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YuppTV makes comeback on Roku Players, Roku TVs
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New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The leading OTT player in South Asian content YuppTV has made its comeback on the Roku® platform in the USA and Canada, introducing its extensively updated video content, packaged in a superior and advanced user interface. In 2010, YuppTV has been the first Live TV channel on the Roku platform, which includes the Roku Streaming Stick®, Roku Streaming players and Roku TV™, providing Indian expat community, easy access to high quality South Asian entertainment content. Post 2012, the channel continued to provide the content to other markets, except USA and Canada. Roku users in USA and Canada will now be able to access YuppTV's 200+ LIVE TV channels, Catch-up TV and YuppFlix, the largest Bollywood and South Asian regional language movie catalogue, with more than 5,000 titles. Further enhancing the content offering, the app will also offer online movie premiers mostly within three weeks of the release in YuppTV's Pay per View movies. "We are thrilled to launch our updated YuppTV app on the Roku platform in USA and Canada. Incepted with the vision of providing the most authentic and entertaining Indian national and regional content to the Indian expat and diaspora community across the globe, we are affirmative that the users will enjoy and appreciate our content offering," said Founder and CEO YuppTV, Uday Reddy. "It is inspiring the way YuppTV has evolved its service offering over the years and we're excited to be able to once again offer Roku consumers in the US and Canada an amazing selection of premium South Asian content," said Director of content acquisition Roku, Inc., Ziba Kaboli-Gerbrands. In succession to the launch, YuppTV has also added new languages in its offering, now allowing more Roku users to enjoy video content in Sinhala, Urdu, Nepali and Bangla. YuppTV will also offer nine popular channels from Argentina like TYC Sports, El Trece, America Sports available for Argentine expats living in USA and Canada. With the newly updated user interface, the channel offers an aesthetically enriching experience. Furthermore, the next update of the channel will also feature YuppTV Bazaar, the online marketplace for video content, and Yupp News, which curates the top news from around the world in short video snippets. (ANI)


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The cost of staff attrition to the UK economy is likely to exceed £1 billion in 2010 and could be as high as £864 million in the first quarter*, according to a new survey of large UK corporations from e-learning company Brightwave.
This loss is only likely to increase as the economy and jobs market recovers and more people look for new jobs.
The same research also found an increasing trend in onboarding new staff to combat this staff loss – 63% of HRs surveyed by Brightwave plan to introduce a formalised onboarding strategy in 2010 if they don't currently have one in place. This pre-induction approach helps reduce attrition by engaging, training and embedding new staff in their new company culture from the moment they accept the job offer.
Furthermore, the survey found that 52% of large corporations believed onboarding helped reduce induction time with 48% stating it reduced induction costs and helped engage employees. This evidence supports recent findings from the Aberdeen Group Report on Effective Onboarding Techniques and Strategies, which recommended onboarding to reduce attrition and training costs, improve engagement and increase productivity.
Global media company Sky recently introduced an onboarding programme including a portal developed by Brightwave to its call centres. Kenny Henderson, head of talent development operations at Sky said: "Our Get Up To Speed onboarding portal has already helped reduce early attrition in our contact centres and we're hoping that its company wide roll-out in 2010 will continue to improve our retention as the jobs market picks up across the country. This onboarding portal makes new starters feel part of the team and put them in touch with others doing the same role and peers starting at the same time. It also already helped improve sales conversions for new starters, sped-up time to target performance and improved engagement. It's exceeded all our expectations and we're delighted it's being acknowledged as best practice in the learning and development community!"
Charles Gould, MD at Brightwave added: "Our latest survey is reassuring in showing how UK businesses are putting people at the heart of what they do. It's encouraging to hear that so many top employers have introduced, or will be introducing, a formalised onboarding strategy. Onboarding quickly engages new employees and provides knowledge when enthusiasm is high. It's one effective approach to help minimise attrition as the economy starts to recover."
Brightwave, current E-Learning Development Company of the Year, surveyed L&D and HR heads in the UK's largest corporations, which employ over 750,000 staff between them.
* Based on responses from large organisations in Brightwave survey (online survey took place December 2009 to January 2010) about organisational attrition rates and cost of induction PLUS ONS (Office National Statistics) data stating job vacancies for the last recorded quarter (September-November 2009) – 432,000.
** PricewaterhouseCoopers recently found that a third of UK employees (33%) have not felt valued during the recession and would leave for another job if they could. Furthermore, a survey by recruitment firm CBSbutler found over 60% of employers have concerns about losing key staff in a recovery. (Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG).

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Portable Rebar Bender Hydruliac Steel Bar reinforced straightening machine
product compositions
1. ultra-high pressure electric oil pump
2. portable hydraulic rebar bending machine (straightener)
3. 2 pcs 5 meters long and 70 MPA high pressure standard oil pipes
Product model technical parameters
Note: We recommend to use 0.75 KW / 1.5 KW motor for reinforcement below 28 mm.
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product instructions
1. Remove the package, check the machine appearance, if any query, please contact the service hotline with 24 hours service.
2. Add hydraulic oil into electric oil pump, 32 antiwear hydraulic oil in winter, 46 anti-wear hydraulic oil in other seasons. Add the oil to the middle upper position of liquid level meter on the side of the tank.( 0.75KW motor adds about 16 liters and 1.5 KW motor adds about 35 liters)
3. Please ask a professional electrician (Pls be sure to remember! ! ! Connect with power supply 380V or 220V, pay attention to the clockwise direction of motor running.)
4. connect high pressure tubing, bending machine 2 connectors, electric oil pump 2 connectors.
5. For manual reversing valves, the manual valve has three gears, namely (leftmost position-forward or backward) (middle position-stop (far right-forward or backward)). Please empty the operation after skilled operation to the site for use (Pls be sure to remember!!! ! ! Special remindation is that pulling the manual reversing valve to the center stop position before starting the motor.)
6. start the motor, pull the reversing valve right and left, so that the bending machine piston running idlinging back and forth for 3 times to emptying the air in the curved oil cylinder.
7. Before the operation of the bending machine, we must use the safety cover, if there is no cover please ignore, then can continue the operations.
8. During the operation of the machine, if there is any doubt, please call the service hotline wit 24 hours-service.
9. The warranty period of all factory products is one year if they are not artificially damaged.
1) The whole structure is simple, the operation is convenient, the stability is good, the reliability is high, the quality of rebar bending is guaranteed, and the working efficiency is improved;
2) Suitable for the site work such as the it is difficult for the common bending machine to reach after the steel bar is bound or the concrete is poured;
3) Use ultra-high pressure hydraulic system drive and the bending force is large. The maximum one is 40mm rebar;
4) The machine does not need to replace the working head, it can bend and straighten the rebar. The speed of bending and straightening is fast;
5) The machine is simple operation, labor saving and easy to move.
Bending range: 14-40mm
Bending angle: 90 ° (WU-32, bendable 180 °) bending can be stopped at any angle.
Bending thrust: 10T-20T
Electric oil pump power: 1.5 kW 0.75 KW
Voltage: 380V (optional 220v)
Work pressure: 63mpa
Bending machine dead-weight: 12-14kg
Portable rebar bending machine is widely used in rebar bending of high-rise buildings, highways, railway foundation pile cage and various building skeletons. The portable hydraulic rebar bending machine is driven by hydraulic system. The portable bending machine is small in volume, light in weight and easy in operation. Two people can complete the bending and straightening operation of the rebar in the field, but the traditional bending method needs artificial bending and welding in advance. So it is more labor-saving, which not only ensures the precision, but also reduces the labor intensity. And the safety factor and working efficiency have been greatly improved.
Work efficiency
1000-2000 pcas can be bended in 18 hours of a day.And a rebar uses 5-10 seconds. Rebar straightening machine is a common project one in the construction process of bridge and housing construction field. Straightening rebars often can not meet the design requirements, the actual construction is contrary to the intent of the design drawings. In order to further optimize the solution to the difficult problems of field construction, our company designed this kind to improve work efficiency. The portable steel bar straightener, which reduces the barbarous construction and can complete the field construction with high quality fastly and effectively, makes the field construction no longer difficult.
We use professional exporting packages:
Our way of transportation
Brief introduction
Dezhou Taigao Import and Export Co., Ltd. is located in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, China. Dezhou Taigao import and export Co., Ltd. and Dezhou Degao hydraulic machinery Co., Ltd. belong to the same company, is a hydraulic products manufacturing, sales and import and export of industrial and trade company.
The company has machining center, CNC lathe, grinder, boring machine, rocker drill, pipe locking machine and other processing equipments. It mainly produces ultra-high pressure hydraulic products, including hollow hydraulic cylinder, ultra-thin hydraulic cylinder, single action cylinder, super-large tonnage double-action hydraulic cylinder, valve base, manual pump, electric pump, Hydraulic cracking tool, split stone rod, portable rebar extruder, portable rebar bending machine, portable rebar straightening machine and various hydraulic pipe locks. The company also provides sales of electromagnetic valve, plunger pump, cargo lifters, hydraulic pressure packing-machine, rescue equipment and some others.
Dezhou Taigao import and export tries hard to create a professional sales company which has rich products and quality assurance to become one-stop service of purchase and wholesale of China's hydraulic accessories and equipments.
Do you have Stock productions to sell?
Yes, of course. But we also offer OEM service. Please send us some drawing.
What information do you want to know if i want to get a quotation?
a). The model/size of your products.
b). The application for your products.
c). Special package methods if you needs.
d). Raw material.
Do you inspect the finished products?
Yes.Each step of products will be carried out inspection by QC department until shipping
What advantages do you have?
(1) Punctual: Have your orders met with the latest delivery?
We are a manufacturer with so many advanced and new machines.
It ensures we have the ability to carry out the production schedual for punctual delivery.
(2) We are alibaba gold member,so you can trust us,no any doubt.
(3) Point to point service.
There is two sales departments who will serve you from inquiry to products shipped out. During the process, you just need to discuss with him for all the problems and the way sames much times.
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28 meter length girders from Jenjarom to Port Klang
We were tasked with delivery four long length girders fom ex-works supplier's factory in Jenjarom to Port Klang. The girdles were due for the Masinloc Power Plant Expansion Project in the Phillippines.
Due the the extreme length of the girders, we required our project team to conduct a route survey to ascertain truning points and road accessibility towards Port Klang.
We supervised the load from the factory and escorted the long length girders to Port Klang. Two back to back trips were made from shipper's factory to Port Klang.
|Cargo :
|Girders for Overhead Travelling Crane
|Girdle Dimension
|L 28.00m x W 1.2m x H 2.4m
|Girdle Weight
|19.0 metric ton each
28 meter long girder exiting shipper's factory
Girders being lashed on vessel


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It's Vogue Versus P Diddy in 'Globe and Mail's' Battle of Sexes
Now here's a commercial that comically, insightfully and unabashedly celebrates the differences between men and women acknowledging there is, most assuredly, a continual battle of the sexes between two that rarely calls a truce. Though in the case of this Globe and Mail commercial, the publisher would like to think that at least on Sunday, men and women would call a a truce long enough to read the Sunday paper. Thanks, Fresh Creation.
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Topic: Commercials, Good, Strange, Video
Topic: Commercials, Good, Strange, Video


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Jodha Akbar 4th August 2014 Written Episode Update
Jodha Akbar 4th August 2014 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
Scene 1
jodha says that why aren't you taking me for jungle hunt, jalal sits sadly on bed, jodha says that you know that I don't like to kill animals but I always go with you then why are you not taking me this time, jalal looks at atifa's pic and says that if I take you then others wives will feel jealous of you. if I take all people with me then it will take more time, also I arranged meena bazar for wives too so I think I should go alone, you want me to be better husband then let me go, jodha says that if this is the case then I allow you to go, jodha is about to leave when she sees jalal looking at atifa's pic, he sees jodha and looks down, jodha makes face and goes from there.
the master of khaibar looks at cave in jail and says that jalal and his ministers doesn't know that there is a secret way out from palace and mahaC knows this, your mission will complete mahaC. in jail, all soldiers are gossiping that jalal is taking soldiers and ministers out for hunting.
Scene 2
jalal and some ministers are going for hunt in jungle, he sends atgah far, he talks to atifa, he ask her that are you always keep veil on your face, atifa says that my husband orders me so I have to take it, jalal says that your husband isn't here so you can take it off, she takes off her veil jalal looks at her face and smiles. the rainj starts pouring down in jungle, jalal says to ram that we should go to tents, atifa aask ram that should we go also, he says yes as jalal is going, atifa makes sad face and ays that I would like to enjoy rain in open, I would like to ride and view jungle in rain, jalal looks at her and says to ram that I will stay here in jungle, I want to enjoy rain here, you got tents, atifa smiles, ram leaves, only jalal and atifa are left.
jodha gives Rahim new toys, salima says why you give him more toys, jodha says that kids always like toys and look I have nought many toys for him, salima says that I cant believe soon you will handle three children together, she leaves to talk with hamida. dasi ask jodha that what is your decision about our princess, jodha gives her letter and says to convey my message to your princess that don't take drastic decision, I wont let anything wrong happen with her, its my promise, dais gets happy, jodha thinks that on right time I will tell jalal that this rajvanshi princess is not ready to marry Mughal prince, he will understand.
Scene 3
jalal gives his hand to atifa, she shyly takes it, jalal pulls her close to him and holds her shoulders, he ask her to enjoy the view, atifa gets afraid with bear's noise, jalal puts fire on wood stick, he throws it away and bear is hunted from it, atifa is impressed and says I didn't know you can do this too, he ask soldiers to see the bear, they goes to see him and comes back saying that bear it that, jalal says ok and takes atifa from there, soldiers gossip that what kind of hunt was that, if bear was dead then why didn't jalal took atifa to that way? seems like jalal is on hunt today but for something else. atgah comes back and sees jalal and atifa enjoying view of jungle together, he is upset.
Scene 4
jalal is in his court, he is listening to ram tanu's song, atifa is there too, ram sings then atifa sings looking at jalal, jalal smiles looking at her, ram starts singing but jalal stops him and atifa to sing, atgah says this is insult of ram, jalal says I want only atifa to sing, ram feels offended and leaves from there, atifa continues the song, atgah is not happy with jalal's attitude, after song ends, jalal praises atifa and gives her his precious ring, she takes and leaves from there, atgah says can I talk to you, jalal says yes, atgah says that you are doing wrong, its a sin. atgah says to jalal that being married, roaming around with other women is not only bad but it is considered as big sin in our religion, you know about all this but as your guider I suggest you to not do this, jalal says that you are right, you can guide me but to tell you truth that whenever I listen to atifa singing, I get lost in her, not only her face but her voice, her everything is making me crazy about her, I think of her all the time, I know I am not doing right with my wives, I should be with jodha, I thought that I cant love anyone after loving jodha but atifa make me go mad about her.
master of khaibar frees khaibar and ask him to run from jail from that secret cave, sharif comes in jail, soldier ask him why is he here, sharif says that jail is my responsibility and I can come anytime, he goes inside jail and ask why there is no soldier here, he comes to khaibar's lock up and sees khibar missing from lock up, he shouts that soldiers this beast has run away, sharif thinks that a giant man cant run from here till he doesn't know any secret way out from this palace, he sees cave that s going out from palace.
Scene 5
jodha is sleeping, she dreams that jalal is sitting with her on bed, he says that I love you laot jodha. in ankhon main plays.. jodha then sees in dream that jalal and atifa are together and spending romantic moments together, he gets close to atifa, jodha wakes up from dream being terrified, jodha thinks why I am sseing these kinds of dreams, this isn't good.
jalal is going somewhere is palace, when he looks in atifa's raoom, atifa takes off her dupatta and jewelry to sleep, jalal looks at her but then turns and goes from there. khaibar comes in jodha's room who is fast asleep.
PRECAP- jodha says to jalal that don't forget that you are given tilte of AKBAR not by your ministers but it is given to you for your love and justice towards common man, jalal says that doesn't mean that I will forgive a person who comes in my harem without permission, I will kill khibar now and I will give him such brutal death that nobody will dare to come in my palace or my hare.
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Tokyo, Japan: Observations of a wonderful culture!
Our travels from French Polynesia to Japan (on March 12-14th) definitely were NOT very "pretty": We had a midnight flight out of Tahiti, but had to leave our hotel–and Moorea Island–on the latest ferry available, which was unfortunately only 5pm. We also would JUST make the last Tahiti bus of the day around 6pm to get to the airport, which sucked because that meant we'd arrive to the airport over 5 hours prior to our flight! And then of course we couldn't check in our bags for a few hours upon arrival, so we had to wait in the open-air-outside area of the airport in the sticky, hot, and humid.
Since our RTW flights were bought with airmiles, there was limited availability for flights from French Polynesia to Japan, and it also was spring vacation time (for the Japanese) as well. This meant we actually were routed BACK TO LOS ANGELES 8 hours, with a 2 hour layover, just to catch a 12 hour flight to Tokyo, Japan! And then when we arrived in Tokyo, our BAGS DID NOT! and after catching a 1 1/2 hour subway to our hostel, we had to sleep in the same 32-hours-of-travel clothing that night and wear them the next day as well! It was definitely a lonnnnng travel day!
However, our spirits were lifted as we soon found Tokyo to be a pretty wonderful place to be. We originally had booked 3 nights in the city, but extended our stay to 5 nights in the end, staying from March 14th to 19th. Overall, the city is very clean and safe, the subway system is pretty straightforward and organized (after you ride it once or twice and find the board that includes English), and the trains always run on time and you could get pretty much to any area in the spread-out city. In addition, there were map boards on the streets all throughout Tokyo, even in non-touristy areas, which always helped when we got a bit turned around.
We visited several temples and parks, and found the architecture, history, and culture to be delightful. The city was scattered with many beautiful lanterns in white, black, and red, and there were many cute restaurants scattered throughout the city. The Japanese have a lot of traditions and history that they celebrate and uphold (more on that in another post), and it was admirable to learn about how deep-rooted their beliefs and good family values are.
We also soon found out that we arrived in Japan at a very popular time: "Sakura season." Sakura is the Japanese term for "Cherry Blossom Trees" and these beautiful trees are prevalent all over Japan and bloom in mid March to mid April. We were excited that they were blooming early this year, and the trees were already popping up with beautiful pink flowers all over the city.
Some specific things we did in the city: Visited Ueno Park, Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Imperial Palace, Sensoji Temple in Asakusa [see video], walked through Shibuya area including Shibuya crossing, walked around different areas of the city at night (Shibuya, Shinjuku [see video], and Ginza) at night to see the lights, walked around the Tsukiji Fish Market area (one of the largest fish markets in the world; most fish in the world actually go through this area), and we also received a fortune at a temple—and it was a good one! [click here to see it]
We tried as much Japanese food as we could (while staying on budget): Sushi, tempura, Japanese Sweet bread, different marinated meats on sticks, soba and udon noodles, and pretty much everything and anything with rice or noodles. We also were excited to meet up with a girl named Yuki, who is friends with our friend, Ann, and she took us out to a fun type of sushi bar that we've never experienced before. You sit at a rectangular bar and the cooks stand in the middle, and there was a "conveyor belt" that rotated around the bar with many different plates of sushi on it. Each colored plate represented a certain price (which was CHEAP, by the way), and you could just grab off whatever plates of sushi you'd like! [See video of it here!] Yuki was SO sweet and nice, and also walked us around a part of the city and took us up to the top of a government building to see an amazing view of Tokyo at night.
Overall, Tokyo was a really wonderful city and blew all of our expectations out of the water. It set a really good tone for Japan, and we were excited to move on to other Japanese cities to see how they compared.
Meanwhile, James and I made a LOT of observations about people in Tokyo in the 5 days we were there (mainly from walking around the city and spending a LOT of time on the subway) and also general observations about the city. We thought to share them with you here!
Here is our list:
People don't talk (much) on subway, which is strange. Sometimes the train car is completely full and there is hardly a single sound! Same goes for elevators. We had a very awkward SILENT ride in an elevator at one point with like 15 people up 50 floors and you could seriously hear a pin drop—I was almost scared to breathe!
- People don't make eye contact, and quickly look away if they meet your eyes.
- Most people commute to work via the subway, but you don't really see anyone on their computers. Almost EVERYBODY, however, are on their cellphones, typing away.When laughing, people usually cover their mouths.
- You hardly see any coughing or yawning in public, and mouths are ALWAYS covered if either happens.
- Definitely no nail biting, scratching, or picking in public.
- Cellphones NEVER ring on the subway, and you rarely see anybody talking on one. You would think now and then somebody would forget to turn their ringer off, but we never heard one go off!
- People don't cross their legs on the subway…. maybe because the seats face each other and people stand in the middle, but I found this interesting, since many women had on skirts.
- Many people actually zonk out (sleeping) on the subway.
- There is very rarely ANY public affection seen; mostly only hand holding and maybe you'll see a hug. Kissing in public is very rare and somewhat "risqué"
- People dress well, in general. Women especially dress well and look very put together and fashionable.
Many people in Japan wear face/surgical masks out in public . . . we estimated about 40-50% wear them on the subway and maybe 20-30% of people walking down the street. [Listen here to James talk about why so many Japanese people wear these masks.]
- There are SO MANY bikes on the streets, everywhere! And they ride on the sidewalk where other people WALK. It's actually a bit dangerous because they ride pretty fast and you have to constantly keep your head up to avoid a collision with the many bikers who are constantly riding by.
- The streets of Tokyo are VERY clean, by any big city standards, yet it is SUPER hard to find a damn garbage can anywhere! I guess people are just courteous and don't throw garbage on the streets?
- VERY few Japanese men have facial hair.
- Nobody really drinks or eats while walking down the street OR on the subway.
- People didn't seem to notice or care that we're tourists and look totally different.
- We hardly saw any overweight Japanese people, and definitely NO obese people.
- Grocery stores in Tokyo (and Japan, in general) are VERY colorful, loud, and busy . . . it's quite overstimulating! [See a video here of this]
In general, we were very impressed with Tokyo: the sights, the people, the culture, and the efficiency of the public transportation. We were sad to leave the city, but excited to experience a smaller Japanese town ahead: Suzaka!
**TO SEE OUR PHOTOS OF TOKYO, JAPAN, CLICK HERE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breannandjamesaroundtheworld/sets/72157633049577121/
**ALSO, In case you haven't seen any of our trip VIDEOS, check out our youtube page at http://www.youtube.com/breannaroundtheworld – We have been uploading videos quite often as we go along (especially in the past week!), and some of them are pretty funny!!
4 responses to "Tokyo, Japan: Observations of a wonderful culture!"
Love the observations! Love the videos! Loving living vicariously through your blog! Stay safe!
So glad you enjoyed Tokyo! We lived in Ueno park area for 4 months back in 2010..after getting over the culture shock, I fell in love with the people, and the city itself!
safe travels!


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I starting dance classes when I was six. I took tap, jazz, modern dance, and ballet classes. I even studied pointe (classical ballet with the pointe shoes).
Then I taught classes for about 6 years after being an assistant teacher for 2 years. I spent countless Thursdays and Saturdays in the studio with cute ballerinas and I loved every minute of it.
The truth is I still LOVE dance, but I feared that I knew too much; that I'd become an overly critical dance mom!
Having been a dance instructor, my inclination is to trust the teacher and trust the process. But there must be a process…
I'm that mom who is more concerned about the technique and what the teacher's philosophy is on teaching ballet basics, than fighting with the teacher to put my daughter front and center.
So, when Sunshine begged and pleaded to take ballet I reluctantly acquiesced.
I had many conversations with myself (yes, I talk to myself, so do you!!) and my sister (a former dance teacher also) about lowering my expectations of the class/instructor, just in case it wasn't up to my standards.
I tried…I really did!
First Ballet School:
Sunshine started ballet lessons at a local community ballet school at age 3. At the start of the semester, a young teenage teacher replaced the permanent instructor who left on sabbatical.
I reserved judgment.
Once upon a time, I too was a teenage dance teacher. I was familiar with the glaring eyes of parents questioning my competency as an instructor…at least until the first parent observation time, when they saw what I had taught their child.
Unfortunately, Sunshine's teenage instructor earned the glaring eyes of parents.
She had no control of the class. She allowed the class to take a ten-minute water break in a 30-minute class ten minutes into the start of the class. Oh, and the parent observation time (several weeks into the semester) was a hot mess of cute dancers hopping across the room in no semblance of order and demonstration of any level of ballet knowledge.
Needless to say, we left that school.
Second Ballet School:
The second school was referred to us by friends. This new school had a large community following and many people talked highly about the school and gave the school great reviews. The school had a company class of high school students who were their premier dancers. These dancers attended this school for years. They were a representation of the quality of dancer the school produces! Additionally, a company class conveys a level of commitment and dedication to the art of dance.
I wanted this school to meet my expectations.
It didn't.
Tips on Choosing Ballet Classes for Kids
RED FLAG #1: Dancers expected to learn new choreography and new music in only 7 classes.
Sunshine started classes in September. By the Spring, I could see that she was learning some ballet moves, but not the fundamentals. Nevertheless, I talked myself out of being overly critical.
Then in April we learned that the girls would be learning a brand-new ballet routine to music they had never heard before, for the recital the first Saturday in June. Which means the dancers had 7 weeks to learn new music and choreography. (Who Does That??)
The dancers were 3, 4 and 5 year-olds, at varying developmental levels. Some of them have never danced before or been on a stage. No way should the dancers be expected to learn new choreography (including placement on stage) and new music with only 7 weeks until the recital. That's simply not enough time for them to perform the ballet well or independently.
The instructor should have been teaching foundational ballet moves since September. Those foundational moves should have been incorporated into the choreography, making it easy for the dancers to learn the choreography when put to music. Then the only thing the dancers would have to deal with is learning their placement on the stage (performing in a room with mirrors versus on a stage with an audience is vastly different) and getting over any stage fright!
Our dancers were set up to fail!
RED FLAG #2: No counts to choreography.
I asked the teacher to provide a sample of the music and to write out the choreography so that I could work with Sunshine at home. I was going to make sure she knew the ballet routine.
The teacher wrote out the routine one week, then changed the routine the next.
Ok that happens.
We began practicing the new routine, but the steps didn't go with the music. The teacher didn't add any counts, you know 8-count or 16-count steps to go along with the song.
We had no way to discern what steps went with what portion of the music. (Who Does That??)
The art of creating choreography is not easy, and if you are writing choreography for others to perform, your choreography should be based on a count, a cadence in the music or words in the song.
Otherwise, no one will know how to perform the choreography!
RED FLAG #3: Choreography changes at rehearsal.
Then came the rehearsal. It was obvious that the teacher nor the students knew their placement on stage or the routine. It also becomes clear that the choreography was different than what the teacher provided (and what Sunshine and I practiced), which meant the teacher either changed it AGAIN or simply didn't remember it.
When I raised my concerns to the teacher she said the recital would be fun for the dancers and that the girls would be adorable. (WTH?)
You know what…my daughter could have had fun and been adorable for a lot less than $70/mo for 9 months ($630.00), plus the cost of a $50 costume.
It was no surprise that Sunshine's class' routine the day of the recital was a HOT MESS (and it was not the only one)!
Neither school ensured that the teacher selected to instruct the dancers, had the skills necessary to control the class and impart proper ballet techniques.
Learn from my experience…avoid schools like these!
What You Should Look for in a Ballet School
1. Longevity in the industry
Ideally, the ballet school has been in business for many years and has great reviews. (This alone would not have helped in my decision of the second school.) If that is not the case, you are relying on the reputation of the instructor/owner of the school. That is ok. Just do your research.
- The school/owner/instructor should have a dance history that you can verify on social media. You are particularly interested in the instructors' dance education, personal dance performances, and teaching experience. If possible, talk to other dancers.
- You also want to ensure that the teacher assigned to teach your child has taught children your child's age for several years. Teaching ballet to a 3-year-old is completely different than teaching an 11-year-old.
- If possible, ask to see a copy of last years' recital or if the recital is upcoming do your best to attend. Schools put on their best work at recitals, so you'll be able to make an informed decision on whether what you see is worth your money. (If I had done this for either school, I would have never registered my daughter.)
2. Technique
When you speak with the school administration, owner and instructor listen carefully to the words they use regarding class instructions. If you have a 3 or 4-year-old and they say your child will be introduced to "expressionist movement" or "creative movement," ask exactly what does that mean?
A good response: ….it means your child will learn pre-ballet techniques and the foundational principles of ballet including the 5 positions of the body and feet in ballet.
3. Appropriate End of the Year Expectations
Ask what you should expect at the end of the year.
A good response: Your child should be able to demonstrate increased focus, appropriate posture, breathing techniques, and knowledge of the ballet positions; these techniques will be evident in the year-end recital.
4. Fun Factor
Having fun when learning ballet should be a priority. The instructor should not be so strict that they do not appreciate that your child is a child and that their enjoyment of ballet is what keeps them coming week after week. It is imperative that the joy and excitement for ballet are not squelched by the desire to create perfect little ballerinas.
As for me and Sunshine, we finally found a school that is the right fit for both of us! This school has all the perquisites mentioned above.
I'm even happy to say that the instructor teaches her students just like how I taught years ago. She's firm with her students, imparting technique yet still having loads of fun!
I'm sure we'll be here for a while.
L.C. is a self-described Jesus girl. She lives in North Carolina with her two children, a 5yo daughter, and a 19yo son. L.C. created her blog, ALifeofAuthenticity.com to be a forum for single moms to find community and solidarity in the challenges of single motherhood, a place to be uplifted and empowered to strive for the authentic and abundant life YOU seek. L.C. offers practical truths with her Christian faith as the backdrop upon which she offers real talk, real advice for real life.
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'01 - '05 Miata Ecu, Immobilizer, Ignition switch and key
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SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created on the "testing" branch of Debian. It features customized lightweight desktops, multimedia plugins, selected sets of apps and own custom tools to ease different tasks.
SparkyLinux is a Debian-based Linux distribution which provides ready to use, out of the box operating system with a set of slightly customized lightweight desktops.
Sparky is targeted to all the computer's users who want replace existing, proprietary driven OS to an open-sourced. In general, Sparky is not targeted to Linux beginners, rather to users with some amount of Linux knowledge. Anyway, the Linux beginners are welcome too – our forums is open for any question.
SparkyLinux Multimedia
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How to Make It
Preheat the oven to 350° and line the bottom of a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, blend the butter with the brown sugar and salt. Spread the mixture evenly in the lined cake pan. Arrange the apples wedges in the pan in 2 concentric circles.
In the same bowl, whisk the flour with the sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, mix the eggs with the milk and vanilla. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients along with the melted butter and whisk until smooth. Scrape the batter over the apples and spread evenly. Bake the cake in the lower third of the oven until golden and springy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Transfer the pan to a rack and let cool for 30 minutes. Run the tip of a knife around the inside rim of the pan. Center a serving plate over the cake; carefully invert the the cake and plate. Remove the pan and peel off the parchment paper. Let the cake cool completely.
In a small bowl, stir the confectioners' sugar with the milk and drizzle it over the cake. Cut into wedges and serve.


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261 Waterfowl Road, Bluffton
Exceptionally priced May River Estate. This 25 acre gated estate on the May River is located very near downtown Bluffton and lies 3/4's of a mile down a private easement road. Both the main home and guest home have been exceptionally maintained, with recent remodeling completed in preparation for the introduction to the market. The dock is the largest private residential dock on the May River, spanning nearly 150 feet in total length. Multiple opportunities exist on the property, to include potential equestrian capabilities and additional homesites as well. Inquire for more information. Additional parcels may be available as well.
Carport, Driveway, Two Spaces, RV Access/Parking
Ceiling Fan(s), Elevator, Fireplace, Main Level Master, Multiple Master Suites, Smooth Ceilings, Upper Level Master, In-Law Floorplan, Pantry
Dishwasher, Microwave, Oven, Refrigerator
Dock, Outdoor Shower, Porch, Storage
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Yusaku's friend Ikki came from work to do his first Japanboyz scene, tonight with popular model Fuji. He's a solid piece of man meat with a bit of an edge, sideburns, piercings and all. Fuji moves in with his usual loverboy charm, kissing the new guy's nipples while he fondles the swelling cock inside his black undies. Ikki's got hairy legs and four piercings running down his nutsack.
In this uncensored hookup between two young uninhibited Japanese gays, Fuji works Ikki's cock up till he's hot and horny for something more. Ikki gets his mouth around Fuji's long straight dick and swallows it down to the root. He works the new boy's hairy ass with his tongue and fingers before he slides his cock in. Ikki's getting all he bargained for and more when Fuji plows in hard and fast, fills his ass then pulls out to splatter a pool of tasty Asian boy cum on his new recruit's chest.


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Turkey meatballs in olive & courgette sauce
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal564
- fat12g
- saturates7g
- carbs70g
- sugars7g
- fibre3g
- protein42g
- salt0.8g
- 500g turkey mince
- 4 tbsp fresh white breadcrumbs
- ½ onion, grated
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 2 tsp fennel seeds, ground with a pestle and mortar
Fennel seedsfeh-nell seeds
A dried seed that comes from the fennel herb, fennel seeds look like cumin seeds, only greener,…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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- 3 courgettes, cut into half-moons
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- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 400g carton chopped tomatoes with olives
- 400g linguine
- grated parmesan, to serve
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Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a bowl and season generously. Roll into 12 meatballs.
Heat half the oil in a large frying pan. Pop in the meatballs and brown all over. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the rest of the oil and tip in the courgettes and garlic. Cook for 3 mins to soften. Pour in the chopped tomatoes, plus half a carton of water and the meatballs. Simmer for a further 15-20 mins, or until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce has really thickened.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions. Drain and mix with a few tbsp of the tomato sauce to coat. Top with the meatballs and remaining sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.


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Devotion is a state of the heart – a state of spontaneous inner attraction to Krishna. Yet that state manifests as outer action too, for the nature of love is to express itself by offering the best to the beloved.
The Gita presents the illustrious example of Arjuna. He dedicated a lifetime of diligent practice to his specialized skill of archery so that he could offer Krishna his service as a champion archer. Of course, he didn't delay his devotion till he became a champion archer – he was always devoted to Krishna. But he didn't misuse his devotion and the Lord's willingness to be satisfied with simple things as a license for cutting corners in his archery practice. The Bhagavad-gita (01.24) points to Arjuna's tireless diligence when it refers to him as Gudakesha, one who has conquered sleep and the lethargy it represents.
Arjuna didn't misuse his devotion and the Lord's willingness to be satisfied with simple things as a license for cutting corners in his archery practice.
The Mahabharata describes how Arjuna conquered lethargy and sleep. Once, while he was eating food at night in Drona's martial academy, a sudden gust of wind extinguished the nearby lamp. As Arjuna continued to eat in the darkness, a stirring insight struck him: "If I don't let darkness stop me from eating, why should I let it stop me from shooting?" Thereafter, he started practicing archery even in the night hours, persevering untiringly while the world slept. Over time, he became an archery virtuoso, capable of hitting invisible targets just by listening to the sounds coming from them.
When we similarly strive for excellence in our service to Krishna, that diligent determination to do our best will please him and he will bless us with deepened devotion. By expressing our devotion, or even our desire for devotion, through the best service we can offer, we will gradually relish Krishna's reciprocation in the form of our heart's enrichment with fulfilling devotion.
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17 years ago when was 13 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, 13 years ago the Malcolm Sargent Trust (now Clic Sargent) sent me on a trip to Co Kildare that has stuck with me ever since! This morning I was telling my little brother who is 12 about what happened to me and explained the whole process to him as he was asking about it and of course I included my trip to Barretstown.
As I was telling him I started to fill up, now you have to understand that I made a full recovery and now I am a 18 stone doorman and head of security at a magistrates court, for my eyes to fill up and have tears is not an easy task! All the memories came flooding back, from how great every one at the camp was to how many great people from different countries I met and how much the experience lifted my spirits!
I have just been into the loft and I have dug out a box, in that box is all the addresses of friends I met there, sadly lost touch with them all, there is letters from when we kept in touch, the camp newsletter is there, I don't even have to read it to remember the songs (I hope you are still singing tom the toad and I said come on down to the Barretstown.)
I still remember some of the staff that stuck out to me, Edmund, Lisa, Scott and Fergus, they were and I am sure still are great people!
At the time of me been diagnosed and going through treatment my mam was a struggling single parent, we did not have the opportunities to experience things that most people would enjoy as hobbies, you gave me that, your camp let me create memories that have stayed strong for 13 years! That's nearly half of the years i have been on this planet and they will be here until the day I die, one of my favourites was the cabaret at the end ha ha we did the titanic act and i was Celine Dion in a lovely pink silk dress ha ha, the pictures are still at my mams (I hope).
The year after i went the Malcolm Sergent team then sent my sister to visit you as a treat for her (they were great people as well) I told her all about it and said it would be the time of her life, I waited at the airport for her to come home and she was beaming when she got back and told me I was right, I can remember everything. Jules who looked after the horses who taught me to ride! I still have my certificate! been gutted about having to use barb-less hooks when fishing because I wanted to cook one in our cabin for tea! even at dinner time when we convinced Florian that an old bloke there was Paul Newman and he went to get his autograph hahaha that was brilliant!
I just want to say a massive thank you, I really cant express how grateful I am for the experience, even writing this I am starting to fill up again. I would give anything to be 16 again and be waiting at the airport to visit you again, and I thought I would send this to show all the "Cara's" and staff and everyone associated with you how much of a difference you have made to my life and I am sure hundreds of others, one day I hope I can repay you in any way I can.
From the anxious 16 year old standing at Newcastle Airport not knowing what to expect to a 30 year old recalling his memories you have done yourselves proud!


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Photography has always been my dream job. It started when I was younger and wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic. To travel the world and take photos of amazing landscapes and animals with crazy zoom lenses while hiding out in a tree fort sounded like the most ideal job in.the.world.
That turned into a portrait/model photographer in highschool and then eventually wedding photography in college, but to me, being a photographer always sounded like it was up there with being an astronaut or a ballerina. It was one of those jobs that sounds cool, but no one actually does….one of those jobs that's so far-fetched it's even further than being a dream.
When I first started I booked a whopping ZERO weddings my first year. I was so disappointed and I wondered constantly if I should pack it in and call it a day before I got too much further in and risked even more disappointment. As a last resort, I emailed a few photographers I really admired and much to my further disappointment only a few of them replied, and those that did reply weren't exactly the nicest :( I felt so defeated.
I watched a lot of Creative Live and tried to absorb as much information as I could. I just wanted to learn and better myself anyway I could. The one way every article and workshop I took in advised was to second shoot for someone. To find a mentor. To find a more experienced photographer who was willing to share ideas and information. However, everytime I tried to reach out and find photographer friends/mentors, it was met with negativity. I felt so discouraged and I remember telling Marco, a bit tearfully, that if I was ever at a place in my business where I had information that would help someone, I would never hoard it. I would always always try to help and share with others as much as I could.
Last year I invested in business coaching that changed my business, and me, in so many ways! And for the better! Balancing work and life has become less of a struggle and it gave me a clear idea of where I wanted my business to go. One of those ideas that I fell in love with was to have ONE second shooter for all my weddings. I gave it a try last year and had my husband and a close friend do the majority of my second shooting for me and I LOVED it. I realized that it by far is what's best for me and most importantly my clients. Weddings are such an intimate event, and your photographer is with you from the start to the finish of the day. Most of my clients hire me not only for photos, but also because we are a good fit personality wise. I want to make sure I am bringing a second shooter to every wedding that I not only trust, but know will also be a good fit with my clients as well! I also saw it as an opportunity to give back, invest in someone and share what I've learned over the last 6 wedding seasons!
I am so excited for this idea to become a reality again for this year. Although my husband enjoys me bossing him around for a day ;) he loves his career as a financial advisor too much to second shoot all my weddings with me, and my close friend decided to focus on furthering his career! So this year I am on the hunt for a new second shooter/best friend.
I say best friend jokingly but also entirely seriously! I want someone who will be a good fit personality wise and I am definitely looking for personality over experience. This position would be ideal for someone who is passionate about photography whether it be family, portrait or wedding photography, who is getting started or just a few years in who wants to learn more about business and photography from me. I just ask one thing if you're considering applying – don't hold yourself back with thoughts of "I'm not good enough." Dare greatly :)
The position will include mentoring, and full business coaching as well as getting to second shoot all of my local BC weddings. There may be one or two overnight weddings required as well. The second shooting hours will be paid. I value your work and time as a photographer and in exchange for your commitment to learning for the year and bettering yourself, I will commit to sharing as much information as I can!
Below are my expectations of what I am looking for commitment wise –
- commitment to my 2016 wedding dates
- commitment to a pre-wedding season one day workshop
- commit to meet all my couples beforehand either in person, or via skype
- commit to wedding debrief sessions
- A willingness to be all in, to have a sense of adventure, and to put up with/share in my sentimentality ;)
To apply email me at firstname.lastname@example.com by Sunday February 7 to get the process started. Please don't be shy! And don't you dare mutter or even think the words, "I'm not enough…" I will find you and shake your shoulders! haha!
If you think of someone who would be right for this as well please share it with them!
Can't wait to celebrate with wine! :)


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Bethlehem's new south side restaurant and bar "The Bookstore" is located at 336 Adam's Street. The restaurant setting is "retro" and lit with flickering votive lights and makes you feel like you are stepping back in time to a 1920's speakeasy.
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January 14, 2010
Bethlehem's new south side restaurant the Bookstore SpeakeasyPosted by lehighvalley under Dining and Restaurants | Tags: Bethlehem, dining, food, Lehigh Valley, restaurant, south side |
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April 23, 2009
South Bethlehem Festival – Spring on FourthPosted by lehighvalley under Fair & Festival | Tags: April 25, Bethlehem, crafts, festival, food, free music, fun for kids, gallery, south side, spring |
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The 14th annual "Spring on Fourth! What's on Third? festival runs from 11:30 am to 4 pm. along 3rd & 4th streets in Bethlehem on Saturday April 25, 2009.
Free music, crafts, children's activities, gallery browsing, food & chili-tasting contest. The chili contest runs from Noon to 2 pm. Performances by Jamani Drummers & Steve Brosky & Jimmy Meyer, BMX biking & skateboard demonstrations by Homebase.
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March 14, 2009
Dorney Park opens May 2, 2009 and Wild Water Kingdom opens May 23, 2009.Posted by lehighvalley under Entertainment | Tags: Dorney Park, Entertainment, fireworks, food, May 2009, opening dates, rides, summer, Wild Water Kingdom |
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Dorney Park opens May 2, 2009 and Wild Water Kingdom opens May 23, 2009. Can summer fun be far away? Everyone seems eager to have some fun and enjoy the summer after a long cold winter. There is something for everyone at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. I remember the fun we had last year on some thrilling rides, and all of that fabulous food that we consumed. The live entertainment and fireworks were great too.
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December 17, 2008
Life – What Question do we deal with every day and don't even know it ?Posted by lehighvalley under Life & Relationships | Tags: clothing, compaionship, food, life, needs, shelter, wants |
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What is the difference between a "need" and a "want" ?
We deal with this question or distinction just about every day of our lives. The funny thing is that we do not even know that we are doing it. When we buy something at the store – do we really need it or just want it ? When we go out to dinner and have that nice tiramisu for desert – do we really need those extra calories or do we just want to indulge ourselves ?
Our actual needs are pretty limited – food, shelter, clothing, and companionship. When you think about it just about everything else is a "want," and it seems our wants are just about endless. This country is in difficult financial times because we collectively have been feeding our endless wants.
Take shelter for example, it can be a bed at a mission for the homeless or some Beverly Hills mansion. Food can be just bread and water or steak and Champaign at an elegant restaurant. Even the 4 basic needs have degrees of importance from just surviving to complete decadence.
Finally, thing need or want before you buy anything and deside into which category it falls and how important is it to you and whether you can afford it.
August 3, 2008
Musikfest 2008Posted by lehighvalley under Events & Attractions, Fair & Festival | Tags: fair, festival, food, fun, music, Musikfest, performers, shows |
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Musikfest 2008 marked the 25th Anniversary of a fantastic festival. I am showing my age but I remember the first festival that started back in 1984. In 1984 about 182,000 people attended this small, grass-roots music festival in Bethlehem, Pa. Back then there was about 118 performers and 295 performances. The performances were held at 6 different stages.
Fast forward to 2008 and here we are two decades later at the 25th Anniversary event. Those humble beginnings spawn an event that has blossomed into a 10-day musical spectacular that attracts more than one million people from throughout the country.
The festival showcases nearly every musical style imaginable. More than 300 performers from across the country and around the globe now perform
musical programming at 14 different indoor and outdoor stages (10 of the stages are free). We enjoyed 10 great nights of headline entertainment, mouth-watering foods, plenty of children's fun and activities and a spectacular closing-night fireworks display.
We can't wait until 2009. ==> Musikfest 2009 Schedule


text: Co-authors: Russell Jumper and Tim Fandrey Published in Cleaning & Restoration Magazine Just as the Texas coast assessed the magnitude of Hurricane Harvey's damage, Hurricane Irma was taking shape in the Atlantic. Fewer than two weeks later, Irma would crash into the Florida Keys. Estimates put Harvey and Irma's combined impact in excess of $275… Continue Reading


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With a new year beginning some people are ready and energized to get their finances in order. However debts from the past (some of them very recently acquired) are weighing them down. If you're ready to get rid of debt, here are some tips to jump start your year.
The Plan to Pay Off Debt ASAP
Through the years, I've found while there are several ways you can tackle this beast, there are some principles that work across the board for most people. Paying off your debt faster usually includes:
- Know How Deep Your Debt Is
- Choose the Method that is Easiest For You to Keep
- Find Extra Money in Your Budget
- Make Your Payments Automatic
Know How Deep Your Debt Is
Before you can start, you should have a concrete number to attack. Instead of pulling out all of your receipts or bills, save yourself serious time by using online tools like Mint to grab that data quickly and easily.
In addition to your debt amount, you can also get a full snapshot of your budget which can be a huge help to boost your net worth in 2015.
Choose the Debt Pay Off Method that is Easiest to Keep
Don't get hung up on finding the most optimized plan, instead you want to look for a plan that you are more likely to stick with until the debt is paid off. One method that has been extremely helpful for many people is the debt snowball.
Dave Ramsey, author of The Total Money Makeover, has encouraged families and individuals to use it and every week, his listeners call in to declare that they are debt free. In case you're not familiar with it, here's how the debt snowball works:
- List all of your non mortgage debts from the smallest balance to largest
- Pay the minimum payment on every debt
- Figure out how much extra you can put towards paying off your debt
- Use that money to pay down the one with the smallest balance
- When that is paid off, roll over that money into the next debt (old amount +minimum)
- Repeat and keeping rolling over payments until all your debts are gone
Find Extra Money in Your Budget
If you want to knock this debt out, you're going to need some extra money, but who has cash lying around?
For most people finding money to pay down their debt comes from cutting back on their expenses or finding a temporary source of income. I've interviewed several couples on how they got rid of massive amounts of debt and each family had their own preference so if you want to start off with one or the other, just do it.
We found money by negotiating better rates for cable, finding deals on our cell phone, and comparing our insurance. We also developed a side income using skills I had that eventually led to me becoming self-employed.
Make Your Payments Automatic
My final piece of advice is to go ahead and automate your payments so you don't have to worry about getting it done. Most banks and credit unions offer this as a free service. If yours doesn't you may want to make a switch.
Thoughts on Getting Rid of Debt
I hope 2014 was a good year for you and 2015 is shaping up to be a fantastic year. I'd love to hear from you about how you're planning of getting rid of your debt. How quickly do you think you'll have it paid off?


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Dubai's RTA, Emaar set to complete bridge project in Jan
Extension works to link Al Khail Road and Financial Center Road near completion
A bridge project by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority and developer Emaar is due for completion in January, according to a statement carried by UAE state news agency WAM.
The contractor is currently putting the final touches on the bridge extending from Al Khail Road to the Financial Center Road, said Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the RTA.
"The project encompasses the construction of a two-lane one-way bridge extending 1,270 meters at a width of 11 to 15 meters built on single columns crossing over the Dubai Water Canal. The project works include lighting and infrastructure works such as the shifting the impacted utility services like water, electricity, irrigation, sewage and telecommunication lines," said Al Tayer.
"The bridge, which starts from the intersection of Ras Al Khor Road-Al Khail Road, encompasses adding two lanes extending 480 meters to the existing road to enable direct flow of traffic from Dubai-Al Ain Road to Al Khail Road via the upper deck of the Financial Center Road. Works include providing an entry point for the parking terminal of the extension of Dubai Mall. The project will ease the flow of traffic along the Financial Center Road and surface intersections, thus easing the pressure on the intersections of Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevards. It will raise the capacity of the road to 4,500 vehicles per hour during (peak) hours, serve several development projects and ease the pressure on the existing roads network.
"The construction of the said bridge is intended to accommodate the massive expansion of Dubai Mall undertaken by Emaar Properties rendering it the largest shopping and entertainment destination in the world capable of receiving more than 100 million visitors per annum. Expansion works of the Mall include constructing a department for fashion besides the existing mall, which adds 75 thousand square meters to the mall area in addition to 25 thousand square meters as parking spaces."


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"If you have competence, you pretty much know its boundaries already. To ask the question [of whether you are past the boundary ] is to answer it." - Charlie Munger
"We know the edge of our competency better than most. That's a very worthwhile thing. You don't really have a competency if you don't know the edge of it." - Charlie Munger
"Warren and I don't feel like we have any great advantage in the high-tech sector. In fact, we feel like we're at a big disadvantage in trying to understand the nature of technical developments in software, computer chips or what have you. So we tend to avoid that stuff, based on our personal inadequacies. Again, that is a very, very powerful idea. Every person is going to have a circle of competence. And it's going to be very hard to advance that circle. If I had to make my living as a musician…. I can't even think of a level low enough to describe where I would be sorted out to if music were the measuring standard of the civilization. So you have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don't, you're going to lose. And that's as close to certain as any prediction that you can make." - Charlie Munger
"Just as a man working with his tools should know its limitations, a man working with his cognitive apparatus must know its limitations." - Charlie Munger
"Organized common (or uncommon) sense — very basic knowledge — is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little." - Charlie Munger
"Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself." - Charlie Munger
"In the corporate world, if you have analysts, due diligence, and no horse sense you've just described hell." - Charlie Munger
"If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we are approaching the perimeter. Predicting the long-term economics of companies that operate in fast-changing industries is simply far beyond our perimeter." - Warren Buffett
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1971 Mexican EP from the Fab Four released on Apple. Cat. No. EPEM-10536
This is a bit of a good one - Mexican Beatles EP, which I picked up from the Oxford branch of Our Price on a school trip to Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford - and what caught my eye was that all four tracks showcase George Harrison as singer and writer. Plus how well these four - one from 1963 the remainder from the 1965/66 period work as a set.
First up is George's debut composition to make it onto tape (that's if you discount the instrumental co-written with John Lennon 'Cry For A Shadow' recorded in Hamburg and released on Polydor as a B Side) "Don't Bother Me" from the Beatles 2nd LP 'With The Beatles'. And it pretty much sounds like George's first use of the trusty Rickenbaker - it's subsequent use being a major influence on the Byrd in particular. Next up is the downright brilliant opener to 'Revolver that is "Taxman"- here in the generally better known stereo version - how you tell this apart from the mono version being is that here you get the taxman Mr Wilson - taxman Mr Heath - whereas the mono doesn't has and a noticeably different guitar solo, in both cases courtesy of Paul McCartney.
Side Two gives you the 2 George Harrison songs from 'Rubber Soul' set. First up the very Byrds-styled "If I Needed Someone" - complete with the David Crosby styled harmony vocals from from Lennon & McCartney. The connection being reinforced so when you consider that the Hollies covered this, and Graham Nash's subsequent involvement with David Crosby. Also I seem to remember the legendary John Peel rating the Hollies version as being one of his personal favourites . The proceedings are rounded off with another good one in the shape of "Think For Yourself"- McCartney on fuzz bass, and a definite move in the direction of psychedelia.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Labels: David Crosby, George Harrison, John Peel, The Beatles, The Byrds
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The IT Performance Management Revival
Leading companies are refocusing attention on the discipline of IT performance management—particularly in their oversight of IT infrastructure—to gain greater control over IT spending, enhance visibility into IT costs, and improve their understanding of the impact of those costs on the business.
The concept of running IT like a business was a radical notion when CIOs first proposed it more than a decade ago. It meant applying traditional business practices like portfolio management, financial reporting, and cost accounting to the IT function, which, in the years following Y2K and the Internet bubble, had gained a reputation as an inscrutable cost center. According to a 2004 CIO Magazine article on the topic, the goal of running IT like a business was to bring order, accountability, governance, and transparency to IT. It became a discipline unto itself, known as IT performance management.
Despite its apparent benefits, IT performance management was not widely adopted among CIOs in the years that followed. It required a level of discipline and maturity lacking in many IT organizations, which were caught in a cycle of reacting to business needs rather than anticipating them. Moreover, processes and tools for modeling, measuring, and reporting on IT costs were rudimentary, and third-party products and services for benchmarking IT weren't readily available.
Today, leading CIOs in various sectors have renewed their focus on IT performance management and are applying it to their IT infrastructure operations, according to Ranjit Bawa, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP. Their impetus varies by industry, he notes, with technology companies embracing IT performance management as a means to help consolidate and monetize their infrastructures (think cloud services providers). Meanwhile, public sector organizations pursue it to increase transparency into IT infrastructure costs, while financial services institutions use IT performance management to highlight business demand for IT infrastructure, and to improve their companies' overall agility and innovation, according to Bawa.
Organizations in those sectors tend to devote significant portions of their budgets to IT infrastructure. Bawa has seen IT infrastructure spending range from hundreds of millions to multiple billions of dollars among some of the largest global banks and government organizations. Given the size of their expenditures, CIOs want to confirm their infrastructure operations provide the same—or better—transparency and service quality as external technology providers.
Exploding IT infrastructure complexity has also led CIOs to turn to IT performance management. Virtualization and cloud computing didn't exist a decade ago, and mobile devices hadn't spread across the enterprise. "More assets need to be managed, and the level of technological sophistication required to manage them has increased," says Bawa. "This complexity has created a need for discipline and transparency."
In the financial services industry, IT costs comprise a growing share of the total cost of products and services, so those companies demand greater visibility into them. For example, a bank looking to reduce credit card transaction processing costs needs to understand how much of that cost is attributable to IT, and, more specifically, to the infrastructure components (PCs, servers, storage, and network) supporting the transaction. "Financial services companies want to know what levers they can pull to drive down costs," says Bawa. "That may require structuring the IT infrastructure organization along certain product- and performance-focused dimensions—such as product/service strategy, product management, product total cost of ownership, performance measurement, and continuous improvement—to increase visibility into costs."
In the past, understanding IT spending was difficult because IT departments had to build their own tracking and monitoring tools, according to Christopher Thomas, a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting. Today, CIOs can use off-the-shelf IT performance management software to track key performance indicators and infrastructure utilization rates, and to allocate costs back to the business. Those applications can tell CIOs, for example, the amount of storage or server capacity various lines of business use at any given time, thereby allowing CIOs to charge internal customers precisely for the technology assets used. They also identify patterns and trends, such as utilization rates by geographic region, and offer analytics capabilities, according to Thomas.
"Highlighting infrastructure usage patterns can help CIOs understand how effectively the company is using its technology assets or uncover unused server or storage capacity," he says. "The analytics can help CIOs improve decisions about technology deployment and spending."
Growing competition from cloud computing providers has also renewed some CIOs' focus on IT performance management and cost transparency. Whereas cloud vendors can typically provide detailed breakdowns of service costs, many IT departments across industries struggle to do the same, notes Thomas.
As a result of their renewed emphasis on IT performance management, CIOs at leading financial services companies can provide high levels of visibility into IT expenditures, according to Bawa. They can, for example, detail the total cost of ownership (TCO) for smartphones, desktop computers, land lines, and video conference calls, he notes. If the monthly TCO for a smartphone is $27, they know how that $27 breaks down by the cost of the device, wireless service, and support. Similarly, for a trading application, they may know the cost to conduct an equities trade is 15 cents, and how much of that cost goes to development, maintenance, and infrastructure, adds Bawa.
Regulation has been the final driver of the IT performance management revival in the financial services sector. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law in 2010, has compelled some investment banks to understand IT spending within each of their businesses. In the event one of their businesses needs to be dissolved, Bawa says, banks want to confirm the dissolution doesn't put the IT shared services organization at risk for the rest of the company. If the business being dissolved used considerable IT shared services resources, the IT shared services organization could run out of funding with the dissolution, and therefore, be unable to support the rest of the business. For that reason, some investment banks are trying to run IT like a profit center. They want to make sure they have enough margin to sustain their operations if a business fails, according to Bawa.
"IT performance management clarifies technology's impact on an organization's products and services," he says. "Running IT like a business puts the IT organization in a better position to facilitate business growth and should be an imperative for CIOs across industries."
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When the triathlon first reared its iron head back in 1978, the idea was to separate the men from the boys - not to mention the women. But in just a few short years women have made such a splash on the swim-bike-run scene that they compete regularly these days both in separate, females-only versions and in open events involving both sexes.
A year ago the world's first ''women-only'' triathlon at San Jose, Calif., drew some 900 entries, 70 percent of them first-timers. This year thousands more put themselves to the test in a number of such gruelling competitions scattered throughout the country. And it seems clear that the trend is toward even more triathlons - both mixed and all-female - in the future.
Triathlons are not for the weak of will. For example, the 1984 ''Women's Challenge'' in San Jose, won by Joanne Ernst of Palo Alto, Calif., included a one kilometer swim, a 30 kilometer bike ride, and 10 kilometer run.
And that's just a ''short course!'' The famed Ironman Triathlon, held in Hawaii each fall and coming up again this year on Oct. 6, features a 2.4 mile ocean swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and then a full 26 mile, 385 yard marathon.
Over 250,000 people participated in 1,000 triathlons throughout the world in 1983, says Harald Johnson, editorial director of Triathlon Magazine. And as the 1984 season heads toward its close, Johnson estimates that the number may reach half a million this year. Sixteen percent will be women, he says.
''There is more social acceptance of being athletes.'' says Sally Edwards, a top triathlete and the author of three triathlon books. She foresees, in fact, that by the year 2000, half of all triathletes will be women.
Back in 1978 when the triathlon was born, however, women were conspicuously absent. Fifteen men showed up to run the first Ironman, dreamed up by Hawaii Navy Commander John Collins. The next year, Bostonian Lyn Lemaire broke the sex barrier, placing fifth among 12 finishers. And in 1982, when ABC's ''Wide World of Sports'' televised an utterly exhausted Julie Moss crawling across the finish line, the triathlon came of age for endurance buffs of both sexes. (Moss, by the way, has continued to be a top competitor, and took first place in her most recent effort this summer at Wellesley, Mass.).
For all but the top contenders, the triathlon is a sport in which the also-rans are as important as the winners, so long as they cross the finish line. That appeals to a lot of women, says 22-year-old Jennifer Hinshaw, a top triathlete from Saratoga, Calif., who finished the San Jose Women's Challenge in fourth place. ''To finish a triathlon is a major accomplishment,'' she said. ''Triathletes don't have to be super great athletes.''
What they have to be is determined. Though most triathletes finish their events with legs like Jell-O, they start them off with wills of steel. Twenty-one-year-old Renee Arst dived into 56-degree water without a wetsuit for the first leg of a triathlon in Northern California last November. She finished third.
Risks of the race aside, most triathletes freely admit the hardest part is the training, which requires discipline and, above all, time. Hinshaw, who finished ninth in the 1982 Ironman, took a year's leave from UCLA so she could train 6 to 8 hours a day for the 1983 season. Edwards, a strong enough marathoner that she qualified for the US Olympic Trials, trains 20 to 25 hours a week, come rain or shine.
But all that time is money. ''The sport is constantly in danger of becoming a rich person's sport,'' says Tim Calahan, spokesman for the Bay Area Triathlon Club. Not all triathletes can afford to pursue the sport without financial assistance.
Arst, a physical education major at University of California, Berkeley, who teaches aerobics three nights a week, feels she has the potential to be in the top 10. But to really compete, she needs a sponsor to pick up travel expenses and pay her to train. As it is now, juggling training with job and schoolwork is tough. ''I always tell myself that triathlons will still be there,'' says Arst, who finished this year's Women's Challenge in 24th place. ''But sometimes I worry that others may pass me by.''
Demographically, triathletes are a unique group. Median household income is $ 34,000 and over half have either a college or a post-grad degree. And though most female triathletes are young - median age is 23 - a growing number of older women have taken the plunge.
Janie Paone, who began training for her first triathlon at age 39, now has a regular training regimen that includes a six mile run each morning, a mile swim at noon, and a cross-country bike ride whenever possible.
''If women are already into sports and into swimming, they're probably into triathlons,'' she says.
The question is, what makes Janie - and the thousands of women like her - run? Top-ranked triathletes can expect to make some money, athough not much: Linda Buchanan, top money-winner for 1983, made $12,000. There is also the lure of product endorsements and personal appearances for the stars. But the most the majority of women triathletes can hope for is a finisher's T-shirt at the end of the race.
For some, the sport is a way of life. ''It brings discipline into my life,'' says Beth Davis, a 26-year old East Coast triathlete who relocated to Southern California to work for Triathlon Magazine. ''It keeps me balanced.'' For others, training is a way to even out athletic development.
But for Paone, who crossed the finish line of her first triathlon in a flatbed truck after her bike broke down, the biggest reward is the exhilaration of doing something she never thought she could. The proudest moment of her life came four hours and 46 minutes after the opening gun of a San Francisco triathlon - her second attempt - when she was met by her beaming husband and children at the finish line. ''It's all up here,'' says Paone, tapping the side of her head. ''What it takes is someone telling you that you can do it.
''Most women really want to do something like this,'' she continues. ''They just don't think they can.''


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These last few months have felt like an interim to me, a period tucked between the last concrete set of experiences and something else yet to be revealed. I've called it by many names: in-between, transition, season, interlude. That's certainly what it feels like, even now. But a couple of weeks ago, I realized something. It's quite a bit more likely that this isn't the in-between of anything. The crystal clear moments, it seems to me, are the rare ones. What I'm experiencing now? Perhaps this is life.
Throughout my childhood—and I know I'm not alone in this—the idea of the in-between was entirely absent. This continued into college, when the path still seemed relatively clear and simple, mostly because I didn't yet know the wildness of the world, its myriad opportunities, roadblocks, surprises. No one mentioned that my sense of this path might change once I'd left behind the rhythm of an academic calendar, so after college, I kept trying to wrap definitions around the seasons of my life, doing my best to identify what each one was about and where it was taking me. Job applications, waiting, moving, a layoff: these were transitions, hinges between the better, sturdier, more important parts of my life, the ones that made sense. But maybe it's not a structure I'm building, or even a path that I'm on. Maybe it's a painting—and an abstract one at that.
Clarity is golden and comfortable but elusive. We live much more of our lives in the hazy space, where direction and purpose and the meaning behind events and experiences aren't obvious at all.
I was listening to a Dear Sugar podcast today, part of a series in which Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond talk about singleness, finding "the one" and the idea of scarcity. The whole thing is worth a listen, relevant as it is to the current state of relationships. In this particular podcast, they spoke with Kate Bolick, author of Spinster. For a long time, Bolick explains, she looked at her life through the binary of single v. married, waiting to see which it would be. As she writes to open the book, "Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman's existence." But then one day, when she was about thirty-five, she woke up and thought, What am I waiting for? She realized that her life, as it stood at that moment, was fantastic. She didn't need to wait for a life partner for the story to begin. It was a great life already.
The principle applies here, too. This moment is pretty great, in its own weird way, and I'd hate to miss it. It's taking me an awfully long time, but I'm gradually coming to terms with the fact that life doesn't always—or rather, doesn't usually—make sense in the logical, all-the-puzzle-pieces-fit way I once expected. The truth, I think, is that sometimes we just wait, doing our best to set aside anxiety around the question of what it is we are waiting for. We carry on. Celebrate what we have and know, right now. Enjoy it to the extent that we can. And, if we're lucky, eat cake.
Kabocha, Olive Oil & Bittersweet Chocolate Loaf Cake
Adapted from Travis Lett's Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California
On our trip to LA last spring, Gjusta Bakery, sister project to Gjelina and also owned by Travis Lett, was the one place we visited twice. If LA wasn't so full of incredible things to eat, I could have gone every day, multiple times. It's that good. This is a beautiful cookbook, full of the sort of vibrant dishes that put Gjelina and Gjusta Bakery on the map, from creative vegetable dishes to epic mushroom toast to this sturdy, flavorful cake.
The glaze puts this cake more in the tea time/dessert category for me, so you could leave it off if you want a less decadent breakfast treat. However, I think the decadence would be worth it, even at breakfast, because it's a fantastic touch. The pepitas and cacao nibs lend great texture, and it's gorgeous to boot. The original recipe calls for kabocha squash, but since I'm no longer finding that variety at my market, I used butternut, which was delicious. I am sure acorn squash or pumpkin would cooperate here as well. Draining the roasted squash is a great trick, and the deeper flavor and lovely crumb that result are worth the extra wait.
Serves 8 to 10
One 1-lb (455-g) piece kabocha or butternut squash, seeded
Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling, plus 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon (255 ml)
Butter, for the pan
1 1/2 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour (or use half all-purpose and half white whole wheat or whole wheat pastry)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons freshly ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup (200 g) to 1 1/3 cups (265 g) natural cane sugar, depending on your preference for sweetness and your choice of squash
3 large eggs, lightly whisked
8 ounces (230 g) bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 tablespoons raw pepitas
1 1/4 cups (150 g) confectioners' sugar, plus more as needed
2 tablespoons hot water, plus more as needed
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lightly crushed cacao nibs
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. On a baking sheet, drizzle the squash with olive oil, turn the piece cut-side down and cook until very soft and beginning to caramelize around the edges, 30 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Scrape out the squash flesh and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until smooth.
Place a large piece of cheesecloth in a colander set over a bowl. Put the puréed squash in the cheesecloth and wrap tightly. Allow the squash to drain at least 4 hours, or up to overnight. Squeeze by twisting the cheesecloth to remove any excess water. Unwrap the drained squash and measure out 1 cup (225 g). You can do this up to a few days ahead of baking. Leftover squash can also be saved; keep it in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the sugar, olive oil, squash purée and eggs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the squash mixture. Whisk until just combined, taking care not to overmix. Stir in the chopped chocolate.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until browned on top and a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes. If it is browning too quickly, tent with foil. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Then, run a knife around the edges and invert the cake from the pan. Let cool on the rack for another 20 minutes.
In a small, dry frying pan over medium heat, gently toast the pepitas until fragrant and beginning to brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Make the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons hot water until you have a thick glaze. Add more confectioners' sugar or water as needed to create a smooth glaze with a thickness reminiscent of honey. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, whisking constantly.
Place a sheet of parchment paper beneath the cooling rack. Pour the glaze over the cake, allowing it to drip over the sides. Sprinkle with the cacao nibs and toasted pepitas and let the glaze set completely before serving, about 1 hour.
The cake will keep in an airtight container for several days. It also freezes well.


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Pet Shop Caring
Pet Shop Caring is a fun game for girls and boys where you get to own your own pet day care! You'll be trying to help take care of the pets as fast as you can so you can get points and move up in the levels. You'll drag the food and water to the pet when they ask for it. You can also do this with toys. Try to get the pet what they want in a seconds or less or else it will leave. There is an easy mode and a hard mode once you get used to the game. Remember to pour your milk or water and to use the right food for cats or dogs for food bowls. Have tons of fun playing Pet Shop Caring now!
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Guyana and India have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a US$1 million Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence in Guyana. Signing the document were Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and India's High Commissioner in Guyana, Mr. Venkatachalam Mahalingam. This Centre will provide training for public sector ICT professionals to ensure the availability of a highly ...Read More »
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The almost one-year old coalition-led government says a recent trip to China for a US$5 million debt supposedly owed by a telecoms company for Guyana's shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has turned up more questions than cash. Government spokesman, Raphael Trotman told a post-cabinet news conference that Minister of State, Joseph Harmon's recent visit to China ...Read More »
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Harmon aboard Chinese jet: Possible conflict with draft ministerial code, but Harmon did no wrong
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With a cornucopia of options for staying in the Darwin region, why is it important to stay in the Darwin Central Business District itself when you visit our region?
First, most tours and day-trips depart from Darwin City. And while some will stop at locations from Berrimah to Palmerston and well in to the Rural Area, almost all tours are based in Darwin City from either Bennett Street, Mitchell Street or the Darwin Waterfront. This makes staying in the CBD a wise move for easy walking to the various tours and bus services.
Another strong case for Darwin City accommodation is it's proximity to public transport. Most bus routes in the greater Darwin region originate in Darwin City. You can take a bus to East Point, Casuarina, Nightcliff, Berrimah, Palmerston and even Coolalinga, Howard Springs and Humpty Doo. Many routes don't even require you to change buses.
If a variety of dining options is important to you, Darwin City's CBD can't be matched by any other part of our region for its variety of restaurants, cafes, pubs and formal dining. Palms City Resort is within a 2 minute walk of nearly 15 eateries. Expand that walk to 5 minutes and you're faced with the choice of over 30. And you'll find a wide range of cuisines; from pub-grub to sushi, steakhouse, Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Mongolian, Modern Australian, Turkish and much, much more.
If easy access to attractions is top of your list, then staying in a Darwin CBD accommodation venue like Palms City Resort gives you walking access to the Darwin Cenotaph, Bicentennial Park, the bars and nightlife of Mitchell Street, Smith Street Mall for shopping, the Darwin Waterfront and Deckchair Cinema, Aquascene, Crocosaurus Cove, Stokes Hill Wharf, the Darwin Convention Centre, cinemas, the Darwin Entertainment Centre, historic homes, the City Library, in addition to Parliament House, which is conveniently just across the road from us! Darwin CBD is at the centre of Darwin's attractions.
Perhaps the greatest reason for staying in Darwin's CBD is the feeling of being in the city. The people, the colour, the sounds, cultures, art, music, sights and smells of a city can't be matched in the suburbs or rural area. And when all is said and done, after a day of bus tours and attractions, it's nice to know that you can come home to clean, modern accommodation that is close to supermarkets, services and amenities.
So when you next stay in the Darwin region, make Palms City Resort your home-away-from-home, and enjoy the life of the city all within a tropical garden setting.