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Thank You For The Music
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Thank You For The Music
Thank You for The Music – The ultimate tribute to ABBA
This international smash-hit tribute show brings all of ABBA's number one hits to the stage in a production like no other. The hugely popular show combines the unmistakable harmonies, colourful costumes, and dazzling performances by an all-star cast that'll have you thanking ABBA for the music again and again!
Record-breaking movies, smash-hit West End musicals, chart-topping albums and singles – ABBA's incredible legacy now lives on in concert with this all-new spectacular show.
This is a tribute show and is no way affiliated with any original artists/estates/management companies or similar shows.
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Press Release: Latest book by Nazimudeen Saleem
- Jul. 11, 2014
Sovereign Debt Crisis and Economic Sustainability
Finally the long waited book was published on July 9, 2014 and is available from Amazon, both in print form (paper back) and in Kindle. www.amazon.com/books and www.amazon.co.uk/books. Author page: www.amazon.com/author/saleem
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Naz Saleem had been working on the book for over six years since he first conceived someof the innovative ideas found in this book during his time as a lecturer in Sheffield.
While working as an expatriate lecturer in Turkey, Naz was able to find some spare time to spend writing the book. Although the title of the book had something to do with the new millennium, it eventually turned out to be on the Global Economic and Public Policy issues. In January 2014, Naz was able to publish a brief book on the future of higher education within the context of the Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs under the title 'The MOOCs in Higher Education: DIY Degrees and Diplomas'. Naz's latest book is on sovereign debt crisis and the end of Western economic hegemoney which you will find in this website under the title 'Sovereign Debt Crisis and Economic Sustainability'.
Naz has spent most of his working life as an academic and a marketing professional in more than five different countries. He has a Masters degree in urban affairs and public policy from Virginia Tech and an M Phil from School of Planning, Oxford Brookes. He is also a qualified Marketing professional and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. As an academic, he spent for over ten years teaching business and management related courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in more than three countries, including the UK. For another ten years, Naz has been working both as a lecturer and in education management. Naz now lives in London with his family. While lecturing and engaging in education management as well as consultancy, he is currently busy formulating a strategy for promoting the policy propositions that the reader finds in his books.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Five children around the world die every minute because of chronic malnutrition, according to a report released Wednesday that also said that almost half a billion children risk are at risk of permanent damage over the next 15 years.A report from Save the Children said the deaths of 2 million children each year could be prevented if malnutrition were better addressed.The report called chronic malnutrition a largely hidden crisis that affects one in four children globally. Global hunger has fallen markedly over the last two decades, but the 2011 Global Hunger Index found that six countries have higher rates of hunger today than two decades ago. Five of those countries are in Africa. The other is North Korea.The 2011 Global Hunger Index said that Congo, Burundi, Comoros, Swaziland and Ivory Coast have higher degrees of hunger today than in 1990. Kuwait, Turkey, Malaysia and Mexico have made the biggest gains against hunger.Karin Lapping, a senior director of nutrition for Save the Children, said many Asian countries have made strides against hunger because of an explicit focus on reducing chronic malnutrition, but that many African countries have not made that same commitment and have fallen victims to predictable cycles of drought and famine.\When we look at successful examples in Asia like Bangladesh


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- 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 1/4 cups egg whites, at room temperature (about 10 eggs)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons orange rind
- 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- To make the cake, sift together flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Beat egg whites in a large bowl until foamy; add salt and cream of tartar and vanilla. Beat until soft peaks form. Sprinkle in 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating until just blended. Fold flour mixture into egg whites, 1/4 cup at a time, using a rubber spatula.
- Beat egg yolks with orange rind, orange juice, and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until thick and light. Stir 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture.
- Scrape yellow and white batters into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan to give a marbled effect with white layer on top. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until done. Invert pan; let cool. Remove cake from pan.
- To prepare frosting, combine butter, salt, orange rind and 1 cup powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy. Add remaining sugar and orange juice alternately, beating until smooth and spreadable. Beat in lemon juice. Frost top and sides of cake.
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An illustrator brings ideas to light through gestures of the hand, and the illustration distills information into a simple series of gestures—lines. The line is a universal form that connects, separates, and defines. When used in succession, lines become the basis of visual and textual languages. Lines are the limits that compress our three-dimensional spaces into two dimensions.
My work illustrates imagined spaces through materials that follow a linear gesture: bent neon, digital bezier curves, and welded steel. Landscapes, movement, and emotions become sculptural illustrations that read with contradicting depth and flatness. From this complex relationship, I seek to expand the possibilities of visual encoding and ever-changing optical effects in sculptural light.
Ben Orozco is an artist, designer, and illustrator based in Madison, Wisconsin. He uses the graphic tendency of neon to explore language, perception, and his environment. He recently graduated the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a Bachelors of Fine Arts with concentrations in Glass and Graphic Design. He is the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays fellowship and will be researching Swedish glass and neon techniques in 2019–2020.


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On Brown & Violet Grounds is a new body of works by Liz West exploring her fascination with exuberant colour, sculptural form and intense light. Alongside a series of new light-based installations, West will also be exhibiting works on paper for the first time.
Using un-conventional industrial and man-made materials, such as: electrical tape, aluminium and mirror, these pieces echo many of the materials utilized within her installation work. West's two-dimensional explorations are driving new ideas within her practice and signal an important development from the successful colour-drenched Chamber series.
Coinciding with The Manchester Contemporary, On Brown & Violet Grounds has been produced as a result of Liz West's research and development award from Arts Council England. Further works on paper will be exhibited within West's studio as part of this year's Rogue Open Studios.
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25 September – 2 October 2013
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One of my favourite brands for body oils, Aromatherapy Associates is set to launch a new range of products for those people with sensitive skin. Called the Soothing Skin Care collection, the six products that make up this range contain the expected plant extracts, essential oils and prebiotics which help encourage healthy bacteria on the skin's surface. It focuses on treating the visible signs of sensitive skin addressing redness and irritation.
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Rockers Keane, dance duo Basement Jaxx and R&B star Amy Winehouse were among other artists to make the final 12.
Veteran solo artist Robert Wyatt and rap newcomer Ty are among the surprise additions to this year's list.
The prize honours the best album of the last year by a UK or Irish act, chosen from a wide range of musical genres.
See the shortlisted albums
Indie bands The Zutons, Snow Patrol and Belle & Sebastian also make the cut, along with Mike Skinner's garage outfit The Streets and R&B artist Jamelia. Five of the albums are debuts.
Indie bands The Zutons, Snow Patrol and Belle & Sebastian also make the cut, along with Mike Skinner's garage outfit The Streets and R&B artist Jamelia. Five of the albums are debuts.
Stuart Murdoch, frontman of Scottish band Belle & Sebastian, said : "It's nice to see some younger bands coming through. We've just been hanging around like a bad smell for years and finally we have a nomination.
"We might actually sell a few records now."
Abi Harding, of Liverpool band The Zutons, told BBC News Online they were "amazed and shocked" to have reached the shortlist.
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Drummer Sean Payne added: "It's not because we didn't have confidence in our music, because we have, we just weren't sure if our music would be 'right' for the prize."
Bookmaker William Hill immediately made Franz Ferdinand and The Streets joint 3/1 favourites, with Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol and Keane joint second on 6/1.
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody said winning the prize would top what had already been a fantastic year.
He said: "It's mad because we have always been one of those bands who attracted the 'select few' but the last few festival experiences have completely blown our minds."
Simon Frith, chair of the judges, said: "This is an exceptional year, most dramatically illustrated by the emergence of several new and varied bands together with outstanding work by three powerful female singers.
"The shortlist also recognises the continued good health of the gloriously eclectic world that is British and Irish music."
Joss Stone's debut, produced by soul legend Betty Wright, has been acclaimed around the world. Many fans were amazed to discover that the pure soul vocal belonged to a 17-year-old from Devon.
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Amy Winehouse, a 20-year-old from north London, is also included for her debut, a blend of emotionally raw jazz and R&B delivered with a biting wit and defiant attitude.
Keane, winners of BBC News Online's most promising new music act of 2004, are shortlisted for their debut album Hopes and Fears. The trio feature an unconventional rock line-up of vocals, piano and drums.
Robert Wyatt began his musical career in the 1960s with the renowned psychedelic rock band Soft Machine. Now 59, he straddles jazz, folk and pop, and has worked with such diverse performers as Brian Eno, Elvis Costello and Annie Whitehead.
London-based rapper Ty is a stalwart of the UK's hip-hop scene, with a growing reputation based on his club appearances. Upwards is his second album, released on Roots Manuva's label Big Dada.
"I've put out a flaming good record, my best work to date and I think I'm getting patted on the back slowly.
"My music is screaming out to be accepted across the board and I'm ready for it.
"I know I'm going to win, I've won already."
The Mercury Prize is voted for by a panel of music industry experts, journalists and music artists from an original choice of 180 albums.
It is seen in some quarters as a credible alternative to the more mainstream Brit Awards, but critics have accused it of being wilfully obscure and picking "token" acts from classical, folk and jazz fields.
Previous winners include Primal Scream, PJ Harvey, Roni Size, Gomez and last year's victor Dizzee Rascal.
Other big-name winners have included Portishead, Pulp, Suede and M People, but judges have chosen to overlook major acts such as Radiohead, U2, Oasis, Coldplay and Dido.
The winner can expect a sudden whirlwind of media attention and an immediate leap in album sales.
Sales of Dizzee Rascal's victorious Boy In Da Corner album went up 150% the day after he won last year.
The winner will be announced on 7 September, and there will be coverage on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 1.
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Mercury Music Prize 2004 shortlist:
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Jamelia - Thank You
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Ty - Upwards
Amy Winehouse - Frank
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
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The Almanac, Celebrity Birthdays, Today in History, March 28 – UPI.com
Today is Wednesday, March 28, the 88th day of 2012 with 278 to follow.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Mercury, Uranus and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Roman Catholic St. Teresa of Avila in 1515; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aristide Briand; Russian author Maxim Gorky in 1868; brewers Frederick Pabst in 1836 and August Anheuser Busch Jr. in 1899; naturalist Marlin Perkins in 1905; famed Hollywood agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar in 1907; Edmund Muskie, the 1968 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate, in 1914; child star Freddie Bartholomew in 1924; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter administration national security adviser, in 1928 (age 84); basketball Hall of Fame member Rick Barry in 1944 (age 68); actors Dirk Bogarde in 1921, Conchata Ferrell in 1943 (age 69), Ken Howard in 1944 (age 68), Dianne Wiest in 1948 (age 64), Vince Vaughn in 1970 (age 42) and Julia Stiles in 1981 (age 31); country singer/actor Reba McEntire in 1955 (age 57); television personality Kate Gosselin in 1975 (age 37); and singer Lady Gaga in 1986 (age 26).
On this date in history:
In 1797, Nathaniel Briggs was awarded a patent for the washing machine.
In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey merged their circuses to form "The Greatest Show on Earth."
In 1939, Madrid surrendered to the nationalist forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
In 1968, the counterculture musical "Hair" opened on Broadway.
In 1969, Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II hero and 34th president of the United States, died in Washington at age 78.
In 1979, a failure in the cooling system at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania caused a near meltdown. It was the worst accident at a U.S. civilian nuclear facility.
In 1991, just days before the 10th anniversary of the attempt on his life, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan endorsed a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases, reversing his earlier opposition.
In 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment vote by the Congress of People's Deputies.
Also in 1993, French voters rejected the ruling Socialists and gave the conservative alliance a crushing majority in legislative elections.
In 1994, pre-election clashes between Zulu nationalists, the ANC and police claimed 53 lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In 1996, the U.S. Congress approved the presidential line-item veto.
In 2004, more than 40 people were reported killed in a series of bombings and gun battles in Uzbekistan.
In 2005, a massive earthquake jolted the western coast of Sumatra reportedly killing as many as 3,000 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
In 2006, the U.S. Senate voted to prohibit lobbyists from giving lawmakers gifts and meals.
Also on this date, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, with ties to several members of Congress, was given a six-year prison sentence for fraud in Florida.
And, the French Constitutional Council validated a hotly contested youth labor law despite a general strike that ground public life to a near halt and led to protests in Paris and across the nation.
In 2007, in a speech to members of the Arab League meeting in Saudi Arabia, Saudi King Abdallah called the U.S. occupation of Iraq illegal.
In 2008, North Korea fired short-range missiles off its western coast, a move the United States said wasn't illegal but a diversion from the work the nation needs to do to finish a complete declaration of its nuclear program.
In 2009, the space shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission to the International Space Station during which the ISS was brought up to full power with the installation of its fourth set of solar wings.
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Afghanistan for the first time since taking office, a six-hour, unannounced trip to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and address American troops.
In 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States and its allies had intervened to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's "brutal repression" but wouldn't attempt to overthrow him by force.
Also in 2011, at least 110 people were killed in an explosion at a southern Yemen weapons factory reportedly while area residents were stealing ammunition. The plant had been attacked and looted the day before by al-Qaida.
A thought for the day: Seneca wrote: "What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more."


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Signhills Academy will be joining the infants in supporting this year's Jeans for Genes day on Friday 19th September. (Sorry for the short notice)
All children and staff are invited to wear their jeans to help Jeans for Genes day reach it's target of £2million and help raise awareness. Children should still wear their school t-shirt and sweatshirt/cardigan, and bring a small donation (recommended £1).
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Alice at Flow Yoga Bristol gives top yoga tips for cyclists!
"Cyclists often talk about the ideal 'flat back' posture, which essentially means avoiding an excessive curvature in the lower back region. This overly hunched posture is more likely to cause lower back pain and make it harder to breath properly.
These 2 yoga postures will increase flexibility in the lower back and hamstrings to facilitate a flatter back posture.
1. Pelvic tilt to increase lumbar flexibility
Lie on your back with your legs bent and arms by your sides. Inhale to keep your pelvis on the floor but raise your abdomen off, so there is a gap under the lower back. Exhale to press the abdomen into the floor so that the lumbar spine flattens. Perform this four times, synchronising the movement with the breath.
2. Strap ham string stretch to lengthen the hamstrings
Loop a strap around the sole of your left foot. Bend your right leg. Straighten your left leg as much as your hamstring will allow. Walk your hands up the straps until the arms are straight. Hold for 5 to 10 breaths and repeat on the other side. If you don't have a yoga belt you can use a long towel or a normal belt.
As always when practising yoga, listen to your body and don't go beyond your limitations."
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We prepped for weeks. Ben had the Halloween drill down cold. We fake knocked on our own front door to practice saying "trick or treat" and "thank you." We dug his Halloween bag out of storage and explained that it would be filled with candy soon. He stared longingly at his costume, hanging on his closet door and prompting the daily question, "Halloween is today?" He was so sweetly excited.
Luckily for Ben, Halloween came early in the form of a preschool party and costume parade. Not to mention the party in his gymnastics class, the party at the Mom-Tot class, plus Halloween itself.
The class lined up to start the parade, little puppy dogs, fairy princesses and Spidermen eager to show off their costumes. When prompted to join his friends, my pirate meandered over, glancing back at the trucks and trains he would rather be smashing, a pout firmly planted on his face. We walked to the first classroom, full of four-year-olds, parent helpers and teachers, paraded through the crowd, and circled back to the door, ready for the next room. Except for the pirate, who had spotted a train set and decided to ditch the parade.
As his classmates went on to the next room, I coaxed, pleaded, and bribed the pirate to move on. The kids in the class watched as I tried to reason with a two-year-old, and the teachers obviously wanted to continue with their lessons. Ben got louder and more decisive each time he said, "Not leaving." I finally picked him up, absorbing a brutal kick in the gut and a possibly blown eardrum, and walked towards the door. But before we got there, the sneaky pirate wriggled his way out of my arms and onto the floor, where he proceeded to throw the most epic tantrum I had ever seen.
I looked at Ben. I looked at the teachers. My mind went blank.
I scooped him up, held him so tightly neither of us could breathe, and dashed out of the room. When we were far enough away from the scene of the crime, I put him down. He sprinted back to the train table room, threw himself against the closed door, and continued to wail. I dragged him down the hallway, feeling more and more like The Mom Who Can't Control Her Child, and wanting to melt into the carpet.
Ben's teacher and classmates appeared at the end of the hall. He stopped crying, grabbed his pirate hat from the floor, and sprinted over. He grabbed his teacher's hand, smiled, and asked if it was snack time yet.
I could only shake my head in awe at the classic toddler split personality, and brace myself for the party at gymnastics, the Mom-Tot class, and Halloween itself.


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The American College Catalog Study Database (CCS) contains academic data on 286 four-year colleges and universities in the United States. CCS is one of two databases produced by the Colleges and Universities 2000 project based at the University of California-Riverside. The CCS database comprises a sampled subset of institutions from the related Institutional Data Archive (IDA) on American Higher Education (ICPSR 34874). Coding for CCS was based on college catalogs obtained from College Source, Inc. The data are organized in a panel design, with measurements taken at five-year intervals: academic years 1975-76, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2005-06, and 2010-11.
The database is based on information reported in each institution's college catalog, and includes data regarding changes in major academic units (schools and colleges), departments, interdisciplinary programs, and general education requirements. For schools and departments, changes in structure were coded, including new units, name changes, splits in units, units moved to new schools, reconstituted units, consolidated units, departments reduced to program status, and eliminated units.
These datasets are available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories. Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.
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No Better Way to Spend a Day
By Gary;
Movies are the one great creation of American culture.
I have been running behind on the latest films and am racing to catch up before they vanish from the Silver Screen.
Watching at home does not replace the theater. There is a magic experience when you sit in the dark with fellow fans together cheering one part of a film or screaming in terror at those "gotcha" moments.
Assassin's Creed
I am so old I remember playing the first video game Pong when it came out. While I still play some video games I have never bothered with Assassin's Creed.
No spoilers from me. The special effects are top notch. You feel you are there in medieval Spain.
As usual Michael Fassbender does a wonderful job. But no amount of acting or special effects can help a rather weak script.
Still it is worth watching for the action. Buy your popcorn, put your mind in neutral and enjoy.
Rated - 5 out of 10
|Box office mojo.com
With this film we have pure, 100% Science Fiction.
Aliens come to Earth. Over the decades Hollywood has been here before but usually it involved Will Smith attacking alien ships or Tom Cruise running from tri-pods.
No explosions or Death Rays. This is the thinking person's science fiction film which no doubt accounted for a lower box office.
Again the special effects are top of the line. The plot and acting are fairly good. A shout out goes to the artist who designed the alien lifeforms.
Worth a view.
Rated - 8 out of 10
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About ISRM
The International Society for Rock Mechanics was founded in Salzburg in 1962 as a result of the enlargement of the "Salzburger Kreis". Its foundation is mainly owed to Prof. Leopold Müller who acted as President of the Society till September 1966. The ISRM is a non-profit scientific association supported by the fees of the members and grants that do not impair its free action. In 2011 the Society has 6,500 members and 48 National Groups. The field of Rock Mechanics is taken to include all studies relative to the physical and mechanical behaviour of rocks and rock masses and the applications of this knowledge for the better understanding of geological processes and in the fields of Engineering (ISRM Statutes
The main objectives and purposes of the Society are:
The main activities carried out by the Society in order to achieve its objectives are:
The Society is ruled by a Council, consisting of representatives of the National Groups, the Board and the Past Presidents. The current President is Prof. Xia-Ting Feng, from China.
The ISRM Secretariat has been headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil - LNEC since 1966, date of the first ISRM Congress, when Prof. Manuel Rocha was elected as President of the Society.


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More materials by author Domen Lombergar
At first, Auto Levels may seem crude and hard to use effectively. Learn how to enhance images easily...
How to make your images more polarized, without the need of expensive filters.
In this tutorial you will learn a few quick steps on how to change your B/W images to color.This tutorial is wrote for most anyone with little photoshop knowledge to understand.
In this exercise we will cover applying make up to skin the artificial way.
This tutorial will show you how to created a photo manipulation using Photoshop.
In this tutorial we will be using Selective color to Bring some more vibrant color to a photos and take away some colors. Selective color allows you to change the colors within the color. This tutorial is wrote for most anyone with little photoshop know.
In this tutorial I will show you some of the techniques used in fashion retouching glamour photos.
This is a beginner tutorial on how to adjust skin color of a off skin color, like yellow in this tutorial.
A new feature in Photoshop CS2 is vanishing points. They allow you to edit and transform your image by creating a perspectiive plane with the perspective grid. This works really well on certain plans say a wooden porch or a street. Also, Vanishing point.
In this tutorial I'll show you how to use the warp function to make an image look folded, also a quick way to make masking tape. This tutorial is wrote for most anyone with little photoshop knowledge to understand.


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This year, the Silver Falls Stone Carving Symposium has brought together several world class sculpting masters for a unique opportunity. From classical Roman figurative, to modern minimalism and the tools and equipment used to create small and large scale sculptural installations, there is knowledge and inspiration to be gained for the novice student to master sculptor.
|Kazutaka Uchida: Uchida Sensei travels again from his home in Japan to talk with us about his unique approach to stone art. He will be sharing, through Kentaro Kojima's translation, his insights on the clean lines, subtle beauty and harmonious balance of sculptural forms, stripped of all superficial qualities.
|Matt Auvinen: Matt has worked and taught for years in Europe. From Florence he ran tours into the marble quarries of Carrara. From 1988 to l992 he worked as an artisan for several Italian sculpture studios. He has lived and worked in Pietrasanta, one of Italy's stone carving centers, for 8 years.
|Tracy Powell: Tracy is a self-taught master in wood and stone carving. He has taught numerous hand tool carving workshops on Whidbey and Camano Islands and uses his naturalistic and fulsome style to tell stories and create memorials and public art monuments.
|Stuart Kendall: Stuart is CEO of Seattle Solstice in south Seattle. He blends art, fabrication and engineering to create technically advanced custom stone cutting equipment. He is currently working on the cutting equipment for the large scale Ten Thousand Year Clock Project in Texas.
|Daniel Michael:Hailing from Olympia, WA, Daniel will be instructing us on a wide array of the power tools commonly used to carve stone. His classes will feature hands-on instruction in the use and maintenance of these tools while teaching us how to use each tool effectively and safely.
|Paul Buckner (1933-2014): On one of our evenings, former students and friends will gather to celebrate the Legacy of Professor Emeritus Paul Bruckner, a man who epitomized the "highest ideal of the word teacher." Paul Buckner is remembered for his work in stone, metal, and wood and for his legacy of fine arts teaching.


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An energy management system (EMS) is a system of computer-aided tools used by operators of electric utility grids to monitor, control, and optimize the performance of the generation and/or transmission system. The monitor and control functions are known as SCADA; the optimization packages are often referred to as "advanced applications".
The computer technology is also referred to as SCADA/EMS or EMS/SCADA. In these respects, the terminology EMS then excludes the monitoring and control functions, but more specifically refers to the collective suite of power network applications and to the generation control and scheduling applications.
Manufacturers of EMS also commonly supply a corresponding dispatcher training simulator (DTS). This related technology makes use of components of SCADA and EMS as a training tool for control centre operators. It is also possible to acquire an independent DTS from a non-EMS source such as EPRI
Energy management systems are also often commonly used by individual commercial entities to monitor, measure, and control their electrical building loads. Energy management systems can be used to centrally control devices like HVAC units and lighting systems across multiple locations, such as retail, grocery and restaurant sites. Energy management systems can also provide metering, submetering, and monitoring functions that allow facility and building managers to gather data and insight that allows them to make more informed decisions about energy activities across their sites.
Operating systems
Up to the early 1990s, it was common to find EMS systems being delivered based on proprietary hardware and operating systems. Back then EMS suppliers such as Harris Controls (now GE), Hitachi, Cebyc, Siemens and Toshiba manufactured their own proprietary hardware. EMS suppliers that did not manufacture their own hardware often relied on products developed by Digital Equipment, Gould Electronics and MODCOMP. The VAX 11/780 from Digital Equipment was a popular choice amongst some EMS suppliers. EMS systems such as ETAP now rely on a model based approach. Traditional planning models and EMS models were always independently maintained and seldom in synchronism with each other. Using EMS software like ETAP allows planners and operators to share a common model reducing the mismatch between the two and cutting model maintenance by half. Having a common user interface also allows for easier transition of information from planning to operations.
As proprietary systems became uneconomical, EMS suppliers began to deliver solutions based on industry standard hardware platforms such as those from Digital Equipment (later Compaq), HP, IBM and Sun. The common operating system then was either DEC OpenVMS or UNIX. By 2004, various EMS suppliers including Areva, ABB and OSI had begun to offer Windows based solutions. By 2006 customers had a choice of UNIX, Linux or Windows-based systems. Some suppliers including NARI, PSI-CNI and Siemens continue to offer UNIX-based solutions. It is now common for suppliers to integrate UNIX-based solutions on either the Sun Solaris or IBM platform. Newer EMS systems based on blade servers occupy a fraction of the space previously required. For instance, a blade rack of 20 servers occupy much the same space as that previously occupied by a single MicroVAX server.
Other meanings
Energy efficiency
In a slightly different context EMS can also refer to a system in an organization to achieve energy efficiency through well laid out procedures and methods, and to ensure continual improvement, which will spread awareness of energy efficiency throughout an entire organisation.
Automated control of building energy
The term Energy Management System can also refer to a computer system which is designed specifically for the automated control and monitoring of those electromechanical facilities in a building which yield significant energy consumption such as heating, ventilation and lighting installations. The scope may span from a single building to a group of buildings such as university campuses, office buildings, retail stores networks or factories. Most of these energy management systems also provide facilities for the reading of electricity, gas and water meters. The data obtained from these can then be used to perform self-diagnostic and optimization routines on a frequent basis and to produce trend analysis and annual consumption forecasts.


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In 2011 I began my weight loss journey by getting back on my bike. I set up an indoor bike trainer in the garage and just began to ride. I rode every day for 30 days. My first 30-day challenge. I did not notice a difference in the mirror nor did I see a difference on the scale. What I did do was create a new habit.
5 years later, I began my morning routine. In my research, I found that some of the most successful people on the planet all had a morning routine. I already began by getting up early to write down 10 ideas. In April 2016 I decided to participate in the 30-Day Bike Challenge. I thought about trying (with the emphasis on "trying") to ride my bike after work. I would have plenty of sunlight when I got home to ride. I quickly recognized that I did not always have control over my afternoons.
I decided to wake up a little earlier and ride in the morning. I hopped on my cruiser bike and rode for about 5 miles. What started as a 30-day challenge became part of my morning routine. I now call it my Morning Bike Grind.
Everything was perfect. Here in Boulder, we get over 300 days of sunshine. Riding outside all year long is normal here. And I was able to ride every day until the first snowfall.
As much as I enjoy riding outside every morning, there are some days when I just can't. For those days, I rely on an indoor bike trainer.
There are all kinds of indoor bike trainers available today. Here is a list of 10 trainers that range from someone just getting started, to the professional athlete.
Blackburn Tech Mag 1 Bike Trainer
Blackburn produces all kinds of bicycling accessories. From bottle cages to bike racks. This indoor bike trainer is priced to get you started. If you are uncertain if you are going to commit to an indoor program, this is a great way for you to try it.
Gavin Indoor Bike Trainers
The cheapest price point of the lot. While this trainer does not have any real features, this is what keeps the price low. You get what you pay for.
CycleOps Fluid2 Indoor Trainer
Cyclops is one of the market leaders in indoor bike trainers. I used this trainer to get me off of the couch and back on my bike. The fluid in the flywheel increases the resistance the faster you spin.
Kinetic Road Machine 2.0 Fluid Trainer
Kinetic is a newer name in indoor bike trainers. This basic fluid trainer can be upgraded with additional features.
CycleOps Magnus Trainer
This is cyclops entry into smart trainers. These types of bike trainers have the capability to measure watts. Watts is the unit of power cyclists use to measure and evaluate their training.
Tacx Flow Smart Trainer
This is a magnetic indoor bike trainer with smart capabilities. It is priced much lower than smart fluid trainers. A great value.
Kinetic Rock and Roll Smart Bike Trainer
With smart features and fluid resistance, Kinetic adds their proprietary rock and roll feature that simulates real riding on the road.
Kickr Snap Power Bike Trainer
While you may not have heard of Kickr by Wahoo, this is the trainer that some of the top tier world cycling teams utilize for their athletes. This may be one of their lesser priced stand models yet it is packed with features for every cyclist.
CycleOps Hammer Direct Drive Smart Trainer
Rather than attaching your rear wheel to a stand, this trainer acts as your rear wheel and connects to your bike's rear triangle. This feature provides an incredibly smooth and quiet ride for everyone. Able to connect with any virtual cycling app and has the ability to stay cool under tremendous pressure.
Elite DRIVO Interactive Trainer
Elite is another brand of trainers utilized by the highest level athletes in the sport of cycling. The DRIVO is a direct drive trainer with all of the features available at this price. It is also available in Giro pink for all of you fans of the Italian Classic Tour.
BONUS: Zwift
Zwift is a cycling app that can be paired with any smart indoor bike trainer. Using your phone or preferably a full-size tablet, you can go on simulated group rides along any of the great routes here in the Rocky Mountains, classic Tour De France stages, or routes along the Spring Classics. Ride alone or compete with others in real-time. With Zwift, virtual reality comes to indoor bike training.


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Update: The Quizz.Next feature is now available in production. Content from the current quiz must be migrated to Quizzes.Next. Currently (as of April 10, 2019) Quizzes.Next cannot accept publisher QTI files so content must be imported in the current quiz tool and then migrated to Quizzes.Next.
Over the years I have help many faculty import textbook publisher question banks and have developed a process of troubleshooting issues. Here are the steps I use.
Option 1: Check the Publisher Website
Check with your textbook representative to see what is available. They may have a solution that saves you time.
IMS QTI package - This is the fastest route for getting questions into Canvas using the import process. On the publisher website find your book and login to the site to see what digital resources are available. If the Canvas option is not available, try the WebCT/Vista or Blackboard options. Sometimes I have had luck with importing with those options.
Test Generating Software or Service - Some publishers give you access to test generating software that allows you to create tests. In some cases this may be software that must be installed on your computer or it may be service that you must login to on the publisher website. In the test generating software it is best to create the test in the same manner you want Canvas question banks to be organized. This may be by chapter or category. Just pick a method that works for you. The test can then be exported as ISM QTI package and imported into Canvas. Ask your textbook representative for help with this process.
Issues with This Method
If option 1 does't work, it may be one of these issues. If you can rule out all of these issues and it still doesn't work, move on to option 2.
Not all QTI files are alike - The caveat with the IMS QTI method is that in some cases the import file will create one huge question bank OR will create several unnamed quizzes and question banks in Canvas. If one huge question bank is created, you can move questions into new banks that you create OR find a different way to get the questions into Canvas. Moving questions can be tedious process and may not be the best way especially if the questions do not have descriptive titles. Question Banks can also be renamed in Canvas. If you want to invest the time, you can make this work, but it is a tedious process. While publishers (primarily The specified item was not found., The specified item was not found., and The specified item was not found.) can make this better on their end, there are some issues on the Canvas side so you may want to comment or vote for these feature ideas.
Raise the 50-question question edit/preview cap for Question Banks
Create 2 way link between quiz questions and the question bank.
Question Banks: Move AND Copy Multiple Questions
Custom tags for Quiz Questions
Imported Quizzes are not setup the way you want - The questions in the imported quizzes will also not be in question groups so I generally delete the imported quizzes so I can create new quizzes so I can set them up the way I want. If the feature idea below was in place, it might be easier to move questions around in a quiz.
Ability to select multiple questions at once in quizzes and question banks
The import process didn't import the quizzes - This happens sometimes. Take a look at the QTI file on your local computer. If it is a properly formatted QTI file, it will have a imsmanifest.xml file in the main directory. If it doesn't, then it is not a properly formatted QTI file.
However, if there is just a folder inside the zip folder click through folder to see if the QTI file is nested within folder. In some cases I've seen these nested three or four folders deep so it is certainly worth a look! Click Extract all files in the folder window. The QTI files are typically listed by chapter and you will need to import them one at a time in Canvas.
Useful Canvas Guides
How do I import Quizzes from QTI packages?
How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another?
How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another?
Option 2: Use Respondus
In some cases the textbook publisher may only offer Word documents for quizzes or you may want to review the questions before importing into Canvas. If this is the case, it may be best to use The specified item was not found. to import questions into Canvas. Quizzes stored in Word documents can be imported into Respondus and then published to Canvas. You may also want to check to see if the textbook publisher has offered the test bank through the Respondus Test Bank Network.
Issues with this Method
Cost & Availability - Respondus is third party tool that must be purchased so it may not be available. Check with your IT department.
Questions must be formatted for Respondus - The questions must be properly formatted for Respondus to import them correctly and identify the correct answer. For example, for multiple choice questions, each question must start with a number followed by period and space. Then each answer must start with a letter following by a period and space. To identify the correct answer an asterisk must be placed before the letter of the correct answer. This may be difficult to do in Microsoft Word with automatic numbering turned on. I have found it is best to get the numbering formatting set in Word and then save the file as text file. The numbering will be retained and you will be able to place the asterisk in the correct location without much hassle. Text documents will import into Respondus.
Review the Respondus Guides
- Respondus Canvas Guide (opens in the Word web app) - I wrote this guide and it has steps for troubleshooting issues with Respondus as well.
- Respondus Quick Start Guide (PDF) via Respondus website
- Respondus Video Tutorials via the Respondus website
- Respondus Test Bank Network Video Tutorials via the Respondus website
Please note at this time in Respondus software Canvas quizzes cannot be downloaded using the Canvas personality. However, quizzes can be exported from Canvas and imported into Respondus using the QTI personality. From Respondus the quiz can be printed. The handout below shows the step by step instructions.
- Printing a Canvas Quiz using Respondus (opens in the Word web app)
- See also Print a quiz
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Two teams that have floundered out of playoff position after promising starts look to get headed back in a positive direction at the other's expense Thursday night when the Detroit Pistons visit the Sacramento Kings.
The Pistons headed west earlier this week having lost five of six, and they got an earful from first-year coach Dwane Casey after losing 119-107 at home to San Antonio on Monday night.
"I came here to get us back into the playoffs, to build this program to where it was," he said. "Believe me, we're nowhere near throwing in the towel. We're not out of the playoff race by any means."
The Pistons didn't respond in the manner their coach had hoped in the trip opener Wednesday at in Los Angeles, getting blown out by the LeBron James-less Lakers 113-100.
It was another poor defensive effort, which has become the norm for the Pistons in their slide from a team that is 4-15 since a 13-7 start. Detroit has allowed 109 or more points in each of its past six losses.
The Lakers hit 56.1 percent of their field-goal attempts against the Pistons on Wednesday.
If there's a positive for the Pistons on Thursday, it's that Blake Griffin will be away from the distractions of returning to Los Angeles, where he played his first 7 1/2 seasons. He had 16 points and six assists amid the hoopla on Wednesday.
Griffin has scored in double figures in each of his past 16 meetings with the Kings, including 26 points in his only previous trip to Sacramento as a member of the Pistons last March.
On the second game of the four-game trip, the Pistons will see a Kings team that has played just well enough to lose more often than not after a 19-16 start that had them in a Western Conference playoff position last month.
Since then, the Kings have lost five of six, with no defeat coming by more than seven points.
The first four of the five losses were against some of the Western powers -- the Lakers, Portland, Denver and Golden State -- but the most recent setback really stung. The Kings took a 115-111 defeat at Phoenix on Tuesday on a night when Sacramento led by 21 points.
Kings players shook their head in disbelief afterward.
"We can't let it become a trend," Sacramento guard De'Aaron Fox said to reporters. "Games that we're up and should win and end up losing -- we can't make that a trend for ourselves."
As with the Pistons, defensive issues have led to the Kings' recent skid. Sacramento has allowed 113 or more points in five of its past six games. The only win in that span came when the Kings limited the Orlando Magic to 95 points.
The Kings were back in the news Wednesday when rumors surfaced that they had been in talks with the New York Knicks about the possible acquisition of Enes Kanter.
Sacramento is reportedly offering Zach Randolph, who has been nothing more than a practice player for the Kings this season, not appearing in a game.
Both big men are in the final year of their contracts.
--Field Level Media


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City News
New buses for Confedertion Cup
01 March 2017
Eight two-section buses with ecological engines of Euro 5 standard has recently received an order to "Passazhiravtotrans".
Buses are also equipped with a ramp for people with disabilities and air conditioning. Multimedia screen in the cabin will keep fans up to date with football schedules meetings. And on the eve of matches all the transport will be decorated with symbols of the upcoming championship. There will be several shuttle buses between stadium on Krestovsky, nearest metro stations, the airport and car parking areas. These routes will not only provide access to the fan zones, but also introduce fans to the beauty of the Northern Capital.


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New Literature:
Mees Distributors, Inc.
May 5, 2004
In Mees Distributors, Inc.'s new catalog, the company's natural stone collection is featured. The 30-page literature gives photos of stone samples that are available, along with examples of applications. Each of the natural stones -- limestone, granite, marble and slate -- are accompanied by a suggested application, availability of stone and technical information. In the front and back pages of the book, there is a brief synopsis of the company.
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Invisible Cities: Part Six: WaterMarch 7, 2011
A people adrift: The slum-dwellers of Mankhurd are not only victims of repeated demolition drives but they are often in want of the most basic necessity of life: water.
On the 28th of July 2010, the General Assembly of the United Nations, recognized access to clean water and sanitation as a human right, with a recorded vote of 121 nations voting for the resolution, with none voting against, along with 41 abstentions.
India voted for water as a human right.
Meanwhile in Mumbai, as per the Maharashtra government and BMC rules, there is no need to supply clean water to slums that have been built after the 1st of January 1995. And where the government refuses to take responsibility for its own people, a private mafia has filled its shoes with a profit-motive that ensures that the U.N resolution is nothing but a faraway fantasy for millions of people.
This has left people in slum communities across Mumbai to spend hours walking kilometers to fill 35 litre drums with water, that may or may not be clean, for Rs.5 or Rs.30, depending on availability or source. Families that can barely make ends meet, have to pay exorbitant prices due to shortages of water, and women and children lose out on work and school, as sometimes water is only available between 12pm and 4pm.
According to a recent study conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences in over 21 slum communities of Mumbai, over 81% of the population needs to buy water, with 87.5 % of women taking responsibility of fetching water, with an average monthly expenditure on water at Rs.600, for families that earn an average of Rs.3500 per month.
At the same time, according to an RTI response by the BMC's Hydraulic Department, between January 2009 and February 2010, 2,95,576 kilolitres of water were used by seventeen bottling plants in Mumbai – for instance, Dukes & Sons (Pepsi), used 78,721 kilolitres of water, while Jayantlal Mohanlal (Bisleri) used around 42,403 kilolitres of water.
Jhopda aur Paani
In Mumbai's infamous Ward M, Mankhurd, over 70% of the area is slums – and a majority of the residents have settled after 1995. In Sanjay Nagar, adjacent to the towering walls of trash of the Deonar Dumping grounds, the people haven't gone to work for the last twenty days, waiting for the notice from the BMC to break their homes.
Almost all their homes were broken down in 2004 in the infamous drive that destroyed over 80,000 homes across Mumbai.
'It took me two weeks to get all my possessions back, as they had bulldozed everything into the dumping ground,' Said Mrs. Hussain.
And with the daily struggle for a home, there is the struggle for water.
'My son had gone for water in the morning one day,' Said Mrs. Hussain of Sanjay Nagar, 'It was magrib and he hadn't come back yet. I even went and filed a missing person's report.'
Her son, Saddam Hussain, had to apparently go to Lotus Colony, some 2 kms away, and wait all day for water to come. And once water had come, he had to wait in line as hundreds like him had gathered from across Mankhurd, and paid Rs.5 per drum. Saddam, a name his mother has started to laugh about, would carry four drums of water back home by bicycle.
'Water starts coming there at five in the morning,' Says Gulaab Hussain, another resident, 'And if it doesn't come, a whole day of work goes as hundreds wait in line.'
Most of the residents who live on the periphery of the dumping grounds are ragpickers. And supply of water is not just essential for drinking, but even as essentially, for cleaning clothes and bathing.
'I need to wash my clothes, I have one pair for ragpicking, and another for home.' Say Shefali Abdul Kadir of Rafiq Nagar 2, 'And I need to wash my ragpicking clothes every two days, of course, there isn't enough water.'
Rafiq Nagar 2, not just lacks access to drinking water, but it lost access to water. It is well known in the area that an independent corporater called Suresh 'Bullet' Patil, an ex-policemen, and encounter specialist once ran for the MLA elections and lost. He blames the people of Rafiq Nagar 2 for not voting for him, and is allegedly responsible for cutting off their water supply.
'All the pipes were ripped out and taken away by truck,' Continues Shefali.
Rafiq Nagar 2, is also the capital of malnutrition deaths in the financial capital of India. 25 children have died in the last 2 years in Rafiq Nagar 2, and diarrhea is rife for a particular reason too – the water is not always clean. In no slum surveyed by TISS or by this reporter was there any slum that didn't have access to water that was clean, or didn't have any cases of water-borne diseases.
In Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar, 35 year old Sushila Mata Prasad, had a severe bout of jaundice, and then pneumonia since november of 2010, and had to spend over Rs.19,000 in various hospitals on tests and medicines. Her husband works as salesman for incense sticks and could not afford his wife's treatment, and only managed to pay for it after taking loans. To make matters worse, he fell ill himself and could not get to work.
In Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar, apart from pipelines that supply water to the homes that have existed before 1995, there are around 30 small wells dug within people's homes for water.
'We don't drink that water though.' Says a resident, 'We have different sources of water for different things.'
'The BMC fellow comes every week and puts powder in these wells.' Said another resident. Everyone is aware that ground water around the Deonar dumping grounds are massively contaminated due to seepage of waste along with rainwater.
The pipeline connection was another story altogether. It was only after a 'rasta rokko' in 2007, that the government established a water connection for the people. A pipeline ran parallel to the basti, and while there was a pipeline that led to them, it wasn't connected by the BMC – it ran dry.
'Rasta rokne ke baad, policewalle sab aa gaye the,' (after we blocked off the road, all the policemen showed up), Said Santosh Thorat, of Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar, 'ACP aur inspector ne chehre se dekha hoga, yeh sab andolanwalle log hai. Aur agar woh hame aaj bhaga denge, hum kal bhi aayenge.' (The inspector and the ACP had probably just taken one look at us and realized that we were andolan people, and if they drove us away today, we would have come again tomorrow.)
The government assured them that they would connect the two pipes for water within eight days – yet surprisingly, the government did that in just six.
The Politics of Water
There is no secret in Mankhurd, and Ward M, that the private mafia is run by local politicians especially those from the Samajwadi Party, who often bring trucks of water from Ghatkopar or have given water tanks and taps to their own party workers who charge the residents Rs.5 or Rs.30 for water. Any complaints against any party worker ends up with the party worker, and is often a futile exercise that the residents do not indulge in – a silence that gives the party a strong foothold in the area.
So why is the Samajwadi Party, a party generally 'stronger' in Uttar Pradesh, in power in Ward M?
'Yaha par, bina jhopda, aur paani ka issue, koi bhi election nahi jeetega.' Said Muhammed Umar of Mandala.
While the Samajwadi Party promised residents water and homes, there are others who believe that the main reason the Samajwadi Party is in power is because of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
'Raj Thackeray just gifted the election to the Samajwadi Party and the water mafia,' Says Atique, a resident, singer and activist of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao andolan.
A majority of the people living in Mankhurd are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and the MNS's loud and vocal calls against North Indians settling in Mumbai, ensured that the election was won by Abu Azmi of the Samajwadi Party.
Demolition Drive at Sant Nirankari.
'Where else will we go?' Asked a resident living on Sant Nirankari, on the dumping ground of Deonar.
On the 10th of February, 2011, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished over a hundred homes in Sanjay Nagar's Sant Nirankari basti. The residents claim that the BMC had not given them a notice prior to demolishing their homes, and that they didn't even know what slum they were demolishing.
'I asked one of the BMC fellows if he knew which slum he was demolishing, and he said he was demolishing Sanjay Nagar, but we were in Sant Nirankari!.'
The majority of the residents were ragpickers who earn a living from the dumping grounds, and are now living under tarpaulin sheets or amongst the debris and trash off their own homes. In eleven days after the demolition, there wasn't a single news reporter or politician who visited the slum, even though dozens of homes were broken down.
Amongst the debris, water cans were broken, crushed by bulldozers.
Next to Sant Nirankari, Sanjay Nagar is now waiting for its turn for demolition. And again, it won't be the first time.
'We haven't seen demolitions for three years.' Said Gulaab Hussain, 'We get a notice from them, and we go to court.'
The ultimate irony in Sanjay Nagar: children were playing with little toy bulldozers.
And while the state deems all these settlements illegal, the people express their constitutional rights – 'the freedom to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India which is also subject to reasonable restrictions by the State in the interest of the general public or for the protection of the schedule tribes because certain safeguards as are envisaged here seem to be justified to protect indigenous and tribal peoples from exploitation and coercion.'
But to the government, 'reasonable restrictions' ensure that life for the poor in Mumbai is almost un-livable.
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The aftermath of the demolitions on Sant Nirankari.
Update: On the 4th of March, 2011, Chikalwadi, also bordering the Deonar dumping ground was demolished by the BMC.


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Opening Scripture:
Luke 10:25-37
25) And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26) And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" 27) And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28) And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live." 29) But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30) Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. 31) And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32) Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33) But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 34) and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35) On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' 36) Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" 37) And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."
An expert in the law approached Jesus wanting to know what he must do to inherit eternal life. This question is the basis for the entire parable of The Good Samaritan.
In familiar fashion, Jesus answers the question with another question. "What does the law say? How do you read it?"
After the lawyer's response was deemed correct, the lawyer seeks to justify himself, as we all sometimes do, by asking, "Who is my neighbor?"
Instead of answering that question with another, Jesus tells a story.
Our general takeaway from this story is to be a good neighbor, but the Holy Spirit is woven into this story in very deep, symbolic ways.
There are several characters in this story, which can be confusing when looking to answer, "Who is my neighbor." To apply the characters simply:
30) Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
We are the man who fell among robbers. We fell into sin and were robbed of spiritual life in the Garden of Eden. Each of us now shares this condition from which we need to be rescued and redeemed.
31) And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
The priest represents religion. It cannot help us. It is powerless to help us.
32) Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Levites represent works, because they worked in the temple to prepare the sacrifices. This Levite looked at the man and passed him by.
Scandalously, Jesus introduces a Samaritan, whom the Jews despised, as someone who was on a purposeful journey and who had compassion on the half-dead man. The Samaritan then goes to where the man was and treats the man with two profoundly symbolic items: oil and wine.
Jesus describes the Samaritan as a wealthy man. He had transportation and money for himself to treat the man as well as pay the innkeeper to take care of the wounded man until the Samaritan returns.
Jesus concludes the parable by asking the question, "Who proved to be a neighbor?"
At this point we must return to the original questions:
1.) What must I do to be saved?
2.) Who is my neighbor?
The answer to the first question is found in Scripture: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
The answer to the second question then becomes: Jesus is my neighbor. Jesus is, in essence, saying, "In order to inherit eternal life, you must love me."
The amazing part of this story is that Jesus, aka The Samaritan, was not working alone. He had an unseen helper.
Another name for the Holy Spirit is "The Helper." He is unseen, but He is there helping. When Jesus first comes to us, He never comes alone. In the context of this story, He comes with oil and wine. Oil symbolizes new birth. In Psalms, David writes, "My cup runneth over." What did his cup run over with? It runs over with wine. The Donkey also represents the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit carries us.
At this point, the half-dead man has done nothing. All he can do is receive the help of Jesus and His Helper.
When Jesus finds us, He lifts us up onto the Holy Spirit and brings us to the inn, aka the church, and places us in the care of the innkeeper, who is also representative of the Holy Spirit, until His return.
Jesus pays two days' wages for the man's expenses, and He offers credit to cover anything beyond that when He returns.
If 1,000 years is as a day to the Lord, we are beyond the two days' worth of wages. We are now in the credit period, which indicates we are closer than ever to the Lord's return.
Paul tells the Ephesians to not be physically drunk with physical wine, but to instead be continuously filled spiritually with the wine of the Holy Spirit because we are designed to pour onto others what God has poured into us.
Jesus was so excited about the promise of the Father being fulfilled that He told the disciples to wait and to not do anything until the Holy Spirit was poured out onto them. The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost with the sound of a mighty, rushing wind. The disciples began worshiping God and speaking in other languages. Understandably, this drew a crowd and they asked, "What does this mean?"
This question should be our response when we see God doing something instead of the question, "Why?"
Matthew 9:17
"Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
Traditional wineskins were preserved by continuous filling of wine and the rubbing of oil on the exterior. If they are not used, they become brittle and dry.
If we want to be useful, we must be made [re]new, by the oil and the wine of the Holy Spirit.
- What areas of your heart have become dry?
- How can the Holy Spirit renew you today?
- How can we go and do likewise, as Jesus commanded at the end of the story?


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Global Network Functions Virtualization market 2019-2025
Network functions virtualization is a network architecture concept that uses the technologies of IT virtualization to virtualize entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that may connect, or chain together, to create communication services.
The main driving factors for the Software Defined Networking Market are the increasing evolution and demand in mobility, the increased network complexity and varied traffic pattern, and the surge in demand for cloud service, data center consolidation, and server virtualization.
In 2018, the global Network Functions Virtualization market size was xx million US$ and it is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of xx% during 2019-2025.
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Emerging Trends-technological development is moving notoriously fast in this age, especially with information and communication technology industry. These platforms are maturing as new and existing technologies are combining results in evolving and commingle of new forms of opportunities. The enterprises, to stay on top of trends, they must remain vigilant in keeping an eye on the recent developments upcoming in the future.
The emergence and penetration of these technologies within the business ecosystem has enabled organizations to capitalize on different advantages provided by the same. Along with higher economies of scale, reformation of operations, and new heights of manpower efficiency achieved, the adoption of the latest ICT solutions has aided better decision making with a firm statistical backing.
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History Year: 2013-2017
Base Year: 2017
Estimated Year: 2019
Forecast Year 2019 to 2025
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Market segment by Type, the product can be split into
Market segment by Application, split into
Cloud Service Providers
Telecommunication service Providers
Market segment by Regions/Countries, this report covers
United States
Southeast Asia
Central & South America
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United States
South Korea
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9 Southeast Asia
10 India
11 Central & South America
12 International Players Profiles
13 Market Forecast 2018-2025
14 Analyst-s Viewpoints/Conclusions
15 Appendix
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by James Buchanan
Hillary Clinton has repeatedly accused her male critics of being misogynists and that they don't want a female president out of some backward caveman reaction.
Of course, Hillary is conveniently forgetting that Sarah Palin was enthusiastically supported by Republican men in 2008. The Democrats unleashed a tornado of misogynistic attacks against Palin labeling her a "bimbo" even though she probably has a higher IQ than Quota Boy, Barack Obama. If McCain-Palin had won in 2008, and McCain served only one term due to his age, Ms. Palin might already be president by now.
The real issue with Hillary always has been and always will be corruption. She is just a horrible human being, all too happy to take donations from big corporations to enrich herself while she and her husband were supporting treaties that outsourced millions of American jobs and ruined the lives of millions of American families.
That being said, it's interesting to consider what Scott Adams had to say about Hillary pushing the radical feminist button a few too many times at the Democrat National Committee to the point where the man-bashing theme just got a little too thick.
Mr. Adams observed in his blog "I've been watching the Democratic National Convention and wondering if this will be the first time in history that we see a candidate's poll numbers plunge after a convention."
"…[I]f you're an undecided voter, and male, you're seeing something different. You're seeing a celebration that your role in society is permanently diminished. And it's happening in an impressive venue that was, in all likelihood, designed and built mostly by men. Men get to watch it all at home, in homes designed and built mostly by men, thanks to the technology that was designed and built mostly by men. I mention that as context, not opinion…"
"And that brings us to a concept called 'Selling past the close.' That's a persuasion mistake. Clinton has already sold the country on the idea that a woman can be president. Sales experts will tell you that once the sale is made, you need to stop selling, because you have no chance of making things better, but you might give the buyer a reason to change her mind."
"Obama understood how to avoid selling past the close. At some point during Obama's first presidential election campaign the country mentally agreed that an African-American could be their next president. So Obama accepted the sale and talked about other stuff. If he had dwelled on race, and his place in history, he would have risked making things worse. So he stayed quiet on race (mostly) and won. Twice."
"Clinton is taking a different approach. As Michelle Obama said, we now take for granted that a woman can be president. That sale is made. But Clinton keeps selling. And that's an enormous persuasion mistake."
"I watched singer Alicia Keys perform her song Superwoman at the convention and experienced a sinking feeling. I'm fairly certain my testosterone levels dropped as I watched, and that's not even a little bit of an exaggeration. Science says men's testosterone levels rise when they experience victory, and drop when they experience the opposite. I watched Keys tell the world that women are the answer to our problems. True or not, men were probably not feeling successful and victorious during her act."
"Let me say this again, so you know I'm not kidding. Based on what I know about the human body, and the way our thoughts regulate our hormones, the Democratic National Convention is probably lowering testosterone levels all over the country. Literally, not figuratively. And since testosterone is a feel-good chemical for men, I think the Democratic convention is making men feel less happy. They might not know why they feel less happy, but they will start to associate the low feeling with whatever they are looking at when it happens, i.e. Clinton…"
For most White men, it's an issue of Hillary being one of the most corrupt politicians in U.S. Hillary. We all know about her whoring herself out to Wall Street taking millions in thinly-disguised bribes as "speaking fees."
Hillary's corruption likely extends to selling secrets to the Red Chinese, having individuals murdered, who might have exposed the Clintons' crimes, and taking money from the Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling operation.
But Scott Adams is right. Hillary tends to be very heavy-handed with the radical feminism –a mistake that probably comes from the fact that she surrounds herself with radical feminists and lesbians, who go around hating men pretty much twenty-four/seven. They weren't going to accept any feedback from men about the feminism being too heavy-handed at the Convention because they don't listen to men, and liberal men tend to be either spineless weaklings, who probably wouldn't have the guts to mention this regardless, or they're womanizers, who are looking for the next bimbo, they can grope while evading the radical feminists, whom they prefer to avoid.
Hillary Clinton is a bitter, angry feminist, who likes to blame all her problems on men. She's led a life of political corruption and shady dealings from the Whitewater Development Corporation to her secret bribe-taking as Secretary of State with her private e-mail server. She needs to be convicted of her past crimes, not promoted to the presidency.


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It takes a significant amount of time to drag hundreds of ships into the Station from your hangar and give them the once over. Trust me, that is all I did yesterday for about an hour and a half. I did that because yesterday, along with the new release, we got the next level of Peanut Butter Rendering with Nuts!! And now our beloved ships look slightly, sorta, increasingly, amazingly, and in some cases significantly different.
We also got a much needed new model for the Caracal. A whole new ship in the Jackdaw, which I haven't tried yet but am busily training the skill for. (Thank you Mila for making the book available!) And a whole bunch of icons in our overviews - which I found to be awesome by the way. Get over yourselves and learn it, once you get used to them you'll see just how much gooder they really are.
|Guess I'm going to have to draw this one now!
As you all know by now I care about how our spaceships look probably more than anyone. I've spent countless hours hand-drawing almost all of them, studying their details, mechanics, nobs, bumps, bits and textures. I've been anxiously awaiting V5++ ever since I saw it at Fanfest. Moar Peanut Butter please! And this release does not disappoint.
PBR set the ground-work for a whole new way of treating our ships, the lighting, the textures, going into the future. And while the first round was successful, it left a lot to be desired. Ships became smooth, plastic looking, and in many cases much worse than they were before. They looked sharp, but rather fake. It all depended on the specific model, but the results were transitional. Finally, with yesterday's release, we are finally into the real meat. Now we are able to finally see the promise of PBR in action across more models.
Again, depending on the model, the results are often subtle. Some models are younger than others, or contain different materials, textures, or maps. So the results are not always drastic. And then, sometimes they are. The most drastic change for me was the Enyo. That poor ship suffered greatly with the original shift to PBR, it became extremely plastic and chrome. The entire back-end of the ship looked like it had been spray painted with chrome. Now it is back to being dark, detailed, and properly rendered again. It looks incredible.
|Enyo Butt no longer chromed!
|The Vaga (with Frills!!) in Nazi Winter Soldier camo! Panther too!
Or check out the incredible details in the Moa/Gila/Eagle line.
|Edge wear!!
Overall I'm extremely happy with the roll-out. Kudos to the entire Art Department, thank goodness this worked much better than the technical issues during your Fanfest presentation. Just kidding.
Eve looks better than ever.