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Industry Get-Together of the Perfoming Arts Program
The annual Industry Get-Together of the Performing Arts Program invites the members and performance venues of the independent performing arts community as well as the dance and theater industries to exchange experiences and discuss current topics and questions, share knowledge, create synergies, find new cooperation partners, broaden their networks and form new networks.
Industry get-togethers are proven instrument for promoting synergies and networks within an industry. The Leipzig and Frankfurt Book Fairs demonstrate this in an exemplary manner every year for the book and publishing industry. The performing arts also have industry get-togethers like this, such as the unofficial get-together of the state and municipal theaters during the Berlin Theatertreffen or the Dance Congress for dance.
With the industry get-together of the Performing Arts Program, the independent performing arts community of Berlin now has its own annual industry get-together.
The Industry Get-Together points out new, exciting and urgent developments affecting the independent performing arts community each year surrounding the annual topic. Experts are invited to give topic-specific talks while work groups share their knowledge, report on their activities and receive acknowledgement and incentive to continue their work. The members and performance venues of the independent performing arts community, the participants in the Industry Get-Together and the invited experts discuss current questions together and exchange ideas regarding the important topics. They form new networks extending beyond Berlin and deepen existing contacts. New cooperation partners can also be found.
The Industry Get-Together is embedded within a platform that allows casual meetings and informal conversations. A number of the scheduled events are always offered in English in order to accommodate members of the community who do not speak German and allow the participation of international presenters, cooperation partners and experts.
Julian Kamphausen
Phone: +49 30 / 33 84 54 51
Franziska Janke
Phone: +49 30 / 33 84 54 51


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Director Pierre Morel (Taken) has recently started shooting From Paris With Love, a thriller starring John Travolta (Hairspray) and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (The Children Of Huang Shi). Written by producer Luc Besson (Taken) and Adi Hasak (Shadow Conspiracy), the story follows a young US Embassy employee who teams up with an American secret agent on a dangerous mission.
Pierre Morel's first film District B13 (original title Banlieue 13) was all badass action and no plot, but Taken, which you should really check out, turned out to be one of the year's best surprises, so if he continues in that vein, I'm quite looking forward to From Paris With Love, which should premiere in France by the end of 2009.

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We've spent time walking around and looking at the architecture. We went o the Petronas Towers at night to see them lit up. We also found some vegan dark chocolate at the nearby mall grocery store.
We spent some more time at the Guan Yin Temple enjoying a meal and dharma talk. The people were so kind, helping us find a place to sit and a serving of the extra special soup offered that day. A little lizard tried to hop a cab ride with us to the temple. The driver pulled over so J could safely release him.
Tomorrow we take a bus to Melaka where we will stay for five nights at The Hangout Hotel. We are upgrading to a room with private bath. Two weeks with shared bath gets a little tiring. Things have been quite affordable here. A nice bus for two is about $14.00 Canadian to Melaka which is about 120kms from here. We spend around $10.00 Canadian for two restaurant meals with drinks. We could even eat for a lot cheaper but we enjoy supporting the lovely veg restaurants.
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The Nutcracker BalletPosted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Just in time for Christmas, I am posting Ivy's video of The Nutcarcker Ballet. All the parents and family members of the little ballerinas came in to see them dance. We picked up Phillip from work and headed over. It was really sweet to see them as Clara. Here are pictures, and the video is at the bottom.


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This sport is being run by: The Rotary Club Flint & Holywell and also The Rotary Club of West Wirral
Practise your cricket skills, batting and bowling, on our shortened pitch with softer balls.
What they said
I had a great day and tried out putting for the first time.
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Following the success of the annual MCC members' golf day at Kingston Heath, an MCC Golf Club was established as a special interest group in 1998.The group proved immediately popular and, after continued membership growth, was elevated to MCC Sporting Section status in 2003.
Welcoming members of all ages and abilities, the Golf Section is a wandering club, playing monthly at many of Melbourne's world-renowned sandbelt courses. The section also undertakes and hosts overseas tours, typically in partnership with reciprocal clubs.
Additional members are welcomed at any time.
Click here to download the Golf Section Application Form.
See the Golf Section Membership, Booking and Cancellation Rules for more information about our financial rules.
See our Golf Section FAQ for answers to common questions.
MCC Golf calendar 2020
MCC Golf Section Committee• Chairman - Mark Stapleton
• Captain - Stan Bates
• Secretary - Harold Wight
• Treasurer - Rodney Miller
• Committeemen - Jan Lovett and Robert John
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Rachel Rosenthal wants you to follow your fear. The comedian, improv performer and rapper says she applies that basic principle of improv to her work, as well as to her life. "When we do things that are exciting there's always this fear that comes with it," Rosenthal said in a recent interview with JewishBoston.
Rosenthal's fear has recently led her to write and act in a new solo show, "Rites," a retrospective of her 1992 bat mitzvah. The show has its Boston debut at Improv Boston on Saturday night, May 14. Rosenthal's Boston appearance will be a homecoming of sorts. She lived in the Boston area for almost a decade and regularly performed at Improv Boston. "After I graduated college, New York City was too big and too crazy," she says. "I moved to Boston on a whim and thought I'd stay for a year or two. But I got into the community at Improv Boston and grew so much as a performer there. After 10 years, it was time for me to try something different. New York City was a good career move. Of course I live in Brooklyn, where it's getting to be more expensive than Manhattan, so it's quite confusing."
"Rites" is Rosenthal's first solo show and one that she expressly wrote last November for SOLOCOM—a solo comedy festival. She notes: "I challenged myself to do the show. I knew I wouldn't write and commit to it unless there was some sort of deadline. It was the perfect opportunity and the show came together in just two months." The first half of "Rites" centers on Rosenthal at 13 and then segues to her adult persona. "I explore what it means to be a woman," she says, "and the idea of womanhood. [That idea] changes every day depending on where you are in your life."
Rosenthal grew up in Stamford, Conn., in the house where her parents still live. "We weren't super religious," she says, "but we attended a Conservative synagogue and my grandparents kept kosher. We were very culturally Jewish, and Passover was the most important family holiday for us. We had seders at my grandparents' house that would last forever. They were epic."
After her bat mitzvah, Rosenthal struck a bargain with her father to get out of attending any more Hebrew school. "My dad said if I read 'Exodus' I didn't have to go," she says. "I thought he was talking about the Exodus of the bible, but he meant the novel by Leon Uris. I did end up reading the book and loved it. That was how I finagled my way out of Hebrew school after my bat mitzvah."
Rosenthal was involved in theater and music from an early age, but her life in improv took off when her parents signed her up for a class. She was just 11 years old. "I was quite young for improv," she says. "Most people usually get into it in college, but I was a good sport about it. I was also in the right place at the right time. I started doing sketch comedy at the Curtain Call in Stamford." It turns out that Rosenthal had found her calling, performing and writing original material with various improv groups through high school.
At Ithaca College, Rosenthal majored in film and production, and minored in theater. "I was afraid to major in theater," she says. "I didn't want to wait on people my whole life." After she graduated, Rosenthal turned her sights to comedy and acting at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City. She currently teaches classes there, as well as performs every Saturday night with North Coast, a group of fellow improv performers. She also shares her love of improv with copywriting students at a small advertising college in Manhattan, as well as with corporate clients intent on communicating more effectively and building leadership skills.
Writing, performing and producing "Rites" has been a demanding experience for Rosenthal. "I'm used to doing improv," she says. "I've been doing it since I was a kid. Although I've done original material, I've never been completely on my own, so that's been a huge challenge. But after I did the first show, I felt empowered. The show is something that is mine and that feels new and different."
And an idea for a new solo show is brewing. "I want to write about my heinous dating escapades," she shares. "Every woman in New York City has those stories, and I've been compiling good ones. I even started working on a web series based on them. Single Jewish women will definitely relate. We've all been set up with someone just because he breathes and he's Jewish."
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- Address: 3966 Old Bridge Rd. Woodbridge, VA 22192
Sunday Service Times
- 8:30 AM: Traditional
- 11:11 AM: Contemporary
Dear Old Bridge Church Family,
Grace and Peace, brothers and sisters transformed by the Love of Christ!
The NLI Vision Funding Team is humbled and honored to bring a mid-year update on our goals:
Projects continue in our worship space, kitchen, Welcome Center. New AC units are now installed, as well as ongoing maintenance and improvements in classrooms and bathrooms. We welcomed a new Director at the Preschool and a new assistant director of Family and Children's Ministries. $9,671 given to missions to date such as RISE Against Hunger, Tent mission, Guatemala Trip, and over $40,000 shared in District and Conference Apportionments supporting local, regional, and global mission and ministry initiatives.
Thank you for your ongoing generous support. Please, continue to give prayerfully, joyfully, proportionally-- Not to fund a budget, but as an aspect of Discipleship and Worship. We dare, not to ask, but to call each other to action, in support of OBUMC's vision of a community transformed by the love of Christ.
It takes about $57,000 per month to run OBUMC. Donations are running behind that need at the end of May with a $32,000 shortfall. Heading into the Summer months, to close our income gap and fully fund ongoing mission and ministry efforts, I have three things to ask of each of you:
As forgiven stewards of God's gifts and grace, will you GIVE:
Proportionally (Pray for God's leading on percent of your income you give.)
Electronically (Regularly scheduled tithes and offerings will get here even when you don't.)
Radically (Will your employer match gifts to non-profits? Will you ask?)
We will continue onward in pursuit of achieving goals listed above as stewards of HIS church, HIS grace, and your generous gifts in HIS name. Thank you, Church, for what you have done, what you are doing, and what you WILL do.
In Christ's Name and In His Service,
Catie Wolf Murphy, NLI Finance Team Facilitator
Team members: Bill Spangler, Ken Wilson, Ed Kestel, Paul Breedholt, Mike McDaniel, Mike Peranio


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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Why should I care?
The new crop of blogs by Red River College Creative Communications students is random and rich.
The students employ words, photos, videos and sometimes audio to bare their thoughts and feelings.
Especially words.
Each week during the semester I suggest two blog posts to Winnipeg Metro for publication as Red River Rants.
Good on Elisha Dacey, the newspaper's managing editor, for giving the students' work wider exposure.
To give Dacey the variety of compelling and energetic blog posts that she has requested, I look over the 75 first-year students' posts each week.
I look for writing that makes me care.
Among the wide range of topics about which students have made me care are self-hairstyling, poutine, waking up happy and Disney.
Among the topics about which these bloggers have not made me care are their opinions about music or the Winnipeg Jets.
Now, I too hold deeply felt opinions about music and the Jets. I just don't think a lot of other people care about my views on these subjects.
There's the challenge: Why should I care about your opinions?
And by "I" I mean anyone other than the writer.
Make other people care and you are a good writer. Don't, and you aren't.
One more thing: Spellcheck and proofreading.
Every week several blog posts grab me, and I would love to see them in Red River Rants.
But I can't select work that contains mistakes. They make the writer, and by extension the Creative Communications program and the college, look dumb.
A couple of the mistakes that made me reject interesting posts this week are misuse of its and it's, and improper use of your and you're.
Now that I care about.
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I don't know what it is lately, but my patients are making some great zingers at the practice!
Yesterday, this is what someone said:
Me: It looks like lying on your side might be uncomfortable? Let's change your position.
SJ Patient: That's okay, I'll stick it out.


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ABA Cup #1
We got our warmer weather to run the race on December 3rd, but lost a few athletes that were not able to attend. It was still a good race with very fast times. Good job everyone. See results below...
We got our warmer weather to run the race on December 3rd, but lost a few athletes that were not able to attend. It was still a good race with very fast times. Good job everyone. See results below...
Please be aware that the ABA Cup race this weekend has been postponed due to the weather. We are looking at weather in the -20's and we had the race starting at the same time as the big game.... Grey Cup (Go Stamps!).
The official training will now be on Tuesday evening with the race on Wednesday. Times can be found in the ABA calendar.
Congratulations to all of our Alberta athletes that competed in our National Championships this past weekend. This race was the first of two selection races in order to be named to our Alberta Team. The second race goes Thursday November 6th. We have athletes from all across our great province, vying for a position. Our team will be names on Friday November 7th.
We will be holding the Alberta Bobsleigh AGM on September 20th, directly following the push competition. The time will be at approximately 4pm in the Ice House. Please plan on attending.
ABA is hosting its annual push competition on September 20th from 2 - 4pm. Come out and join the fun. Competitions will be 2man for men and women, 4man and the popular mixed 2man. Entry fee is $25. You will receive a t-shirt and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for each category. Registration will be at 1:30pm.
Ice House training has been updated in the ABA calendar. Please check for dates and times.
Justin Wilkinson will be your coach for these sessions. The first session for all athletes is free. After that, there is either a $20 drop in fee, or $150 will cover you for the whole summer until mid October.
Our ID Camps and Testing Camps have been booked at Talisman Centre this summer. Please contact our office via email to register or if you have any questions: email@example.com
June 14th - Talent ID Camp
10am - 12pm
Talisman Centre running track
July 12th - Testing Camp
9am - 10:30am Talisman Centre running track
10:30am - 12:30pm Talisman Centre high performance weight room
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R&D Networking and Value Creation in SMEs
Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers - R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran, June 29-30, 2008
6 Pages Posted: 13 Jan 2011
Date Written: June 30, 2008
Research and development (R&D) activities are fundamental drivers of value creation in today's technology-based Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs). Seemingly, a successful R&D is a task of innovation processes and development of R&D networks with allied companies. There is a perceived lack of understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to continuously enhancing their technological capabilities for the purpose of establishing them in dominant market positions. This article presents R&D network issues from the perspective of their impact on value creation in SMEs. The fundamental trend to enable SMEs towards creation of new knowledge and diffuse in and transfer that to other SME''s could be achieved by developing of collaborative environments and networks to increase their innovation capabilities as a single unit as well as the capabilities of the network as a whole through collective learning. SMEs seem to be the appropriate units to behave like network nodes because of their lean structure, adaptability to market evolution, active involvement of versatile human resources, ability to establish sub-contracting relations and good technological level for their products. SMEs not only shape the larger outcome, but also constrain actions of the state and MNCs in demand-responsive, buyer-driven networks. The objective of this article is the notice to creation of a network of SMEs that are geographically dispersed but virtually linked so that the participating members focus on their specialized tasks yet also share their knowledge and experience on resources to create an agile structured and flexible enterprise.
Keywords: R&D, SMEs, Network, Value creation
JEL Classification: Q32, Q31, M11, L15, L23, O14, O32, M2, N6, Z04
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text: Blogs RSS 2.0 Why is the A-League stuttering? by Michael Huguenin on Mar 14, 2012 2 comments | email | print Since the A-League began in 2005, comparisons with the USA's Major League Soccer have been made time and again. As a relatively young league in a country where football has not traditionally been that popular, the MLS is in a similar position to Australia's national league. The MLS has been around for nine years longer than the A-League and most people who have seen the American competition believe the A-League could do worse than follow in its footsteps. One of the biggest success stories of the MLS has been its recent expansion and the impressive crowds and atmosphere in the Pacific North West. The Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders have set new standards in terms of coordinated support in the MLS. Watching Tuesday's match between the Timbers and Philadelphia Union, it was hard not to dream about a day when similar scenes will be seen in the A-League. So with such success in the MLS with expansion and crowds (both in terms of numbers and atmosphere), why is the A-League struggling in these areas? Have Frank Lowy and Ben Buckley not contacted their counterparts in the USA to get tips? If it's so obvious to many in the Australian football fraternity, why isn't it obvious to the leaders of the game? Less than four months ago, Lowy was re-elected unopposed as Football Federation of Australia's chairman for another four-year term. If the past month or so have taught us nothing else, it should be that a bit of competition in that election would have been ideal. Lowy has done some fantastic things for Australian football and his work should not be underestimated or undervalued. But the Westfield tycoon is in danger of undoing a lot of that work as A-League expansion continues to splutter. Clive Palmer's behaviour warranted expulsion but Lowy's statements at the press conference announcing that the FFA was revoking Palmer's license were less than impressive. Lowy basically admitted there was no plan and that he didn't know why Gold Coast United hadn't succeeded. This is not good enough. Lowy and Buckley have since betrayed a lack of ideas and solutions. It's hard not to wonder whether it's time for new leadership, although Palmer and his crackpot Football Australia concept is hardly the answer. For better or worse, however, Lowy will most likely be in charge until the end of 2015. The 81 year old needs a plan and he needs to stick with it. He needs to take inspiration from both the MLS and the AFL to improve expansion in the A-League. The three most recent additions to the MLS were all former members of the United States Soccer Federation's lower leagues. The teams were also awarded their licenses around two years before they were expected to play their first games in the MLS. These two factors mean that Portland, Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact already had a supporter base, financial investors and at least a semblance of club culture before entering the MLS. The FFA has dropped hints that a Western Sydney franchise could be introduced next season to replace GCU but judging by the above, this would be a mistake. While the MLS' blueprint could be used to argue the inclusion of current state league clubs, in Western Sydney the answer could be to start with a team in the National Youth League. In a similar move to how the AFL ushered in their new teams, Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney Giants, the FFA could allow a Western Sydney entity to develop itself in the NYL for a season or two, while it searches for investors, finalises stadium deals and generally gets ready for the A-League. This would also allow the FFA to see how football supporters in Sydney's western suburbs connect to the new club and test some ideas so that Western Sydney would be playing to decent crowds from their first game in the A-League. Extra NYL sides would also provide more young Australian footballers with the opportunity to train and play in a professional environment, something that is badly needed. There was talk when the North Queensland Fury died that they could maintain an NYL team instead. The FFA rejected the idea due to funding but surely an A-League connection for that huge region of Australia would be fantastic for Australian football, plus it would make it easier if North Queensland was ever to develop an A-League club again in the future. Lowy and Buckley also need to show similar fortitude to that of the AFL in terms of supporting expansion. The death of the Fury and the problems of GCU have exposed a lack of dedication from Lowy and Buckley. While Andrew Demetriou and his AFL army have basically stated that the Suns and Giants will not be allowed to fail, Lowy has just looked forlorn and put the blame on others as the new Queensland teams have struggled. It's time for the Czech-born billionaire to put his dollars and his dentures in the same location. In this time of uncertainty, and after a season that has been one of the best on the field, the FFA needs to make a statement that shows it believes in its own product. Lowy needs to step up and pledge to back GCU financially until other investors can be found. The A-League can't afford to continue to lose clubs every couple of seasons and if the FFA believe Gold Coast can support a club, then they should keep the club running until it can stand on its own two feet. The same commitment needs to be made to any future Western Sydney club, or any other club for that matter. It is not unrealistic for the A-League to eventually reach 14 clubs but Lowy and Buckley need to realise after the sagas surrounding the Fury, GCU and the still-born Sydney Rovers, that they can't leave everything up to the clubs. More support is needed. Follow Michael on Twitter: @MichaelHuguenin


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|Armadyl's Tower
| • A focus for the divine energy gathered by Armadyl. (Focus)
• A beam of divine energy flowing to the divine focus at the top of the tower. (Beam)
• A beam of divine energy rises from here to the divine focus on top of the tower. (Transmitter)
The Divine Focus was a weapon found atop Armadyl's Tower near the Clan Camp. The god of justice Armadyl used this weapon to slay the god of war, Bandos. Armadyl's head diviner, Kamiee, describes the weapon as a "building-sized ritual to stop Bandos. A war-ender."
A divine transmitter at the bottom of the tower transmitted a beam of energy up towards the focus itself, which was then presumably stored inside it. It was powered by divine energy, which Armadyl and Kamiee collected by sending out caravans to sites around Asgarnia and Misthalin. At the sites, the caravans used Divination to siphon energy wisps, creatures created from the Anima Mundi that were created as a result of Guthix's death. When enough divine energy was collected, the Divine Focus redirected the beam of energy shot from the transmitter to Bandos's Tower.Bandos adopted similar tactics, constructing a divine energy-powered weapon called "the Scarecrow". However, the Bandosian followers gathered less divine energy than the Armadylean followers, enabling Armadyl to fire his weapon first. This decapitated Bandos, destroying his tower and the Scarecrow.


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Legal Finance Systems Market Analysis - OUT NOW!
Firstly, thank you to all those that took part in our recent Legal Finance Systems Survey.
We received a fantastic response from our network of Finance Systems Managers and Finance Directors who are ultimately responsible for this function within a cross section of Top 100 law firms.
We are delighted to present our findings in this full report and hope you find this guide extremely useful.
If you would like to discuss any of the information in this survey or other market trends and benchmarking, please feel free to get in touch any time on 020 7072 0946.


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Meyerhouse Project Information
|Project Name
|Address of Development
|Meyer Road Singapore
|Project Developer
|Secure Venture Development (No. 1) – A unit of United Overseas Limited (UOL) Group and Kheng Leong Co.
|Estate in Fee Simple (Freehold)
|Site Area
|109,590 sqft
|Gross Floor Area
|153,426 sqft
|No of Blocks
|No of Storeys
|No of Units
|56 Units
|30 April 2023
Register Interest Here
Location of Meyerhouse
Meyerhouse is a new freehold development located right in the heart of Tanjong Katong by UOL Group. The site is the former Nanak Mansions freehold development that is collectively sold to Secure Venture Investments (No. 1) which is a unit of United Overseas Limited (UOL) Group. Meyerhouse is located in the prime Meyer Road district that is located near to the upcoming Tanjong Katong MRT Station on the Thomson-East Coast Line.
Meyerhouse UOL Group Tanjong Katong
Meyerhouse UOL Group has full and unique facilities, which includes a guard house, clubhouse, function room, indoor gym, tennis court, 50m swimming pool, sun deck, BBQ pits & children's playground. The condo's facilities provide full family entertainment needs for your family and loved ones. Indulge in a serene and tranquil lifestyle right in the heart of Tanjong Katong. Please see the different financing options available for the development.
Meyerhouse Location sites on a prime piece of freehold land which represents a timely investment for UOL Group who is looking to replenish its land banks. Most of the launches recently are 99 years leasehold development and this freehold development will present an opportunity for buyers who are looking for a freehold land located in the Tanjong Katong area.
Meyerhouse Located next to Meyer Road Park
Meyerhouse Tanjong Katong is a former 36 units freehold development owned by a low profile Indian family who do not stay in the development. All 36 units of the development has been rented out and the former Nanak Mansions consist of 36 maisonettes which are either 4 or 5 Bedrooms. Nanak Mansions was sold to UOL Group with a price tag of $201.1M and this works out to be $1,429 per sq ft per plot ratio (psf ppr). Nanak Mansions is also prized in its location next to a Park and Meyer Road playground which adds to the already incredible amenities located around Meyer Road
Meyerhouse Freehold Condo Former Nanak Mansions
Meyerhouse Condo is also strategically located with many shopping centres located around in the vicinity. For example, the popular Parkway Parade, Katong Shopping Centre as well as 112 Katong are located near to Meyerhouse former Nanak Mansions. Meyerhouse Freehold Condo is also located near to East Coast Park where plenty of outdoor families are available for residents to spend some quality time with their family.
Meyerhouse will be accessible with the upcoming Tanjong Katong MRT Station that is due to complete in 2023. Also, for owners who are taking buses, there are several buses available along Marine Parade Road and Mountbatten Road. For owners who are traveling to the city, Meyerhouse Meyer Road is located right next to East Coast Parkway (ECP).
Meyerhouse is also near elite schools such as Tanjong Katong Primary School, Tanjong Katong Girl's School and Chatsworth International School.
UOL Group Developer for Meyerhouse
As a strong real estate developer, UOL Group is dedicated to the visualization of creating an appreciation and shaping the coming time by doing business activities in a way that practices the specific requirements of commercial governance and takes into account the social and environmental control of successful development management.
UOL Group is included as an individual component of the SGX Index since it was launched in the year 2016 thus confirming our position as one of the economic and governmental associations in Singapore.
Commercial Governance for UOL Group
UOL Group is devoted to preserving high requirements of commercial governance and conduct to protect the interests of our key partners. The fundamental values of the group explain our expectations of commercial social responsibility. Our commercial governance resources are established with individual positions to the rules and principles of the Commercial Code given by the Authority of Monetary in Singapore.
UOL Group plan to achieve the highest tier in quality control, which include anti-competitive frequencies, corruption, and data protection violations. By zero tolerance for resistance, we commit ourselves to improve our actions to reach our goal. UOL's fixed offices provide selected locations with heavenly openness, fantastic facilities, and sophisticated building management frameworks. These buildings are the base camp for multinational associations, renowned consulates, and advanced companies.
Committee of UOL Group Real Estate Developer
The primary responsibilities of the Board include exploring UOL Group cash strategies to succeed, while also being considered sustainability issues. Since 2016, the Board manages the management of important physical problems and performance indicators and approves annual sustainability reports. The Board has the support of the Sustainability Committee and the Coordination Committee.
The Steering Committee for Sustainability is based on critical decisions, including physical evaluation. The Management Committee is composed of the Executive Director and other persons of the High-ranking Management Group. The committee is co-sponsored by two committees, which deal with the real estate sector and the hospitality sector individually. It includes delegates in the sections that include legal matters, secretariat, hotel operations, finance, marketing, engineering, and development. Each company contains the self-sufficiency to growth goals and plans, taking into account each exceptional work environment. A comparative evaluation of the social and environmental performance industry takes place at an annual event. Please also see the upkeep details of the development.
The governance sustainability permeates capacity and location and guarantees the integration of sustainability at the central and working levels. At UOL Group our goal is to create a perfect work of art in each project. We trust that, as developers, we must go beyond providing a pleasant living environment. Focusing on the brilliant structural plan, we strive to build grade and refinement codes that meet the requirements of home buyers for a residential address.
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Today the group portfolio has grown thanks to the massive development projects that it is undertaking through strategic collaborations and direct investments with established corporations in far east and America In private equity segment the group continues to expand and calling for potential investors by offering high returns to investors. Their latest project on the former Nanak Mansions with UOL through Secure Venture Development (No. 1) (SVD1) adds another prime piece of real estate into the portfolio.
The group has also opened up an office in Shanghai to tap into the large unexploited Chinese market; The company has maintained a consistent growth path by delivering and redefining real estate through offering products that exceed the client's expectations. The portfolio is mainly built by developing residences and retail developments in the most lucrative and prime locations, therefore, offering the highest rates of capital appreciation.
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Meyer Road which Meyerhouse Condo is a highly coveted residential address located in Tanjong Katong and is home to many upscale residential properties around the area. Meyer Road starts from Katong Park MRT Station and extends all the way to Tanjong Katong MRT Station. Meyer Road is considered one of the more highly affluent residential estate and most of the developments are freehold condos. Meyer Road also consist of landed properties that stretches inwards into Mayfield Avenue and Jalan Nuri.
Amenities and Eateries Located at Meyer Road Area
If you are missing from your home, you can take a five-minute shuttle to the nearby Melba Cafe at the Goodman Arts Center, which offers fine espresso coffees, wines and classic Australian dishes like Chicken Parmigiana. Proseco also provides a free course with every vital dinner on Wednesday nights, a beautiful night for young women as well as insecure.
The Confectionery of Chin Mee Chin is situated at 204 East Coast Road, a coffee shop located directly from the 1950s with marble tables and close relatives serving traditional breakfasts of kopi cakes, snot and kaya toast, as well as new bread products.
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One of the main attractions of Meyerhouse is that it is located just minutes away from East Coast Park. East Coast Park offers a wide variety of outdoor facilities including bicycle trails as well as a long stretch of beach and therefore quality time can be spend with the family at East Coast Park. The park offers a convenient place to relax under the shade where active sports can be played as well such as beach volleyball, cycling, cable skiing and various water sports. There are also plenty of dining and food options available as well as a Hawker Centre which is located at East Coast Park.
There are many attractions that can not be missed at East Coast, including the long and endless beach. It has a number of beautiful beach chalets overlooking the Indian Ocean and offers spectacular views of the horizon. In addition to Singapore's first indoor mini-golf course, Golf enthusiasts can spend a fun-filled day at the establishment's themed golf courses that replicate famous Singaporean landmarks.
Food Centres at East Coast Park Near to Meyer House
The Park is also a foodie's delight. The seafood center attracts local families almost every weekend because they are addicted to their exotic barbecues and sun-filled sunsets with coastal horizon stars. There are a number of excellent seafood restaurants, which can be found in the area. The park has a complex that houses eight different restaurants specializing in seafood, traditional Singapore dishes such as Mee Goreng and Chili Crab are preferred while continental dishes such as Fish and Chips are served. The center is renowned for its outdoor dining experience, where restaurant diners can see luminous ships passing through the Singapore Strait while enjoying their meals.
East Coast Park also offers other lifestyle options as well as sometimes major events such as food carnivals and beer tasting festival are located in the park.
East Coast Park is easily accessible from Singapore's hotels in Orchard Road or via most of the bus lines that take you to the city center. For holidaymakers who have families, there are few attractions that can suit and match the magnetism and energy of East Coast Park. It's the best place to spend your holiday and interact with different people.
Meyerhouse Condo Located at Tanjong Katong Neighbourhood
Tanjong Katong is located in the city fringe part of Singapore that is famous for the wide variety of food choices that is available around the neighbourhood. Katong is located in the eastern side of Singapore's Central Region. This area was known for the many mansions and villas that belonged to the highest social class in the 19th and 20th centuries. Meyerhouse is located at the neighbourhood of Tanjong Katong.
Many Eateries Located at Tanjong Katong
The area is accessed by major and minor roads like the Tanjong Katong road, the East Coast road to mention a few. Considering the fact that the central business district in Singapore is congested and full of pollution, groups like the Eurasians decided to put up their homes in Katong. They put their homes in the town area on sale and relocated. It stretches further from the Katong Park until the Martia road. The CHIL Katong Convent and the Katong church is included in the strip.
Certain Conditions to be Met for the Acquisition of Meyerhouse Site
Secure Venture Development's (No 1) which consist of UOL Venture Investments Limited as well as Kheng Leong Company Limited which is a privately held property vehicle of the family of Wee Cho Yaw, former UOB chairman. Secure Venture Development will also redevelop a private road leading to Meyerhouse located right next to the development. Meyerhouse Katong will be the next Nassim Residences which is located at the East and will be a prized development that is the signature and hallmark luxury development of Kheng Leong and UOL Group.
Meyerhouse Close to Many Country Clubs
Meyerhouse UOL is located in the upscale residential area of Meyer Road and Tanjong Katong and this means many affluent individuals who are keen for social networking. Meyerhouse freehold condois located near to many country clubs such as Marina Bay Golf Course, Singapore Swimming Club, Chinese Swimming Club and Epic Tennis Academy Pte Ltd. The facilities offered at these clubs provide additional amenities for residents of Meyerhouse to socialize and network besides the facilities offered at the development.
Meyerhouse Located Near to Many Established Schools and Educational Institutions
Meyerhouse location which is located in the upscale area of Tanjong Katong is close to many established schools. Being close to schools means that less time is needed to travel to and fro to send the kids to school and therefore more time can be spend on work. There is also more time which the kids can spend on tuition as well as other activities. Meyerhouse Kheng Leong is close to primary and international schools such as Canadian International School, Dunman High School, EtonHouse Pre-School Mountbatten 717, School House By The Bay, EtonHouse International School, Dunman High School, Odyssey The Global Preschool and Chung Cheng High School (Main).
Increase in Stamp Duty for 2nd property Owners
The recent cooling measures has resulted in more cash upfront as well as more financial resources that is needed for multiple property owners. For example, there is an increase of stamp duty for 2nd property owners and this has increased 5% from the previous 7% to the current 12%. This means more capital upfront and therefore investors might prefer a freehold development where capital is preserved and locations that is city fringe as core city centre condos are priced too high. Meyerhouse Condo located just minutes away from the city centre provide an excellent investment opportunity that is not so taxing as the prices are reasonable. Also, the new Total Debt to Service Ratio of 60% means that less amount of money can be used to pay off the mortgage of Meyerhouse Kheng Leong. For example, for every $10,000 that an investor earns, only $6,000 can be used to service the mortgage and this is inclusive of any fix liabilities that the owner has and this includes car loans as well as any other loans which the investor have.
Loan to Value Ratio for 1st timers Decrease
During the two weeks for Meyerhouse preview that the buyer gets before they can make the financial commitment, they have ample time to find out their Loan to Value ratio. This has to do with any outstanding mortgages they may be paying. Buyers without outstanding mortgages are granted a maximum of 75% of the property's value. Buyers would previously get 80% of the property's value but this rule has since changed reducing this value by 5%.
Buyers keen on investing on the development can access the services of bankers at the show-flat who will do all the complex math for you. With a banker at hand, you know how well you are suited for your choice of property from the onset. Buying a home can be taxing especially to the first time buyer who has never owned a property before. As one of the biggest financial commitments you will ever make, you need all the preparation you can get before you go ahead with the purchase. First off, you need to examine your current patterns of spending. After some number crunching, you should know whether you are able to cater for the mortgage payments
Freehold Developments Better Than Leasehold Developments
Meyerhouse Secure Venture Investments is a freehold development that is located just minutes away from Katong Park MRT Station as well as Tanjong Katong MRT Station. It has been proven that leasehold developments value tend to drop over time and the drop becomes apparent when the property has hit the 15 year age. Freehold developments are the ideal investment as capital value is preserved. The lease of the development is freehold and therefore there is no remaining lease and the lease granted for Meyerhouse Tanjong Katong is forever. Moreover, freehold developments in a mature estate is the ideal investment if it is located at the city fringe and next to an MRT Station. Meyerhouse UOL Group is located at Meyer Road which is city fringe and just minutes away from Tanjong Katong MRT Station on the Thomson-East Coast Line. Please also see the different Meyerhouse floor plans for your consideration.
Meyerhouse Tanjong Katong MRT Station Thomson-East Coast Line
A wonderful and unique lifestyle awaits you at Meyerhouse right in the heart of Marine Parade and Tanjong Katong. Please see Meyerhouse site plan and floor plans for more information.


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Replacing representative democracy with sortition would break the link between victory and power, end partisan tribalism and transform the governance of a nation into a mature decision-making process instead of the team sport it currently is, argues Daz Pearce.
About a month ago I was having a conversation with a mate who it's fair to say has politics that are well to the left of mine. Predictably enough, the topic was that of the Labour Party and equally unsurprisingly, our analyses of the situation as it stood headed off in rather different directions at quite an early stage. However, he raised two points which deserved nothing less than careful thought – one was 'the Clinton Paradox', the conundrum which faced Bill ahead of the 1992 presidential election. In short, there were two choices presented to the Democrats and their frontman ahead of that campaign were. First choice: pursue more obvious, recognisable and ideological left-of-centre positions on key policy areas to have a mandate for real change if successful (which, conversely, is also the strategy with the greatest risk of electoral failure).
The alternate choice was to effectively become a watered down, beige or vanilla version of their Republican opponents while amplifying the significance of what were really questions of degree rather than fundamental belief, principle, angle of approach or starting position. This also meant using the lexis of a social democrat to present policies that were not a radical departure from what was already in place – the throwing of a few rhetorical bones to your core supporters, while actually taking them for granted and focusing all your real efforts on the much-vaunted 'swing voters' who invariably end up the subject of focus groups (sound familiar?). The final analysis demonstrates that this was always the strategy more likely to win this first President Clinton the election, but once in office his mandate would be one for, at best, minor tweaks rather than major adjustments.
And it has to be asked...besides 'power for the sake of it' what's the point in that?
It's also fair to say that in terms of his approach towards party affiliation, my friend Chris isn't like most people. "The thing is," he says, "people like me, genuinely left-leaning types – we haven't been in government for God knows how long – and that New Labour crowd have been running the party, my party that I had to leave and then come back to, since the 1990s. Now it's finally the turn of people like me and they won't accept it." He left the Labour Party while they were in office, supported and then joined the Greens for a while before 'coming home' when Jezzamania and Momentum gave them a kick in the pants and a radical (albeit somewhat retro-tinged) makeover. If the world was full of people like Chris then representative democracy might work brilliantly, but it quite demonstrably isn't. This is just one of many things I rather like about the man.
In terms of mechanics, New Labour will be celebrating 20 consecutive years in office next year – even if the Blairite 'third way' policies were adopted and continued by the rehabilitated former 'poison brand' that is the Conservative Party under 'Call Me Dave' and now Chairman May. This is especially interesting as it leaves a substantial wing of the Parliamentary Labour Party far closer to their nominal opponents' platform than they are to their own leadership. It's clear to this impartial observer (and presumably many of you) that some sort of split and re-alignment process within both major parties would be ultimately best for all involved while also being highly necessary within the arrangement we currently have. That it probably will not happen, at least for a while longer, begs a different question regarding the nature and scale of the pull in the opposite direction.
When the fractious alliances that represent both major parties (and Labour in particular) call a temporary ceasefire amongst themselves ahead of the next set of local or national elections, it will be for two reasons. One, of course, is raw self-interest. Far from getting us 'the best and brightest' candidates our representative system has actually created a generation of truly dire career politicians, ill-suited to pretty much anything else and painfully aware that this is by far the best and most well-rewarded job they will ever have (the number who stand down voluntarily because they got a better offer somewhere else, or simply as a result of not liking it, is revealingly minuscule). The other is tribalism, a desire to win in the team sport that is representative democracy, and give the other lot a good kicking.
Television shows like the Daily and Sunday Politics serve as this sport's equivalent of Match of the Day
For Labour vs Tory, Democrat vs Republican or even more simply, the Red Team vs the Blue Team, you could just as easily substitute AC Milan vs Inter, Leinster vs Munster or the LA Raiders vs LA Rams. The game, the 'regular season' played out between elections culminates in the Grand Final, the 'Superbowl' where the winner takes all and for the loser a process of humiliation, self-examination and attempted regeneration begins, possibly under a new manager looking to bring fresh blood into the front line. Television shows like the Daily and Sunday Politics serve as this sport's equivalent of Match of the Day, complete with pundits on hand to offer analysis of recent results and current form, predictions on the likely outcome of upcoming 'fixtures' and, if close enough, the next showpiece event – be they the big one (the General, obviously) or some more minor elections (the political equivalent of the EFL Cup, maybe?).
Like failure in most sports, election defeat and time spent in the wilderness of opposition are accepted by 'fans' as part of the game. Something that our current postmodern and post-ideology age of politics has illuminated is that rivalry is based on the major parties trying to beat each other first – any fundamental difference in worldview comes second, if at all. Suppose one of AC Milan or Inter went into financial meltdown and were relegated a couple of divisions. It's likely that fans of the other would 1) laugh hysterically, engaging in wild schadenfreude while this unfolded and then, 2) direct their tribal hatred towards another 'big' team (i.e. Juventus), at least temporarily until their arch-rivals restored themselves to the top division. Adversaries have to be of comparable size for the whole thing to work, right?
Nor is it solely that you can't win all the time. I'm pretty sure that most hardcore supporters of political parties, like sports fans would either, 1) choose not to win everything if they could push a button and arrange for that to happen, or 2) they would do so but then get rather bored rather quickly. Without the war stories of failure, those wet nights when you lost in Doncaster, be it at football, rugby or in a by-election disaster, the value of whatever successes you have is diminished. The latter serves as vindication that your loyalty and dedication to what looked like a lost cause through the former was all worth it. Fair-weather fans will of course come and go, but those 'proper' supporters who stuck with it when you were at rock bottom have a 'greater claim' on any victory than fly-by-night merchants who just happened to notice which way the wind was blowing.
So if tribal rivalries require each side to win at least some of the time to keep them interesting and relevant, the biggest risk to their existence is one (either) side establishing too great a degree of dominance over too long a period. On an episode of This Week a few years back, Diane Abott recalled speaking to left-leaning MPs before the 1997 election, asking them how they could support the distinctly un-Socialist Tony Blair. "We just have to win," was the recurring response. It's interesting to hypothesise where Labour might have gone had they been kept out of office for a further five years. Similarly, when David Cameron won the leadership of the Tory Party on a pledge to 'modernise it' in 2005, one of his opponents, the one nation centrist Kenneth Clarke, had actually given his campaign the working title "Time to win".
Just as football fans will tolerate boring but winning performances, political parties invariably turn to what they perceive as 'winning' candidates when they've been in opposition for a while, even if they do not sit altogether comfortably with the core support (or necessarily believe in anything). Were the polls reading differently and Labour was in a clear and consistent lead, does anybody seriously think the recent attempted putsch against Jezza would have gathered any traction whatsoever? Power, the reward for and logical by-product of the glory represented by election victory, is the ultimate aim, even if it is merely for tribal purposes and its own sake. Anyone looking highly likely to 'win some silverware' in the near future is basically unsackable whereas those whose key indicators point in the opposite direction quickly find their position to be in jeopardy.
This concept of 'power as its own reward' explains quite a few other things. First up, it explains the current post-referendum confusion. We're used to the concept of power being handed over to whoever has won the vote and, in the case of Brexit, this has not happened. Secondly, it goes a long way towards giving us an understanding of why representative politics in the Western world has become increasingly authoritarian and statist on a more general level over the last 50 years. Having 'worked' and 'suffered' to 'earn' power, why on earth would any government want to relinquish it, particularly to those who voted for the other lot? With friends and supporters to reward, enemies to punish and the time pressure of the next election to consider, that's a hell of a lot of taxing, spending and legislating to crack on with.
And with these pushes and pulls driving their every action, it's little wonder they consistently cut corners, fail to pay attention to detail and get things so horribly wrong.
I'm immensely grateful that someone else remembered the obscure Jack Straw fan club sketch from the Saturday Night Armistice 20 years ago. This consisted of some lads following Straw around and singing "Ooh Ahh Jackie Straw" in soccer terrace stylee (no, really) to his initial amusement and later annoyance. Like most good comedy, this struck upon an unfortunate truth by using an example that was both a tad on the ridiculous side and hysterically funny at the time. Blindly and fanatically supporting political parties, chanting the names of the 'players' like Italian football 'ultras' before the Milan or Rome derby is, well, rather sad if we're being totally honest about it. However, these people (minus the chanting, mostly) exist on a significant scale, and their answer to 'the Clinton Paradox' is incredibly straightforward:- the colour of the rosette that wins is the only thing that matters.
Just watch the celebrations of the winning side and their supporters in any narrowly contested seat on election night and tell me I'm wrong.
Thankfully, there's hope. The recent surge in Labour Party membership has taken place under something of a cloud – are these new members ordinary people, re-energised by the re-birth of Socialism in the British mainstream, or hard-left infiltrators who will surely disappear once 'their man' is no longer in charge? Regardless, the general trend has been in the opposite direction. Political organisations will always tell you when they have attracted new members, but are understandably less keen to acknowledge when they fail to renew and head for the exit. Membership of the two main parties once ran into the millions and the headline in our lifetime has been one of dwindling uptake and increasing dependency on either big business or trade union cash to fight elections or merely stave off the financial wolves.
While it's true that in some cases (such as the SNP, whose membership has quadrupled over the last two years) fans have simply traded support of their previous team into following a new one, the number of active and participating political ultras across the whole of the UK has been in steady decline for more than 50 years, albeit with the occasional blip. It's also of immense encouragement to people arguing for an alternative that the Brexit referendum had a higher voter turnout than any recent national or local election since it serves as clear-cut evidence that it's political parties and not political issues that people are failing or refusing to engage with. The number of people who came out to vote for something for the first time ever in that plebiscite (particularly but not exclusively to vote for Brexit) strongly indicates that 'apathy' is not the real issue here.
Perhaps the case for sortition here is best made by spelling out what it isn't rather than what it is.
So...what's that alternative? Perhaps the case for sortition here is best made by spelling out what it isn't rather than what it is. No tribalism, no political ultras banging the drum and singing football songs with god-awful alternative lyrics, no 'compromise candidates', no 'centre ground' to strive for and no magnolia politics (perhaps tinted with beige to make sure absolutely nobody is upset or offended). No more glorious failure or dismal electoral war stories, no 'power for the sake of it', no friends to bribe or enemies to be punished, no more 'amphetamine government' desperate to get on with it before they get kicked out, even if it means getting it wrong and leaving some other poor sap to clean up the mess. And this last one should probably go without saying - absolutely no bloody Clinton Paradox.
Perhaps the ultras are right and in a representative democracy, winning really is everything – but then again, surely that's part of the problem and the only correct answer to the question pointed out by my friend Chris is... change the system?
Take care and thanks for reading.
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Malcolm Saunders commented 2016-10-24 10:49:47 +0100Once again a very incisive post by Daz. I am not a sports enthusiast and would never have thought of the analogy, but it works incredibly well.
Representative democracy, especially with the pathetic first past the post electoral system, forces the wide spectrum of political opinion into large institutional parties which are broad coalitions without a clear political philosophy.As Daz points out, this results in dilution of what is presented to the electorate into a bland set of generalisations rather than an ideological clarity of direction towards a desired form of society.
As with sporting teams, the desire to win drives the parties to ever greater spending commitments in order to seduce the voters ( supporters). Unfortunately in the case of political parties the spending drive results in ever increasing debt which can only ever be paid by the electors through their taxes or passed on to following generations.
The only way out of this futile and costly tribalism is to abolish politics and politicians. Sortition offers a truly democratic way of doing that.
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As part of an ongoing relief effort in support of drought-affected families, IOM recently distributed 442 Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (ES/NFI) kits to displaced families in Mile, Dubti, and Asiyta woredas of the Afar Regional State. Accordingly, 87 households were assisted in Mile, while 305 received assistance in Dubti and 50 households in Asiyta. The ES/NFI kits contained plastic sheeting for temporary shelters, mosquito nets, sleeping mats and blankets, kitchen sets, basic hygiene kits and other materials to meet essential household needs.
The current El Niño-driven drought is unprecedented in scale and severity. 10.2 million farmers, herders and their families have lost harvests and livestock and rely on food assistance to meet basic needs. Malnutrition rates are increasing and over 5 million people require emergency water and sanitation assistance, which is starting to become a major factor in driving displacement.
Host communities continue to demonstrate extraordinary resilience in their accommodation of newly displaced families, despite also being severely impacted by the drought.
The life and livelihoods of pastoralist communities in the Afar Region are based on livestock productivity and the drought has adversely affected their livelihood conditions. For example, the health and quality of livestock are deterioarating due to water depletion and pasture degenaration. As a result, the market value of livestock decreases substantially. Rainfall during the spring Karma season has also been inadequate for the regeneration of pasture and replenishment of water sources.
These factors are driving many pastoralist communities to move from their places of origin to neighboring woredas and regions of Amhara, Tigray and Oromia in search of water and pasture.
IOM, in strong partnership with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society continues to provide assistance to displaced communities in other drought-affected areas across Amhara, Afar, Gambella, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali and Tigray Regions. In 2016, across the country, over 800,000 people are expected to be in need of emergency shelter and non-food items.


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Ah! There is nothing and I mean nothing I prefer more than coming home. After a day of work, I love pulling out the key to my apartment door, turning the lock and crossing that threshold of the rest of the world and me.
Well, not just me; us. It's great to come home because I don't live alone. I have never lived alone. I grew up with three brothers and so have always wanted company when I return from the things that I do outside of my home. Now, I live with my one true love and life could not be better. Yeah, I am super content exactly where I am. And now that I've crossed that threshold, I am ready to make myself something to eat. Maybe a sandwich? No, I didn't get the bread I told myself I'd get. That's fine, I have plenty of food, and the food I have plenty of is cereal. Easy, ready in a snap and as long as I've got… let me see… yup, milk then I'm good to go. Let me open the cabinet and reach for a…
You're kidding.
All the bowls are dirty. *huff* I really didn't feel like washing any dishes. In fact, it seems like I'm the only person who washes dishes around here… This is really annoying. How many dishes can one couple go through? And it's not like she has a full time job, so why can't she wash, at least, some of these
Okay, this is not cool. When I get home, I expect the sink to have maybe a few dishes but I work a full day, there's no way I want this to be a regular occurrence. This isn't fair. I sweep, I wipe counters and I cook. I now have to make sure all the dishes are clean, too?
You know what this is? This is manipulation. She is deliberately leaving the dishes here because she knows that I'll wash them so she doesn't have to. Like she has no time to do anything around here because she's soooo busy, what with a part time job and the rest of her time doing… whatever it is that she does. This is nonsense and completely disrespectful!
Fine. Great, yeah, okay, I'll do the dishes. And next time she needs something done, we'll see who helps her out. I can't believe this. And it's not like I can just clean one dish because it'll just go right back in the sink until I need it again, so I have to do all the dishes because if I don't do them, they don't get done. I might as well be living with myself if I can't rely or her to get stuff done. How long will this go on for? Was she expecting to eat off of the floor? I bet I'd have to mop it too!
WOAH, let's hold our horses there, cowboy. Wow, can I get myself worked up. I am unabashedly furious right now. And I have every right to be! She should know better.
Shouldn't she?
To be honest, I didn't ask her to do the dishes… I've asked her a couple of times before, I just thought… well, I kind of thought she'd get the hint… um, passive aggressive much? More to the point – I want her to read my mind. And I realize something: I resent her when she doesn't.
You would think that after living with someone for a while, you'd know what they want… But the thing is… I want the dishes done. It's important to me. But she's not such a big dish washer. It doesn't make a big difference to her whether the dishes are clean. What's important to her is that the bathroom mirror isn't full of spots… so she cleans it… a lot. That's something I don't attend to.
Is it fair to get angry at her? Not at all. And to feel resentment without even speaking to her? Am I trying to be jerk of the year? I feel kind of embarrassed that I would think and feel those things. She's my partner; we live together. I want to make this household work and it can't work if I'm expecting certain things that I do not communicate to her. I've seen households like that… they are not fun to be in.
Alright, I feel much calmer now, having realized that it's my choice to clean the dishes and I readily accept that choice, unless I specifically ask her otherwise. Let's see, I've gone a significant way through this pile of dishes and I am still hungry. Right now, I choose not to do them all. I'm going to stop and have that snack-
Oh, she's home. "Hi, I'm in the kitchen"
"Hi. Oh, you're doing those? Great."
"Well, you know I would prefer to not eat off the floor."
"I was just out buying bread… feel like a sandwich?"
"Wow… you totally read my mind."


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The LA Times has been warning readers for more than a week that the daily primetime television schedule will disappear from the Calendar section next Tuesday: Feb. 26. Tinkering with the print paper like that is a calculated risk -- they almost always undo changes in the comics, for example, after discovering that print readers still rule -- and in this case the bet is that few enough readers use the grid anymore to make a fuss. The note in the paper tells readers that the TV listings will be available online, but I've heard from some readers that it's not print friendly. Like or not, some people still prefer hard copies. It will be interesting to see if there's much reaction and how the Times handles it.
It's all about saving on the cost of newsprint and ink. Sports editor Mike James informed the Sports staff yesterday that the cost-cutters are further reducing the amount of print space devoted to games. Shorter stories, fewer stats and compressed box scores — and "other significant agate cuts" — are part of the space reductions, equivalent to a page a day. That also starts next week. Here's his memo:
From: James, Mike
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:20 PM Subject: space Hey Everyone,
A heads-up about some space reductions coming our way. Beginning next week, as part of an overall reduction in the paper's news hole, the Sports section is going to be reduced by an average of roughly seven columns a day, or eight pages a week. You'll all obviously see some changes in the section; a couple of those changes have already gone into effect. We are trying to deal with this reduction in large part by trimming our agate report and not dramatically limiting the original content you all provide so professionally every day.
You may have noticed that today's NBA box scores are in a reduced format from what we have been using. We made this change ahead of next week because it seemed logical, with the league coming out of the All-Star break. We have eliminated the latest line for baseball, hockey and college basketball as well. There will be other significant agate cuts.
We will continue, however, to use full box scores for our local teams.
I suspect that many of you associated with beats will get emails from readers complaining about lack of scores or truncated box scores. Please forward those to me; I'm compiling information about the reaction to the cuts.
This space reduction will force us to write more tightly as well, and everyone can expect that word counts will be reduced as we work through this.
Thanks, Mike….


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Travel Special: How Bhopal can be full of surprises for the uninitiated
From historic mahals, scenic lakes, and unusual museums that celebrate mankind as well as India's rich tribal culture, Bhopal might just be the untapped escape that will woo every kind of travel junkie
The 'Thing' about travel is that it picks you up from your current life situation and throws you into new surroundings, lifting the spirit and bringing back the old sparkle. So if you ever have the blues, needing a break, simply get on the next bus/train/flight and GO.
It's just what we did when we walked into the warm embrace of Bhopal. Situated in the heart of India, and surrounded by water bodies, this city ruled by Begums makes a pretty picture. After reaching our destination, we couldn't help but marvel at the many gorgeous heritage buildings and the beautiful upper and lower lakes that sped past us.
"There is so much to see in Bhopal, you can't possibly stop everywhere", my friend quipped. Convinced, we shortlisted five treasures that grabbed our eye during our time in Bhopal.
(From top) Pots in a tribal home at the Tribal Museum; Facade of a tribal home; Terracotta art at Manav Sangralay, Bhopal. PICs/SUPRITA MITTER
1. Gohar Mahal
Our first stop was the gorgeous Gohar Mahal, situated beside the Upper Lake. The architecture of this palace is a perfect blend of Hindu and Mughal styles and was built by the first woman ruler of Bhopal, Gohar Begum in 1820. Sadly, this heritage building has not been maintained adequately, but it's beautiful façade and arches are vivid reminders of its past glory. Various artists were using the outer courtyard of Gohar Mahal for an exhibition of pottery but we only had time for a brief look at some of the unusual pieces before heading out to the next gem to keep to our deadline.
At: VIP Road, Nakkar Khana, Peer Gate Area.
Time: 8 am to 6.30 pm
A column displaying tribal art at the Manav Sangrahalaya. Pics/Suprita Mitter
2. Van Vihar National Park
Adjacent to Upper Lake is the Van Vihar National Park, notified in 1983 but developed and managed as a modern zoological park, following the guidelines of the Central Zoo Authority. It is beautifully landscaped, and houses over 300 species of animals, reptiles and birds which are kept in their near natural habitat. Most of the animals are either orphaned, brought from various parts of the state or exchanged from other zoos. No animal is deliberately captured from the forest. It has a beautiful open café facing the lake that serves average fare.
At: Post Box No: 348, Central TT Nagar.
Time: 7 am to 11 am, 3pm to 5 pm
Call: 0755 2674278
Tribal gate at Bhopal's State Tribal Museum
3. Manav Sangrahalaya
This open-air exhibition has many tribal artifacts and specimens from tribal villages. It is a display of life-size dwellings, typical of contemporary tribal cultures in various Indian states. Manav Sangrahalaya highlights architectural features and displays elaborate interiors. The surroundings have been reconstructed to match some of the interesting ambiance of tribal villages. A favourite of ours, this.
At: Dr Salim Ali Road, Lower Lake View, near Boat Club, Shymala Hills.
Time: 10 am to 5.30 pm
Call: 0755 2661458
Display of tribal art at Bhopal's State Tribal Museum
4. State Tribal Museum
Bhopal's State Tribal Museum deserves more than a dekko. India's diverse tribal rhythms, geometrics, materials, forms and aesthetics inspire its architecture. The museum gives the visitor a sense of the way various tribes live their day-to-day lives; their houses, beliefs, rituals, games and entertainment. Tribal artisans, supported by anthropologists, sociologists and social workers, have created the exhibits on display.
At: Shyamala Hills.
Time: 12 pm to 8 pm
Call: 0755 2661948/2661640
5. Bharat Bhavan
After a long day, we decided to watch a play, and were lucky to catch director Atul Kumar's Hindi musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's 12th Night, titled Piya Beharupiya at Bhopal's famous Bharat Bhavan. This is a thriving centre for visual arts and performances. Sitting at the ground level, which is at the same level at which the artists perform, is an experience to remember.
At: J Swaminathan Marg, Shamla Hils.
Time: 10.30 am to 5.30 pm
Call: 0755 2660239/2661398
From Mumbai 774 km
Must-do in Bhopal
Go shopping Bhopali style at the Chowk Bazaar. In the heart of the city, the Chowk is a buzzing market place lined with old mosques and havelis that transport you back to a bygone era. We meandered through the shops in the narrow lanes, picking up a variety of fabrics at wholesale rates, Bhopali crafts like silver jewellery, beadwork and embroidered velvet purses (called batwas) are enticing.
How to get there:
By Air: Bhopal airport, also called Raja Bhoj Airport is located 15 km southeast of the main city centre and is connected to all major cities
in India.
By Rail: Bhopal Railway Station, near Hamidia Road, connects it to different parts of the country. Bhopal is one of the two major Delhi-Mumbai railway lines and is the main railway junction of the West Central Railways.
By Road: The roadways that lead to Bhopal are well maintained and motorable. The bus station is near the railway junction in Old Bhopal. Extensive bus services (state/ private) are available for getting to various places in and around Madhya Pradesh.
Log on to: www.mptourism.com for further information on hotels and accommodation.
Quick escape
>> IslamnagarPlan a quick excursion to see the magnificent palace at Islamnagar, 11 kms from Bhopal, and you will be glad you did. It was built by the Afghan commander Dost Mohammad Khan who established the princely state of Bhopal, and declared Islamnagar as his capital city in 1708.
The architecture is again a mixture of both Hindu and Islamic styles and has richly decorated columns and pavilions. The palace is divided into various sections— Chaman Mahal, Rani Mahal and Gond Mahal — and reveals the grandeur and the luxurious lifestyle of its owners. However, his rule was short-lived as the fort changed hand, first to Nizam-ul-Mulk in 1723, then the Scindias from 1806 to 1817, after which it was returned to Bhopal.
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