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JP Morgan is a global leader in financial services, offering solutions to the world's most important corporations, governments and institutions in more than 100 countries.
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The bank's digital transformation meant that they needed to replace their entire set of user applications. The goal was to build an Application Collaboration Environment that could link together both internal and external applications built in different technologies. To achieve this, they developed a new API platform, built using Glue42 Enterprise.
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Glue42 Enterprise has allowed the bank's technology leaders to change the way development teams work together by providing an Application Collaboration Environment (ACE). From a user perspective, Glue42 Enterprise has enabled the bank to deliver an integrated User Experience (UX).
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UX Integration concerns itself with improving the user experience across all the applications used to carry out a task. Glue42's Interop features allow the Business Analysts to design the user experience across the entire application set – both inhouse and 3rd party. A simple example of this is moving directly from a client email in Outlook to the client's accounts apps with just one click, without wasting time switching applications or copying and pasting the name from the email. ACE mandates the delivery of reusable components as scriptable windows. Developers use Glue42's interop features to create components that can work together: Glue42 Window Management allows windows from different development teams to be stuck or tabbed together. Then Glue42's Activity function enables these windows to act and appear to the user as a single UI.
The Results
The bank's management team like Glue42 Enterprise because it delivers an environment in which users can work more effectively across all their tasks. The bank's users can now choose to add windows from any of their applications to personalised layouts used for different tasks. Glue also allows cornerstone applications such as Outlook, Excel and Word to be fully integrated, with real-time links, into these UIs. Glue42 Enterprise changed both the attitude of developers in the bank, as they broaden their vision of application delivery, and of the users, as they become accustomed to thinking about the functionality available, rather than thinking about the individual applications. The bank's new API framework has enabled the development of more than 37 new applications and over 100 application releases to date. The outcome of integration means time to market for new functionality and features has reduced by more than 50%. The project earned the bank the API Technology Product Of The Year 2017 award from The Banker.
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OK, so I realise that this is another sweet things post, but it is totally unavoidable being Easter and all...... How could I not do chocolate recipes today?! We've had such an amazing day today. We were blessed by beautiful weather, went to really special Church service, had a delicious lunch all together, got soaked washing cars, worked on the start of a butterfly garden AND made a ton of raw chocolate treats! I thought the girls would be tired out but they are still up giggling in their room as I type this!
We did two choccie recipes today, scrummy raw orange chocolate Easter eggs and some homemade coconutty peanut butter cups.
The first recipe, the chocolate eggs, we made from a raw chocolate kit that Nanny (my Mum) got the girls for Easter from 'Choc Chick' (Fabulous site- I recommend you check this out!). We stuck to their recipe that came with the kit, apart from adding some orange zest as the girls really like that combination. It was a nice activity for Fia and I to do together while Dorrie took a nap! You could purchase this kit online, or source the ingredients separately to make these.
The second recipe is one of my own, though there are quite a few healthy peanut butter cup recipes out there. There are no definite rules when it comes to peanut butter cups, you could use crunchy or smooth peanut butter, other nut butter fillings, ground almonds, dried berries, vanilla extract, coconut milk..... the list of possible ingredients is endless!
Raw Chocolate Easter Eggs
100g Raw cacao butter
6 tbsp raw cacao powder
4 tbsp sweet freedom syrup (you could also use maple syrup)
Zest of an orange
pinch of sea salt
Chocolate moulds of your choice
Melt the cacao butter in a bowl over a pan of water, which is on a low heat.
When it is melted (be patient, you don't want to use a high heat) add the cacao powder, orange zest, pinch of salt and sweet freedom syrup. Whisk this until smooth.
Pour into moulds and set in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Coconutty Peanut Butter Cups
80g raw cacao butter
10g virgin coconut oil
6 tbsp raw cacao powder or good quality cocoa powder
4 tbsp sweet freedom syrup or maple syrup
6 tbsp unsweetened dessicated coconut
3 tbsp unsweetened crunchy peanut butter with sea salt
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On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah Region, this evening sponsored the Souk Okaz in Taif Season.
The season is being held under the umbrella of Saudi Seasons, which is chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Chairman of the Council for Economic Affairs and Development.
His Highness was received at Souk Okaz by His Excellency Mr. Ahmed bin Aqeel al-Khatib, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage and Chairman of the Taif Season Committee, and His Excellency Mr. Saad Bin Moqbel Al-Maimouni, the Governor of Taif.
His Highness and the audience watched a visual presentation about the progress of Souk Okaz since its revival, followed by the operetta "Arab 501," which chronicles the origins of the market 1,500 years ago. The operetta featured creative images that embody an important chapter of Arab social, cultural and creative history, including the development of Arabic poetry through to the present day.
His Highness crowned the poet Mohammed Ibrahim Yaacoub from Saudi Arabia as winner of the Okaz poetry competition, with the prize of one million riyals. Abdullah Mohammed Obeid from Yemen took second place and received 500,000 riyals, while Shteiwi Azzam al-Ghaithi, also of Saudi Arabia, was awarded third place and 250,000 riyals.
The prince toured Souk Okaz, witnessing popular performances in the Arab Quarter, which features pavilions from 11 Arab countries, the historical market, the Knights of Okaz, the Okaz boys' area, the language and culture square and the music square. He saw how Okaz Avenue has been developed, along with how the area for productive families, restaurants and cafes have been enriched.
His Highness witnessed the remarkable development that has been achieved in Souk Okaz as one of the main events in the Saudi Seasons.
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DENVER — When Brian Hill, a 20-year-old blogger from North Carolina, posted on his Web site last December a photograph of an airport security officer conducting a pat-down, a legal battle was the last thing he imagined.
A month later, Mr. Hill received an e-mail from a reporter for The Las Vegas Sun who was looking into a Nevada company that files copyright lawsuits for newspapers. The e-mail informed Mr. Hill that he was one of those that the company, Righthaven, was suing. Though the airport photo had gone viral before Mr. Hill plucked it off the Web, it belonged to The Denver Post, where it first appeared on Nov. 18.
Mr. Hill took down the photo. He was too late. A summons was delivered to his house. The lawsuit sought statutory damages. It did not name a figure, but accused Mr. Hill of "willful" infringement, and under federal copyright law up to $150,000 can be awarded in such cases.
"I was shocked," Mr. Hill said. "I thought maybe it was a joke or something to scare me. I didn't know the picture was copyrighted."
Over the last year, as newspapers continue to grapple with how to protect their online content, Righthaven has filed more than 200 similar federal lawsuits in Colorado and Nevada over material posted without permission from The Denver Post or The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The company has business relationships with both newspapers. Like much of the industry, the papers see the appropriation of their work without permission as akin to theft and harmful to their business, and are frustrated by unsuccessful efforts to stem the common practice, whether it's by a one-man operation like Mr. Hill's, or an established one like Matt Drudge's.
Sara Glines, a vice president for the MediaNews Group, which owns The Denver Post, wrote in an e-mail that the pat-down photo had been used on more than 300 Web sites with no credit to The Post or the photographer.
"We have invested heavily in creating quality content in our markets," Ms. Glines wrote. "To allow others who have not shared in that investment to reap the benefit ultimately hurts our ability to continue to fund that investment at the same level."
Mark Hinueber, general counsel for Stephens Media, owner of The Review-Journal, echoed Ms. Glines's concerns, saying that cutting and pasting articles "steals the potential audience for our editorial material and traffic to our Web sites."
Some critics, however, contend that Righthaven's tactics are draconian, and that the company hopes to extract swift settlements before it is clear that there is a violation of federal copyright law. Typically, the suits have been filed without warning. Righthaven rarely sends out notices telling Web sites to take down material that does not belong to them before seeking damages and demanding forfeiture of the Web domain name.
Defendants in these cases run the gamut. They have included the white supremacist David Duke, the Democratic Party of Nevada and Mr. Drudge. But little known Web sites, nonprofit groups and so-called mom-and-pop bloggers — people who blog as a hobby — are not exempt from Righthaven's legal actions.
According to some Internet legal experts who have been watching the cases with growing interest, the way it works is simple: Righthaven finds newspaper material that has been republished on the Web — usually an article, excerpts or a photograph — and obtains the copyrights. Then, the company sues.
Whether the defendant credits the original author or removes the material after being sued matters little. None of the cases have gone to trial yet, and many have been settled out of court. In two instances, judges have ruled against Righthaven in pretrial motions. According to The Las Vegas Sun, which has tracked the cases, the only two publicly disclosed settlements were for $2,185 and $5,000.
In describing his company's approach, Steve Gibson, Righthaven's chief executive, said that there has been "voluminous, almost incalculable infringement" since the advent of the Internet and that years of warning people to take down copyrighted content had not worked. Newspapers, he said, needed a new way to address the problem of people appropriating their material without permission.
Eric Goldman, director of the high-tech law institute at the Santa Clara University School of Law, said reposting published material online could qualify as "fair use" if it didn't diminish the market value of the original. Other critics of the suits contend that reposting material for the purposes of discussion does not constitute infringement.
"Many of the defendants are ill-informed about copyright law," Mr. Goldman said. "They're not trying to compete with a newspaper. They just don't know the rules." Mr. Goldman informally advised a company that was sued by Righthaven and settled out of court.
In an amicus brief filed on behalf of the Media Bloggers Association regarding a Righthaven suit in Nevada, Marc J. Randazza, a lawyer specializing in First Amendment issues, accused the company of acquiring copyrights for the sole purpose of going after defendants who could not afford legal help.
"Nobody can seriously believe that Righthaven, which publishes nothing anywhere, has acquired the full ownership of the articles it sues upon," wrote Mr. Randazza, whose legal group recently filed motions to dismiss two other Righthaven cases, accusing the company of making fraudulent copyright claims.
Mr. Gibson denies that unwitting bloggers are a particular target and points to lawsuits like the one against Mr. Drudge. Righthaven accused Mr. Drudge of posting the airport pat-down photo on his Drudge Report Web site without permission. The suit was settled out of court, Mr. Gibson said."The harm of viewer diversion has been achieved whether it is being shown on Momandpop.com or Chicagotribune.com," he said. "If the accusation were true that we were just a purely greedy operation not advancing the interests of copyright law, then we wouldn't be addressing viewer diversion."
Ms. Glines said that MediaNews "reviewed every violation and only approved actions against sites that carried advertising and were not charities."
Rachel Bjorklund wishes she had been sent a simple e-mail rather than slapped with a lawsuit. A stay-at-home mother in Oregon, Ms. Bjorklund was sued by Righthaven in March after she posted the airport pat-down photo on her blog, thoughtsfromaconservativemom.com.
"My reaction was, 'Why didn't you just contact me and ask me to take it down?' That would have been no problem," said Ms. Bjorklund, who plans to challenge the suit.
Mr. Hill, who suffers from autism and diabetes and lives on disability checks with his mother, said at that at one point Righthaven had offered to settle for $6,000, but he refused. A Colorado lawyer, David Kerr, has been defending him pro bono.
A federal judge presiding over the case criticized Righthaven last month for using the courts to settle with defendants scared of the potential cost of litigation. Shortly after, Righthaven moved to voluntarily drop the suit, saying it had not been aware of Mr. Hill's health problems. But Righthaven also stated in court filings that a dismissal did not exonerate others it was suing and warned Mr. Hill against continuing to use copyrighted material.
Mr. Hill recently decided to revive his Web site, uswgo.com, where he posts links to various political articles and his own musings, which he had taken down after being sued. On the site, there is a notice explaining Mr. Hill's belief that material posted there, even without permission, constitutes fair use. This time, though, Mr. Hill said he's steering clear of any image or story that could cause him trouble with Righthaven.


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I'm usually better about doing an end-of-year accounting, but I failed this year. So I'm just going to post it a few days late.
I published another 20 patterns last year. And knit about 27 things. Not quite as stellar on the knitting as I have been in years past, but I think I'm keeping up with the pattern writing.
I've helped many knitters with my patterns and fielded a few who just struggled with my style of writing (you can't make everyone happy!). I taught classes at BlackSheep and the Ozark Fiber Fling. I applied for teaching jobs at several big venues and I'm so excited to be teaching at IOLI and the Shuttlebirds workshop next year. Cross your fingers for me because I may, MAY (it's really tentative) have the opportunity to teach at RHINEBECK!!! How amazing would that be?
I'm also writing patterns for TWO clubs for Knitting Boutique. I'm creating a separate sweater pattern for one of Dianna's other clubs. I'm in negotiations with KnitCrate for their sock kit in late summer. Oh, and I'm working on another book. I think the knitting thing is growing quite well. 🙂


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Case in point: the Hey Girl Ryan Gosling web meme, which takes pictures of the Drive and Blue Valentine star and inserts captions that always start off with "Hey girl," and end in campy, flirty hilarity written from Gosling's perspective. This particular meme has become so popular that it has sprouted spin-offs like Feminist Ryan Gosling and Hey Girl Teacher.
This is too much power for one mere mortal. Jesus is not amused.
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Its around this time of year that the words Chesil and Cod seem to go hand in hand with something close to hysteria breaking out amongst fishermen when going after these most iconic of fish. Here are wheretoseafish we are no different and are constantly checking weather, wind and tide reports well in advance looking for those breaks in the weather that give the best opportunity for catching. It often seems to be the way that the ideal fishing conditions fall perfectly on the days you are snowed under at work luckily we have a number of contributors to our site. In the last couple of weeks my friend Dave Barratt made the journey down to the mighty shingle in search of those often elusive fish with some cracking results.
There are a lot of people who will tell you that fishing in the evening and night are essential as the fish move closer to shore with the lower light levels. For the most part this is good advice but when there is colour in the water at Chesil you will find that even in the daytime the cod have no issues moving to within 20-50 yards of the beach, as you can see with Dave's fish these were all taken during the day.
With the large numbers of sprats, squid and mackerel as well as the return of the large whiting and pouting numbers the months of August and September are often seen as the best for targeting this brilliant fish. Bait and rigs seem to be less important in these months too with fish falling to black lug, blow lug, squid, ragworm, peeler crab or fish baits with most anglers choosing to fish fairly conventional Pennell style rigs adapted to fish at range.
As you can see from the photos there are some lovely fish coming off the shingle and now is certainly the best time to pack up the car and get down there. Both ends of the beach seem to be working well at the moment so there is plenty of room on the beach for the usual hoards that show up.
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A hidden gem in Montréal's downtown skyline, Auberge Les Bons Matins is an exceptional boutique hotel with a bohemian vibe near major Montréal attractions.
Bright décor with exposed brick, colourful artistic touches, comfortable furnishings and friendly service come together in this quaint auberge to create an authentic and homey B&B experience.
Oozing with European charm, Auberge Les Bons Matins is located in a splendid Victorian townhouse from the early 20th century with a touch of contemporary flair. Five categories of spacious rooms and suites, all appointed with colourful artwork and quality linens, luxurious bathrooms with jacuzzi tubs and wood-burning fireplaces, add to the romantic and rustic character of this popular inn.
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The line that defines a victim from an instigator can be very hard to recognize, but figuring out if that line even matters might even be a harder task.
In the news not terribly long ago was a story about a boy who was getting bullied at school because of his My Little Pony backpack. When this child tried to get help and stop his bullies, he was instead reprimanded for contributing to bullying by choosing to wear said backpack.
In other words, he was asking for it.
Let's say that this little boy just really, really liked his backpack and didn't understand why he was being picked on. It's absolutely horrible that school officials would punish him, and not the children bullying him.
But lets switch things up a bit. Let's say this little boy doesn't have any attachment to his My Little Pony backpack, and simply wore it because he knew these other kids would pick on him for it; he wanted to get them in trouble. Instead of being "the victim" in this case, he might more readily be considered an instigator.
To me, the most likely scenario falls in between: he liked his backpack, and when the other children picked on him, he didn't want to give into peer pressure, and continued to wear it.
While these three scenarios are only slightly different, the view of this little boy with a backpack changes how we think he should be treated. Should it? I'm not convinced either way, but I do know that he shouldn't have been punished. He has no control over how other children treat him – only they have control over their own actions. Even if he had no attachment to his backpack, these kids should still know better than to pick on another child.
If we think of this child as an "instigator", should he have been reprimanded for contributing to bullying or should the other children have been disciplined? Does someone being a "victim" and an "instigator" at the same time change how we should handle the situation? Have you ever been picked on my kids for something silly like this – what was it? Have you ever purposely done something just because others thought it was weird?


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OMG. I seriously cannot believe it. We listed our house for rent this week and within hours had several calls on the place. Our first showing was today, two young (as in their mid 20's) kids-brother and sister. Very clean cut and quite.
They came with their mom who was also well dressed and they were so polite and very interested in fact they were afraid we would give it to someone else. All this to say I think they will be good renters, pay on time (I think mommy and daddy with be helping out-which is ALWAYS nice) and take care of our house.
You really can tell a lot about a person from the first meeting.
Not only that but they want to move in right away. We were hoping to get some work done before people moved in, just small stuff here and there and remodeling the last bathroom but they were totally cool with us doing the work while they are living here. Meaning we will have one or two months of rent we were not anticipating.
I can't believe how well this turned out for us and just proves prayer really does work (because we have been doing a lot of that lately). I do believe God paved the path for us today making it a little smoother journey as we go through this rough time. This is the first time I truly feel good about our whole situation.
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Embroidered this on our way home from southern illinois today….inspired by one of milo's favorite songs!
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This is another thing I saw floating around on pinterest. I asked a few weeks ago where to get cute little knobs like this, and everyone said "hobby lobby." There really isn't one in the city, so I just kind of shrugged it off. Well, when we ended up in southern illinois this week, I remembered there was a hobby lobby in carbondale. So off we went, and everyone was right. THAT sure is where you go for cute little knobs! AND they were on sale this week for 50% off. I got six knobs for around $1.50 a piece. My uncle found some wood in his garage that worked, and helped me with the drilling. And just like that – for under $10, I made my own jewelry organizer.
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89. wicket.
We're a little star wars crazy over here. I saw something like this on the internet, and made my own version. I used an old shirt, left over from the bunting project, and felt pieces, then embroidered it into place.
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88. shooting stars.
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87. felt monster.
85. buttercup bags.
I took a class at the needle shop a while back to learn how to make these buttercup bags. Right after the class I cut a bunch of pieces out to make a few more. Today I finally put those pieces together and finished up two of them.
84. teddy bear toast.
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83. easter hand puppet.
This is a super easy, hand-sewn, felt hand puppet that I made for Milo's easter basket. Original post and directions found here.
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Tags: bunny, diy, easter, felt, hand sewing, handmade, orange, rabbit, sewing
82. frozen chocolate and peanut butter banana bites.
Chocolate, peanut butter and banana. Three of my favorite things. I've seen variations on pinterest, so I figured I'd take a stab at these. They looked pretty simple….and they are…except I can't for the life of me ever figure out how to get chocolate to melt and be all spread-y and thin and nice. One of the recipes said to add milk; I know from the past anytime I do this, my milk gets hard and clumpy. So I did it anyway, and sure enough, that batch was ruined. I tried adding a little earth balance to that batch to make it thinner, but it was a lost cause.
To make these all I did was chop up a banana, spread some peanut butter on each piece, melt some chocolate (just melted it and worked with it – was kind of thick, so it was messy and hard to work with towards the end, which is why these are NOT pretty), and then dipped them in the chocolate. Put them in the freezer and now they are ready to go.
These will make a great after-dinner treat!
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will the ZEN tool kit be updated for ver 6.5.
The new app distribution rules are not recognised within the existing tool kit.
Benchmarks for NAL startup?
Just wondering what a "normal" or "expected" amount of time for the NAL to startup under Windows 2000/XP would be? I am working with v6.5, and I understand that the startup time is directly effected by the amount of application associations the user has, but have there ever been any posted benchmarks for NAL startup performance?
Wrong start date with appcreat
I did a batch to create an application package from AOT, with appcreat, that was previousely converted from an AXT file...
The [Application Schedule] section shows Type=Start Stop Start Date=2005/8/1 Stop Date=2005/10/1
Once the application is imported in NDS, I Edit the package and it shows a month later for start and stop date in the schedule tab.
Any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
Nal startup
It will depend on a lot of factors, but I would regard anything over one minute excessive.


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NYSDEC Denies Water Permits for Northern Access Pipeline
Albany, NY — Nearing midnight on Friday's deadline to make an official decision regarding permits for the controversial Northern Access Pipeline, New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the proposed pipeline failed to comply with state and federal water-quality standards. This decision follows opposition from nearly 150 organizations across the state, as well as three heavily attended public hearings and more than 5,700 public comments. Residents and environmental advocates expressed concerns over adverse impacts to air and water quality, ecology, tourism, and property values among other issues, many of which were echoed in the DEC's 13-page denial.
Northern Access would have transported gas from fracking fields in northwest Pennsylvania through Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara counties, eventually into Canada. The high-pressure pipeline would have moved half a billion cubic feet of gas per day, running counter to DEC's commitments to conservation, as well as Governor Cuomo's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the use of fracked gas.
"Governor Cuomo's rejection of the Northern Access Pipeline continues unparalleled national leadership in thwarting harmful gas infrastructure projects that threaten irreplaceable water resources and the stability of our climate. This project was identical in scope and impact to the Constitution Pipeline that Cuomo rejected a year ago. The water quality certification denials for the two pipelines together represent a precedent that is a strong counter to Trump's anti-environmental agenda, which seeks to lift all barriers to new fossil fuel infrastructure development." Roger Downs, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Conservation Director.
In its denial, the DEC stated that the project would cross an unacceptable number of streams and wetlands and cause far too much damage to the local environment. It stated that the pipeline would damage more than 70 acres of wetlands, some permanently; it would likewise cause harm to significant animal species, including brown and rainbow trout. DEC further stated that "the Project fails to avoid or adequately mitigate adverse impacts to water quality" and "causes a negative cumulative effect on water quality to that watershed or basin." DEC went so far as to note that National Fuel, the company behind the pipeline, did not try to avoid harm where possible.
Lia Oprea, a local landowner facing eminent domain for the export project, said, "the decision by the DEC renews our family's faith and our rural Western New York neighbors' faith in local action. It feels as if a tide is turning in the right direction and our voices are finally being heard. When a fuel company comes to you with threats to condemn your fourth-generation farmland under eminent domain for a pipeline right-of-way, it can be very intimidating. It has been a long fight. You don't get much sleep when your land, your livelihood, your heritage and your future is on the line. Every day, I hike through our fields and woods down to Cattaraugus Creek. which borders the farm that has been in our family for over 100 years. Our neighbors and I couldn't live with a pipeline tearing through this. Now, thanks to the DEC, we don't have to."
Regarding Friday's decision, Joe Schueckler of Cuba, NY, said, "I'm very happy about it. I am a little concerned that an appeal may find a different decision. But we're going to continue to be against the Northern Access Pipeline on environmental grounds, and against National Fuel Gas taking advantage of people and misleading them. Joe and his wife, Theresa, never wanted National Fuel to cut through the land they've managed for over 50 years. "They say it's going to benefit people in Western New York but it seems to me they're gonna put it on the open market through Canada. And all of that is going to raise the price of gas. Ultimately, I think the DEC made the right decision."
Diana Strablow, an organizer with the Sierra Club Niagara Group said, "We applaud Governor Cuomo and DEC's decision to do the right thing in denying this pipeline. The temporary construction jobs the project would have created were not worth the price our climate, our waters and the health, safety and well-being of our residents would have to pay, now and in future generations. We stand ready to support labor union jobs that protect our air and water and ramp up our renewable energy sector. We should not have to choose between good paying jobs and a sustainable future. We need a just transition from fossil fuels that takes care of workers and provides a healthy, liveable environment."
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency that oversees interstate natural gas pipelines, dismissed landowner objections and issued its final approval of the Northern Access project in February. That allowed National Fuel to petition a federal judge for eminent domain condemnation of properties whose owners have refused to sign contracts. National Fuel chose to file court papers early last week, in advance of DEC's April 7 deadline. Landowners like the Schueklers have cried foul since the gas is not intended for local use, making this a matter of private profit rather than public need.
Joe Gibson, Western New York community organizer with Clean Air Council said, "I'm glad that Cuomo and the DEC didn't heel to National Fuel. The denial of this pipeline following that of the Constitution Pipeline last year says to me that the governor won't allow destructive fracked-gas pipelines through our state anymore. I hope he continues to stop the buildup of all fracked-gas infrastructure across the state."
As of this writing, it is unknown whether National Fuel will move forward with eminent domain proceedings against landowners who refused to sign contracts allowing the 24-inch gas pipeline to cross their properties. Opponents of the pipeline and of the unjust use of eminent domain hope that National Fuel will withdraw the lawsuit, considering the state has denied its proposal to build the pipeline.
Landowners available for comment:
Lia Oprea: 310-770-3288
Jim & Gail Mangus: 716-877-0997
Russell & Darlene Vacinek: 716-982-2788
Joe & Theresa Schueckler: 585-933-8098
Diana Strablow, Sierra Club Niagara Group: (716) 523-4446
Joseph Gibson, Clean Air Council: (716) 444-6427
Lia Oprea, landowner facing eminent domain: (310) 770-3288
DEC denial letter: http://tinyurl.com/nysdec-nonapl


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Lacy Bean wrote me an email! I know the smartest Pekingese. Here's what she said.Dear Miss Linda,
Let me tell you about the great discovery Mr. Winks and I made. We hadn't had power for awhile. Mommy and Daddy were making sure we stayed cool, and comfortable. They even gave us frozen pumpkin treats (Daddy was smart and got a generator a few years ago just in case, and he hooked up the refrigerator).... Whoops, I got side tracked.We went out to play in the morning before it got way too hot and you wouldn't believe what we found. A TURTLE! (Whoops, same picture twice-- my blogging skills are lacking here!)
Mr. Winks and I just didn't know what to make of it. We sniffed and walked around it. It didn't move so I guess it just wasn't interested in playing with us.Then, just as we walked away a bit, that rascal of a turtle popped his head out. Maybe, he really DID want to play. We went back over and poof! He head went away. They don't run fast like the bunnies and the squirrels we chase. It was exciting though. Then, Daddy decided that the turtle needed to get back to his family and he took it to the other side of the fence. We hope the turtle comes back to play.By the way, Lafite thought the turtle was boring. He didn't even bother to come and see it. I bet since he is older than us, he was thinking those younger ones getting all excited about a turtle and he just sat and watched.
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Nastel Technologies, a global provider of enterprise-grade IT operations analytics and application performance monitoring (APM) solutions, has expanded its footprint inside the technology delivery arm of one of world's largest healthcare services providers.
According to Peter Ohrenberger, sales director at Nastel, "We've replaced an existing monitoring solution because our client required enterprise-wide support of middleware messaging spanning both mainframe and distributed systems, plus open source messaging initiative with ActiveMQ—among other capabilities. Our client's concerns revolved around making sure more than 1,000 application developers had secured access to middleware messaging services, and more than 20 key administrators maintained tight control over their mainframe and distributed systems platforms—the latter hundreds of mission-critical servers."
Nastel's installed solutions, consisting of AutoPilot for MQ Distributed, ActiveMQ Distributed, and APOD (AutoPilot On-Demand, supporting mainframes and distributed systems), combine to provide the visibility and diagnostics on MQ objects and messages—plus full pro-active MQ monitoring capabilities—needed to detect and resolve production problems quickly before end users and business applications are affected.
The firm's deployment of AutoPilot On-Demand provides DevOps and IT Ops teams with powerful browser-based middleware diagnostics. More than 1,000 users employ APOD to quickly diagnose middleware-related problems and provide secure self-service functions for developers and business units that need visibility into the behavior and performance of applications running in the firm's IBM MQ environment.
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Walnut Capital, the developer of the Bakery Square projects in Larimer and Shadyside, is proposing the construction of 352 market-rate apartments within the Pittsburgh Technology Center along Second Avenue in the city's Oakland neighborhood.
Called Technology Center Living, the project is the result of a request for proposals issued by the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority for the development of a four-acre parcel within the office park. According to the Pittsburgh Business Times, the URA has recently entered into exclusive negotiations to sell the land to Walnut Capital for an appraised value of $1.415 million.
If approved, the new apartment community will also offer a variety of amenities, including integral parking for vehicles and bicycles, an outdoor swimming pool, sports courts and a sun deck.
Todd Reidbord, Walnut Capital president, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he got the idea of building apartments at the site during his morning jogs along the trails in the area. He also cited the attractiveness of the project's location, close to Downtown, Oakland and the South Side.
The developer expects to complete the new development in two phases. Construction on the first of two six-story buildings should begin in December and be complete by June 2017.
The URA-owned Pittsburgh Technology Center is a suburban-style office park built on the site of the former Jones & Laughlin Hot Mill along the Monongahela riverfront. The project emerged as one of the first major riverfront brownfield redevelopments in the city; it covers about 48 acres of land where it hosts offices, along with research facilities and laboratories belonging to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
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Never claimed to have understood Hinduism completely, but Rahul can: Modi
New Delhi, Dec 3: Hitting back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for asking what kind of Hindu Narendra Modi is, the Prime Minister on Monday said that Hinduism so vast that no one can claim to have understood it completely. Modi, speaking at a rally in poll-bound Rajasthan's Jodhpur, said that he never claimed that he has thorough knowledge of Hinduism, but "Naamdar can".
PM Modi often refers to Rahul Gandhi as 'Naamdar' which in hindi means a dynast. Rahul, had last week, alleged that PM Modi doesn't understand the foundation of Hinduism.
PM Modi addressing rally in Jodhpur
Modi today said that even the ancient sages never claimed that they understood Hinduism fully. Hindusism is so vast theat no sigle person can understand it completely, Modi said.
"Iss gyaan ka bhandaar mere paas hai main aisa daawa kabhi nahi kar sakta,naamdar kar sakte hain (I can never claim that that i have vast knowlege of this (Hindusism), but namdaar can)," he quipped. (Image credit - ANI/Twitter)
Crowd at PM Modi's rally in Jodhpur
He asked if people of Rajasthan would cast their votes on the the issue of Modi's knowledge of Hinduism or the real issues concerning them?
Religion personal matter, not inheritance of political party: Jyotiraditya Scindia
"Rajasthan mein iske mudde pe vote daalna hai kya? Rajasthan ko bijli, paani, sadak ke liye vote chahiye ki Modi ko Hindu ka gyaan hai ya nahi uspe vote chahiye? (Will Rajasthan vote on this issue or on the issue of electricities roads etc?)," Modi said in Jaipur. (Image credit - ANI/Twitter)
Congress president Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not understand the foundation of Hinduism.
"What is the essence of Hinduism? What does the Gita say? That knowledge is with everybody... Knowledge is all around you. Every living being has knowledge," Gandhi said at an interactive session in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Congress which questioned existence of Lord Ram now talking about Hinduism: Smriti Irani
Targeting Modi on demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Gandhi said the prime minister had a confusion that people in the world do not know anything and he had a sense that all knowledge came from his mind.
BJP president Amit Shah
Soon after his comments, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah gave a sharp reaction while addressing an election rally in Balotara town of Barmer district.
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The main aim of this report is to provide a brief description of the hospitality industry in UK along with its size, scope and diversity in order to convince the panel of potential investors to invest in the hospitality industry. My management consultancy firm was asked to produce a formal report focussing on the foreign business people to help them to decide whether to invest or not in particular sector of the industry for the coming London 2012 Olympic games. It will provide them a brief description of different ownership styles, management styles as well as organisational structure of several different sectors of the hospitality industry. Moreover, it will also provide the detail analysis of current trends, issues and recent developments within the industry. There are different sectors in the hospitality industry like hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars, contract catering, casinos etc. The particular sector that I am going to focus is the accommodation sector i.e. hotel and I am presenting the ideas that i have generated while doing the research.
Executive Summary…………………………………………2
Definition of hospitality industry……………………………4
Scale, scope and diversity……………………………………5
Organisational Structure……………………………………..6
Contemporary issues…………………………………………7
Changes in last 20 years………………………………………8
Current trends…………………………………………………9
Definition of hospitality industry
Hospitality industry is a very broad industry. It is not always easy to define the hospitality industry. There are different criteria of defining it. One of the ways of defining hospitality industry is by using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) which was founded in United Kingdom in 1948."It defined the hospitality industry under the 1968 classification, as Establishments (whether or not licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors) providing meals, light refreshments, drink or accommodation". (Jones, 2002).Hospitality industry is defined as" hotel, motels, inns or such businesses that provides transitional or short-term lodging, with or without food."(Businessdictionary.com). Both definitions suggest that hospitality industry is the industry which provides food and accommodation to the guest. Hospitality industry is made up of two distinct services- provision of overnight accommodation for people staying away from home, and the provision of sustenance for people eating away from home or not preparing their own meals." (Jones, 2002).
"British Hospitality: Trends & Developments 2010 which was published today has revealed that, despite the recession, the UK hotel industry is continuing to expand, with over 10,400 rooms opening in 2010 and a further 43,000 planned for the period 2011-2015."(British Hospitality Association,14/11/2010).The hotel industry is flourishing every year. Moreover, the tourist coming to the UK especially London is never stopping."The amount spent by overseas visitors to the UK rose by 15.9% during July 2010 to £1.96b, compared with £1.69b during the same month of 2009, according to the Government's latest Overseas Travel and Tourism figures. The number of overseas visits to the UK increased by 4.9% to 3.24 million during this period, compared with 3.1 million in July 2010."(Caterersearch.com).By looking at the figures above we can say that it is secure and safe to invest in the hotel industry.
There are various sectors in the accommodation where businessman can invest. They can invest in different types of chain hotels, business and conference hotel, budget hotels, boutique hotels, motels, lodges etc. They can invest in the existing property or build up hotels by themselves. If they invest in chain and popular hotels they may save the time and money for the advertisements and promotions. Budget hotels are also getting popular nowadays because of the low disposable income. People want to spend less money and get good facilities and service. Moreover, they can also construct a new hotel by themselves where they can be the sole owner and can have control over the profit and loss of the business. Business people can also buy the franchising license or do the management contracting.
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Scale, scope and diversity
The hospitality is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world." There are just over 46,000 hotels and guest houses in the UK, and the hotel industry remains a significant sector of the economy, with an annual turnover of around £40billion (Trends & Statistics, 2008, British Hospitality Association)."" The industry is made up of about 127,000 properties and employs a workforce of 1.6 million people." (British Hospitality Association) It is very large and diverse industry. It is the third largest sector that provides employment.
The scope of the UK hospitality industry is very big. There are different commercial sector like hotels, restaurants, fast food outlets, takeaways, motels, hostels, pubs, clubs etc whereas the welfare sector like educational institutions, halls of residence, hospitals, old age homes, prisons etc. Many tourists are coming to the country every year as the London is popular city around the world. We can find many big hotels in London in order to accommodate large no. of tourists every night. Therefore large no. of workforce is required in order to run such hotels which create millions of jobs.
The hospitality industry is very diverse due to the innovation, ownership, classification and grading system, level of service, leisure facilities, future trends etc. There are different types of hotel which provide standard services to the guest. The hotel now not only provide the food and accommodation but also provides facilities like internet, gymnasium, swimming pool, sauna bath, Jacuzzi, night clubs, shops, hair and beauty salons, laundry, car parking, conference and meeting rooms etc. The ownership and classification of hotel grading system also make it diverse. There are different type of ownership and management style like sole owner, partnership, public limited company and private limited company. The grading system of hotel by rating with stars from 1 to 5 level according to the level of service they provide to their guest.
Food service is also one of the important facilities provided by the hotel. The facilities provided by the hotel depend upon the type of the hotel. There are one or many restaurants in a hotel. The restaurant provides different type of facilities like ala carte menu, buffet service, bar menu, catered service, room service etc. Nowadays we can usually find a restaurant in every hotel. Thus, food service is one of the important sectors of the hotel industry.
Another important sector of the hotel industry is entertainment. Different types of guest come to the hotel some of them are business people, leisure guest, holiday makers etc .Leisure guest and holiday makers are travelling fully for the purpose of entertainment. They want to utilise their holidays and enjoy a lot. Therefore, the hotel should provide entertainment facilities like night clubs, gymnasium, bars, themed parties, casinos, swimming pools, sauna and Jacuzzi, sports facilities etc. They should arrange the indoor activities so that the guests don't need to go outside searching such facilities.
Organisational Structure
Organisational structure is the relationship between the people and different departments of an organisation. "Organisational structure is a formal system of job relationship that coordinates employees to achieve a company's goals." (Definition of Organisational Structure/eHow.com). "An organisational structure defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated." (Robbins, 2003, p. 425)
Different organisations have different organisational structure. Some organisations have tall structure whereas some have flat structures. Tall organisational structure is in mainly found in large organisations such as hotels which consists of different levels of staff from the managers to the workers whereas the flat organisational structure do not have many level of staff. For e.g. in a flat structure of a restaurant an owner can be the manager and the chef as well. The organisation is divided in two different parts front of the house and the back of the house. Front of the house are the departments like food and beverage, accommodation, conference and banqueting etc whereas back of the house are the departments like finance , food preparation areas, and the areas not seen by the guest.
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In the accommodation sector you can find different types of ownership and the structure. Mostly two types of ownership are popular in the hospitality industry. They are sole ownership or the franchised. Sole ownership means opening hotel by you without taking any financial help from other except loans. The advantage of this type of organisation is that the owner have sole access to the profit and can make the hotel according to his ideas and concepts whereas the disadvantage is that you have to bear all the losses of the business and may not have full support as those of chain hotels. In this type of ownership the owner will have direct control over the business.
The hotel can be chain hotel or franchised and it can also be the partnership or limited companies. You can directly own a hotel in the chain or can get it be franchised. You can invest in a chain hotel where you can be a part of renowned chain whereas in franchise system of ownership you need to pay the franchisor a royalty fee in order to operate the business. In this type of ownership one can save the expense of marketing and promotions as it is already well known by the public. Moreover you will be also less affected by ups and downs in the business as you are part of a chain.
Both of the above mentioned ownership and management style is popular in the hotel industry. The solely owned hotel should be more promoted in the market as everybody does not know more about the hotel. They should try to be unique by offering wide range and standard services so that guest would be lured to come back again and refer it to other guests. On the other hand the chain hotel should try to maintain their standards as compared to the other chain hotels so that the guest would feel the same standard of service like in any other chain hotel.
Contemporary issues
Contemporary issues are the issues in relevance to the present time. The hospitality industry is facing many contemporary issues in today's world. There are lot of managerial and operational issue in the hospitality industry. Some of the operating issues are standard operating procedure, food and safety, employee expectations, flexible working, socio- cultural issues, recruitment and retention, e-commerce etc whereas the managerial issue are key players in the hospitality industry, international aspects, marketing considerations, education and training providers, media issues etc.
One of the important managerial issues in the accommodation sector is to identify the key players in the industry. There are lot of big brands who are leading in the market. So, you need to identify who are the key players and see how they manage their organisation in order to achieve their goals and objectives. Therefore, in order to remain competitive with such organisations you need to focus on the marketing strategy and providing good service to the guest. You should monitor the things happening around the organisation and should manage the staff properly in order to increase the level of output. Today's world is filled with competition so in order to be stable in the challenging world you should try to focus on the staff management because if the staff is happy then only the organisation can achieve their goal. The guest judge the hotel by the level of service they provide and the facilities they offer so it is very important to provide quality of service to the guest.
The operational issue should also be taken into consideration in order to have an effective organisation. One of the most important operational issues in the accommodation sector is employee expectations. Staffs are the person responsible for the smooth operations of an organisation. Employee has lots of expectations from the management. They expect to receive their performance appraisal from their manager, to get trainings for their career development and growth, flexible working hours, good communication etc. They also want to have promotions and recognition for their hard work. So, it is an important contemporary issue. Therefore, for an organisation to be successful it needs to address the employee expectations.
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Case study Ritz Carlton Hotel
"The Ritz–Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. was established in 1983 with the purchase of the Ritz-Carlton, Boston and the rights to the name "Ritz-Carlton". The standards of service, dining and facilities of this Boston landmark serve as a benchmark for all Ritz-Carlton Hotel and resorts worldwide." (Case Study of Ritz Carlton) Ritz Carlton is one of the best hotels in the world. Training is also one of the important employee expectations. Employee expects training programs from the employer in order to develop their career and get promotions in the near future. Ritz Carlton provides training to the employee in a systematic way. Firstly they analyse training needs, design training programs, develop training resources, implement training activities and evaluate training results. In this way they help the employee to develop their potential. The Ritz Carlton hotel has the lowest turnover rate as the employee expectations are met to the maximum extent.
Another important operational issue in the accommodation sector is the standard operating procedure." A standard operating procedure is a companywide formalised structure to handle specific operational activities." (operating procedure from ibis) .It helps to improve the quality and the speed of a particular operational procedure. For example booking of hotels can be done through internet. It will be easy for the guest to book the room on internet. They don't need to waste their time by calling the hotel and asking the receptionist for all the details. It is will be also easy for them if they need to make any changes for their booking. Moreover, the receptionists also can utilise their time by doing other important work instead of handling the telephone calls. She can utilise that time by doing other important paperwork.
Changes in last 20 years
There have been tremendous changes in the accommodation sector in last 20 years. People have started spending more money in leisure travel and holidays. The innovation of budget airlines was also the main cause of people travelling from one place to another. It was very cheap to fly from one country to other. Moreover, the budget hotel also came into existence which provided facilities to the guest in cheaper rate. So, due to high disposable income people started to spend more money in the hospitality industry as a result of which it flourished significantly. The system of annual holidays also came into existence which gave people more time to spend holidays outside their country. The e-commerce was also introduced where people can book the hotel rooms through internet and make any changes in their bookings. They could find the information of the hotels and can choose the appropriate one. There was also the growth of large chain hotels and hospitality companies all across the world. There was emergence of quick service restaurants and the contract caterers such as garner merchant and compass. Moreover the big companies continue to become even larger through merger and acquisition. These all factors contributed to the significant changes in the hospitality industry.
Current trends
There are various current trends present in the accommodation sector. People have been much conscious about their health as a result of which they are attracted to healthy eating or the organic food. Innovations in technology are also one of the current trends. Due to inventions of new technologies the life of people has become easier. The term globalisation has also created an impact upon the hospitality industry where people are thinking in the term of expanding their business all around the world like Accor groups. They are opening their hotel branches in most of the countries. Not only Accor most of the leading hospitality brands are expanding their business all around the world. Consumer spending is also one of the current trends. People are tending to spent more money as they have high level of disposable income. Making bookings through the website reservations is also the trend that contributes to flourish the hospitality industry. People can easily book the rooms in the hotels. The current trends have positive impact upon the hospitality industry.
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The hospitality industry is composed of two factors. They are accommodation and sustenance. Accommodation is one of the important sectors of the hospitality industry. Millions of tourists come to London every year. So thousands of rooms are required to accommodate such tourists. Therefore, it is price worthy to invest in the accommodation sector. Moreover, the 2010 Olympics is also coming nearer which means large number of tourists will be coming to this place. As a result they need to build more hotels for the tourists. So the business people can invest in this sector which would be more fruitful.
On the other hand there are various contemporary issues facing the accommodation sector. We need to address the operational and managerial issues as soon as possible for the smooth functioning of the organisation. Managerial and operation issues are equally important and need to be solved as it may hamper the development of the organisation. Thus, the accommodation sector is a very important sector of the hospitality industry therefore it needs to get updated with the current trends going on in the modern world in order to be successful.


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The interesting part of this Info World article is that it doesn't come out and say that the reason for data center growth is that since #cloud is growing, cloud providers need more infrastructure.
Based on that fact, the growth of data centers will never slow, not in 10 years or 20 years or 50 years.
The other premise is that data center leases are holding back companies from migrating.
If the financials are correct, migration will occur. In fact, many enterprises are looking to decrease costs by moving application processing to less expensive processing centers, their own, hosted or cloud.
Also, another component of cloud growth (and subsequent cloud infrastructure growth) is that SMBs are taking advantage of SaaS offerings which put them on par with larger enterprises.
So in fact, the adoption of cloud results in data center growth since cloud adoption is really about moving your data processing infrastructure to someone else's data center.
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285 Dogs Are Out and Never Looking Back
This is why we always encourage you guys to report, report, report animal cruelty! Thanks to the complaints of folks looking to purchase dogs, a puppy mill was busted today in White County, Tennessee, where the ASPCA seized 285 dogs this morning from miserable conditions. From Their Press Release:
"The dogs are small breeds under 20 pounds and include Boston and Jack Russell terriers, Pomeranians, shih Tzus, Chihuahuas, poodles, miniature pinschers and schnauzers. According to Dr. Melinda Merck, the ASPCA's Senior Director of Veterinary Forensics, the dogs are suffering from a general lack of husbandry, such as little to no food or water, lack of proper ventilation in enclosed areas, and feces encrusted pens. Conditions such as matting, sores, mange, poor teeth, abscesses, and a host of other medical conditions are prevalent."
We're thrilled that the dogs are now getting the TLC and medical care they deserved all along. Special shoutout to the White County Sheriff's Department of Tennessee, who requested our assistance and gave us the authority to investigate. So that's great for the dogs, but what about the puppy mill? The ASPCA is evaluating the dogs found at the site and collecting evidence for the prosecution of the criminal case.
|Before your report cruelty, be sure to gather as much information as you can to help the authorities investigate. If you have evidence—photos, videos, etc.—even better!


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You lovelies know how much I adore Fyrinnae (so amazing!). Well, they've just released some new eyeshadow and Lip Lustre shades that are so fabulous! I was really sick when they released and unfortunately the site is down at this moment, but if you can get your hands on them I highly suggest at least checking out some samples. They're not separated out on the site from what I can see, but in the descriptions they're marked as Halloween 2011.
They are NOT limited edition, so even if you have to wait a while to purchase yours don't feel as though you'll miss out completely!
From what I can tell the new shadow shades are:
- Arcane Magic: Alchemist's Curse - pink on black shifting to gold and green
- Arcane Magic: Are you my mummy? - emerald green shifting to aqua and pink
- Arcane Magic: Bride Of Frankenstein - blue with subtle turquoise shifting to aqua with subtle pink over blue base
- Arcane Magic: Raven's Prophecy - black with lime and blue glitter shifting to pink and turquoise glitter
- Arcane Magic: Steampunk (remake of old shade) - deep copper on black base with gold glitter and subtle pink shifting to gold and chartreuse
- Arcane Magic: Wake Not the Dead - orchid purple base with gold, green and blue sparkles shifting to pink-purple
- Book of the Dead - slightly antiqued gold with flashes of multi-colors
- Dorian Gray (character from one of my favorite books of all time) - metallic pewter over black base with subtle blue sparkle
- Purgatory - slightly metallic red over black base
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The below excerpts are from C. Christine Fair's working paper "Has the Pakistan Army Islamized? What the Data Suggest" which can be downloaded here. The paper is short and readable. I am just excerpting some of the parts that stood out for me.
U.S. analysts talk about "beard counts" at the graduation ceremonies at the National Defense University and they keep track of officers who are presumed to have "Islamist" credentials, fearing that they may be the mastermind of the next insidious terror attack against India, or a purveyor of nuclear technology to terrorists, among other nightmare scenarios.
Islam also bolsters the army's will to fight by debasing and demeaning the enemy. During the civil war of 1971, the Commander-in-Chief and President of Pakistan, Yahya Khan, motivated his soldiers by declaring the Mukti Bahini (the Bengali guerillas) to be a ―kafir army against which the Pakistan army was waging a legitimate jihad. Brigadier Javed Hassan (who retired a Major General), while at the Faculty of Research and Doctrinal Studies (FORAD) at the Command and Staff College in Quetta, conducted and published a study titled India: A Study in Profile. It is now required reading at the National Defense University as well. In this volume, the author derides India by arguing that India is not a nation, characterizing India's past as having a ―total absence of any popular resistance against foreign domination and rule, denounces the Indians as "less warlike" attributes India's military failures to "racial" shortcomings,among other derogatory characteristics of Hindus and Hinduism. Of course, it needs to be stated that India has never lost a war with Pakistan.
Recent reporting suggests that Pakistan has a battalion of the Azad Kashmir Regiment in Bahrain, which was deployed in 2010 to train local troops. Pakistan also sends retired officers to augment Bahrain's military capabilities. Prime Minister Yousuf Gillani, in March of 2011, assured Bahrain's foreign minister that Pakistan would dispatch more retired manpower to quell the unrest by Bahrain's Shia majority against the Sunni rulers. This same report estimates that there are about 10,000 serving and retired Pakistani military personnel currently in Bahrain.


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2014 Rewind: Bollywood stars who dabbled in parallel vocations
Call it competition or a compelling need for creative kick, several B-Town celebs ventured into uncharted territories this year. We highlight some of them
If invention is propelled by necessity, reinvention is de rigueur. After all, it is the era of multi-tasking and cross-functionality — and Bollywood ain't willing to lag behind. That is precisely why we have a bunch of filmmakers and singers who can act, choreographers who don the director's hat, and actors who can make films or turn singers overnight. Be it for professional growth or personal satisfaction, several celebs continued the trend of jumping tracks in 2014. hitlist highlights some of them…
Calling the shots
Priyanka Chopra
Like most beauty queens, PeeCee also ventured into the realm of Hindi moviedom after winning the Miss World crown in 2000. A string of flops later, she established herself among the top-notch actresses and followed it up with music singles that were released worldwide. This year, she pushed the envelope by turning co-producer for Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Madamji'.
Shahid Kapoor
He joined the league of actors turning producers with Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Haider'. In fact, Shahid along with Vishal and UTV had equal stake in the film. But the actor decided to keep his new stint low-key by not taking credit officially
for it.
>> Shilpa Shetty saw her maiden project 'Dishkiyaoon' releasing this year. However, the film, set in the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld, failed to set the box office coffers ringing.
>> Anushka Sharma's debut production titled 'NH-10' went on the floors in January and was wrapped up by May. Though it was scheduled to release in September, it has been pushed to March next year.
Wrapping it up
Karan Johar
The filmmaker, who makes his acting debut with Anurag Kashyap's 'Bombay Velvet', indulged his passion for designing by launching a line of women wear for an international clothing brand. KJo had collaborated with designer Varun Bahl for a men's collection four years ago.
Sonam Kapoor
Billed as Bollywood's fashion icon, Sonam has quite recently turned stylist for dear cousin Arjun Kapoor for all public appearances for the promotions of his upcoming film.
Singing along
Shraddha Kapoor
Hailing from a family of music stalwarts, it was only natural for this young actress to dabble in the vocation sooner rather than later. She put her vocal cords to test with a duet with Ankit Tiwari for 'Ek Villain'. The song titled 'Galliyan' topped the music charts for several weeks. For those who are still guessing, Shraddha is the grand-niece of celebrated singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.
Alia Bhatt
When she stepped into Bollywood as the glamorous Shanaya in 'Student of the Year', some called it as a rather safe debut. But, she silenced her critics with her very next film, Imtiaz Ali's 'Highway'. Not only was she lauded for her acting chops but also for taking up the mic for the soulful 'Soona saha' track composed by none other than AR Rahman. Alia went back to the recording studio again for 'Main tenu samjhawan ki' ('Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'). The actress-singer added another feather to her cap by turning stylist for an online fashion retailer. Talk about being versatile!
Sonakshi Sinha
Though she confesses that her singing talent is confined only to the four walls of her bathroom, she has entered the actress-singer club with a party number for her upcoming film, 'Tevar'. The song has been recorded with Holland-based singer Imran Khan (of 'Amplifier' fame) and is trending on social media. But she has clarified that it was a one-off experience and that she isn't competing with Alia or Shraddha. What's more, Shruti Hassan, who will be seen in an item song in the film, has sung a romantic song for Sona. Earlier this year, the 'Dabangg' girl crooned a few lines for the sequel of Hollywood animation film, 'Rio'.
Facing the camera
Kunal Kohli
Having worked with the likes of Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, the filmmaker decided not to scout for actors for his next project, 'Phir Se'. He cast himself in it opposite telly actress Jennifer Winget. However, the film has run into a hurdle following plagiarism charges levelled against him by writer Jyoti Kapoor.
Mahesh Bhatt
The filmmaker, who took sanyaas from direction many years ago, was signed on to play a Buddhist monk in Mukul Misra's directorial debut, 'Siddhartha'. Bhatt made it official on social media in May when he posted: "Stepping into the frame of silence." It is to be seen if he goes bald or uses prosthetics for his role.
>> Honey Singh made his acting debut with a small negative role in 'The Xpose' starring Himesh Reshammiya and Sonali Raut.
>> Monali Thakur showed her acting prowess as a child prostitute in Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Lakshmi', which released this year.
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text: Naya heading back to school, taking her meds, making sure she is hydrated and of course a gorgeous, generous smile! She wouldn't let us take a picture of her outside the car at school. That wouldn't be cool at all after all, so we had to snap this one on the drive. In addition to focusing on learning, having fun, socializing, she also has to stay on top of her hydration and nutrition or else she will slip behind and it will be hard for her to catch up. So on top of all the normal aspects of the first day of school, of course, she has a few more details to keep in order. Go and Fight Like a Girl!