer. A picture is quicker and to the point. That's why Instagram is so successful and why videos are more and more popular. People have less time to spend. They would rather watch a video on how to make a pie crust than read a five-page recipe. But, that said, a video needs to be entertaining," Mattson added. Jordan's most successful videos are either the cooking or funny ones, according to Mattson. "A video we did on pie crusts got over 125,000 views, and a Super Bowl parody got nearly 30,000 views. I am always looking to find the content that is going to keep our audiences entertained and enlightened, makes viewers want to share them, makes them see the lighter side of wine, and we always try to get in little core messages that tell our story." The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance's Paso Man series of videos offers the best examples of selling the brand, not the specific product, by using a humorous approach. The creator of these videos, Dina Mande of Juice Media, hails from an entertainment background. Mande said her success with the Paso Man videos followed a mantra she learned from a Hollywood movie producer she once worked for. "The producer told me that every piece of filmmaking, whether it is a 30-second spot or a YouTube video or a feature film, should have a 'holy s**t' moment. Early on, it needs to have a hook that is so funny, dramatic or outrageous that it hooks you right in. When you are sorting through your footage what you cut out is what doesn't surprise, delight, entertain or educate," explained Mande. In her Sonoma State University presentation on "Secrets to Successful Video Marketing in the Wine Industry," instructor Niki Scioli, a video producer with Zan Media, pointed out the effects the 2004 film Sideways had on Merlot and Pinot Noir sales. "Merlot sales dropped 2 percent while Pinot sales increased 16 percent in the western U.S. There was a similar trend in British wine outlets. The effect of Sideways caused Merlot prices to fall, the price of Pinot to climb and an overall rise in wine consumption." Clearly the humor of the film—at Merlot's expense—was a perfect example of that "holy s**t" moment, and this can be equally effective in a winery's short video. Eight years later, Sonoma's Gundlach Bundschu Winery turned the Merlot/ Pinot tables with its video "A Brief History of Merlot." With infectious tonguein-cheek, the mission of the video focused on the rise and fall of Merlot's popularity while slyly bolstering the winery's eccentric personality and high wine quality. With no dialogue, just well-selected music, the video fostered an unexpected amount of buzz in the wine industry as well as with consumers. The success of Gundlach Bundschu's Merlot video, with its more than 45,000 views, was owed to its strong spotlight on the grape while subtly reinforcing the winery's brand message. Merlot was back.
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