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Global Gateway Shinagawa
Pickard Chilton recently completed the master plan and concept design for the Global Gateway Shinagawa, the redevelopment of the northern portion of Tokyo's Shinagawa Station. Phase 1 of the development was recently reviewed by the Council on National Strategic Special Zones and certified by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Initial phases are expected to be completed by 2024.
Envisioned as a new global hub connecting Tokyo to the world, the Global Gateway Shinagawa has been designed as a next-generation urban environment that symbolizes Japan's openness and is a catalyst for innovative, international companies to create new businesses and cultures. The key design concepts for the development include:
- Organize buildings along the 1.6 km/1.0 mile-long site as an "archipelago" of diverse uses and unique public spaces;
- Interconnect the buildings with a richly-landscaped pedestrian promenade that flows with a series of public parks and plazas;
- Create a cohesive architectural identity for buildings within the development; and,
- Respectfully integrate the Takanawa Gateway Station by Kengo Kuma & Associates.
In addition to leading the Design Code and Master Plan for Global Gateway Shinagawa, Pickard Chilton is designing Block IV within the development. Within two 30-story towers connected by a seven-story podium, the mixed-use complex comprises over 460,000 m2/4.9 million gsf and will include offices, a five-star hotel, conference spaces, and retail.
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Plieninger Straße 140 Development
After an invited international competition, the Pickard Chilton-led team was selected to master plan and design an urban development at Plieninger Straße 140 in Stuttgart. The objective was to envision a sustainable, high-quality and future-oriented urban development that maximizes landscape open space while integrating the broader urban context. The resulting three-phase master plan yields a development with 125,000 m2 of above-ground gross floor area across six high-performance buildings.
Responding to the design brief's guiding principles, the concept, entitled "Die Fuge" ("The Seam"), is a sweeping public space that defines the center of the master plan. Concentrating building density to the east and west of the site, Die Fuge's curving form creates an inviting new public realm while meeting the project's environmental goals. The buildings respond to the site's topography with a series of occupiable green roof terraces with integrated photovoltaic panels.
Flexible and modular H-shaped office buildings create exterior courtyards for drop-offs and access to bicycle storage and amenities. Inherent flexibility in planning supports long-term building resiliency and responsiveness to market conditions.
CalPERS Headquarters Complex
The new California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Headquarters Complex is a mixed-use development integrating 550,000 square feet of commercial office space, 25,000 square feet of retail space, 180,000 square feet of housing and below-grade parking for 1,000 cars.
Avocet Tower
Centrally located at 7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Avocet Tower is a new mixed-use, transit-oriented development comprising nearly 400,000 gsf of Class-A office space, a 220-key hotel, and above- and below-grade parking. One of Downtown Bethesda's most anticipated developments, the trophy office and hotel project capitalizes on the new Sector Plan, including the right to develop up to 250 feet in height, to create a timeless and elegant design that will transform the Bethesda skyline while enhancing this prominent urban site.
Minnesota Senate Building
Sited directly northwest of Cass Gilbert's historic 1905 State Capitol Building, the new Minnesota Senate Building has been designed to respond to Majority Leader Senator Bakks' vision for "a landmark in its own right, architecturally distinctive and worthy of the twenty-first century." Its design purposefully facilitates greater interaction and communication with the citizens of Minnesota.
Devon Auditorium
Devon Energy commissioned the design of the Auditorium as a part of its new world headquarters, gracing the neighborhood between Oklahoma City's business and arts districts with an important civic amenity.
One Worldcenter
110 10th has been designed to serve as a highly visible gateway to the Miami Worldcenter development. The 45-story tower includes a podium with high-street retail space and an integral parking garage. Part of the podium will feature a soccer field that doubles as a green roof. The top of the elegantly-proportioned tower will offer spectacular views of Miami and the waterfront.
Barack H. Obama Magnet University School
Located on the campus of SCSU, the new Barack H. Obama Magnet University School is a New Haven Public School for 490 Pre-K through fourth-grade students. It will serve SCSU's School of Education as a "laboratory school" for students preparing to be teachers. The design captures daylight and views to create positive learning environments; embraces the forest to engage students with nature; respects its neighborhood; and synergizes with SCSU.
World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters Building Extension
In response to an open international competition to design an extension to WHO's Headquarters in Geneva, Pickard Chilton undertook an internal exploration and charrette to generate multiple potential solutions with a single scheme selected by peer consensus further develop for the anonymous submission.
The Pinnacle at Symphony Place
The Pinnacle at Symphony Place anchors Nashville's Broadway District with a new landmark, designed to contribute excitement to Nashville's nightlife through two floors of shopping and restaurants at ground level and an illuminated crown.
This headquarters for the United States Environmental Protection Agency called for a design that showcased cutting-edge sustainability practices, while honoring the urban guidelines that govern the district.
California Resource Agency Headquarters
Sited on the Sacramento River, the new California Resources Agency will offer commanding views of the river valley and downtown Sacramento.
Orville L. Freeman Building
The warm radiance of the Freeman Building for the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health reflects both the timeless beauty of Minnesota's agricultural landscape and the surrounding architecture of the Capitol District.


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The Power of Goals: Jonathan Develops Student Employment Prospects
Corecom Consulting's Managing Director, Jonathan Sanderson, has delivered a careers workshop at the University of Leeds to students planning for their future careers.
During the session, Jonathan offered positive insights into the power of formulating goals. Tasks that the students undertook included mapping networks, identifying key skills and distinguishing unique selling points. Jonathan said:
"The workshop was designed to get everyone thinking about what they want to achieve and how to get there.
"My aim is to transfer the skills and values I have adopted throughout my learning and business experiences. The tasks we've undertaken today aim to inspire and help both students and graduates to progress in their careers."
Megan Herbert, a Chemistry (BSc) graduate from the University of Leeds took part in the workshop. She said:
"The workshop was very helpful and definitely good for thinking. It got myself and everyone else in the room to really assess what we are currently doing and how we could make it more effective going forward."
As well as increasing the employment prospects of local students, Corecom Consulting is leading the way in its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The company has been shortlisted for the national APSCo CSR Initiative of the Year for the second year running and Managing Director, Jonathan Sanderson, has been shortlisted for numerous awards recognising his voluntary contributions to the community and strong leadership. Click here to see Corecom Consulting's Trophy Cabinet.

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Nicol David Biography
Nicol David was born 26 August 1983 in Penang, Malaysia. She is a Malaysian female professional squash player, currently ranked world number 6. Beginning in August 2006, David was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, finally ceding the ranking in September 2015 to Raneem El Weleily. She has won the World Open title a record 8 times in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, as well as the British Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014.
In July 2016, she reached her 151st successive month in the top 10, breaking the record in both men's and women's categories. She surpassed Peter Nicol's previous records of 150 months. David is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice; in 1999 and 2001 under the tutelage of Richard Glanfield. She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this, until Raneem El Weleily emulated David's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007.
David joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month on the tour. The victory came in February, when she defeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open. On 7 June 2008, David was honoured with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B. in conjunction with the birthday of the His Majesty Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. She was the first recipient of the award which was established on 26 June 1975. David was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia.
Considered by some to be the greatest women's squash player of all time, David's other notable achievements include the Asian Squash Championship, which she won a record nine times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2015). She also held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007, when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. David has also obtained the WSA Player of the Year on seven occasions, 2005–2010 and 2012.
Nicol David Family
David is the daughter of Ann Marie David, a retired Malaysian Chinese school teacher of Hokkien-Hakka descent and Desmond David, a Malaysian Indian engineer of Tamil-Malayali origins, who is also a former state athlete and footballer. She has two sisters, Lianne and Cheryl, both of whom are accomplished squash players at the national level. As a youngster, mathematics was David's best subject at school; she dreamed of one day becoming an engineer.
Her primary education was at Sekolah Kebangsaan Convent Green Lane (Convent Green Lane Primary School). David scored seven A's for her Penilaian Menengah Rendah and obtained seven A's in her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (the equivalent to GCSE), which she studied at Convent Green Lane Secondary School in Green Lane, Penang. She was raised a Roman Catholic.
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Nicol David Squash Career
David started playing squash when she was five years old, and received coaching at the age of eight. While training at the Bukit Dumbar Squash Centre, David was talent spotted by Ee Phoeh Hoon, who led her to represent her home state of Penang, along with her sisters. David's squash career began in 1992 when she won silver in the Under-14 category of the Penang State Junior Championship.
Her first national level victory was also in 1992 at the Milo-Dunlop Sport National Junior Interstate Championship, where she won silver in the Under-16 category. In 1994, David was chosen to join the Penang state squash team for the Malaysian Games (SUKMA) tournament where she helped Penang win a gold medal in the team event, despite being ill at the time. In the same year, she won her first two international titles – the Hong Kong U-13 and the Scottish Junior Open Under-12.
David won the Women's World Junior Squash Championships of 1999 in Antwerp, Belgium, making her the youngest woman to become the world junior champion at the age of 15. In the process, she defeated three players ranked in the world top 20. She successfully defended the title in Penang in 2001, becoming one of only two players in the history of squash to have won it twice; her coach was Richard Glanfield.
In 1999, David began to win major junior tournaments, including the British Junior Open (Under-17 champion), the German Junior Open (Under-19, Champion), the SEA Games (Champion in the Senior and Team categories), and the Asian Junior Champion for both individual and team events.
David's biggest win, however, was the World Junior Championships, played in Antwerp. It took just half an hour for the then 15-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl to obtain world junior champion status when she beat compatriot Leong Siu Lynn 9–5, 9–3 and 9–2 in the final of the women's individual event to become the youngest ever winner of the title.
David reached the quarterfinals of the previous World Junior Championships in August 1997 in Brazil, as a thirteen-year-old and has since claimed both the Asian junior and senior titles, as well as the gold medal in the Asian Games in December 1998. David also is one of a few squash player to have won all the age categories in the British Junior Open.
She joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month in the tour. The victory came in February, when she defeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open with a score of 9–1, 9–0 and 9–5. Within a month, Hotel Equatorial announced its two-year worldwide sponsorship for her. David also won a sponsorship on the WISPA tour by Dunlop squash.
In 2001, David, who has played under Dunlop Sport sponsorship for most of her junior career and WISPA career, signed a two-year deal to play with Head rackets with local conglomerate Mulpha Sports. In July, David won the World Junior title for a second time, beating Omneya Abdel Kawy in just 17 minutes with a score of 9–2, 9–4 and 9–2 in the final.
She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this until 2007, when Raneem El Weleily won her second World Junior Championship. David also won the individual event in the Asian Junior Squash Championships by defeating her compatriot Tricia Chuah in the final with a score of 9–5, 9–6 and 9–0; and helped the Malaysian team to the team event title.
In 2002 David, together with her mixed double event partner Ong Beng Hee, won a Commonwealth Games silver medal for Malaysia after losing to Glen Wilson and Leilani Rorani in the final. Earlier in the year, David defeated Ellen Petersen of Denmark with a score of 9–2, 9–7, 8–10, 9–4 to win the second Kuala Lumpur Open title of her career. David failed to retain her Asian Games gold medal in 2002, when she lost 9–7, 9–5 and 9–7 to Rebecca Chiu of Hong Kong in the final in Busan, South Korea.
David was the losing finalist twice in 2003, losing to the more experienced Cassie Jackman on her home ground and then to Linda Elriani in the Monte Carlo Classic in November. She reached the semi-final of the World Open in Hong Kong, losing to Cassie Jackman with a score of 9–6, 9–3, 9–4 in the final. David did not perform well in the other major WISPA events; she was eliminated in the first round of the Carol Weymuller US Open, in the British Open[46] and in the Texas Open. In the Qatar Classic Open, David lost in the second round to Natalie Grinham with a score of 9–2, 7–9, 9–0 and 9–4.
In 2004 David again failed to win any title. Her achievements included getting into the final of both the Kuala Lumpur Open and the Malaysian Open. David started to progress in the very last month of the year by reaching the final of the Shanghai WISPA WorldStars Championship and the semi-finals of the World Open, to rise two places to number four in the January 2005 WISPA rankings.
She was defeated only twice in 2005, the 21-year-old from Penang returned to her home country in July after winning the gold medal at the World Games in Germany. she then became the first local player to win the Women's CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championship title in the event's 31-year history.
In October, David proved that her success in the World Games and in the Malaysian Open was not by chance by becoming the first Malaysian to win a British Open title, the first Asian to win the women's crown, when she beat Australia's Natalie Grinham in the women's final in straight games that lasted in 55 minutes. Within two months after the British Open and the World Games win, David won the World Open in Hong Kong for the first time and world number one ranking for the first time in January 2006.
Later in the year, she was voted by her fellow members of the Women's International Squash Players Association as the WISPA Player of The Year 2005. David became the World's number 1 female squash player in January 2006 at the age of 23 to become the first Malaysian and the first Asian woman to be ranked World number 1 in the sport. She also became the twelfth holder of the position since the rankings were first produced in April 1983.
David started the year on a low, losing twice to Vanessa Atkinson in February, in the Apawamis Open and in the Kuala Lumpur Open, both in the final. The two straight loses to Atkinson saw David's world rank dropped to number 2. David started to show progress later in the year and recovered from the setback to win six straight tour titles and reclaimed the World number 1 spot.
David successfully defended her World Open title on 25 November 2006, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast by defeating Natalie Grinham in the final that was said to be "one of the great finals of the Women's World Open". She became the first Malaysian athlete to win a world championship title for the second consecutive time, and the fourth person in history to retain the World Open Squash Championship.
David also captured the Qatar Airways Challenge Open, the Dunlop British Open Championship, the Hong Kong Open, the Penang Open and the CIMB Malaysian Open. David topped the December WISPA ranking with a points average of almost twice that of her nearest rival, Rachael Grinham, and in the same month, in the second annual WISPA Awards, she was voted best female player of the year for the second time.
David captured another six titles in the early months of 2007, then lost the final of the British Open to Australian Rachael Grinham in a five set final lasting 87 minutes. A month later, David again failed to defend her World Open title when she stumbled in the second round, losing to Shelley Kitchen with a score of 0–9, 1–9, 9–2, 9–3 and 6–9 in 69 minutes.
It was the first time since April 2004 that David did not qualify for the quarters of a tournament, losing to the same person who denied her the bronze medal of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 9 months previously. In December, David won the inaugural Asian Sportswoman of the Year, beating more than 100 competitors who represented 25 sporting bodies.
In 2008, David won ten tour titles and was unbeaten. David completed her most successful year to date, retaining her Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open title for the third successive year in November to bring her 2008 WISPA World Tour title total to ten, extending her unbeaten Tour record since October 2007 to 53 matches. David celebrated her second full calendar year as world number one in the December Women's World Squash Rankings thus bringing her reign at the top of women's squash to 30 straight months.
David's WISPA title successes in 2008 began with the Apawamis Open in New York in February, and continued with the KL Open on home soil in Malaysia, the British Open title in England, Seoul Open in Korea, Malaysian Open, the Singapore Masters, Dutch Open, World Open in England, Qatar Classic and the Hong Kong Open. Away from the tour, David secured her sixth successive biennial Asian Championship crown in February, after winning the first in July 1998 when aged just 14,[90] and then lead Malaysia to the bronze medal in the Women's World Team Championship in Cairo.
With a lead over her nearest rival, she led in the Women's World Squash Rankings published on 1 January 2009 by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) – thus moving into her 30th successive month as the world's number one female player. David headed an unchanged top four, with Natalie Grinham (Netherlands) at No. 2; her older sister Rachael Grinham (Australia) at No. 3; and Natalie Grainger, of the United States, at No. 4. In her first tournament of the year, the Kuala Lumpur Open, David's 17-month, 56-match winning run was brought to an end when she lost to Natalie Grainger in the final.
After she was defeated, David recovered to capture the inaugural Cayman Islands Open. She managed to avenge her loss to Grainger early in the year by beating her 11–8, 11–6 and 11–5 in the final. It is her 35th tour crown and her 50th appearance in a WISPA Tour final.[93] A week later, David went on to win her second title of the year by again dispatching Grainger, this time in four sets.
Twenty-one days after winning the Texas Open title, David captured her second Seoul City Open crown by defeating Jenny Duncalf in four sets. A month later, on 24 July, she retained her World Games women's singles title with a win over archrival Natalie Grinham of the Netherlands in straight sets. A week later, on 1 August, David picked up her fifth consecutive Malaysian Open title, winning 11–6, 11–8, 9–11, 11–7 in a 60-minute match against 25-year-old Londoner, Alison Waters. David thus became the first player to win five Malaysian Open titles in a row since its inception in 1975.
Dominating on the squash courts, David beat Natalie Grinham to win her third consecutive Singapore Masters championship, and her third title within a month. She overcame Natalie in three sets with a score of 11–9, 11–8 and 11–9 for her fifth WISPA title of the year. David celebrated another milestone in her squash career by moving into her 41st month as world number one in the September Women's World Rankings thus surpassing her mentor Sarah Fitz-Gerald as the player with the third longest ever reign at the top of the women's rankings.
On 12 September, David lost to Madeline Perry in the British Open quarter-final in a five set match that lasted for 76 minutes; 15 days later, she recovered to defeat arch-rival Natalie Grinham in the final of the World Open Championship, obtaining the title for a record fourth time. David ended the year on a low when she lost in the semis to Jenny Duncalf in both the Qatar Classic and the US Open, the former ending in five sets.
David started 2010 ranked number 1 for the 42nd consecutive month.[103] She appeared in the WISPA calendar for the month of January. David competed in her first tournament in March, the US$53,000 Chennai Open; she won all her matches in straight sets and was crowned as the champion, avenging two straight defeats to Jenny Duncalf in late 2009.
Thirteen days later, in the Kuala Lumpur Open, David defeated the fourth seeded Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy who upset second seed Jenny Duncalf in the semi-finals in straight sets to win her second successive WISPA title of the year. It was David's sixth title in the Kuala Lumpur Open tournament as she had previously won it in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
David had won five more tour titles since April. This include winning the "prestigious" World Open title on 22 September. The World Open win was David fifth thus equalling Sarah Fitz-Gerald's record for the most times World Open win. In October, in the women's singles final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, David defeated Jenny Duncalf 11–3, 11–5, 11–7 in 40 minutes to win the gold medal. David did not drop a game in the entire tournament, just as she did in the 2010 World Open in Egypt.
Nicol David added another feather to her cap, becoming the first player – male or female – to win the US Open for the third straight year. The 31-year-old Nicol, a seven-time world champion and five-time British Open winner, exacted sweet revenge over Egyptian teenager Nour El Sherbini to win the US$115,000 (RM374,000) tournament in Philadelphia.
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David was given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics of 2004, and was appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia.
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Nicol: I'm proud to call Malaysia my home
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For Malaysian squash queen Datuk Nicol Ann David (pic), patriotism is about identifying where one belongs and being proud of one's home country.
"Malaysia is truly my home and I feel so proud to represent the country when I compete overseas.
"Everybody is trying to get as much exposure as possible and share what we have explored and experienced.
"That's my take on how I have grown as a person – to go out there, see what I can do and gain as much as I can for my country," David said following the launch of the #AnakAnakMalaysia 2018 campaign.
"That doesn't mean just showing love. It has to come from the heart.
"#AnakAnakMalaysia is a symbol of unity among all of us. We come together for a good cause to show that we are all proud of Malaysia," she said.
Youth Ambassador for the National Cancer Society of Malaysia Dr Choo Mei Sze, who lived in the United States for six years, shared her personal experience with self-identity while studying there.
"Whenever people asked me where I come from or what ethnicity I am, I would tell them that I'm Malaysian before anything else.
"I once studied in Hawaii for my master's degree and one day I cooked Malaysian food for my close friend. Now she comes to Malaysia all the time to visit me.
"I find that the campaign wristband is very cool as it incorporates local elements like wau, nasi lemak, hornbills and 'I love MY'," Dr Choo said.
IBM Malaysia managing director Chong Chye Neo said being in a room with people from different industries in Malaysia was enough to evoke a feeling of togetherness.
"It radiates a great sense of pride in terms of diversity and our achievements as a nation," she added.
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Stronger Together Festival
TVNPA's Stronger Together Festival features nonprofit organizations from the Tri-Valley and Bay Area beyond. The event attracts hundreds of residents from throughout the region to explore local non-profit organizations and learn more about "discovering their cause." TVNPA organizations have a unique opportunity to engage with festival attendees and showcase the important work they are doing to make a positive impact in the region.
NEW THIS YEAR! TVNPA is proud to partner with the Taste of Livermore Culinary Stroll presented by Livermore Downtown, Inc. The Culinary Stroll will take place alongside the Stronger Together Festival in downtown Livermore. Guests can sample from a bounty of wines, beer & culinary treats while enjoying live music as they wander the festival and explore the area's rich diversity of organizations.
Event highlights include:
- 50+ participating nonprofit organizations serving the region's communities
- Opportunities for organization's to hold charity collection drives, e.g food or diaper drives, etc. (One charity drive per booth.)
- The Crayon Initiative service project
- Pet Adoption
- Event Passport Tour with prizes for visiting exhibitor's booths
Join us for the day and inspire people and local businesses to become involved with regional nonprofit organizations in their community.


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Testing Your Pool
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My deepest concern as we transit the dungeons of our national uncertainties remains this question of our choice and content of leadership. When other nations present their leaders, the profile of such persons reveals their antecedents, performance and lastly qualities. Leaders are not media creations and public social figures. They are not products of quota nor ethnic bigotry. Leaders are not defined by acquired nor display of wanton material wealth. Lastly, leadership have absolutely no qualification with religious activism even though piety and godliness remains an undeniable virtue and consideration in leadership but leaders are not qualified by dictation or authoritarianism. They are not anti social nor criminally disposed in conduct.
In Nigeria, our social reputation can often be misplaced and misguided. Personality cults have evolved and assumed such prominence and so has manipulative philanthropy. These are consequences of poverty and poor administrative distribution of resources.
The suffering of the present time should not leave us without significant impact on our collective commitment to development. The situation has simply placed the burden of judgment and choice on all Nigerians and victims of inefficient public stewardship and resources management. We have been challenges to review the inputs from both political and cultural administrators vis a vis the guarantee of a secure social welfare and development of our entire society.
I will not be surprised if most Nigerians are pondering and making excuses while transferring the blames for the services delivery system failures to some individuals or class of the society considered as leaders and political authority. It is high time we accepted our roles in Nigeria not attaining her anticipated economic, social and political greatness. Laziness, indulgence and inefficiency in services are collectively attributed to our backwardness and under development. There is no justification for our nation to be suffering from unavailability of products and services which are locally sourced but externally supplied for our consumption.
A country of 180 million in population is large enough to drive the regional economy rather than starving of basic necessities.
Our Children and generations after, cannot excuse our inaction neither will they be content with endless excuses and blames. It is never too late to act. The time is now. The task starts with each of us taking affirmative action with compliance, considerations for mutually beneficial conducts and protection of our collective and not exclusive interests.
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Last year, I wrote an article called On Messing Up the Bed and Other Things I've Learnt From My Dog. Having an aging companion, we begin to reflect upon the things they add to our lives and the things we learn as our days with them become of the numbered variety.
And so, on January 1st I tasked myself with a project. Seemingly simple, I was going to take one picture of my dog each day and post on Instagram. Lest I become boring or, god forbid, that crazy dog lady, I began to add anecdotes and, as the weeks marched on, Dog Wisdom. And so began the #instagus project.
In June, I wrote a story, A Month (or so) of Dog Wisdom, reflecting on the first leg of the journey. Several weeks later, I was asked to write about the project for PupJournal, and the result was an essay on the whys and hows of embarking (get it?) on this year-long photo essay.
Against a backdrop of fear, name-calling, hate-mongering, loss (So. Many. Untimely. Deaths.), frustration, exhaustion, disbelief, anger, resentment, uncertainty, instability (…) this year, I was determined to focus on the simple truths of what was known, the realities of what lay in front of me and the notion that I am only able to change myself, how I view the world and how I interact with it each day.
Dog wisdom channels Yogic wisdom, and one wonders where each begins and ends. Perhaps dogs are, in fact, the ultimate yogis.
Related: I'm Taking One Picture Of My Dog Every Day This Year. Here's What I've Learned So Far
During the year, what emanated from the posts were pleas for introspection, for kindness, for an adherence to values. Dogs teach us that there is magic in simplicity, that a methodical butt-sniff tells us if we're dealing with friend or foe (regardless of breed or gender or silly dog attire), that kindness exists regardless of pedigree or socioeconomic status.
And in this surreal year, a year in which humans tried to teach us that we must deceive and humiliate and pimp out our values in order to win; that a book should not be read, and moreover, should be judged by its cover; that some lives are more important than others; that money trumps pretty much everything, I've been compelled to live by Dog Wisdom rather than emulate these human actions. If I'm frank, humans have not been good for humanity this year.
I thought it fitting to wrap up this chaotic, merciless, infamous 2016 with a some of my favorite Dog Wisdom posts and reflections on how this galumphing, snoring, sometimes smelly-headed, fart machine helped me get through this year…
Dogs don't see uncertainty around them, the world is just what it is. We humans project our fears, biases and ignorance on the world we encounter each day, while dogs see (and seek) love, food, shelter and kindness.
Yoga teaches us 5 Yamas — Satya (truth); Ahimsa (non-harming); Asteya (non-stealing); Bramacharya (restraint); Aparigraha (non-grasping) — I've found these to be powerfully simple guides to help get through the overwhelming barrage of negativity that 2016 flung at us.
Dogs help us see that happiness is a good stick, a walk in the woods on a perfectly crisp fall day, and a warm place to sleep. They teach us to cherish the little things and seek adventure (or at least the spirit of it) in the everyday routine.
Related: Here Are 5 Essential Items You Need To Go Camping With Your Dog
2016 sucked in countless ways. But there were highlights, too. There were parties and friends coming to visit; faraway holidays and European chocolates; neighbors helping neighbors and free concerts; hiking and kayaking and swimming in the ocean and beautiful sunrises…
Ever notice that when you stop fighting and yearning for something very specific, if you really identify what it is you'd like to see realized and stop making things so complicated, that opportunities and ideas and resources make themselves available?
Dogs seem to go at their days with the intention of a nice romp or a long walk or simply earning a treat. The chased squirrels and found tennis balls and random dog-ish interactions are part of the journey.
Canines show us that it's our job to conjure up a willingness to explore every day, and embrace a belief that there's just a little bit of magic left in the universe to help things work out.
Yoga sutra 1.30 says that there are several kinds of obstacles that can be expected (doubt, carelessness, laziness, failure to detach from want, ungroundedness, illness, etc.) that distract us and get in the way of our path.
By focusing on the immediate, the real, the stuff going on in front of our eyes, we can live less mired by the "what-ifs" that usually don't come to fruition unless we let them. By paying attention, we can get more out of what we've got instead of attaching expectation (or anticipation of failure) to what may never come to pass.
Related: The Time A Terrified Shelter Dog Gave His First Kiss
In this way, we don't take for granted the good, we can let go of what isn't serving us, and most of all, we can appreciate the cosmic humor in daily life.
This is the important stuff: Taking time to sniff out the truth. Listening to the heart. Letting go of what keeps us small and fearful. Surrounding yourself with those who care about your imperfect self. Giving to, or doing for, those who need it more than you do. Laughing at, and learning from, your mistakes. Sharing what makes you feel strong. Spending an afternoon in the forest. Listening to the soft snoring of a woods-weary pup…
Happy 2017, my friends… here's to a new year full of possibility and new adventures.
And to 2016: You've been unceremoniously unfriended. Please don't write.
Gus has accumulated hundreds of followers and dog-friends at home and around the globe. It's amazing what a little levity and Dog Wisdom can do to improve one's day. See all the #InstaGus pics here.


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YUKON – Vancouver-based Western Copper and Gold Corp. says that the independent engineering review panel that examined the general design of the Casino copper-gold project tailings management facility has confirmed the concept.
The engineering panel reviewed the proposed TMF design, assessed potential alternative storage technologies, and alternate locations. The team of experts confirmed that the design concept currently forming the basis of Western Copper's submission to the Yukon environmental board represents the best available technology for storing solid waste from the Casino project. It also provided guidance and made recommendations to enhance the design of the TMF and to meet internationally accepted standards and good practices.
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After India's Backtrack, Dalai Lama Events in Delhi Called Off
After India's backtrack on dealing with China over Tibet, the scheduled Dalai Lama events in New Delhi has now been called off as desired by Indian government. An internal circular among the government officials to discourage them from attending the Dalai Lama events in the next few months sparked all these changes.
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's note to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha who in turn directed the center and state government functionaries including senior ministers as well as officials to skip the 'Thank You India' events presided by His Holiness the Dalai Lama planned in New Delhi, it is reported that the event has now been shifted to Dharamshala.
In addition to shifting the 'Thank You India' event that observes 60 years of Tibetan Exile in India, an Inter-Faith Prayer to be presided over by His Holiness at Rajghat in New Delhi has also been cancelled for now.
Though Ministry of External Affairs immediately clarified of no shift in India's stand on the Dalai Lama following the outbreak of the reports on the circular directing officials to skip Dalai Lama events at such a 'sensitive time' in its dealing with China, claiming that India's stand remains same as before.
While the MEA spokesperson told that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is hugely respected by the people of India and he is free to perform his religious activities, the shift of the 'Thank You India' event and the cancellation of the Inter-faith prayer reports comes out during Dr. Lobsang Sangay, President of Tibetan Administration's visit to New Delhi to meet Indian dignitaries following the unfolding of the circular mentioned above.
"The Thyagaraj stadium event has been shifted to Dharamsala now. And the inter-faith prayer at Rajghat has been cancelled for now." confirmed Mr. Sonam Dagpo, Spokesperson of the Tibetan Administration (CTA) while speaking to the Indian Express. "India is host to Tibetan refugees. We respect the Indian government's decision. We have no further comments." he added on being asked about the circular.


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The feast of St Valentine is upon us once more. The airwaves are full of Barry White, while Sweet Lips, preparing for tomorrow's Festival of Love, has almost certainly inscribed that tasteful A4-sized padded red heart card with promises of undying devotion to Snooky Pie.
Hopefully, this protestation of commitment will foreshadow a lifelong and mutually faithful bond, 'til death do them part. Sadly, the odds seem stacked against this.
In these days of "just-in-case" pre-nups, spiralling divorce rates and a growth in multi-partner singletons, we British are considerably less monogamous than we once were – a situation that would have enraged that irascible Victorian Anglican cleric and noted ornithologist the Rev Francis Orpen Morris, who urged his Yorkshire parishioners to look to the dunnock, a small hedge sparrow, as a model of fidelity to one's mate.
Alas, another disappointment would have awaited the vicar if he had been around long enough to study recent advances in genetic testing, which show that several species once praised for their monogamy are, in fact, enjoying copious amounts on the sly.
And these include the dunnock – especially the female, who zoologists have found to be particularly promiscuous. So
it would have been quite fortunate therefore, if the vicar's congregation weren't paying attention.
We humans seem to have a soft spot for species that are monogamous. When Warner Brothers promoted their film Free Willy, they made a point of saying that not only were whales majestic and gentle, but they mated for life, too. Greenpeace scientists have confirmed this.
If this is so, then whales are among comparatively few species able to maintain lifelong partnerships.
"The more research that goes on, the less monogamous wildlife seems to be," says naturalist Mike Russell, head of People and Wildlife at the Sussex Wildlife Trust. "It may just mean that a pair which have successfully mated, seek each other out the next year as they will want to mate with a partner they know has a good chance of breeding again successfully.
"The purpose of monogamy is that it provides a better chance of rearing young if there is proven success with a pair. It takes all the effort out of territorial and breeding displays."
Of course, it depends whether you're talking about social or sexual monogamy.
More than 90 per cent of birds are thought to be in socially monogamous relationships in which a male and female share a territory together and form pair bonds that may last a lifetime. These include swans, geese, hawks, parrots, albatrosses, pigeons, doves, puffins, ravens, barn owls and magpies.
Mammals don't match up as well: studies suggest that only about three per cent of the 4,000 species are socially monogamous, including gibbon apes, otters, wolves, prairie voles, beavers, bats, marmoset monkeys, lions, baboons, some species of seals, foxes and African antelopes.
So far so good, but then sex rears its ugly head and the picture gets murky – even among the apparently faithful bird kingdom.
Sexual monogamy, it seems, is extremely rare in the animal world, where the great majority of even happily partnered, socially monogamous species indulge in extra hanky-panky on the side.
Naturalists now estimate at least 30 per cent of the baby birds born in any nest have been fathered by a passing philandering male.
So view those bluebirds, devotedly billing and cooing on a million Valentine cards, with a cynical eye. They are said to have a sex life that rivals a television soap opera.
Mammals rarely stay sexually faithful and most species are no more monogamous than humans. With 90 per cent believed to be unfaithful, even the most seemingly devoted mates will play away given the chance.
There are a few exceptions: the tiny California field mouse never breeds with another mate at any time in its life. Meanwhile, the tiny male anglerfish takes commitment to the extreme by scenting out his chosen mate, biting her and then hanging on until his skin fuses to his partner so that their bodies grow together.
Mike Russell believes all this frenzied sexual activity is entirely understandable as creatures – of both sexes – inevitably follow their natural biological urges. "In all species, the overwhelming desire is to find a mate and successfully produce young. It has always been thought that males were more likely to philander because of the need to pass on genes, but DNA research has shown that females philander as well."
There is, however, a dissenting voice of disapproval in the form of a black vulture which has its own method of discouraging infidelity. If a philandering vulture is spotted in the act, all nearby vultures attack the bounder.
Happy Valentine's Day.
- Victorian morality and animal sexuality weren't great bedfellows. Scientists of the age refused to accept that females in the animal kingdom could be as promiscuous as their male counterparts.
- Darwin discovered a species of female barnacle that kept two husbands – one in each bivalve shell.
- Swans, thought to be monogamists, are philanderers. Research shows that males have up to four partners in a lifetime.


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Lisa Norris's poem "Displays" was published in the anthology In the Black/In the Red (Helicon 2012).
Lisa Norris's poem "Displays" was published in the anthology In the Black/In the Red (Helicon 2012).
Dr. Christopher Schedler, Associate Professor of English and Director of Multimodal Learning, was one of 40 educators from around the world selected to participate in the Sloan-C Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning at Penn State University, August 6-9, 2012.
Terry Martin has poems published in the most recent issues of Paper Nautilus, Spindrift, Floating Bridge Review, and Earth's Daughters, and in the anthology Broken Circles. She also has poems forthcoming in Rockhurst Review, Riverrun, and Impact: An Anthology of Short Memoirs.
Dr. Christopher Schedler was elected President of the Pacific Northwest American Studies Association (PNASA) at their annual conference on the theme "Outside In/Inside Out: (Im)Migrant Communities of the Pacific Northwest" held at CWU on April 12-14, 2012. He will serve as President of the association until 2014 when the PNASA conference returns to CWU.
Dr. Christopher Schedler, Associate Professor of English, delivered a paper on "Jewish Diaspora and Indigenous Identity in Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union" at the Modern Language Association Conference in Seattle, January 5-8, 2012.


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How did the Group Start?
Following questions raised by people using Network for Change
Guy Holmes and Judy Harvey were invited to speak at a discussion evening in 2006 about a Thinking About Medication Group they had been involved with in Shropshire
That evening 15 people expressed an interest in starting a similar group in Leicester.
We started meeting as part of Network for Change but over time have become an autonomous group meeting fortnightly in Leicester City Centre
Why was the group needed?
Lack of information about medication
Medical staff don't always give adequate information about drugs
Somewhere to challenge and question information about drugs
Lack of space to think about alternatives to medication – some staff not willing to discuss this
To share experiences about taking psychiatric medications
To think about other activities that can be life improving that don't involve medication – i.e work, university, hobbies
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We are an independent community group
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Carers and workers are welcome
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Group members get as invloved with facilitating as much or as little as they want.
Facilitators Jobs:
give everyone a chance to speak
makes sure everyone feels comfortable
make sure no one dominates the group
keep an eye on the time
make sure we keep to the group framework
All group members are valued and are part of the group whether they do one of the jobs or not
Ideas are shared between speakers and the group as equals:
we learn from each other
This leads to speakers and group members engaging in what Guy
Holmes calls .. mutual quest for understanding and insight
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"This is such a valuable group"
'I was impressed by the active interest and participation
from various members of the group'
'It's highlighted the similarities between prescribed
medication and illicit medication dependency issues'
"Keep going!"
Group members' feedback:
Being amongst others who have experiences about the topic in progress
Increased knowledge of psychiatric medications
supportive and inspirational environment
that 'patients' are openly discussing medication
time to talk about things and then do something about them
Supporting Choice
Some people find it very difficult to speak to their professionals about
medication, so the group can offer a sense of confidence in our own
lived experience
We have our own library of resources and research evidence which
we draw from to inform ourselves.
Nottingham Psychologist, Bob Diamond,has called this the
'democratisation of truth'
Group Hopes & Fears
(a copy of these are sent to each speaker)
Get more people involved
More advertising – try to bring in new members
To attend more conferences, action events, organise presentations gain expierience and gain in confidence.
Gain more knowledge and skills
As a group attend a training day for presentation skills
Training for committee roles
Extend the website
Contact radio Leicester and radio Asian Network
IT training
Finish the book chapter
Bring in more speakers
To make sure we continue to think about how the group is run and how we maintain democracy in the group
FEARS (Updated 10/6/11}
- Respect our framework and do not speak over each other
- Try to be more assertive
- Use an egg timer to keep time so that everyone gets a chance to speak
- To feel comfortable
- Speaker having enough time to speak
- Become too busy. Loose time to understand expieriences
- Loose time to support each other
- Disrespect for each other
- More sharing of jobs such as agenda and minutes
- Take turns with group activities
- Taking on too much other people to lead
- Take committee meetings seriously
- Every three months at the Mett Centre finish early and have committee meeting
- We have not been updating our hopes and fears and find it hard (because we are doing a lot of really important projects) to fully review the group at the end of our booked meetings
We wrote this Chapter about our thoughts and experience
this Chapter in edited form can be found Madness Contested (2013) by PCCS Books


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* Exported from MasterCook * Black Bean Soup Recipe By : Valentin Schwaegerl of the Brasserie, Orlando, FL Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :3:00 Categories : Soups Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 cups black turtle soup beans 1 cup onion -- coarsely chopped 1 cup celery with leaves -- coarsely chopped 1 medium carrot -- chopped 1 bay leaf 1 pinch thyme 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 2 1/2 quarts water 3 smoked ham hocks 1 cup chicken stock 1 dash salt -- to taste 1 dash crushed peppercorns -- to taste 1/4 cup Dry Sack Sherry CHEF'S NOTE: In place of the smoked ham hocks, you may substitute 8 ounces lean, diced salt pork or 1 pound cooked, diced bacon. In place of the chicken stock, you may substitute an appropriate amount of chicken base or prepared bouillon cubes. STEP ONE: Wash beans in cold water and transfer to soup pot. Add all other ingredients except salt, pepper, and sherry. Simmer at least three hours or until a bean will crush easily. CHEF'S NOTE: An optional method of preparing this soup that we do not use includes this step: Remove the bay leaf and ham hocks, and puree beans in a food mill or sieve. STEP TWO: Return to heat and add salt, pepper, and sherry. Adjust the consistency to your preference. * If too thin, add a little roux made of equal parts butter and flour. Stir over heat until rich and creamy. * If too thick, add a small amount of chicken stock. To serve, sprinkle with grated cooked egg, or thin, sliced raw onion and lace all over with Dry Sack Sherry. Top with a dollop of sour cream. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Suggested Wine: Gamay Beaujolais Serving Ideas : Top with grated egg,sliced onions,dry sherry or sour cream Nutr. Assoc. : 0 999 2516 260 92 1492 0 0 0 342 0 4437 1363
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As bad as the fourth quarter of 2018 was for the stock market, the first quarter of 2019 was almost as good. Since the five percent washout on Christmas Eve, the S&P 500 has risen 25 percent and, as of this writing (5-22-19), major U.S. market indexes are within a few percentage points of their all-time highs. In our 2018 review/2019 preview, we mentioned three factors that were weighing on the economy and markets: rising interest rates, slowing global growth and U.S. trade skirmishes with several countries. Some progress has been made, but many questions, as always, remain.Continue reading
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KET Visions Magazine March 2019
Sherry Feldpausch fondly remembers when she first discovered KET.
She was a young girl at Stanley Elementary in Owensboro. Her teacher, taking a break from the day's regular activities, wheeled a television into the classroom, tuning it to KET.
Sherry and her classmates delighted in what they saw: fun, educational programs that explored science and math and opened their eyes to the wonders of Kentucky and the world around them.
"It was such a treat when we got to watch KET," Sherry recalled. "It was the best part of the school day." Today, she says she still gets the same joy when she tunes in to KET.
"If you want to know and hear about Kentucky—and to really know what's going on in your state—there's no better way to find out about it than from KET," said Sherry, a trust administrator with The Glenview Trust Company in Louisville. "There's so much great programming that we love to watch."
The daughter of Western Kentucky farmers, Sherry said her family's keen interest in public service rubbed off on her at a young age.
So it's fitting that Sherry says she's drawn to KET's public affairs programming, particularly Renee Shaw's legislative and election coverage through programs such as Kentucky Tonight and Legislative Update.
"Renee gives you the local perspective for Kentucky," Sherry says. "And she does such a great job, giving you both parties' perspectives in a straightforward way—it's not vitriolic at all."
When Sunday comes around, she again looks forward to KET, where she can catch up on her favorite Masterpiece programs, such as Victoria and Poldark. Her parents and sister Peggy are likewise fans of the programs—and they've made a tradition of grabbing their phones and exchanging texts while they watch the dramas unfold, commenting on the various plot twists.
"We love good stories—and the Masterpiece programs are all so well done," Sherry says. "The costuming is terrific. The dialogue is great. And the characters just draw you in." In the past, if she missed a Masterpiece program, she would simply wait until it aired again later in the week. But not anymore, thanks to KET Passport. With this member benefit that gives supporters expanded online access to thousands of PBS programs, she can watch programs she missed on her own schedule.
"It's been so liberating to have KET Passport," Sherry adds. "It's changed the way we watch, and it's allowed us to revisit the shows we love, such as Downton Abbey."
Sherry said her passion for KET ultimately prompted her to take a larger role with the statewide public television station. Nearly a decade ago, she began serving on KET's Greater Louisville Regional Fund Board, eventually becoming the board's chair for three years and spearheading numerous fundraising events for the station, including the annual Spirits, Sparkles and Spurs event.
"I think it's important to find things that are interesting to you and worthy of your time," Sherry says. "I enjoy KET and knew that funding was crucial and necessary. So being a part of that and helping out in any way I could was important to me."
Tawana Edwards Honored as Outstanding Law Alumnae
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The University of Louisville Law Alumni Council presented Tawana Edwards, co-CEO and chief fiduciary officer at The Glenview Trust Company, the Lawrence Grauman Award. The award honors a lifetime record of leadership and service to the
profession and community. Edwards received her J.D. at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and was honored as an Outstanding Law Alumnae in 1999. Edwards has more than 35 years of experience and expertise in all aspects of fiduciary law, including personal trusts, estate planning and trust and estate administration. Today, she is the co-chief executive officer, chief fiduciary officer and a member of the board of directors of The Glenview Trust Company. She is secretary of the corporation and has served as such since its inception in 2001.
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This year, the busy elves at The Glenview Trust Company partnered with the caring staff of ElderServe to spread holiday cheer to more than 40 seniors in our community. Our staff joined together to shop, wrap gifts, and lift the spirits of seniors in our community that may not have family or friends to support them during the holidays. We sincerely enjoy the opportunity to give back to our community.
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She was rushed to the OB/GYN to another two hour-long ultrasound after which it was discovered she was actually between 36-38 weeks pregnant. It was then that her water broke. Ileana joined the show and explained to Dr Oz that she still had her period every month, didn't gain a lot of weight, and could still bend forward and be on her feet for hours without any problem. Her stomach didn't even feel hard. She and her boyfriend weren't trying to get pregnant so it came as a surprise.
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Kr Space, a Chinese co-working space spinoff from technology, media and entrepreneurial services company 36Kr, has completed a new financing round of RMB600 million (US$92 million).
Venture capital firms IDG Capital, Gobi Partners, Unity Ventures, Prometheus Capital, a fund established by Chinese tycoon Wang Jianlin's son Wang Sicong, China Minsheng Investment Management and Colony New Yangtze Fund participated in the round, according to an article published on 36Kr's own media portal, 36Kr.com.
It is unclear how 36Kr is valued in the round. The company did not respond immediately to an inquiry from China Money Network to confirm the information.
Competition in the Chinese co-working market is intensifying. Last July, WeWork, the global industry leader, established a new unit named WeWork China, which received a US$500 million funding round from Hony Capital and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.
Some local Chinese co-working space operators have also raised funding and expanded rapidly. Last August, Beijing-based UrWork completed a RMB1.2 billion (US$179 million) pre-C financing round from a group of Chinese investors, including property developer Beijing Capital Land Ltd., conglomerate Beijing Xingpai Group and Beijing Aikang Group. Later in December, Shanghai-based naked Hub said in an interview with Hong Kong media that it is in the process of raising a series C round, which will value the start-up as high as US$1 billion.
Kr Space was spun out from Ant Financial-backed 36Kr as an independent entity in January 2016. It currently operates 30 co-working spaces in eight cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu and Tianjin.
The firm previously raised a RMB100 million (US$15 million) funding round from IDG last September. One year prior, it received a RMB200 million (US$30 million) round from Prometheus Capital and IDG. Kr Space plans to use the latest proceeds to set up more co-working spaces in first tier cities in China.


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King Salmon fishing on the Kenai River is world renown and for good reason.The Kenai has the impressive distinction of producing the world's largest sport-caught king salmon at 97lbs! Every year these mammoth salmon tip the scales at 70, 80, and even 90 pounds. Their sheer strength is unmatched and those that have done battle with these big fish will tell you the experience is not soon forgotten. Due to ever changing conditions this fishery requires mobility and refined technique. Statistics have shown that 10% of the guides catch 90% of the King salmon taken on the Kenai River. Fishing with an experienced guide greatly increases your chances of landing one of these monster Kenai kings.
Two Kenai River Runs:
Two runs of wild Kenai River King salmon combine to support the largest recreational fishery for this species in Alaska. The first run of Kings enter the river from mid-May through June. The late run starts the first of July and ends when the season closes on July 31st. The early Kenai River run starting in May averages about 10,000 fish and the late run that begins on July 1 averages about 30,000 fish.
Kasilof River Runs:
Both Hatchery and wild king salmon return to the Kasilof River. The Kasilof has two runs of king salmon, the early run starting in May consisting of both hatchery fish and naturally produced fish, and the second run starting in July. The second or late run is entirely native kings.
Mark Glassmaker hosts guided fishing on the Kasilof early in May before the large Kings begin entering the Kenai River. Fishing the Kasilof is a different experience than fishing the Kenai because motors are not allowed on this river during king salmon season. Consequently, drift boats are required, making a trip down the Kasilof a very quiet yet exciting journey. It isn't unusual to catch and release a steelhead or a few dolly varden during a drift down the Kasilof.
King Season: May 1 – July 31
Average Size & Records:
•Kenai Kings average 20-40lbs, however it is not unusual to catch fish well over 50lbs.
•Early run Kasilof kings average 20 lbs and late run fish can be over 50 lbs.
•The record Kenai King weighed in at 97 lbs., 4 oz., and was caught in 1985.
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The Eco Pro Surf Series is a professional surfing competition based throughout Florida created to promote Professional level surfers on the rise and Amateur level surfers seeking opportunity to increase their competitive experience. The Eco Pro also directly benefits charitable organizations involved in the surfing world that provide ocean-centric opportunities to children with special needs, ambassadors of coastal conservation, and celebrate the preservation of Florida's rich surfing history. Our mission is to provide local and community focused professional level surfing events that stimulate public interest and attract international competitors to our coastlines all managed by a special committee drafted by Future 6 Helping Hand. Learn more about the event
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There are tons of Butter Chicken recipes out there. I've tried at least 6 different variations, and think I've finally arrived at my favourite. Here goes:
- Prep your meat. I like to use chicken thighs and drumsticks (on the bone) for this recipe. Skin the chicken, and make slits on each piece so that your marinade will go all the way in.
- Marinate 500 gm chicken in 3 tbsp yoghurt, 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste, salt, 2 tsp red chili powder & the juice from half a lime. Mix well and set aside for at least 30 min
- When you're ready to cook, heat 1 tsp canola oil + 1 tsp butter in a heavy bottomed dish. Add the chicken, and all the marinade and cook on high heat till you see a nice brown sear on all sides. Should take about 5 min.
- Turn the heat down to medium, slam a lid on, and let the chicken cook. You can add a splash of water if it's looking too dry but ideally the yogurt should give you all the liquid you need. The chicken needs to cook for 30 min. 15 minutes in, open the pan and give it a mix and cover again.
- Once the chicken has started to fall off the bone, turn off the heat and let the dish stand.
- In a pan / wok, heat 1 tsp canola oil + 1 tsp butter. Using oil and butter together will prevent the butter from burning.
- Add one large chopped onion, two chopped large red tomatoes, 12 – 15 cashew nuts, 2 tbsp watermelon seeds, 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste. Cook till the tomatoes look mushy and break down.
- Cool and puree this mixture in a blender. If you want a really fine gravy, pass the puree through a strainer. I like a little bit of texture to my gravy so leave it as it is.
- Heat 1 tsp oil + butter in a wok and add all the puree
- Add 1 tsp Turmeric, 3 tsp of Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, 1 tbsp Coriander Powder, and 1 tsp of Garam Masala powder. Keep stirring on high heat for at least 5 min. Things will splutter, but that's okay.
- Add 2 tbsp of ketchup. This is optional, but I feel like the ketchup has nice hits of sweetness and acidity and rounds off the dish quite well.
- Add 2 tbsp of cream and cook the gravy till it looks rich and shiny.
- Crumble 1 tbsp of Kasuri Methi (dry fenugreek leaves) on top. If your leaves feel soft, toast them gently in pan for about a minute and gently powder them over your dish.
NOTE: It is super important that you use Kashmiri Red Chilli for this dish. This chilli is low on heat and big on colour, and it what gives Butter Chicken that lovely shade of orange.
- Add the cooked chicken to the gravy. Be damn sure not to waste any of those glorious juices in the pan, okay?
- Mix gently on medium heat, and check seasoning.
- Add another dash of cream and turn off the heat.
- This is where things get really interesting
- Heat a small piece of charcoal on a open fire
- Once glowing, put the charcoal into a little steel / clay bowl and very carefully place the bowl inside the dish of Butter Chicken
- Pour 1/2 tsp ghee on top of the coal and immediately put a lid on the dish
- The dish will fill up with smoke and start infusing the Butter Chicken with that wonderful Tandoori aroma
- Open the dish once all the smoke has disappeared
- Garnish with a final dusting of Kasuri Methi, a drizzle of cream, and serve with Naan or a simple rice dish like Onion Pulao or Peas Pulao.
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Are you still here? Why? That's all I got for today. Well, okay since you insist I suppose I could say a little something. I probably shouldn't say it, being as I work at a school and all... but what exactly was the purpose of all that stuff they made us memorize in school? I mean I'm in my mid-forties now and everyone should be proud that I remember to put on pants before leaving the house. You shouldn't expect me to name the state capitols or the first 30 Presidents or how to calculate the wind speed of a coconut leaden swallow too. I'm human--I have limits!
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The Launch of SO/ Auckland
International luxury lifestyle hotel brand SO/ will open its first hotel in Auckland with renowned Kiwi fashion innovators WORLD announced as the signature design partner. Located in the heart of the city and occupying the former Reserve Bank, SO/ Auckland will join an artistic portfolio of just seven very individual hotels worldwide. SO/ Auckland will shatter conventional hotel norms and is set to become the city's hottest destination for locals and visitors alike. Each SO/ hotel is an artistic vision brought to life by celebrated names from the world of fashion and design. In Mauritius there is Mr.Kenzo Takada; in Bangkok Monsieur Christian Lacroix; renowned duo Viktor&Rolf in Berlin; and in Singapore, Karl Lagerfeld the emblem creator.
In New Zealand WORLD will bring the same spirit of extravagance and boldness to what promises to be one of New Zealand's most exciting hotels. Forget traditional uniforms: WORLD has been on a journey with the SO/ Auckland team for more than three years to create an emblem, a signature design print, artwork, wallpaper designs for the signature suites, cushions for the chauffeur cars and attire for the staff that encourages individual expressionism. The emblem reflects the volcanic history of Auckland, the natural beauty of New Zealand and the history of the building itself, the former Reserve Bank which at one time housed the country's gold reserves. Inspired by its surrounds, the 130-room hotel will also feature a café, Club Signature lounge, SO Spa, SO Fit and indoor heated pool.
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Russia, China Complete Joint-Sea 2014 Drills
China and Russia have completed their joint naval drill named "Joint-Sea 2014", which began in South ...read more →
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to Complete Shipyard Period on Time
Half of the way into a scheduled 14-month docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard ...read more →
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The Ukrainian Navy's fleet of ships and boats Pryluky, Kirovograd, Skadovsk, AK-1, and AK-2 completed a range ...read more →
USA: Boxer ARG, 13th MEU Complete Eight-Month Deployment
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Canadian Navy Ships Complete Deployment on Operation CARIBBE
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Canadian Navy Ships Complete Deployment on Operation CARIBBE
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US, Canadian Navies Complete TGEX
U.S. and Canadian Sailors completed a Task Group Exercise (TGEX), off the coast of Southern California, Oct. 7-11. ...read more →
Sailors Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Complete ASIST
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed applied suicide ...read more →
UK: Queen Elizabeth's Flight Deck Complete
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A flight deck crash and salvage team from amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) completed refresher training ...read more →
USS John C. Stennis Sailors Complete SAPR-F Training
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response-Fleet (SAPR-F) training concluded aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ...read more →
Russia's Second Mistral to Be Complete in October 2014
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USS Tortuga Crew, Marines from 31st MEU Complete ...
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Indian Naval Aeronautical Engineers Complete ...
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