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Finally; concluding my account of the 6th TOI Mumbai Litfest I went to(2017) and the Sunday(Dec 17) in general. After a delightful, spiritually uplifting lecture by an ISKCON Prabhu; I decided to take an UBERPool to the venue. A great desire to listen to Vikram Chandra on Sanskrit was the catalyst; as I was considering whether a visit would be fruitful.
Most days; you get reasonably OK people(from a distance) in the ride. After two throughly disgusting ruffians get down at their destinations; I arrive a little angry at the venue.
However; soon enough; Vikram Chandra's nerdy discourse and appreciation of Sanskrit comes through and I get engrossed in what he's saying. Discussing the generative grammar of Sanskrit; Chandra gives the analogy of a Sanskrit ocean in a cow's footprint. Subjects from Leonard Bloomfield. linguistics and the obvious basis of present-day IT and computing(linguistics; Emile Post; the Backus-Naur form) from Panini's precise algorithm-like grammar as the first known computing(like) language were subjects touched in passing.
The hoary antiquity and the (divine) antecedents of the Sanskrit language have been known in India for centuries; and the rediscovery and re-use of its formidable logical and syntactic structures are largely due to Western academia which is shrewd enough to use and very often appropriate things from around the world. Chandra's linguistic odyssey also touched upon Chomsky's appropriation of Sanskrit ideas which he clearly picked up from ideas mentioned in other American works that clearly mentioned ancient Indian texts.
Panini's scholastic or in management terms systems thinking was also mentioned. Sanskrit is literally defined as well-formed or a refined language with clearly demarcated building blocks. Due to some recent reading; have been able to understand the language available and appreciate its multiplicity of nuances and meanings.
A great disservice has been done to the language firstly by the British as imperialists; and then by the "so-called" pseudo-secular setup by associating it with radical Hindu movements. For any inquisitive mind; Sanskrit is a pleasure and indeed such people delve further into the ocean of this language disregarding populist tropes.
A little biography on Panini concluded this discussion. Residing at Shaladra; 20 kms from present-day Attock Bridge; Panini was jokingly referred to as the patron saint of nerds by Chandra. The traditional account of his death is Panini contemplating a tiger's roar w.r.t tonality, formation and melody in an ancient "gurukul"(forest school/academy) as the animal mauled him to death.
A little discussion with Chandra ensued; as I had managed to read two of his books; the mammoth Sacred Games and Code Mantra. Struck me as decent. When I asked him about his novel Sacred Games appearing on Netflix; said that since the US giant is a closeted organization; even he as the author was not aware of the release date. He also mentioned David Shulman's Tamil; which I wanted to read and have since purchased and gone through.
As I see a long snaking line wanting to listen to Gulzar and Vishal Bharadwaj; I make my way into the Aditya Birla hall and listen to Bachi Karkaria and some Nair discussing one of independent India's most raunchy and interesting cases; the Nanavati episode. Periodically funny and serious; Karkaria's account of the case covered all aspects at the time. She also mentioned Jethmalani and the Sindhis in passing; apart from the demonization of the Sindhi paramour Ahuja by the Parsi community of the time largely under former editor of Blitz Karanjia.
A click-bait timeline is always manufactured by the media; particularly so in recent times; when most of this is overdone; and the result is boring the audience. Urban mythology is manufactured these days at a frightening rate and with India's 500+ news channels(largest in the world); we have even overtaken the world's biggest talkshop the USA.
Sindhi Jethmalani was described as irascible and the Parsis as extremely reluctant to give up their entitlement by Karkaria as she tried to balance the narrative which has also been given a patriot vs playboy slant by most sources including the media and an equally powerful film industry.
Quoting a few accounts of Ahuja's generosity to his Parsi Secretary and Sindhi refugees post-partition Karkaria tried to make the point that the man was not as bad as generally portrayed. Have purchased her book recently; so will read and then post a review on this site later. (With my two million dollar opinion; two cents seems so stingy).
The hawkers of the time displayed commercial savvy selling Ahuja towels and Nanavati guns. Sensing the downfall of a Sindhi; Gujarati merchants who looked upon his community as a business rival rejoiced when Nanavati was let off initially.
Commenting on Nanavati's extensive contacts within the top brass of the armed forces and the defence minister of the time; V.K Krishna Menon. Described by Karkaria as Menon's blue-eyed boy; Nanavati migrated to Canada along with his philandering English wife Sylvie and managed to live out most of his days in relative oblivion and unnoticed not subject to Indian media scrutiny. As a trustee of the local prayer hall at Toronto; Nanavati was not subject to the moral stain of turpitude i.e the debauchery of Ahuja.
Conspiracy theories were discussed with an old lady mentioning something her parents of the time had told her; a theory that there was no affair between Nanavati's wife; the English adultress and Ahuja. Instead it was a business deal gone awry; and the seduction story was manufactured as an afterthought. Karkaria did not dismiss this theory outright; giving most people the impression that there was a lot going on at the time which we do not know.
Accustomed as we are in present-day India to gorier episodes happening practically every year including the Talwars, Sheena and Indrani Bora; or the savage murderers Jerome and Maria Susairaj in the Neeraj Grover case; this seems nearly civil in comparison. Interlaced with humor and pathos; as this session ended I managed to ask Karkaria on whether the jury system was abolished in India as it was elitist. According to her; this was not the case and it was scrapped as it was difficult to keep the jury sequestered. For anybody unclear about this; think about the O.J Simpson case in America if you've heard about it. Sequestration involves keeping the jury aloof and secluded and not vulnerable to any external influence.
Reading different legal experts recently led me to the conclusion that what I said was also true as the jury system was perceived to be metro-based and elitist in many parts of India and there was a campaign on to abolish it for a long time.
My experience for 2017 came to an end as I booked a taxi back sitting in the Times hall listening to Sanghi and the mythologist Pattnaik in a humorous chat on both of them being perceived as twins. Semi-entertaining and definitely informative; literary festivals and kind of enriching on an ideas level. The flipside is the opinionated and biased anti-Hindu narrative of these so-called "liberals". Apart from that; different subjects and ideas on offer keeps me interested.
The day concluded with an inspiring movie on Prabhupada; the Founder Acharya of ISKCON in PVR Mulund.
Some photos from the day;


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PresidentNicole Aloni was born in Seattle, Washington. Her family moved to Laguna Beach when she was four where she lived until completing her studies in Theater Arts at UCLA.
After completing her training in France, at La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine, Nicole pursued a diverse career in the culinary arts. She has operated her own restaurant, directed one of the country's largest catering operations, and owned and operated a catering and food manufacturing business.
Prior to opening her own business, Nicole was the Director of Catering at the Los Angeles Music Center.
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A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Braun and his family came to Los Angeles in 1960, where he began a forty-year career of general and thoracic surgery with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, retiring in August of 2000. His involvement in music has been another career.
For many years, he was principal violist with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, and his passion for chamber music remains unabated. Jewish music has likewise been a great source of pleasure and a matter to which he devotes much time and energy. He has been a member of the Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir for forty years and has served the congregation as Hazzan for High Holydays and other occasions. When Ami Aloni came to Valley Beth Shalom, they quickly developed a close relationship which lasted until Ami's untimely death in 1999. Together, in 1982, they launched the Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles and brought it to the level of prominence and achievement it has enjoyed.
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Sylvia Bernstein-Tregub was born in New York City into a family committed to education, the arts, Israel and serving the Jewish community. Following graduation from Cornell University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree, she moved to Los Angeles in 1960 with her family and soon thereafter became one of the founding families of the Heschel Day School in Northridge, California.
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No trains will run in or out of Oxford railway station for more than two weeks in July due to maintenance work.
Engineers will replace track, signalling and cables.
There will be disruption from 29th June to 29th July, and no trains will use the station between 6th July and 23rd July.
Work will take place "around the clock" and has been "carefully planned" to minimise disruption to passengers, Network Rail said.
A spokesperson said the work "will allow trains to run faster and more effectively through Oxford, reducing congestion and speeding up journey times."
All mainline services run by Great Western Rail (GWR) and Chiltern Rail into Oxford between Didcot Parkway, Oxford Parkway, Banbury and Moreton-in-Marsh will be affected, with bus replacement services operating at all stations instead.
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This week's computer problems at Delta Airlines caused significant delays and massive headaches for many of its customers schedule to travel on Monday. With an airline and scheduled flights, and disruption can bring a cascading series of exponential disruptions. A line of severe thunderstorms striking a major hub like Chicago or Atlanta can ripple through the system for hours, as planes fail to depart or arrive, and passengers cannot make connections.
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Visit www.mogcanalboat.com for more details about the MOG Canal Boat.
December 21, 2013 was a definitely warm 75 in Wilmington, NC. The day was also a bit threatening with a decent tide flow and winds of about 12 mph, with a sailboat's anchor and pulpit extending six feet into the fairway........ what the heck, I will take the boat out anyway (to the wife's protestations - the camera lady) single handed. So what is the big deal here? I am sure that thousands of boats around the Mog's size go in and out of slips all over the world and do not submit a video to YouTube, as if it were the Apollo 11 Moon landing. However, there are a few similarities to Moon landing. The Mog's motors were locked in place (only in this particular test sequence) and not steerable by tiller or wheel. Only thrust was used to maneuver the boat to port or starboard and also in reverse with no bow thruster. Also similar was the fact that there was no additional help, one pilot, single handed and a not helpful environment. Certainly not in the league of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin's monumental commitment. Not unlike them, I feel vindicated in the trust I have for the plan, the machine and the technology afforded me by the grace of God.
All in all, everything went fine and Hillary did a great job of keeping her balance on the floating docks, anticipating the shots, fighting white knuckles and getting it all on video. The system of differential steering is used very effectively by all boat pilots to assist close quarters operations in conjunction with the wheel at the helm. Some pilots include the wheels use and some do not. Few have operated a 40 foot yacht with only two 10 hp electric motors in a wind and close tidal fairway. The test was most pleasant, gratifying and clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of the powerful little electric motors in a critical situation.
If there are those that view this video who have piloting skills (any would be far beyond mine) please feel free to comment on what you have seen. I will offer no excuses, I want to learn more through your unbiased observations. Thank you,
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Honda EU20i Generator
Setting a new standard in portable electricity, the EU20i features a microcomputer-controlled sinewave inverter that guarantees commercial-quality electricity – making it ideal for use with frequency sensitive electrical equipment such as computers.
It also uses a high-speed multi-point alternator that is integrated into the engine itself. This Honda developed technology reduces the overall weight and size by 25% to 50% compared to similarly classed conventional models, making it very portable.
The EU20i also features an Eco-throttle which adjusts the engine speed to meet the load demand. This increases fuel economy whilst also reducing noise as the engine is not required to run at full capacity unnecessarily.
The generator is Parallel Connection capable. This feature allows two EU20i's to be quickly and easily linked using a special parallel connection cable to double your output to 4Kva. It is powerful enough to be used in a wide range of home, recreational and professional uses, whilst maintaining portability.
- 8 Amp/12 Volt DC, maximum 2000W/240 Volt AC
- Delivers greater fuel efficiency via the built-in Eco-Throttle
- Up to 15 hours of continuous operation on a full fuel tank
- Lightweight 21kg
- Whisper-quiet operation from 53dB (A
- 8 Amp/12 Volt DC, maximum 2000W/240 Volt AC can run appliances and charge batteries simultaneously
- Delivers greater fuel efficiency via the built-in Eco-Throttle
- Whisper-quiet operation from 53dB (A)
- Delivers better than commercial quality electricity
- Lightweight 21kg
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- Engine is protected via low oil alert system
- Up to 15 hours of continuous operation on a full fuel tank
- Warranty
- 4 year Extended Domestic Warranty
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10 Free Things to do in London
15 May 2017
As much as we love life in the capital, one of the questions were most often asked is how to save money on a trip to London. After all, prices can be high, whether you are looking for a great day out or a night on the town. However, even if you come here on a tight budget, when it comes to completely free visitor attractions, London has a great deal to offer. Here are our ten favourite free places to visit in the big city, from family days out to art collections:
1. Natural History Museum
A must for all lovers of plants, animals and prehistoric monsters! Great for all ages, with so much to enjoy in the various collections that are over 75 million items strong! Special exhibits sometimes cost extra, but basic admission is always free www.nhm.ac.uk
Image: Natural History Museum Facebook page
2. The Science Museum
Annual visitor numbers of 3.3 million easily make this one of the most popular visitor attractions in London. From steam locomotives to space travel- there are lively exhibits and countless artefacts for all ages to enjoy here. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
3. The Victoria and Albert Museum
Featuring finely crafted treasures from all around the globe, this is amazing collection of art and design has everything from Viking weapons to Victorian fashion. There are plenty of museums around the world who would charge a high price to view such treasures- but London visitors needn't pay a penny! https://www.vam.ac.uk
Image credit: Victoria & Albert Museum Facebook page
4. Speakers Corner, Hyde Park
For anyone inspired by free thought, politics, public speaking and debate, this legendary location is where you will find assorted orators, campaigners and the odd crank. Always stimulating, sometimes eye-opening and the cost is like democratic speech itself: free! www.speakerscorner.net
5. The National Portrait Gallery
Get a different perspective on London's most famous and infamous characters through the ages, from playwrights to pop stars. The website has further details, including a search function to see if your hero or heroine is on show: http://www.npg.org.uk/
Meet heroes and icons at the National Portrait Gallery (Image credit: National Portrait Gallery Facebook)
6. The British Museum
Packed with fascinating collections, exhibitions and lively events, there is seldom a bad time to visit this most remarkable of free to enter London attractions. An astonishing collection, it houses millions of items, displaying treasures from ancient Egypt to contemporary art exhibitions. http://www.britishmuseum.org
7. Houses of Parliament
The iconic Big Ben and Houses of Parliament are world famous and a must for anyone visiting London for the first time. However, a lesser known attraction is that visitors can also book with the Houses of Parliament to actually go into the house and to take a tour or to watch politics in action! See http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/
8. Tate Modern London
For those who prefer their art modern, challenging and visceral, this collection of contemporary works is among London's must-visit places. An ever changing lineup of special collections and guest exhibits ensure there is something new every visit: http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
9. The Photographer's Gallery
Among the many other free museums and art galleries in London, this has to be one of the most interesting and unsung. With a nice mixture of historic and present day works, it's sure to get any keen photographer inspired. It's free before noon every day too, or just a mere £3 in the afternoon. See thephotographersgallery.org.uk
10. The Sky Garden
For a breathtaking perspective on London without any admission price, the viewing decks at 20 Fenchurch Street offer some of the best views in the city. Do note that you may need to book to get your place. See https://skygarden.london
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景夕 (Keiyuu)
MERUHEkkushun (Something like Fairytale-ation)
Ee-, It seems like somehow I caught a cold…
The tissues are MARCHEN-like (fairy-tale like) drops of rain… They don't stop. I can't stop sneezing. My throat is
But tomorrow is a LIVE.
It's a lucky LIVE.
As much as I would like to change it. (^_^)
I want to quickly become well. Everyone please come(^_^)
Ah, yesterday I got Yuura to show me how to do palm reading.
It was "fresh fall leaves". He didn't share.
But it felt like I had encountered something important.
It's pretty interesting, ne.
Well, I'm about to go out.
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Dinosaur Jr. were largely responsible for returning lead guitar to indie rock and, along with their peers the Pixies, they injected late-'80s alternative rock with monumental levels of pure guitar noise. As the group's career progressed, it turned into a vehicle for J Mascis' songwriting and playing, which had the ultimate result of turning Dinosaur's albums into largely similar affairs. Over time, Mascis shed his hardcore punk roots and revealed himself to be a disciple of Neil Young, crafting simple songs that were delivered at a crushing volume and spiked with shards of feedback. Consequently, Dinosaur Jr.'s '90s albums -- when the group was essentially a front for Mascis -- don't sound particularly revolutionary, even with their subtle sonic innovations, yet their original '80s records for SST were a different matter. On their early records, Dinosaur lurched forward, taking weird detours into free-form noise and melodic soloing before the songs are brought back into relief by Mascis' laconic whine. Dinosaur's SST records laid the foundation for alternative rock's commercial breakthrough in the early '90s, and while the band's profile was raised substantially in the wake of Nirvana's success, they never really became much bigger than highly respected cult figures.
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The next few posts will outline the healthy nutritional environment that I have built for myself using the principles communicated in the previous six posts. This practical example should make the implementation of a similar environment in your own life quite a bit easier. But just in case you are still unconvinced about this strategy, please consider the following:
I am a workaholic research scientist spending most of my life in front of a computer (the typical stereotype of me is shown below). Fortunately, however, I discovered the power of creating a healthy living environment very soon after the start of my professional career and, as a result, I have never been overweight and have not been sick for the last 1200 days. Not too bad for a computer nerd, right?
Now I definitely do not claim my particular living environment to be perfect (it will probably be under construction for the rest of my life), but it should be a good case to use as an example for building your own environment according to your own situation and preferences. Everyone's ideal living environment will be unique and it is completely up to your own initiative and creativity to customize it to fit your own life.
We'll start tomorrow with a look at the most important foods that make up my nutritional environment.


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Promotional confectionery has seen a recent upturn in popularity, not least due to the unbeatable wow factor for recipients - almost everybody appreciates a sweet treat! Confectionery is therefore a great way to get your logo noticed and shared, whether chocolate, sweets, or mints.
Promotional sweets are cost effective and wide ranging, whatever your budget. Individually flow-wrapped sweets or lollies are small; perfect as a low cost giveaway. If you have a slightly larger budget, then presentation tins of sweets are ideal; the tin will often be retained by the recipient long after the contents have been eaten! And for higher-end advertising, personalised sweets could also be part of a larger gift, such as a hamper of printed treats and goodies. Retro sweets are very fashionable at the moment – fruit salads, black jacks, lovehearts – nostalgia is a great way to advertise. With all the colour options available, sweets are a great way to complement corporate branding; for example, jelly beans are a great product to colour-match.
Chocolate is also an ideal vehicle for your advertising, available in a vast range of presentation options from individually wrapped squares to bespoke moulds. Your company details will be made all the more eye catching when applied to a shiny wrapper or an intriguing box.
Many customers choose to associate their branding with household names, adding a company logo to promotional packs of Cadburys, Lily O'Briens, or Haribo. This creates a trust in their own brand by association.
Promotional sweets are relevant all year round, but they have the advantage of also being specific to certain times of year. Chocolate advent calendars and coins are commonly associated with the Christmas period, luxury chocolates are a classic Valentine's Day promotion, and during the summer months brightly coloured lollipops and sticks of rock invoke a holiday feeling.
Printed sweets and chocolates are a very flexible way to advertise your business. They are often seen on reception desks as giveaways (or larger packs as charity fundraisers). They can be handed out at shows and events, added to mail shots, or even given to staff for a light hearted morale boost. For conscientious consumers, don't forget that many sweets also come in sugar free and fair-trade varieties!
Whatever your logo, whatever your business, sweets are a memorable and tasty way to reach your target audience.
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Those that have followed me in the past, know I love holidays. Here at the circus we celebrate any time we get a chance. Who doesn't love some themed treats and fun crafts?
But two holidays hold special significance for us.
Christmas and Easter
They are not just days to get dressed up and partake of traditions.
And to set them a part we spend a great deal of time, as in weeks, preparing for them. They are more than a day, but rather a season of celebration.
So, when I heard about this carnival going on over at Becoming Me, I was eager to link up. She's hosting a carnival where people can link up with their Easter traditions and stories.
We have a few Easter traditions here. In addition to inviting both sets of grandparents over the Saturday before Easter to join us in dyeing eggs and going for an egg hunt, our biggest tradition is spending the weeks prior to Easter focusing the significance of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, for our sins.
I imagine that as the kids grow, the manner in which we focus, will change, but it is my hope that the focus on Christ will not. Last year we worked on learning the hymn, "Christ the Lord is Risen today." We sang it each night before bed. This way the kids were able to participate in singing it on Easter Sunday at church. Also, I felt like we spend a lot of time learning and singing Christmas carols, and I wanted to spend time learning some "Easter Carols" as well. I also have several Easter board books which talk about the true meaning of Easter which I get out around this time so we can read them and talk about them. Last year we did a mosaic craft of the cross in which the kids ripped pieces of construction paper and we glued them to a poster board to make a big decoration for our wall. I'd like to do that again. I also found some foam crosses at Michael's which we put our names on and hung on our wall, remembering that Christ died on the cross, for us. Last year we used the Resurrection Eggs to tell the Easter story to the kids. My son particularly liked this and has already asked about it for this year.
Easter is about a month away. I am looking forward to this time of reflection, confession, and worship. What does your family do to celebrate Easter?
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6 Rosedale Abbey
Pickering, Y018 8RA
North Yorkshire, UK
Spyglass 1708 forms part of a Grade II Listed Building marking the property out as being important in England's history.
Because of its age - standing for over 300-years - the property sits within Whitby's conservation precinct in historic Rose & Crown Yard.
The property was constructed Anno Dom 1708 for Thomas and Elizabeth Walker – a famous Whitby Quaker shipping Family.
You can still see the plaque that the Walkers placed outside the property in Rose & Crown Yard.
Our History Plaque in Rose & Crown Yard.
The Plaque reads: "Thomas and Elizabeth Walker Hovfe bvld in the year Anno Dom 1708".
John Walker - a Quaker relative of Thomas - is famously known for apprenticing young James Cook into the seafairing trade before Captain Cook became the World's greatest navigator and explorer.
You can also visit John Walker's house on Grape Lane - just 5-minutes walk from Spyglass - and now the home of the Captain Cook Memorial Museum.
The Views of Whitby Offered by Spyglass 1708 is Simply Spectacular.
Local folklore suggests that young James Cook - the Yorkshire lad who would go on to discover Australia and chart New Zealand may also have visited the Walkers living at Spyglass 1708.
If true, that is certainly real heritage!
Captain James Cook Learned to Sail Whilst Living with the Walker Family in Whitby. HM Bark Endevour.


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4 Ways To Keep The Paint On Your Commercial Property Looking GoodShare
Consistently making a positive impression is important for your business to succeed. Just about every aspect of your business plays some role, including the appearance of your commercial property. When it looks outdated and uninviting, you are not going to win people over on looks alone. But, you can get closer to pleasing potential customers by keeping the paint on your property in tip-top shape.
Organize to Avoid Contact with Feet and Hands
For both the inside and the outside, you should try to avoid layouts that promote contact with walls. It is important to organize furniture in a way to keep people's feet and hands away from all walls. Also, you should make landscape plans to direct people away from the edge of the building.
Not only can dirty hands and shoes make your walls look like a mess, but people are also capable of accidents, such as spilling a drink and having it spread all over the interior or exterior walls.
Keep Extra Flat Paint On Hand
When you have flat paint on the inside of your commercial property, you should always keep extra flat paint in storage. It is easy for flat paint to pick up stains and it is a major challenge to clean. The better solution is to touch it up instead, which should only require one or two coats to get the job done.
Transition to Eggshell
Once you are ready to make some substantial changes to the interior paint, you should consider transitioning to paint with an eggshell finish. It is a better option, especially for businesses, mainly because it is easily cleaned. It allows you to actually clean the walls, without having to touch it up every time it gets dirty.
Get a Non-Abrasive Duster
Whether you use eggshell or flat paint, you can always scratch the walls with improper care. A non-abrasive duster is essential to use to avoid creating any micro-scratches. To the naked eye, these scratches may not be that noticeable, but not using the right duster over months of use will expose them further. Dusting is about as far as you can get with flat paint in regards to cleaning, so doing it right is crucial.
Maintaining any commercial property is a lot of work, but it is easier when you know how to do it properly. Following these tips will help you keep the interior and exterior paint in great condition. If your paint needs updating, contact a painting contractor like B & P Painting Inc.


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NLCE carried out a LEED Assessment on Applegreen Mountgorry fuel and amenity store. This is a one storey, 648m2 building, with an average of 2200 average daily users. This LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification recognizes that a building was designed and built to achieve high performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.
The building made use of many green and eco-friendly technologies consisting of air to water heat pumps (high & low temperature), 40m2 PV array, and rainwater harvesting & grey water recycling from the on-site carwash. The building achieved a Silver Certificate as awarded by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).


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A major road in Sheffield is sealed off this morning while detectives investigate the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Sheffield.
South Yorkshire Police has issued a warning to motorists this morning that Chesterfield Road South from the Bowshaw roundabout to the roundabout at Meadowhead, in the direction of Sheffield, is closed this morning because of a fatal stabbing in Lowedges yesterday.
VIDEO: Sheffield park sealed off by police following major incident
The end of Lowedges Road leading to Chesterfield Road South is also closed in both directions.
Officers sealed off the area after a teenage boy was knifed on Lowedges Road at around 7.50pm.
The teenager was rushed to hospital but died an hour later.
VIDEO: Murder investigation launched after teenage boy is reportedly stabbed to death on Sheffield estate
It has not yet been revealed whether any arrests have yet been made.
CRIME: Sheffield man charged with murder as first picture of dead toddler is released
Last night, Sheffield's District Commander, Chief Superintendent Stuart Barton, said: "I fully understand the concern, alarm and fear that our local communities will have on hearing of this crime.
"I want to offer my utmost reassurance that we are treating this incident as an immediate priority, with a vast number of officers and resources already deployed into the investigation and an absolute determination to apprehend those responsible."
He added: "My thoughts are with the young man's family at this devastating time, and while the investigation is in the early stages, I would ask anyone who may able to assist with any information to please make contact with us.
"There will be a visible police presence in the area throughout the night and over the coming days and I would encourage anyone with any worries to please make contact with us."
Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111, quoting incident number 829 of May 24.


text: The Manchester Board, made up of various worthies, meets four times a year, ostensibly to guide the Local Strategic Partnership. It met in July, and presumably agreed the April minutes as a fair and accurate record blah blah blah. But these April minutes have still not been posted on the website. They Have Form; MCFly raised this with a previous set of Board minutes. It's almost as if openness and letting the oiks see what is going on is not a priority.


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I've wanted to go to San Francisco for a long time and finally I made it in October 2016 for an extended weekend. I quite liked the city and that it feels very relaxed and open, but it's also very expensive, especially the accommodation. I was also quite surprised with the large number of homeless people… well maybe that's a result of the high prices.
The main tourist attractions of the city, like the Golden Gate Bridge, the Alcatraz island and Castro neighbourhood, were definitely really nice to see. But my absolute favourites were the cycle across the bridge to Sausalito & Tiburon and a relaxing afternoon in Dolores Park.
A morning at Alcatraz
The trip to Alcatraz island starts at the Embarcadero Pier 33. To make the best use of time we booked a 9am departure. We arrived there well ahead of time thanks to the Uber pool, which works very well in SFO and is quite cheap. The cafe on the pier was handy for breakfast, but also quite expensive – some $24 for two coffees and two muffins, well they are strategically located and full of people with only one option.
Some 20 min before the departure time you can start queuing up to get on the boat and then the journey starts. The morning was relatively chilly and foggy, but the views of the island and the Golden Gate Bridge were stunning. However, later on the sun heated up the air quite a bit and all the jackets we brought were not necessary anymore
After arrival to the island you are pretty much free to explore it at your own pace and stay as much time as you like. To help you with that I suggest you buy the island map for $1 upon arrival onto the island. The prison-house is the most important attraction and there is a free audio guide that guides you around the different parts of the prison and explains the major events in its history. I highly recommend taking the audio guide, as there are not many other explanatory signs.
After seeing the prison-house I do recommend exploring the island a bit. If not for else, the views from the island of the bridge and city are stunning.
It took us about 2 hours to see the prison and the island, so all together with the boat ride it was about 3 hours. Upon return to SFO we headed to Fisherman's wharf, which is just a short walk away.
Lunch at Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf is one the main tourist areas in SFO and in particular Pier 39 is heaving with tourists. To my taste it is very tacky, there are lots of uninteresting shops and average restaurants. I think you are better off skipping Pier 39, unless you're after buying souvenirs. Anyway, we didn't know that in advance so we had a lunch at the pier.
I was told that the clam chowder is a typical dish in SFO and we tried one at Chowder's restaurant on the pier. Basically, it is a very thick and creamy clam broth that is served in a bread bowl. I found it very heavy and it tastes more cream than anything else, especially not clams. Well I'm happy I tried it, but I definitely didn't like it.
Cycling from Fisherman's wharf to Sausalito & Tiburon
Our initial plan was to rent bikes and spend an afternoon cycling from Fisherman's Wharf across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, and it proved out to be one of the highlights of our trip. So we rented the bike from Blazing Saddles Bikes and their service was very efficient and good (definitely recommended). They even provided us with tickets for the ferry back from Sausalito or Tiburon, and if we didn't use they wouldn't charge us the $10 for them.
TIP: I do recommend you pre-book your bike on their website. You will pay $26 instead of $30 for a 24-hour period. However, watch-out they do try to up-sell without you realising. We re-booked and requested the basic bike, but all of a sudden they gave us a higher category bike without us even realising that. When we came to return the bike they wanted to charge us a higher price. I complained and after a bit of arguing they honoured the initial price.
The bike rentals work in 24-hour periods, so we could have saved the bikes for the night and used them the next morning, but the hotel didn't allow us to do that. In hindsight, we would have been better off to rent the bike in the morning and use it to cycle around some parts of the city as well or even adventure to the beaches at the western edge of the city… one always needs to leave some things for the next time 🙂
Initially, we were not even sure whether we wanted to start the ride at all as the bridge was COMPLETELY shrouded in mist. However, we decided to be optimistic and try our luck. When we got just under the bridge the cloud was still firmly sitting over the bridge, so we decided to have a coffee in the Warming Hut Cafe and wait a bit. As we got out of the cafe… voilà … the mist was gone and we had an amazing ride across the bridge.
After crossing the bridge you descend down towards Sausalito and it's only another 10 min from the bridge. The map the bike rental company gave us said that it was 13km from Fisherman's wharf to Sausalito and took about 2h. When we arrived it was still early, the sun was shining and we felt like cycling more, so we decided to continue to Tiburon, which was another 16km according to the map.
On the way we side-tracked to Old Mill Park to see some of the redwoods. Even if the map was very useful, at times it was a bit unclear where we were and how long it would still take us. And the main concern was, will we get to Tiburon before dark and make it to the ferry on time, but it all went OK (well apart from me falling down on a steep descent).
The last bit from Sausalito to Tiburon took us another 3h, but it was definitely worth it. We even had to wait some 45 minutes for the ferry at 19:15, which gets to pier 41 at 20:00, and that's when they close the bike rental shop for returns. However, the ferry was full of people with rental bikes and the bike rental shop people were waiting for us. They even greeted us with a big applause.
An afternoon at Dolores Park
Dolores park is a well known hang-out place on the weekends, and you will understand why only after you see it yourself. The atmosphere in the park is really relaxed, people are chatting with their friends, playing games and having fun. And on top of that, if the weather is nice, the views of the city are beautiful.
We wanted to bring some drinks, but we didn't know whether is was allowed to drink alcohol in the park. We looked through several blogs, but the information was inconsistent. Hence, we decided to bring a bottle of wine and keep it very discreet in a backpack. When we got there, to our great joy, it was clear that everyone was having a drink. Many people were even selling drinks in all possible forms. But the best part was that everyone was just having fun and being very polite and educated. I didn't see any people being aggressive and people collected their rubbish after them.
(fun) FACT for all the Mexicans: Quite unexpected, but there's a huge statue of Miguel Hidalgo in the park.
Evening in Castro
Castro is definitely the most famous LGBT neighbourhoods in the world, and yes, rainbow colours are all over the place. Tollerance is the big advantage of Castro, as well as the whole city.
Castro is quite a fun neighbourhood to have a walk through in the evening, either your gay or straight. There are plenty of bars and restaurants to chose from and it's also quite small.
Dinner @ Nopa
Among my friends, I'm known to like food and nice restaurants, so we tried to go to at least really nice place (since we decided on the trip very late most were already booked out). Nopa was highly recommended by friends and it also features high on review pages (e.g. at the time it was the 22nd restaurant in SFO on TripAdvisor). Unfortunately, the earliest time we could get a table was at 22.15… one's gotta suffer for good things, right.
The atmosphere in the restaurant is very pleasant. There is a bar area, which is separated from the dining area with a small division wall, which works perfectly as the bar area is very busy and noisy. The kitchen is open, you can see all the employees busy preparing your dishes. The service was really pleasant. We didn't know which wine to choose so they gave us a taste of the ones they were selling by glass to help us choose.
The menu seems to change on a daily basis, but in general it is composed of mostly tapa-sized dishes, so we ordered 5 dishes and were very happy with the quantity of dishes. I don't have a complete recollection of which dishes we had, but in a nutshell: warm goat cheese spread, chicory salad, smoked brisket, smoked trout, and baked beans. Every dish was delicious and a good choice. Together with a desert to share and a bottle of Sonoma Valley red wine the dinner was about $180 – not cheap, but definitely worth it.
Other adventures in SFO
Dinner @ Woodhouse Fish Company
This small and pleasant place is on Market St. very close to Castro. The menu is (obviously) seafood themed and also have fresh oysters. I tried some California and Maine oysters and they tasted very fresh.
The atmosphere was very nice and the food was good. The Baja-Style fish tacos were as they should be (judged by a Mexican), and the stuffed artichokes were delicious. The downside of eating artichokes is that it is very tedious to scrape the meat off each leaf and one makes a mess out of it (not the most glamorous dish… hehe).
A walk through Japantown and lunch
Japan town was a nice little surprise in SFO. It is quite small, although the largest Japantown in the US (allegedly), but there are plenty of Japanese shops and restaurants. There is a, rather big, shopping mall called the Japan Centre which has all sorts of shops and a food alley. In front of there's a (rather ugly) concrete pagoda, which you can't miss. The highlight of Japantown was the chance to have a good Japanese lunch with ramen and soba.
A walk through Chinatown and lunch
The SFO Chinatown is very close to downtown and thus very famous with tourists. I think it does feel like a relatively authentic Chinese city, but there are just oo many tourists (and we were making that even worse… hehe). Nevertheless, I think it's a nice place to have a walk through and see some older Chinese people playing games and dancing tai-chi in some of the small parks and squares.
Also after having lived in Asia I always crave some good Chinese food, which might be a challenge in Mexico 😦 So Chinatown is a good place to go for lunch. We decided to have a traditional Sunday dim-sum lunch at Great Eastern Restaurant. The restaurant was full and plenty of the customers were Chinese, but there were also many tourists. The service was slightly rude, but also no frills. As is customary, they give you a sheet of paper with the dishes on offer and you mark what you want. I think the dim-sum selection was quite impressive and the taste was authentic.
Dinner @ Orphan Andy's
We arrived late on the first day due to a slight delay of our flight. Believe or not, it is not that easy to find a restaurant in SFO (Castro / Market St area) that is open at 11pm on a Thursday night. We were quite surprised with that. But nevertheless, at the end we found a perfect option. Orpan Andy's is a typical diner that's open 24-hours and serves basic American food. Maybe not the most healthy option at that time of the day, but it definitely made us happy, and the service was great.
Summary of our itinerary (just in case)
Day 1
- Breakfast: cafe on pier 33 (2*)
- Morning: trip to Alcatraz and Fisherman's wharf
- Lunch: Chowder's, pier 39 (1*)
- Afternoon: cycle from Fisherman's wharf to Sausalito & Tiburon
- Dinner: Woodhouse Fish Company (4*)
Day 2
- Breakfast: The Grind Cafe (3*)
- Morning: walk through Haight Street, Golden Gate Park, Alamo Square Park (Painted Ladies), to civic centre / UN plaza, and Japantown
- Lunch: inside the Japan centre (4*)
- Afternoon: Dolores park
- Dinner: Nopa (5*)
Day 3
- Breakfast: Chow Cafe, Church St (5*)
- Morning: Coit Tower, Chinatown
- Lunch: Great Eastern (4*)
- Afternoon: Little Italy and Union Square area
Perramont Hotel: very basic, smelly (due to guests smoking in their rooms and getting home drunk) and not very clean, but OK value for money in this very expensive city.


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Most folks on here want the Komets to make drastic changes, but to do that, you'd have to get rid of some people, and no one seems to be able to agree on whom to get rid of. Sure, some would like to trade a few of the vets, which is easy to say, but they would not report so they have no trade value. Getting rid of the youngsters doesn't do any good because you can't afford to replace them with significantly better players as the veterans make most of the money.
You know what? The best bet is to be patient and see how it works itself out. I'm not saying that to be mean or try to tick you off, but that's the reality of the situation. The roster is not going to significantly change, at least not within the next month. Where are you going to get players who have more potential than what the Komets already have right now, anyway? The best option is to rely on the veterans to come around and do their usual leadership job.
Maybe the Komets can work things out to bring in one or two key players, which they almost always do. Rod Aldoff, Justin Hodgman, Terry Marchant, Brent Henley, etc. And the rookies will get better because they always do under Al Sims.
Some of you act like David Franke and Al Sims will just settle for a half-a-- season. Not one person on this blog wants to win more than those two, which is partly why they have such amazing records. They've also never been afraid to make moves in the past. Remember last February 26 when Michael Franke said "It's time to make some changes. This team just doesn't perform well at home. It has not performed well at home all season, and we're running out of time." That was a LOT worse than this situation and they still made all that work.
No, they are not talking with Kevin Reiter or Matt Reynolds or Luciano Aquino or Mitch Woods right now.


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The Times notes that plans are under way to replace the city's voting machines, but laments that "the Shoup will probably stay on the job until 2006, and in the meantime hundreds of thousands of votes may die within the confines of the antique booths." If the paper's agreement with the Ninth Circuit were based on principle rather than partisanship, it would urge the cancellation of the 2004 election as well."The Shoup" is an older election machine. On another note...
Bush's political opponents are now arguing, in effect, that Saddam got a bum rap because he was only bluffing, and that this somehow means he should have been left in power so he could murder thousands of Iraqis using weapons of light destruction.And finally, there's a note about the ACLU fighting an abstinence advertisement in Nevada. Gotta love the ACLU -- NOT!
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Updates on RealEstate trends
Vizag Realtors focus on independent houses
With the demonetisation drive severely impacting the real estate sector in the port city, realtors area unit currentlyobserving alternatives to stay the business afloat.
Now, rather than building apartments, realtors area unit focussing on independent houses and duplex structures in plots close to the town.
About 25,000 acres of farm land wherever vegetables, paddy and foodgrains were grown abundantly within theoutskirts of the town had already been converted into housing plots or apartments six years ago. many layouts have return up in those lands. Sites near the city include Anandapuram, Boyapalem, Bakkanapalem, Tagarapuvalasa, Rushikonda and Bheemili on one side and Duvvada, Lankelapalem, Aganampudi on the Vijayawada highway facet. quite 80th of the farm lands at Pendurthy, Sabbavaram, Parawada, Chinnamushidiwada, Purushottamapuram, Chimalapalli and Vepagunta are converted into layouts. all these area unitas are inside 20 to twenty five km from the most town, sources said.
However, after termination, sales have return down by quite 30 minutes, said A Srinivasa Rao, a builder within thecity. This trend can continue for one more six to eight months, he opined. "Many realtors area unit currentlyabsorption on housing comes in plots near the town," he said. With the price of building a house now equalling the cost of an flat, realtors feel this will attract investors.
"People always prefer freelance homes to apartments. So, once they get an individual house for Rs 75 00000 to Rs 8000000 that is that the same cost as associate degree apartment in and around Vizag, they'd naturally go forit. There would be no pollution and traffic chaos within the outskirts," owner of Adon comes K Eswar told TOI. He was of the read that the price of plots wouldn't increase in the next one year.
Vizag Real estate experts panel discussion
The port city is the best place for investment in real estate, opined the experts at a panel discussion on 'Vizag Property -Trends today and Tomorrow' at Credai-VSP Property Expo-2017 at AU Engineering college Grounds on Sunday.
Initiating the discussion, G Sambasiva Rao of AP Chamber of Commerce and industry said many industries and otherprojects within the field of tourism, education, and IT are within the pipeline and such development would boost the real estate sector. "Development of six lane roads and the the} international airport at Bhogapuram would also contribute to the development of real estate," he added.
O Naresh Kumar, managing director of symbiosis IT firm, same even though the IT sector had a late begin within the town, it's picked up in recent years because of surplus power provide and other steps taken by the regime. The revenue from the IT sector was Rs 2,000 large integer per year and is expected to go up, he added. President of Credai-VSP, GVVS Narayana same there was no possibility of costs of flats coming down, but are possible to rise. P Koteswara Rao, caller of the Property expo, created a plea for construction of a modern convention centre within thetown.
Pappula Chalapati Rao, MLC, appreciated the contribution of Vizag Credai Chapter to the general development of the town, especially housing. G Chakradhar, president, APREDA (Andhra Pradesh real estate Developers Association) asserted that ending had no negative impact on the housing sector.
He same the plan of Vizag is being revised. this would take at least one to 1 and a five years. Representatives from land sector ought to represent to the government and obtain required changes incorporated within the proposed plan.


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This video introduces the general changes to the system interface and settings. It also explores the new design concept known as Fluent Design, which changes the visual aesthetics and interface controls of some applications and system tools in Windows 10.
- [Instructor] After updating to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you will probably notice a few small interface changes immediately. Some affect how things work, and some are just visual enhancements, and some are just not so obvious at first glance. Now first I want you to notice this new icon in the taskbar. This is for a new feature called My People. And if I click on it, it opens up this panel. This is a tool for quickly finding people you communicate with often through various different tools like email and Skype.
The My People tools also makes it easy to send messages and see notifications when people contact you. Now there is a separate training movie dedicated specifically to this, so we're going to move on for now. But while we're over here in this corner, let's look at notifications. I'm going to start by sending myself an email from another device so we can see the notification that pops up. So this is a standard banner notification that appears when you have a calendar reminder or a Skype message or a new email, something like that.
If I click on this notification banner, it will take me straight to that application. But up in the top right corner there's this arrow pointing to the right. In previous versions of Windows, that was an X, but it still does the same thing. It will dismiss this banner, but it's still going to be visible in the action center. So I can go to the action center by clicking on that icon in the very far right corner of the task bar. And I can see all of the notifications that I have not yet cleared. And of course there are some differences here compared to the previous version of Windows 10.
Notifications are now more clearly divided by the different applications. So it's easier to identify them. I can clearly see my notifications for mail and my notifications for calendar, and those are separate. I can also hit this little arrow button pointing up to sort of collapse these to show less information or open them up to see more. And of course if I had notifications from other applications, I could scroll up and down on this list and see them all. Now having these clearly separated by applications makes it much easier to clear them.
Of course I can clear one individual notification by clicking this X. Or I can point at the application header for a group and clear all of the notifications in a specific application by hitting that X there. Or I can clear all notifications down here. So that's it for notifications. Let's move on to settings. So I'm going to go into the start menu, and I'll click on this gear icon to open up settings. For experienced Windows users who just updated to the Fall Creators Update, this should look a little bit different.
You now have a few new categories. We have phone and Cortana. All of your settings for Cortana can now be accessed here in this category instead of in the Cortana interface itself. And you also have an option to pair a mobile phone with your Microsoft online account, which will then allow you to do things like start working on something on a phone and then continue working with it here on your computer. Both of these are specific topics that will be covered in other movies, so we'll move on.
Just be aware as you go through the different categories here in settings, you may find some other features that have changed or moved. Remember you can always search for something if you're not able to find it manually. So just as an example, if I wanted to pair a Bluetooth mouse and I could not find settings for that, I could just come here to the search field up at the top. Search for a key word like Bluetooth. And then I can see here in the search results, I can find what I'm looking for. Okay, let me go back to the main screen here in settings.
And that's really it for the big changes to the interface. But there is one more thing worth mentioning. It's a conceptual thing called Fluent Design. And this is a name for a set of design elements that Microsoft if rolling out to Windows and applications in Windows. It doesn't change the functionality of these applications, but it makes them much more visually pleasant. One feature of Fluent Design is an improved transparency effect. So first I want to make sure that transparency effects are turned on. So here in settings, I'll got to personalization, to the color section.
Scrolling down a bit here, I want to make sure transparency effects are turned on. So now if I open up an interface element with transparency, something like the start menu or the action center, we can see whatever is behind those interface elements through this sort of frosted glass effect. So we can see that right here. We'll see it even better if I open up an application like the calendar, and then open up one of these panels on top of that. And you can see how the interface shines through with that transparency effect.
Now of course there were transparency effects before the Fall Creators Update, but the new transparency effects can be tailored to each application window and should look even better. Now there are other visual accents in Fluent Design as well, like the light effect. So we can see... Let me clear this a little bit. If I open up the My People tool down here in the taskbar, and I point at different items here on this list, notice how there's a subtle lighting effect around my mouse cursor as I move it around.
Not only does it look nicer, it also helps draw your eye to whatever you're pointing at. Now I'm not going to waster your time showing you all of the visual accents in Fluent Design. Just be aware that these will appear in a few Windows features and applications for now but will continue to be added as other applications are updated over time. It's a design philosophy that will make Windows look and feel much more pleasant. So those are the significant interface changes to the system in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
All of the other changes are specific changes to individual applications and tools.


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