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Bubbler with Removable Pinhole Diffuser
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Sheldon Black Bubbler with Removable Pinhole Diffuser
This is another gorgeous bubbler with a removable downstem diffuser from Sheldon Black. The beautifully worked 18.8mm bowl has an etched 'SB' logo upon its ground joint and slots perfectly into the removable diffuser with sixteen pin holes at the end. The diffuser also has a subtle yet elegant etching of the 'SB' logo. Once smoke moves down the 18.8mm bowl and diffuser it starts to fill the main section of the bubbler which contains a Sheldon Black signature.
After moving through the main section the treated smoke then rises up the arm containing a 14.5mm female ground joint to house the mouthpiece. It also contains one protruding glass hook for the rubber band to firmly secure the second glass hook which is housed on the connecting mouthpiece.
The mouthpiece section is beautifully worked starting with the second glass hook. Moving up from the hook, there are two worked glass rings in the middle of the straight tube before the bent neck and disc shaped mouthpiece.
We are incredibly excited to have Sheldon Black glass in store at EDiT headquarters. This American glass is of the highest quality and functionality. Sheldon Black is next to none when it comes to design and style. This highly functional scientific glass is a testament to that claim.
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Technical Specifications
brand Sheldon Black diameter 6mm diffuser Holes, Showerhead downstem length 141mm glass thickness 5mm height 271mm joint Female, Male joint size 14.5mm, 18.8mm material Glass mouthpiece Bent, Flared percolator Removable, Showerhead teeth Diamond width 101mm


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Hi! I am Jennifer Lee Coburn, a Registered Dietitian from a small town in Louisiana. I love all things food! I personally coach others on how to obtain a healthy relationship with food and to never use the "d" word again - diet!
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If you've been suffering from acute back or neck pain, bearing up under weird sensations in your arms and hands, or having trouble getting your legs do serve you as they once did, you may be one of the many people challenged by spinal nerve compression. If you've already been told (or you strongly suspect) that this is the case, you're probably wondering whether non-surgical spinal decompression treatment is the logical choice to undo your condition, what such treatment involves, and whether it can even benefit you at all. Let's take a closer look at this conservative healing modality as practiced at Islands Chiropractic & Massage.
Understanding Spinal Decompression Treatment
First of all, what conditions can spinal decompression treat? This therapy is typically prescribed to relieve neurological symptoms caused by underlying spinal problems that pinch sensitive nerve roots. These problems may include:
- Degenerative conditions such as spinal stenosis
- Bulging discs which have degenerated over time, flattening out as they lose water content and reducing the cushion between vertebrae.
- Herniated discs, which have torn open to allow the semi-fluid interior to inflame and compress nerve tissue
- Sudden spinal shifts related to an auto accident or other acute injuries
- Chronic alignment or postural problems
Certain telltale symptoms may alert you to the possibility of compressed nerve tissue. Pain, "pins and needles," loss of motor control or numb areas in any of the extremities can be the result of pinched nerves. Headaches, neck pain, and low back pain are other signs of a possible impingement. If you're struggling with these kinds of problems, then you may well be a perfect candidate for spinal decompression treatment.
Spinal Decompression Treatment at Islands Chiropractic & Massage
Unlike surgical methods that make permanent (and not always positive) changes to your spine in an effort to take the pinch-off of your nerves, our non-surgical spinal decompression treatment in Gilbert AZ is safe, painless, and non-invasive, requiring no recovery time. This method relies on the principle of flexion distraction, an outward-pulling force that gently separates the vertebrae. As our specialized treatment table imparts this force, negative pressure is created in the intervertebral spaces, drawing herniated discs away from your irritated nerves and back into position. Flattened, bulging discs become less flat as fluids are pulled into them, restoring the normal spacing between vertebrae.
Spinal decompression isn't necessarily for everybody, for instance, it's contraindicated in certain situations such as pregnancy, osteoporosis, serious nerve damage, or previous spinal surgeries. You may also find that it's only one piece of a larger treatment puzzle. If your particular condition affects your overall spinal alignment and/or muscles, for instance, chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy may also be required for optimal pain relief and healing.
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Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy about dapper Henry Higgins and his attempts to make a lady out of Eliza Doolittle, is currently in rehearsal at Everyman Theatre and is set to open on Friday, May 20th.
It seems only fitting that May 20th should be Opening Night for this production. In the musical, My Fair Lady, which is based on Pygmalion, Eliza proudly proclaims (in song) that "next week on the twentieth of May, I proclaim 'Liza Doolittle Day!'"
Over 50% of performances are already sold out!
Don't miss your chance to see Kyle Prue, one of Everyman's original Company Members, return to the stage in the iconic role of Henry Higgins. Also featuring Anne Grier, Helen Hedman, Drew Kopas, Wil Love, Barbara Pinolini, Jeanna Sokoloski, Lynn Steinmetz, Stan Weiman
TICKETS: Please note: dates listed below are performances that tickets are currently available - please contact the Box Office (410-752-2208) for more details regarding last minute availability for missing dates
WHEN: Tuesday 7:30 PM, Wednesday 7:30 PM, Thursday 7:30 PM, Friday 8:00 PM; Saturday 2:00 PM& 8:00 PM, and Sunday 2:00 PM& 7:00 PM
Please review the date selected carefully as tickets are FINAL SALE (no refunds or exchanges)
- Sunday May 22 – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday May 24 – 7:30 PM
- Saturday May 28 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday May 31 – 7:30 PM
- Thursday June 02 – 7:30 PM
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- Sunday June 05 – 7:00 PM
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- Friday June 10 – 8:00 PM
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- Sunday June 12 – 2:00 PM
- Sunday June 12 – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday June 14 – 7:30 PM
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- Friday June 17 – 8:00 PM
- Saturday June 18 – 2:00 PM
- Saturday June 18 – 8:00 PM
- Sunday June 19 – 2:00 PM
- Sunday June 19 – 7:00 PM
The Original Makeover Story From Which a Thousand Imitators Were Born....
George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion was inspired by the Greek myth of Pygmalion, who was the creator of a beautiful sculpture which came to life. This myth was the basis for many Victorian stories. Shaw's version of the tale, featuring Eliza Doolittle as the "sculpture" and Henry Higgins as her "creator" became one of the most popular. Other modern day interpretations include:
Pretty Woman
The 1990 romantic comedy starred Richard Gere as Edward Lewis ("Henry Higgins") and Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward ("Eliza Doolittle") in this modern day telling of the makeover story. The film led to Julia Roberts' first Academy Award nomination.
Mighty Aphrodite
Woody Allen took on the Pygmalion myth with this 1995 film, which featured a Greek chorus that narrated and commented on the action in the modern day fable. Mira Sorvino won multiple awards for her work as Linda Ash, the Eliza Doolittle of this tale.
She's All That
This late 1990s teen romantic comedy translated the Pygmalion story into a high school setting. The most popular senior, played by Freddie Prinze Jr., makes a bet that he can turn any girl at the school into the Prom Queen.


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The Best of Conrunner is a distillation of the articles written by myself and others concerning the nuts and bolts of running science fiction conventions. It has been produced, believe it or not, because of public demand. Just who that public is I cannot be sure. Does it consist of those brave souls about to embark on their first convention? Or is it the more experienced convention organisers, looking for new ideas or different approaches to problems? All I know is that at conventions I keep being asked for back issues of Conrunner, the fanzine for convention organisers. Now that issues 1-3 are out of print it seems a good time to consolidate what has already been published. Here it is.
When the first edition of Conrunner was distributed at Novacon in November 1984 I wasn't sure who to give it to. Should I give it to people I knew to be involved in running conventions, or would they know it all already? If I offered it in exchange for other fanzines would the "fanzine fans" be interested? In the end I simply handed out the 100 copies to anyone who was nearby! I didn't expect much response, as I am well aware that those involved in running conventions rarely have time to spend writing letters of comment to fanzines. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of letters I received, but disappointed that most of them simply said how glad they were that someone was producing such a useful publication! However, enough articles arrived for Conrunner 2 to appear for Easter 1985. Since then there have been a further four issues and I have a good selection of articles ready for Conrunner 7. All this and running a Worldcon too!
Any articles that are not credited are written by me. I went to my first convention in Glasgow in September 1980 and four weeks later was asked to join the committee of the next one. Since then I have been involved in most aspects of running Glasgow conventions - first called Faircons, now Albacons. Until I was invited to join the steering committee of Conspiracy '87 my experience was limited to these annual Glasgow conventions. So I cannot claim to have wide experience of running different types of conventions - Albacons are heavily programmed conventions designed to cater for every aspect of science fiction and aim to attract newcomers as much as experienced fans. What organising Albacons has given me is the opportunity to try out new ideas and see if they work, refine them for the following year, then try them again until they work. Therefore, my articles draw heavily on Albacons for examples because that is what I have experience of and because I know what has actually worked and what hasn't. In other words, they are not articles on the theory of running conventions, but on the practise. As the Central Hotel has ben the venue for 8 conventions so far the management are used to catering for the peculiar demands we place on them and have been extremely co-operative in providing the drink consumption figures given in the Appendix which other committees have found useful when talking to other hotels. I hope you find all the articles interesting, possibly even stimulating. Please feel free to disagree with anything you read, just so long as you write it all down and send it to me for future publication!
Most of the articles in this publication are revised and updated versions of pieces that appeared in the first six Conrunners. I would like to thank Jim Barker for the illustrations, Roger Robinson and Beccon Publications for publishing this booklet, and, of course, all of the contributors for sharing their knowledge and experience with us.
I look forward to learning more from them and you in the future about that most exciting, exasperating and rewarding hobby - Conrunning.


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Read more on Nina Kay at Pixacom: Pixacom: Give us the dirt on your dating life. Any first date rules? Nina Kay: I must have a hug!! I love hugs. And I love to laugh. We gotta eat somewhere great! Doesn't have to be expensive to be great. tehehhe...(Read More!)
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The Superhero Squad is an entity exclusive to SureSwift Capital. It is comprised of SureSwift portfolio company founders who want to stay engaged, and help SureSwift companies succeed.
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I came across Amanda Jane Jones' blog this week, and she does this really adorable feature 'my better half' with couples. I found an awesome bookmark diy, a funny office story about chicken, a delicious tea flavoured cupcake recipe, and two ingredient ice-cream.
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Have you ever looked back over your shoulder and realized the piles of crumpled design throw-aways are the ones you truly L.O.V.E.?
Whether working on a small, creative design team, or as a cog in a giant company (of which I would know little to nothing about), there are so many ideas that never make it to press, to the site, or even to the client.
I like to keep a file of my personal favorites.
They comfort me in those moments when I fear the soul has worn out of my work, under the chopping block of all those cooks in the brew…oh, you know what I mean, right?


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All books, CDs and DVDs available in Hornsby War Memorial Hall over the weekend of May 26-27 will be $1 or less.
Lifeline Harbour To Hawkesbury are putting the clearance sale on in the hall at 2 High Street Hornsby (next to Hornsby RSL) between 8am to 4pm both days, as a fundraiser for the crisis support services the organisation provides to the community.
Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 13 11 14 if you would like to talk to someone about any difficulties you are going through, and they also offer an online crisis support chat 7 days a week between 7pm and midnight Sydney time.
Simon Hodges has had a chat about the upcoming sale with Margaret Owens, who volunteers at their Hornsby Book Depot.


text: The Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol is one of the world's leading centres for the use of scientific and – more precisely – mathematical methods in philosophy. Several of its researchers work on Bayesian inference, expected utility theory, and epistemological applications of non-standard probability. The department is home to Richard Pettigrew, who will also be leading and managing the SAE network. Pettigrew's strengths lie in the foundations of probabilistic belief representation (ERC project 'Epistemic Utility Theory'), the rationality of belief revision rules and the rational resolution of disagreement.


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I really warmed to this guy and my response was simply something like: "Hang on that scepticism, there's no faith worth a candle without it."
Christine has been away and also shared an interesting conversation. She met someone who had married very young and the two of them had gone off as idealistic young missionaries in the Church of Christ.What must have been a very extended conversation was summarised by the friend saying that now (years later) she was happier now that she did not believe in God because the God of her young missionary days made no sense to her now. Christine's comment when she mentioned this was a wry observation about the damage 'faith' can do and how grateful she was to be an Anglican and to have had space and time within the church for a more generous faith to grow.
These are the kind of conversations that really present the church a question about the kind of faith we hold and present. How do we say the creed without decoding it; re-telling it? How do we sing some of the stuff we voice in some of our hymns? How can we create opportunities for conversations of this kind? Any ideas?


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In a recent article, Jay Mathews of The Washington Post offers a fresh opinion on America's academic culture of high prestige and narrow notoriety. Mathews argues that Americans are very naïve in thinking that our universities are by far and beyond the best in the world. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford are some of the best colleges in the world; however, Mathews argues that some foreign colleges are catching up to these institutions. Mathews cited Ben Wildavsky's "The Great Brain Race: How Glo ... Read More About Foreign Colleges
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High school students annually stress over SAT and ACT test scores. Parents and other figures offer countless little tips to boost students' performances. Eat a good breakfast, they say. Get a good night's sleep, they prod. Have a nice cup of coffee, they advise. These are all simple, little tips that could boost a student's thought process and generate higher scores. Furthermore, exercising the morning of your big ACT or SAT test could also help increase your score, according to an article in The US News & World Report. &nbs ... Read More About Exercise Before Tests
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President Barack Obama's proposal for education reform has been receiving strict opposition from many education administrators, according to an article in The New York Times. Recently, teachers unions and educators are leading the debate against lawmakers over Obama's "Race to the Top" education reform plan. Some state officials in California privately told The New York Times that Obama's proposed plan has a 50-50 chance (at best) of gaining the necessary approval to pass. The plan also needs $700 million from Washington. Obama's Race to the ... Read More About Education Reform Debate
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The main purpose of this exam is to evaluate the result of 3/6 years that students have studied in the school. It's a good purpose. But the practice of this exam can make many negative impact. But the practice of this exam can make many negative impact. But it can bring some positive impact too.
Negative impact can be made by goverment, bad people, and the students. National exam can be some event to goverment do the corruption. Many bad people can also make negative impact by sell the question paper or the keys of National Exam, the students buy it, and it can make bad culture for Indonesian students. For the students who are lazy to study for exam, they can buy the keys an get good score. It can be a tradition of Indonesian students if it always happens in every years. But National Exam can make positive impact too. The students are required to study for exam from the first semsester of last grade. They forced to preapare by read the book, do some Try Out, it can make positive impact because it can sharpen their brain, their way to solve the problems. It's important for our real life. The way to solve the problems can be different of student children and non-student children.
It's goverment task for clear out all the negative impact because they have authority to make and changethe education system in this country. But i think, it can be better if National Exam is not sit in the chair, work on question paper, controlled by police. It's better if students is asked to apply their knowledge in the real life. For example is make some device that use phsics law and sell it by economics knowledge.


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Thank you to all of you who completed the Summer 2018 parents' and carers' survey. This news post is a repeat of one published at the start of the summer holidays, in case you missed it then.
This year, the number of responses dropped a little, from 71 to 58 of you. The responses came from an even spread of all the classes throughout school, which helps to make the feedback balanced. Below is a summary of what you've said. Lots of you added some comments after each question; we've included here just one or two that represent typical responses.
This year, for most statements, one (and sometimes two) people have either disagreed or indicated they weren't sure. The survey was anonymous unless respondents chose to leave a name so we're not necessarily going to be able to resolve any individual problems (although we will review our provision, as we always do). We really encourage any parent / carer with a problem to speak to us so we can explore the concerns more effectively.
Please do remember that what you say is important to us. We can't guarantee we can accommodate everyone's wishes or opinions expressed in the survey, but we do guarantee we consider each one. And don't forget: if you have any questions, comments or concerns, do speak with your child's class teacher or to Mrs Weekes, our Head of School. They're often around at the start and end of the school day.
1. My child is happy at Moortown Primary School.
The results here broadly match those of last year. 74% of you strongly agreed with this, and 24% agreed – this is great! Encouragingly, no respondents disagreed whilst one indicated they weren't sure.
There were nine comments for this statement, all of which were positive.
'[My child] loves school. It's a great thing as a parent to be able to send your child to school happy and excited about the day ahead.'
'Both children very happy at school – always keen to attend, see their friends, and usually lots to talk about at the end of the day.'
2. My child feels safe at this school.
All but one agreed with this statement, with over 75% agreeing strongly. As with statement 1, one respondent indicated they didn't know.
We take safeguarding at Moortown Primary very seriously so we're really happy about this – we've nearly always been rated 100% for this statement in the past.
Comments back this up:
'They are clear about the school rules which help keep them safe, and know what to do or who to speak to if things need addressing. The school tackles potential issues head-on and discusses wider safety issues in an age-appropriate way.'
'Safeguarding and anti-bullying policies work well.'
3. My child makes good progress at this school.
The same proportion as last year (95%) supported this statement: 60% of you strongly agreed with this, and 34% agreed. Three respondents disagreed.
There was one critical comment. We're sad and concerned this respondent feels this way. We'd love to be able to discuss this more – please do get in touch if this was you. It's worth noting that assessment data shows that proportions reaching a higher level are nearly always higher than those nationally, for all year groups we have data for and for all subjects. For example, if we look at outcomes at the end of Key Stage 2, those who reach 'greater depth standard' (the higher level) are:
- Reading: 45% (nationally: 28%)
- Writing: 48% (nationally: 20%)
- Maths: 41% (nationally: 24%)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: 76% (nationally: 34%)
The remaining comments were broadly positive. Our newest recruit in 2017-18 was delighted to read this, for example:
'We are thrilled with the progress that [our child] is making in Year 1, particularly with his reading and Maths. Mr Parker and Mrs Tiffany are amazing at ensuring he continues to develop and work to his best ability, in a fun and engaging way. He is always teaching me something new he's learnt at school!'
4. My child is well looked after.
All but two of you agreed here (97%). The proportion who strongly agreed was even higher than last year (78%).
There were five comments, four of which were positive:
'All adults at the school prioritise the welfare of the children. All staff seem to understand the individual needs of each child, which reinforces the happy and healthy place to learn. Particular thanks to Mrs Small who has been excellent at helping [one of my children] in increasing resilience.'
'The school has made exceptional efforts to assist my son…to get the best outcomes possible.'
The one concern raised will be passed on to our staff qualified in first aid:
'Couple of times child had minor injuries that were not attended to.'
5. My child is taught well at Moortown Primary School.
All but one of you (98%) agreed with this, the vast majority agreeing strongly (81% – over ten % points higher than last year).
With all the comments resoundingly positive, we're at a loss as to how we might be able to best support the parent / carer who disagreed with the statement, other than to again say please do get in touch if this was you.
'My child is provided with…assistance and opportunities to help him grow emotionally and academically. The teaching staff work collaboratively and with a passion to deliver the best education they can – stretching to find and acquire additional resources to make a difference.'
One of the things we feel we do especially well at Moortown Primary is recruitment: we're proud to have recruited teachers who are great in the classroom and also work well with the existing team and naturally fit our ethos of being a happy and healthy place to learn (and to work). This is why we're especially pleased to see Mr Parker praised again, in this case by two different parents: 'We are thrilled with the way [our son] is taught. He really admires and respects Mr Parker and Mrs Tiffany as well as all the other staff in school. Teaching is always delivered in a fun and engaging way.' and '[My son] is always singing the praises of Mr Parker he really enjoys his lessons.' Well done, Mr Parker!
6. Adults in school make sure pupils are well behaved.
The results here are similar to 2017: 62% strongly agreed and 34% agreed. Two respondents disagreed.
Four comments were made. Three are entirely positive, such as: 'When we are invited into class for end of topic reviews or "watch us while we work", the behaviour of the children is excellent.'
One of the four comments was less positive, citing a particular incident in school. We weren't made aware of the incident at the time otherwise we would have aimed to resolve the matter. It may be too late now, but please do get in touch if this was you.
7. Moortown Primary deals effectively with bullying. (Bullying includes persistent name calling, cyber-bullying, racist and homophobic bullying.)
The proportion in agreement has risen this year: 34% strongly agreed and 52% agreed. Nobody disagreed. Over the years of carrying out the survey, it's become quite apparent that the proportion of parents / carers who indicate they are unsure (this year, 14%) explain the reason for this is that their child hasn't encountered bullying ('We've had no issues with bullying, so cannot comment specifically').
We're not complacent and so we're grateful for respondents who praised the workshops and website posts about bullying: '[I was] also impressed with the workshop and various news articles throughout the year to raise awareness (of cyber-bullying, in particular).'
Incidentally, we define bullying as upsetting or harmful behaviour which is Several Times On Purpose, and we encourage children to Start Telling Other People before it becomes a problem. Please help us reinforce our 'STOP' messages at home, too.
8. The school is well led and managed.
77% strongly agreed (an increase on 2017) and 21% agreed; one person disagreed.
All four comments were positive, including:
'I strongly believe that the management and staff within the school are exceptional.'
'Very visible and approachable leadership team. Mrs Weekes is always available to talk to if needed. Communication is excellent e.g. at school gate, encouraging parental engagement before / after school, via social media and the website.'
9. The school responds well to any concerns I raise.
55% of respondents strongly agreed and 38% agreed – a slight increase to last year's figures, although two respondents weren't in agreement and two others were unsure (although this is likely due to those two respondents not having raised a concern).
Well done to our office staff: 'School office continues to be excellent in dealing with general enquiries (thanks to Mrs O'Malley and Mrs Russell).'
10. I receive useful information from the school about my child's progress.
43% agreed strongly with this and 53% agreed. Two respondents disagreed.
Your comments here have been especially helpful. Out of eight comments, four referred to the frequency of the updates. We're going to act on this by changing when we provide you with the Learning Updates. These were previously given to you at parents' evening. Next year, we'll send these home at the end of the Autumn and Spring terms. This means you'll have an update at the end of Autumn 1 (the parents' evening), Autumn 2 (the Learning Update), Spring 1 (the second parents' evening), Spring 2 (the second Learning Update), and then the end of year report in the Summer.
One respondent said 'I'd like an end-of-year parents' evening'; whilst we don't routinely organise for this except for Reception parents / carers, we will do more to encourage parents to arrange a follow-up meeting to review the end of year report.
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CID (Indian TV series)
|Created by
|B. P. Singh
|Creative director(s)
|Christabelle D'souza
|See below
|Country of origin
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|Production location(s)
|Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
|Running time
|approx. 40–45 minutes
|Production company(s)
|Fireworks Productions
|Sony Pictures Networks
|Original network
|Sony Entertainment Television
|Picture format
|Original release
|21 January 1998 –
|External links
CID is an Indian police procedural television series about Maharashtra and Mumbai's Crime Investigation Department, created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television India. The series stars Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastava and Dayanand Shetty as Senior Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya, Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks and Narendra Gupta as Dr. Salunkhe. These 5 main characters of the show share a long-lasting bond by working in the series for the same period since its inception on Sony Entertainment Television.
The location of the series is set in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The series premiered on January 21, 1998 and is the longest running television series in India, no info about the end of the series. The series aired its 500th episode on January 26, 2008; 1,000th episode on September 27, 2013 and 1,500th episode on February 25, 2018. The show also re-runs on Sony's sister channel Sony Pal.[1][2]On October 27, 2018, the show entered a 3 month break period after its producers and Sony Entertainment Television decided to rejuvenate and reboot the show.[3]
The series is an investigative series consisting of criminal cases that are solved by the Crime Investigation Department. ACP Pradyuman (Shivaji Satam), Senior Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya (Aditya Shrivastav and Dayanand Shetty) and Inspector Fredricks (Dinesh Phadnis) are an elite quadro of officers, who pursue criminals through detailed investigation along with their Sub-Inspectors Purvi and Pankaj (Ansha Sayed and Ajay Nagrath) and also seek the help of professional forensic experts Dr. Salunkhe and Dr. Tarika (Narendra Gupta and Shraddha Musale) to solve high-profile cases.
- Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman (1998-2018)
- Aditya Srivastava as Senior Inspector Abhijeet (1999–2018)
- Dayanand Shetty as Senior Inspector Daya (1998–2018)
- Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks (1998–2018)
- Narendra Gupta as Dr. Salunkhe (1998–2003, 2007–2018)
- Shraddha Musale as Dr. Tarika (2007–2018)
- Ansha Sayed as Sub-Inspector Purvi (2011–2018)
- Janvi Chheda as Sub-Inspector Shreya (2012–2016, 2018)
- Ajay Nagrath as Sub-Inspector Pankaj (2012–2018)
- Dhananjay Mandrekar as Inspector Sudhakar (1998–2005)
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Inspector Asha (1998–2004)
- Ashutosh Gowarikar as Inspector Virendra (1998–1999)
- Sanjay Shemkalyanee as Sub-Inspector Desai (1998)
- Pranav Verma as Sub-Inspector Shinde (1998)
- Afshan Khan as Sub-Inspector Mridula (1998)
- Tushar Dalvi as Inspector Jayant (1999)
- Shweta Kawatra as Dr. Niyati Pradhan (2003, 2005–2007)
- Mandeep Bhandar as Dr. Vrinda Wagle (2003-2004)
- Mona Ambegaonkar as Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh (2004–2005)
- Manav Gohil as Sub-Inspector Daksh (2004–2005)
- Smita Bansal as Sub-Inspector Aditi (2004–2005)
- Kavita Kaushik as Sub-Inspector Anushka (2005–2006)
- Sai Deodhar as Sub-Inspector Priyanka (2005)
- Rajeev Khandelwal as ACP Prithviraj (2005)
- Vivek V. Mashru as Sub-Inspector Vivek (2006–2012)
- Alka Verma as Sub-Inspector Muskaan (2006–2007)
- Amar Upadhyay as Inspector Rishi (2006)
- Priya Wal as Dr. Nyla Rajyadhaksha (2006-2007)
- Parinita Seth as Sub-Inspector Kaveri (2008)
- Jimmy Kunal Nanda as Sub-Inspector Lavanya (2008–2009)
- Megha Gupta as Sub-Inspector Devyana (2007-2008)
- Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Sub-Inspector Tasha (2009–2010)
- Hrishikesh Pandey as Sub-Inspector Sachin (2010–2016)
- Jasveer Kaur as Sub-Inspector Kajal (2010–2012)
- Manini Mishra as Dr. Sonali Barwe (2010–2011)
- Abhay Shukla as Sub-Inspector Nikhil (2011–2016)
- Vikas Kumar as Senior Inspector Rajat (2012–2013)
- Vineet Kumar as Sub-Inspector Vineet (2012–2013)
- Neha Gadoria as Trainee Inspector Roma (2012)
- Tanya Abrol as Sub-Inspector Jaywanti Shinde (2014–2016)
- Jagjit Athwal as Sub-Inspector Vansh (2014–2016)
- Vikas Salgotra as Sub-Inspector Mayur (2014–2016)
- Pooja Khatri as Sub-Inspector Ishita (2014–2016)
- Amaani Satrala as Sub-Inspector Divya (2014–2015)
- Ankur Sharma Kabir as Sub-Inspector Karan (2014–2015)
- Maninder Singh as Sub-Inspector Dushyant (2014)
- Gaurav Khanna as Sub-Inspector Kavin (2014)
- Abid Shaikh as Sub-Inspector Vikram (2014)
- Vivana Singh as Cyber Inspector Ritu (2017–2018)
- B. P. Singh as DCP Samsher Singh Chitrole (2005–2016)
- Rahil Azam as Nakul Pradyuman (2004-2005, 2015)
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Harpeez Dongara (2010)
- Tarun Khanna as Sub-Inspector Suraj (2012–2013)
- Deepak Shirke as ACP Digvijay (2012-2013)
- Rahul Dev as Katori Damta (2016)
- Armaan Tahil as Guest Actor
- Tigmanshu Dhulia as Barbosa, Leader of the Eye Gang (2018)
CID: Special Bureau Cast (2004–2006)[edit]
- Anup Soni as ACP Ajatshatru
- Salil Ankola as Senior Inspector Akshay
- Nimai Bali as Senior Inspector Pratap
- Hrishikesh Pandey as Inspector Abhimanyu
- Sushmita Daan as Inspector Jasmine
- Mansi Verma as Inspector Tejali
- Sharad Kelkar as Sub-Inspector Jehan
- Mugdha Godbole as Sub-Inspector Akansha
- Amita Chandekar as Sub-Inspector Ashwini
- Sachin Sharma as Sub-Inspector Samar
- Kushal Punjabi as Sub-Inspector Kushal
CID 111 – The Inheritance[edit]
CID got into both the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness Book of World Records on November 7, 2004 for its record-breaking single shot episode of 111 minutes (1 hour and 51 minutes), entitled "The Inheritance" without a cut which writer – director – producer B. P. Singh feels "every Indian should be proud of because no one has achieved this before". This special episode was shot between 6:30 – 8:21 PM IST on October 8, 2004 at Lonavala and was aired on November 7, 2004 (Sunday) without a break from 8 – 10 PM IST.[4]
Other Sub-Series[edit]
CID introduced its following sub-series during its 21 years of run on Indian Television. These sub-series aired alongside the main series:-
- CID – Files (1998–2003)
- CID – Special Bureau (2004–2006)
- 10 Years Of Glory: CID – Most Wanted (2007)
- CID – Water Crime Stories (2009)
- CID – Serial Killer Cases (2009)
- CID - Brides and Murders (2009)
- CID – Aakhri Chunauti (2010)
- CID – Abhijeet Ke Ateet Ka Raaz (2010-2011)
- CID – Chase (2011)
- CID – Dhoom (2011)
- CID – Grahan (2012)
- CID - Ganga (2013)
- CID – Mission Mumbai (2014)
- CID - Giraftaar (2014)
- CID – Karo Ya Maro (2016)
- 21 Years Of Bravery: CID vs The Eye (2017-2019)
Marathi theatre veteran, Shivaji Satam, who plays ACP Pradyuman, had worked with B. P. Singh on many projects before CID. He said in an interview: "Having worked with B. P. Singh on so many projects (initially being the Marathi sitcom Ek Shunya Shunya), I had to be a part of CID". Aditya Shrivastav, who portrays Senior Inspector Abhijeet, was introduced in the show as a criminal but was later added into the CID team. "I had agreed to do only 26 episodes. In 1998, I was also doing some films, and B. P. Singh Sir gave me the flexibility to come and go as I felt like. But I began to enjoy the role of Abhijeet, and so stayed on", said Shrivastav. Singh wanted Srivastav to be part of his team after seeing his work in Ram Gopal Varma's Satya. Dayanand Shetty, who portrays Senior Inspector Daya was spotted by Sanjay Shetty, a member of the CID production team in a community play in which he was adjudged best actor. Singh was so impressed with Shetty that he finalized him just 5 minutes into the audition.
CID is primarily shot in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. During the long course of the show, the series has been shot in various locations all over India. The series has also been shot in foreign countries. Some Foreign locations have included places like Uzbekistan, a major shoot in Paris, and Switzerland which included tourist attractions like Interlaken as well as cities such as Berne and Zurich. The major shoot in Paris-Switzerland was for the 2 hourly special episode "Aakhri Chunauti", and a part of the production team's 13th anniversary celebration plan.[5]
Other Initiatives[edit]
Beginning on July 7, 2006; a nationwide hunt called Operation Talaash was launched, in search of a new officer to join the CID team, which ended on September 1, 2006. Vivek V. Mashru who played Sub-Inspector Vivek, was selected to play the role.[6]
Sony Entertainment Television had launched CID: Gallantry Awards, an initiative to encourage and honour acts of bravery in society on January 26, 2010 Republic Day.[7] The second edition of this initiative was aired on January 23, 2011. The third and fourth editions were aired on April 1, 2012 and April 14, 2013 respectively.[8]
On July 10, 2015; Sony TV announced the Shaatir Lekhak Contest, in which 3 incomplete stories and clues were presented. Contestants were required to complete any one story out of three. The contest ended on July 26, 2015. The winning story was appeared in episodes and prizes were also given to the winner. From the total entries, 3 winners were selected, one for each story. The result for the winners were declared during one of the episodes of CID prior to September 1, 2015.[9]
The series had many crossover episodes with many series. CID had three crossover episodes with the series Aahat, once on November 13, 2009; second time on February 12, 2010 and third time on June 25, 2010. It also had crossover episodes with Adaalat, once on December 3–4, 2010; second time on July 15, 2012 titled CID Viruddh Adaalat[10] and third time on December 20, 2014 titled CID v Adaalat – Karmyudh.[11]It also had a crossover in the famous Sab TV comedy serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah for 4 episodes. Titled as "Mahasangram", it started and ended on July 2014.
Critical response[edit]
Rediff stated, "Its actors, or at least the core of the cast who have been a part of the series since its inception are so popular they have become household names."[12]
Times of India stated, "CID which has constantly entertained its viewers with unique and challenging cases is also known for its different jokes in the world of internet."[13]
Rediff gave the series 4.5 / 5 stars, and stated, "Much of the credit for CID's success should go to Singh, and its cast, especially Shivaji Satam who plays ACP Pradyuman".[12]
Rahul Hedge of Rediff giving the same ratings stated, "The crime detective series is still going strong".[14]
|Indian Telly Awards
|Best Continuing TV Programme
|Fireworks Productions
|Best Actor in a lead role
|Shivaji Satam
|Best Thriller Programme
|B. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
(Fireworks Production)
|Best Weekly Serial
|Best Thriller Programme
|Best Weekly Serial
|Best Thriller Programme
|Best Thriller Programme
|Best Weekly Serial
|Indian Television Academy Awards
|Best Thriller / Horror Serial
|B. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
(Fireworks Production)
|Best Serial - Drama
|Best Teleplay
|Rajat Arora
|Best Director - Drama
|B. P. Singh
|Best Videography
|Best Actor in a negative role
|Makrand Deshpande
|Best Thriller / Horror Serial
|B. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
(Fireworks Production)
|Indian Telly Jury Awards
|Best Director (Thriller / Crime / Horror)
|B. P. Singh
|Christabelle D'souza
Santosh Shetty
|Nandu Kale
A Bengali adapted version of CID known as C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau airs on SET India's sister channel, Sony Aath.[22][23]
- ^ "CID completes 1000 episodes". Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Uniyal, Parmita (25 May 2016). "Exclusive: Currently off air, CID will be back next month, confirms ACP Pradyuman aka Shivaji Satam". India Today. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Sana Farzeen (23 October 2018). "CID to go on a break for three months". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "'CID' enters Limca Book of Records". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 November 2004.
- ^ Unnikrishnan, Chaya. "Cops in demand". Indian Express. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Another hero enters CID – Entertainment – DNA". Daily News and Analysis. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Honour to ordinary". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ "An award night for valiants on TV". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Chance to give a twist to 'CID' episode". The Indian Express. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ "CID joins hands with KD Pathak from Adaalat!". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Sony to screen a telefilm with CID and Adaalat's cast". afaqs!. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ a b "The TV show with the highest ratings". Rediff. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Most popular jokes on CID". Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ Rahul Hedge. "Just What Makes CID So Popular?". Rediff. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ a b "The Winners of The Indian Telly Awards 2002". Indian Television.
- ^ "ITA Awards 2002 Winner list", Indian Telly Awards
- ^ "ITA Awards 2003 Winner list", Indian Telly Awards
- ^ "Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards 2002". Indian Television Academy. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012.
- ^ "ITA Award 2004 winners list", ITA Awards
- ^ a b "The Indian Television Academy Awards 2009". IndianTelevisionAcademy.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "The Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards 2005". Indian Television Academy. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Sony TV's CID, now in Bengali". NDTV Movies. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Bengali 'CID' to hit small screen Nov 12". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
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The former Turnbull government minister had been under a cloud after it was revealed the party donated $30,000 each to his staffers Kristyn Boulton and Felicity Stevenson when they ran as independent candidates last year.
The corruption watchdog found although Mr Robert facilitated the donation of the funds to his staffers, there was "insufficient evidence" to show they were fundraising as a group.
"Consequently, as there is no evidence of an offence committed by Cr Boulton or Ms Stevenson, it would not be possible to prove that Mr Robert aided, counselled or procured either of them to commit such an offence," the report handed down on Wednesday said.
The CCC found Cr Boulton and Ms Stevenson both falsely declared the Fadden Forum - a fundraising arm of the Liberal National Party - had donated to their campaigns when in actual fact it came from the organisation itself.
As both women had since lodged an amended disclosure form with the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the watchdog found it would "not be in the public interest" to take any further action.
But the CCC reported it had referred the CFMEU and unsuccessful mayoral candidate Penny Toland to the ECQ for investigation and possible prosecution.
It found Ms Toland's claim she was unaware of the campaign the union was running on her behalf did "not seem credible".
The CCC said the mayoral candidate should have disclosed the $38,241 donated by the CFMEU.
"Irrespective of whether or not she was aware during her campaign, it is clear that Ms Toland was made aware of the donations either the same time as she had submitted her disclosure return, or shortly after," it said in its report.
Gold Coast Council mayor Tom Tate was also cleared of any wrongdoing after he failed to use a dedicated bank account for campaigning, even though he self-funded his re-election.
The CCC found there was insufficient evidence to refer the matter to the ECQ because it was a "systemic" issue.


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A visit to the Lincolnshire Aviation Centre
Classes 2 and 3 visited the Aviation Centre as part of their topic of 'World War Two'. We had a fantastic time, beginning the day by being evacuated from Stallingborough. We were waved off by all our families. We were chosen to be in groups by our new families and then looked at a Lancaster bomber, went in an Anderson shelter at Blackout time, went in the soldier's chapel, saw planes from the lookout tower and learned about evacuees. Luckily, we could come back to our families at home time :)


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Bellator 174 results: Julia Budd inaugural champ, Marloes Coenen retires
Bellator 174 results: Julia Budd inaugural champ, Marloes Coenen retires
Bellator 174 takes place at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
In the main event, Marloes Coenen took on Julia Budd for the inaugural Bellator women's featherweight title. Tonight there was a changing of the guard as one seasoned Veteran passed the torch to another. Julia Budd finished Coenen in the fourth round to declare the inaugural championship.
Following the fight, Coenen announced her retirement. The former Strikeforce champion began her professional mixed martial arts career in 2000.
The catchweight bout between Kendall Grove (23-16) and Mike Rhodes (10-4), as well as the bantamweight contest between Joe Taimanglo (23-7-1) and Steve Garcia (7-1 MMA), were removed from the card after Rhodes and Taimanglo missed weight for their respective contests.
You can watch the Bellator 174 preliminary bouts here at 7pm EST.
Complete Bellator 174 results below:
MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)
Julia Budd defeated Marloes Coenen via TKO – Round 4, 2:42 – for inaugural women's featherweight title
Fernando Gonzalez defeated Brandon Girtz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-26)
Justin Wren defeated Roman Pizzolato via submission (arm triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:35
Rafael Lovato defeated Charles Hackmann via TKO – Round 1, 0:13
PRELIMINARY CARD (MyMMANews.com, 7 p.m. ET)
Emmanuel Rivera vs. Treston Thomison via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Cody Pfister defeated Jonathan Gary via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:04
Emily Ducote defeated Katy Collins via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:53
Gabrielle Holloway defeated Alexis Dufresne via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:53
Justin Patterson defeated Jason Witt via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:13


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From April 15 to 19th, the world-famous Canton Fair in Guangzhou. CEEN (China Engineering Equipment Network), as the world's leading construction engineering technology, equipment and solutions provider, shows in the area A 8.0 L03 – L04, CEEN showed advanced bridge construction technology – Incremental Launching method and high rise core Intelligent hydraulic jacking formwork platform at here.
CEEN's Intelligent hydraulic jacking formwork platform are very popular in the exhibition. The buyer from United Arab Emirates great praise for its excellent safety & reliability, two days one storey definitely beat triditional methord. with the competitive cost, they hope to have a full cooperation on their new project in Dubai.
CEEN's Incremental launching method obtained good appraise and recognized by many customers. automatic control, high accuracy, safety and reliability, these are bridge construction contractor and owner's most concered issues. CEEN Incremental launching equipment is capable of controlling the displacement of multi-supports on bridges and other similar girder structures, achieving precise positioning on horizontal correction, vertical lifting and longitudinal pushing. Malaysia, Thailand, Bengal and Indonesia customers hopes to be the angent in their region. CEEN will announce sales agency and distribution policy shortly.
As the result of CEEN's professional engineer's efforts, the number of customer appoint to visiting CEEN's factory. So we can say CEEN's exhibition in 2016 Canton Fair has achieved a great success!
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66439132579413902042019-04-16T13:16:54.278+05:30Online CRM for call centerCRM for call centerzeBridgehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643913257941390204.post-77825528578151793502014-11-18T18:52:00.006+05:302018-08-01T20:20:34.033+05:30Functionalities proposed by Simple CRM for Call Centers

CRM online software began to slowly replace software dedicated only to Call Center. This is possible thanks to new online CRM software. It's a logical software evolution from managing a commercial activity to managing hundreds of telemarketers.

We are going to study 2 important aspects in choosing online CRM software for call centers, meaning: the dialog between the CRM and your phoning equipment and managing a phoning campaign (creation, automatic phone call planning, follow-up, client reporting).

CRM and phone systems - PABX, VOIP, etc.

Many CRM software pretend dialogue with phone systems but few can really adapt to this complex business environment, the call centers.

The main reason is the fact that call centers use divers and different phone systems. For example a call center can have a PABX for the national calls and a VOIP one for the international ones. Classical CRMs dialogue with only one of those systems.

Fortunately there is a French CRM solution that brilliantly solves this problem, this software is Simple CRM.

Simple CRM has 2 buttons for launching phone calls and therefore the user can assign each one according to his necessities, one directly for PABX and the other via a soft phone to VOIP.

The user can set his wanted default tags, from the admin interface and he can replace it with:

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Or any other protocol specific to your phone configuration

And so, Simple CRM adapts easily and efficiently to the client's demand.

Another unique feature of Simple CRM is the possibility of SMS sending in Arabic or Cyrillic letters.

Call Center phoning campaign project

Generally, a call center phoning campaign has the following steps:

Importing phone calls list

Script creation

Phoning campaign planning

Calls charge allocation to staff

Campaign supervision and script improvement

Client report

Simple CRM succeeds to this mission thanks to his tourism call centers experience and it offers to his clients the possibility to live follow up of the campaign from a dedicated extranet, as a plus.

Simple CRM can equally allocate directly to stuff the calls charge based on campaign working days.

The campaign project manager can modify this charge if better considers.

Pricing for call centers CRM

Because the only viable solution is Simple CRM, we will present its price scale:15 USD /user/month = 950 rupees /user/month.

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Abacus Bloodstock - Horses for Sale
Bay Colt - Mazameer x Rainbow's Destiny (17th April 2017) Pedigree
This bright bay colt is simply made to race. With a short back and powerful hind-quarters he will be an early type, and is likely to train on over a mile as a three-year-old. He has been placed with Group winning trainer David Griffiths.
Sire Mazameer was a Grp-3 winning two-year-old when trained by Freddie Head and is a son of legendary sire of sires Green Desert. A two-year-old by the stallion recently sold for £37,000.
The dam Rainbow's Destiny is by champion damsire Dubai Destination, whose offspring have produced the likes of Derby and Arc winner Golden Horn, five-time Grp-1 winner Postponed and dual Grp-1 winning miler Thunder Snow, to name just a few. This colt is well related on his Dam side to Breeders Cup Gr.2 winner Worldly and Breeders Cup Juv. Turf winner Donativum
Contact ROSS to discuss becoming a full share holder or joining our low cost:
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Bay Filly - Heeraat x Princess of Rock (27th January 2017) Pedigree
An early foal and an early type. Her full brother fetched £12,000 as a foal and £18,000 as a yearling (Tattersalls 2017). Her dam has another Heeraat filly foal born in February of this year - a testament of the regard held for this mating. Dark bay with hardly any white on her, this filly is bold and built to be fast. She is a real little rocket, but with a kind nature and a willingness to learn. Heeraat (group winning son of Dark Angel) has his first runners in 2018 with many of them at the best trainers. With Dark Angel and Rock of Gibraltar in her pedigree, this filly will have blistering speed and is a prime example of the type of well-bred, early sort that owners look for.
Pay £2000 only if the filly wins in either her 2 or 3 year old season. No risk, no uipfront costs!
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Badal approves Rs 5 crore for memorial projects
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday gave approval to the proposals worth nearly Rs 10.5 crore to complete pending works of the ongoing memorial projects in the state.chandigarh Updated: Jan 24, 2014 20:06 IST
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Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday gave approval to the proposals worth nearly Rs 10.5 crore to complete pending works of the ongoing memorial projects in the state.
Badal took the decision while presiding over a high-level review meeting of the cultural affairs department.
Reviewing the progress of various ongoing as well as other announced memorial projects, which are in the initial stage, Badal directed all the departments concerned for timely completion of the projects initiated by the government showcasing rich legacy of the state.
He categorically said the paucity of funds would not be allowed to hamper the progress of these projects.
The elevator project of Rs 1.65 crore for the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur memorial at Chappar Chiri besides auditoriums, short-duration documentary films and other remaining civil works related to the Wada Ghalughara (Kuprahiran), Chotta Ghalughara (Kahnuwan), Bassian Kothi (Raikot) and Bhai Randhir Singh (Narangwal) memorials had been approved after a discussion with the officers.
Badal also directed the department to plan light and sound programmes at all memorials to attract public.
It was informed in the meeting that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had also approved to transfer its land measuring 5 acres at Fatehgarh Sahib in the name of the department of cultural affairs for setting up of Baba Moti Ram Mehra Memorial. The concept paper for this memorial has also been finalised.
Regarding Bhai Jaita ji Memorial at Sri Anandpur Sahib and Guru Birjanand memorial at Kartarpur tender document for the empanelment of the architects for the designing of the memorial was being issued, whereas land was being arranged for setting up of Guru Ravi Dass memorial at Khuralgarh in Hoshiarpur district.
It was also informed in the meeting that the process for setting up of Swami Vivekanand memorial at Kapurthala, Bhai Mardana ji memorial at Ferozepur and Shaheed Udham Singh memorial at Sunam has also been started. The cultural affairs department has also initiated the move to include Theme Park at Sri Chamkaur Sahib in the Sikh Religious Circuit with the government of India.
On the occasion, Badal also released the Punjabi translated version of seven books of teachings of Swami Vivekanand.
Vidhan Sabha speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, tourism and cultural affairs minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur, state BJP president Kamal Sharma were also present on the occasion.
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BETHLEHEM, PA, March 5, 2018 – Today, Moravian College announced that Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 268 students who will make up the organization's 2018 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows, including Moravian College's Christopher Antoine.
Antoine is an active member of the Moravian College community, acting as treasurer of the Omicron Kappa chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, a resident advisor with the campus residence life organization, and an active executive member of the Black Student Union. In addition, he is a member of the Moravian College Landmark Conference Champion Track and Field team.
Moravian College President Bryon Grigsby submitted the nomination for the Newman Civic Fellowship and had this to say, "Christopher Antoine has served as a true role model of tenacity and commitment. After noticing that historically underrepresented students were not always aware of their resources on campus, and students of color were finding themselves challenged by financial obligations that distracted from focusing on their coursework, he decided to take action. Christopher's work and revolutionary spirit exemplifies Moravian College's liberal arts tradition of transformative leadership in a world of change." To read President Grigsby's full nomination statement, please click here: Antoine Nomination Statement.
The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for Campus Compact co-founder Frank Newman, is a one-year experience emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth. Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides a variety of learning and networking opportunities, including a national conference of Newman Civic Fellows in partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The fellowship also provides fellows with access to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate and engage with such an extraordinary group of students," said Campus Compact president Andrew Seligsohn. "The stories of this year's Newman Civic Fellows make clear that they are bringing people together in their communities to solve pressing problems. That is what Campus Compact is about, and it's what our country and our world desperately need."
The Newman Civic Fellowship is supported by the KPMG Foundation and Newman's Own Foundation.
Media contact: Michael Corr, director of marketing and communications, email@example.com, 610.861.1365.
About Campus Compact:
Campus Compact is a national coalition of 1000+ colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. Campus Compact supports institutions in fulfilling their public purposes by deepening their ability to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility. As the largest national higher education association dedicated solely to campus-based civic engagement, we provide professional development to administrators and faculty to enable them to engage effectively, facilitate national partnerships connecting campuses with key issues in their local communities, build pilot programs to test and refine promising models in engaged teaching and scholarship, celebrate and cultivate student civic leadership, and convene higher education institutions and partners beyond higher education to share knowledge and develop collective capacity. Visit www.compact.org.
About Moravian College
Moravian College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. For more than 275 years, the Moravian College degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, science, cultural values, global issues, ethics, artistic expression, and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit Moravian.edu to learn more about how the Moravian College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.


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Blackrod Junction Signal Box
Blackrod Junction signal box was a Gloucester Wagon Company standard design fitted with a 34 lever Gloucester Wagon Company frame which was opened in 1881 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. A replacement 37 lever Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Tappet frame was installed circa. 1891.
One thing remains a mystery, the signal box opened named Horwich Junction and was renamed Blackrod Junction, but when? The junction is named Horwich Junction on the 1909 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map and named Blackrod Junction on the 1929 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map suggesting the change took place sometime in the 20th century. But did the Ordnance Survey just not keep up to date with what was happening on the ground and the signal box named was actually changed in 1888 at the same time as the station was renamed from Horwich and Blackrod Junction to Blackrod? Or had confusion arisen in 1886 when the signal boxes at the three points of the triangle were named Horwich Junction, Horwich Loco Works Junction and Horwich Fork Junction, and the renaming took place as early as 1886?
The signal box was refurbished with uPVC cladding and windows, with work starting on 24th January 2009 and was being completed during the following March. Closure was talked about many times and even planned in connection with conversion of land at Horwich works to a landfill site but there was never a strong enough desire official to overcome the problem the train describers systems at Preston and Manchester Piccadilly signal boxes "talking" to each other, the reason Blackrod Junction signal box signal box survived the closure of the Horwich branch for many years. Eventually the "talking" problem was solved and closure was scheduled for 20th January 2013, however the closure and associated work was postponed due to an official reason of extreme weather conditions. The signal box closed at 02:00 hours on 10th February 2013 with an official closure date of 11th February 2013 when the new signalling controlled by Manchester Piccadilly signal box was commissioned, and was demolished on 2nd June 2013.
Thanks to David Ingham for this article, and to Chris Littleworth for his excellent book "Signal Boxes on Lancashire & Yorkshire Lines: North and West of Manchester", which provides the definitive reference source for signalling in the area.
The following article was written for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society member publication Magazine, at the time of the bafflingly-timed refurbishment of Blackrod Junction Signal Box.
Blackrod Junction Signalbox Refurbishment 2009
Refurbishment of Blackrod Junction Signal Box in February and March 2009 has left it much changed, and without several original Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway features which had remained unaltered in over 120 years. The fact that it survives at all today, on a line which is otherwise devoid of mechanical boxes, is thanks to the kind of quirk of technology which could only happen on the railways of Britain. More on that later...
In actual fact, Blackrod Junction box is not of L&Y design, since it dates from a period when the Lanky relied on other companies in such matters. It's not entirely clear whether the Gloucester Wagon Co. cabin actually contained a matching frame from that company, or whether it was fitted with the current L&Y tappet frame from new. Suffice it to say that just one year from the supposed opening date of the box, that frame was in place, as it remains today. The date of opening is however the subject of some conjecture, with some sources quoting 1879 and others suggesting 1882. The earlier date seems the more likely though, because by 1882, the standard L&Y cabin design was in place and GWC were out of favour. The 1880 date of the L&Y frame does muddy the waters somewhat, but whichever way you look at it, Blackrod Junction Signal Box is old!
Blackrod has (or at least had) some other unusual features, including an unusual 37-lever frame. Although the "Lanky" manufactured sector-plates in a variety of sizes, from five levers down to one, the use of standard cabin sizes tended to result in a common numbers of levers being installed. 37 levers was presumably the maximum that could be accommodated by the GWC cabin.
The L&Y frame survives to the present day, albeit with most of the levers painted white, not having been used for 25 years or more. Gone however, are the unusual curve-topped window frames, which were a feature of the GWC design. These have now been replaced by modern uPVC units which bear little or no resemblance to the originals. The wooden cladding has also gone in favour of a dazzlingly white modern alternative. The external walkway – considered unsafe for several years has, at the time of writing, been removed and seems unlikely to be reinstated. Overall, the box now has a decidedly modern and anonymous look about it.
Blackrod Junction Signal Box – for it is still named as such, despite the absence of a junction – has very little to control these days, with just three electric light signals and a crossover under its sphere of influence. Fifty years go, things were very different though, with the junction to the Horwich Branch, coal sidings, a busy goods yard and exchange sidings for the Cooke & Nuttall Vale Paper Mill, all under the watchful eye of the Blackrod signalman. Added to that, were the Horwich Fork and Hilton House junctions only yards away, beyond the station – although Horwich Fork SB was directly responsible for those.
By the 1950s, the coal sidings had found a new lease of life holding empty pulp wagons for the paper mill, with C&N's own Barclay 0-4-0ST tripping the rakes of wagons up and down the tight, steeply graded line from the Vale works to the station environs. This loco, named "Douglas" after the river which flows along the railway line here, was preserved and is currently undergoing a slow restoration at Carnforth. It's probably fair to say that at one time, the job of Signalman at Blackrod would have been a hectic one.
Dr Beeching, as with countless other locations, took his toll on the Horwich Branch and by 1965, Horwich Station had closed after a little less than 100 years of passenger operation. With it, the Hilton House branch and Horwich Fork closed and the station yard, coal sidings and the Cooke & Nuttall's line were quickly consigned to history. At that point however, despite having built its last locomotive, Horwich Works was still active and remained so for two more decades, as did the branch line.
In 1972, Blackrod survived by the skin of its teeth as the first box in the Manchester signalling area, on the fringe of the area controlled by the new "Power Box" at Preston. Blackrod was therefore responsible for passing trains from Preston to the network of mechanical boxes to the south, beginning with Blackrod and followed by Lostock Junction.
1984 saw the final closure of Horwich Works, and only the Foundy remained open, albeit in private hands and for a while, the line – now downgraded to "siding" status – remained in sporadic use. Costs associated with keeping the line open became prohibitive though, due in part to constant vandalism and theft, and the inevitable finally happened. I have heard it suggested that the rails were not officially lifted, with the local thieves and scrap metal dealers doing the job for them!
Blackrod Junction SB was again under threat in 1989 when ironically, a plan to re-open the branch to service the land-fill site on Red Moss, would have involved the "abolition" of the box. That plan never came to fruition but a new threat looked on the horizon…
After that near-miss, it should have been all over for Blackrod when in 1990, the new electronic signalling system at Manchester Piccadilly came into use. Lostock Junction and numerous other boxes were swept away, but Blackrod, sandwiched between these two signalling Goliaths, remained. The reason for that miraculous escape is down to the fact that almost 20 years had elapsed between the Preston and Piccadilly designs. Sufficient time for the two to be totally incompatible and incapable of passing train details between each other!
It was probably not an impossible task to "interface" Preston and Piccadilly, but was presumably deemed either impractical or, more likely, too costly. A low-tech solution was therefore employed which involved the signalman at Blackrod transferring train details between terminals of the two systems. A further 19 years down the line, and the situation remains. Railwaymen apparently refer to Blackrod Junction SB as "The Joke", but with so many Lancashire & Yorkshire boxes having lost their fight with advancing modernisation, it's nice to see that Blackrod Junction still remains on the map.
So what does the future hold for our local railway relic? The fact that Network Rail has spent a significant sum of money on the signal box, presumably indicates that they don't have any plans to consign it to history just yet. Perhaps the planned replacement to Preston PSB in around 10 years time, will be the final nail in the coffin. If that does happen, it seems likely that the semaphore signalling down the line to Blackpool will also fall victim, but it's best not to worry about such things. Not just yet anyway.
The above article was written for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society's magazine in 1990 (Adrian Bradshaw)