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As I look for documentation, I see no solid evidence of when this wacky holiday started or who started it. Today we celebrate (I say that tongue in cheek) CHAOS NEVER DIES DAY!!!
What are we afraid of, as humans? Chaos. The outsider… We're terrified of disruption. We're afraid that somebody's going to steal our mushrooms in the checkout line. – Stephen King
There's no doubt that life in general is messy and busy, but I suppose that keeps us from getting bored with it. Chaos has a purpose – to make us stronger. There's not much control over the degree of chaos outside your own home to be sure, but within the walls of your home, you most definitely have some control (even though you may not believe you do).
With the Thanksgiving and Christmas season fast approaching, we should use this day to practice for even more hectic days to come. There is definitely a fair amount of chaos in the world and every time we walk out the door of the sanctuary of our home we should pray that God will help us navigate it with some clarity of thought. Let's not forget – God is NOT the author of confusion.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. – 1 Corinthians 14:33
Chaos and confusion does not need to rule the day in our own homes. With God's help we can have a calm and peaceful oasis. It's a choice we make as a family, just as love in a family is a choice.
Here's a little refresher course about the color wheel:
Of course, choosing the right colors to invoke a sense of calm in your living space is only part of the solution. The bulk of the work is done psychologically and spiritually. Invite God into your plans and watch how He will work in your family.
The most difficult circumstance is when a couple is unequally yoked. In other words, one partner has accepted Christ as their personal Savior and the other partner has not. That is the kind of chaos that really does seem to never end. Keep praying for your spouse and don't give up. My girlfriend actually printed off the Sinner's Prayer and framed it (beautifully) and hung it in the entryway of her house. I'm not suggesting you do that, but eventually her husband of over twenty years asked her about the prayer, she was able to share her faith, and her husband came to a saving knowledge of Christ. They have enjoyed a lovely, chaos-free home ever since.
Lord Jesus, I want to know You personally. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life to You and ask You to come in as my Saviour and Lord. Take control of my life. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. In Your Name I pray, Amen.
God has given each of us free will. That means we have a choice in what we accept and what we reject in life. If something (or dare I say it – someone) is causing you enormous stress, pray about it and let it (or them) go if you need to. ❤


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(Aurora Australis Records)
There isn't much information floating around on the internet about Australia's WITHER, but from what I managed to find, it seems like this is a one man depressive, sad, gloomy adventure. Having released a split 12" with Germany's Funeral Doom ensemble WORSHIP they apparently put their name on the map and I've read a couple ecstatic responses about it, but those were probably from Gothic teenagers turning into Metal and still struggling to find out who they really are or want to be. In any case, most of such music nowadays is described with prefix "post", which is very helpful, since I can not even bother to listen to it because 99,9 % of the time it is synonymous with "crap". So most hipster journos would probably label them as "post-black-rock-shoegaze" or something, which of course is totally meaningless and doesn't even begin to describe this pile of crap that's befallen onto me. So I'll just try to put it into perspective simply and to the point. WITHER play super-simplistic droning, boring, repetitive riffs, accompanied by catatonia inducing slow / middle tempo beats and vocals which are neither properly sung, nor growled, nor spoken, nor screamed, but more like dreamily babbled. I couldn't hear any bass, it's either very low in the mix or there isn't one at all, the recording quality is decidedly lo-fi and I bet the whole album is unmastered, which adds another shit point to this unbearable listening experience that I had to endure. It isn't Metal by any means, this is "post"-something, I'm not sure what, though. Their PR release mention influences from KATATONIA and THE SISTERS OF MERCY, first band I can't stand at all, second is OK, but that statement is taken from the ass, because there's no way someone in their right mind could compare them with THE SISTERS OF MERCY, there isn't any hints of them musically. Basically, they try to sell this dumb nonsense as some sort of dark, deep, enganging, atmospheric music, but it just isn't, go and listen to DEAD CAN DANCE for that, no one did it better although many have tried. At best it can be played as nonchalant background music, it isn't very annoying and doesn't stand out. Otherwise you just can ignore it and thank me for saving 40 minutes of your life which you can much better use for sleep. Alternatively, try this if you have problems getting asleep, this might help for sure. www.aurora-australis.com.au
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Ori Sela is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University. He specializes in the history of Early-Modern and Modern China, and is interested particularly in the reciprocal relationship between intellectual history and socio-political history at various crossroads in China's past. The transition from China's imperial era into the nation-state building of the twentieth century, along with the crucial roles history has played and continues to play in current affairs, is another facet of his research and teaching.
Sela received his Master's degree (magna cum laude) from the program for religious studies at Tel Aviv University, and his PhD from Princeton University. Sela's dissertation, titled "Qian Daxin (1728-1804): Knowledge, Identity, and Reception History in China, 1750-1930," dealt with the ways in which knowledge was produced from the middle of the Qing period until the Republican era, and investigated the links between concepts of identity and knowledge during this period. Among other things, Sela examines the relationships between scientific knowledge, historiography, categorization of knowledge, and intercultural interactions (with Japan and India as well as with the West).
He is currently finalizing his book, titled Where Is the Way? The Philological Revolution in Eighteenth-Century China, as well as a number of articles and book chapters.
Selected Publications
Sela, O. (2012). Confucian scientific identity: Qian Daxin's (1728-1804) ambivalence toward western learning and its adherents. East Asian Science, Technology and Society, 6(2), 147-166.Read More
Sela, O. (2013). Through the prism of a plagiarism debate: eighteenth through eighteenth century sino-japanese intellectual relations. Journal of the History of Ideas, 74(4), 577-97.Read More
Sela, O. (2013). From theology's handmaid to the science of sciences: western philosophy's transformations on its way to China. Transcultural Studies, 2, 7-44.Read More


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Much has been done when it comes to the harmonising of our regulations with the EU Acquis. The adoption of regulations governing insurance operations in Serbia in late 2014 and the first half of 2015 created the preconditions to make a significant shift in the insurance sector approaching this sector's level of development in the European Union, and that was done to ensure a level of protection of users of insurance services in Serbia that will equate to the protection of users in the European Union.
Previous EU regulations applied the so-called Solvency 1 framework, which focused more on the level of capital and amount of technical reserves. The EU has now moved on to the so-called Solvency 2 framework, which the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has decided to introduce gradually.
This framework encompasses four key functions: risk management, internal control systems, internal audits and an actuarial function, as well as personal risk assessment. We are now in the second phase of harmonisation, which implies assessments of the level of readiness of the insurance sector for the new Solvency 2 framework and assessments of the effect of the harmonisation of insurance companies with new regulations adopted by the NBS. It can be said that we are still a long way from the third and final phase, which is the complete harmonisation of insurance operations in Serbia with rules applied in the European Union.
The FIC is willing to contribute actively in preparing the special draft law on insurance contracts, which would modernise the legal framework, in accordance with the practise in the EU
When it comes to financial leasing, it is common knowledge that the level of required capital for leasing companies to deal with real estate leasing, amounting to €5 million, is extremely high. This represents a major obstacle to financial leasing becoming the main driver of the real estate sector's development. The high level of capital required by other financial institutions (banks, insurance companies or pension funds) is aligned with the intention of providing security in the management of clients' funds, while – in contrast to these businesses – leasing companies manage their own funds and are not depository institutions; they invest their own capital and the entire risk of operations is carried by the founder of the leasing company.
Meetings organised by USAID saw representatives of the ALCS and the NBS conclude that the aforementioned legal amendment aimed at reducing the required capital makes sense and will, therefore, be supported by the NBS. As such, there are indications that the NBS will finally initiate the procedure for adopting this law and enable easier financial leasing operations.
When it comes to the insurance sector, I consider it as being most important to start working on a separate law governing insurance contracts. Specifically, the provisions of the Law on Obligatory Relations that Regulate Insurance Contracts have certain shortcomings that have been demonstrated in practise during the past 39 years – primarily in relation to liability insurance that is governed by only one article.
Furthermore, altered social circumstances, technological changes and modern supranational regulations (EU) require some amendments be made to the provisions of that law. A large number of EU member states resolved these issues with the adoption of a special law on insurance contracts, thereby enabling the modernisation of the legal framework of the insurance contract. It is for this reason that the FIC is willing to contribute actively to provide an active contribution with commentary on this draft law, which would then be presented to the expert public for consideration.


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Meeting agenda template pdf – Business meeting is an important agenda in your workplace. The meeting has the important function to communicate with different staffs. Many important business decisions emerge during the company meeting. In the company meeting, one person should take a note about the meeting progress. The note is called as the agenda.
The important aspect in the business meeting is the schedule. You must make the agenda for the business meeting inside the company or between companies. The agenda can be utilised as the proof once the representative cannot remember or understand some points.
In making the schedule template, you need to comprehend its layout. For your information, the design contains the header and the body. It's hard to obtain the standard and combined meeting agenda template. The primary reason is because the template can be different from one company to the other.
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Use your fabric scraps or old clothing to create these fashionable flower pins.
Approximate Time: About 40 minutes
By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC
If you don't know what "cheater quilt" fabric is, it's basically fabric that looks like it was pieced together already. I found some that was so many different combinations, just depending on where you cut it.
I made these cool pins.
The cost is about 4 cents per unit, and I sold them for $2.00!
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These are home made pins you can make in about 1/2 an hour, to wear, give, or sell! Sew the ends of an 8 inch length of lace together, without folding.
Use your fabric scraps or old clothing to create these fashionable flower pins. View the full project here: Fabric Flower Pin
This is a page about making a folded fabric flower. A great way to use up material scraps is to fashion a new pin, or use your flowers to decorate all kinds of crafts.


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Google's Play Store coming to Chrome OS soon
Google's Play Store coming to Chrome OS soon
Google has announced that its Play Store is finally coming to Chrome OS. Chromebook users have long been clamoring for proper native apps, and they will now be able to use Android apps inside of their Chrome OS-powered devices for the first time.
As it turns out, Android apps may just be what Chromebooks need. While these affordable notebooks were always about making computing accessible for everyone, Google says the continued growth of the Chromebook market and requests for more features mean that the company has needed to find ways to add more functionality.
Furthermore, access to the rich repository of Play Store apps would make Chromebooks a lot more attractive to users seeking an affordable notebook. Chrome OS could previously only be used to access the web and web apps, so these new native Android apps could deliver a more comprehensive computing experience with apps like Microsoft Word and Photoshop Mix. In addition, with more powerful devices like the HP Chromebook 13 and Acer Chromebook 14 for Work popping up, Chromebooks appear poised to take advantage of the additional functions and capabilities offered by Android apps.
Nevertheless, Google says that these Android apps will run smoothly even on low-end Chromebooks, because they have been designed to work with a wide variety of Android devices, some of which have very limited processor and memory resources.
In fact, an early release of the entire system reportedly showed that Android apps displayed fairly impressive and intelligent integration into Chrome OS. For one, apps show up as completely independent windows that can be resized, and their notifications are integrated alongside Chrome OS's own notifications. What's more, even features like Facebook Messenger's floating chat heads showed up as expected.
Do note that this amounts to fully native support for the Play Store on Chrome OS, and Android isn't being run in emulation or as a virtual machine. After logging in with your Google account, all your Android apps across your phone or tablet will be synced to your Chromebook. Chrome apps and Android apps will also appear side by side when you perform a search in Chrome OS.
Play Store for Chrome OS will be available to developers in early June, and is slated to enter beta testing a month or two later. If all goes as planned, Google expects it to be ready for all users this fall. This opens up a lot of new use cases for developers to take advantage of. For instance, they could create desktop-class native apps on Chrome OS to take advantage of the larger screens and additional processing power of certain Chromebooks.
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"What kind of idiot goes to Colombia?" was a common question I heard from friends when I told them I was planning a trip to Colombia.
My pre-meditated response was always the same, "Mel Gibson, for one." I would then continue naming a few more, "Madonna, Marc Anthony, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Cypress Hill and The Cure."
Not convinced, I would explain about Colombia's year-round temperate climate, the beaches, the ability for men to wear clear nail polish on their nails without fear of being ridiculed in public, the lack of tipping in restaurants, the affordable plastic surgery, and, how most of the money changers in the cities are now starting to run a cleaner business model.
"A white guy like you will fit in just fine down there. You might want to spray paint your Nike shoes black before going down there," is their follow-up response.
Oh, well.
Choice titles for my non-fiction Colombian dating book ranged all over the board. At the more desperate hours, I brainstormed titles that people might most easily recognize – "The Lion, The Witch and Pablo." Then, while suffering from lack of financial security, I would choose more sinister titles like, "The Sometimes Legal Things We Do For Money in South America," or "Colombia's Creepy Book of The Month," or "The Art of Identity-Crafting In An Attempt To Impress Colombian Women" and finally, "A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen In Colombia." When in more jovial times, I would brainstorm more giddy, off-the-wall titles – "How To Be Famous in Colombia Without Going to Prison," or "What Doesn't Work in Other Countries Is Colombia's Bread and Butter," or "Mobilizing Staggering Talent in the Andean Highlands of Colombia," or "Don't Tell My Mom I'm An English Teacher In Colombia (She Thinks I Work In An Albanian Toothpaste Factory)" or "Chocolate Binges And Mood Swings South of Tijuana," or "The Motorcycle Diaries of an Internet Romeo," and finally, "Just Because I'm In Colombia…Doesn't Mean I Can't Dress Like a Puerto Rican!"
Then my girlfriend told me to stop being a moron and just pick a title …
Please view/share the book "48,000,000 Colombians Can't Be Wrong," by Brian Ward on Amazon.


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"Two independent studies looking at two aspects of paywalls versus free access to research papers suggest that trouble may lie ahead for traditional journals that continue to expect payment for access to peer-reviewed research papers. In the first study, a small team of researchers from the U.S. and Germany looked at the number of freely available papers on the internet using a web extension called Unpaywall—users enter information and the extension lists sources online for free. In the second study, a team with members from Canada, the U.S. and Germany looked at the popularity of a website known as Sci-Hub that collects and freely distributes research papers. Both groups have written papers describing their studies and results and have uploaded them to the PeerJ Preprints server."


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(Miles City, MT) Lake Region State College traveled to Miles City to face the Pioneers in a conference matchup on Thursday evening. MCC led much of the first half, but with 2:03 to play, the Royals regained the lead. Trailing at the half, 33-36, the Pioneers came out strong in the second half and were able to momentarily regain the lead. However, the Royals wouldn't go away and would regain the lead and the momentum with a 3-point shot from Jayden Komrosky. The Pioneers fell 67-79 to move to 1-2 in the conference and 9-10 overall.
DA Wyche and Gedeon Buzangu led the Pioneers in scoring with 14 apiece, followed by Issac Abergut with 12. Buzangu completed the double-double with 13 rebounds to lead the team. Akeemis Williams, Wyche, and Joey Lodine each had two assists.
The Pioneers will travel to Williston, ND to face the Tetons on Monday, January 21 at 6:30 pm.


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when sorrow hits the faint at heart
Janel J. Tutak, before 2012
we paint the world with tears.
but to shed a tear is never just,
to the one you're crying for.
not enough.. or way too much..
we can't find a middle
Another unknown dated poem saved on my computer on April 17, 2012.
As an emotional person, I am in the frequent flyers club with tears. I cry when I'm hurt. I cry when I'm angry. I cry when I'm sad. When I'm happy. When I'm scared. When I'm frustrated. I cry when I'm anxious. Lately I feel like I cry all the time. I don't, but it happens.
And so, I share this poem with you. I know sometimes people say all you need is a good cry, and I suppose that's true. But sometimes crying doesn't do anything but give you a big ol' headache. I mean, I'm not going to stop crying when I feel like it. I'm a big advocate of not keeping your feelings locked up. Sometimes I just wish there was an easy fix for things. Or an easy answer.


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Are You Listening to Learn or Listening to Sell?
You want a better understanding of the markets you serve. You want to identify new markets. You want to identify new, innovative solutions that can vault your career and the fortunes of your company. Are you using your best listening skills?
Too often you have your Listening to Sell filter on and miss important insights. The Listening to Sell filter discards information that isn't relevant to selling efforts. You hear only what you need to move the sale forward.
Listening to Learn is filterless. It's an activity with no agenda; no preconceived notions. It is almost childlike in the wonderment of learning something new, something you never knew before. It opens your mind up to seeing problems in a whole new light. You see things differently. The problems identified could lead to new markets, new solutions, and new growth opportunities.
It's unreliable to expect your salespeople to identify the next product and the next market because they Listen to Sell. It's not a surprise and it's not a criticism. It's a fact. It's how we expect them to perform and it's how they are compensated.
Someone in your organization needs to practice Listening to Learn. Who does this today? How can you engage more resources to practice Listening to Learn?
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by Florina Vilciu and Ariane Senécal
Many hot artists, emerging and experienced, will head to Lund during Carnival. The Dynamo caught up with some of them prior to their arrival; find out what they had to say when under our spotlight!
Spotlight on… The Housewives
Straight from the hottest dance floors in Stockholm and Berlin and into AF-Borgen – The Housewives are ready to share with us "an electrifying experience to stock in our pantry".
No, we are not exaggerating, this is La Fleur and Adeline Supreme warning us about the amazing show they have ready for dansen Saturday May 22.
After quite some months of hard work on their first EP, Dirty Dancing, which came out at the end of 2009, the duo has been enjoying great positive vibes from the public.
Their visit to Lund might not sound as appealing as the shows they put up in European capitals, but they're "really excited as it is such a vibrant city, inhabited by lots of students hungering for a great night and dance. And that's when Housewives come along, feeding them all with the absolutely best mega house and filthy beats."
Lundakarnevalen caught their attention as one of the best festivals in Sweden and they have been genuinely touched by the students' dedication to putting up an incredible event.
"Everyone that's involved is doing it by her/his own free will and that's when you know it's done with great spirit and joy. We expect the love to flow freely!" (They really know how to get us all pumped up, don't they?)
For the next couple of months, The Housewives have a quite busy schedule, working both in the studio and in clubs around Stockholm, Berlin and London. Get ready for "a night to remember" at the Karneval!
Watch them in action…
Official website; MySpace
Spotlight on… MA Numminen
Mauri Antero Numminen is not easy to describe briefly: musician, singer, writer, film-maker, lecturer, children's artist…
The accomplished musician (jazz, classical, electronic, opera, tango, folk, rock) could have followed a very different road back when he was a student learning "too many subjects" ("a normal schedule has 4, I took 10!"). MA Numminen says becoming an artist was an "easier solution", but he still draws from philosophy, sociology and linguistics in his art.
May 21 will not be his first time in Lund – he has passed through often over the last 40 years: "Lund is one my great favourites in Sweden, there's a special kind of feeling in this old university town."
The musician is "eager to experience what kind of audience there will be this time".
MA Numminen recently turned 70: rather than marking his birthday, he chooses to see "a celebration for me as a new composer". He'll be coming to Lund with a new show, with "well-known songs arranged quite differently, that sound completely different".
Until then, hear him sing Wittgenstein:
Official website
Spotlight on… Name the Pet
When asked what she thinks it means to be bringing her pumping dance electronica to Lundakarnevalen, Hanna Brandén, aka Name the Pet, answers without hesitation: "It means party? I love students."
The 24 year-old Swede is riding high these days. Higher visibility, recognition, level of confidence: "I feel so secure with my band now; in the beginning I always felt a bit misplaced on stage, I used to stand on speakers and behind DJ booths."
But now surrounded by musicians she trusts, including DJ Cristian Dinamarca, her attitude has evolved: "Now I feel at home there. It's as if every venue turns into my favourite club."
Name the Pet will bring her fun, sexy, energetic show to the dansen stage May 21, where the audience will be treated to a premiere: "We made a new electronic version of the track 'London'. The Lund crowd will be the first to hear it."
Playing festivals and other events with diverse crowds can be a challenge, but Name the Pet is looking forward to convincing whatever skeptics remain: "I think it's fun to try and win people over. If they feel anything when they leave, even if they don't admit it – that's enough for me."
Need convincing?
Spotlight on… Gaby and the Guns
Right from the heart of Lund and soon on the big stage of Lundagård, Gaby and the Guns promise to take us on a musical rollercoaster with their beats – a mix of pop and country with a bit of a French touch.
Ever since their debut in 2009, the band has been receiving glorious reviews and as Gaby confessed to us, "the audience is always blown away by our live performance."
Recently, Gaby has acquired two new "Guns": David (guitar) and Fabian (drums), and has been working on new tunes which we will have the opportunity to hear for the first time live on May 23.
Gaby didn't want to get into details but gave us a few clues: "The performance at Lundakarnevalen will actually be our first show for the summer and the grand premiere for our new live act. That's as much as we can tell you or there won't be any surprises at all!"
As for the near future, Gaby and the Guns are dedicating themselves to touring and playing at various festivals, among which Siesta! in May; during July and August you can catch them performing in Malmö.
Get a sneak peak here…
Official website; MySpace
Spotlight on… Nottee
Though she doesn't play dance music proper, describing her own sound as "down tempo", there is definitely a catchy beat to Nottee's songs.
Stockholm-based Nonno Drougge (her real name), who played bass for electropop-band Lo-Fi-Fnk, builds a rhythm into her poppy constructions that should keep dancers happily entranced.
Nottee is an ambitious young artist, working on bigger, better things: "You can expect to hear something that is on another level than before, what you've heard from Nottee so far are just demos. So hold on!"
Mother nature may have thrown Nottee a curve ball this Spring, when a certain volcano forced her to push back some dates in London, but no ash cloud should keep her from Lund. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Nottee, who spent time in Skåne as a child and later after gymnasiet (high school). Come welcome her on to the dansen stage May 21!
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Spotlight on… Retro Stefson
Coming all the way from now famous Iceland, Retro Stefson promises to bring a mixture of diverse music styles to Lundakarnevalen. If you wonder how a blend of Icelandic, Portuguese and English music sounds, then head out to hear and see it all for yourself on May 22!
We asked Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson, lead singer, about what they've been up to lately and what they have in store for Lund. These days they've been rocking the clubs in Copenhagen and Oslo, together with FM Belfast, another Icelandic band touring Scandinavia.
It seems the idea to play at Lundakarnevalen came through family connections: "Me and my brother [bass player for RS] have an Icelandic cousin that is raised in Sweden, he is Karnevollywoodmästare for Göteborgs nation. His name is Stefan, which is a popular name in our family – this name is also the reason for the 2nd half of our band name."
Carnival specifics still remain a mystery even for Unnsteinn, so we couldn't steal any trade secrets from him, but he definitely seems to enjoy surprises: "That's what I like about our trip to Sweden: we do not know what to expect but we think we should expect something great! What we are looking the most forward to do is to buy some snus!"
As for the public, they should be ready for an amazing show at Lundagård, and watch out, they're preparing some surprises "för tjejerna" (for the ladies!).
See them live not just in Lund, but also in Copenhagen soon after the carnival. Over the summer, they plan to get round to recording another album in Iceland, but they might be back in the fall!
Check it out girls (and boys)…
Official website; MySpace
Find the full music schedule here and keep reading us for Karneval updates!


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New pool project in Belgium
Inhabitants of Mortsel (Belgium) happy with new swimming pool
After the official swoop on Sunday, the new Den Bessem swimming pool opened its doors to the general public on Monday 9 September. All day long it was a coming and going of curious inhabitants who wanted to try out the swimming pool. Nothing is more beautiful than happy 'users'.
Different Variopool products in one swimming pool
The new swimming pool looks very nice on the outside and was designed by Slangen and Koenis architects. Once inside, the lighting immediately catches the eye. Beautiful round elements that illuminate the pool well. Den Bessem has two pools. A competition pool and a target group pool. The target group pool is equipped with a 12.5 x 7 mtr. movable floor with flap which makes the pools suitable for multiple activities on the same day. The movable floor is also equipped with a special water inlet system which benefits the water circulation. This is a unique concept of Variopool.
A pool ramp has been installed in the target group pool so that disabled people can easily enter the water. A collapsible stainless steel staircase is mounted in the long side of the target group pool. All in all a beautiful project that we at Variopool are rightly proud of.


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For John, BLUF: I don't think it would be a fair fight, once folks realized it was a fight. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Over at the InstaPundit, Sarah Hoyt, who was born in a nation with a Fascist Dictatorship, gives us a link to:
Here is the sub-headline:
…because they're advocating going down a road that would have an excellent chance of leading there.
The Red Guard?
From the Neo-NeoCon Blog, 25 June 2018.
Here are the second and third paragraphs:
And for those who think I'm engaging in hyperbole, please read an essay appearing today entitled "This is just the beginning." One of the many interesting things about that sort of call for action is that if the right was anywhere near as power-mad and oppressive as the author seems to think it is, he and his fellow-travelers would already be in prison or worse. But they're not.Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
As Orwell said, "So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot."
Regards — Cliff


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The community blood drive hosted by the North Shore key Club at the high school was a huge success. More than 68 registered for this life saving event with community members, faculty staff and students as the blood drive supporters. Senior Zoe Malin was the key club student coordinator who worked very hard with the key club to make this event a success. To note: 1 pint of blood saves 3 lives…….. the North Shore community saved more than a hundreds lives because they took the time to give the gift of life. Pictured are the people who made this happen.
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By Dr. Laurent Marcoux
Healthcare in Canada has been a tremendous contributor to the success of our nation. From the people working in it and the research conducted within it to the medical advances coming at a pace like we've never seen before. This has combined to help Canadians live longer and healthier lives.
But – and there is always a 'but' isn't there? We all know that our healthcare system is currently in a fragile state. While we celebrate living longer than ever, we must also recognize that our system is not well equipped to manage our aging population with its more complex and chronic diseases. How should our system operate to offer more efficiency, effectiveness and social equity?
Our system was built 50 years ago with a focus on an acute care delivery. Fast forward to today and we see that the system's failure to evolve has become a major barrier to social equity in health care delivery, not to mention a serious cause of lengthy wait times. All too frequently patients languish in hospital when they could be getting more appropriate, high-quality care elsewhere. Investments in residential care infrastructure and continuing care will improve care for seniors while significantly reducing surgical and emergency department wait times, benefiting all patients.
The CMA believes the ability of our country to meet the health care needs of seniors is not only necessary, it is also achievable. What is required is a strategic approach – a national strategy for senior care. Creating such a strategy would also help build on the tremendous success stories that already exist across Canada:
- The Acute Care for Elders Collaborative is a partnership between the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and the Canadian Frailty Network where as improvement teams across the country accepted into the collaborative receive funding, coaching, education material and tools to support the adaptation of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital's Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Strategy. The initiative has enabled teams to become experts in healthcare practices benefitting older patients in the communities where they reside, improving patients' experience of care, coordination of care and system outcomes. (http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/WhatWeDo/ace)
- The Nova Scotia Health Authority Care by Design Program provides residents of long term care facilities access to high quality and consistent primary health care. The goal? Provide high quality of life to the most frail seniors and appropriate health care approach to meet their needs by teaming up family physicians with families and members of an interdisciplinary team to a single floor of a long term care home to deliver the best care.
- Northwest Territories Aven Cottages is an initiative funded by the Government of the NWT and the Department of Health Social Services. The facility dedicated to helping seniors dealing with Alzheimer's and related dementia consists of two cottages, each having 14 private rooms situated around a central core with a dining room, kitchen and living room area.
These examples show the way forward. They show that we can offer the right type of care the patients need. Imagine if we applied these and the countless other examples that exist across Canada to drive systemic change at the national level? We could reduce the acute care burden and deliver timely access to the highest quality care for our seniors – and for all Canadians.
At the CMA, we have been vocal about the need to have a national vision on seniors care. We believe that addressing this issue would go a long way in helping stabilize our health care system. This is why in 2015 we launched our award-winning patient engagement platform – www.demandaplan.ca. Since then more than 51,000 Canadians have joined the movement to press the federal government to create a national strategy on seniors care.
This fall, we submitted five recommendations to the government in its pre-budget consultation. From targeted funding to support development of a pan-Canadian strategy to capital investments in residential care infrastructure, our recommendations aim to build a roadmap for the health care system of the future. The time is now to act and enable the changes that will help build an efficient, effective and equitable health care system that will address the needs of our seniors and- ultimately – all Canadians.
Dr. Laurent Marcoux is President of The Canadian Medical Association.


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can the CD door still open with that 32x look-a-like attached?
can the CD door still open with that 32x look-a-like attached?
My proposed Saturn is only barely less powerful than what SEGA gave us, being only less powerful in 2D capabilities. It would also have levered the knowledge developers already had with the SEGA CD.
Actually, what I described would still probably have been over $300 - don't forget that the CDX launched at about $400.A ~$200 Saturn as you describe in 1995 may well have been something Sony would have taken a huge loss to compete against. How do you think your Saturn and the PS1 would have stacked up?
It would have eliminated the need for the 32X, and would have capitalized on existing games and programming knowledge, meaning Saturn games would have come out quicker and more frequently. Between no 32X and a larger game library, it might have actually faired pretty well against the PSX.
I can't seem to find any specific info on the SH7097 though... Or anything in the SH709x range for that matter.
If they added a DSP coprocessor, the one used in the SCU would probably be a lot better than a 25 MHz SSP-1601 as I suggested in that older discussion.
And as for using old tech, they probably wouldn't be using the exact same chips for the new machine (not all of them anyway), with the newer VDPs missing the necessary external buses and integrating other stuff that wouldn't need to be doubled, but working with mostly pre-existing hardware should have cut R&D time and costs for sure and (initially at least) they could probably use much of the very same hardware. The dual VDPs, RAMDAC/pixel combining/alpha blending logic would probably be on a new ASIC (and only including the MD-DAC+SMS+PSG+YM2612+CRAM+I/O blocks once, with the 2nd VDP block being just the digital portion of the VDP itself, or even omitting the SMS VDP logic entirely if they felt the need for SMS compatibility was unnecessary -which it already was by the MD2 given the rarity of PBC-IIs in Europe -and virtual absence elsewhere), maybe integrating the beefed up MCD blitter or leaving that on a separate IC with other interface logic integrated as with the MCD ASIC.
And with compatibility you'd need to keep all the MD+MCD audio hardware too, so you might as well make better use of it. (and rather than pushing for the OPL4, let alone something as elaborate as the SCSP, you could double the Ricoh chip, or add a few simple 16-bit DMA channels -the latter would probably be better to allow higher quality streaming audio in general with added stuff via software mixing: maybe even just a pair of 16 bit linear DACs with DMA -so like the 32x but with better DACs- and variable output sample rate, but a bank of DMA channels with a good range of hardware sample rates, volume, and 8/16-bit support would be nice too -maybe something like the Atari Falcon has with 8 16-bit DMA channels, and that actually went up to ~50 kHz, but it didn't cater to the common 48/44.1/32 kHz/22.05 kHz rates exactly) If they could get a good deal on the OPL4 (especially licensed and embedded), then it would certainly be a nice option on top of the old hardware. (you'd have the PSG, YM2612, Ricoh chip -probably with more RAM- and the OPL3 FM block of the OPL4 plus 24 DMA PCM channels sampled to 22 or 44.1 kHz at 8/12/16-bit resolution -with a bit of added logic to allow DRAM interfacing given it only supports SRAM/ROM natively)
But given the low-cost emphasis and existing compatible hardware included, probably stick with a simple stereo DAC controlled by one of the other CPUs and /or DSP depending what had DMA to the audio bus. (maybe interleave accesses of both the Ricoh chip and the simple 16-bit DMA audio -simple ST/Amiga like interleaving should have been feasible, or perhaps make the DMA audio read directly from one of the 68k buses instead -then allowing either 68k, the DSP, or SH2 to mix to the DMA channels and keep the ricoh RAM purely 8-bit -a slow 128 or 512 kB 8-bit DRAM chip which should have only been a small 24-pin narrow DIP, and a bit of added logic to the Ricoh interface in the ASIC to allow DRAM to be used rather than SRAM/PSRAM)
And I already mentioned the previous discussion on page 2 of this thread
Cost advantage, R&D advantage, etc to allow faster production run-up, lower price point, and more time+fund investment in software development, advertising, producing good development tools, etc.You'd have backwards compatibility, and you'd leverage existing technology to make the next level less expensive. They didn't need the power of VDP2 (the 2D chip), and one faster 68000 + one SH2 would have worked just as well (or better) than two SH2s. The only part that needed BIG improvements was the graphics processor in the CD part, along with better audio.
If they left out the warped rasterization logic of VDP1 and focused on providing external resource to aid in rasterization would have saved some time and increased flexibility and made the hardware only quads a non-issue. (via fast CPUs and/or DSPs -one SH2 and the DSP from the SCU would be nice -especially if it could be clocked up to 16.7 or 25 MHz)
As it is, the DSP in the Saturn+SH2s probably could have addressed triangle rasterization fairly well (perhaps even with less resource than software floating point math -and obviously avoding overdraw with folded quads), but Sega probably wasn't supplying a ready-made example of using the DSP for that... but in such a case with the hypothetical console, that would have been a primary feature to support with the DSP.
And you've got the 68ks to help out too even if the SH2+DSP were maxed out rendering and related tasks (scene management, z-sorting, physics, lighting, etc), especially while the CD was idle or streaming CD-DA and you had full use of both 68ks. (and the Z80 for what that's worth, maybe again used as an audio controller, maybe clocked faster in Saturn mode if they really wanted to make use of it -maybe even 12.5 MHz given the 50 MHz- and a better bank switching scheme)
Since there's no VDP2 and they're working on existing hardware anyway, maybe they could have put more focus on the VDP1/blitter instead. Regardless of adding hardware rasterization, they could have added buffering for higher bandwidth and peak fill rate (and certainly keep the color look up capabilities of the Saturn VDP1), but buffering in particular would be very useful in maximizing operation in slower RAM and avoiding the need for SDRAM and still being faster than the Saturn's VDP1 for some things. (using 32-bit word RAM and texture memory, or perhaps DMA to the SH2 bus for 32-bit accesses as well as slower 16-bit access to the 68k buses, have phrase buffers to allow multiple lower depth pixels to be read and written at higher bandwidth and if possible add line buffers to allow prolonged reads and writes at full fast page bandwidth and probably double the internal clock rate to 25 MHz -really useful with shared memory to minimize page breaks and bus usage and is what the Jaguar does at 64-bits for most graphics operations -except texture mapping unfortunately) That's the best you could get without a proper cache, and that would be pushing it for the premise, but line buffers would minimize the hurt it would put on bus sharing with the 68ks and SH2. (if you used all 80 ns DRAM to minimize cost and use existing stockpiles, that would mean 50 MB/s for pulling textures from SH2 memory and for writing to word RAM and 25 MB/s for using the 16-bit 68k buses)
If you used SDRAM or EDO DRAM (probably the latter due to cost -probably avoided it on the Saturn to speed development due to SDRAM being easy to interface) for SH2 memory, that would be 100 MB/s for reads from SH2 memory. (if the ASIC was running at 25 MHz at least... if it was 12.5 MHz but with the added buffering, 25 MHz RAM would be useless...) And that's not considering potential to add 64-bit memory and buffer for that. (but since you've got an existing multi-bus architecture, that would be impractical due to the traces/board space it would requite -making a few things 32-bit and the rest 16/8-bit would make more sense)
Doing any warping effects (without full rasterization logic) would still take added overhead as any such case, but you'd have much faster texture mapping and more efficient bus sharing (without needing more buses/banks/RAM) and better 2D performance for scaling/rotation in general on top of the plain MD VDP sprites/tiles. (so supplanting the lack of VDP2 a bit more for some things -especially large, scaled background effects, competing better with the PSX GPU in 2D mode)
Yeah, and that IS one thing Sega had over Nintendo from the launch of the SNES up to 1994 when both dropped to $100. (supposedly they were both $100 suggested retail by spring of '94, but it probably took longer for that price to be reflected at the actual retail level)A ~$200 Saturn as you describe in 1995 may well have been something Sony would have taken a huge loss to compete against. How do you think your Saturn and the PS1 would have stacked up?
And while a fully evolutionary console would have been a very attractive option (both for compatibility, or even avoiding compatibility and only choosing select components to build onto with a bit more flexibility -and still cutting R&D costs/time and easing production/development), but even so the Saturn itself could have been cost cut to a more minimalistic configuration.
Aside from the Jupiter, they could have done a similar stripped-down configuration with the existing Saturn architecture (but no compatibility and added R&D costs). Cut down the CD-ROM sub system cut down RAM all around, and perhaps drop one of the SH2s. Using a derivative of the MCD CD-ROM interface with the 68k dual purpose for audio and CD-ROM would be nice, but from a late 1993 perspective they'd probably had the SH1 based interface locked-in, so other options would be faster. (maybe keep the slave SH2 but drop the SH1 and have the slave SH2 dual duty as coprocessor and CD-ROM manager, and cut down the CD-ROM buffer size in any case, maybe using a 128k DRAM chip -cheaper than SRAM/PSRAM and already in use by the MCD/Virtua Racing -and later 32x)
Drop the DRAM on the main bus and perhaps drop main SH2 memory to 512 kB 32-bit (2 256k chips rather than 2 512k chips), keep video RAM the same.
Hmm audio... definitely cut down the audio subsystem, no dedicated DSP, probably no synth, just DMA channels and maybe ADPCM decoding logic and drop the 68k.
Hmm, or maybe go REALLY simple and have something only a little better than the 32x (say stereo 16-bit high quality DACs -not PWM- with variable sample rate up to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz) and then use the slave CPU to drive DMA audio and perhaps allow the SCU DSP to access audio as well. (to save cost, maybe either allow the CD-ROM buffer to double as audio RAM -and thus probably bump it to 512 kB DRAM, or bump up main RAM to 1 MB again and share that with audio, sharing slow DRAM with the CDROM would probably be the cheaper option)
So perhaps something around 2.5 MB total memory, so a major cut over the 4.5 MB the Saturn used, though probably 2 MB of that would still be fast/expensive SDRAM down from 3 MB SDRAM +1.5 MB DRAM of the real Saturn. In any such case, they could have addressed the limited initial memory with a bit more provision for RAM expansion including full 32-bit main SDRAM expansion and 16-bit SDRAM for the video bus as well (with expansion signals to facilitate that with minimal external logic on the add-on card). Basically allowing 16/32-bit SDRAM modules to be plugged straight in for expansion of the main bus and bus B (which both of the VDPs are connected to) while leaving bus A for the MPEG port alone. (bus A is the CDROM bus -or in this context, possibly a dual purpose audio+CD-ROM bus)
Perhaps even a coprocessor add-on... maybe (to simplify marketing) make a single, unified RAM+coprocessor add-on. But probably more likely plain RAM expansion. (and SDRAM is easier to interface, so that would facilitate things)
Also remember that the CDX was hardly low-cost optimized and likely not sold at cost. It was $350 in early 1994 while the Genesis 2 and CD 2 had dropped to $100 and $150 by that fall, and a cost optimized duo unit should have been more like $200 by fall of 1994 in that context. (so $300 for a new system in spring of 1995 to the Saturn's $400 might have been rather feasible, maybe down to $250 rather than $300 in the Fall -or avoid the spring launch in the US entirely)
I know that this is a super old post, but I was wondering if making the add on for Saturn would be possible still. I have the other consoles that I would take apart to mod into an ddon to plug into the expansion port and the VCD port.
You do realize this was a joke thread, right?
Perhaps, but can still be doable. For example, the Genesis had half the required component to run master system games, so the Power Base Converter was added to add in those missing channels. The Saturn as well takes some hardware from the genesis, so an adapter (and possibly and boot disc if needed) can be used to run the Genesis. Sega CD is a possibility that is almost certain, though I believe 32X may be out of the picture due to the hardware.
Wrong, the Genesis has everything needed to run SMS games. All the PBC does is re-route the 64 pin cartridge slot to the smaller SMS cart slot.
The Saturn is a little too complicated to simply let the 68000 run Genesis code, you'd also have to basically emulate the VDP, YM2612 and PSG since none of those are represented on Saturn.
You know what's worse than finding a expansion port on the bottom of your favorite childhood console?
finding out that said expansion came out and was awesome and you didn't hear about it or play any of those rad games cause you live in _______ (insert country here) and not japan, then You wish you were living in japan and then : Fukushima Daiichi, still wanted to live there anyhow.
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In a web application, there are two actors usually: the client and the server. The third entity that remains unnoticed most of the times is the communication channel. This channel can be a wired connection or a wireless one. There can be one or more servers in the way forwarding your request to the destination server in the most efficient way possible. These are known as Proxy servers.
When there is an unwanted proxy in the network intercepting and modifying the requests/responses, this proxy is called a Man in the middle. The network then is said to be under a Man in the middle attack. The interesting point lies in the fact that this rogue proxy is often misunderstood as a legitimate endpoint in a communication by the other endpoint. (It works as a server for the client and as a client for the server).
For example, suppose you are connected to a WiFi network and doing a transaction with your bank. An attacker is also connected to the same WiFi. The attacker does the following:
- Attacker sends the rogue ARP packets in the network that map the IP address of the access point to the MAC address of attacker's device.
- Each device connected in the network caches the entry contained in the rogue packets.
- Your device uses ARP to send the packets destined for your bank's web server to the access point ( which is the default gateway for the network).
- The packets get sent to the attacker's machine.
- Attacker can now read and modify the requests contained in the packets before forwarding them.
This way the attacker is suitably situated between you and your bank's server. Every bit of sensitive data that you send to your server including your login password, is visible to the attacker. ARP cache poisoning is one of the many ways to perform an MITM attack; other ways are –
- DNS spoofing.
- IP spoofing.
- Setting up a rogue WiFi AP.
- SSL spoofing. etc.
Use of SSL can prevent these attacks from being successful. Since the data is encrypted and only legitimate endpoints have the key to decrypt it, the attacker can do very less from the data even if he gets access to it.
(SSL is only useful if its set up properly, there are ways to circumvent this protection mechanism too, but they are very hard to be carried out). But the attacker can still do a lot of damage if the web application with which the user has been interacting does not utilize the use of something called nonce. The attacker can capture the encrypted request, for the entire session and then carefully resend the requests used for logging in. This way the attacker will get access to your account without knowing your password. Using nonce prevents such "replay attacks". A nonce is a unique number that is sent by the server to the client prior to login. It is submitted with the username and password and is invalidated after a single use.
There are some things that can be done to avoid falling a victim to the MITM and related attacks. One should :
- Always use trusted networks and devices to log in to sensitive websites.
- Avoid connecting to a WiFi that is open(unencrypted).
- Keeping networks secure from unwanted external access .
- In case you have to use a public computer, check its browser for the presence of any rogue certificate and make sure that there aren't any. Check the hosts' file too.
- When connected to a public network or using a public computer, perform a traceroute to the website you want to access and see the route taken by the packets for anything suspicious. For example, packets going to an IP different than the IP whose last octet is 1 (the IP of your gateway).
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Brightsparks do you mind if I private message you about this? My 19month old was diagnosed with milk protein intolerance at about 4months of age...I cut out all milk in my diet (breastfeeding) and all symptoms went away unless I slipped up. I'd love to see if you might have some info from your research and seminars to pass on to me!!
Went through the same thing with my younger daughter, we went dairy free for over a year while I was breastfeeding. She is 2.5 years old now and has outgrown it is to a certain extent and is able to have small amounts of dairy a day - usually a piece of cheese. I still don't give either of my girls cows milk as they both have intolerances. My youngest gets diarrhea/eczema (milk protein intolerance) and my oldest gets constipated. I did all my own research on it too, as my family doctor was useless. She called it lactose intolerance when it was really milk protein intolerance. I myself also have dairy intolerance which was really bad when I was a child, and it was really bad after I started introducing dairy again after I finished breastfeeding. But I have built up my tolerance again and can eat it in moderation.
its very dificult problem, need fix it!
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Radio City Freedom Awards 6 witnessed Indie Stars Glitter with Glory
The grand finale night of Radio City Freedom Awards 6, a one of its kind platform that recognizes, honors and celebrates the essence of independent music across genres and languages. The scintillating finale in Mumbai witnessed some of the country's best indie artistes and performers like Sanam, Emiway Bantai and Prateek Kuhad, Ankur Tewari bag awards and titles across jury and popular choice categories. The astounding evening celebrated powerhouse performances by Monica Dogra, Emiway Bantai, Antarman and DJ Pash. A marquee property, Radio City Freedom Awards once again lived up to its repute of recognizing and celebrating talents across the Indie music diaspora.
Commenting on the culmination of yet another prolific season, Ms. Rachna Kanwar, COO, Digital Media, Jagran Prakashan Limited said, "Radio City Freedom Awards is now undoubtedly the biggest platform for bringing fresh and untapped talent to the forefront. We are truly delighted to have surpassed engagement and participation levels for RCFA 6 with 1200 participants across the country. This is testament to the massive talent pool which India has to offer. It has been an amazing 6-year journey and it fills us with pride to witness the popularity of the awards. As we culminate the power-packed season, a big thank you to our Jury and the entire music community, and especially to the fabulous new talent that never ceases to impress! We are grateful for all the love and support we have received, and look forward to entertaining music lovers with many more seasons to come."
Band SANAM on winning the 'Best Pop Artist' award said, "Our constant need to create new music led us to produce the track 'Itni Door' and winning the 'Best Pop Artist' award for this original, that too from an established platform like 'Radio City Freedom Awards', definitely gives us a great sense of accomplishment. So many of us, especially our parents, grew up listening to the radio at our homes and its truly amazing how radio, since its inception, has been helping musicians reach out to people, supporting the artiste fraternity. We want to thank everybody who voted for us and we look forward to witnessing more successes for musicians in the future editions of RCFA."
Amongst winners, Ankur Tewari, the man behind the music supervision of the 18-songs soundtrack from the most loved and famed film 'Gully Boy' bagged the Skoda Indie-Genius: Person of the Year award. Sanam won The Best Pop Artist (popular choice) award for 'Itni Door'. The hip hop sensation Emiway Bantai won the Best Hip-Hop Artist (popular choice) for 'Jump Kar'. Prateek Kuhad was awarded as the Best Pop Artist (Judges Choice) and Best Video (Judges Choice) for 'Cold/Mess'. RCFA's checkered list of past winners include now household names such as Divine, Benny Dayal, Parvaaz, Swarathma, Papon, Midival Punditz, The Ska Vengers, Indus Creed, Dualist Inquiry, Donn Bhatt, and The F16s, to name a few. Radio City Freedom Awards has successfully been India's only platform to pave way for talent in the indie fraternity to create a mark in the mainstream industry.


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NAGPUR: Stung by a BBC documentary questioning India's aggressive protection measures at Kaziranga national park in Assam, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) that governs all tiger reserves in the country has imposed a ban on the network and its journalist Justin Rowlatt for five years.
As reported by TOI on February 15, BBC's South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt's documentary titled `One World: Killing for Conservation' on Kaziranga's rhino conservation methods came in for sharp criticism from the Union environment ministry for being "grossly erroneous". The documentary had claimed forest guards in Kaziranga had been given powers to shoot and kill anyone they think was a threat to rhinos.
In a memorandum issued on Monday evening, NTCA said BBC had failed to submit the documentary to MoEFCC and Ministry of External Affairs for obligatory previewing "in order to remove any deviations, so as to achieve a balanced and accurate exposition of the theme".
It has asked chief wildlife wardens of all tiger range states and field directors of tiger reserves to disallow filming permission to BBC for five years.
Source: Times of India


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Thank goodness! A loud voice of reason has stated the obvious. Congress, we must act now. As reported by Marcy Gordon of the Associated Press, CEOs from companies like Aetna, Dow, Honeywell, JP Morgan Chase, Merck, Microsoft,Time Warner Cable and Verizon,e.g. have come together behind an advocacy group called "Fix the Debt" stating we must deal with this issue while we still can as the failure to act is "dampening business hiring and investment and stifling the fragile economic recovery."
Dave Cote, chairman and CEO of Honeywell said in a statement, "What it really comes down to is if we still have the political will to be a great country." The CEOs said the solution requires a combination of higher taxes and reduced government spending including entitlement programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. They also seek federal investment in infrastructure and math/ science education. The group endorses the proposals of a special bipartisan commission that called for about $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases. It did not specifically reference Simpson-Bowles, but the concept to increase revenue and cut spending is similar.
Many of my fellow bloggers have been a broken record on this subject. We see the US as one of the least taxed countries in the world, ranking 32nd out of 34 countries in tax revenue/ GDP per the Paris based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD also shows we are 10% below the average of the tax/ GDP ratio for the 34 countries and were 5% below the average in 2000, when our budget last had a surplus. The fact eighty CEOs have said we must have tax revenue increases as well as spending cuts is supported by this OECD data.
Yet, it also flies directly in the face of Governor Romney's 20% tax reduction proposal, the one he and Paul Ryan refuse to explain. It also flies directly in the face of the Tea Party led GOP congress and Grover Norquist's no tax increase pledge. As I mentioned in my last post, Jeb Bush called the failure to act on the deal struck last summer by Speaker Boehner and President Obama (as it included tax increases) was voting down a "no brainer" proposal. The CEOs would agree with this assessment by the former Florida governor. I would add Obama has only discussed tax increases on the top of the house, but that is not enough. We need more tax revenue than that. At least, he is presenting a proposal that includes tax increases, to some extent, which is unlike his opponent.
I go back to Governor Romney's assertion that "I know how to fix this." From what I have seen and what these CEOs have stated very clearly, we would disagree with that assertion. For some reason, the American public is buying this fallacious self-testimonial. It is not ironic at the "other presidential candidates" debate, they spoke of raising taxes and cutting spending. It has to be both, otherwise, the math will not work. Instead of listening to the GOP and Governor Romney and telling the President you are not going far enough, I would listen to the CEOs, Simpson and Bowles. They seem to get it. The guy who says he does, who says I can fix this, does not appear to understand the problem, so how can we trust him to find the solution.
I hope Congress and the President will listen to these CEOs. I hope the American public does as well and understands that we cannot cut taxes and balance this budget. And, I hope people understand more fully what Governor Romney is proposing. He and Ryan cannot explain it as it won't work.


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Supervisors compromise on building new in-law units
A rare moment of harmony happened at City Hall Monday — a compromise on housing.
At the Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee, Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener amended dueling measures on accessory dwelling units, morphing them into one piece of consensus legislation. The squabble was over how those in-law units should be constructed and what regulations they would fall under.
Under the compromise, buildings with five units or more will be able to create an unlimited number of the units. Buildings with four or fewer units will be capped at one new unit. The dwellings could be at least 350 square feet — that will be decided at the full board — and would be rent controlled, except in certain condo buildings. The measure heads to the full board Tuesday and could go into effect in August.
"Good things and policies can happen when we are able to work together at the board," Farrell said — though as of late, that hasn't happened much. "I'm grateful that Supervisor Peskin and I were able to come to a compromise on a meaningful citywide housing policy."
— Lizzie Johnson
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Anniversary Wishes - Simon Says Stamp DT Card
43 comments:
What a great sketch and you made a wonderful card with. Love this image and you're coloring is amazing. Hope your problems are history very soon, sorry can't help you with it.ReplyDelete
Wowww this is really a stunning card Mandy!! I love the colours you used!!ReplyDelete
Hugs Kristel
Hi MandyReplyDelete
A gorgeous and beautiful card,sorry i cannot help,and thankyou for joining us at Delightful Challenges this week,
Hugs Dianne xx :)
OMG Mandy this is colured beautifully darling what a lovely card I love all the soft chocolate tonesReplyDelete
Hugs Susie xx
gorgeous card, where are you getting your light tent from? xReplyDelete
Ooo fab sketch and such a super sweet card Mandy love it gorgeous neutral colours. Wish I could help with the blogger issue I now use firefox for blogger and internet explorer for everything else as IE doesn't like blogger for me at all! Hugs Rebekah xxReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Mandy. Love the image, the lace, the paper....well everything actually!!ReplyDelete
Denise xx
hi hun....ReplyDelete
WOWWWW that is right up my alley..lol
STUNNING!!! xx
oh wow hun this is simply stunning loveing the colors on this just gorgeous hope you get things sorted soon hun,sorry cant help i just did my cookies,thing and it worked straight away,hugs cheryl xxxxReplyDelete
Love what you have done with that sketch hun ! Your muted colours are fantastic and your colouring sublime !!!ReplyDelete
Hugs, Sandra xx
Aw this is just gorgeous Mandy, I adore this image and you've coloured it so beautiful!!!ReplyDelete
What a lovely card!ReplyDelete
ooh the light tent looks great..not sure i should splash out on the light tho....just spent the equivalent in the craftwork cards sale! :)ReplyDelete
This is so wonderful. Adorable image and coloring, and I love the punched lace arount the edge.:)ReplyDelete
Hugs, Anne.
Beautiful card Mandy - that image is so sweet. I've been having a few similar problems when I visit some blogs and have been unable to leave a comment. One day Blogger maybe Mr Perfect lol.ReplyDelete
Love Lynda xxx
Stunning card Mandy, Love everything about it. I adore the image and the papers and colours you have chosen are just perfect. DebbiexxReplyDelete
Beautiful card Mandy. I love this cute image, I think this is on my long wish list. Beautiful colours and papers.ReplyDelete
Kathleen x
Oh this is gorgeous, Mandy! Beautiful image and colours and I love the papers :-) About your Blogger troubles.... Back when it was having the silly signing in problems I switched to Google Chrome and I've had absolutely no problems since... Perhaps you could try that? Love 'n' hugs, Mel xxReplyDelete
Ha Ha it's a love hate situation I see here. Blogger doesn't work so you benefit by shopping. Your funny. I wish I could help you. I was having problems and after clearing my cashes and cookies it was fine. Umm another thing I did was when you log onto blogger don't save password, that was another hint I was given. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Mandy your card is delightful. I love the colors and the sentiment is darling. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hugs Bonnie
A great little noteReplyDelete
beautifully painted stamp
wonderful colors
Beautifully constructed and decorated with a
Oh wow Mandy, I absolutely love this card, gorgeous muted tones and stunning colouring. Mr Blogger is being a pain in the bum for me too, we've fallen out big time ;-) xReplyDelete
Fabby card, Mandy! You always give the right sprinkling of embellishments and I will continue to be in love with this very sweet image which you've colored perfectly by the way! :)ReplyDelete
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WOW GORGEOUS,,beautiful colours and deatils and love that border!!! I have had a few blogger problems,not sure if I can remember that one.I have had troubles uploading photos and found a solution to that.If I find anything I will let you know!!ReplyDelete
Hugs xx
Hi Mandy, we are all suffering with blogger, it's driving us all mental, I have no solution, other than a gun...lol...honestly, you fix one problem to get landed with another...whats up with it....ReplyDelete
Your card is gorgeous, as they always are, love the pretty colour combo too.xxx
What a beautiful card. I love all the layering. Tracey xxReplyDelete
Hi Mandy what a stunning card youve created with such limited colours, its gorgeous. hugs ShirleyxxxxReplyDelete
OMG!!! I appear to be late in the commenting department, pressing ctrl and refresh sometimes brings stuff in, or change your browser :) you have probably done it already :)ReplyDelete
fabulous creation and especially love the colour choice on this gorgeous creation
Hugs Kate xx
Wonderful, wonderful card as always. JeanetteReplyDelete
Super cute Magnolias. Love the subtle color scheme. Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges. NancyReplyDelete
Hi ya hunReplyDelete
i couldnt upload me card earlier, just got it done! i no some peeps had to untick the stay signed in box, naughty blogger.
Awesome colouring as always,beautiful papers & embelies, luv the edging, sue,x
Hi Mandy, this is a corker, love the gorgeous image and you have coloured it perfectly.ReplyDelete
Donna x
Absolutely gorgeous card Mandy. Just love your lace border around the outside and your lovely image which is coloured so beautifully. Such pretty papers too, love it all !ReplyDelete
I am having exactly the same problems as you with only some blogs and exactly the same message comes up for me too - must be a Blogger fault, I am sure.
Jo xxxx
Wowwww Mandy this is superb what fantastic colours, design and I so love the image a wonderful creation.ReplyDelete
Lorraine x
Beautiful card, so elegant,and fabulous colours.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing with us at 'Make it Monday'
Luv CHRISSYxx
Don't forget. .if you leave a comment on another entrant, mention that you saw their card on 'Make it Monday' for a chance at second prize.. the more you comment on and mention MIM, the more chances at winning second prize.
Okay .. this is GORGEOUS Mandy!!!!! The couple will LOVE this card!!! This color combo is so yummy and I really love how you chose the white flowers and white butterfly .. gives it such an elegant feel. :) Of course I love the borders around your card .. it's always STUNNING!!!ReplyDelete
ps .. hope Blogger will behave soon. Yes, he is being a total Booger for the past month or so more than usual hasn't he?!!!! Notice I keep calling Blogger a "he" rather than a "she"?! LOL!!!
Big Hugs to You,
OMG, I'm speekless, such a wonderful card with beautiful colours.ReplyDelete
Your coloring is really a masterpiece.
Oh this is fabulous Mandy, love it.ReplyDelete
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This is one sweet project, Mandy.Love the adorable imgage and the sweet nicety .ReplyDelete
this is just fabulous Mandy !! absolutely gorgeous card ,, the image is adorable and the papers and embellies are all perfect ! :-)ReplyDelete
Lols x x x
Another masterpiece Mandy, its fantastic a great add for distress inks over copics, love this look way better, beautifully blended, looks classy, its awesome :-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful card, I love the colours xReplyDelete
Hi Mandy, commented on this once but thought I'd double check whilst I'm here - comment not there - gone ???!!ReplyDelete
Blogger is driving me to distraction at the mo.
Your card is absolutely gorgeous, beautiful colours and colouring and your beautiful detailing.
hugs again,
Sorry I'm so late commenting hun - been one of those weeks!! I love this image and what a fabulous idea to use it on a wedding card! Gorgeous details and colours too! hugs, Jane xReplyDelete


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