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For the first time in my 47 years of life, I have decided to confess. I was born to a traditional agrarian Jain family in the Malnad region of Karnataka. When I was born my religion was Jainism. According to the Indian Constitution I belong to a minority community, like the Muslims or the Christians in this country. You have every right to ask me why I am confessing now, after so long.
I grew up with my Hindu, Muslim and Christian friends and no one thought it was necessary to know my religion. We ate, played and studied together. Though I am a pure vegetarian, I used to eat at the homes of my non-vegetarian Hindu, Muslim and Christian friends during my childhood. All our mothers and sisters used to serve me only the vegetarian stuff and that too with true love. Don't think that I was born and brought up in a cosmopolitan city like Delhi or Mumbai. I wasn't. I lived in a tiny village called Naguru in Karnataka's South Canara district where there was great harmony and understanding between different religions and sects in the 1970s. Even now, my native place is calm, like many other villages in India.
When I was around 12 years old, my parents took me to a nearby Jain basadi (temple) to get me the holy diksha (ordination). At that moment, a sacred thread was bestowed upon me. Within two days of diksha, that sacred thread disappeared. And after almost a year I stopped eating food after sunset, like a true Jain. Drinking only water after the sunset had made a positive impact on my health and mind, but due to many reasons I eventually discontinued that practice. At one particular moment during my teenage years, I thought all gods were different manifestations of one god and started going to temples and basadis. I also went to churches and mosques and prayed there. But gradually, as I entered adulthood, I stopped going to any place of worship. When I got married at 27, once again two more sacred threads, including the one that represented my responsibility towards my wife, were tied to me. They disappeared on the same night. With that, I thought, I had relinquished my Jain identity.
But what made me confess at this moment is the roar of the 'Ghar Wapsi' programme by right-wing Hindu organisations across India. They have almost reached my doorstep, my village in coastal Karnataka!
First of all, everyone has to understand how and why conversions happen. If we take the example of India, over thousands of years some Hindus converted to Islam, Christianity, Jainism and Buddhism. In most cases, those Hindus, who were marginalised and left with a feeling that they were not treated well in their own religion, decided to embrace other religions that promised them a dignified life and identity. Yes, in almost all cases, good education, social status and opportunities were used as 'incentives' for conversion. One more important thing is, all along the course of life, some sort of conversion happens in everyone's mind and heart which nobody can control or manipulate. For example in my case, if anyone traces the roots of my ancestry, I may well turn out to be a Hindu by origin. Many decades ago, my great grandparents believed in Jainism and practiced it. Several members of our now-broken joint family still practice Jainism. They don't eat after sunset. They don't consume non-vegetarian food and don't drink alcohol. They regularly go to basadis and pray. I, however, accidentally ate a hamburger once and when I visited England I drank wine in many official lunches and dinners. Though I didn't pick up the habit of eating non-veg and drinking alcohol, I am not a Jain now. According to Jainism, I am a traitor as I have flouted many of the customs associated with the faith and hence I don't belong to that religion. I would have gone to temples, churches and masjids to pray, but I am not a Hindu or a Christian or a Muslim. I just believe in humanity and I am trying to become more humane as the day passes.
My sincere request to those people behind this meaningless reconversion drive is this: first and foremost, do some introspection and check if you have remained true Hindus in your actions, in your mind and heart. Please tell me to which home I have to return--Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Christianity or Humanity? Please give me the answer before trying to reconvert the next batch.
The truth is that, irrespective of whether or not you indulge in this gimmick called 'Ghar Wapsi' and vote bank politics, Hinduism will never die. Even after repeated invasions and forceful conversions over the last thousands of years, Hinduism has remained as strong as it was. This is not a religion that you think and practice. Hinduism is a belief, truth and the sacred lap that allows all other religions, beliefs, traditions and cultures to blossom upon it. It is only because of this that the whole of India still celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi, Holi and Diwali as one family.


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Did you really think you could deceive me again, Tomas?
You fool.
You poor, besotted fool.
I intercepted your last letter, telling Kassana where to hide from me. Yes, my dearest, best beloved brother. Once I had the letter, it was easy enough to send along one of my own. I invited Kassana to meet at our parents' old manor. In your name, of course. Sealed with your initials.
She came. Of course she came.
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Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches are AMAZING! We love this delicious dinner and it is a great freezer meal too. I have fallen in love with this easy slow cooker meal! I could not get over how tasty and good this was. The best thing is all you need is 2 ingredients! Yes only two ingredients to put in the crockpot which is a chuck roast and cans of beef consomme. I made this meal ahead of time as a Freezer Cooking Meal and when I was ready to have it on my menu I just pulled it out of the freezer the night before and thawed it in the fridge.
To prep as a freezer meal simply place the roast in a resealable gallon-sized freezer bag and pour beef consomme on top. When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours.
Cook on LOW for 8-11 hours. Remove roast from slow cooker and save extra juice for dipping! With 2 forks, shred roast and serve meat on buns. I love that this is a put it in the crockpot and forget about it all day recipe. You can leave for a long 10+ hour day and come home to a delicious dinner.
If you are eating low carb this is a great recipe for you! You can check out the food label here for the beef consomme. Of course don't eat with the bun! 🙂 We hope you enjoy this delicious and easy to prepare slow cooker recipe. I like to serve this with homemade french fries which is also a great freezer recipe too! We hope you enjoy this delicious Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches recipe as much as we do!
Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches
- 2-3 lb beef chuck roast
- 2 cans 14.5 oz each beef consomme (it is right next to the soups and beef broth)
- 6-8 hoagie buns
- Place roast in a resealable gallon-sized freezer bag and pour beef consomme on top.
- When ready to eat, remove from freezer and thaw in fridge for 24 hours.
- Cook on LOW for 8-11 hours (or HIGH for 5-7 hours).
- Remove roast from slow cooker and save extra juice for dipping!
- With 2 forks, shred roast and serve meat on buns.
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My favorite crockpot meal!!! Love this recipe!
Do you put all the consommé in the crockpot or is it just for marinading?
You put both cans in the crockpot! It is what helps cook the meat. Then use it for marinade 🙂
Sounds good maybe melt some cheese on top of hoagie before eating!
The second time we made them we put provolone cheese slices on them and it was delish!
Making these for dinner tonight!
I have always loved the "DeJu" sandwiches at Arby's..now I can make my own!
I'm stoked and can't wait to make this. Thank you for sharing!!
Do you season the meat at all? I want to make thus for a friend and don't want to mess it up:)
Have you ever used beef broth instead? What is the difference, if you don't mind me asking?
I bet this is good!
2 ingredients in the crockpot. This is my kind of recipe! Thank you!
Yum! Planning to try this this week - I am going to make it fresh (Not do a freeze ahead) - is it best to marinade the meat in the beef consomme ahead of time or can i just throw it together in the crock pot?
My family LOVED these! My littles are 7, 6, 4, 2 and they thought these were the best thing since sliced bread!! I was excited to have something different and a bit more "mature" than spaghetti and mac n cheese! We have already made plans to make this x4 to keep stockpiled in the freezer from here on out. I made the 20 meals in 4 hours, since we don't like onions I gave all of the ones I couldn't edit the onions out of to a cousin going thru her fathers funeral and moving her invalid mother to a home, and we kept the rest. We are slowly trying and remaking the ones we like. Its normally SO hard for us to make things like this for us since we don't like onions. But with these being broken down into individual recipes is GREAT!!
My consomme instructs to add water (that is, if making it as consomme!) do I add water to this, or just the straight consomme from the can? Thanks!
Can you put the beef in the slow cooker frozen? Or should it be thawed first? (I know with chicken recipes it doesn't matter either way.). Thanks!


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Tomorrow we have the kick off for a new big project. Our wish is to built a home for women and girls with special needs. A home were we can provide special care and treatments. We are excited and looking forward to this meeting and hope a lot of people will join us in this project. Tomorrows kick off will contain presentations from psychologist and psychiatrist. Are you interested in being involved? Let us know. The meeting will be at Odanadi at 10.30 AM. We will keep you updated about this new project.


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And what better way to reinvigorate your life, than by giving your finances a Spring clean?
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Disney's John Carter flopped tremendously over the weekend due in part due to a bungled marketing campaign.
The trailer was criticised for looking like an utterly generic science fiction movie.
Even I, a sci-fi fan, had zero interest in seeing the film until I happened upon a few facts that were left out of the trailer.
1. The movie is based on an important work of science fiction. Published in 1917, A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs was cited as a major influence by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clark and Carl Sagan.
2. The script was co-written by literary phenom Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
3. The movie was directed by Andrew Stanton, the guy who wrote Toy Story and directed Finding Nemo and Wall-E, some of the most highly acclaimed crossover hits of our time.
These facts convinced me to see the movie, and sure enough I was impressed. John Carter has gravitas, a good story and incredible CGI.
But the only thing that can save it now is word of mouth. Otherwise Disney is looking at a writedown of $100 million to $165 million.
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During The Advent and Christmas season, we Catholics ponder the mysteries of our faith, marveling at God's coming among us as a baby with very humble beginnings.
The story of Christ's crucifixion emphasizes his very humiliating death: he was treated as a criminal and executed in a very inhumane manner. But the crucifixion itself is not a mystery. There is physical proof that the stories of the Passion and death of the Lord that are contained in the Gospels are full of actual historical fact.
Witnesses to Mystery: Investigations into Christ's Relics shows, through detailed photographs and diagrams, the scientific and historical proofs of these events.
This fascinating book is packed with information that a reader might expect to find only in scholarly books or journals. Author Grzegorz Górny presents this information in an engaging style that combines history, anthropology, biology, chemistry, and more. This interdisciplinary approach to the subject brings the facts about each relic to life and shows how the histories of the various relics are interconnected as well as affected by world events.
As you read this book, you can't help but be convinced of the reality of the Gospel events and intrigued by the history of each of the relics studied. These include the Shroud of Turin, the True Cross and Holy Nails, the Crown of Thorns, and others.
I have been captivated by the image on the Shroud of Turin and its history for a long time, but I had no idea that many of these other relics existed. The author explains why such relics had to be kept closely-guarded secrets and demonstrates how many medieval artists were clearly influenced by the images of Christ on the Shroud and other relics.
The large-format book is filled with the beautiful, detailed work of photographer Janusz Rosikoń, who spent more than two years on a pilgrimage to capture images of the relics and the awe-inspiring churches, cathedrals and chapels that house them.
Witnesses to Mystery would make a wonderful gift for history buffs as well as anyone interested in religious art.
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You have got such an important data collection and would you like to lose that? Well, you will never want it to happen, in reality. In real sense, you will realize that the UNIX file system is certainly the best one that you are going to find. In the real sense,recovering data from a crashed hard drive is not that better as compared to the prevention. In all the big companies, you will find the UNIX is preferred as far as the networking is concerned. The file system in case of the UNIX is quite similar to the windows. However, the networking concept of the UNIX is much better as compared to earlier version of the UNIX. However, you will find that the windows 7 and the other latest versions are certainly more profitable undoubtedly. You will enjoy each and every moment that you will pass through. The other concepts like the multithreading as well as the IPC makes the recovering data from a crashed hard drive much easier undoubtedly.
Recovering Data from a Crashed Hard Drive
The process of recovering data from a crashed hard drive is not that hard, as now you can a find number of helpful software. All these are certainly quite awesome. These are available in different versions, and you will find that the data can be easily retrieved from a crashed hard. There are two ways through which the crash might take place. The first reason might be the software, and the second is well the hardware. If you think deeply, then in that case, you are certainly going to find that in case of the hardware failure, the problem is immense, and you will certainly feel a lot tougher as well. Hardware failures are deadly. As far as the software failures are concerned, if you have the brain and knowledge, then you can rectify it at zero money. Thus you are certainly in profit on all the accounts and this is certainly the biggest plus point that you might find in the real sense. The process of recovering data from a crashed hard drive is easier in case of software failure and in case of the hardware failure, it is tougher.
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I can certainly understand that the first thing that goes through pretty much everyone's mind when it comes to a hard disk failure is panic. Most people actually don't back up their hard drive, which although many tech experts recommended, just makes sense. People tend to be lazy in general, and it makes sense that they would not extend the extra effort to actually make their data safe. So obviously when they get something like a hard drive clicking sound coming from the hard disk, it can be a lot of trouble for them. But, this is certainly not a situation that is unrecoverable from. You have to recognize the fact that there are at least 10 really decent data recovery shop in the United States, and they understand that the hard drive clicking issue is one that pretty much everyone will have now and again. But one thing I should mention is that you should always remember to turn off your system immediately when you experience hard drive clicking. Otherwise, your data could be lost.


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CSI data provides very affordable historical data sets for the US, UK and Canadian markets.
It seems to be rather difficult to find affordable data for other markets.
But let's say I plan on beginning to trade the, say, stocks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) five years from now.
Has someone here devised any easy (preferably automated) solutions to collect SEHK data for every single stock, every day for the next five years? It would be nice to be pointed in the right direction.
Since recent data can usually be found online for free, one would think that one could, in a few years time, accumulate some nice chunk of data -- for free.
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Harris, A.W. and Mueller, M. and Lisse, C.M. and Cheng, A.F. (2008) A survey of Karin cluster asteroids with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Icarus: International Journal of Solar System Studies, 199 (1), pp. 86-96. Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.004 ISSN 0019-1035
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The Karin cluster is one of the youngest known families of main-belt asteroids, dating back to a collisional event only 5.8 ± 0.2 Myr ago. Using the Spitzer Space Telescope we have photometrically sampled the thermal continua (3.5–22 μm) of 17 Karin cluster asteroids of different sizes, down to the smallest members discovered so far, in order to make the first direct measurements of their sizes and albedos and study the physical properties of their surfaces. Our targets are also amongst the smallest mainbelt asteroids observed to date in the mid-infrared. The derived diameters range from 17.3 km for 832 Karin to 1.5 km for 75176, with typical uncertainties of 10%. The mean albedo is pv = 0.215 ± 0.015, compared to 0.20 ± 0.07 for 832 Karin itself (for H = 11.2 ± 0.3), consistent with the view that the Karin asteroids are closely related physically as well as dynamically. The albedo distribution (pv = 0.12 - 0.32) is consistent with the range associated with S-type asteroids but the variation from one object to another appears to be significant. Contrary to the case for near-Earth asteroids, our data show no evidence of an albedo dependence on size. However, the mean albedo is lower than expected for young, fresh "S-type" surfaces, suggesting that space weathering can darken main-belt asteroid surfaces on very short timescales. Our data are also suggestive of a connection between surface roughness and albedo, which may reflect rejuvenation of weathered surfaces by impact gardening. While the available data allow only estimates of lower limits for thermal inertia, we find no evidence for the relatively high values of thermal inertia reported for some similarly sized near-Earth asteroids. Our results constitute the first observational confirmation of the legitimacy of assumptions made in recent modeling of the formation of the Karin cluster via a single catastrophic collision 5.8±0.2 Myr ago.
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I've Got a No-Quit-Go-For-It Attitude! What Research Can Tell Us about Children and Determination
As you now know, the Powerful Word of the Month is Determination.
Wish your children showed more stick-to-itiveness and determination? Turns out, it's a very important predictor to success. Researchers have suggested a strong link between enhanced self-determination skills and doing better in school and out of schools for students with and without disabilities. Here are the details:
- Let them get involved: Allowing children to use their self determination skills and providing the opportunity for them to do so, can be enormously helpful in their academic outcomes. When students with disabilities get involved in planning, decision making, and implementation of their educational programs they tend to achieve better academic success than their peers who did not get involved and use these self-determination skills. Studies have also found positive results when students get involved or take a leadership role in determining their IEP (Individualized Education Programs) and transition goals.
- Support their autonomy: Research shows that when we support the autonomy and independence of students within the classroom, students are more self-determined, motivated, and more apt to perceive themselves as competent. This, in turn, predicted the larger likelihood of students staying in school rather than dropping out.
- Understand your parenting style: Parenting style can have an impact on children's acquisition and development of self-determination skills. Parents who involve their children in more decision-making, were more likely to foster determination skills in their children. Interestingly, researchers have found that Caucasian parents were more likely to foster these self determination skills in their children as compared to Asian and African American parents. This may be due, in part, to cultural differences, expectations, and norms.
- Determine if you're Allowing your Child to Live Up to Their Own Potential: Parents with typically developing, non-special needs children, were more apt to foster determination skills in their children than parents of children with special needs. Specifically, parents of children with disabilities were less likely to involve them in household chores and interacting with salespeople, to allow them to make their own decisions, to teach goal setting and recognition of their weaknesses, and to involve them in making choices and decisions when dealing with unexpected and undesired behaviors. These parents also tended to exert more control in their children's post-school career and living arrangements. These students wound up with less determination themselves.
- Know what to teach: Parents can help support children's self determination skill development by teaching certain skills at home and enrolling their children in programs that help to foster development in the following areas: Choice Making, Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, Independent Living, Risk-Taking, Safety Skills, Goal Setting & Attainment, Self observation, Evaluation, Reinforcement, Self instruction, Self understanding, Leadership, & Self Awareness. (We will be going over many of these skills at our Powerful Words Member Schools this month—and you can also reinforce these skills when out in the community!)
Looking forward to a Powerful Month!
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Ascending Arkansas progressive doom quartet Pallbearer recently released a new track titled 'Dropout' – their first music released since their latest studio album 'Heartless' back in March 2017. The track is the the 53rd instalment of the Adult Swim Singles Program. The band have now teamed up with Audiotree to record a special live video for the track, which can be viewed online, here:
Order 'Dropout' digitally, here: https://apple.co/2K9lVDW
Pallbearer will be gracing our UK and European stages this summer for a run of club shows, on top of several previously announced festival appearances.
Kicking off in Hamburg, Germany on July 13th – this run will take Pallbearer across eleven countries for 21 club/festival shows, concluding on August 16th at Germany's Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbuhl.
The band commented:
"We're excited to once again be heading over to Europe and the UK, and we might even be playing a handful songs from our catalogue that have never been performed outside of the US before!"
Dates are all on sale now:
13 Jul DE Hamburg – Molotow Club
14 Jul BE Dour – Dour Festival
15 Jul NL Nijmegen – Valkhof Festival
16 Jul UK London – Islington Assembly Hall
17 Jul UK Glasgow – Stereo
18 Jul UK Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
19 Jul UK Bristol – The Fleece
21 Jul DE Crispendorf – Chaos Descends Festival
23 Jul IT Milan – Circolo Magnolia
24 Jul SL Tolmin – Metaldays festival
03 Aug DK Copenhagen – Vega
04 Aug DE Beelen – Krach am Bach Festival
05 Aug DE Cottbus – Zum Faulen August
07 Aug HR Primosten – SuperUho Festival
08 Aug HU Budapest – A38
09 Aug CZ Josefov – Brutal Assault Festival
10 Aug DE Bad Kotzting – Void Fest
12 Aug UK Derbyshire – Bloodstock Festival
14 Aug DE Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
15 Aug CH Winterthur – Gaswerk
16 Aug DE Dinkelsbuhl – Summer Breeze Festival
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At Baby Atelier, great importance is put into every child's individual progress and developments. E.g. I recall how Nursery 2 was formed to cater to the needs of toddlers transitioning from infancy to toddlerhood. This group was too advanced for the Nursery group but too young to join the Sprouts. We could see how dynamic and proactive Baby Atelier is, that changes were promptly made to meet the needs of the children.
Our child enjoys the activities at Baby Atelier and looks forward to school every morning. We are amazed at his physical and mental developments and achievements over the months. Programmes are carefully and thoughtfully planned, not just in academic learning, but more importantly, teaching children moral values and life skills.
Besides, Baby Atelier always takes the extra mile to ensure the children get only the best possible attention, care and protection. E.g. Meals are prepared with organic ingredients, children are showered using organic toiletries, air purifiers/essential oil diffusers are used to disinfect the air, and parents are kept informed of their kids' activities on a regular basis.
Above all, it's the love, dedication and commitment from the Baby Atelier team that we are forever grateful for. Thank you Baby Atelier for making us feel so welcomed, involved, assured and comforted knowing that our son is in great hands and is getting a great foundation during these crucial years of his life.
Mr & Mrs Sim, Parents of Caleb
The center is filled with caring individuals to assist, whilst each child gets personal attention…
Our son was at another pre-school and was extremely unhappy. By chance, a friend recommended Baby Atelier and he fit right in, especially with his caring teacher, who made such a big difference to him.
The center is very hygienic and filled with caring individuals to assist, whilst each child gets personal attention.
In turn, I have recommended Baby Atelier to my friends too!
Cammy Loh, Mummy of Cameron
No matter how moody my child is when I send her in the morning, I will definitely see her in a happily playing with her friends and teachers in the evening…
After doing some research, we decided that Baby Atelier is the best place for my preschool aged child. And we have not been disappointed. First of all, it is clean and spacious. The excellent level of hygiene standards make me feel my child is in a good hands.
The staff are great and kind. They are always patient and responsive to our enquiries and willing to work together with the parents to develop and understand the child. I can see positive changes in my daughter, especially in her language and social skills. The educators and conducive learning environment at Baby Atelier has definitely taught her how to share, and interface with other kids better.
Baby Atelier has also put in a lot of effort to maintain communication with the parents. The daily activity book, weekly reports and constant class teacher feedback always keeps me informed on the progress of my child. I have been amazed by the learning progress my child has made and the activities that she had been exposed with.
I would like to thank Faye and her team on their dedication and continuous effort to nurture the kids. No matter how moody my child is when I send her in the morning, I will definitely see her in a happily playing with her friends and teachers in the evening. I feel positive that she is always in a good hands.
Ker Tsu Hsiang, Mummy of Yu Qing
My 2 year old son wakes up for school every morning…
Making the transition from in-home day care to Baby Atelier Pre-school was one of the smoothest and easiest transitions for us and our son, Rayyan. 6 months down the road, my son's interest in activities, learning, and his creative spark has blossomed since starting at Baby Atelier. We are pleased with his continuous growth in Baby Atelier but what impressed us the most was his discipline to wake up early for school at such young age. Not fussy and cranky at all. To us, we see that as a good sign that he loves Baby Atelier! My appreciation to the teachers and staff for their love and care as well as their non-stop efforts and ideas to make the learning more fun for the children. It isn't easy for a full time working parent to send our child to daycare, but having Baby Atelier as the place he goes every day certainly sets our minds more at ease. A million times thanks, Baby Atelier!
Jesse Tan, Mummy of Rayyan
My child has diversified her social and learning experiences rapidly in a short time…
We are happy with our choice of Baby Atelier as an introduction for our daughter to formal education. She has diversified her social and learning experiences rapidly in the short time that she has been attending class, and that has made all the difference in her transition from home-based care. We have found the educators and daycare minders at Baby Atelier to be warm and responsive to the parents as well as children, and would highly recommend them to parents in Kuala Lumpur in search of a well-maintained, safe and nurturing environment for their little ones.
Laylin Lian, Mummy of Natasha
Both my husband and I feel that we could not have chosen a better place for our child to develop and grow…
My daughter started at Baby Atelier in 2015 and we are extremely pleased with our experience! Both my husband and I feel that we could not have chosen a better place for our child to develop and grow educationally and socially. We really appreciate the fun, nurturing and educational environment as well as the healthy meals provided every day.
My daughter loves her wonderful caregivers and teachers who give her much love and guidance. It is evident that the staff are dedicated to the child's development and education and are sensitive to individual needs.
We saw our child thrive in Baby Atelier with the organized theme-based preschool education, which has equipped her with phonics, numeracy and pre-writing skills. The curriculum also encompasses creative arts, science, motor skills, singing, dancing and many other fun physical activities. We are frequently entertained when she repeats all the songs and dancing she learnt and are amazed that she is able to self read the Lady Bird Key Words Series at the young age of three after attending the preschool. On top of that, Baby Atelier has helped to instill good moral values and social skills to our child.
If you are looking for a high quality childcare provider, we would definitely recommend Baby Atelier Nursery & Preschool.
Fung Yee Luh, Mummy of Nana
It is assuring that Baby Atelier is run by a team of well-qualified and trained child care professionals who are easily accessible and present…
It is assuring that Baby Atelier is run by a team of well-qualified and trained child care professionals who are easily accessible and present. It is also important for me that the centre is supported by a sizeable team of trained staff (nurses and educators) ensuring the appropriate ratio of minder to children.
On the whole, I find the set-up to be well-organized in their management of the children. The centre is progressive in keeping parents updated on their children's weekly activities and any other notifications through a phone app, which I find very convenient. It is heartening to see the photos the centre sends weekly of my child engaging in activities and learning.
For what it lacks in outdoor space, the centre makes up in a safe, clean and adequate interior with a selection of quality Montessori-type educational toys and play equipment. Importantly, when my child is on medication, the child minders have proven to be diligent in administering the prescribed medicine accordingly. All in all, I am assured that my child is in good hands and I am satisfied with the child care services rendered by Baby Atelier.
Karen Michelle De Cruz, Mummy of Sarah
The holistic program offered by Baby Atelier has groomed my son to be a well-rounded and independent child…
We have been sending our son, RZ to Baby Atelier for a year since he was 3 years old. The holistic program offered by Baby Atelier has groomed RZ to be a well-rounded and independent child. We observed significant improvement in his social and communication skills.
The environment is conducive and class is conducted in small scale where adequate attention is given to every child. The educators are well qualified, caring, patient and passionate with young children. We have no qualm putting our child under their care as they are attentive to my child's needs and well-being.
Baby Atelier ensure children's progress are well communicated to parents through daily report, weekly progress report (via Allschools apps) and half yearly parents and teacher meeting. On top of that, the class teacher would update me what RZ has learned during the day when I picked him up. I don't miss any development and progress of my child.
We were impressed with their wholesome and balanced diet even a picky eater like our son loves the meals and finishes it all the time.
Overall, our experience with Baby Atelier is excellent and will definitely recommend parents to pay Baby Atelier a visit.
Mr & Mrs Chiang, Parents of RZ
Our girl loves the place!
We were 1st time parents and didn't know what to look for and what would be something suitable for our 9 month old child. Baby Atelier was close by so we decided to drop by to find out more & is the 1st center we checked out. The place is well organized, lots of room and space as well. Not to mention the staff are friendly, warm & professional. Immediately we knew that this would be the environment we want for our child, we didn't look for others as we knew that we have found one. That was in Aug'15 & we didn't regret our decision. Our girl loves the place!
Benjamin Lye, Daddy of Caylie
When we started looking out for a day care for our daughter, Baby Atelier was the first one we visited and we didn't think of visiting another one…
When we started looking out for a day care for our daughter, Baby Atelier was the first one we visited and we didn't think of visiting another one because the location, facilities and all that we were looking out for was available there. Cleanliness and hygiene are always on the top of the list for the school. They take special care of the individual needs for each child, which includes feeding time, medication, and special diet like feeding any specific food provided by me for my daughter.
The teachers are warm and friendly and the activities are well planned for the child's learning and personality growth. I can see a lot of difference in my daughter since she is going to Baby Atelier.
I strongly recommend Baby Atelier for new parents because of its infrastructure, teachers' warmth which makes the kids comfortable, activities for each stage and facilities.
Kanika, Mummy of Anvika
We soon realized we made the right decision as the staffs and teachers were all very helpful, friendly, caring and loving…
We chose Baby Atelier mainly because of the low caregiver to child ratio. But we soon realized we made the right decision as the staffs and teachers were all very helpful, friendly, caring and loving.
I am amazed at the level of attentiveness that they showed towards my child. Never a day has my son left the nursery without smile or laughter. More surprisingly, my child sometimes seemed to be very excited and looking forward to go to nursery on occasions when he is picked up by the caregiver who he loves.
Overall, I can see that my child had lots of fun in Baby Atelier. I am of the opinion that children learn the most when they are having fun.
We would also like to thank Baby Atelier team for all their great effort in making learning so much more fun to my child J
Evelyn Tan, Mummy of Jarell
All we ever wanted for our twins was to build their self-confidence and social emotional skills, and Baby Atelier has done just that!
Initially, we came to Baby Atelier as our twins were (at that time aged 2) could not enroll into other nurseries, and Baby Atelier is the nearer alternative.
However, we soon realized we are fortunate to enroll our twins into Baby Atelier as they have changed my twins. All we ever wanted for our twins was to build their self-confidence and social emotional skills as they were kept at home and rarely mingled with other children of the same age. Baby Atelier has done just that!
Now, my twins can speak confidently and interact with us better. We would advise parents to look for a nursery that really has the objectives of bringing the best to your child.
Mr & Mrs Ng, Parents of Ethan & Kristina
The education and care provided by the dedicated and passionate teachers and staff of Baby Atelier….
The education and care provided by the dedicated and passionate teachers and staff of Baby Atelier encompass learning within and outside the classroom – it's Parents' Day Celebration and outdoor field trips, which allow camaraderie, interaction and bonding between teachers, parents and children.
It also instills a sense of belonging and includes a lot of fun in its curriculum and activities.
We can see tremendous improvement in our child especially in speech and social skills development.
Good job, Baby Atelier! Keep up the good work!
Thank you.
Mr & Mrs Yap, Parents of Wai Jie
Baby Atelier provides a safe, nurturing, clean and enjoyable environment for our son…
Baby Atelier provides a safe, nurturing, clean and enjoyable environment for our son. Door monitoring provides immediate reassurance to parents of the safety standards upheld at the center. An experienced and qualified nurse assigned to take care of our baby also provides added comfort.
As parents, we are always greeted in a friendly manner and we receive plenty of feedback about our son. All the teachers and nurses are friendly and approachable; and we are greeting with a very warm welcome each day.
Our son seems to be more independent and easier to manage since he started attending Nursery in April 2016. He also seems to be happy and enjoys his time in the nursery.
We are pleased with Baby Atelier and would highly recommend this Nursery to any parent.
Sylvia Khaw, Mummy of ZiHern
We live in Cheras and we send our girl all the way to Taman Desa despite of the early morning heavy traffic…
Babysitter versus baby centre, what's your choice?
I believe this is a topic which is widely debated among 21st century mummies. As a working mother and school teacher, I have no regrets for sending my child to Baby Atelier. For your information, we live in Cheras and we send our girl all the way to Taman Desa despite of the early morning heavy traffic.
Many would wonder why didn't I choose somewhere nearer or might as well choose a good baby sitter around my neighborhood as I might be able to save time and money. However, I beg to difer.
I would opt for a playschool environment rather than a rigid house environment. When the kids mingle around, I can assure you that they learn something which is not taught in any books, especially problem-solving skills. Furthermore, I realise many baby sitters nowadays prefer to use the pacifier, and cradle; and allow the young children to watch television and play with electronic gadgets like the iPad. However, for me, these are not my desired style of nurturing my child.
My girl really benefits a lot from Baby Atelier. I really love all the activities which are arranged by their educators. It trains their motor skills and soft skills which I think, is very essential at this stage, Let me give you an example, when they see their friends putting away their toys after playing, they will follow the good behavior too. In addition, they are more optimistic and are not afraid of strangers. They are more confident in certain ways too. And one more important point is, they are really disciplined. All these are trained in the centre.
When my girl was 10-month-old, she already knew how to put back her toys after playing. Later, when she was 14-month-old, she helping me with house chores like drying clothes and disposing her own diapers. She also tried to help me in folding clothes, though the mission not fully accomplished yet, her effort is really encouraging. This is my desired style of educating my child. I did not expect her to know her alphabets from A-Z at this stage, as I think that toddlers should master all the soft skills before knowing A-Z. Just my 2-cents.
In short, if you are in the midst of choosing between a babysitter and baby centre, I think you should ponder in your mind, what is our desired style of educating our child? To me, I opt for a systematic, Montessori-based, play school environment. To be in a win-win situation, follow your mummy's instinct. Education and character building should start from the young.
Lily Woon, Mummy of Rui Xuen


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That doesn't automatically mean one should only write series. If you are a young writer, it might be wiser to experiment in numerous genres until you hit your stride and wait to invest time in creating series once you've found the sweet spot --stories that you like to write and readers like to read.
Some genres lend themselves to particular types of series more than others. Romances rarely if ever span several books with the same characters. Romance arcs are usually constrained by reader expectations of a happy ending, not a cliffhanger. Romance series tend to be joined by locale or by theme, spanning numerous discrete pairings whose stories might or might not overlap.
Mystery series tend to follow the same sleuth, but move from case to case, again, eschewing the cliffhanger model. Readers expect a mystery to be resolved by book's end--to be a stand-alone product. The sleuth might develop over the series, or he or she might be a more steady force and the appeal is the new intellectual puzzle rather than character development.
It's in adventure, science fiction, and fantasy (and their subgenres, like dystopian) where cliffhanger endings and incomplete arcs are more the norm. But look at series like Harry Potter, and you'll find that each book has a complete, contained arc, while each book also contributes to and moves forward a larger, whole-series arc. Whether you could create such a series by building on a stand-alone is debatable, however. Rowling's work clearly was heavily planned and structured to give equal weight to each volume's arc as well as the series arc. So I'd think twice about attempting to take your stand-alone fantasy and expect to have a series arc pop out without having been planned it, with seeds planted that have yet to come to fruition.
With those genre-trope caveats out of the way, I'd like to suggest some ways to build series when you've written stand-alone books.
Same world
|Some of McCaffrey's Pern series (via Amazon.com)
Frank Herbert's Dune series follows several different characters through a universe he creates in which space travel is made possible through an altered-mind state caused by a rare drug, Spice, found on the desert planet Arrakis. Whoever controls the Spice controls the universe.
Anne McCaffrey's Pern series take place on the planet Pern, where human colonists genetically modified lizards into dragons in order to fight a sky-borne menace called Thread. Books cover everything from the first colonization to generations of dragonriders over centuries, and include other professions in the planet's guild system during its "middle ages," such as healers (Nerilka's Story) and bards (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong, Dragondrums).
If you've spent considerable time and effort building a unique setting, consider how you might use the setting for other stories, focused on other characters and/or other segments of society. It doesn't necessarily need to be a fantastical or otherworld setting either. A New Adult author might work with a particular invented college campus with unique majors or unique campus features. A cozy mystery writer might set all of the stories in the same region with different amateur sleuths. A literary fiction writer might follow several generations who live in the same oddball town.
Imagine how the unique setting might change over time because of the events in your stand-alone. Consider picking up with your main character's children or grandchildren, or with a secondary or even tertiary character you wished you could have developed more in your first book.
Spin-off characters
L.M. Montgomery's Anne series contains seven books, five that focus on Anne Shirley, and two with her children, Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside. This series follows Anne from childhood, when she is adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, into her teen years, college, early career, marriage and motherhood, moving to several locales in Canada. Once Anne is fairly settled and no longer having madcap adventures, her kids carry on.
Perhaps the sidekick character in your first book would like his or her own story. Or perhaps you'd like to carry forward what happens next from the love interest's point of view, as Gayle Foreman did with both If I Stay / Where She Went and Just One Day / Just One Year. Perhaps you'd like to experiment with changing genres without switching brands, so spin off a younger or older character and write his or her story in your existing world, but write it as middle grade, or young adult or adult.
Thematic series
If you feel like no characters are begging to have their own story, and you want to try a new setting, consider building a thematic series of stand-alones. The books might have the same kind of content--all coming-of-age, all awkward romances, all entrepreneurs struggling with start up businesses. Or they might have complementary themes, like Melody Carlson does with her True Colors series, each a faith-based story about a teen struggling with a particular social problem, like peer pressure, substance abuse, jealousy, heartbreak, abuse, depression.
Unfinished business
Even if your stand-alone book tied up several loose ends, there might be some that you chose to leave to the reader's imagination, merely hint at, or simply chose to not address for fear the denouement would feel unrealistically tidy. That's the case with my second book, Almost There. It picks up a year and a half after my first book, which deals with my main character losing her dad. But while I gesture toward Dani and her mother heading toward a better relationship, I leave somewhat open ended what that might look like in the future. And her mother's family, Dani learns, have a history of dysfunction that's only briefly examined in Never Gone.
Think about the How to Train Your Dragon films. While Hiccup and his father have largely reconciled at the end of the first film, it remains to be seen how their relationship will change as Hiccup matures from teenager to man. Plus, the first film hints at the hole left by the loss of Hiccup's mother--a loss shrouded in mystery. That mystery comes to the fore in the sequel.
Unfinished business stories work only if you love your character enough to stick with them into their future. What parts of your initial novel weren't tidily tied up? Conversely, which tidily tied up things might, in time, fall apart? What minor characters lurking in the background want to come forward and interact with your protagonist? What aspects of your protagonist's flaws do you believe will loom large and cause conflict in the future? Build on your previous story, considering where natural consequences would lead over time.
If time has passed since your initial release, it's wise to work to make the sequel understandable as a stand-alone itself.
What are some of your favorite books series and why?


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Life Cycles
Shivering Earth Mother,
pull closer your coat of withered leaves
and brown wet grass.
Cold wind-tickled toes
Autumn sun-kissed face
drop deeply to slumber
and rest well.
From your shrouded stillness
shadowbelly rumblings
dark mystery murmurings
Earth-womb whisperings
for seasons yet to come.
In the End
Shattered woman,
leaking soul from your lips,
What does it take to get to this place?
Leaning against neglected walls
clutching your string of pearls
The ghost of your child
is your rope of death.
Hollow woman,
slit open
by the blade of loss,
love-guts long washed away by your pressure-hose tears,
you speak to me in cold whispers about your dream—
that a bullet in your head
stops your heart.
the machine deep inside your chest
keeps that heart beating.
Your life
moves along.
Shadow woman,
stroking the porcelain back
of your headless child-replacement
seated beside you on the couch.
Searching through a box of eyes
so that what is sightless can see,
you are blind to the ones who still breathe.
Lifeless creations you cradle in your bosom,
while the ones still in warm flesh
stand bleeding for your love.
that once was Woman,
swinging by the vapours of
a child long gone.
What is vital,
sacrificed to memory.
Here there will be
no peace.
Tabitha Kot is a freelance writer and poet with work appearing in Vitality Magazine, The Trucking Network, and The Mississauga News. A tree hugger at heart and a Yoga teacher by trade, her inspiration comes from the simplicity of the natural world and the complexity of human dynamics. You can visit her at: www.twistedpositions.com
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text: Favoring Japan and avoiding India and China spared Matthews Asian Growth and Income some of the bloodbath in Asian markets over the past 12 months. Thinkstock By Nellie S. Huang, Senior Associate Editor From Kiplinger's Personal Finance, July 2016 What's not in a mutual fund's portfolio can matter almost as much as what is. Matthews Asian Growth and Income (MACSX), for example, hasn't owned Indian stocks lately and has been light on Chinese firms. Those were good moves: Most Asian markets posted double-digit declines over the past 12 months, and China and India were among the region's worst performers. So although Matthews lost money over the period, it outpaced 95% of funds that focus on Asian stocks.QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Dividends? Sponsored Content Despite making what look like market calls on two of Asia's biggest emerging nations, managers Robert Horrocks and Kenneth Lowe insist that they build their portfolio one company at a time. They continue to shun India (even after visiting the country recently to check out potential investments) because they say stocks there are too pricey. And they worry that China's transition from an economy built in part around exports and infrastructure spending to an economy driven by consumers could lead to market instability. Horrocks, who has been manager since 2009, and Lowe, who became comanager in 2011, can invest in companies of any size based anywhere in Asia. At last word, they had 7% of the fund's assets in Japanese stocks; shares in Japan Tobacco, the fund's fifth-biggest holding at last word, climbed 10.4% over the past 12 months. Food and consumer stocks in other countries also buoyed performance. Vietnam Dairy Products soared 64%, and SkyCity Entertainment, a New Zealand casino and hotel company, rose 21.5%. Advertisement Matthews, a member of the Kiplinger 25, aims to provide a relatively stable way to participate in Asia's growth. The managers favor high-quality firms that trade at value prices. To further reduce volatility, they invest in dividend-paying common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible bonds. "We want to build wealth in a way that will protect capital and mitigate volatility," says Lowe. Over the past five years, Matthews bested the typical Asia stock fund by an average of 3.1 percentage points per year.


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The child of nature was a creature invented by the Romantics, whose cult of authenticity informed the literature of the next two hundred years. His direct descendant is the protagonist of countless modern films and novels: the prisoner of a false self revolting against the artifice of conventional narrative. On the face of it, Teresa Heinz Kerry makes an unlikely rebel. She is a sixty-five-year-old Catholic billionaire, born into the colonial society of Mozambique, whose tastes, pieties, and hobbies—cultivating roses and collecting still-lifes—are those of a traditional, if not Victorian, lady. But when she calls herself "a child of Africa" one can hear an echo of Rousseau, and it reverberates in the impulsive salvos (playful, caustic, or profane) for which she has been ridiculed as "bonkers" and "a loose cannon." The natural woman refuses to suppress her élan or subordinate her character to a role. "I don't want to lose myself," she said to me recently, "because if I do then I think my husband loses something, too."
Three years ago, when John Kerry was discussing a potential Presidential race with a small circle of advisers, his wife "blessed his decision and accepted it as a partner," a member of the group recalled. "She said she knew what was involved, but, to be fair, no one does, and any thinking human being would have qualms. She certainly made it clear that she would be her own person, and we wondered if she was going to be perceived as a breath of fresh air or as a threat; if her straight speaking would motivate voters—women in particular—or if we were going to spend the campaign watching our back, tensed for a blowup. We called it the Teresa factor."
The role of First Lady is, in many respects, as archaically courtly as the title, and history suggests that a woman who plays it may be forgiven for weaknesses perceived as feminine—Betty Ford's depression, Jackie Kennedy's extravagance, Pat Nixon's fragility, Nancy Reagan's faith in astrology—but not for strengths perceived as manly. In a deeply pious country founded by Puritans, the spouse of a President is also, to some extent, the minister's wife. She commands sympathy and reverence only so long as her conduct is irreproachable or her husband's isn't. Though she is not ritually invested with the sins, evils, or ill luck of the tribe, she is nevertheless a scapegoat of sorts—a propitiatory figure saddled with the culture's burdensome ideals of wifely and maternal virtue.
Heinz Kerry has made a feminist issue of her entitlement to express herself, and if she were a man, she says, no one would denigrate her as "opinionated." She lectures knowledgeably on the inequities that confront women in the workplace and champions the excluded and discounted women of the Third World. One of the lucky charms that she wears on a necklace (another is a four-leaf clover that Kerry gave her one Valentine's Day) is a religious medal that her dying mother received from her confessor. He got it from Mother Teresa, who embodies the vocation for which Heinz Kerry would best like to be known—tireless caregiving. Her father, a Portuguese-born oncologist, had hoped that she would become a doctor, "and she kind of wanted to," a close friend, Wren Wirth, the wife of Tim Wirth, a former Democratic senator from Colorado, says, "though she wanted to get married and have children even more." At the height of the women's movement, in the nineteen-seventies, she was the stay-at-home mother of three little boys for whom, she says, she washed cloth diapers. She calls herself "a spokesman for women's ability to be at the center of the family."
But Heinz Kerry intends to be the first spouse of a President employed outside the White House (Hillary Clinton gave up her legal career when her husband was elected), and though she performs her share of the expected campaign chores—reading to toddlers and laying wreaths—some of her speeches and seminars on the hustings would not be out of place at Davos. They have focussed less on John Kerry's legislative achievements, human qualities, or political agenda than on her own eventful biography and the work of the Heinz Endowments, a charitable enterprise seeded by the family fortune of her first husband, H. John Heinz III, a Republican senator from Pennsylvania.
Many of the voters who come out to meet Heinz Kerry are middle-aged working women, chafing at constraints they have outgrown, and they applaud her defiance in breaking the mold of First Lady-like self-effacement. (Breaking molds is otherwise known as iconoclasm.) Kerry himself admires his wife's intellect and independence, he told me, and he seems to accept stoically, if not with relish, that she is "saucy." Even if he doesn't, "he wasn't blind," she says. "He knew what I would be like, what he was getting."
Nevertheless, recent approval ratings for the infallibly sunny and conventional Laura Bush, who is her husband's greatest booster, are vastly superior to Heinz Kerry's (seventy-two per cent, according to a poll taken by the Los Angeles Times, to thirty-five per cent). Even many Democrats admire Mrs. Bush. Americans in large numbers, regardless of their party, tell pollsters that they don't vote for a First Lady and that their opinions of Laura or Teresa won't influence their decision on Election Day, but the two wives have a significant influence on voters' perceptions of the candidates. Kerry's image is still sorely deficient in the warmth and human definition that Heinz Kerry herself possesses and might lend him. The adviser involved in Kerry's early strategy meetings told me that he is surprised by her reluctance "to trim the sails" of what he and others describe as a "self-referential" presentation that has often dwelled, at inopportune moments, on her memories of Heinz and on his legacy. "She made some stirring and lovely speeches, particularly during the primaries, when you thought, Goddam right, Teresa!" he said. But her habit of running on private rails rather than on the main line has dissipated some steam from the campaign. "It isn't as if there have been no specific conversations with Teresa about the necessity to fill in the picture," the adviser said. "John had a few himself, but he would ask others to convey the message." Perhaps, he reflected, she tends to reject criticism imperiously "because she's used to tremendous deference. When you have so much money, and give so much away, everyone, from governors on down, courts your approval. I think she sometimes has problems with a secondary role."
On the campaign trail with Heinz Kerry, I occasionally closed my eyes and concentrated on her diction and accent. She pronounces folksy locutions with upper-class British vowels, sultry Portuguese s's, and pizzicato t's. Her repartee is quick, with a Gallic tartness. Backstage at a fund-raiser in New York, she bantered with her son Andre, who recently moved to Pittsburgh from Stockholm, in perfect French and the convincing Swedish of a Bergman spoof. The Hispanic press in South Florida was disappointed, last spring, that she declined to be interviewed in Spanish, which she speaks fluently, though with the occasional Italian verb. She explained that it would take three weeks to get her vocabulary up to speed for a serious policy discussion, but that she would be happy to oblige the reporters with a little "chitchat."


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I still wake at night sweating over the time at school when I came bottom in art. The teacher felt he should embrace town planning and told the class to design a city. We were each given a large sheet of paper with a wavy line across it for a river. We were issued with rulers, compasses and set squares.
I was nonplussed. Others were beavering away with grids and circles while I gazed at the paper in despair. I saw no city. At last I doodled some roads wandering away from the river. I drew bridges and spattered the page with random lanes, streets, squares and factories. The teacher looked over my shoulder and was appalled. "You have simply drawn London," he said. He tore up my masterpiece and put me bottom of the class. He apparently expected me to design Brasília, or at least Crawley new town. I was mortified.
The British hate blood-and-guts cities. Germans, Italians, French, even Americans, cherish theirs. They boast of them, beautify them and renew them. Since William Cobbett and John Ruskin, the British have treated them as boils on the face of the Earth. Decent people have nothing to do with them, except perhaps London.
There is no clearer sign of this than today's Wolfson prize of £250,000 for "a new garden city". It echoes the nation's century-old love affair with socialist utopias, where humans are born again in the planners' image on virgin soil and cleansed of urban sin. I assume candidates for the prize should wear plus-fours, ride penny-farthings and read Proust.
Ebenezer Howard's garden cities seemed ideal at a time when real ones were overcrowded and polluted. The first, Letchworth, had the aura of rustic commune, of cottage estates, summer schools, bookbinding and sandal-making. The only pub, the Skittles, served the fizzy apple drink Cydrax and Bovril.
These places gave way to the new towns of the mid-20th century, and to the new-town blues of Crawley, Corby, Skelmersdale and Cumbernauld. Their architect-advocates, most of them with money at stake, were unmoved by evidence that such artificial "communities" lacked the vitality and social support of settled cities. They drove on to the apotheosis of rural colonisation, Milton Keynes. If low-density, car-borne living suited LA, it would surely suit Buckinghamshire.
We seem stuck in this mode. Lord Wolfson's prize rightly honours the principle that good design is better than bad. But the Tory peer is only trying to help his developer friends push through volume housebuilding where it would otherwise not be allowed. It is like pleading for high-rise flats everywhere "provided they are good ones". The intention is to sanitise as "prizewinning" the urbanisation being sought round Micheldever and Winchester in Hampshire, across north Kent and along the Vale of Severn, and green belt intrusion around northern cities.
There is no argument over whether Britain needs more houses, only where they should be. The answer cannot lie in the coalition's war on rural communities. It is a war so counterproductive that it has delivered fewer houses than Labour's former policy of "brownfield first". Seeking a fight over every field has brought development almost to a halt as farmers bid for permissions and courts are jammed with litigants.
Volume housing first and foremost means city housing. Nothing else comes near the problem. It means bringing serviced but underused land and buildings back into occupation. It means more flexible planning to increase densities. It uses taxes and subsidies to use space more efficiently. Britain cannot want its "rust-belt" cities to end up like Detroit, when the rest of Europe has learned how to renew them productively and profitably.
Any visitor to the West Midlands and the urban north is familiar with the sight of acres of dead land. Walk through the Black Country or to the north of Manchester. Walk through Rotherham or Hull. These places cannot be abandoned to depopulation and crime in the hope that they will somehow vanish. To imagine they can be replaced by building in the countryside is the ethos of Blade Runner. It is stupid.
Labour's planning policy did not get much right, but it did aim development at existing areas of settlement, at re-using existing infrastructure. Projects such as Liverpool One next to the Mersey docks, Manchester's Northern Quarter, Sheffield's Don Valley and Leeds' Kirkstall Forge have proved exciting in rescuing their environs from half a century of neglect. They are essential, imitable and efficient. Liverpool One, spread over 42 acres of inner city, is the largest open street renewal project in Britain in a once derelict area, a refreshing alternative to that urban neutron bomb, the giant mall. It works. Lifeless city centres are the enemies of economic growth.
There is no shortage of urban land in Britain awaiting development. There is just a huge distortion of fiscal and planning incentives. The government, under pressure from commercial lobbyists, foolishly abandoned Labour's presumption in favour of urban renewal. It continued to exempt new buildings from VAT while keeping it on building conversion and restoration. This is the most anti-green tax imaginable.
Ever since the housing minister, Lewis Silkin, tried to build "Silkingrad" in the fields around Stevenage in Hertfordshire, utopianism has battled with reality. What was a campaign of leftwing politicians for socialism in the countryside (destroying it in the process) is now a campaign by rightwingers for a scatter of 300-unit housing estates.
Capitalist utopias are no more likely to match the rough timber of mankind than socialist ones. Fantasising about new cities while existing ones revert to Cinderella status is environmental, economic and social nonsense. It is today's cities that need prizes.


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Perhaps no food is more effective at warding off winter weather than chili. A bowl of chile can be the perfect remedy on a cold day, and the following recipe for "Chicken and Black Bean Chili" from Leslie Jonath and Frankie Frankeny's "Soup's On!" (Chronicle Books) is sure to please.
Chicken and Black Bean Chili
Serves 6 to 8
1/2 cup olive oil or vegetable oil, divided
11/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 to 3 tablespoons chile powder
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
2 cups diced yellow onions
1 cup seeded, diced yellow onions
1 red bell pepper, diced
3 canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, minced
1/4 cup minced garlic (4 to 6 cloves)
1 can (14.5 ounces) black beans
1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes
2 ears corn, kernels cut from the cobs
Freshly ground black pepper
1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted and diced
1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
1/2 red onion, diced (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, minced
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 4 limes)
2 jalapeno chiles, seeded and minced
11/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup crumbled Mexican cotija cheese
1/2 cup grated mixed cheddar and monterey jack cheeses
Heat 1/4 cup of the oil in a heavy-bottomed, 8-quart pot over medium heat. Add the chicken, chili powder and cumin seeds and saute until the chicken is cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer the meat to a bowl and set aside.
Return the pot to the heat, add the remaining 1/4 cup of oil, and cook the onions, poblanos, bell pepper, chipotles, and garlic, stirring frequently, until the onions start to brown. Stir in the beans with their liquid, tomatoes and corn and return the cooked chicken with all its juices. Turn the heat down to low and simmer, stirring every 5 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
In a large bowl, combine the avocado, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, jalapenos, and salt. Set aside.
To sever, ladle the chili into bowls and top with the salsa and cheeses.


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What is MoreBikes? We're a bunch of bikers who love motorcycles. And we run this website to bring you the best and latest news about everything that's seriously good fun about riding on two wheels with an engine wedged somewhere between.
MoreBikes is a broad church, so no matter what your taste in motorbikes, you'll always be able to find something here that you'll like.
And no, we don't take ourselves too seriously (wow, how boring would that be?) but what we make sure of is that we bring you a varied and interesting articles and videos from the motorcycle world.
Motorbikes are awesome. We love them, you love them and here at MoreBikes.co.uk you can get loads of news about them all the time. For absolutely free.
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Extremely Strong TV Cabinet With Doors In Elegant Look
TV cabinet with doors – To perfect a modern space, it is impossible not to mention the TV shelf. Not only carrying the storage function but TV shelves also contributes a small part in making the interior space becomes classier. However, a wall-mounted TV, wooden TV shelf still makes the "entertainment corner "in the house adds aesthetic nuances. TV shelf is extremely simple. With the familiar shape of the cube, a little more touch with the engraved lines on the surface, the shelf looks extremely strong, elegant. The slim, simple design of this beautiful wooden TV shelf is still impressive by its modernity. Its design is longer than usual to integrate a decorative shelf and convenience store.
Here, the owner can comfortably display their items to reveal the maximum style or identity separate room beautiful. The modern living room has just so much more solemn. TV cabinet with doors set is compact so it does not occupy much space living room; beautiful TV shelf is made of industrial wood. TV shelves have many drawers for storing furniture. Simpler than the TV is mounted on the wall with the bottom of the shelf. Small living room design simply put space for the room.
With modern design, youthful colors, variety of designs, tv cabinet with doors will work with you to decorate the living space and work luxury without being too fussy. The highlight in the living room is the shelf and tea table is not too cumbersome to create space and focus. The interior fittings can be adjusted to suit the requirements of the host, such as tables, lounges, curtains, etc. At this time, shelves under the TV seem to be missing between the pages. For homes with home theater, framing around the TV with wall boxes, helping you store books or display pictures, family photos.
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Best of 2017: State Rep. Matt Rinaldi
"The Paratrooper"
While some lawmakers charge headfirst into every battle, State Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R–Irving) takes more of a tactical approach. A cornerstone of the conservative Texas Freedom Caucus, Rinaldi is often the brains of the operation. Though he does fight on the frontlines when he's needed, the quick-witted lawyer is more often seen working the room in isolated bursts to fix flawed proposals and kill bad ones.
Rinaldi also serves as Texas Right to Life's "Pro-Life Whip" and was one of the major reasons why conservatives were able to score major pro-life victories on the floor of the Texas House despite intense opposition from the speaker and his lieutenants.
Like a paratrooper, Rinaldi drops in precisely when and where he is needed, and then fights to ensure the grassroots the victories they are due.
Click here to return to the list of 2017's best and worst legislators.


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Donald Wayne King is quickly becoming the Internets favorite Bass Player
Donald Wayne King has garnered hundreds of thousands of views using his social media. The only thing special about his videos is his amazing talent to play the bass. Donald has been playing since the age of 4 and he recently decided to pursue his music seriously. Some of his goals include playing the bass to sold out crowds and collaborating with some of his idols like Marcus Miller. Checkout some of his videos below.


text: The owner had the foresight to keep every single piece of paperwork back to the beginning. Every note from Chevrolet on how to convert the car to SCCA trim, order sheets, diagrams, this car had everything from the day it was ordered. And for nearly 40 years, it had been sitting in this metal shed, hidden from the world.


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The following books and links are recommended for learning more about movement and the Feldenkrais Method®
By Lavinia Plonka
Walking Your Talk: Changing Your Life Through The Magic Of Body Language
What Are You Afraid Of? A Body/Mind Guide to Courageous Living
The Little Book of Falling (and Getting Up) – ebook
Playing In the Kitchen: Stories, Recipes and Explorations to Feed the Whole Self
Books by Moshe Feldenkrais
Awareness Through Movement is a thorough introduction to The Feldenkrais Method written by its creator. It includes theory as well as several lessons and illustrations that are practical and easy to follow.
Purchase at The Feldenkrais Store
The Elusive Obvious In this book Feldenkrais expands his ideas to include more about learning and how we can free ourselves from limits. An inspiring read.
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The Potent Self by Moshe Feldenkrais. Published after Feldenkrais' death in 1984, this book goes deeply into the psychological connections to movement, how it related to sexuality and emotional development.
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The Case of Nora Nora was a writer unable to write after a stroke. This case study reads like a novel, a fascinating look at how Feldenkrais approached the processes of healing and learning.
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Books of Interest
Awareness Heals by Steven Shafarman. Written by one of Feldenkrais' American students, Steven worked closely with Feldenkrais for several years. It is a practical book with many lessons and lots of illustrations.
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Mindful Spontaneity by Ruthy Alon. Ruthy Alon was one of Feldenkrais' original students in Israel. She has written an elegant, delightful and very accessible introduction to the method.
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Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health and Fitness by Mark Reese and David Zemach-Bersin. Both authors worked extensively with Feldenkrais. This is one of the most popular books of lessons available.
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The Thinking Body by Mabel Todd. Mabel Todd was an RN and a teacher in the 1920's. Her theories had a great influence on Feldenkrais as he was developing his method. It is a fascinating book to read, to see how much knowledge was around so many years ago that took so long to permeate our culture.
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The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge, M.D. This best selling book offers two chapters endorsing the Feldenkrais Method as a valid modality for encouraging neuroplasticity and recovery from injury.
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www.feldenkrais.com For additional information on the Feldenkrais Method
uncommonsensing.com Alan Questel is a Feldenkrais Method instructor, teaching around the world.
www.feldenkrais.oslo.no – The Feldenkrais Method in Norway.
Feldenkraissf.com – Longest established Feldenkrais Center in the Bay area is a hub of live Feldenkrais teaching and good source of Feldenkrais CD programs.
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Hot weather
Hot Weather
To reduce workmen's heat load and ensure normal body functions under a hot environment it is required to reduce / eliminate of radiant heat and convective heat in the work environment and heavy manual work.
Everyone should pay attention to the safety measures and special arrangements for working in hot weather, which include but not limited to:
Provision of shelters of hot weather :
Ø Provide shelters such as Rest sheds, umbrellas or sun shades at workplace, to prevent direct exposure to sunlight or major heat radiation source. (Moveable shelters can be considered for our project sites)
Ø By providing the shelters we can prevent workmen's from taking rest under or beside of vehicles (taking rest under / beside the vehicles is the major cause for run overs!!).
Ø The shelters should have sufficient seats / blankets and provision of potable water. In addition, the shelters should be maintained and repaired properly.
Ventilation facilities of hot weather :
Ø Isolate heat sources from rest shelters, workmen camps such as heat-generating machinery. In case workers cannot be kept away from heat sources, insulating materials / thick barrier should be used to minimize heat radiation.
Provision of Potable Water of hot weather :
Ø Provide sufficient cool potable water at the workplace.
Ø Potable water should be available within 50-metre walking distance in the work area.
Ø Potable water storage tank should be cleaned properly in regular intervals and record should be maintained.
Ø Encourage workers to take plenty of water to replenish the body fluid and electrolytes lost through sweating. In general, a person will need to drink at least half a litre of water each hour while working under hot weather.
Work Arrangements of hot weather:
Ø Reschedule works to cooler (moderate weather) periods in daytime, to avoid working in hot environment for prolonged periods of time in so far as possible.Avoid assigning workers who may have difficulties in coping with heat to work under hot environment. Consider the advice of their attending doctors if necessary.
Rest Periods of hot weather:
Ø During the afternoon work session, an additional rest period should be allowed for workmen's during hot summer months (from May to September). Since the nature and scale of each individual site differs, together with the difference in project type and work procedures, each site can determine its own rest periods arrangement where appropriate.
Ø Allow workers to take regular breaks or rotate to other duties work in different locations to cool down and to reduce their exposure to the hot environment.
Suitable clothing of hot weather:
Ø Wear light-coloured clothes it will minimise heat absorption and enhance heat dissipation.
Ø Loose-fitting clothing to enhance perspiration (Avoid using loose fitting clothes, who are all working on / near to rotating parts of machinery's may be entangled in the moving parts of machines)
Ø Wear long sleeved to avoid the skin from the direct exposure to sunlight.
Relevant Training of hot weather:-
The training course should include the following elements:
Ø The potential Hazards related to hot environment.
Ø Risks involved in heat stress* and their respective safety measure.
Ø To recognize signs and symptoms of heat stress.
Ø First aid and emergency procedures for heat stress.
Ø Train workmen's are to inform their supervisors immediately upon sensing or observing any symptoms of heat stress.


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In my application, I am setting destination of input fields to a screen action as I need to update some components on the page as information changes but the issue that I am facing is that it calls destination as soon as user starts type in, which in some cases make typing into the input field very annoying(especially date fields). I want the destination to be called on onblur event of text field so that the update doesn't happen until the user completes typing and leave the text box. How can I do that?
You can use text box extended property and write JavaScript code to perform any validation in On Blur.
Pramod Jain wrote:
Hi Pramod,
I am not doing any validations. I am running screen action to do some calculations and update the values of fields.


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Where Has All The Gas Gone?
Sounds like a 60's protest song. But really, where has it gone? The answer is mergers!
In 1991, 189 firms owned 325 refineries and then in 2001, 65 firms owned 155 refineries. What does that have to do with the price? Companies are controlling supply and with that the demand is high, they make lots of cash. The small amount of refineries cannot keep up with supply and that drives prices upward.
Mergers have taken a toll on refineries. When the merger occurs, the company then closes some of the absorded companies refineries in an attempt to cut cost thus making the merger look like a success. Which in turn drives investors to invest–more profit made.
The remaining small amount are operating at 90%, leaving no room for exspansion of production during times of high demand. Then if for some reason a refinery is taken off line the supply decreases even more, driving prices up even further.
Today, in my area the price of gas is $2.90 and when the summer travel system arrives it will jump up and I am looking at about $3.25 per gallon by July.
Ok class–here is your summary of today's lecture.
Gasoline prices have become very volatile since 2001. While increased crude is a factor, tight supply and reduced refinery capacity plays a major roll in the volatility. Pricing schemes are used by oil companies to maximize their prices and profits.
Is there an answer that will help the American people find some relief from the problem of gas? Yes there is! Buy a bike!


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The Town of Melnik
Melnik is Bulgaria's ancient winemaking center, where wine cellars are dug straight into the sandstones cliffs surrounding the town. Melnik is renowned for its dramatic landscape, its warm dry weather and its native varietal, Shiroka Melnishka Loza, which is grown nowhere else in the world. Its houses sit atop stone walls that once protected this rebel town's wine stores. The Greek border is just 13 kilometers (8 miles) to the South, and Thessaloniki is a two hour drive away.
Melnik is a town of fewer than 400 residents. The villages perched on the hillsides surrounding it are smaller still. Yet the region attracts 400 000 visitors each year. Most come for the locally made wine, which has an ancient foresty taste and is found only in the towns and villages here. Winston Churchill ordered his wine from Melnik before the iron curtain cut the region's wines off from the West.
Bulgaria's history lives in the hills around the Melnik, with the Rojen Monastery a short walk through the sandstone pyramids above the town, and the remains of medieval fortresses and churches interspersed with its vineyards and forests.
The area around Melnik is also home to Bulgaria's most beloved hot mineral springs, which bubble from the ground at 33°C (91°F) in Sandanski, and a bracing 78°C (172°F) in nearby Rupite, where the Bulgarian blind mystic Baba Vanga prophesied.
The sun, the warmth, and the sandstone, combined with very little rain all make the land here ideal for the late ripening grapes that grow in its vineyards. The roads are dirt, donkeys roam the fields, and grape growers still draw their living out of the ground by hand. We invite you to visit us and draw your inspiration from the bright days here, as we do.


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Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Movers in St. Paul
It's not always possible to avoid moving mistakes, but sidestepping these errors can help customers have a smoother move. If a family knows what to watch out for, they can save in terms of lost time, money, and frustration. With those things in mind, below are some of the biggest mistakes families make when they relocate.
Not Choosing a Reputable Mover
Failing to choose a reliable moving company can seriously affect the price paid for the move. While bad movers can overcharge and break things, they can also take deposits without doing the work or fail to honor legitimate claims. From overbooking to destroying belongings, a disreputable mover can make a moving day very stressful.
Booking at the Last Minute
Reliable Movers in St. Paul always seems to be busy. As any person who's ever moved will say, it's hard to find quality help. Therefore, word spreads quickly about good movers. A family may not have complete control over the move date, but they usually have a reasonable window in which to book a local mover.
Not Packing Properly
There are numerous mistakes to be made in packing for a move. Some of the biggest problems include:
- Not using the right moving boxes
- Not filling boxes to the top to prevent breakage and shifting
- Not labeling boxes
- Not allowing enough time to pack before the movers arrive
Not Selecting a Reliable Local Mover
All families want a reliable company, but it's important to choose a mover with knowledge of the area. For instance, those living in St. Paul should choose movers from the area because they know where to park, which roads are congested, and which roads allow large commercial trucks. Choosing a nationwide company that doesn't know the area can be a disastrous choice.
Not Knowing What to Expect
Just because a customer hires movers doesn't mean they're in the clear on moving day. For instance, if it's an apartment move, the customer must clear it with the apartment manager by reserving parking spots, stairs, and elevators.
Moving can be exciting and stressful at the same time. All of the above details are the homeowner's responsibility. However, if the customer books helpful, knowledgeable Movers in St. Paul like Action Moving Services Inc., the company can tell them what to take care of and what to skip.