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These are 101 ways which can surely brighten up anybody's day.
Call an old friend, just to say hi.
Hold a door open for a stranger.
Invite someone to lunch.
Compliment someone on his or her appearance.
Ask a coworker for their opinion on a project.
Bring cookies to work.
Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.
Leave a waitress or waiter a big tip.
Tell a cashier to have a nice day.
Call your parents.
Let someone know you miss them.
Treat someone to a movie.
Let a person know you really appreciate them.
Visit a retirement center.
Take a child to the zoo.
Fill up your spouse's car with gas.
Surprise someone with a small gift.
Leave a thank-you note for the cleaning staff at work.
Write a letter to a distant relative.
Tell someone you thought about them the other day.
Put a dime in a stranger's parking meter before the time expires.
Bake a cake for a neighbor.
Send someone flowers to where they work.
Invite a friend to tea.
Recommend a good book to someone.
Donate clothing to a charity.
Offer an elderly person a ride to where they need to go.
Bag your own groceries at the checkout counter.
Give blood.
Offer free baby-sitting to a friend who's really busy or just needs a break.
Help your neighbor rake leaves or shovel snow.
Offer your seat to someone when there aren't any left.
Help someone with a heavy load.
Ask to see a store's manager and comment on the great service.
Give your place in line at the grocery store to someone who has only a few items.
Hug someone in your family for no reason.
Wave to a child in the car next to you.
Send a thank-you note to your doctor.
Repeat something nice you heard about someone else.
Leave a joke on someone's answering machine.
Be a mentor or coach to someone.
Forgive a loan.
Fill up the copier machine with paper after you're done using it.
Tell someone you believe in them.
Share your umbrella on a rainy day.
Welcome new neighbors with flowers or a plant.
Offer to watch a friend's home while they're away.
Ask someone if they need you to pick up anything while you're out shopping.
Ask a child to play a board game, and let them win.
Ask an elderly person to tell you about the good old days.
During bad weather, plan an indoor picnic with the family.
Buy someone a goldfish and bowl.
Compliment someone on their cooking and politely ask for a second helping.
Dance with someone who hasn't been asked.
Tell someone you mentioned them in your prayers.
Give children's clothes to another family when your kids outgrow them.
Deliver extra vegetables from your garden to the whole neighborhood.
Call your spouse just to say, I love you.
Call someone's attention to a rainbow or beautiful sunset.
Invite someone to go bowling.
Figure out someone's half-birthday by adding 182 days, and surprise them with a cake.
Ask someone about their children.
Tell someone which quality you like most about them.
Brush the snow off of the car next to yours.
Return your shopping cart to the front of the store.
Encourage someone's dream, no matter how big or small it is.
Pay for a stranger's cup of coffee without them knowing it.
Leave a love letter where your partner will find it.
Ask an older person for their advice.
Offer to take care of someone's pet while they're away.
Tell a child you're proud of them.
Visit a sick person, or send them a care package.
Join a Big Brother or Sister program.
Leave a piece of candy on a coworker's desk.
Bring your child to work with you for the afternoon.
Give someone a recording of their favorite music.
Email a friend some information about a topic they are especially interested in.
Give someone a homemade gift.
Write a poem for someone.
Bake some cookies for your local fire or police department.
Organize a neighborhood cleanup and have a barbecue afterwards.
Help a child build a birdhouse or similar project.
Check in on an old person, just to see if they're okay.
Ask for the recipe after you eat over at someone's house.
Personally welcome a new employee at work and offer to take them out for lunch.
While in a car, ask everyone to buckle up because they are important to you.
Let someone else eat the last slice of cake or pizza.
Stop and buy a drink from a kid's lemonade stand.
Forgive someone when they apologize.
Wave to someone looking for a parking space when you're about to leave a shopping center.
Send a copy of an old photograph to a childhood friend.
Leave a pint of your spouse's favorite flavor of ice cream in the freezer with a bow on it.
Do a household chore that is usually done by someone else in the family.
Be especially happy for someone when they tell you their good news.
Compliment a coworker on their role in a successful project.
Give your spouse a spontaneous back rub at the end of the day.
Serve someone in your family breakfast in bed.
Ask someone if they've lost weight.
Make a donation to a charity in someone's honor.
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Mouthpiece "Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography" cover
Finally after years of on and off work and planning, we've actually got a tentative release date of 1/20/2009 for the Mouthpiece discography. Officially tagged as Revelation Records number 147 and titled "Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography". This is one release that's been a long time coming.
Over the past 9 months, Ed McKirdy and I have been spending countless hours and late, late nights designing and fine tuning the layouts. There was also a considerable amount of time spent trekking off to Gradwell House Studios in South Jersey to re-mix, re-master and clean up the original recordings. The plan was to design a record and cd that drew influences and inspiration from the early Revelation releases, was jam packed with great photos and would ultimately and accurately represent and define what Mouthpiece was all about.
As we draw closer to the release date of the discography, I'll be dedicating a few more entries to Mouthpiece. Hopefully I'll be able to shed a little light on somethings you might not have known or at least will find interesting. Big thanks to Ed McKirdy for all his help and of course Jordan Cooper for pushing this project through. -Tim DCXX
Mouthpiece at The Bank, 1993, NYC, Photo: Glenn Maryansky
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Mouthpiece - "Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography" Rev: 147
10 comments:
- Drug Free Mike C said...
I am so stoked for this. Cover art is dope.
- November 12, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- Ben Edge said...
I look forward to this greatly.
when was the cover photo taken?
- November 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM
- xroldx said...
I can't wait to have this record in my hands, put it on the turntable and watch at all the pictures
- November 12, 2008 at 2:50 AM
Did you pick that release date as the same date Ed will be celebrating Barack's inauguration?
- November 12, 2008 at 6:26 AM
- Pedro Carvalho said...
Will there be limited colour copies available to your loyal readers at Double Cross?
- November 12, 2008 at 7:03 AM
Sooooooooo many good memories of seeing Mouthpiece esp. at Middlesex College.
Tim's energy was always out of control.
A great band!
- November 12, 2008 at 8:55 AM
Can't wait for this thing to come out....the cover looks incredible. Excited to hear the remastered version of the LP.
Good stuff.
Tim Kreep
- November 12, 2008 at 9:16 AM
I hear this thing is chock full of sick photos and writing, and the cleaned up tracks sound 10x better. Such a fitting discography to a classic band. This being on Rev just brings things full circle. Talk about a band that has done it right every step of the way. The textbook example of straight edge hardcore perfection. Mouthpiece 1990-1996...I WILL NEVER FORGET.
- November 12, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- Patrick said...
So Stoked!!! Ive been waiting for this for so long. Now only if you guys would play burning fight in celebration of this release!!
- November 12, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Great cover. I hear a lot of talk about "cleaning up" the sound. I've always thought the CDs sounded great. I hope it's not so cleaned up that it loses something like what Revelation did with the Chain Of Strength CD.
I'm still gonna buy it however!
- November 13, 2008 at 12:21 AM

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When I was approached by Miss Babs to contribute a design to her 2016 Knitting Tour, and given the Netherlands as my country of inspiration, I knew instantly where to look for ideas: the work of the Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher.
I've loved M. C. Escher's work for as long as I can remember; possibly for longer than I was aware of his name, as he is one of those artists whose work is so distinctly unique (so much so that Escheresque exists as an adjective to describe artistic works derivative of his own) that its presence is still felt in popular culture (see, for example, the end scene of the 1986 film Labyrinth, inspired by Escher's Relativity); to the extent that, even if you've never heard of Escher, you would likely recognise one of his prints.
Escher is known for his artistic explorations of mathematical concepts such as impossible objects, infinity, perspective, and hyperbolic geometry, which he executed in finely detailed wood-cuts, lithographs and mezzotints.
I find Escher fascinating as an artist, and as a person, mainly because of his astonishing mathematical intuition (and his humble attitude towards it). He always played down his mathematical abilities, pointing out that he had never excelled in it as a subject at school, and had no love of algebra, yet somehow he frequently gravitated towards exploring mathematical subjects through visual means.(see this lecture from Oxford University for a fascinating look at Escher's intuitive grasp of these subjects).
Escher became obsessed with tessellations (which he referred to as 'regular divisions of the plane') after visiting the Alhambra and sketching the decorations there. When asked in 1951 about the symbolism in his print Day and Night, Escher replied:
"I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolising a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes discovered or remarked upon is valuable for me, because it makes it easier to accept the inexplicable nature of my hobbies, which constantly preoccupy me.
The regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object is one of these hobbies or problems. This is really all there is to say about Day and Night. I have embarked on this geometric problem again and again over the years, trying to throw light on different aspects each time. I cannot imagine what my life would be like if this problem had never occurred to me; one might say that I am head over heels in love with it, and I still don't know why."
It's worth noting that Escher specifies here 'the regular division of the plane into congruent figures evoking an association in the observer with a familiar natural object', i.e. his obsession was not merely regular tessellation but involved finding tessellating shapes ('jigsaw pieces', as he referred to them sometimes) that evoked the shapes of familiar creatures or objects. Most often he played around with the shapes of birds, fish and reptiles, morphing in and out of negative space in increasingly complex ways, sometimes approaching infinity.
The sort of repeating patterns that are used to decorate fabric are, by their very nature, tessellations; indeed, all knitting stitch patterns are tessellations! When I began designing Metamorphose, I knew that I wanted to evoke that gradual morphing of shapes, emerging from negative space and almost becoming recognisable objects. I stopped short of trying to evoke an actual recognisable object, due to the complexity of knitting that this would involve! As always, when designing I'm trying to strike a balance between something that matches the idea in my mind, and is yet still enjoyable to knit without being too complicated. In this case, I sketched a basic morphing tessellation based on a triangle shape; reverse stocking stitch and seed stitch provide an alternating pattern (like the black and whites in Escher's prints).
The cowl/infinity scarf is worked as a seamless tube, with the ends grafted together with a twist, to form a Mobius-like loop. I feel like Escher would have been quite intrigued by the potential of knitted fabric to explore concepts like Mobius loops, tessellation and infinity. The way that the tessellating shapes repeat around the tube is very satisfying (albeit, a little tricky - some beginning-of-round marker shifts are necessary at points where the cables cross from one round to the next).
Delving into the world of Escher for inspiration for this design was great fun, and something I hope to return to in the future. I feel like there are a lot of possibilities for complex tessellating cable knitting, and I'd like to explore them.
Thanks to Miss Babs for inviting me on her Knitting Tour (and for the beautiful Killington yarn that she dyed in a special colourway for this design - fittingly named 'Escher').
Edited to add: if you're interested in learning more about M. C. Escher, this documentary is a great starting point.


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Thursday, September 28, 2006 by: Ben Kage
Tags: red wine, grocery healing, Alzheimer's
"Moderate consumption is the key factor," said Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who, with his colleagues, points out excessive drinking carries its own health risks.
The findings support epidemiological research that has found moderate alcohol consumption is linked to a lower risk of dementia.
The researchers genetically altered mice to have a defect that caused them to build up amyloid plaques in their brains over time. Then, the scientists put either cabernet sauvignon or ethanol -- which is found in alcoholic beverages -- in the water of one of two groups of mice, and gave plain water to a control group. After seven months, the mice went three days without alcohol, and were then put through a series of maze tests to analyze their memory.
The wine-drinking mice escaped from the maze significantly faster than either the mice drinking plain water or ethanol-laced water.
This, combined with separate studies that show moderate wine consumption may protect the heart, leads Pasinetti to suggest that older people can drink moderate amounts of wine as part of a healthy lifestyle if they are in a good state of health without metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, liver problems, alcohol dependency issues, or other alcohol-related problems. He added that wine drinking is "a good lifestyle factor that everybody appears to like."
At least one critic of conventional medicine felt the results of the test proved something beyond just the health benefits of wine.
"I find it fascinating that those involved in conventional medicine -- and even most doctors -- believe very strongly in the health benefits of drinking red wine, and yet they are reluctant to recognize the healing power of nutrition," said Mike Adams, author of "The Seven Laws of Nutrition." "But where do they think the power of red wine comes from? It's from the healing phytonutrients in the grapes. All the benefits of red wine are nutritional benefits derived from natural medicine found in grape skin and grape seeds."
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Cheesy Baked Eggplant.
Cheesy Baked Eggplant With Salami & Prosciutto.
This cheesy baked eggplant is super tasty and easy to make. This flavors are similar to eggplant Parmesan, but the eggplant is baked instead of fried and is jazzed up with salami and prosciutto. Salami makes everything amazing, in my opinion! I've made this a few times recently and really loved it.
Serves 4-5.
- 2 small eggplant, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat shredded mozzarella
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ~10 slices of salami
- ~10 pieces of prosciutto
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce
- black pepper
Arrange the eggplant slices on a non-stick baking sheet. On each slice, put a spoonful of marinara sauce. Put a slice of salami and prosciutto on the eggplant and then top with a small handful of shredded mozzarella and a small spoonful of Parmesan. Season with a sprinkling of black pepper. The meat and cheese are salty, so no extra salt is needed. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes, or until the cheese is browned and bubbly.


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0.5 kg squid
0.2 kg mushroom
0.2 kg bamboo shoot
0.1 kg leek
0.15 kg onion
0.05 kg ginger
0.2 kg carrot
0.05 kg garlic
2 tsp corn starch
Oyster sauce
Ang ciu
Salt to taste
Pepper to tastea
0.5 kg tomato
Sesame oil
Method Cooking:
First chop garlic and onion. Cut squid and vegetables into a small pieces. Blend tomato. Saute garlic, ginger and onion. Put in squid, vegetables and water. Boil until done.
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The day began as John and I experimented with the newly frozen lead near where we had camped. We had camped the night before on our side of a lead that was very open in hope that it would freeze overnight and indeed the temperatures at least as cold as -30°F probably colder. It did freeze. We had at least 3 cm of spongy ice. Sea ice is a much "strechier", more flexible than fresh water ice. Anyway, as we skied across it, it sank slightly as we shuffled our way.
When we got across, we were able to ski north again, which was quite a relief for us. During one of our breaks, we were discussing the wildlife that we had seen the day before, the seals. And we are very thankful that we were given the opportunity to see seals but also thankful that we did not see Polar bears and the one attracts the other.
Well then off to the east we saw a cave. This Arctic Ocean version of a cave is an ice cave, made by slabs of old ice, multiple feet thick, thick piled together. And where they were piled together and there was a hole. It was a very blue hole made by the light shining through the ice. And we saw some tracks by it that and we really couldn't identify and we thought, "What is this?" "Do we want to find out what this is?" We weren't sure if it was a good idea but we were curious. So I got down on my knees to peer inside this cave and John peered down and looked right behind me. Well, what was in this cave surprised us so much. It was probably as surprised as we were by it. It left out of the cave so fast that I ducked, barely, and John fell over.
That's the end of the blog for now. Thank you. Goodnight.
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Location: N85° 40.464' W074 43.564'
Time Traveled: 10 hours
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PRIORITY GREEN Clarington 2013 Symposium
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PRIORITY GREEN Clarington Symposium A Success!
Hearing the messages of leadership, collaboration and opportunity, Municipal Council, Staff, community partners and community leaders are inspired to embark upon the PRIORITY GREEN Clarington initiative after a thought provoking day of learning from experts in sustainable building and neighbourhood design.
On October 31, 2013 the Municipality of Clarington hosted the PRIORITY GREEN Clarington Symposium at the Courtice Community Complex. Kicking off the PRIORITY GREEN Clarington initiative, the symposium brought together project partners and community leaders with the goal of setting a foundation for building liveable neighbourhoods in Clarington.
Knowledgeable, inspiring and thought provoking speakers, including Toronto Star Urban Affairs Columnist, Christopher Hume, and John Godden, Founding Director of the Sustainable Housing Foundation, underlined the opportunity that exists in Clarington to plan for, design and build sustainable neighbourhoods that positively contribute to the community's quality of life.
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Thank you to our guest speakers, moderators, sponsors and participants for making the PRIORITY GREEN Clarington symposium a success! The PRIORITY GREEN Clarington initiative looks forward to 'Leading the Way' in 'Building Liveable Neighbourhoods'.
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Clarington: The GTA's Best Last Chance
Christopher Hume, Urban Affairs Columnist Toronto Star
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PRIORITY GREEN Clarington
Amy Burke, PRIORITY GREEN Clarington Coordinator, Planning Services Department, Municipality of Clarington
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Green Building: Incredible Innovation, Solid Successes and Positive Prognoses
Kelvin Whalen, Vice President of Land Development, Kaitlin Corporation on behalf of the Durham Region Home Builders' Association
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Provincial Perspectives on Prioritizing Sustainability
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Sherin Mathews buried in private, undisclosed funeral after 'threats of grave desecration'
Sherin Mathews was buried in a private ceremony Tuesday, more than a week after her body was found in a culvert, according to her mother Sini Mathews' attorney, Mitchell Nolte.
In a statement released on behalf of Sherin's family, Nolte said the 3-year-old's funeral took place at an undisclosed location "because of personal security concerns and threats of grave desecration."
Despite a community petition asking for permission to perform a public interfaith burial, the ceremony was private, Nolte said, citing the "intense press and social media attention" the case has drawn.
Her funeral was "conducted according to the religious beliefs and the cultural heritage of her family," the statement said.
Collin County: Officials with McKinney ISD have apologized to the teenage girl who was slammed to the ground by a McKinney police officer during a 2015 pool party after a video of the incident was played during a class Friday at the girl's school.
2 Arlington officers wounded after shots fired while they were serving warrant
One Arlington police officer was shot and another injured Tuesday evening, police said.
The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of Kelly Hill Road, near Southwest Green Oaks Boulevard, as the officers attempted to serve a warrant.
One officer who was shot multiple times in the lower extremities was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital. The second injured officer, who either suffered a gunshot wound or shrapnel to the hand, was treated and remained at the scene, police said.
Police Chief Will Johnson said on Twitter that the hospitalized officer is alert and stable.
Lewisville: A man's body was discovered Tuesday in a heavily wooded area in Lewisville, police said.
Oak Cliff: Dallas police are hoping someone will be able to help identify the body of a man found floating under a central Oak Cliff bridge in August. The man has a "distinctive" tattoo on his left shoulder of a skull with a spiral, police said.
Dallas' bid to raise $1 billion — in part to fix crumbling streets — gets a boost with bond ratings bump
A second ratings agency has upgraded Dallas' debt outlook as the city asks voters for the right to borrow more than $1 billion.
S&P Global Ratings changed the outlook on Dallas' outstanding bonds to stable from negative, crediting the state Legislature's overhaul of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System. The credit rating did not budge from "AA-," however.
S&P also lauded Dallas' "very strong management" and economic growth. But S&P added that the city's billions in unfunded pension liabilities — for both the police and fire pension and the civilian retirement fund — still stand in the way of a ratings upgrade. The agency's decision followed Fitch's similar move last month. The third major ratings agency, Moody's, has not yet reviewed Dallas' debt.
The city went to Fitch and S&P as officials prepare to sell $350 million in bonds from previous bond packages. Voters are also deciding on 10 bond propositions that make up a $1.05 billion bond package. More than half of that total will go to fix the city's crumbling streets — something Moody's partially blamed when it downgraded Dallas debt in 2015.
Commentary: Why a Dallas pizza man sued a best-selling author over one of the great baseball novels.
Business: The FBI has raided the offices of a downtown Dallas financial business amid concerns that money may be missing from retirement accounts the company manages.
Photo of the morning
Ryan Olin, a patient at Children's Medical Center Plano, reaches out to window washer Joshua Rodriguez, dressed as Batman, as fellow window washer Alex Barrera, dressed as Spiderman, peers in from the side at left as the superheroes visit patients at the hospital for Halloween.
After greeting the kids from the outside, the superheroes then went inside and handed out Halloween surprises and goodies to the kids and their families (but sadly, no candy. Hospital rules!)
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Elephant Ajabu and lion cub Bahati rolled the pumpkins around and destroyed them, and the zoo's hippos proved just how strong they are as they crushed pumpkins in their jaws.
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Lots of hot New York chefs compete to create the best pork buns and fried risotto balls.
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ERIK GONZALES was born in 1973 in New Mexico and was raised in Arizona, Colorado and Connecticut. In 1990 he moved back to Arizona and attended Arizona State University where he graduated with honors. He studied in Madrid in 1995 obtaining a second degree in Spanish Studies and Literature. After returning from Spain he moved to Phoenix where he currently lives and works. His time is spent working at his Phoenix studio and traveling throughout Europe with his wife.
It is his Spanish heritage that continues to have a profound influence on his work creating a dichotomy of new and old. His paternal family history can be traced back to 1564 to the region of Aragon. These ancestors made their way to New Spain by way of Azetecas in Mexico with the Conquistadors. His maternal family has its roots in Andalusia and came to the United States by way of a land grant from the King of Spain. The analytical side of his work can be traced to his father whose pioneering career as a nuclear pharmacist introduced the artist to the world of science at an early age. The deep textures and bold use of color represents his mother's Andalusian background and continues to influence his use of mystical imagery within his work.
Mixing images and symbols to form allegories of time and myth, Gonzales pushes the limits of his material to create beautiful paintings of organic structures, representing the complexities of civilization and the hidden order of things within nature. He uses a rich and intricate mixed media surfaces composed of dried pigments, clay, and powdered marble. Gonzales has exhibited in several notable public institutions and invitationals such as the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Florence Biennale, the Bronx Museum, the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art and the Riverside Art Museum.


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Believe it or not, I've been at PDI/Dreamworks for one year! It's a tradition at DW to recognize year anniversaries at the company, so today I received the awesome gift you see below.
Needless to say, it's a fantastic place to go to work everyday. I work with so many incredible people who have really made me feel like family. I'm having a blast and feel so blessed to be able to do what I do for a living!
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Here, the students can check out Ignou MPC-001 question paper Dec 2017 – Master Degree Programme in Psychology
- Programme Name: MA Psychology
- Course Code & Name: MPC-001 Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory
The question paper carries total of 50 marks. Students have to write the answers within the specified time limit of 2 hours.
The question paper has three sections A, B and C. All the sections are compulsory. Students have to attempt the questions as instructed in each section.
Section 1: There are total of 4 questions out of which students have to answer any two of their choice. Each question carries 10 marks.The university has also specified the word limit for the answers. In this section, students have to write answers in 450 words for each question.
Section 2: In this section, there are total of 5 questions out of which the students have to answer 4 questions in 250 words each. Each question carries 6 marks.
Section 3: It is the last section of Ignou MPC-001 question paper June 2017. Here, the students have been provided with 3 questions out of which they have to answer any two of their choice in about 100 words each. Each question carries 3 marks.
Related Post: Ignou BEGE 103 question paper
Below, we have provided the December 2017 question paper of MA Psychology (Ignou MPC 001 course) in the form of PDF file:
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If you are looking for previous year solved question papers of MPC-001 Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory course, please send email at [email protected]


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Transportation today accounts for close to 19% of the world's energy consumption. Energy demand for transportation is expected to rise substantially as a growing middle class in emerging economies demands greater access to transportation. But how will such demand be addressed in the years ahead? The MIT Energy Initiative has organized a multi-disciplinary team from across MIT to examine how the complex interactions between advanced drivetrain options, alternative fuels, refueling infrastructure, consumer choice, vehicle automation, public transit options, mobility-as-a-service business models and government policy will shape the future for mobility.
This study is currently underway with the support of industry stakeholders interested in these evolving dynamics. We are considering many drivetrains, conventional and alternatives fuels, new mobility business models, various policy types, and how people will behave in response to these options. To support this analysis, we are modeling the system at various levels of granularity. At the highest level, we have a global model to analyze economics and policy across all regions of the world. At the most detailed level, we have an agent-based model for urban areas to examine how millions of people will decide to travel in response to price signals and other government policies.
This integrated analysis covers the following major subtopics which are described in greater detail by the project's principal investigators.
While petroleum-fueled Otto (spark-ignited) and diesel vehicles currently meet most of the demand for ground transportation, many other fuels (including electricity) and vehicle types have been suggested as alternatives. The fundamental question we are addressing is how to quantify the societal cost/benefit for these proposed alternatives.
The Vehicles & Fuels team is focused on collecting and computing techno-economic engineering parameters that underlie the Consortium's modeling work (Figure 1). These parameters include fuel economy and pollutant emissions from a wide range of possible future fuel and engine combinations, including costs and emissions associated with producing and distributing each fuel. We are also estimating uncertainties on all these parameters, so we will be able to identify which parameters are known "accurately enough," and which parameter values need to be refined.
We are collaborating with other members of the Mobility of the Future team to include these parameters in both a top-down economic model ( MIT's Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model – see model description in the Global Economic and Policy Modeling Section and Figure 2 for the key transport-related elements in the model), and a bottom-up fleet model (Figure 3) which consider the implications of vehicle purchases in more detail. We are working to quantitatively determine the societal cost/benefit of a variety of policy options, e.g. regulations and taxes which push consumers to purchase certain types of vehicles which use certain fuels. While many of our parameter values are derived from the experience of the developed countries in North America and Europe, we are particularly interested in the much larger changes that will happen in China over the next three decades. We are currently enhancing the EPPA model so that it uses higher-fidelity representations for fuels and personal vehicles, and for different regions of China. We are particularly interested in quantifying the techno-economic-environmental merits of electric vehicles relative to improved-efficiency internal combustion engines (including hybrids). Among other options, we are evaluating proposed uses of natural gas in powering future transportation, e.g. burned to provide electricity for electric vehicles, used to make gaseous fuels such as H2 or CNG, or converted into a liquid fuel. We are also collaborating with Professor Heywood's team to quantify the "chicken and egg" problem associated with introducing any new fuel, i.e. how much investment is needed in new fueling infrastructure to make customers comfortable in buying a vehicle that relies on a new fuel?
MIT Energy Initiative; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
For the Mobility of the Future study, the team will enhance the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model to investigate the interactions between different transportation technologies (e.g., ICE, PHEV, BEV), fuel prices, transportation policies, energy policies, and climate policies in an economy-wide setting at a global level (disaggregated by 18 regions).
The analysis will assess implications for GHG emissions, air pollutants, fuel consumption, fleet composition, economic growth, and macroeconomic cost of avoided CO2 emissions. The main target questions for the team are: What are the impacts of energy, transportation, and climate policies on energy demand, on the economy, on the environment including global climate change? How will the vehicle fleet and fuel mix evolve in response to various policy scenarios? What are the macroeconomic costs of different policy options?
The EPPA model is a dynamic multi-sector, multi-region, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the world economy with detailed representation of energy technologies, GHG emissions, air pollutants, and land use change, and transportation. For this study, the EPPA model will be updated for the latest projections of costs of electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, fuel standards, fleet dynamics, regional vehicle demand dynamics, and economic development. Additional information about the EPPA model is available here.
Since its inception, the ITS Lab has conducted numerous studies of transportation systems and developed network modeling and simulation tools. The lab's areas of research include discrete choice and demand modeling techniques, activity-based models, freight transport modeling, and data mining and analytics for behavioral modeling. More recently, we have focused on designing effective "smart mobility" solutions that are real-time and app-based with personalization, optimization and prediction capabilities. Our objective is to develop and enhance intelligent algorithms that make smart mobility truly smart. We use optimization and behavioral models and test alternative solutions using mobile sensing and simulation platforms developed at the ITS Lab. Examples of our smart mobility solutions include Flexible Mobility on Demand (FMOD), Autonomous Mobility on Demand (AMOD), and Sustainable Travel Incentives with Prediction, Optimization and Personalization (TRIPOD). FMOD provides a personalized menu of paratransit options; menu optimization increases user benefits and vehicle fleet utilization and Bayesian algorithms learn about travelers' preferences from repeated choices. AMOD provides taxi service with an optimized fleet size and predictive rebalancing. In TRIPOD, we are developing a real-time simulation-based system with an optimization framework to predict traffic, energy consumption and to apply effective incentive strategies.
The goal of the Urban Mobility project within the Mobility of the Future study is to develop a viable framework for the analysis and prediction of traveler and transportation system responses to future decarbonization policies and technologies at the urban level. This framework incorporates four interconnected research streams: (1) modeling of behavioral preferences with regard to emerging vehicle and fuel technologies and innovative mobility services, such as on-demand, shared and autonomous solutions; (2) development of extended simulation capabilities to predict such behaviors and their impact on the performance of future urban networks using an activity- and agent-based framework developed at the ITS Lab called SimMobility; (3) identification of prevailing urban attributes and typologies that describe mobility, energy and emissions characteristics for cities worldwide; and (4) development of prototype cities in an enhanced simulation environment and the performance of multi-objective robust scenario discovery to predict outcomes of potential policy and technological alternatives on urban mobility and environmental performance.
Ultimately, we are applying the scenario discovery approach in SimMobility to find robust mobility cases through 2050. Strategies to be included in this approach are fleet/mode substitutions, road pricing, emissions regulations, and infrastructure interventions. The key result will be the quantitative measure of performance for an ensemble of future strategy-states in terms of mobility patterns, transportation levels-of-service, emission levels, and energy consumption.
Mechanical Engineering; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Two of the more promising alternatives to internal combustion engine land transportation vehicles are electrified vehicles and fuel cell-powered vehicles. The former brings in electricity as an energy carrier, the latter hydrogen. Such vehicles are now being sold in increasing numbers. The expansion of the electricity recharging infrastructure and the need to build a hydrogen refueling system, respectively, are constraining the growth in sales and use of these two alternatives. The project is investigating both of these types of infrastructure needs.
The project is addressing two basic questions. The first: What are the more effective strategies for building up the electricity recharging infrastructure in ways that would enhance growth in EV sales and use, in the various world regions? The parallel question is: What are the more effective ways to build up a hydrogen-refueling infrastructure that encourages the sale and use of fuel-cell vehicles?
As part of this project, a Systems Dynamics model developed by Professor David Keith (MIT Sloan School), focused on alternative vehicle deployment, will be enhanced and extended by the project team to examine these questions. A highly simplified representation of the current system dynamics model is shown in Figure 1. The extended model will be used to assess the sensitivity of EV sales growth to critical EV recharging infrastructure system parameters and variables. A parallel study will investigate the more promising approaches for building up a hydrogen fuel infrastructure, essentially from scratch.
These studies will provide data on anticipated vehicle sales volumes for a set of policy scenarios, and on the characteristics of these infrastructure evolutions. These results will be used in existing models of the in–use vehicle stock which aggregate the energy and environmental impacts of the many anticipated changes in vehicle design and use that are starting to occur, and are components of our overall Mobility of the Future study. This project will assess and compare the likely success of various government policies and corporate strategies aimed at encouraging EV and fuel cell vehicle adoption in the U.S. and abroad, and the expected impacts.
The dynamics of two evolving trends in the present environment raise important questions about the future of automotive industry. First, how will the evolution of recharging and refueling infrastructures impact the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles, especially electric and hydrogen vehicles? Second, how will the evolution of shared mobility (ride-hailing, carsharing, ridesharing, bikesharing, etc.) impact the conventional mobility paradigm of owned vehicles? The system dynamics modeling project is contributing to the investigation of these questions. To learn more about the first question, read about the Recharging and Refueling Infrastructure project being developed in collaboration with Professor John Heywood.
The rapid rise of the shared mobility paradigm, more evident with the diffusion of ride-hailing services such as Uber, raises one basic question: under what conditions will the shared mobility paradigm disrupt, co-exist with, or fail to disrupt the present paradigm of owned mobility? The answer to this question has implications for end customers, automobile manufacturers, refueling and recharging infrastructure providers, transportation and city planners, and beyond.
Vaishnav's work in industries such as telecommunications has led to a general model of disruption. This model integrates key insights from innovation and strategy literature such as resources, capabilities, make vs. buy decisions, and other questions pertinent to firm behavior. Similarly, it incorporates theories of consumer behavior when choosing between price, quality, innovation, compatibility, under the influence of network externalities and switching costs. By doing so, the model allows for understanding conditions under which technology and industry disruptions do and do not occur. We are working to adapt this model to study shared vs. owned mobility competition. This is the first time the model will be adapted to study competition between forms of services. Figure 1 shows the overview for this System Dynamics model.
These studies will provide insights into the structure of competition between shared and owned mobility paradigms that are important for managerial and regulatory decisions. As consumers react to increased transportation options and begin to alter the size of automotive markets, the model can be used to explore how incumbents decide between exploiting current competencies vs. exploring new, innovative trends.
He leads two research projects as part of the MIT Energy Initiative's Mobility of the Future study: (1) Global Comparison of Mobility Culture, and (2) Mobility Management Instruments in China: Scenario Setting 2050.
The Global Comparison of Mobility Culture project seeks to measure car pride and car dependence in cities across different countries, explore the sociodemographic, policy, and other influences that contribute to the formation of car pride, and model how car pride and car dependence influence travel behavior (such as car usage and ownership). Implementing a pre-tested survey in select cities across the globe, we will collect primary data on respondent's travel behavior and attitudes towards mobility using psychometric tools including the Implicit Association Test.
The Mobility Management Instruments in China project surveys the landscape of municipal transportation policies and constructs future policy scenarios for China. We begin by characterizing current municipal transportation policies along four dimensions: policy instruments, policy objectives, stakeholders, and local contexts. We examine the variations common patterns in the process of transportation policy-making across Chinese cities. We aim to identify trends in urban transportation systems, mobility patterns, and transportation policy-making over time and use this understanding of the dynamics of transportation policy to develop a set of scenarios. These scenarios will explore three key dimensions—(i) technology development, (ii) mobility policy assertiveness, and (iii) urban land use regulations—to illustrate and benchmark a broad range of plausible mobility futures.
As part of MIT Energy Initiative's Mobility of the Future study, Reimer and MIT research scientist Ashley Nunes are exploring a range of factors envisioned to affect the development, deployment, procurement and operation of automated vehicles within the global transportation ecosystem. While technical advances dominate the news, successful transformation of the mobility ecosystem will need to also consider alignment of political, economic, ethical, legal, environmental, social, and human factors (Figure 1). A range of identified factors (Figure 2) will be used to construct a comprehensive ontology specifying their relevant contribution to automated vehicle deployment. The relative importance of factors is expected to vary across the globe (e.g. policy changes are easy to envision in some global markets but difficult in others). To enhance our understanding of this research gap, efforts are focused on:
To address these unknowns, an econometric analysis of vehicle ownership trends may reveal whether millennial purchasing habits are significantly different from previous generations. The National Household Transportation Survey provides information for car ownership in the United States, as well as demographic information for the household. Tracking generational habits through different iterations of the surveys can reveal vehicle-purchasing trends for generations as they age. Looking globally, a similar approach can be invoked to better understand ownership trends in other countries, where different economic and social factors may be driving car ownership. A full understanding of how vehicle ownership may change in the next decades relies on an analysis of how emerging economies are affected by technological and social changes. This combination of analyses can provide better forecasts for anticipated vehicle demand and ownership.
The current consortium members include:


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Amanda and Benjamin were married at the New York Botanical Garden. Amanda chose a wedding dress that was beautiful and classic, but this post clearly isn't about the wedding. It is about the after party and the second dress. As a counter to her conventional gown, Amanda wanted to find a party dress that, in her words, "was fun...really screamed Amanda and would make me feel like a Queen on my special day". With only a month to go, she came across our Keto shortie (thank you internet) and the rest is history. Amanda and Ben are in agreement that her spirit animal is a unicorn and the iridescent fringe of Keto embodies that perfectly 🦄. Excuse us while we party!!!
Shortie: Keto | Photographers: The Hons Photo | Florist: Konstantino's Floral Design | Band: Starlight Orchestra.
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Gregory Wells
Illinois, Robinson, IL
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://4cs-church.org/
Gregory Wells is the Sozo Regional Facilitator of Robinson, IL. I was born in east central Illinois and lived next to an old country church where I still have memories of Sunday school. After serving in the Marine Corps during Vietnam, I returned home to farm with my family. It was during this time that I discovered the baptism of the Holy Spirit and started a life of service to the Lord.
In 1997, after a time being away from God and the church I heard the Lord's calling over my life while standing on my back porch. I was immersed in His presence and received a baptism of love. I experienced his love and grace like never before. My life was wrecked from that point on.
I started attending a spirit filled church and began growing and learning again. I soon began going on mission trips, traveling to Brazil, Cambodia, and Cuba. While there, I would serve in the deliverance tents and received a word from Randy Clark that God was calling me into the "special forces", which registered in my spirit as the deliverance ministry.
In 2001, we began deliverance in my home church under the covering of its leadership. A couple of years later I had the opportunity to observe Sozo at Bethel Church in Redding, California. I knew I had seen something that would change the deliverance ministry for me forever. Nothing can compare to one of the Godhead showing up and telling you exactly what has went on in your life and where the enemy has lied to you. It's these downloads from the spirit that create such joy, satisfaction and fulfillment in me.
These moments are life changers and we love to watch them happen. It never gets old and we can never get enough of His Presence.
We want the world to know the grace He has for them and Sozo has a part in doing that. We are looking forward to working with and teaching others the freedom and joy that can be theirs.


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Recipe for Feeling Bitter
But since moving into a house I greatly dislike, I've found it hard to muster the enthusiasm to talk about those kinds of things.
Reality Hits
I don't get the same joy I once did from those activities, and it feels like at every turn, we are discovering something else wrong with this house. First it was the 50%-done roof that needed to be 100% redone.
Then it was the carpenter ants, the faulty electrical work, the invasive weeds, the mold in the bathroom walls, and the malfunctioning pool that we eventually dismantled.
No Do-Overs
Not every day is a happy day, much to my dismay. I often feel a potent mix of anger, anxiety and that it's a great sad injustice that we only ever get one kick at the can, no do-overs on today.
Sure, I can try again tomorrow and things may be different, but when I desperately want/need a good day, or a fun activity day with the kids turns into whining and lost patience, or when a good mood or exciting plan gets ruined by things far outside my control, I can feel sad and that it's not fair. That the day got taken away from me, and I don't get it back.
And I also feel guilty that I'm not more grateful for what I have. And that I'm feeling sorry for myself when I should instead be vibrant, energetic, resourceful and resilient. And boy, am I ever tired.
FUN FACT: As of this writing, mom-guilt is NOT a term found in the dictionary. Let's hope it doesn't become a "thing" in an official capacity — because it sucks! lol
I put tremendous pressure on the day being good, and creating happy memories for the kids, and thinking that things should be just so. The house should be clean. The kitchen should be full of healthy food. Meals should be made and not bought. Each day should be filled with laughter and happy moments. That sort of thing. These days I'm feeling that each day is filled with screaming tantrums, interminable mess, and junk food. I'm way off my game.
When a plan goes off the rails, I'm not happy about it. I like to think of myself as a go-with-the-flow type of person but, as it turns out, I don't think that's the case!
You want to be bitter? Follow this recipe:
So without further ado, for those who would like to have it, here is the Recipe for Feeling Bitter. Success in achieving bitterness in life is 100% guaranteed if you follow this handy list:
- Always take care of others and put yourself last.
- Ignore your instincts and give into pressure from work, friends, and especially family. (aka Always say yes to others.)
- Do not eat large quantities of green vegetables, and be sure to starve your brain of the essential healthy fats it needs to thrive.
- Eat lots of sugar and fried foods. Blame yourself for having no discipline.
- Avoid exercise, including simple walking.
- Do not make the time to pursue your own interests, do things you actually enjoy doing, or read books.
- Stay up late bingeing on Netflix and give yourself a hard time for not waking up early to get a head start the next day.
- Expect perfection.
- Let your hair grow untamed; and I mean all of it: roots, lady moustache, eyebrows, armpits, crotch and legs.
- Spend all your spare moments cleaning. Do not delegate.
- Do not save money. Compare your situation to other people in a wildly different place in life than you.
- Make sure you do not drink lots of water.
- Do not take vacations.
Conversely, if you are feeling down in the dumps, pick any one of these items and do the opposite.
Thoughts, comments? What do you like to do to kick the blues?
P.S. For those who are down in the dumps and may need some inspiration, I get a good deal of comfort from my Pinterest board called Happy, where I hoard things to make me smile and/or think, from the simple and silly to the more complex and profound. Please come join me there and browse around for a pick-me-up.
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What I am working on at the moment
With collaborators across Canada and beyond, I lead Cities for People, an initiative of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, which aims to foster more inclusive, innovative and resilient cities. We currently have four focus areas for our work: increasing social and economic equality; strengthening the civic commons; enabling city labs; and supporting urban innovation networks.
I'm also thrilled to serve as an advisor to a new Kids & Place Lab which will be launched in the US in late 2016.
Why I wanted to join the Participatory City Global Advisory
I love cities. And I believe that if more people engage constructively together in creating the places where they live, that we can co-produce new narratives about what cities can be and transform paradigms and possibilities for 21st century cities.
I like that Participatory City values not only the granular changes that can come about through community relationships and everyday activities, but also the measurement of impact that is necessary in order to learn whether efforts and investments are making a difference.
A little bit about my background
I've had the opportunity to work some 25 years in participatory city planning, urban revitalization, and economic and real estate development in North America and Europe. The range of my work spans from a Peace Corps tour of duty in Central Europe post-fall of the Berlin wall, to economic development planning in marginalized neighbourhoods of US cities, to my current role with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation in Canada. I am passionate about bridging innovative local action on the ground with policy and systems change. I had the chance to work on that 'agency-structure' bridge in roles at Groundwork UK, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, and the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre. Also, in my doctoral research, I walked that bridge by carrying out deep participatory research with Haitian communities in the post-earthquake period and developing a theory of change to effect scaling and systems change, called 'From Community Stories to Transformational Narratives'.
My first degrees are from my native US state of Pennsylvania: a BS from Eastern University in St. Davids, an MBA in Real Estate Development and Urban Land Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Pittsburgh. I recently completed a PhD in Urban Planning, Policy and Design at McGill University in Montreal, the city which I am grateful to have called home for the past 13 years.


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(JAMESTOWN, NY) — Cyclists of the 2017 Chautauqua Gran Fondo are invited to enjoy a delicious picnic lunch provided by Chef's To Go of Buffalo at the after party on Saturday, August 26, 2017 from 11am – 2pm.
This iconic, gourmet food truck is a WNY icon with a menu for the healthiest appetite. All cyclists will be provided a choice of Chicken Parmesan, Spaghetti, Spaghetti Parmesan, or Stuffed Shells as well as a bottle of water, a slice of fresh bread with butter and a mini cannoli for dessert. Meatballs will also be available if cyclists would like to add them to their meal.
The 2017 Chautauqua Gran Fondo cycling event will start and finish at Webb's Resort in Mayville, NY and will feature a family-friendly after-party including a picnic lunch, draft beer and refreshments in addition to live entertainment.
Family and friends who did not participate in the cycling event are welcome to attend. There is no cost for general admission, however a donation box will be located at the main gate with with proceeds from the event to benefit: Royal Family Kid's Camp, WNY Kidney Foundation and the Chautauqua County Veteran's Endowment Fund.
For sponsorship or volunteer inquiries, please call 716-661-8906 or email@example.com.


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Come and enjoy these talented performers in this sacred space. Concerts are free and open to the public. Donations to restore the Casavant Organ are gratefully accepted.
Please "like" The Casavant organ's new Facebook page at "The Casavant at the Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul"
The Basilica Concerts are sponsored by Burnham Painting (207) 576-3421.


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Fillers and Volumizer Treatments in Surrey, BC
Do you find that your face is thinner and more droopy now that you are just a little older? If you want to restore a youthful fullness to your face, restore plump lips or soften those facial creases and wrinkles then dermal fillers and volumizing fillers may be your answer. Fillers have been called "liquid facelifts" because they offer a lunchtime solution without the downtime of surgery.
Fillers cannot help with sagging skin but can add more volume to the face and provide quick results with a much lower cost than surgery. The filler treatments are not permanent and must be repeated and the time of repeating varies depending on the person as well as the filler used in the treatment. A more permanent filler is Bellafill that has been approved by the FDA and Health Canada to last for at least 5 years.
When a dermal filler like Juvederm is used with Botox the entire procedure is known as a Softlift. A Softlift can provide a soft and natural result without any downtime.
Filler treatments are performed at our Surrey clinic, near Vancouver, by Dr Shah. To see if dermal fillers are the answer for your loss of facial volume call our office at 604 580 2464 and book your appointment today.
Injections of pure fat are a more invasive way of filling in the lost volume on the face as the fat must first be harvested from liposuction.
At BC laser we use a wide variety of Fillers and Volumizers to lift and restore that lost volume as well as to soften creases or restore the plumper lips we had in our younger days or just to plump up thin lips. Dermal Fillers can last anywhere from 6 months up to 5 years depending on the filler or volumizer.
To further look at some of the fillers used and areas treated visit our individual product and treatment pages to see if this filler treatment may be just what you are looking for. Alternatively look below at some of the shorter descriptions of Fillers available today.
Softlift – a non surgical lift using Juvederm and Botox.
Juvederm family of products ( Hyaluronic Acid Fillers)
Bellafill – the long term dermal filler
Belotero –
Hyaluronic Acid fillers
These fillers are made from Hyaluronic acid, a substance that is found naturally in the body. These fillers last 6 to 9 months depending on the injection site and when combined with Botox may last as long as 12 months. At BC laser we use a wide variety of Hyaluronic acid fillers including Juvederm , Restylane and Perlane.
Injectors can use Hyaluronic acid fillers with relative ease and little problems. Any problems with Hyaluronic acid fillers can also be corrected with the use of hyaluronidase, an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid.
Experienced Cosmetic Physicians today though use Advanced Injectable treatments to give better and more long lasting results. The main injectables used today are Bellafill, Selphyl, Radiesse and Sculptra. These Advanced fillers all are considered to be collagen builders rather than hyaluronic acid type fillers. They work by actively rebuilding the collagen in your skin and results can last for upto 2-5 years in some cases. They tend to be fillers/volumizers that are used by experienced injectors as they require more skill in administering the injection compared to hyaluronic acid fillers.
Radiesse filler
This is a Collagen builder that uses Calcium Hydroxyapatite within a gel to inject nasolabial folds as well as for hand rejuvenation. This novel filler stimulates the production of collagen over time and the results last more than 12 months up to 2 years. Radiesse is used to treat the temples, sagging cheeks and nasolabial folds. The carrier gel in this filler lasts no more than 6 months at which time you may see a slight decrease in volume prior to increasing again as the collagen rebuilds.
Sculptra filler
Is also known as Poly –L-Lactic Acid. Sculptra stimulates fibroblasts in the skin to produce collagen, which in turn increases facial volume reversing the signs of aging. The results from Sculptra are not immediate and may take up to 4 weeks prior to noticing a change and will require 2 to 3 treatment sessions approx. 4-6 weeks apart. However the results from Sculptra can last from 2-4 years. Sculptra has had some negative press in the past but a few years ago the formulation was changed and any earlier problems are not encountered with their new formulation.
Selphyl filler
This has also earned the name "Vampire Lift" as it uses your own blood to create an amazing filler. This technology uses platelets found in the blood to create a platelet rich plasma or PRP which is then injected into nasolabial folds, under eye circles and other folds on the face. When injected , Selphyl activates new skin cell growth and over time, leads to a stronger collagen support structure. Selphyl can be used for acne scars as well as lines around the mouth and shallow wrinkles. The biggest advantage Selphyl offers is that it is created from the patients own body and that means that allergic reactions almost never occur. The results are gradual as new collagen is built and can last 2 to 4 years.
Bellafill filler
This is another Collagen stimulator which has been regarded as a permanent filler as it can last 5- 10 years. The components of Bellafill have been used since 1936 but have been used in cosmetic medicine since 1989. More than 150,000 men and women have been treated with Bellafill worldwide. Bellafill is used both for facial volume as well as for acne scars. Bellafill is Health Canada approved. Bellafill is a long term collagen stimulator that lasts for 5 to 10 years.
So in conclusion, gone are the days when your only option for facial volume and reducing sagging was to use hyaluronic acid fillers with or without Botox. The advanced Injectable treatment include a range of collagen stimulators that are long lasting. These advanced techniques are generally offered by more experienced physicians as they require more skilled injection techniques in order to provide great results.
Other options for building collagen in the face are to consider treatments such as Thermage and Ulthera which stimulate collagen production through the use of lasers.
All of these treatments can be used to give brow lifts and increase facial volume without the need for surgery.


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Stadium Nissan Rocks!!
Bruce and Jason were very nice and approachable. Tim did an excellent job of explaining everything when picking up the vehicle. As well, Stephen explains things well and is good at his job!!
Would recommend Stadium NIssan over Royal Oak Nissan!!! Royal Oak cam across very shady and not forthcoming with correct information. Will not be going to Royal Oak for anything even if it is closer.
Definitely stop by Stadium Nissan for better deals and classier overall experience.
By Kit Gray
Stadium Nissan
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text: Drenge Kim Marsh August 5, 2013 Cool switched on guys, recently involved in a very bizarre tale with a politician. It's all in your monthly Fly magazine. Aimed for a suitably oblique low level lighting set-up, almost as though they were caught in a car's headlight. That was the theme anyway, whether we achieved it or not is down to your judgement.


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Updated: 21st June 2012: This restaurant is closed according to Urbanspoon.com
At my place of work, we have a number of contract staff from India. They had been with the company for over a year already. A couple of weeks ago I bumped into them at the coffee machine. We chatted and of course I had to ask them this question "what is the most memorable Indian food you had ever tried in Vancouver?"
I still remember a long time ago when I had dinner with Michelle. Michelle is a another foodie who follows chowtimes but she hardly participated in comments. She knows her food and travels the world in search of good food (I like her lifestyle!). Well, knowing that she is familiar with East Indian cuisine, I asked her the same sort of question … "Is there a very good Indian Cuisine restaurant in Vancouver?" She could rattle off names of a lot of other type of restaurants … and she couldn't come up with one that is Indian.
Yet another friend, also East Indian, said that it is hard to find really authentic home made Indian food too. He was telling me that the perennial Vancouver favourite, the butter chicken, is so westernized that he hardly want to try them in restaurants. He said that many restaurants will cream up the curries with whipped cream.
Yeah … there is so little I know about authentic Indian food although I grew up with Malaysian food which is heavily influenced by South Indian cuisine.
Back to the contract staff at the coffee machine …
Their answer to my question was unanimously "Dakshin". My question launched them into an excited description of why Dakshin is their favourite restaurant. I enjoyed that conversation as obviously these guys are passionate about food as much as I do.
All of them are from South India and two of the more vocal ones are from the city of Hyderabad. They gave me a crash course on Hyderabadi cuisine saying Dakshin is an authentic Hyderabadi restaurant and the restaurant makes the food like they have at home in Hyderabad. The one dish they spoke so much about was the Hyderabadi Biryani.
So for the entire week, each time I bumped into them at the coffee machine, we were mostly talking about Indian cuisine and Dakshin's dishes.
By the time Suanne and I got the chance to go to Dakshin on our Friday date night, I felt I already know what I wanted to order.
Dakshin is a long drive from home. It is in Surrey, a part of the Lower Mainland that I hardly go to. I am very sure that there are a lot of good restaurants but I know so little of the place. Anyway, Dakshin is located on King George Highway at the intersection with 80th Avenue. It's easy to find.
Dakshin is a nice big and spacious restaurant. It is clean; a little dim with soft lights. Sorry, I color corrected the picture above and it turned out to be brighter than it is. LOL!
It was quite empty on that Friday night. Despite the size of the restaurant which can seat … ooh … 60-70 people at least, there were only 3 other parties.
We were initially served by a young Indian girl. She was soooo soft spoken and shy. I asked too many questions and she appeared unsure in her replies. So she got someone else to help us — a guy who seems in charge of the floor that night. He was really helpful and obliging with all the dumb questions I had. He was also very knowledgeable too.
Click on pix above if you can't read the small prints.
Here is a bit more info … the name Dakshin simply means "South". This restaurant specializes on food from Hyderabad and Chattinad. The waiter told us that they spare no effort in making their famous Biryani the way it is uniquely done in Hyderabad — no corners cut. He also told us that their chef is a chef who used to work in the Taj Palace (it's a hotel, not a palace BTW) in Hyderabad. I thought the way he said it like its a big deal adding that the Taj hotels and palaces are the finest hotels in India.
The waiter also told us that Dakshin is one of only two Hyderabadi restaurants in Metro Vancouver. The other one is also owned by them a few blocks away which serves crepes and snacks. Dakshin had been operating for the last 1.5 years already — so, pretty newish.
They don't have a big menu. Just four pages of it. Captivating.
Their prices are OK — not too expensive. The Indian contract staff at my office told me that they had recently lowered their prices because at one point it was very expensive. For instance, the Biryani is $12 now. It used to be $14-$15.
A few days before my visit, I mentioned about Dakshin on vanchow. Someone took a look at their menu and pointed out that they even have Chinese (eg. Chicken Corn Soup) and North Indian food (eg. Butter Chicken) on their menu … that kind of watered down Dakshin's claim to being authentic Hyderabad. So I just HAD to take this "issue" up with our waiter. He laughed and told us that he just had to put in a bit of everything to cater to more people's taste — a fact of life in Vancouver's restaurants.
Other than the Biryani, the other highly recommended dish from my colleagues at work is the Chicken 65. This is one interesting dish.
Chicken 65 is traditionally eaten as an appetizer. But what an appetizer. This is $9 but there are so much chicken in this that you might as well have this as an entree.
The origin of the name Chicken 65 is interesting. There are no such thing as a Chicken 64 or a Chicken 66 and yet in Indian if you ask for Chicken 65, everyone knows what it is. Don't try to ask them why the name because everyone would have their own version on how the name came about.
So I checked this up in Wikipedia. Here are some of the possible origins:
- It is made with 65 ingredients
- It is made with 65 types of chili
- It originally costs 65 rupees
- Each piece should weigh 65 grams (unlikely)
- It was invented in 1965
- It takes 65 days to make the marinade
- The chicken used must be 65 days old
- The most interesting one is this. Some Indian troops from the north were stationed in the southern part of the country. They couldn't speak the local language but they love the item #65 on the menu of this particular restaurant. So they always ordered Chicken 65.
Like I said, there is no Chicken 64 or Chicken 66. However, the waiter told me that there is a Mutton 56. LOL!
Lovely, is how I would simply describe Chicken 65. This is a perfect appetizer with the right flavour that you don't need this with rice or bread. The chicken is boneless and it is batter fried … so it does give a nice crunch and a light crisp but at the same time not at all like fried chicken. It is moist … spicy with a hint of tanginess. That spiciness leaves a nice lingering heat on the lips. We love it and couldn't stop munching on them.
THIS … this is what the folks in the office was raving about.
And I want to say up front that I never had Biryani this good. The name is Hyderabadi Dum Ki Lamb Biryani and it is $11. If you come to this restaurant, this is the only dish you need to order if you just want only one thing. You can have the chicken version but lamb is the way to go.
The million dollar question I had to the waiter was "So what makes this so great?". His eyes brightened up and went on to explain that there is nothing like this on this earth (he he he … don't they always say that?). He explained in such minute details in such quick speed that some of it went swoosh over our head.
Here is what makes it such a big deal: Something like this in my simplistic understanding. The lamb is marinated for 1 day and it is layered in between layers of rice. The rice is cooked with the juice of the meat and it cooked sealed with dough to keep in all the flavour. That process is called "dum" (meaning to steam).
Dakshin claims that they are the only restaurant in Metro Vancouver who cooks it this way, the traditional way. It is difficult to make and to perfect and constant attention is required to make sure it is cooked right.
It is very flavourful as the rice is cooked with the juice of the meat. The lamb is meaty (I thought someone was telling me their lamb is boney) and hardly any bones in them.
The rice has different shades of yellow from saffron. It is fluffy, individual grain … EACH grain has flavour. Try eating it one grain at a time and you will know what I mean — what more a spoonful. LOL!
The Biryani was served on the side with raita, a masala sauce and raw onion. These sauces do give the biryani a different dimension of flavour.
But seriously, the biryani itself is so flavourful that the sauces are not necessary. The raw onion on the other hand goes superbly well with the rice.
Yes sir. This is the Biryani to rule them all.
Here is a new tip. Don't order this $12 size. My colleagues told me that you MUST ask for this in a family platter size because it is a much better deal. It is not on the menu. Just $24-$25 and you can feed easily feed a hockey team … I mean up to six people. I was thinking about this and yeah … it'll probably costs only $5 per person. Even if you can't finish, pack it to go.
Go check this out and report back?
The third dish my colleagues raved about is the $10 Chattinad Chicken. This is named after the region (city?) of Chattinad. It is a popular Tamil delicacy, boneless chicken cooked in traditional Chattinad spices.
Our waiter was describing the taste of Chattinad which has a kind of sea grass which gives it a minty flavour. Suanne and I tried and tried and tried to taste and see what he meant. We couldn't get the minty and seagrass thingy he was mentioning. The taste is a complex blend of flavour that we cant distinguished what's in it. We just know it is very addictive.
We must have the Chattinad Chicken with bread. They have a few types of bread, naan and such. The waiter recommended the Lacha Paratha ($2.25) which is like roti canai.
Like roti canai, it is folded in many layers. They make it fresh, not frozen.
This is not quite as flaky as roti canai. I am thinking about the roti from Kurumba which I like a lot.
Everyone was using their hands. We too. Frankly, it is very nice but we are such noobs to Indian curries that we can't tell one type of curry from another. They are all nice.
Oh … the waiter also told us it took them 6 months to tone down the Chattinad spices as the original Chattinad spices is too spicy for Vancouverites.
Going backwards … we also got some soup for starters. The Nihari Shorba ($5) is a rich lamb broth seasoned with aromatic Hydrabadi spices. I thought it is rare to see soup item in Indian restaurants.
Anyway, the waiter asked if we are sharing the soup and offered to serve the soup in 2 bowls. It is very considerate of him and we thought we got more soup than the original size. Two bowls for $5 is quite a deal.
The waiter told us that it's the spices and pepper that gives the soup it's orangey color. The spices infused into the ground goat meat in the soup. The meat is slightly chewy and that brings out the fragrance of the spices.
This is a heaty soup — good for a cold day.
We wanted to try their beverage. I had the Madras Coffee $2.45 and Suanne had the Chai Tea (about the same price).
It's a small cup, served with milk and quite strong. It is just so-so.
I had enough but Suanne can't resist desserts, especially when the waiter said it is sweet. For me what sold me on getting a dessert is only because he said "yes" when I asked him if it is "Hyderabadi".
He recommended the Double Kameetha — which is just $3. It is a Indian bread pudding served with saffron sauce.
The dessert is very sweet. East Indian desserts are usually super sweet, don't you agree? The double sweetness came from both the bread and sauce.
It is garnished with almond slices. The bread pudding has crispy edges. For those with a sweet tooth, you will like it.
For all the good food we had, I thought the price was more than reasonable. Of course we had to take some home because we over ordered.
Business Hour:
Sun to Thurs: 11:30 am to 10:30 pm
Fri & Sat: 11:30 am to 11:00 pm
Monday close
26 thoughts on "Dakshin Indian Cuisine on King George Highway and 80th, Surrey"
Personally, I like Mayuri ( http://www.ekam.ca/biz/mayuri-indian-cuisine-surrey/ ) better than Dakshin. It's fully vegetarian but better than any non-vegetarian food I've had.
I've also heard Mayuri (http://www.mayuriindiancuisine.ca) is very good.
But then, as you mention, Mayuri is all-vegetarian… which is a plus or minus depending on your mood and lifestyle. 🙂 (I have a major soft spot for Dakshin's lamb biryani and chicken 65. Errr… maybe also their haleem and Hyderabadi eggplant. The first three of these, I think, may be too meaty for Mayuri. 😉 )
Actually, I'm a little bit worried that Dakshin is finding it a lot of work to educate their customers about a new and unfamiliar cuisine. On our last visit, I noticed that they had moved some of their wonderful Andhran and Hyderabadi dishes (e.g. varutha kozhi, tala hua gosht, tawa fish, nihari shorba, kodi kura, egg masala, royya vepudu, nellore fish pulusu) to make room for some more familiar south Indian dishes (idli, dosa, uttapam). Although I'm heartened that they still offer their biryani, fish and chicken 65, soups, haleem, chettinad dishes, and many other forms of goodness.
Personally, I love both cuisines. But I really hope we don't loose something unique here. Dakshin took a risk to bring a whole new cuisine to greater Vancouver. It was refreshing to visit a restaurant that offered something other than the most famous few northern dishes. I'm hoping that they are able to hold on for customers to discover what Hyderabadi food has to offer.
Ben, we had to find an opportunity to try this place, because you made it sound so wonderful.
And the verdict is… I agree with you (and your Hyderabadi co-workers) whole-heartedly: our meal was excellent!
In actuality, my beloved sweetheart went to lunch at Dakshin and kindly brought me leftovers. But I was very indebted to him for doing so, since they are so very far from our home.
I must admit the disclaimer that, in truth, I know nothing about Hyderabadi food. But the dishes we tried were varied and full of individual, rich, and well-integrated flavour.
As a testament to your mouth-watering descriptions, the dishes ordered included the dum ki lamb biryani, chicken 65, and Chettinad chicken. Also the Goa prawn curry and the rasam. I absolutely enjoyed them all, but the biryani particularly stood out to me in its richness and flavour. I have never really enjoyed biryani before, as it can be so uninspiring. But now I finally understand that it can be excellent in the hands of a master. 🙂
The bottom line is that I really enjoyed the food I tried from Dakshin, and I wish them every success in a tough business. I hope that the exposure through Chowtimes things.
Sigh, my mouse ate my good wishes. That last line should read "I hope that the exposure through Chowtimes brings them good things. Or something like that. Sometimes I wish I could directly edit my posts. 😛
Hi Piyush,
I'm not sure how the food compares to a few years ago. When we went there last year we enjoyed what we ordered with the exception to the biryani. The sev and bhel puri where spot on. I also liked the Prawn vindalho, pomfret curry and veg thali. Obviously you cannot compare the food to the likes of Trisna, Masala Craft, or even Anant Ashram in Bombay but for Vancouver it is as close it comes. Out of curiosity what did you order last time you were there?
Hi Ryan,
you wrote about Bombay Bhel serving good Maharashtrian food. I had visited the restaurant a few years back and was very. Disappointed with the food. Has something changed? I do not wish to go back if the food is going to br the same. If there have been changes in the team, I would give it another shot.
Had my first experience when l went for a christianing dinner @ my South Indian friend's place. The wife who never was a keen curry person was so enamoured with the dishes (buffet @ his house)she had 2nd and triple on top of it. Considering this is kinda South Indian, its the best l've ever had sure beats Malaysian South Indian expecially the saucy dishes.
GLAD to see they lowered their prices to a more reasonable price point!!!! Their food is fantastic but when they were first opened, ouch it was expensive. Your bill looked reasonable for the feast you had. Everything looked yummy. I hope people leave them nicer tips now that the prices are good as well. The biryani especially is special here.
I've been wanting to try south Indian food for so long, and never knew where to find it. Thanks, Ben – this place is close to us and now we even know what to order. Can't wait.
Hi Ben,
Dakshin is my go to place for biryani. Its great that people are more and more becoming aware that there is more to Indian food than butter chicken and nan bread. It is similar to Chinese food in Canada over the last few years. I remember when there was only Cantonese food everywhere. With Indian food it was limited to Punjabi or other North Indian stuff. Now we can find good South Indian, Hydrabadi, and even Maharashtran food. On a side note if you would like to try something else that is Indian try Pakwan House in Surrey and order the shami kebabs, nihari, and biryani. For me it's a toss up between Dakshin and Pakwan House. I like the rice at Pakwan House but prefer the meat at Dakshin. They both make actual Dum biryani, which means they cook the raw rice and meat together in a dough sealed dish so the flavor of the meat is absorbed in the rice. Most other places cook the rice and meat separately and assemble it later. Now I'm hungry.
Hi Ben,
I'm still avidly following your blog and enjoying every entry that you and Suanne make. I'm on a diet right now so I'm living vicariously through your photos and food descriptions….I'm loving your food court series. Arvind and I did try Dakshin in the summer(also a recommendation to us). We had the chicken 65 and biryani as well. I thought it was quite tasty too.
I'm holding out for the laksa hotpot you found out about (you mentioned it on your facebook page) to break my diet…:-).
No doubt that all restuarant cater to some extent to the masses. How many times have you wanted to go out with a group of friends most of whom are adventurous but there will be some a little less so and they will say something like "If we are going for Indian, I only like butter chicken". By having these items on the menu they let the more adventurous partake in the Authentic.
This is a great review, I am sure my wife and I will be giving this a try on the weekend.
You didn't mention whether you tried the "breath freshener" potpourri you hold in your hand. How was it? I just remember it as having a gritty texture and tasting like licorice.
I live in Vancouver, but I'll definitely make a trip out that way. Everything sounds and looks great! I'm drooling right now.
Crispy Lechon is right. You write so well by describing the origins and spices and those photos… I can't help but drool over the food. I really enjoy reading your blog even though I am thousands of miles away!
Is it a sign that a restaurant is Westernized if they ask you how hot you want a dish? Did they ask in this case? This place sounds really great!
Ben, I gotta hand it to you. The way you describe the food, so detailed and so yummy that I dont even need to see the pictures to enjoy the dishes. Its so enticing. Now I really want to try Dakshin eventhough I cant really handle spicy foods.


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