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This is Raiza's aftermath photo. She was the one who's hugging Nat (the one with the laptop). Raiza was the one who took the compre exam among 3. I think she got stressed with the questions that have been asked to her because according to one her panelists, all her answers were very limited. Compre exam can cause you mental block. Panels can make you confuse with your answers. Tip: be confident with your answers or else, you'll be trap!
From my instagram: nostalgicmortal
(from left to right: Nat, yours truly, Ate Weng, James)
From my instagram: nostalgicmortal
(from left to right: Nat, Raiza, Ate Weng, James)
These are my favorite people. I never have to hide my true colors with them. They accepted me for who I am and they guided me during the time of astonishing tears caused by pain and disappointment. They were there for me during ups and downs and they never fail to give me good advice to lead me on the right path. I'm so thankful that God sent them to me at the right time. They also never fail to fade my tears and sorrows if ever I reminisce everything that happened to me. I won't trade them for anything. I also realized that God took someone from me because He doesn't want these people to get distance from me because God knows who I really need in my life.
From my instagram: nostalgicmortal
Yours truly and my bestfriend
Finally, this my bestfriend, Doy. I so love this person even if sometimes he annoys me! HAHAHA.... there's one thing I won't ever forget what he said to me.. "You'll never ever get bad in my eyes because that's who you are. Whatever you do, you'll always be the nicest girl to me". awwww.... I was in tears at that time. I realized that there's still someone who accepts me for who I am. Even if when I smoke; get drunk to the point of puking already; dress up like I'll always be photographed; even if I always grumbling because I don't want to walk under the sun nor walk in muddy road; he still loves me for who I am. He's the only person whom I heard telling me that to me personally and despite for who I really am, he stays true to me. If he doesn't like something with me, he tells me straight to my face. That's why I love this gay! I'll treasure him for the rest of my life and I won't stop supporting him in whatever he does. I'll always be there for him through thick and thin.
This is how I started my day. I started it with support and love for the ones I treasure the most. I thank God for such a blessing like them. God never fails! He's witty. He knows who and what to give you. He saved me from the wrong one and sent me the right ones. Everything happens for a reason. I already planned something but God didn't let me pursue it because He wants something better for me. He might not give the love of my life now but I know He'll give me the best people whom I can rely on anytime.
Thank you, Papa J!


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In AGR Halifax Fund, Inc. v. Fiscina, 743 A.2d 1188 (1999), the Delaware Court of Chancery was asked to decide whether a consent given by persons before they became directors could become effective if delivered to the corporation after they became directors. The court said "no". See "Tis Well Consented" Vel Non. Now, the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association is proposing legislation that would overrule that result by adding the following to Section 141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law:
Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given for purposes of this subsection at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.
There are some practical reasons for wanting to allow for "springing consents". For example, when a corporation is acquired, it arguably makes sense for the incoming board to approve certain matters, such as new debt, because they will be the directors who will have to live with the consequences. The proposed amendment raises some questions.
For example, what fiduciary duties, if any, attach when someone provides a consent when he or she is not presently a director? Will that person be "fully protected" pursuant to DGCL Section 141(e) if he or she relies on the corporation's then officers or board committees in giving the consent? How and when will that person's independence and disinterestedness be measured (particularly, if that person is serving as an officer of the acquiring company at the time the consent is given)? What if the person gives the consent without informing herself but before becoming a director becomes fully informed so that the decision not to revoke the consent is an informed decision? Will compliance with fiduciary duties be assessed at the time the consent was in fact "given" or when it deemed given under the statute? Note that the statute provides only that it is "deemed to have been given only for purposes of Section 141(f).
If that person owes fiduciary duties nunc pro tunc, then will that person have the benefit of any exculpation pursuant to the corporation's certificate of incorporation? Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL authorizes exculpation "for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director." Clearly, the person wasn't a director at the time he or she decided to consent and he or she won't be a director until the time for revocation of the consent has passed. A related question is whether the person will be entitled to the benefit of any indemnification provisions in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
Finally, it is unclear whether these new provisions could be eliminated by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws. Current Section 141(f) begins with "Unless otherwise restricted . . .". However, that proviso would appear to be limited to the ability to take action by unanimous written consent.

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Well, it's all a bit vague at the moment, with no links to anything substantial – but if the Inquirer and the Brisbane Courier Mail (talk about bizzare places to get a scoop!) are to be believed, then the Sun Google partnership announced earlier this week is bigger than they initially admitted…
According to the Inquirer:
GOOGLE has confirmed that it will launch free
spreadsheetand word-processingsoftware online and take on Microsoftin one of its biggest markets.
Under the deal,
OpenOfficefrom a toolbar.
The Courier Mail describes it thus:
Search engine Google has declared war on Microsoft, announcing plans to launch free spreadsheet and word-processing software online.
It then goes on to mention the details of the original deal:
Google has joined forces with US-based technology giant
SunMicrosystems to allow web users to access Sun's OpenOffice from any personal computer.
Sun will offer Google's search toolbar with downloads of its free
Javasoftware, which now powers more than 2.5 billion gadgets around the globe, including 700 million PCs.
but there's no links to < quote > yesterday's announcement < /quote > to be found in the article…… suffice to say, I remain sceptical – but hopeful…..
Just imagine, online office – storage integrated with your


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Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe, has chosen Erbil as the destination to launch its first-ever Arjaan hotel brand in the Kurdistan region, Iraq, introducing modern and stylish hotel apartments to the city. Following the company's ongoing success in Iraq, Erbil Arjaan by Rotana will be their third hotel in the country, joining the company's five-star Erbil Rotana and Karbala Rayhaan by Rotana. With construction on the project kicking off in 2014, final preparations are well underway toward the grand opening of Erbil Arjaan by Rotana in Q2 2017.
Malia Group is the major shareholder of the Erbil Arjaan by Rotana, which is among the investments developed by the Group within the Hospitality sector. "On behalf of Malia Group, we are very proud to be part of this project," said Jacques Jean Sarraf, Chairman of Malia Group. "We believe that this is the right time to invest in the region, especially in regards to the durable security situation. We look forward to many more projects in the future," he added. Other investments include the Erbil Rotana Hotel, Magma Square Sulaimani, and Natour Development (Enfeh, Lebanon), amongst others. These exceptional projects are developed by Kurdistan-based construction and project management company, Malia C.T.I, a subsidiary of Malia Group.
"With properties in prime city locations and rapidly developing hubs of economic growth, Rotana recognises the need for innovation and comfort when considering the accommodation needs of the markets in which we operate," said Mohamad Haj Hassan, Rotana's Area vice President. "Adding the novel Erbil Arjaan by Rotana to our successful hospitality portfolio in Iraq, will ensure we are continuing to offer a superior quality product and services to guests in a new way that also aligns with the exceptional value and added benefits they have come to expect from Rotana."
Erbil Arjaan by Rotana is a first class property offering 168 stunningly furnished hotel apartments two outstanding food and beverage venues and 24-hour in-room dining service. This is in addition to seven fully-equipped meeting rooms with the latest audio-visual equipment, 25 fully furnished serviced offices and a state-of-the-art Bodylines Fitness and Wellness Club.
"Erbil Arjaan by Rotana has been developed with both long-term guests and families in mind. Those staying longer than the average visitor will appreciate the particularly spacious accommodation, whilst families relish the promise of an environment which more closely resembles home. The stylish and fully equipped suites are designed with the objective of closing the gap between hotel room and home, making Erbil Arjaan by Rotana a natural choice for guests seeking a smooth transition into a new city" said Ghassan Dalal, General Manager of Erbil Rotana and Erbil Arjaan by Rotana. "By providing customised and personalised service synonymous with the Rotana brand, Erbil Arjaan by Rotana will become the hotel of choice for meeting the professional and personal needs of its travelling customers."
Erbil Arjaan by Rotana is ideally located on 100 Street at the Baharka Bridge intersection of the city. Erbil is in the midst of an economic boom with modern construction and infrastructure development taking place alongside improvements to health care, education, and employment.


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The Real Presence
Father Ron Rolheiser
For example, that's how the Passover Supper is understood within Judaism. The Passover meal recalls the Exodus from Egypt and the miraculous passing through the Red Sea into freedom.
When I was a graduate student in Belgium, I was privileged one day to sit in on a conference given by Cardinal Godfried Danneels of Brussels. He was commenting on the Eucharist and our lack of understanding of it full richness when he highlighted this contrast: If you stood outside of a Roman Catholic church today as people were coming out of the church and asked them: "Was that a good Eucharist?", most everyone would answer on the basis of the homily and the music. If the homily was interesting and the music lively, most people would answer that it had been a good Eucharist. Now, he continued, if you had stood outside a Roman Catholic church sixty or seventy years ago and asked: "Was that a good mass today?" nobody would have even understood the question. They would have answered something to the effect of: "Aren't they all the same!"
Today our understanding of the Eucharist, in Roman Catholic circles and indeed in most Protestant and Anglican circles, is very much concentrated on three things: the liturgy of the Word, the music, and communion. Moreover, in Roman Catholic churches, we speak of the real presence only in reference to the last element, the presence of Christ in the bread and wine.
While none of this is wrong, the liturgy of the word, the music, and communion are important, something is missing in this understanding. It misses the fact that the real presence is not just in the bread and wine, it is also in the liturgy of the Word and in the salvific event that is recalled in the Eucharistic prayer, namely, the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Most churchgoers already recognize that when the scriptures are celebrated in a liturgical service God's presence is made special, more physically tangible, than God's normal presence everywhere or God's presence inside our private prayer. The Word of God, when celebrated in a church is, like Christ's presence in the consecrated bread and wine, also the real presence.
But there's a further element that's less understood: The Eucharist doesn't just make a person present; it also makes an event present. We participate in the Eucharist not just to receive Christ in communion, but also to participate in the major salvific event of his life, his death and resurrection.
What's at issue here?
At the Last Supper, Jesus invited his followers to continue to meet and celebrate the Eucharist "in memory of me". But his use of the word "memory" and our use of that word are very different. For us "memory" is a weaker word. It simply means calling something to mind, remembering an event like the birth of your child, your wedding day, or the game when your favorite sports team finally won the championship. That's a simple remembering, a passing recollection. It can stir deep feelings but it does nothing more. Whereas in the Hebrew concept out of which Jesus was speaking, memory, making ritual remembrance of something, implied much more than simply recalling something. To remember something was not simply to nostalgically recall it. Rather it meant to recall and ritually re-enact it so as to make it present again in a real way.
For example, that's how the Passover Supper is understood within Judaism. The Passover meal recalls the Exodus from Egypt and the miraculous passing through the Red Sea into freedom. The idea is that one generation, led by Moses, did this historically, but that by re-enacting that event ritually, in the Passover Meal, the event is made present again, in a real way, for those at table to experience.
The Eucharist is the same, except that the saving event we re-enact so as to remake it present through ritual is the death and resurrection of Jesus, the new Exodus. Our Christian belief here is exactly the same as that of our Jewish brothers and sisters, namely, that we are not just remembering an event, we are actually making it present to participate in. The Eucharist, parallel to a Jewish Passover meal, remakes present the central saving event in Christian history, namely, Jesus' Passover from death to life in the Paschal mystery. And just as the consecrated bread and wine give us the real presence of Christ, the Eucharist also gives us the real presence of the central saving event in our history, Jesus' passage from death to life.
Thus at a Eucharist, there are, in effect, three real presences: Christ is really present in the Word, namely, the scriptures, the preaching, and the music. Christ is really present in the consecrated bread and wine; they are his body and blood. And Christ is really present in a saving event: Jesus' sacrificial passing from death to life.
And so we go to Eucharist not just to be brought into community by Jesus' word and to receive Jesus in communion, we go there too to enter into the saving event of his death and resurrection. The real presence is in both a person and in an event
Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and award-winning author, is President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted through his website www.ronrolheiser.com. Now on Facebook www.facebook.com/ronrolheiser
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Kano State Government, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Dangote Foundation, on Wednesday signed the Kano Health Basket Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to boost health care interventions in the state.
The Health Basket is a funding mechanism initiated as part of the state government's decision to revitalize its health sector.
The basket is funded by the two foundations and the state government that pool resources to support the implementation of programmes aimed at strengthening child health and other health interventions from 2017 – 2021.
The two foundations were encouraged to enter into the new MoU with Kano state government based on the success recorded in the tripartite agreement between them on strengthening routine immunisation, which was carried out between 2012 and 2016.
Speaking during the ceremony held through a video conference at Africa House, Government House, Kano, the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said his administration "would release N350 million into the basket, as part of efforts to address maternal mortality and child related health challenges in the state".
He said his administration had recently completed two abandoned hospitals and supplied them with modern equipment as part of moves to bring health care services closer to the citizenry.
He thanked Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dangote Foundation as was well as the World Health Organisation, WHO, and other donor agencies for their sustained support.
In his comments, the Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, who spoke from Seattle, Washington, urged the state government to focus on accountability in managing the funds released for the programme, reiterating the need for media review reports, which he said would guide all the parties towards achieving the desired success.
Mr. Gates assured that his foundation was determined to eradicate polio and other related diseases in Nigeria, Africa and the world in general through partnership with governments.
On his part, Aliko Dangote thanked the Gates Foundation for its commitment to polio eradication and commended the efforts of traditional rulers and other relevant bodies in fighting the scourge.
In his contribution, Kano state Commissioner for Health, Kabiru Getso, highlighted that for 2017, the two foundations would contribute 40 per cent each to the programme, while the state government would contribute 20 per cent.
He said the state government would gradually increase its contribution, to enable it take full ownership of the programme in the future.
The video conference also featured presentation of the 2016 end-year report for Routine Immunization system strengthening for Yobe state, with contributions from the state governor, Ibrahim Geidam, and the state Commissioner for Health, Muhammad Kukawa.


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It's been two weeks since we got back from the Gold Coast of Australia – Surfers Paradise. There I was a part of a workshop (InspireMe 2010) along with Ashley Skjaveland and Brianna Graham.
Now that I am home, I get asked how we enjoyed our trip. I have to say that a smile always comes across my face. So many beautiful experiences my family got to have there.
Along with the amazing time shopping and exploring, I also worked…teaching 4 groups of photographers over 2 weeks time on "Photographing the Family Connection". There was awesome kindred spirits there. I fell in love with each group that sat in front of me. Thank you all for your kindness and sharing.
Below are the families, babies, and children who I photographed at the end of each day for the classes to see the techniques that I use and speak of in action.
I was so excited that I had a field to shoot in. And even better, a beach just steps away… ah….to be back there again.
First up: Australian Pro Rugby player for the Gold Coast Titans – Nathan Friend and his gorgeous family.
2nd group: Amazing photographer Lana Bell of Little Posers and her beautiful kids and hubby.
3rd group: Another fabulous photographer Jemma Entriken of White Wish Photography with her darling bunch.
Last day: This family was all about play! The fun and creative team of Matt and Katie photographers filmed this particular shoot. I can't wait to see what they got!


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Despite being smaller than its neighbours, Switzerland is home to some of the world's most majestic lakes, quaint villages, and of course the iconic snow-capped Alps. There is an almost unending bucket list of things to do, places to see, and activities to try in this country. However, no matter what you're travelling here for, make sure you get to experience these five places during your trip.
Lucerne and the Kapellebrucke
Better known as the Chapel Bridge, the Kappellebrucke in Lucerne is one of the most iconic landmarks in all of Switzerland. It gives the city of Lucerne a genuinely medieval flair and is one of the oldest wooden footbridges in Europe. It spans the River Reuss right in the centre of Lucerne and doubles as both an art gallery and history museum. With a display of paintings dating back to the 17th century all along the roof of its interior, your neck will be sore by the time you have crossed the river. But, it's certainly worth it.
Of course, Lucerne itself is also a destination of choice in Switzerland, sitting on Lake Lucerne and flanked by some seriously scenic mountains. While you are there, the opportunity for a cultural immersion in the Old Town or an excursion on Lake Lucerne or to nearby mountains cannot be missed.
A Train Trip Up To The Jungfraujoch
Jungfraujoch is aptly nicknamed the "Top of Europe" as it is the highest train station on the continent. At 3,454 meters (11332ft), this mountain pass connects the Jungfrau and Monch peaks right above the picturesque town of Grindelwald. Another reason to pop in here.
The train trip to the station is the heart of this top-notch Swiss experience. All trains to the Jungfraujoch depart from Kleine Scheidegg, a mountain pass at an elevation of 2,061 meters. Impressive to begin with. From there, the train carves its way through the Eiger mountain, with only a window or two to shine daylight in until you exit on the other side.
And when you reach the top, there are a whole swath of activities you can indulge in at the Jungfraujoch itself. Most involve snow (which is there year-round), but there is also an ice palace carved into the mountain, as well as a clear view of the impressive Aletsch glacier, the longest in Europe at 23km (or 14 miles).
Zermatt and Matterhorn
Zermatt is an idyllic mountain town located at the foot of the Matterhorn, one of the world's most famous and stunningly beautiful mountains. The town sits at an elevation of 1,600 meters and lies in the middle of a huge ski region with 54 mountain railways and 360 km of pistes that also juts into Italy.
Other than location, the popularity of this town for snow sports is due to the meticulously groomed pistes for both beginner and expert skiers and snowboarders. Visitors can also hike and bike on the almost never-ending trails, or if you have the skills, climb the Matterhorn. Less adventurous types also have a choice of luxury hotels, spas, and shops to keep them entertained.
The Glacier Express Train Trip
The Glacier Express train trip covers a distance of 290 kilometres (180 miles) between Zermatt and St. Moritz. While it may actually be the slowest "express" train in Europe, running at just 24 mph, the breathtaking scenery you pass along the way makes the long and lazy trip worth it. The train is also equipped with panoramic sightseeing windows to give you an unobstructed view of all the jaw-dropping mountains you pass. Throughout the journey, the train passes through narrow valleys, tight curves, including 91 tunnels and 291 bridges. This really is a one of a kind train ride!
The whole trip, going in one direction, can last up to 7 ½ hours. So, it will certainly keep you busy for the entire day.
The Swiss National Park
Founded in 1914, the Swiss National Park is Switzerland's only national park and Europe's oldest. This highly protected park covers 172.3 square kilometres of land with 80 kilometres of hiking trails and is home to hundreds of local species of foliage and wildlife. The Swiss National Park is also quite accessible via public transport via the public transport including the local Rätische Bahn (RhB) railway. And, if you want to drive your way down here, that is possible too!
Because this is a national park, keep in mind that there are only two types of activities allowed here: hiking and observing flora and fauna. Camping is not allowed inside the park, but guests who wish to stay the night can choose between the rustic Chamanna Cluozza or the more modern Hotel Parc Naziunal Il Fuorn.
It can be tough to narrow down your itinerary when passing through Switzerland, and I certainly understand that not everyone is lucky enough to spend a month in this glorious country. If you plan carefully, you may just be able to squeeze in these experiences, and maybe even a few more!


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Intelligently designed for extended use and comfort, the BrainBit headband features medical grade biosensors that deliver accurate and reliable insights into the electrical activity of the brain.FCC Declaration CE Certificate
Every living being has a brain that emanates electromagnetic waves. These signals have been known to science since 1849, and when recorded by specialists, the results are called electroencephalograms (EEG). We have designed and produced professional electroencephalographs for over 25 years. Until recently, this was a rather conservative industry, fulfilling a narrow set of needs: diagnosis of brain abnormalities and diseases.
However, the last decade's scientific advances allow us to speak of a neurotechnological revolution, owing to new progress in microelectronics, medicine, brain-mapping, programming and data analysis.
The expert consensus is that over the course of the next decade–with the help of computerized neurointerfaces like BrainBit–humans will be able to guide and shape their emotional state of mind. The global market in neurotechnologies is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2035, making neurointerfaces as widespread as computer keyboards and touch screen phones.
BrainBit offers 4 EEG dry electrodes, 1 reference and 1 common sensor, achieving a higher spatial resolution on brain activity than any available device on the consumer market.
The system amplifies and digitizes analogue EEG signals collected by electrodes and transfers the physiological brain data of individuals via Bluetooth connectivity to a dedicated host computer, mobile device, or cloud backend.
In contrast with analogous devices, BrainBit follows the international 10 – 20 electrode placement protocol, with electrodes mounted inside the headband. Each electrode makes direct contact at the T3 and T4 temporal lobe regions as well as at the O1 and O2 occipital lobe regions. According to current research and international best practices, these specific regions provide the best access to high-fidelity signals for the four main types of brain waves. The BrainBit headband monitors electrical activity that is produced from the cortical regions of the brain and records the activity as raw EEG data. For user readability, this data is presented as wavelengths across four different frequency channels representing unique mental conditions.
The headband is designed for daily prolonged wearing and even use during sleep, featuring a lightweight and ergonomic design.
Highest Quality dry electrode technology and components built into the next generation of smart headwear.
Two patents in United States and Canada pending for EEG headband and dry electrodes.
Proprietary SDK and APIs allowing for creation of 3rd party apps and integration with hardware and software partners.
All neural response data acquired is sent to proprietary BrainBit Cloud for Data Mining and Machine Learning Analysis.
Configurable build of BrainBit EEG headband and technologies allows for strategic rebranding and repurposing of device.
Users monitor neurofeedback across various activities and contexts while proactively regulating healthy mental and behavioral patterns.
EEG technologies create a more immersive experience for users of VR, extending capabilities for mind-controlling interactions within VR and AR environments.
Neurofeedback is used to analyze sleep patterns and explore optimal sleeping conditions.
Neurofeedback triggers are provided in real-time to strengthen individuals' meditation sessions.
Real-time neurofeedback can be used in understanding how the environmental factors such as time of day, road conditions and task at hand affect driving abilities.
Neurofeedback enables professional and amateur gamers to make incremental improvements in high performance training and competitive sessions.
No piece of hardware is optimal without software powering it. The BrainBit SDK contains a number of toolkits for software developers to utilize as they intertact with inbound raw EEG data. The SDK facilitates the process of performing complicated neural response interpretation and analysis into a simpler process in which neurofeedback is presented as simple indicators for interpretation.
The application displays the user brain state across a spectrum of categories including: Stress/Relaxation, Attention/Distraction, Happiness/Sadness, and Sleep/Awake.
The application displays the user brain state on a ranged scale of 0 to 100. This type of indicator provides a scaled approach for quantifying the magnitude of the human brain state.
The application displays a user`s brain state based on color outputs, such as Red, Yellow, and Green. These graphical indicators supplement the qualitative and quantitative indicators demonstrating the magnitude of a brain state.
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Grace to You
Learning to Live Gracefully
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
March 6, 2013
Jed's vision wasn't perfect when it was checked at his 9 year checkup back in October. We made an appointment to get it checked by an ophthalmologist, which finally happened today. It was much worse than his pediatrician's office had suspected...I was shocked to learn he could only see the big E. He was pretty stoic about the whole thing, and was agreeable to picking out glasses. He chose ones that are blue along the edges, which he can see through...he said it's like looking through sea glass. Pretty sweet for a first pair of specks!
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text: On one of my PCs, installing KB3150513 did nothing obvious. I just installed it on a laptop and after installation Windows started downloading a "features update". Fearing that update was the Anniversary Update I killed it by shutting down. Now Windows is telling me that it couldn't install a fix because of a power off (which was true) and gives me the option of "Retry". Well, there is no way I want to retry if that was the AU. (Maybe eventually but not now for the laptop.) How do I tell if that was the AU? and if so, how do I block the installation? Is there any update id that I can hide associated with the AU? If I back out and hide KB3150513 will that accomplish the same thing? How


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The bainbridge collection presents iconic teak garden furniture pieces with some new twists. Each piece features clean, spare execution of the classic Down East design while using the strongest, heftiest cuts of wood available. Crafted from premium plantation grown teak that is fairly harvested. this collection offers new thinking about traditional values of craftsmanship.
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Birdie and a Cocker Spaniel
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Taken at 140 Dowsett Avenue (I recognise the green tile). The inevitable dog. And a wonderful retro television set.
Garden Path at Kealaolu Avenue, Kahala
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Nana and my mother, Shirley, examining the flowers on the garden path at Kealaolu Avenue in Kahala. My guess is this is from the mid 1940's. Nana and Baba sold their Kealaolu Avenue house circa 1947, and felt they had enough money to move into a hotel for the rest of their lives. And that's what they did: they moved into the Niumalu Hotel, on the site of the present Hilton Hawaiian Village. That lasted about a year.
Hawaiian Island Flowers & Foliage - HIFF
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This was Nana's florist business. It was almost eight acres of nursery, plus a retail florist, all located on what is now the freeway interchange in Moanalua. Tourists walked through the gardens in the back, which were gorgeous. HIFF provided the flowers for many of the Elvis movies in Hawaii. I loved the place because it had lots of padlocks that came with lots of keys.
Nana, Baba, and the Silversword
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The only thing I know about this photograph of Nana and Baba is that it was taken at the top of Haleakala on Maui: that's the only place where silversword grows. There are other pictures in the same series featuring people I don't know. All seem to have the same logo on their caps. I tried zooming in on it, but couldn't make out what it was. Circa 1947 or so.
Lake Shasta?
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I don't know why I think this is Lake Shasta. I've never been to Lake Shasta. It's Nana on the right, and could be Mum (Baba's mother, Lily Wyser Wilkinson) in the middle. Don't know who it is on the left, or the year.
Mother, Mum (Lily Wyser Wilkinson), and Shauan
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Photographed at 1080 Makaiwa Street. Mum was my great-grandmother: Lily Wyser Wilkinson. We've been able to trace her family tree: this information is on our other website. My sister, Shauna, was born on Mum's birthday -- April 5. I would guess this is circa 1956.
Mother Looking Pleased
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I think this was taken at Honolulu Airport. Note the luggage and my little travelling blazer: in those days we dressed up to take an airplane somewhere. I was already taking photographs: note the camera. I'd obviously done something to make my mother happy, since she has such a Happy Face. Not!
Nana, Baba, and Me
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The thing I like best about this photograph, taken circa 1956, are our bare feet. I zoomed in on them with Photoshop, and they're pretty well worn. No wearing of house slippers for us --- bare feet!
Honolulu Airport
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I can only guess at the date of this photograph -- late 1950's or early 1960's. The old Honolulu Airport terminal is behind the PanAm airplane. I love the PanAm attendants doing things at the gate itself. No air bridges. My father with Nana: not sure who's going where.
Shauna and the Shoji Lamp
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Photographed at the front door of 1080 Makaiwa Street, circa 1956.
Shoe Shine Boy
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Baba (my maternal grandfather) loved to build make-believe forts for me, using rope and blankets. Here I am with a fort, but I seem to be preoccupied with the shining of shoes. I think the radio (is that what it is?) in the background is amazing.
Mother (on right) Showing Tahitian Shell Necklace to A Lady
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I have no idea who the other lady is, or why mother was showing her a shell necklace. Date unknown -- probably early 1960's.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Long lasting comb
I love my hair and that is why I have many shampoo and conditioner to care. Too bad today the warehouse sales I went does not have shampoo, if there is I am going to buy and use. I must admit that I am shampoo gal and you can click link to see the shampoo.
I know most freebie product that comes with comb do not last long. I have one comb which is from Darlie tooth paste. The comb is quite nice and lasted me for 1 year.
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Things are changing, and they're not happy!
We're not a morning family. Our ride to school is generally quiet. We don't talk. Bart commandeers the radio as we make our 30 minute journey to the beat of drum and bass. There's no arguing or fighting. It really is quite peaceful apart from the thud of the radio.
We pass two lollipop people on the way. One elderly man and one elderly woman. The lollipop man always waves as we pass and the kids wave enthusiastically back. For some reason we call him Bob. He's wiry and small and his bike is always propped up against the lamppost. A further 10 minutes into the ride is the other lollipop person. The lollipop lady never waves back. She never smiles. She too, rests her bike against the lamppost. We call her Miserable Madge. The kids think that she maybe blind as she never sees them waving. I've tried to tell them that it would be impossible to have a blind lollipop lady, but they're not having any of it.
We've been doing the same journey for the past eight years, in the same car and not once has she returned our morning waves. Finn tells me to drive really slowly past her so that she can see that we're all waving. I've done this on many occasions but she either turns the other way when we pass, or her arm is hurting from all that waving she must do.
This morning as we got to the point where Bob usually stands corralling children across the busy road, the kids were disappointed to see that Bob was not there. In Bob's place was a much younger man. The new lolliop man waved back just as Bob would, but the kids were upset.
"Where's Bob?" asked Mimi
"Probably on holiday"
"It's not the same," said Finn "can you find out where he's gone, so we can drive past him?"
Further along the road we came upon Miserable Madge. The kids all raised their hands to execute the enthusiastic wave knowing that she wouldn't see them. And do you know what? For the first time ever, she actually waved back and....with the biggest smile I ever seen!
Bart looked at me. "Mum" he said "Things are changing...and I'm not sure I like it!"


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Chhattisgarh: Forces destroy Maoist camp, kill four rebels in Bastar
Maoists are present in at least 16 out of the 27 districts in Chhattisgarh, but are most active in Bastar.india Updated: Nov 22, 2015 11:57 IST
Four women Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces at Nagalgunda hills in south Chhattisgarh on Sunday. A camp of the outlawed left-wing extremists was also demolished.
A joint team of the special task force (STF) and specially trained district reserve guards (DRG) in Dantewada launched a search operation acting on a tip-off late on Saturday night, said Dantewada district police chief Kamal Lochan Kashyap.
"During the early hours of Sunday, the forces traced a Maoist camp and swiftly swung into action by opening fire. In an encounter that continued for about half-an-hour, four women Maoists were killed. The remaining fled to a nearby jungle", said the Dantewada SP.
Read: Spare a child from each family for rebellion: Maoists to villagers
There were 40 personnel who embarked upon the operation. There is no report of any injury sustained by the forces.
The bodies of the four women in uniforms were recovered from the encounter site, along with their weapons. "Security personnel engaged in operation are returning with a huge cache of items of daily use and literature, among other things seized from the camp. The police had definite inputs from their informers about ration being provided to the Maoist camp from nearby villages, where the Red brigade had also scheduled their meetings," Kashyap said.
This is the third major encounter this month that has resulted in casualties of Maoists guerrillas in the strife-torn Bastar zone. On November 13, Bijapur police gunned down four rebels and on last Friday, two were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Sukma.
Read: Jharkhand: Child rescued from Maoists appointed as constable
Police believe Maoist casualties to be much higher as rebels manage to get away with the bodies of their slain comrades, killed during gun-battle.
Maoists are present in at least 16 out of the 27 districts in Chhattisgarh, but are most active in south Chhattisgarh's Bastar. Dantewada is among the seven districts of Bastar, worst affected by Maoist violence.
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Essay: Why the Public Realm Must be Queered
It's hard to talk about queer space without first discussing the closet, the most powerful contemporary queer space, even though it is a psychological one. The closet not only represents the first queer space queer individuals typically experience, but it is a spatial method intentionally used by society to isolate queer identity. The closet is encapsulated in many long-standing state policies, including the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" dictate.
In a literal sense, the closet is not a place meant for people but for items that dress up and sanitize, including clothes and hats, towel linens, and cleaning supplies. The closet is a functional space, but its door is kept shut so that it remains in the dark and out of sight. Metaphors suggest the closet is where murderous secrets are kept ("skeletons in the closet"). Most queer people are in and out of this closet space throughout their lives. Even queer people who don't mask their identities might feel they travel the earth in a portable closet, making choices throughout the day about whether to open the door to people who can't or won't see that it's there.
The metaphorical closet space has an imprint on the physical spaces designed and regulated by planners. Planning practice has always interacted with issues of sexuality, whether by promoting the heterosexual family through the design and provision of housing or targeting heterosexual singles through the support of formal entertainment zones. While these interventions do not explicitly single out the heterosexual couple or single as being the intended beneficiary (as opposed to a lesbian, for example), they are supported by implicit assumptions about the (hetero)sexual orientation and household make-up of all those who planners serve. As a result, the identities of sexual minorities are rendered invisible and are silenced – closeted – in the planning practices and policies that regulate urban spaces.
Planning fundamentals are challenged by the complexities of the closet and queer experiences, in particular the division of space into public and private uses. The dichotomy of public and private space is often inconsistent with the everyday lives of queers. Private space has historically been stripped of its promise of safety for many queer people. Queer men have not legally had the right to intimacy in private spaces until recently. For queer youth, rejection by one's own family may be a greater fear than rejection by society at large. The hallowed privacy with which we associate the home space may provide less safety and privacy around self-expression than public space. Consequently, queer people have carved private space out of public space. (Examples include Pier 40 in Manhattan, used as a gathering and support space by queer youth of color; or P Street Beach in Washington DC, used by queer men for hook-ups.)
But this use of public space is also not straightforward. Queers orchestrate a delicate balancing act between connection and protection – or visibility and invisibility – in public spaces created for gathering, safety, community, and intimacy. Thus, queer public spaces have often remained informal or temporary rather than institutional spaces, like LGBT Centers: "…creating fixity also requires making public what was private" (Frisch). Planning frameworks that do not encompass queer realities act as conceptual and regulatory barriers for planners, designers, and academics who must re-imagine how urban space can meet the needs of the queer public.
And yet another great challenge to meeting these needs is a popular narrative that runs against the economic, community, and identity struggles of queer people. This narrative tells the story of gays and lesbians (not transgenders or queers) who organized white, gay enclaves in San Francisco's Castro and New York's Lower East Side, created a base of power that lead to the Stonewall Riots and the modern gay rights movement, saw their wealth greatly increase as gay enclaves evolved into "hip" gentrified spaces, and are now "citizens" highly sought after by cities for their potential to revitalize neighborhoods and maintain homes without burdening the tax base.
Like planning practices before it, this narrative re-closets queers by refusing to see the economic and community development issues of many queer people, including public safety and police harassment, access to jobs, and homelessness. Rather, this narrative is comforting in a capitalist construct, because it reduces queer identity to consumerism and the exciting potential of gay spending power: the narrative around these gay urban spaces "exclude 'undesirable' forms of sexual expression, including their expression in space by reducing the 'gay public sphere' to consumption spaces and gentrified neighborhoods only" (Bell and Binnie).
In my own masters' research on queers in everyday space, my findings suggest an incredibly heightened awareness of how queer self-expression conflicts with the urban public realm. In a more heteronormative city, findings revealed a vast urban geography of where and to what extent queer people edit themselves in response to an unwelcoming or hostile public realm. In a less heteronormative city, this same awareness existed even though queers feel they can be "out on the street." Yet even here, queers suggested that being out on the street is a product of public attitudes and diversity rather than a re-imagined public realm inclusive of queer identities. As a consequence, every interviewee complained of a "watering down" of the queer public, of a lack of spaces where queers could feel fully comfortable or spaces available for more vulnerable queer and questioning youth. One interviewee summed it up: "I don't think there is one public space designed specifically for queer gathering."
To planners and designers who are interested in an urban practice that plans for multiple publics, new ways of envisioning urban spaces are necessary. For spatial meanings in the public realm are resistant to change: "Spaces affirm the established social roles by encouraging those who act and those who look on to respond to socially sanctioned cues and to ignore incompatible empirical ones" (Edelman). In other words, without a way to construct spaces that reflect the unique needs of queer communities, the closet space stands firmly, if inconspicuously, as a clarifying principle in designing our cities.
My writing for Plurale Tantum hopes to engender and facilitate dialogue and ideas around these acts of creation. The purpose is three-fold: to describe and explore a variety of contemporary queer experiences and spaces in cities; to inspire the creation of new space designs and planning frameworks via these explorations; and to direct study and action in this realm to community and economic development and away from solely a rights discourse.


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by Ryan Fine
Warning: This review contains spoilers for this episode and previous episodes of Rick and Morty.
Once upon a time, there was "Rixty Minutes". This first-season bottle episode explored Interdimensional Cable for the first time, a device that allowed the Smith family to watch television shows from alternate universes. This episode gave birth to beloved characters like Ants-In-My-Eyes Johnson, Gazorpazorpfield, and the Hamsters That Live in Butts.
After another full episode of this in the next season and a number of cameos throughout the show, "Morty's Mind Blowers" threatens yet another episode in this vein. The opening scene shows Rick and Morty running from a mysterious being who is coming after its stolen Truth Tortoise. Morty looks directly into the tortoise's eyes just as Rick tells him not to do that, and it begins to spill the world's secrets into Morty's mind.
When Morty wishes that the Truth Tortoise could simply be erased from his mind, Rick takes this as a cue and escorts him to an area under the garage, where Rick has been keeping all the memories that were too much for Morty to handle. "I call them 'Morty's Mind Blowers,'" Rick proclaims, "and we'll be doing this instead of Interdimensional Cable." After the relative seriousness and intensity of the previous episode, this changeup results in a detour from the story that is not only fun, but necessary.
Though some of these short scenes from Morty's past are definitely more entertaining than others, all of them add something to the story that the others don't. It starts off dark, with Rick showing Morty a time when he drove a man to suicide by accidentally framing him as a pedophile. Though it doesn't actually get much more lighthearted than that, all of it is done in a typical Rick and Morty black comedy style.
After a couple of Mind Blowers that show Morty's family leaving him for dead, and one where Rick slaughters a beloved animal friend for no reason, Morty pieces together that his memories are color-coded in Rick's anthology. From here on out, the episode reaches a new level of ridiculousness that sets it apart from the filler episodes of previous seasons. Morty injects himself with several of Rick's mistakes in order to confirm the truth about his motivations, which leads to an all-out battle where the working memories of both Rick and Morty are entirely erased.
The boys try to piece their entire lives together by watching a couple more of Morty's archived memories, but they don't get very far. (However, this segment does contain the best Mind Blower of the episode, in which Morty turns the entire local community of squirrels against him.) The ensuing chaos brings back plenty of painful memories for Morty, and a beautiful one-second-long cameo from a beloved gone-but-not-forgotten character from season 2.
Summer walks in on Rick and Morty forming a suicide pact in the garage and knocks them out, saving their lives without showing so much as a single emotion. In her boredom, she continues on to restore their memories and put on the Interdimensional Cable version of House Hunters, because how else could this story end?
Obviously, "Morty's Mind Blowers" does absolutely nothing to propel the story of this season, and after it was just starting to pick up the pace last week, that might be disappointing for some people. But this sort of sketch comedy show is now essentially set in stone as a once-per-season tradition, and it's a pretty effective way to break up the tension.
And besides, it's nice that this show's writers know when they need to switch things up a bit. If they were going to keep doing filler episodes (and there's no reason they shouldn't have), another episode full of Interdimensional Cable sketches may have gotten a bit tiring. None of the Mind Blowers leave quite as much of an impact as the "How It's Made" video about Plumbuses, but this episode has the added advantage of creating new moments in the Rick and Morty canon, and in that respect, it's not harming anyone.
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"Morty's Mind Blowers" is the filler episode that every season of 'Rick and Morty' needs, and as far as those episodes go, this experiment turned out pretty well. Those who were fans of Interdimensional Cable might not think this episode quite lives up, and true, it may not go down as an all-time classic. However, it does serve its purpose well, and it brings back the humor to 'Rick and Morty' at the exact point in the season where it was needed the most.
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I'm not talking about the twice-a-year markdown sale your store has when you place all the season's leftover items on a table and smack a "Reduced" sign on the front. That's not the type of strategic promotion I'm referring to. No, what I'm referring to is a specially orchestrated promotion that can have a significant impact on product demand and sales. By planning several of these exciting events each year, you're giving customers a reason to return to the store on a regular basis. If you haven't planned one for March here are a few events you could potentially focus your promotion around:
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November 2014
The transformation of the Richie Regan Recreation Center continues to progress and the current phase, which includes the complete renovation of our varsity locker room space, is really starting to take shape. The framework for each of our new varsity locker rooms has already been completed and the installation of the individual lockers is now underway.
For the first time in Seton Hall history, each varsity athletic program will have its own sport specific locker room space and the project is expected to be completed by the end of this calendar year. While the lockers are being installed, construction continues on finishing ceiling and HVAC work, painting, and floor tile. Once the space is complete, it will be adorned with Seton Hall branded graphics and artwork.
Progress continues to be made on the second phase of the project, construction of a sport performance center, featuring a new varsity weight room and team meeting room. With a planned completion date of early 2015, the new varsity weight room will more than double the space available in the current area. The team meeting room will accommodate up to 40 people with amphitheater style seating and projection and surround sound audio/visual equipment. Work is underway for creating the tiered platforms that will serve as the foundation for the layout.
These exciting projects, which continue to provide state-of-the-art training and academic spaces for every one of Seton Hall's varsity student-athletes, could not be possible without the contributions of our loyal Pirate Blue supporters. Naming opportunities are available within the campaign including the opportunity to name a locker within in our new locker facility. To make a donation or for more information, contact the Pirate Blue office at (973) 275-6447 or email@example.com.
With the start of our men's basketball season right around the corner, season-tickets are currently being delivered to our Pirate faithful. As is tradition, a handful of men's basketball players joined the Pirate to personally deliver season-ticket packages to select individuals, partners and community enterprises. This year, the season-tickets are being delivered in a special gift, a Seton Hall flag. Feel free to display it and be sure to send us photos with the flag, showing off your pride like our friends Jill Surdyka '01 and Jim Orr '61 did above. Tweet your photos and be sure to use the hashtag #PirateBlueNation.
CLICK HERE to watch a video of the deliveries.
I would be remiss not to take a moment to thank our loyal and dedicated season-ticket holders. Their devotion to our program is integral to our success as a program and an athletics department. They are the backbone of our operations and their support ensures that our student-athletes have the means necessary to compete at the nation's highest level.
With a packed slate of BIG EAST programs scheduled, and intriguing non-conference opponents such as Rutgers and George Washington, we know this season will make the Prudential Center a must-visit destination on Seton Hall game days. We look forward to seeing our loyal season-ticket holders all season long.
The Seton Hall Department of Athletics' partnership with its new official apparel provider Under Armour has already been a tremendous success. By now, many of you may have seen the recently released images of the uniforms our men's basketball team will proudly wear this season, and we are also excited to announce select officially licensed items are now available for purchase online at underarmour.com and by CLICKING HERE.
This collaboration will greatly benefit our student-athletes, affording them access to the highest quality apparel, footwear and equipment that is built with the latest technology to allow for a competitive advantage on the field of play. Under Armour is equally devoted in contributing to the success of our teams and student-athletes, which has been affirmed through their dedication to this partnership.
More Under Armour branded Seton Hall merchandise will be available for purchase in the coming weeks. As the global leader in sports performance innovation, Under Armour has already equipped every Seton Hall student-athlete with premier training and game day apparel. Now our students, alumni and fans can proudly show off their Pirate Blue while sporting a brand new look.
With both programs on the rise, men's and women's season-ticket numbers are thriving. I'm very pleased to announce that the total number of women's basketball season-ticket holders has reached a 10-year high. Season tickets on the men's side have already renewed at nearly 93%, significantly higher than the industry standard, and the highest at Seton Hall since the 2006-07 season. We've also already sold more ticket packages to new holders than we did in all of last season.
We also know that without a loud and loyal student section, our home court advantage won't reach its full potential. Fortunately, our student season-ticket numbers continue to grow rapidly each day and we've already surpassed the total number of student season-tickets sold from all of last season.
With new-look teams, new apparel, and venue enhancements, it's never been a better time to be a Seton Hall basketball fan and are ticket numbers are proving the excitement. For more information on tickets and ticket packages, please contact the Seton Hall Athletic Ticket Office at (973) 275-HALL (4255) or via e-mail at email@example.com.
As the soccer seasons wind down and the basketball seasons about to begin, I wanted to take a moment to commend the recent success of our volleyball program. Led by head coach Allison Yaeger, the Pirates have jumped out to a 22-6 overall record with just five matches remaining on the schedule. It's only the program's fifth 20+ win season in history. Additionally, they've won 10 of their first 13 BIG EAST matches and currently are tied for second in the 10-team league. Their 10 conference victories represents a program record.
With only three matches remaining at home, I encourage Pirate fans to pack Walsh Gym as this team fights for a regular season title and the right to play for a BIG EAST Tournament championship in Milwaukee on Nov. 28-29. Only the top four teams in the final regular season standings will play in the season-ending event, so these final matches are crucial for Seton Hall.
The Pirates return to Walsh Gym this Saturday and will host Villanova at 7:00 p.m. Seton Hall will wrap up its home schedule the following weekend with Marquette on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7:00 p.m. and DePaul on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 5:00 p.m.
Late last month, Seton Hall student-athletes made their voices heard as part of the national "It's On Us" campaign, a White House-led initiative directed at attacking the issue of sexual assault at the root while serving as an educational and preventative tool.
"It's On Us" aims to fundamentally shift the way that sexual assault is perceived and to foster an environment where there is a collective responsibility to do something, big or small, to prevent it. The campaign reflects the belief that sexual assault is not just an issue limited to the narrow scope of a perpetrator and a victim, but one in which the rest of us also have a role to play. Sexual assault and personal safety are matters of particular significance at the university level and at Seton Hall, we join the "It's On Us" campaign in a devout commitment to creating an environment - be it a dorm room, a party, a bar or club, or the greater college campus - where sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.
You can watch our student-athletes speak out in support of this worthy cause by CLICKING HERE.
As the holiday season approaches, several other outreach projects are on the horizon as well. As our basketball teams open the new season at home this weekend, the tennis team has partnered with Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey to help collect goods that will support the organization's mission of assisting individuals living with cancer as well as their families.
Collections of a different kind will continue throughout the month as once again, each one of our varsity teams will be participating in our "Seton Hall Gives Thanks" campaign. Each squad will compile a basket that features a variety of staples associated with a balanced Thanksgiving meal. Baskets will also include sport-specific items and a homemade Thanksgiving card signed by team members and coaches.
With a number of athletic seasons in full-swing, it is important for us to also take the time to actively engage our community and I would like to commend our student-athletes who continue to represent our department, and Seton Hall University, in a manner befitting of what we believe it means to be a Pirate.
This weekend will be a wonderful opportunity for you to come out and see our men's and women's basketball teams before the start of the regular season. On Saturday at noon, our women's team will host Philadelphia in an exhibition game. On Sunday at noon, our men's team will host Caldwell in an exhibition. Tickets to both contests are still available.
Immediately following the men's exhibition on Sunday, be sure to join both teams, coaching staffs and Pirate fans in the Fieldhouse for the Meet the Teams event from 2pm-4pm. Fans will have the opportunity to get autographs from the teams, enjoy food, family entertainment and get excited for the start of the 2014-15 season!
This exclusive post-game Meet the Teams event is free to attend and exclusive to both men's and women's basketball season ticket holders, student season ticket holders, junior pirates, and anyone who has purchased tickets for the Walsh Gym Package.
RSVP for the Meet the Teams event by Friday, November 7 by calling the Ticket Office at (973) 275-4255, or email email@example.com.


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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Home is where I'll be at!
2. My governor is a bit of a schmuck. And I'll tell you why. Utilizing an outline. Without the Roman numerals because I never really learned those so well.
A) He disappears for a week, and no one knows where, and he can't be reached by phone
1. He's got a wife and four boys
2. He's gone on Father's Day
B) Staffer says he's hiking in the Applachian
1. Senators, Representatives, and citizens freak out. "We can't get a hold of him if we need him! Who'll run our state further into the ground?!"
2. Staffer reports that governor will cut trip short to appease us
C) He wasn't in the Applachian! It was Argentina!
1. SO different
2. Oh no, I do not like where this is headed
D) Press Conference
1. He says sorry about all the travel-related fibbing
2. Oh yeah and about the affair
3. Who neglects her blog all week, comes up with a pathetic two-point list, and then darts out the door before quitting time because it's only logical that I should be GONE by 5:00 so that means I have to get to the car at 4:50, right? I do. Next week my boss(es) are all going on vacation, though, so I should have plenty of time to devote to updating this poor blog. And/or watching tv online. Do you have any favorite shows that are available online that I could maybe latch on to? Any blogs I can read through the archives of? Any sentences I can end in prepositions?
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Frankly, I don't care that he had an affair. That's his business. And his wife's. And his sugar mama's. And his family's. But not really mine. I don't see it interfering with his ability to govern. Yes, it speaks to his lack of integrity, but what I think is HORRIBLE in this situation, is the fact that he lied to the entire nation about where he was. Soo, soo not cool.
- June 25, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Jamie said...
Fortunately my job hasn't blocked blogspot, so that's how I can still cut & paste...yeah, cut & paste my blog posts that I wrote previously...at home...away from work...
If only SYTYCD was available online...but maybe you can try Lie to Me or Fringe.
- June 29, 2009 at 10:31 PM
1. This cracked me up.
2. Summer is a great time to run out of work early.
a. And take days off.
3. I'm reeeeeeally into Lost right now. It's bad. I mean, it's AWESOME, but Tom having to call my name three times before he can get my attention is bad. If you're interested, shout me out and I'll tell you were I've been (gulp) downloading it.
- June 30, 2009 at 10:53 AM


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Vineet's Indian Tandoori Restaurant
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12 Vineet's Indian Tandoori Restaurant Reviews
- The food arrived on time. It was all delicious, the chicken was amazing. The driver was very friendly.
- Susan
35 Pts- TORQUAY - December 2018
- Awsome as always.
Highly recommended.
- Gulshan
385 Pts- September 2018
- Absolutely amazing Indian food. Great breads beautifully spiced mains. Paneer pakora recommended, fresh fluffly paneer unlike many places. Thankyou ++
- Andrew
60 Pts- TORQUAY - June 2018
- Awesome food highly recommended
- Gulshan
385 Pts- June 2018
- The food at Vineet's is delicious, the best by far in Torquay. It always arrives hot and the standard is consistent. Everyone we have dealt with has been so polite, helpful and friendly. Just yummy!
- Lee
605 Pts- TORQUAY - June 2018
- We Love this restaurant, the food is amazing!
- Lee
605 Pts- TORQUAY - April 2018
- The delivery took an hour and a half from ordering - much longer than promised. We called the restaurant a number of times but the phone was never answered, neither was our online message. While we understand that delivery can take time during busy periods, what is not acceptable is when the delivery driver sits in his car outside our house for nearly ten minutes before actually bringing the food to our door. We spotted the car when looking out for our delivery. It was only when the driver got out nearly ten minutes later that we realised he had our food. When questioned about it, he was evasive and just left. The food was cold. Very disappointed by the overall service and the behaviour of the delivery driver.
- clare
75 Pts- TORQUAY - April 2018
- Awesome as usual
- Gulshan
385 Pts- April 2018
- The best Indian food in Torquay and pretty much the best food in Torquay.
- Lee
605 Pts- TORQUAY - March 2018
- Lee
605 Pts- TORQUAY - February 2018
- Lee
605 Pts- TORQUAY - February 2018
- Fantastic samosa, yummy pea pulao, great butter chicken but unfortunately the food was not as described on the menu. - I ordered three different kinds of bread and instead just got three naan with different seasoning, the beef saag didn't have spinach, it was just a beef curry with come coriander powder added and the plain rice with saffron had zero saffron. I understand that most people on Torquay would not know the difference between a white crispy naan and a layered wholemeal parantha but unfortunately for Vineet's, I do. Dressing something up and trying to pass it off as something else is extremely sneaky and dishonest. Why not call and say we only have naan? I would've happily accepted and changed to one bread instead. The delivery time was also inaccurate. I ordered 745, confirmed at 749 for an 835 delivery time, it arrived at 857 with no explanation, acknowledgement or apology. It's also quite pricey, which I would be happy to pay for quality despite any delays. No pappadams either which for an order of $77 I would expect. I won't order again given there are two equivalent Indian restaurants in Torquay. A real shame - I was excited for new Indian food locally!
- Emily
1395 Pts- TORQUAY - January 2018
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A reconfigured floor plan with a neutral palette and a variety of textures update a 1930s pondside guest house.By Lenore Cullen Barnes | Photos by Ryan Maheu
Interior Design: Helen Baker of Helen Baker Interiors, Inc.
What's better than having a guest cottage so inviting that the owners enjoy being the "guests"? When this couple recently renovated the two-bedroom, circa 1930s cottage on their property that overlooks a kettle pond in Orleans, they found new meaning to the term "staycation."
"We love to stay out there," says the wife. "It's a great place to take a deep breath, put your feet up and enjoy the beautiful view from the deck. It's also a great place to throw parties. It has a different vibe."
That vibe got a serious upgrade when the couple enlisted Helen Baker of Helen Baker Interiors, Inc. to bring the cottage gently into the 21st century.
"I had worked with the couple to update their main house and they had decided it was time to renovate and redecorate the cottage to reflect the style of the larger house," Baker explains.
Neutral palette for an updated look
The cottage was so old it looked retro, says the wife. "It was tired. It was time to bring it up to the caliber of the day and of the main residence." Listening to the homeowners' likes and dislikes, Helen was able to transform the cottage's interior into a space that both would be happy with. "My husband's a New Englander and I'm from Northern California," the wife says. "[Helen] was able to put together something we both like. She knocked it out of the park."
Because of the wooded pond setting, the couple didn't want a typical Cape Cod nautical look; they favor beige and neutral tones, and a warm, textured feel. Baker embraced the challenge.
"It's the client's home, not mine," Baker asserts. "I steer them in a direction, offer options and execute. Good rooms should look evolved and not overly decorated. I like to decorate 'appropriately' to capture the local vernacular. It's important that the decor be appropriate but reflect my client's taste."
In this case, that meant a muted palette of earth tones and a variety of textiles. The husband loves furniture from D.R. Dimes of New Hampshire, so a number of custom wood pieces were incorporated into the design.
Building Character
"It was fun working on a smaller space," Baker says. "I didn't want to change the original character of the cottage with its cathedral ceiling and exposed beams. It was important to have continuity in materials, especially with rooms exposed to each other. Detail and accessories, like handmade lampshades throughout, give each room its own character."
Baker began the redesign by reconfiguring the floor plan to improve flow and open up the sightline to the outdoors. A wall between the kitchen and living room obstructed the view of the pond. Baker widened the opening and moved it to the center of that wall, allowing visibility from the living room straight through the kitchen and dining area to the pond beyond.
"I created a visual access to the water," Baker says. It makes the space seem larger and brighter, and [puts] focus on the beautiful view."
Reworking the Kitchen
Gone are the pine cabinets, butcher-block peninsula and tile floors of the former kitchen. The new galley kitchen offers additional storage space, thanks in part to an under-counter refrigerator and freezer, a long counter topped with walnut, a farmer's sink, and a built-in glass-door cabinet.
"We chose wood countertops because granite would have been too slick and too modern," says Baker. Wood plank floors and a slate tile backsplash add more organic elements.
"I think the backsplash is my favorite part of the cottage," says the wife. "Helen found it and it's a piece of art. It makes me stop and look every time I walk in."
Baker removed awkward boxed structures used to cover ductwork and rerouted the heating system to achieve a ceiling "without visual interruption." She also removed a closet and replaced it with an armoire in the master bedroom.
Taking her cue from the bucolic setting, Baker chose a "soft, dusty paint palette of the same intensity and hue so nothing is jarring." To create a visually compelling, layered and inviting space, Baker juxtaposed green, gray, brown, beige and off-whites in a mix of fabrics and textures, including woven, plaids, embroidery, velvet and burlap.
"The cottage sits on a wildlife corridor," the wife marvels. "We enjoy magnificent bird watching in the spring and fall. In the early summer, we see lots of foxes, and turtles lay their eggs. We have deer, coyote and owls, nesting heron and swans on the pond. Our dogs love to run around on the lawn."
And when it's time to turn from the wildlife outdoors to the cozy indoors, a true haven awaits. "They wanted to treat their guests to the same surroundings as the main house. And the fact that they like to 'vacation' there themselves – what better compliment is there than that?"


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Oommen Chandy deserves Gold Medal
for his contribution to the "Ease of Doing Business"
The "Ease of Doing Business in India" has improved significantly under Prime Minister Modi, so says the World Bank in its report: "Doing Business 2018". The Modi government is patting its back and going gaga over the World Bank certificate.
However, I have a solid reason to assert that the Modi government does not deserve gold medal for that. The World Bank has considered business only in the economic field which is not the sole or primary field for large number of our 'entrepreneurs'.
The primary field of business for large number of our enterprising people is politics, which gives quick and substantial return, often without investment of own capital or with nominal capital. During the decades of its rule, the Congress party had made it easy to make quick progress from rag to riches. We have large number of such 'entrepreneurs' who entered the business of politics and built rich empires from scratch, without making any investment from their own pocket. This was an important part of the 'Garibi Hatao' mission launched by Indira Gandhi. Not just Indians, even large number of foreigners are aware of famous names. In case any reminder is needed, here are a few examples: Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Behan Mayawati, Sasikala and her late mentor-cum-friend Jayalalitha and Dayanidhi Maran.
Perhaps, the golden era in the Indian history was the rule of the UPA (2004-14 AD) when Dr Manmohan Singh, portrayed as economist, was graciously given the driver's seat with a dummy steering wheel. The real steering will was some time at 7, Janpath, New Delhi and some time at 12, Tughlak Lane, New Delhi. It was unparallel in the world history. The person occupying the driver's seat was to receive blame for all the accidents and those really controlling the steering wheel claimed credits for smooth driving. The arrangement suited all the three. Manmohan Singh could not have become prime minister without the mother and son at his back. The mother lacked confidence to control the steering wheel from driver's seat. The son was an apprentice though he often behaved as if he was the real master, making the people bewildered. Perhaps, he will always create this confusion.
During that 'golden era', it was so easy to combine business of politics with trade, commerce and industry. It was so easy to get coal blocks. 2G spectrum could be obtained without knowing the meaning of spectrum. The Commonwealth Games made making money the most important 'game'. A foreign company gave money in advance, much before getting the contract, for VVIP choppers. It was a much better situation than Bofors, which is now part of history. Even (Tatra) trucks carried money. Before most of the shareholders could realise, the National Herald had become private property of the ruling family. As railway Minister, Laluji got real estate in lieu of putting clearance of tenders on the fastest track, the Indian Railways remained on the slow track, though. Some politicians wanted only money without any façade of indulging in commercial activities. The result was what the critics say "cash-for-vote" scam.
The term 'scam' was suffixed, unfairly in the opinion of beneficiaries, not just to "cash-for-vote" but also to most of the activities covered by the 'ease of doing business of politics' during the 'Garibi Hatao' era.
With so many persons contributing to the 'ease of doing business of politics', the million dollar question is, who deserves the Gold Medal?
In my humble opinion, the most suitable candidate is a lesser-known worthy, Oommen Chandy, Congress Chief Minister of Kerala from May 18, 2011 to May 20, 2016. He extended the facility of making payment to the facilitator (he himself) by the beneficiary of political largess in easy instalments. Please note, he did it for a good cause, providing cheap solar energy to the people of Kerala. The 'reform' reduced the financial burden on the company engaged for the good cause and the facilitator expected that the instalments would not attract public attention. Unfortunately, Chandy's expectation proved wrong. His adversaries proved smarter and forced an enquiry that confirmed his contribution to the "ease of doing business".
I must add that he was not the first to introduce this method nor is it free from risk of default. In the early 1970s, an important aide to a powerful central minister had told a friend of mine that the people had become very 'dishonest'; they paid half of the 'fee' (as he described the deal) before the work was done and promised to pay the remaining half after the work was done but many times they did not fulfil the promise. Such a betrayal is bad for long-term relationship and growth of business.
Despite Chandy's personal failure, I still consider him the best candidate for the Gold Medal. He revived an old practice and gave an idea to his fellow entrepreneurs in the business of politics. While using the method, they may take necessary precautions to avoid the type of trouble Chandy is likely to face. They may consider issuing 'bonds' with a reasonable coupon rate to be redeemed when it would not attract public attention.
Unfortunately, Prime Minister Modi has not taken kindly to that sort of "ease of doing business". Investigating agencies like Income Tax, CBI and Enforcement Directorate are raiding empires of many engaged in business of politics and even confiscating their assets. Well, this is all part of the game. History bears testimony to the fact that kingdoms and empires have always fallen prey to enemies. Even under the present regime, large number of 'startups' have 'died' pre-mature death.
A ray of hope is that our judiciary takes years to give verdict on what the Modi government is doing to the 'business of politics'. No wonder, all those who are facing the music have been expressing their 'full faith in judiciary'. (I hope, I will not be hauled up for 'contempt of court'.)
Devendra Narain
November 11, 2017