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'Israel Playing with Fire if Hits Aksa'
reprinted from The Jerusalem Post
Associated Press, The Jerusalem Post
Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal lashed out at Israel on Sunday for an assault that allegedly took place Sunday on a road in Jerusalem's Old City called the Magharbeh, or Moroccans' Road.
The assault, he claimed, would make it easier for IDF troops to attack the revered Al-Aksa Mosque and other Islamic sites nearby in the future.
"Israel, who today is playing with fire when it touches Al-Aksa, knows the consequences of this playing with fire," Mashaal said.
He also called on Palestinians in Jerusalem and everywhere to launch a "comprehensive, popular and continuous action to defend the Al-Aksa Mosque and Jerusalem."
Mashaal warned Prime Minister Ehud Orlmert that this action would mimic the riots that erupted after former prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the Al-Aksa compound in 2000.
"Olmert must learn the lesson... the Israeli military and security command must learn the lesson of Sharon who sparked the intifada," Mashaal said.
Jews to be Allowed Entrance to Temple Mount Tomorrow
reprinted from Arutz 7
(IsraelNN.com) Jews will be allowed to visit the Temple Mount on Monday. The Mount will be open to visitors due to public pressure. The Temple Mount was closed to all non-Muslims on Sunday, and scores of Jews who had planned to go up to the Mount were unable to do so.
The Mount was closed on Sunday following Arab incitement. Muslim religious leaders claimed that Israel is attempting to topple the mosques located on the Mount, and called for their followers to come to a mass protest on Sunday morning. Police increased their forces in JerusalemÕs Old City in response, and forbade access to the Mount to Arab males under the age of forty-five. No violence was reported.
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by James Zagel
When a judge turns to crime, one can be sure he will be exceedingly cautious, with an eye, always, to the end game. Two judges play a role in this heist story: the one who conceives and directs the caper, and the author, both Federal District Court judges in Chicago. Judge Paul E. Devine narrates, enchanting the reader with his bench smarts, like the ways a judge has of sizing up attorneys, defendants, and witnesses. Devine is unhappy. His beloved wife has died, and the man who persecuted her thrives as a power within the Federal Reserve Bank. Devine has seen enough unjust justice to want to get a little of his own back, preferably against the man who assailed his wife. Enter a scheme to walk away with millions from the Federal Reserve itself, a plan both ingenious and arduous. The prose is sometimes klunky (too many tacked-on Chicago factoids and too much unconvincing Irish patter), but the story is compelling.
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Welsbach mantle
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Welsbach mantleor
Welsbach burner[for C. A. von WelsbachWelsbach, Carl Auer, Baron von
, 1858–1929, Austrian chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium (1885) and lutetium (c.1908, independently of the French chemist Georges Urbain). He is known also for the invention of the Welsbach mantle.
..... Click the link for more information. ], cylindrical framework of gauze impregnated with oxides of thorium and cerium. When heated in a gas flame, it produces a very bright light because of the incandescence of the oxides. It is now used in outdoor and camp lamps.


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Patch 2 goes live Tuesday April 21
The LOTRO game servers will be brought down on Tuesday April 21 from 6:00AM – 12:00PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for an update to the game.
What about the Lothlorien reputation crafted item recipe crit trophies? Are they being added during the patch also? Or will they come in the next patch?
They are not in patch 2.
Lothlorien gift boxes never worked as intended, even on Bullroarer, if so is it possible to know what is their proper function?
They're serving their 'function' but their loot table is wrong. On bullroarer they were too generous and on live they're a bit stingy. I think the goal is something in between.
We won't be able to run the "crafting" instances repeatedly anymore?


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The (Thursday) letter from Mr. Hal Meeks "Bible orders Christians to care for needy" had only one sentence that was almost right. The Bible does order believers to help the less fortunate. This directive was for Christians and Jews alike, found in both the Old and New Testament. It does not state that individuals must abdicate this responsibility and leave it up to the government.
If Mr. Meeks is asking the government to do what he should be doing, then the meaning of the Holy Book was totally lost on him. The government has its responsibilities, and the individual citizens have their legal, as well as moral responsibilities.
Regardless of ones political or religious leanings, they should not rely on government to fulfill their personal obligations. Give to charities of your own choice. Help those that you see in need. While our government is broke and no real money in the bank, they are not a charity, and I would not classify them as needy.
Seeing how the government spends our tax dollars, I believe that they can not identify the truly needy. ($2 billion to Brazil to drill for oil, that we wish to purchase.) There are a lot of things wrong with our government and our citizenry, but we can not expect the government to solve all of the social ills. Individuals must learn to step up.
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Elena Belova transferred valuable exhibits to the Olympic Museum of the NOC Belarus
Four-time Olympic champion, Soviet and Belarusian fencer Elena Belova joined the exposition of the Olympic Museum of the NOC Belarus on November 21 with unique exhibits. Elena handed over the items presented to her at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games-1968 in Mexico City. At the Games in Mexico, the fencer won two Olympic gold medals and was honored to attend celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary.
The transfer of the exhibits turned out to be warm and solemn. Valuable items from the honored athlete were received by the General Secretary of the NOC Belarus George Katulin. Elena enthusiastically talked about the trip to Mexico City:
"So many wonderful events happened to us in the city where I have not been to for 50 years. Olympic Games-1968 as for me were very happy and successful. I had two attempts to win a medal and used both, having won personal and team superiority. It is a great happiness to be back in this beautiful country after so many years thanks to the invitation from the government. The most important thing is that we had the same people next to us as 50 years ago. The IOC decided to collect sportsmen from all continents, who were especially successful at those Games. Among them were famous athletes Bob Beamon, Dick Fosbery and Kano Cinchona, swimmer Deborah Meyer, diver Klaus Dibiasi and others. Hosts had a great event, and most of all I liked the final day. We arranged a mini Olympics, which repeated the Game fifty years ago. Six thousand volunteers dressed in special uniforms gathered at the stadium. They made Olympic rings, the Olympic torch was lit by the same sportswoman as fifty years ago. Many spectators came there to see this. I was also brought to the fencing hall, where I had won my medals, and immediately remembered all the vicissitudes of those competitions. It's an amazing experience."
Elena handed her a certificate, a sign with the names and autographs of all the participants of the festive events and a special personal chest to the Museum of the NOC of Belarus: "Inside the chest is the symbol of the Olympic games – the dove of peace. It is made of precious stone and hand-embroidered with beads. When this pigeon was given to Bob Bimon, he kissed him – that how pleased he was. On this plate there are autographs of all athletes invited to celebration. Bimon, signing, still puts 1968. For him, time seems to have stopped, because his Olympic record is still not broken."
George Katulin paid tribute to each of the exhibits: "This is an invaluable contribution to the popularization and promotion of the ideas of the Olympic movement. Every week several groups of schoolchildren from all over the country visit the headquarters of the NOC Belarus. I want to assure you that the name of Elena Belova will be known around all our students".


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This mayo-less tuna salad was created out of my love for tuna salad but hate for mayo. It's great with crackers and perfect for sharing. A must-try!
No-Mayo! Tuna Salad 1 can Tuna in Water, drained well 1.5 Tbsp Dijon Mustard 1.5 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce 1 Celery Stalk, chopped up 1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds, chopped (Almonds are good too; too bad I didn't have any) A bunch of Parsley leaves, chopped up Black Pepper
Bring all ingredients together in a bowl, mix it up well, and serve on a platter with gluten-free crackers for noshing with your guests! xoS


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I do always label the Chinese society as more of a stingy kind of people. And like they make the most out of their all-so-mighty one dollar.
You see, when a Chinese visit a grocery store to buy let's say like a bunch of spinach, he/she would like compare to another store 20km away which is like 20cents cheaper. I'm not trying to say that it's not a good thing to be a smart consumer, but like how much can the all-so-little 20cents do to you? At this time of the century, I think that it may be able to get you a quarter of a chup-a-chup(I'm sorry if this lolly sounds unfamiliar to you due to your age) or like 34 drops of petrol into you car.
So ya... It's good to be wise, but do be sensible too. Be a sensible and wise consumer..
*if you feel like walking 20km to get that vege, you'd probably faint on the way there; or some other Chinese lady has already bought it*


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Mark is an independent business consultant with corporate experience spanning 35 years. Most recently he was a Managing Director in the operations business of leading global professional services company Accenture. He joined the Board as Business Representative and Chair Designate in January 2016 and took over as Chair of the LEP Board in June 2016. Mark also chairs the Enterprise Zone Programme Board.
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Adrian is Deputy Chair of the LEP Board and is also Chair of the Skills and Employment Programme Board.
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Watford Community Housing
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Tina also chairs Hertfordshire LEP's Strategic Infrastructure Programme Board.
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John's career originally began as an electronic engineer in the hi-tech manufacturing industry (GEC Plessey and Siemens AG); he then worked for Deloitte & Touche in their Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector before joining BT in 2002. Since then, he has held multiple finance director roles within the company.
Before taking up his current position as CFO for Technology in June 2016, John held a number of CFO roles within BT Group. These included periods as CFO for BT Innovate & Design and CFO for Group finance services, covering all of BT's global finance shared service activities across the globe, as well as leading on the integration of EE into BT Group.
John studied BSc (Hons) in Electronics at University of Durham, becoming a Chartered Engineer with the IET, then going on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant (FCA in ICAEW).
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David Conway is the Managing Director of BBC Studioworks Ltd, one of the BBC's main commercial subsidiaries which works with broadcasters, production companies and content owners to create and manage award-winning content for a wide range of platforms and organisations, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and many independent production companies. He previously held leadership positions at the BBC, Bacardi and PwC.
David joined the LEP Board in March 2018 as a business representative.
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Director, TechSpark Ltd
Nitin Dahad is technology entrepreneur, writer and mentor.
He is Director at TechSpark Ltd, a marketing strategy and advisory firm for established and high growth technology companies, as well as Co-founder of The Next Silicon Valley, an online magazine which explores the impact of technology on global expansion, trade, inward investment, economic development and innovation ecosystems based on the knowledge-based economy.
Nitin joined the LEP Board in March 2018 as an SME Representative.
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Principal, North Hertfordshire College
Kit is CEO of Hart Learning Group and Principal of North Hertfordshire College, an occupationally-focused further education college with campuses in Stevenage, Hitchin and Letchworth.
Kit has a degree in Spanish and a master's degree in Applied Linguistics at King's College London. He is a member of the Public Sector Chief Executive Group and sits on the SEND Executive Board and Hertfordshire Schools Forum. Kit joined the LEP board in April 2019 and also sits on the Skills and Employment Board and Programme Management Committee.
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Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
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Quintin is the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Hertfordshire. Quintin graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1981 and gained a PhD in Veterinary Parasitology in 1984 from the University of Glasgow. He previously worked as Director of the Moredun Research Institute and Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
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Richard Whitehead is Managing Director, Buildings and Places, at AECOM, a multinational engineering firm that provides design, consulting, construction, and management services across 150 countries. Richard is also a Director of Perfect Circle, a joint venture company formed by Pick Everard, Gleeds and AECOM, which looks to make a significant and positive contribution towards shaping the built environment and to exert a positive influence on the issues affecting the public sector.
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Cllr David Williams was elected to Hertfordshire County Council in 2013 and elected Leader of the Council on 21 November 2017. David is the Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Education & Skills and sits on the Enterprise, Education & Skills Cabinet Panel (Chairman), and the Pensions Committee (Vice-Chairman).
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Discovery Education Presents Jo Ella Exley Elementary School Students with Latest Digital Technology for the Classroom
On Tuesday, May 10, Discovery Education presented more than 200 third grade students and teachers at Jo Ella Exley Elementary School with an assembly where they will be awarded a Tech Fit classroom and special screening of Discovery Channel's award-winning series LIFE.
The school won the Tech Fit classroom for participating in a Discovery Education Virtual Field Trip. The Tech Fit classroom consists of Epson and eInstruction classroom products. The assembly also included a trivia challenge, prize giveaways, and movie snacks.
Following the assembly, members of Discovery Education's staff presented educators with a free professional development session to learn all about the new technology.
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As a KDE user migrated from M$ Windows, Gnome, and Gnome-based Desktop Environment, I used to use the Super key (The key which Windows logo drawn on) to launch the applications menu. However, in KDE I couldn't do that! I thought that was impossible, but after seeing some distributions doing that by default like: SphinUX and SolydK, I looked for a way to enable the Super key on KDE!
In this post I'll apply the steps on Debian and Ubuntu, so, if you were using any other distro, then, you're in the wrong place.
Open the konsole, and type the following commands:
1- For Ubuntu, paste this repo in your konsole:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mehanik/ksuperkey
and then press [
enter] and type your password. Then, update the repos with:
sudo apt update
2- For Debian, open NANO text editor (or any editor you like), and type:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Now, you have two choices on Debian, to use Ubuntu repositories; or to clone the repo from GitHub, and we'll deal each of them in details…
3- For adding the Ubuntu repositories:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mehanik/ksuperkey/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mehanik/ksuperkey/ubuntu trusty main
Then, press: [
ctrl] + [
4- Or cloning the repo from GitHub:
sudo apt-get install git gcc make libx11-dev libxtst-dev pkg-config
git clone https://github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey.git
5- Now, we'll create a new folder to paste the ksuperkey contain in, then give it the permissions to run on our distro.
cd ksuperkey
6- To autostart this script, visit: System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add Program… > small Browse button > Select the ksuperkey application.
Well done. Now change the launcher keyboard shortcut to [
Alt] + [
F1]. And I can say CONGRATULATIONS to all of you now 🙂
- https://launchpad.net/~mehanik/+archive/ubuntu/ksuperkey
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/246886/how-do-i-open-the-application-launcher-on-kde-with-just-the-meta-windows-key
- https://blog.hanschen.org/2012/10/17/open-application-launcher-with-super-key/


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Ring up a transaction and select "Pay."
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Select your customer from the here now sidebar
You can see how many points Joe will earn with this purchase, as well as his new balance. Also if Joe has any redeemable perks, you'll see them here as well.
If you'd like to award Joe one of his available perks, just tap the next to the available perk. Free items are linked to your inventory, so rest assured that the proper item should be discounted and accounted for in your reporting.
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Why "Sherlock" Is Good TV
*This post contains spoilers* *All pictures via Tumblr, or occasionally Google images; all credit to original owners (generally the fandom or the BBC)*
If you live in the UK, or have BBC elsewhere, you'll most likely have seen / heard of Sherlock. Based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, it takes the famous detective and puts him into a 21st century environment, and into the body of Benedict Cumberbatch. John Watson is fantastically played by Martin Freeman – I was very pleased to hear, not long ago, that both of them are going to be in the Hobbit. That, my friends, will be a movie to see.
It often seems nowadays that television is going downhill. I'm a massive fan of Doctor Who and anyone who knows me or has been following my blog for more than a fortnight will attest to this. But I will not hesitate to say that the most recent series disappointed me, because it tried to be too clever. The story arcs were contrived and long-winded, and though individual episodes may have been good (The Girl Who Waited, the Doctor's Wife, etc.), I felt the series as a whole was lacking what I'd seen in, say, series two or four.
And most people blame Steven Moffat, the head writer, and mourn the days of Russell T Davies. But Moffat is also in charge of Sherlock and that's fast becoming one of my favourite programmes – even when it had most people in tears yesterday.
So why was that episode so good?
*Second warning – this post contains spoilers for Sherlock – "The Reichenbach Fall", which aired on 15th January 2012*
It had, in the words of my friend, ALL OF THE EMOTION.
Last week's episode had me laughing out loud and then too tense to breathe; this week's had me laughing out loud and then far too close to tears for my liking. It was big and dramatic, but that wasn't what was important. What was important was Sherlock taking John's hand and telling him to run, because we know he didn't want to run alone.
What was important was that his friends meant more to Sherlock than his own life, because he couldn't be sure that whatever he had planned was going to work. What was important was his figure on the roof top and his words – "This phone call is my note. That's what people do, isn't it? Leave a note?"
It hit home with things we've all felt.
Most people have lost someone in the past, so most people know what it is like to beg them just not to be dead, for it all to be some sort of sick joke and for them to come back. And most of us would be too blinded by tears to stay by the grave for long enough to see them come back. Most of us, like Watson, walk away crying. I think also that most of us know what it's like to be kept in the dark, because Sherlock said that he had to do this alone and he walked away from his best friend. Doesn't it hurt when someone does that? Won't let you help, and thinks they can cope alone?
The characters provoke our sympathy.
We've all felt for John through the series as his association with Sherlock not only makes it impossible for him to get a date, but also renders him 'guilty by association' whenever he's in trouble. We feel for Molly, because Sherlock constantly insults her and puts her down, without even realising he's doing it. When he at last registered that she was a good friend to him and that she understood him – and oh, who wasn't affected when she said, "You look sad when you think he's not watching"? – we knew what she would be feeling: glad, perhaps, that he trusted her, but also miserable because he was. Mycroft is just a human like all of us. He's clever, yes. But he made a mistake and he's trying to get somebody else to make up for it so that he feels less guilty.
Look at his face when he sees the newspaper at the end. Look at it, and then say you don't feel something for him.
We keep thinking it's going to be all right.
After they announced on 7th January that there would be a third series – and Steven Moffat confirmed that it had been commissioned at the same time as the second, which hopefully means the wait will be slightly shorter than the one between series one and two – we knew that it had to work out. We watched Holmes and Moriarty on the roof top and we felt like something had to sort itself out. When Sherlock was right on the edge, we tried to predict what he would say when he started laughing, and thought of all the ways it could work out. All the ways he wouldn't fall.
He fell.
And across the UK, Sherlockians on Twitter were yelling at Moffat and Gatiss, who just sat there smugly and saying they felt quite accomplished by what they had achieved. Across Tumblr, the fandom was frantically putting its collective heads together to work out what must have happened, resulting in a fully developed and realistic enough theory just half an hour after the episode finished.
"Stop being dead." That's what John said. "Just please, don't be dead."
Haven't we all felt that in the past?
I think most people did yesterday, when Mrs Hudson and John Watson stood by the grave and stared at the name on it. I think even Sherlock's unexpected appearance didn't help all that much, because they had already felt ALL OF THE EMOTION and cried ALL OF THE TEARS.
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Calder: Hypermobility
By Kevin Yang
"Calder: Hypermobility" at the Whitney Museum of American Art provides a serene space to view Alexander Calder's fascinating sculptures as they were initially intended to be viewed: in motion. While sculpture is known as a static medium, the Whitney has taken advantage of Calder's innovations in modern art by activating his mobiles in daily performances that create an experience both exciting and thought-provoking. Calder's mobiles, invented in the early 1930s, feature forms in dynamic, unpredictable movement set in a space that itself remains serene. These two seemingly opposite concepts are intertwined throughout Calder's body of work and the entire exhibition.
It is my first time seeing Calder's work in person, and my first impression is fixated on how delicate, simplistic, and yet complex his sculptures are. The open space of the exhibition is backed by stark white and blue walls which set up a glaring contrast for Calder's sculptures to pop out. Among the collection of Calder's works my favorite piece is Blizzard (1946). its delicate white color highlights it as the simplest of the collection. Nevertheless, the simplicity does not convey even a slight sense of boredom as Calder pays detailed attention on its shape and form; the circles, which represent snowflakes, hang in different sizes and oscillate in different directions. When the sculpture is activated, it rotates as a whole while each individual circle rotates on its own. Everything is in its purest form in Blizzard, leading me to appreciate the artwork and the organic beauty of nature. The sculpture hangs in front of a deep blue wall and I feel as if I am engulfed in winter, walking through the snow.
Throughout his collection of mobiles, Calder is able to reference multiple points of nature; these elements shine through as inspiration in Sea Scape (1947) and Fish (1944). Sea Scape is similar to Blizzard, insofar as the shapes of natural elements, in this case animals, are abstracted to simple lines and hues. Indeed, this sculpture, along with others in this exhibition, is very calming in reflection of its surroundings, providing myself a chance to appreciate the artwork without disturbance. The latter–Fish–is more complex in terms of color. It is outlined in yellow, red, and blue, with the blend of small colorful fragments in its body, which gleams when the sunlight shines upon it. It is through both of these pieces that I am reminded of the mobiles I was accustomed to as a child, while simultaneously contemplating a piece of modern art.
Calder's work was no doubt shaped by friend and French avant-garde artist Piet Mondrian, whose palette of primary colours and abstracted subjects served as his inspiration. It is rare to see Calder's work activated in this way, which made my experience that much more exciting. Calder's work is a mainstay of modern art and reminds us of the fragility and movement that even still and seemingly stable structures can have.
"Calder: Hypermobility" is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art through Oct 23, 2017.
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NEW DELHI: INX Media corruption case, SC refuses to grant Karti Chidambaram interim protection from arrest, seeks response from ED.The Central Bureau of Investigation told the top court that it will seek extension of Karti's custody before trial court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, interim protection from arrest in alleged graft related to INX Media and sought response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the matter, according to a PTI report.
Karti Chidambaram had sought quashing of the ED's summons against him in the INX Media corruption case.
The Supreme court also sought response from the ED on Karti Chidambaram's fresh plea seeking protection from arrest and listed the matter for March 8.
Earlier in the day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Supreme Court that it will seek extension of Karti Chidambaram's custody before trial court in INX media corruption case.
"We are willing to co-operate in every way and we also did so. I am worried about my arrest," Kapil Sibal told the SC appearing for Karti Chidambaram.
The SC also issued notice to the ED on the PMLA case registered against Karti Chidambaram and posted the matter for further hearing on March 9.
In his fresh writ petition before SC, Karti Chidambaram had challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to issue such notices based on the FIR lodged by the CBI.
The plea was mentioned on Monday by his counsel before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, which agreed to hear it along with related pending matters scheduled for hearing on Tuesday.
The top court had on February 23 refused to stay the summons issued by the ED against Karti — who is presently in CBI custody in the INX Media money laundering case — after the CBI said he was "not a common criminal" and his plea for quashing the notice was "a guise for an anticipatory bail plea".
The bench had listed the matter for hearing on March 6 after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who had appeared for Karti, sought time to file a proper application to challenge the ED proceedings.
The ED had registered a case against him and others in May last year. It registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED's equivalent of a police FIR, against the accused named in a CBI complaint. These included Karti Chidambaram, INX Media and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.
An FIR, filed on May 15 last year, had alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Media for receiving Rs 305 crore in overseas funds in 2007 when P Chidambaram was Union finance minister.
The apex court was hearing pleas, including the CBI's appeal, challenging the Madras High Court order staying a lookout circular (LOC) issued against Karti Chidambaram.
The CBI had on September 1 last year said there were "good, cogent" reasons for issuing the LOC.
The Chidambarams have denied all the charges made against them.


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Efva Lilja is an Artist and Professor of choreography, working with performances, visual art, film and writing. From 1985 to 2005 she was Artistic Director of the E.L.D. Company based in Stockholm, producing work in more then 35 countries around the world. She has been decorated and received a number of prizes and awards for her artwork. Since 2003 she has, parallel to her artistic work, been Professor of Choreography and 2006-2013 the Vice-Chancellor of DOCH, the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. 2014 she was the Expert Advisor on artistic research at the Ministry of Education and Research in Sweden and 2016 she is the Director of Dansehallerne in Copenhagen.
Since the late 1990s she has worked with artistic research and been an active force nationally and internationally, working to improve conditions for artists to undertake research in their artistic practices. She has been engaged in the boards of the ELIA, PEEK and the Norwegian Program for Artistic Research. From 2015 she is the Chairperson of the Committee for Artistic Research in Denmark, a member of the International Board at HZT/UDK in Berlin, to mention a few of her positions of trust. She presents, writes and lectures frequently on the topic of her art, of artistic research and of the role of art in the today society.
Efva Lilja is also an activist in cultural politics, for instance on the EU level in Team Culture 2012, 2013-2014 she was invited by President José Manuel Barroso to be part of the project A New Narrative for Europe - all this parallel to her continues work as an artist and 2016 she was appointed member of ECP, European Cultural Parliament.


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Sen. Mary Landrieu represents a state, Louisiana, that is home to two of the five largest oil refineries in the country. ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge refinery processes more than half a million barrels of oil per day. Landrieu's single largest campaign contributor is Entergy corporation, a large producer and distributor of electricity. The CEO of Entergy once said that the only viable solution to global warming is to burn more coal.
In 2008, Landrieu was added to the League of Conservation Voters "Dirty Dozen" list, an honor reserved for only the most environmentally backward legislator. Her lifetime LCV score of 43 percent is the culmination of a career spent voting for fossil fuel industry tax breaks and against measures to curb global warming-causing pollution. She's on record urging President Obama to stop making the fight against global warming a focus of the Democratic party.


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It's been a rather hectic couple of weeks I must say. I shan't keep you long as you are probably all preparing for Christmas and whatnot.
1. Boys Night-In
This was last Saturday night, but it had been in the pipeline for a good couple of months. It consisted of maybe 14 men in Simon's (a teacher) living room. Manly men. Not unmanly ones. We played poker and Trivial Pursuit while peering through smoke that dribbled out of cigarettes and cigars. Rum was there, and his friend gin. They weren't there for too long though as they had a prior arrangement at various other belly parties.
Our American teacher-friend Ray cooked some of the best chilli con carne I have ever had the pleasure of eating. We had crisps too, and beer. Football was on at the start, but was later replaced - on the same channel mind - by some distressing 1970s pornography.
More Trivial. This time a bird's eye chilli for the losing team. I had a 'great' team-mate for the game. I can report that you cry for about 30minutes, then the tears subside and just a firey, burny heat remains.
The night waddling to its end, many of us getting sleepy or bored of watching the longest poker game ever. Long because the pot had climbed to 100 euros. Real, monetary currency euros. Too rich for my blood. I had enough time before I left to cook one of Simon's steaks and see another teacher (good old sensible Derek) stumble into the kitchen, look at the waterlogged citrus fruits he had brought for cocktails drowning in the sink and blurt out 'my f**king, my f**king, what are those called? LEMONS! He then went to relax outside the flat by the lift. A priceless night.
2. Collecting the N.I.E (Numero de Identidad de Extranjero)
This means I'm on the civil registry. They know I'm here. I'm going to have to stop the bevy of drug and prostitution rackets I've set up. Oh well. We had to meet at 10 at a random metro station in the North of the city. I was translator for the three of us - Euan, Anna, and myself. We had a simple task: go in, hand them papers, get stamps, and leave for work. Three hours of waiting in a hot, angry room waiting for the computer systems to restart later, we got our crappy piece of paper that was, from now on, our 'identity'. As foreigners we don't even get a card! All of that bureaucratic tolerance from us and we get nothing but a print out. But it was a laugh and we missed our first classes, which had to be covered by the other profs.
But couldn't you have just done it the following day?
Well no, stupids, I couldn't. If you miss your cita (appointment), you can't do it again for 6 months. Makes a lot of sense don't you think.
3. Snow
The morning of the N.I.E there was snow!!! Not a lot, but enough to create a small, dirty snowball and piss off a Scottish person.
4. Company dinner
Last night we had the company dinner (and combined secret Santa - I got a nice bottle of olive oil :)) at Mano a Mano. It was a confused but gloriously tasty mix of different foods. Starters: oven cooked goats cheese, sushi, and mussels! The main was one of the best steaks I have ever eaten and the pudding...well I actually don't know what it was...
Strange digestif liquor.
Bit messy this one, but I'm leaving for England on Saturday so I don't have much time to remember things. There are cobwebs already. Tendrils of teaching tactics tenderly tussling with my personal affairs.
I went Christmas shopping. Let's hope the blighters like what I got!
See you in 2010.


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- $10 Burger Combo @ Benbry Burgers (all day)
- Steak/Ribs+Free Drink at Ivanhoe Hotel (all day)
- $12 Parma @ New Brighton (dinner)
- $10 Steak @ Wharf Bar (all day)
- $12 Pasta @ Mare Sole (dinner)
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- $10 Specials @ Manly Pizza & Wine (lunch)
- Steak/Ribs+Free Drink at Ivanhoe Hotel (all day)
- $10 Burger Combo @ Benbry Burgers (all day)
- $7.50 Specials @ Manly Thai Gourmet (lunch)
Food Deals and Specials in Manly on a Thursday
With many backpackers, locals and young people in general taking up residence in Manly, it is no wonder that Thursdays are a busy time all around this beachside town! In Manly, Thursday truly is the start of the weekend, with The Steyne, The Ivanhoe and Manly Wharf Bar starting to fill up from early in the night, and often ending early in the morning. Popular haunts like De Vita will be full up early on, so it is best to make a booking, while the atmosphere of the night certainly isn't lost on those who have work the next day.
Lunches offer the standard Manly Thai Gourmet and Manly Pizza and Wine Specials, while the Manly Bakery on Sydney Rd as always has fantastic quality rolls with egg, ham, roast beef and the famous turkey.
Thursdays are great in Manly for food deals and specials – while the selection may be somewhat limited, there is no shortage on quality! $10 seems to be the order of business, with $10 combo from Benbry for either lunch or dinner, a $10 steak from Wharf Bar which comes with chips and salad, also available both lunch and dinner, or a Parma from New Brighton Hotel.
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Each month we feature a different whole grain on the Whole Grains Council website, including information on its health benefits, cooking tips and recipes, historical/cultural facts, and more. Click here to see the full calendar.
King Corn rules in October, a month that's also been proclaimed as "Poppin' Popcorn Month." Known as "maize" in most of the world, corn is actually the most widely-grown crop in the Americas, where it originated. But is corn a grain or a vegetable? We're often asked that, here at the Whole Grains Council. Fresh corn is usually classified as a vegetable, and dried corn (including popcorn) as a grain.
All About Corn
There is a reason why corn [Zea mays] is the most-produced grain worldwide; it is involved in just about every aspect of our lives. Corn provides about 21 percent of human nutrition across the globe. On top of that, most of the corn grown in the U.S. and Canada is actually fed to animals, so it should be no surprise that corn is America's number one field crop. There are many other non-culinary uses for the grain as well; it is a key ingredient in ethanol, cosmetics, ink, glue, laundry starch, medicines and fabrics, just to name a few. Native Americans, the original corn farmers, even wove the husks into clothing, baskets and toys. Corn is an essential ingredient in our diets and also in our world.
A Native American name for corn was "mahisi," which means "that which sustains us." (In fact, cultivating corn is responsible for turning some Native American tribes from nomadic to settled, agricultural societies). The early settlers transformed the word "mahisi" to "maize." Later on, the name "corn" came from the generic English term used to denote small particles or particular grains (related to the word "kernel").
There are many different types of corn. The best-known version is Sweet Corn, the traditional summertime treat covered in butter and salt and eaten off the cob. Sweet Corn earned its name from its high sugar content and is generally only consumed by humans. Next is Dent Corn (also known as Field Corn), which is usually fed to livestock and used to make industrial products. The third kind is Flint Corn, which is also known as the decorative Indian Corn that comes in a range of colors and is often symbolic of fall and Thanksgiving. Flint Corn is primarily grown in Central and South America. It is a sub variety of Flint Corn that we use to make popcorn [Zea mays everta].
The origin of corn was something of a mystery for many years, because it does not grow wild anywhere on the planet. Recently though, teamwork by botanists, geneticists and archeologists managed to identify a Mexican grass called teosinte as the wild ancestor of maize. Teosinte is skinny with only a dozen kernels wrapped inside a stone-hard casing, so it at first seemed as though it was more similar to rice rather than corn. But Dr. George W. Beadle, winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize, did studies crossing the two plants and determined that just four or five genes controlled the major differences between maize and teosinte. Botanists used DNA typing, which is exactly the same technology used for paternity tests, to determine where maize came from. The tests showed that all maize was genetically most similar to a teosinte type from the tropical Central Balsas River Valley in Mexico, and the botanists were able to estimate the domestication occurred about 9,000 years ago.
By about 600 A.D., a number of North American Indians were extensively growing corn. Christopher Columbus took it back to Spain with him, and by the 17th century, it was a major crop all over Europe. The Portuguese introduced it to East Africa and Asia and from there it was just a matter of time until it arrived in India and China through established trade routes. Corn is now one of the most widely grown vegetables on Earth, especially in the Americas. It took a considerable length of time but over centuries, farmers were able to transform the small, barely edible teosinte into a delicious, easily harvested food product. As time went by, people bred the corn plants to have bigger ears with more kernels and fewer leaves, making them easier to eat. Without this, we wouldn't have the corn we know and love today.
Click here to see photos of different types of corn.
Corn and Health
Each whole grain offers different nutrients, and in the case of corn, its high point is Vitamin A – with more than 10 times that of other grains. Recent research shows that corn is also high in antioxidants and carotenoids that are associated with eye health, such as lutein and zeaxanthin. As a gluten-free grain, corn is a key ingredient in many gluten-free foods.
In many traditional cultures, corn is eaten with beans, as they have complementary amino acids that work together to provide complete proteins. In Central and South America, corn is often nixtamalized for better health – soaked in an alkaline solution (often lime-water) – then drained and made into masa flour, tortillas and other foods. The nixtamalization process makes many of the corn kernel's B vitamins hugely more bioavailable, while also adding calcium. (The only downside: a small amount of bran is lost in the soaking, but the US Department of Agriculture accepts masa tortillas as whole grain in its WIC program.) Hominy, a corn product eaten in the southern United States, is also nixtamalized corn.
Click here to see some recent scientific research on corn.
Sweet corn is the best during late summer and early fall (except in Florida, where it is harvested from fall to spring). It should be eaten as soon as possible after harvesting, because the sugars start converting to starches as soon as the corn is picked. However, if you need to store corn, leave the corn in the husk and refrigerate as soon as possible. If the corn has been husked, place it in a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator. Corn that has been cut off the cob can be frozen for 6 months to a year.
Here are some other tips for cooking with fresh sweet corn:
Remove silk when shucking corn by moving a damp paper towel down against the cob, allowing the silk to stick to the towel. This removes small strands of silk that often adhere to the cob after the husks are removed, and does not damage the kernels.
Don't add salt to the water when cooking sweet corn because it will toughen the corn. Add a little sugar to the water to boost the flavor.
Good, fresh, sweet corn does not need to be cooked for long. Try cooking it for just 3 minutes, and see how delicious it can be. You'll never go back to cooking it longer.
Two to three medium ears of corn are equivalent to approximately 1 pound, depending on ear size. Two medium ears equal approximately 1 to 1 ½ cups of kernels.
Corn is best enjoyed the same day it's picked. Look for farm stands that have picked your corn early that same morning!
Once the all-too-brief sweet corn season is over, you can still enjoy corn in many ways, by cooking with cornmeal, corn flour, and other forms of dried and ground corn, or by purchasing frozen or canned corn. Here are some additional tips for cooking with dried corn products like cornmeal:
Make sure your cornmeal, corn flour, grits, or polenta is labeled "whole corn" or "whole grain corn." If the label says "degermed corn" than the nutritious germ has been removed from the corn, and it's not whole grain.
If you sprinkle cornmeal on both an edgeless cookie sheet and your baking stone, you can easily use a cookie sheet as a pizza peel (thanks to Bob's Red Mill for this creative suggestion!)
Try some of the recipes below, featuring corn:
Fun Facts
Florida, California, Georgia, Washington and New York together accounted for 66 percent of the fresh market sweet corn produced nationally in 2009.
- Corn grows so quickly and thickly that it is especially suited to corn mazes, like the one shown above. Click here to find a corn maze (a maize maze?) near you.
The average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.
There is one piece of silk for each kernel.
A bushel of corn contains about 27,000 kernels.
Each tassel on a corn plant releases as many as 5 million grains of pollen.
Corn is an ingredient in more than 3,000 grocery products.
One bushel of corn can make 33 pounds of sweetener, 32 pounds of starch, or 2 ½ gallons of ethanol fuel.
Americans consume 52 quarts of popcorn for every man, woman, and child.
- According to a 2006 Whole Grain Awareness survey, only 12 percent of Americans at that time realized that popcorn is a whole grain.
Air-popped popcorn is a low-calorie whole grain snack, with just 31 calories per cup.
- Keep the lid on: popcorn kernels can pop to to three feet in the air!
Photo credits this page (from top): assorted corn – USDA (Keith Weller); Guatemalan woman with corn – USDA (Ronald Riley); nixtamalized corn foods – USDA (Keith Weller); corn maze – USDA.


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We're joined in studio by prominent Boston transit advocate Rafael Mares, Vice President and Director of Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice for the Conservation Law Foundation. CLF has been instrumental in improving access and mobility for MBTA users, including holding the state to transit project commitments they've tried to wiggle out of.
We discuss the current state of transit operations and investment, the Control Board and politics, the fate of long-awaited projects such the Green Line Extension, the Big Dig legacy, and much more. This episode was recorded on May 16 in the studios of WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge, engineered by Scott Mullen. Find Rafael Mares online at @RafaelMares2 or CLF.
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'Downton Abbey' movie to shoot this summer
New York – Three years after going off the air, "Downton Abbey" is coming back as a movie.
Focus Features said Friday that it will this summer begin production on a "Downton" film that will reunite the Crawley family on the big screen. Series creator Julian Fellowes wrote the screenplay and will produce.
The long-rumored film adaptation is likely to be released sometime next year. The primary cast members are all set to return.
Over six seasons, "Downton Abbey" became a global hit, airing in at least 150 countries, and setting a record for non-U.S. television shows with 69 Emmy nominations.
Brian Percival, who directed the series' pilot, will direct the film.
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Heysen Trail
The 1,200 kilometre hiking Heysen Trail passes through some of South Australia's most diverse and breathtaking landscapes, traversing coastal areas, native bushland, rugged gorges, pine forests and vineyards, as well as rich farmland and historic towns.
The Trail passes through some of the most scenic parts of the state including national parks, state forests and internationally acclaimed tourist destinations, including the Barossa Valley and the stunning Wilpena Pound.
The southern section, from Cape Jervis to Spalding in the Mid North, is ideal for beginners and those with children, following the Mount Lofty Ranges. The northern section, from Spalding to Parachilna Gorge, is isolated and at time rugged, provides a rewarding challenge for experienced walkers.
The Trail has been designed to cater for both the serious backpacker walking the complete trail, and for the day walker who might choose to do short walks along different sections of the trail.
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Burra's unique Heritage Passport allows the visitor access to eight locked sites, including the Monster Mine area, Redruth Gaol, the underground Unicorn Brewery cellars and the Dugouts. Free entry to Burra's three Museums during their opening hours is now included with the cost of the passport! A comprehensive guide book details 49 historic sites over an 11 km driving trail. Available seven days a week from the Burra Visitor Centre.
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Rotary Club of East Sutherland's Classic Car Tour 2018
At 9 am on 19th May around sixty classic cars of varying ages, their drivers and navigators fuelled by breakfast at the Courthouse, will leave Dornoch Square on the fifth annual Car Tour organised by the Rotary Club of East Sutherland.
They travel across the centre of Sutherland via Bonar Bridge and Lairg to Ledmore Junction. There they will head towards Ullapool turning right through a wonderful series of mountains for mid-morning refreshments at the Highland Piping Cafe in Achiltibuie overlooking the Summer Isles.
The route then takes them north along the twisty Inverpolly road to Lochinver for lunch at Glencanisp Lodge which is part of the community-owned Assynt Foundation. From here there are stunning views of the iconic mountains Suilven and Canisp, the former the setting for 'Evie' a film starring Sheila Hancock which will be released shortly.
The final stretch is back across central Sutherland passing Loch Assynt to Lairg eventually joining the A9 at The Mound to a check-in and sumptuous tea at Dunrobin Castle just north of Golspie.
To round off the day the participants and Rotarians members will be welcomed to a Ceilidh and prize-giving in the West Church Hall in Dornoch.
Each driver will be sponsored. In each of the previous years at least £10,000 has been raised. As in the past, all the monies will go to the RNLI and Rotary charities.
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Ben can give you a good workout in the back of a truck. He knows how to use what's around him and he knows how to get results. He is very smart and creative.
The day I started at PHP I knew there was a profound difference in how Ben approached strength training. Ben has pushed my game to a level I never realized was possible.
As an NHL hockey player I had reached a pinnacle turning point recognizing the need to push myself to another level. Thanks to Ben, many facets in my career have benefitted; agility, extreme strength and power and most importantly nutrition. I have trained with him for 5 years with incredible results and have never felt better on the ice.
Many of our clients have been training at PHP. Each has felt a dramatic improvement in their on ice performance. At all levels of development, up to and including the NHL, our clients have had their career best seasons. If you are serious about being the best player you can possibly be, we recommend training with Ben at PHP.
Ben took my off season to a new level. Not only did I get strong and fast in the off season but also mentally gained confidence of the lifestyle Ben stresses. He cares for his clients more than I have ever seen.
You and your method have been the force I needed to reach my goals. I am in the best shape of my life. I have the strength, speed and stamina that has allowed me to have the best season of my career.
Ben Prentiss is a leader in the field of strength and conditioning. I hired him to implement my professional athletes' accounts for four off-seasons. His determination and abilities drove that sector of my business into the stratosphere. Success breeds success. No wonder he trains an impressive market of the NHL.
Ben's approach to strength and conditioning, as well as proper nutrition, is comprehensive, demanding and quite frankly, intense. My clients made a commitment to Ben and results of that decision equipped each of them with the capacity to accelerate their on ice performance and careers to the next level.
Training with Ben helped me achieve my life long goal of playing in the NHL.
Training with Ben helped me turn my career around. I owe him much of my success.
Ben Prentiss is a trainer that walks the walk. His dietary habits are excellent. He trains hard and expects the same from his clients and it shows. Ben gets results. From his cutting edge training programs to his knowledge of nutritional science, it's an honor to have Ben as a colleague.
I considered myself a hard worker until I met Ben Prentiss. It started with my diet and work habits. Without his help, I would still be searching for a way to tap into my full potential.
Ben has the most integrated system of any trainer in the country. He transformed me into an explosive machine and is allowing me to reach my full potential of scoring 20+ goals every season.


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Medical Diagnostics Technician Schools in Georgia
The information below is designed to help people explore potential careers, and find information about colleges offering related educational programs. If interested,each individual may contact multiple schools.
Also try online schools for medical diagnostics technician, for more choices and flexibility.
Featured Medical Diagnostics Technician Schools in Georgia
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Ultimate Medical Academy is a nonprofit healthcare career school—and students are at the heart of everything we do. That's why we offer exclusive student services through your career training and beyond, beginning from the time you enroll online or at our campus in Clearwater, FL. We'll also guide you toward the right program for your goals, and help you understand the affordability of your career training. So let us know you're interested, and we'll discuss how UMA can help you succeed.
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Our mission is to provide career focused education for the purpose of gaining entry-level employment and advancement opportunities which will empower college students to positively contribute to their communities.
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Purdue University GlobalOnline
Building on Purdue's mission to provide greater access to affordable, world-class education, Purdue University Global delivers a fully personalized online experience that's tailored to working adults.
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Favorite Things: Padgram
I have to admit...I like new shiny things, especially new apps. I enjoy setting them up, playing around with them and seeing how they work.
My newest toy has been the Padgram app. It is one of those apps that I had no idea I needed until I learned about it (from a Lifehacker article, Third Party Apps That are Better Than the Official Counterparts). Although Instagram did not have an iPad-specific app, I just used the iPhone app on the iPad and was pretty content. I will admit that I tended to prefer going through Instagram using my iPhone than on my iPad.
That changed once I tried out Padgram. What I especially enjoy about Padgram is the user interface. It is extremely intuitive and eye-pleasing. You can view photos (your feed, your photos, or a really nice new feature, your likes) in a beautiful grid format or you can click on individual photos and use the newer "swipe" technology to page through the larger photos. I am really glad that more and more apps are adopting the swipe navigation as I am finding that I definitely prefer it and find that it lends itself to a more intuitive and enjoyable user experience.
What really makes Padgram a step up however, is the ability to subscribe to tags and users. Instead of having to remember to search on my favorites, I can subscribe to them and they will be displayed in the side menu along with an "unseen photo" count so you know if there are new photos to view. I adore this feature as there are a couple of instagrammers whom I want to make sure that I don't miss and it is nice to just have the hashtags that I enjoy following accessible at a click.
I found that I quickly adapted to the new layout. A few things took a little bit of using them before I became completely comfortable with them, such as swiping sideways to view the photos instead of scrolling down like on the current Instagram app, having the like button at the top instead of the bottom of the photo and sometimes having to click on a down arrow if the caption is longer than a couple of lines. But after a little bit of use, I have found that these have become second nature.
There are two things that I find are missing in the Padgram app. The first being that you have to click on the heart at the top of the photo to see who has liked your photo (in the Instagram app, these are listed underneath the photo above the comments and are easier to see). The second being that there is no place to see notifications when people comment or like your photo. I realized that I was missing comments and seeing when facebook friends joined, so I still check the Instagram app occasionally to see if I have any notifications. I do hope that they add that functionality but for me, the rest of the app's features more than makes up for these two minor inconveniences.
Padgram is a free app. You can also become a VIP for $2.99/year (they give you the option for $.99/month or $2.99/6months, which makes it pretty clear you should go for the annual subscription.) VIP offers multiple features, the most important ones for me being able to have unlimited subscriptions to tags and users (the free version limits you to 3 for each) and the elimination of ads (there is a banner ad across the bottom and the occasional pop-up ad). Definitely worth it to me.
I have been using Padgram for a couple of weeks now and it has changed how I interact with Instagram. The experience feels much more luxurious, more like curling up with a good book than scrolling through a photo stream. I almost always view Instagram on my iPad now and look forward to doing so. It appears that they now have an iPhone version as well although I don't think that I would subscribe in both places.


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When communications consultant Pernilla Rönnberg had two children, she noticed there was a lack of ecological skin care brands on the market. She wanted to not just create another me-too "eco" brand, but a truly unique product of very high quality with a luxurious feeling that even adults might appreciate. Today, Estelle & Thild, named after her two children, is one of the best-known ecological brands in Scandinavia and the products can be found in over 1,200 stores around the world.
For E and T we have created the original packaging design concept, the brand identity as well as the boutiques communication. The design has been awarded many times as one of the best of its kind within children skin care.


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The CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques on foreign terror suspects – a practice that has provoked international condemnation – was more widespread than the agency has publicly acknowledged, Senate investigators have learned.
Moreover, the CIA's own internal documents confirm the agency's culpability in the hypothermia death of one Afghan captive – an incident that also has never even been publicly discussed, McClatchy was told.
The new details were gathered as part of the Senate Intelligence Committee's $40 million investigation of the agency's now defunct interrogation and detention program. McClatchy's sources, who included one former and one current U.S. official, spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information is classified.
Since the inception of the interrogation program shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the CIA has steadfastly refused to completely describe what happened to the estimated 100 detainees believed to be in its custody.


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Cate Cochran
Cate Cochran is a producer with CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition and lives in downtown Toronto, where she shares a house with her ex-husband, two teenage children and a dog. Born in Toronto, she has lived in Saint John, Montreal, and Ottawa, where she attended Carlton University. Cate was the art director for The Globe and Mail Report on Business magazine before becoming a writer, radio producer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Follow Cate Cochran on Twitter: @cate_cochran


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Jacob Yates - When You Left Me - 7"
Jacob Yates - When You Left Me - 7"
The debut release from Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers. It comprises of the seven minute Doom Wop epic 'When You Left Me' and 'You Started At The Bottom' – a Glaswegian Rock 'n' Roll song teleported from a Fifties dance-hall and hailed as an alternative National Anthem by BBC Scotland's Radio Don, Vic Galloway.
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