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Acquire a Moving Etiquette Once You've Hired Furniture Removal Services
As previously mentioned, no moving is easy. Along with the emotional stress that is logical to appear (as much as you enjoy the thought of living at a new place, leaving your current home behind means leaving a part of yourself behind), it is also very stressful keeping things organised. Unless you're absolutely confident in your moving skills, or had previous experience, the best option would be to rely on professionals and their furniture removal services. Their expertise and assistance can rid you of your worries and help you get to your new place stress-free. However, don't expect them to handle everything on their own, and make sure you stay organised beforehand for a smooth move. There is an etiquette you'd have to acquire and stick to before, during and after the move.
First things first, you have to create a list of all the items you intend to take to the new place. This will give removalists an idea of how many helping hands they'd need and give you an estimate concerning the price. This is also the step where you get to choose whether you'd like to, and whether you could afford to, get their assistance with other issues other than transport, and that includes packing and unpacking at your new home as well as getting rid of the unwanted items for you, either recycling them or giving them out to charity. Having the number of items clear can give an insight to the number of supplies you're going to need, the amount of boxes, tapes, bubble wrap and paper that will be required to be specific. Certain companies that have plenty of experience behind them include special moving offers as part of their furniture removal services, such as transporting pianos and pool tables.
While it's important to stay out of their way, it's also important to stay nearby and give them a hand whenever needed in some situations like opening doors and moving cables and carpets out of their step. Give them all the information you think is necessary and explain where they might find difficulty when moving, such as narrow hallways and staircases. Since they are people who also get tired due to all the physical work, make sure you prepare some light snack for them and keep them hydrated. It would give them just the right amount of energy to tackle your move efficiently and you'd show off how good of a host you are. Give them the heads up on fragile items so there'd be less chance for accidents, label the boxes properly and empty out drawers and desks. Help them help you!

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Congratulations to East campus, which had 100 percent student attendance today!
"Students tend to miss Mondays and Fridays so this is a big achievement," said Ms. Gayle Voltz, the campus director. East has 364 students.
The goal for The Varnett Public School and each of its campuses is to achieve 98 percent student attendance. "Our parent liaison, Ms. Leidy Martinez, is our secret weapon," Ms. Voltz said. "She contacts the parents on a daily basis to ensure that their children come to school."
Dr. Margaret Stroud, Varnett's superintendent, extended her congratulations to the East campus!
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See Miss Norris about the Mini Quiz. It is a 5 question quiz that focuses on notes from pages 10-13.
During the King's M&M Activity student participants took notes on their reaction to each event. If you were absent for this event please come see Miss Norris. This cannot be made up outside of class.


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Efforts in several states to require Medicaid recipients to work, study, volunteer or search for a job have stalled amid court challenges and questions from lawmakers, but the Trump Administration vowed to continue approving similar work requirements.
A federal judge blocked work rules in Arkansas and Kentucky on Wednesday, finding that the Department of Health and Human Services was "arbitrary and capricious" in approving the plans because it did not consider how they would affect Medicaid's core purpose of providing health care to the needy.
"Everyone on Arkansas Works can go to bed tonight knowing that tomorrow they'll be able get the healthcare they need to work and live a full life," Kevin De Liban, an attorney for Legal Aid of Arkansas who worked on the case against his state's program, said after the ruling.
The decisions were the latest speed bump in the Trump Administration plan. New Hampshire's work requirements were recently challenged in court. Bills proposing work requirements recently died in West Virginia and Wyoming, and shortly after the decision, similar bills stalled in the Idaho and Iowa legislatures.
Arkansas was the first state in the country to implement these work requirements last June, after the Trump Administration reversed an Obama-era stance and said it would allow states to tie Medicaid benefits to work or "community engagement activities." In the first seven months of the requirement, 18,000 people lost health coverage for not meeting the rules or failing to report that they had complied.
The twin opinions from Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. struck down for a second time Kentucky's plan to require Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer in exchange for health care and said that Arkansas's rules, which are already in effect, "cannot stand." Boasberg did not rule out the whole idea of Medicaid work requirements, however.
And federal officials are not backing down. The Trump Administration has now allowed six other states to introduce work requirements and seven more are waiting for approval. Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who has championed the work requirements, said on Wednesday that she remains committed to her goals.
"We will continue to defend our efforts to give states greater flexibility to help low-income Americans rise out of poverty," Verma said. "We believe, as have numerous past administrations, that states are the laboratories of democracy and we will vigorously support their innovative, state-driven efforts to develop and test reforms that will advance the objectives of the Medicaid program."
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Thursday that while his state would immediately stop applying the work requirement to residents, he was urging the Department of Justice and HHS Secretary Alex Azar to appeal Boasberg's decision.


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The Colchester Development Review Board meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Colchester Meeting House on Main Street (Route 2A) or the Colchester Town Offices (781 Blakely Rd.). Agendas and minutes are available at the Town's website. For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 264-5600.
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0:00 Call to Order, Administer the Oath
0:02 IRELAND INDUSTRIES, INC. - Preliminary Plat application for a Planned Unit Development to subdivide a 33.7 acre parcel to be comprised of office commercial space, restaurant space, daycare space, retail space and residential units.
0:02 IRELAND INDUSTRIES, INC... Subject property is located at 242 Severance Road
0:54 CARL LANKIN - Final Plat application for a 2 lot residential Planned Unit Development on a 20.51 acre parcel developed with a single residence. Subject properties are located at 362 Middle Rd and Village Dr.
1:09 HANDY INVESTMENT GROUP AND LAZURE ENTERPRISE, LLC Site plan application to amend a previously approved site plan for a 6,200 sq. ft. multi-tenant building. The amendment is for a 300 sq. ft. deli in an existing business.
1:09 HANDY INVESTMENT GROUP AND LAZURE ENTERPRISE, LLC ... Property is located at 25 Raymond Rd.
1:22 STEVEN STITZEL, PATTI PAGE AND WINOOSKI VALLEY PARK DISTRICT - Sketch plan application for a 4 lot residential Planned Unit Development of an 87 acre parcel zoned Agricultural to create 2 new residential lots.
1:22 STEVEN STITZEL, PATTI PAGE AND WINOOSKI VALLEY PARK DISTRICT ... Subject property is located at 1980 and Curve Hill Rd
1:39 KATRINA FITZGERALD AND RYAN GARDNER - Sketch plan application for a 4 lot residential Planned Unit Development of a 10.4 acre parcel. Property is to be located at 340 Watkins Road
2:02 Approval of Minutes from September 11, 2019
2:03 Next Meeting – November 13, 2019
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Basic schools to close at 4:00 pm instead of 2:00pm- Education Minister proposes
Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been outlining some drastic reforms his sector seeks to implement to ensure better teaching and learning practices for improved outcomes.
Speaking at the National Education Sector Review forum in Accra, he proposed that there should be an extension of closing time for basic schools in the country. "School closes too early in this country. At 2:00pm, parents from farms are not back and parents working at the public service are not back from work, so why can't school close at 4:00 pm," he said.
He also expressed displeasure at the current quality of education, especially at the basic level. He said there are about 42,000 teachers in early grade teaching about 650,000 odd children which means 10 to 15 students are assigned to one teacher. Yet, at primary two, only 2% of the pupil can read at that level.
That is unacceptable, he pointed out, saying, "we in the ministry are not going to rest till things change".
Speaking at the review, the GES Director General, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the Education service is creating a division to be in charge of evaluation, planning and research to avoid the inconsistency and ensure accountability.
"When we get the leadership right, we get curriculum, inspection, and teacher education right", he said.
He assured that they are putting teacher-learning materials and other measures in place to facilitate quality education and bridge gaps. Of all the proposed reviews by the Education Minister, the extension of the closing time for basic school pupils has been the most topical.
Some parents who spoke to Joy News were in favour of the extension of the closing time.
"it will increase efficiency in teaching and learning," one of them said.
"It will help the student to exhaust the syllabus" and "stop some students from joining bad crowds" another intimated.
However Country Director of NGO World Education, Susan Adu Aryee raised some issues about the new proposal.
"What happens to students learning for a long time," she asked, adding "what is the percentage of parents who are not home when kids close from school, are we going to use the extra hours for life skills or continue the curriculum."
She said the government should look at the Ghanaian society and research into what will help the education system in the country.
He also told the Ghana Education Service (GES) the lapses such as incoherent curriculum and lack of supervision and assessment made are "totally unacceptable".
"When I asked what the pupil standards are, they did not have one and when I asked for a curriculum to address the pupil standards I was given a draft", he said.


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We knew our room - 206 - was "petite" but it was a little smaller - and a lot darker - than we had hoped.
Mic from Melbourne, Australia10 February 2015
A very pleasant stay in a great location right near the train station.
Leanne from Swan Hill, Australia10 February 2015
A thoroughly enjoyable time. Friendly and helpful staff and comfortable room. Fantastic location
Angus from Auckland, Australia09 February 2015
Excellent location. Very helpful and knowlegeable staff. Fantastic hot breakfast. Coffee&tea machine available gratis whenever you need it! Slightly annoying noise coming perhaps from roof located A/C machinery.
Ryszard from Chyby, Poland06 February 2015
Very good, great location and modern room with a comfy bed. Shame about the view of the brick wall from the room but as we were out all day this was not a problem.,
Thomas from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates06 February 2015
Forcing me to add a comment in this survey was the most difficult thing I incurred in relation to the Alto Hotel
Greg from Perth, Australia04 February 2015
A very good experience. lovely hotel, great staff and excellent location. No complaints at all
Pauline from Epsom, United Kingdom03 February 2015
The Best hotel where we stay in The world
Besnard from Melbourne, Australia03 February 2015
Thank you and we hope to see you soon ????
Debra from Melbourne, Australia03 February 2015
Comfortable stay and a lovely staff. Keep it up!
Ana from Melbourne, Australia02 February 2015
First time staying in the hotel, and the room was excellent . Experienced significant noise from the pub opposite on Sunday night. Desk staff all very helpful and friendly. Restaurant quite pricey, travellers and business people may appreciate menu / prices more in the cheap and cheerful range.
Erin from Sydney, Australia02 February 2015
Well designed room, very clean, excellent staff - very helpful, breakfast excellent. Very good value.
James from Santa Fe, United States01 February 2015
Good - like environmental touch, apples, massage chairs, library
Jocelyn from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand01 February 2015
I love this hotel. Beautiful, quiet and a very good place in The city.
Michel from Melbourne, Australia01 February 2015
We loved the Alto on Bourke. It is a small hotel, intimate and personal. The staff were very helpful, our room was perfect. We loved staying there and would recommend it to other couples.
Lynn from Bellingen Nsw, Australia31 January 2015
This was my third stay & I thoroughly recomend this hotel.
It is consistently excellent.
The staff are always welcoming, the rooms are spacious with very comfy bed,
Very good food & great location, couldn't be more convenient
Lynn from Perth, Australia30 January 2015
Excellent and convenient location for going to the Australian Open tennis and exploring the cities CBD and restaurant culture
Michelle from Wollongong, Australia30 January 2015
Great place to stay within easy walking to transport.Buffet is not that wonderful however the Gourmet breakfast is good. Coffee machine nothing special
Roger from Canberra, Australia27 January 2015
V good - particularly the staff
Dave from Auckland, New Zealand27 January 2015
All good
Timothy from Brisbane, Australia27 January 2015
Excellent hotel. Only problem was two mornings when the cooked breakfast was very poorly executed. Appreciated having the Australlian Open schedule available every morning.
Ronald from Toronto, Canada26 January 2015
Great location. Staff available to give advice on tram travel etc. Prompt and friendly service. Extra touches like book library, free coffee machine, water, apples etc all appreciated. Fantastically comfortable bed and best I have ever slept in whilst holidaying. We were very happy with our stay and would definitely come back if visiting Melbourne again. Many, many thanks to all
LINDA from Perth, Australia26 January 2015
The only problem is that I have asked for check out at 12 am and was refused.
Newton from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil25 January 2015
Only one fault there was no where to put folded small clothes,
Robyn from Fassifern, Australia24 January 2015
Perfecct for shopping, concerts eating
Kaye from Melbourne, Australia23 January 2015
My son and I enjoyed a wonderful stay. hotel extremely clean, great location, easy to access from airport and staff very helpful. We arrived early but were able to access our room which was great. Staff allowed a family member who was meeting us for dinner to park his car in carpark which was most appreciated. Would recommend Alto.
Joanne from Brisbane, Australia23 January 2015
Very helpful and friendly
Susan from Melbourne, Australia21 January 2015
Wonderful stay - clean comfortable room and helpful friendly staff
Laurie from Townsville, Australia20 January 2015
Thank you for a really excellent stay. Staff were excellent. Rooms were excellent?
Anne from Melbourne, Australia18 January 2015
Was very good. Thank you,
Jeffrey from Sydney, Australia18 January 2015
Edmondo from Adelaide, Australia16 January 2015
Always great at the Alto
Cliff from Perth, Australia16 January 2015
Breakfast is amazing! Room was hot even with air con but I am often hot, otherwise nothing even vaguely negative
Emma from Adelaide, Australia16 January 2015
Nothing but praise; not one word of criticism at all.
Nick from Twickenham, United Kingdom16 January 2015
We had a very great time
Teena from Newcastle, Australia15 January 2015
Didn't like the 2 beds pushed together.
We like to sleep close and the bump where the 2 beds meet made this uncomfortable/impossible, other than that the beds were ok.
The smart tv and free wifi were great, the couch was comfortable for two, shower was good, toilet seat would not stay up for me.
Tim from Launceston, Australia12 January 2015
Bridget from Bangkok, Thailand11 January 2015
Loved it
Allan from Townsville, Australia11 January 2015
The Alto staff has provided the excellent service and created a very nice & friendly atmosphere.
Natalie from Melbourne, Australia11 January 2015
Great location, good facilities.
Michael from Sydney, Australia10 January 2015
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, we had an up graded room, which was superb and very much appreciated thank you. There is nothing you can improve on. Breakfast was excellent quality with a good selection and friendly service. Room and staff overal made our stay perfect. Regards Andrea and Nick :-)
Nicholas from Hastings East Sussex, United Kingdom10 January 2015
Keith from Sydney, Australia10 January 2015
Good location and great service - wide range of breakfast choice plus comfortable lounge area
Asami from Adelaide, Australia08 January 2015
Love staying at Alto. Location is perfect, room has everything you need. Will definitely be back, again.
Meg from Geelong, Australia07 January 2015
Consistently high standard that's why we keep coming back. Thanks for the room upgrade.
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Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
August 27, 2018Lynn Drake
Tenant's Pro-rata Share of Electric - Building Square Footage: 10,000 s.f. Tenants Rentable Square Footage: 5,000 s.f. Monthly Electric Bill: 1,500 Tenants Share of Electric bill 5,000 / 10,000= .50% Monthly Electric Bill 1,500 x .50 = $750/month Annual Cost for Electric 750 x 12 months = 9,000/year
August 23, 2018Lynn Drake
Net/Net/Net also shown as n/n/n - A lease requiring the tenant to pay, in addition to a fixed rental rate, the expense s for the property leased. These usually include the following: janitorial taxes, insurance and maintenance. Be careful with these types of leases or else the landlord will have the ... Read More
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Janitorial Math Space Footage Leased: 5,000 Cost/Square Foot for Janitorial: $1.50 5,000 s.f. x $1.50/s.f. = 7,500/year 7,500 / 12 months = $625/month
August 9, 2018Lynn Drake
Interested in learning more about commercial real estate? Whether you are looking to move soon or just investigating your options, it is im-portant to stay informed. Because we are a tenant-only, representative your interests are our number one priority. If you want to stay informed about commercial real estate, sign up for ... Read More
August 6, 2018Lynn Drake
The Challenge: Motor City Dance Factory was in a 5,000 sq ft, one-story office building in Southfield, Michigan. Their original loca-tion did not have high enough ceilings for the dancers and gymnasts. There was not enough parking, and the business had outgrown the space long ago. What We Did: Compass Commercial worked with ... Read More
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SNIDER: Redskins couldn't find new DC
The Redskins finished their fact-finding mission with a simple truth – nobody wants to be their defensive coordinator. After all, NFL coaches can smell blood.
After reportedly talking to former head coaches Todd Bowles, Steve Wilkes and maybe Gregg Williams over their potential opening, the Redskins are keeping their much-maligned coordinator Greg Manusky, according to The Washington Post. Coach Jay Gruden said the team was merely picking the brains of opposing coaches for "different perspectives."
Sure, like that's true.
Sadly, even Gruden has succumbed to the Redskins Way of doubletalking.
Why in the world would other coaches want to help the Redskins with fresh ideas? That alone discredits the team's pretense of keeping Manusky all along.
Manusky did a shaky job, no doubt. The defense played well in some games, was awful in others and 50/50 is not acceptable. That the former defensive captain openly complained over Manusky's play calling was wrong to do, but wasn't a wrong thought. The Redskins could never stop a sideline pass. Linebackers never realized there was more field outside of them.
But here's the box Washington is trapped in – the coaching staff are lame ducks. Unless the team makes the playoffs this fall, owner Daniel Snyder will likely fire everyone and start anew. So, who wants to come on a one-year deal? Nobody with any options.
Meanwhile, several assistants have been looking elsewhere for work with special teams coach Ben Kotwica leaving. That's another sign they expect to leave next year.
Uncertainty at quarterback clouds everything. The Redskins privately don't expect injured veteran Alex Smith to return and can't afford a replacement. Maybe they'll draft one, but how many rookies make an immediate impact? A few, but for every Robert Griffin III rookie year, there are 10 busts.
The Redskins probably won't gain much defensive help, but with a strong young line and decent personnel throughout, they should be better than last season. That's on Manusky. He'll get a second chance, but not a third.
Rick Snider has covered Washington sports since 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @Snide_Remarks


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Schubert's Sonata in B-Flat Major, D 960; a Chopin nocturne plus his "Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante"; and Liszt's "Hexameron" (Variations on A Theme from Bellini's Opera "I Puritani").
Archive for September 7, 2015
Pianist Ingolf Wunder live from Bennett Gordon Hall
Monday, September 7, 2015 by WFMT
19 Pieces of Music That Pair Perfectly with Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Monday, September 7, 2015 by Stephen Raskauskas
Because we've all heard "Autumn" from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" way too many times, here are some pieces you can pair with your pumpkin spice lattes as we say goodbye to summer and welcome fall. Whether you're waiting in line at Starbucks to get your fix, or making your latte yourself, we've got your perfect soundtrack for pumpkin spice season.


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Nitibha Kaul
In conversation with Arun Kaul
1. Hello Nitibha, please tell us about yourself.
I am a 26 year old business graduate. My first job straight out of college was as an Account Strategist with Google India for 2.5 years after which I quit to take part and become the youngest contestant of India's biggest reality show Bigg Boss and ended up surviving in it for 3 months - and soon after I gained popularity and am now working full time as a social media influencer and content creator, catering to almost a million people worldwide on a daily basis.
2. Congratulations on your performances so far in your different ventures, including the Big Boss show. Tell us how you acquired your love and skills for performance, as well as about your other pursuits and passions.
I was always very active and interested in the extracurriculars. I took part in all school dances as a kid, debates, poetry recitation- later as a teen- i joined street jazz dance classes- much to my parents opposition- since they thought I was already doing too much. But when I would set my eyes on something- I would be stubborn and get it- because I was always so passionate about the arts. I was in my school choir till 12th grade, and then in my college music band- would take part in many singing competitions across the country, I was also the extracurricular captain in my school. Basically- I wanted to do it all- and I would always be up for exciting challenges and experiences which drove me to do so much. Even in college- I organized corporate events, a TED Talk, volunteered for social organizations, won India's first mobile app development contest, took part in beauty pageants- Miss India, won a few, lost a few others but I just wouldn't stop trying and experimenting with new passions and that's possibly what drove me to take part in Bigg Boss despite doing so well in a company that people only dream of working at.
3. The audiences loved you and kept you in the Big Boss house even over some established celebrities. What is your feeling after this achievement? Share some of your best experiences in the Big Boss house.
I honestly feel grateful for surviving that long in the Bigg Boss house- but I also am clueless as to why the audience loved me so much since I was one of the quieter- more decent/less controversial contestants and historically- the ones that make their presence felt the most are the ones that survive on the show till the end. Maybe the audience saw the good in me and wanted to save the girl who was just being herself, maintaining her dignity and also having a blast at the same time.
4. Nitibha, please let us know about your interest in the arts and performance and what inspired you to get into the entertainment industry? What gave you the courage and conviction to forge your own path?
Well, I believe winners are the ones who dare to dream big and take risks. I was obviously very apprehensive of quitting such a well settled job to take part in a show that was so uncertain- but I knew- if I didn't make this decision- I would be at the risk of leading an ordinary life and also of looking back years later and regretting sticking around with the "safe" option.
5. Tell us about any challenges that have been a part of your life. Tell our young readers how you are handling the challenges with a positive attitude.
Well, being "online" and on social media all the time does take a toll on you. Be it social media trolling, hate comments or comparison with fellow bloggers/influencers- there's a lot that can affect you and your mental health. But important thing is- to treat it like your job and be professional about it- to disconnect and spend quality time with friends and family and not think of posting it on social media and to not get bogged down by criticism and keep creating content without fear of judgment.
6. You had a nice job in Google. What makes you committed to not only finding time for the arts (singing, acting, performance) but pursuing these as a career option in the entertainment industry?
Chasing big dreams and bigger goals has always been a part of me, and sticking around in a 9 to 5 job behind a desk was never for me- the drive to travel the world, experience new things every day and follow my passion keeps me committed to pursuing this career.
7. Tell us about some of your past failures and achievements. How have you responded in such contrasting situations?
Failure is the stepping stone to success- no one can be successful without making their fare share of mistakes. One such mistake for me was moving to Bombay right after Bigg Boss- I was smitten by the sudden fame- that I thought I wanted to pursue a career in acting- which was never my dream- but something that came naturally after being on a platform like BB. I got many offers- but luckily nothing figured out because my heart wasn't in it. Alongside I had started posting religiously on social media and also started my Youtube channel- and slowly yet steadily I realized my passion lied in creating content as ME and not as a character defined by a script or a director- and I decided to move back to Delhi to pursue my dream of working as a social media influencer which is what I do now, and I couldn't have been happier with that decision.
8. Tell us some interesting behind the scenes bits from the Big Boss show.
Well the most interesting thing- was the fact- that there were many moments on the show that were not telecasted on TV when we wouldn't be doing much inside the house- and every time we would be free, I would get super duper sleepy. And fun fact- no one is allowed to sleep in the house during the day- so every time I would doze off, this blaring alarm would go off and everyone would come running to look for me and wake me up, haha.
9. We at Shehjar believe that performing arts is a very positive outlet for our young adults to direct their creative energies. What are your suggestions for other young adults who may want to overcome their shyness regarding public performances?
Do not do what 99% of the world is doing, strive to be a part of the 1% by chasing some extraordinary dreams. Don't be afraid to take risks, this life is too precious to be wasted on doing something that doesn't spark joy in your life. When you follow your passion- everything- money, fame and success will come to you automatically so don't be afraid and grab every opportunity that comes your way like its your last.
10. What are your plans going forward?
I intend on creating world class content on all my platforms consistently in my pursuit of becoming the best social media influencer in the world. Content that not just entertains people, but also brings joy to them and inspires them to chase their dreams.
Parents: Sulekha & Sanjay
1. Hello Sulekha and Sanjay: Our compliments for raising two wonderful kids Nitibha and Kartikeya. Please tell us about yourselves, your backgrounds, how you met, your travels, your family?
Reply Sanjay: I am born and brought up in Srinagar, Kashmir. We had an ancestral house in Karan Nagar where I have spent my entire childhood and my college days. I did my schooling from Tyndal Bisco school and thereafter Bachelor's degree in Engineering with specialization in Electronic & Communication from Regional College of Engineering, Srinagar. My father was an engineer and mother, a housewife. Our entire family migrated to Delhi in the year 1990 due to outbreak of terrorism in Kashmir. Initially I joined a company based in Delhi as a service engineer and was promoted to General Manager, sales & service.
After my stint with corporate world for a period of five years, I decided to go on my own and started a firm with 15 employees in the year 1995. Since then I have my own business of sales & servicing of multifunctional devices with a wide range of clients, including but not limited to nationalized/private banks, corporate houses, firms etc.
My wife is also a Kashmiri pandit born in Srinagar but brought up in Delhi. Her parents migrated to Delhi in the year 1965. Her father was a botany Professor and mother a housewife. They are originally from Safakadal, Srinagar. Sulekha has done her entire education from Delhi. She did her graduation from Miranda House, Delhi University with Hons degree in Botany. Thereafter, she did Bachelor's degree in Law from Delhi University. and thereafter persued her Master degree in Law from Delhi University. Presently, she is working on a senior position with a prestigious law firm in Delhi.
We, as a family, have resolved to travel together, at least once in a year, be it abroad or within India. We have fond memories of our travel to various countries, like Paris, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai etc. We have also visited Kashmir along with the kids and have fond memories of the place that will be cherished for a long time.
2. Nitibha has been in the spotlight lately and for this feature in Shehjar, we will focus on her. Tell us about Nitibha.
Nitibha has always been academically very bright child and scored high marks both in school as well as in college. She did her schooling from St. Thomas School. She was an all-rounder and participated almost in every event organized by School, be it drama, debate, poem recitation etc. She has won many awards and was given recognition certificates by School.
In 2011, she joined the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, and graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies. She was a member of various societies of her college and activily participated in the events organized by the college.
In June 2014, Niibha joined Google and worked as an account strategist under Google Marketing Solutions. Her role at Google India involved customer relationship management, digital advertising and overseeing different aspects of customer services. She left Google in October 2016 to take part in Bigg Boss 10.
Nitibha is also the winner of NDTV's Nokia Your Wish is My App competition. Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra awarded her the winning prize of Rs one million. She remembered that moment, in an interview, as one of the best moments of her life.
3. Was she always into singing, performance or did she gradually evolve to be who she is now? What have been the most influential factors in her grooming?
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Parental guidance and constant support to explore different avenues have been the major factor that have helped her grooming. Besides our guidance and support, her focus, dedication and positive approach has also played major role in her grooming.
4. What motivates her to put herself out there in the entrepreneurial entertainment industry when she could have grown even in more conventional professions?
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I read a book not long ago about the stages children go through in their understanding of race. Race as we understand it is a man-made creation. Sure, God made us different colors and with defining physical characteristics, but we have made the act of differentiation into an art form. If you need proof, check your latest census forms. Children are not born with that understanding of race. They develop it as we teach it to them. They first notice the color difference, but don't realize there is anything else attached to it. Then they notice that families, for the most part, tend to be the same color. It is not until we teach them that race comes with cultural labels attached to it that they begin to think in terms of "White people are supposed to…" and "Black people usually…" and "All Asians are…" etc. The author of the book suggests we allow children to go through those stages naturally and not force them to come to our understanding of race too early.
Isabel is still stuck on the first stage. She realizes people are different colors and has begun to think about this. Most children her age have already moved to the second stage of noticing that most families are of similar color. That usually begins with their own family. My little girl does not have that experience. Not only is her family all kinds of rainbow, but each of the six classmates she has in her Sunday School class is a different color. Four of them are a different color than their parents. So it is understandable that the idea of families being similar is lost to her still. However, since we have not pushed the idea of "Black," "White," "Hispanic," etc. she has allowed her imagination to fill in the gaps.
One day I put my arm next to hers and asked her if she had noticed we are a different color. She said she had. I asked her: "What color are you?" to which she quickly replied: "I am chocolate!" And so she is. Delicious, milk chocolate color. "So what color am I?" I proceeded. "You are coffee color!" Yes, I am. Café con Leche, to be exact. "What color is Noah, baby?" "He is chocolate too, mami." Duh. Of course he is. "And daddy? What color is he, Isabel?" She didn't skip a bit: "He is cheese color!" Cheese? Huh. I looked at him with more attention that night. What do you know? He is kind of cheese color!
So, not only is my girl stuck in the first stage of racial understanding. She also is stuck classifying people by their food coloring. Because she is cognitively capable of understanding now, I mentioned to her in passing that people call people like her, who are chocolate color, Black people. She gave me a blank look. "But mami, I am not black, I'm chocolate." Good point, baby. So for now I'm leaving it alone. She will get there when she gets there. In the meantime she has began to point out all the chocolate, coffee, and cheese people she sees on TV, in books, and worse yet because she does not have a quiet voice, at Walmart.
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3 comments:
- Unknown said...
I think we need to use her description instead of the way we classify...hers is so much more entertaining (and it makes me hungry!)
- August 28, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- Kristina said...
Thanks to our mutli racial family - When I was pregnant with Juliette, Grant asked me what color our baby was going to be. I love it! I had to actually explain to him that when people grow babies in their bellies, babies come out colors like their parents. In his experience there are more adoptions around him than births.
Please ask Isabel what color I am... I'm guessing cheese too, pepper jack I'm pretty sure - thanks to all of my freckles.
- August 30, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Gaby said...
Kristina, I asked her but she doesn't remember what color you are! We'll have to ask her when she sees you.
- September 4, 2010 at 11:11 AM
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It's hard for many people to imagine two authors writing together. What happens when they disagree? What if one likes long sentences, the other short?
Writing teams in other fields have often found such unions nearly unbearable: think of the cold distance that the librettist William Gilbert kept from his composer colleague Arthur Sullivan, or how Richard Rodgers endured years of trouble with the often unreliable and irascible Lorenz Hart. But for us, co-authorship has been a surprisingly comfortable process dependent upon one thing: amity. When we met almost nine years ago, put together by an ABC news executive to whom we shall forever be in debt, we became friends first, then co-authors. We are still friends first. That's why we can be co-authors.
Journalism is perhaps the only kind of writing that could endure this sort of arrangement calmly. Does Stephen King write with a partner? Does Scott Turow dream of a superstar union with John Grisham? Of course not.
To be believable, fiction requires the obsessive stream of a single hellbent imagination. Biography is already a twosome: the author and his subject have an intimacy that would only be interrupted by the presence of a co-author. But journalism is almost by definition a group endeavor.
Where fiction may conjure the image of a lonely figure huddled in a garret, writing essentially for himself, journalism is a gregarious and public affair closely wrapped up with its audience and generally enhanced by the reporter's willingness to grapple with the input of his colleagues. Just about every journalist spends much, if not all, of his career at a newspaper, a magazine or in broadcasting. And it is there, in that quintessential journalist's environment known as the newsroom, that reporters pass ideas back and forth, challenging one another's assumptions, substituting fresh reporting for the stale until in a moment of harmony (forced as much by deadlines as by agreement) they settle upon the story. Only after much seasoning and kneading of the reputation does one emerge to take on this process on his or her own. Even then, as we've learned, it helps to have a partner.
When we set out nearly three years ago to do ''In Search of America,'' our newest book, we joined a grand tradition in journalism. All literary works of any depth aim at taking the reader on some kind of trip: after all, what better compliment can be paid about a book than to say that one came away from reading it feeling transported? But the journey book is a classic form of the reporter's craft, and the trip to take stock of a nation, particularly a nation as changeable as the American nation, has always had its own special appeal. It was Thomas Jefferson who declared that each generation should invent America anew, shaking off the dead hand of the past.
Throughout American history it has fallen to journalists (in the moment) and historians (a little later) to tell us what each generation of Americans has become.
Those of us who undertake the challenge to redefine America work in the shadow of some stunning past achievements: in recent decades Richard Reeves, John Steinbeck, and Luigi Barzini (to name a mere few) all told us something important about the America of their time. Still, any modern American journey book must suffer the inevitable comparisons to the great Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, who came here along with his partner, Gustave de Beaumont, in the 1830's and a few years later produced the standard to which all who wish to take the pulse of America aspire.
Tocqueville's ''Democracy in America'' gently summed up the American character with several hundreds of pages of deftly rendered brush strokes. If you don't believe us, do a computer search through America s major newspapers and see how often he is quoted even today. It is truly astonishing.
One of the requirements of the journalist's profession is that he or she be prepared to be surprised.
One can certainly go out on a journey with the mind already cast toward what he will find, but he should be ready to have such notions challenged or be fairly accused of not having taken a journey after all. When Tocqueville set out, he was ostensibly researching the penal system in America, which, by emphasizing reform over punishment, had captured the interest of the French. (Even then, America was a place that respected second chances.) But well before he landed, he also had it in his mind to expand his scope to take in the rise of democracy.
What Tocqueville found both pleased and, as an aristocrat, disturbed him. He worried that in its obsession with the democratic ideal, America appeared vulnerable to creating a new form of oppression, the tyranny of the majority.
We were inspired to take on America as a subject after our last book, ''The Century,'' led us to a keen sense of some late-20th-century trends that seemed to be undermining national identity: globalization, the Internet, the end of cold war politics, the growing worldwide acceptance of democracy and market economics. How would Americans define themselves when so much of the rest of the world began thinking and acting, well, like Americans?
The answer, as we found, is just as Americans always have defined themselves: around an essential set of ideas and values, chief among them the sacredness of freedom. Other peoples might be beginning to practice such ideals, but only Americans actually define themselves by them.
One of the biggest differences between our journey and Tocqueville's is that we took television cameras along. Our work differs most dramatically from other writers in the way that we have conceived our journalism as at once both literary and filmic.
''The Century'' and ''In Search of America'' were each the basis for an ABC News television series. Tocqueville would have been stunned by the technology, but he would have found much in television to confirm his 19th-century judgments about American exceptionalism: even then he saw Americans as interested in a common form of culture, one that provided the glue to unite them, which appealed to the taste of the masses and that at times even bordered on the vulgar. Democratic peoples, wrote Tocqueville in a characteristic display of understatement, have only a mediocre esteem for erudition.
We found that the key to succeeding in both media is to respect their separate strengths. A documentary script that pretends toward literature is a failure. Anyone who has ever read a successful script will marvel at its conciseness and invisibility: a few hundred words chosen well but with an ear to how they sound more than how they read and to how successfully they relate to the picture on the screen. There is an immediacy to television that print can never match and a reflective quality to print that stirs the imagination in a way that television never comes near.
Paradoxically we have television to thank for the glorious opportunity we have recently enjoyed: that is, to extend our vision to both the screen and the written page. We would not be the first to observe that television is America's electronic town green and that those journalists who appear on it are sometimes granted a special exalted position in American life. A generation ago Walter Cronkite was known as the most respected man in America. That level of honorific seems to have been exclusive to his extraordinary appeal. But we are mindful that even today, in the era of cable, when America's news sources have multiplied, television gives us a stage and a responsibility.
Sometimes the fame can get in the way; many more times it is an advantage. Rather than your having to find the story, the story comes to you. One day, reporting for our latest book, we were getting into our car at a parking lot at Gettysburg, when a man, noticing the more famous of us, approached with a challenge. ''Are you sovereign or are you global?'' he demanded. We wondered at first if he was referring to some piece of local lore, and so we just nodded and started to drive off.
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1. Coin Selection and Paylines. You need to choose your coin denomination before you start the game. Do this by clicking the "Bet" button. The available denominations are 5.00, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, 0.02, and 0.01. You can activate a maximum of 25 paylines. Just manipulate the arrows beside the "Lines" button. The winning combinations pay if they appear in your activated paylines. You can start the game by clicking "Spin" when the settings are complete.
2. Wilds and Scatters. The Golden Nugget is PayDirt's wild symbol. It can only appear in Reel 2 and Reel 4. This wild increases your payout three times, when it is substituted in a winning combination. Alone, the Golden Nugget does not offer payouts at all. The scatter sign is the PayDirt symbol. You get a scatter payout (multiplied by the bet) when you have at least three of the PayDirt symbol. A prize of 200 coins is the result of having five scatter symbols. Feature games are the activated by at least three scatter symbols.
Three feature games are available. Make sure to pick the PayDirt sign to reveal the game you need to play:
- Gold Rush—gives 12 free spins; grouped Golden Nuggets appear on a random reel
- Gold Fever—gives 5 free spins; Golden Nuggets entirely make up Reel 3
- Strike It Lucky—takes you to the second screen; you get bonus symbols and pick mines in the second screen. You then gain 10 free spins. The bonus symbols you get from these spins serve as wilds.
3. Progressive Jackpot. PayDirt's jackpot can be hit by anyone at any given time. Here, you have the chance to win 10,000 coins—the highest fixed jackpot. Take note that five Mine symbols have to appear in an activated payline, for you to get this jackpot. A reward of 2,500 coins is the second highest fixed jackpot. You also get this when five Miner symbols in an activated payline. You can access the payout table by clicking "Help".
PayDirt is an easy game to play. You don't have to break a sweat in learning its rules. You can also access the audio instructions when you play the feature games. So, go ahead, log on, and hit the PayDirt of your life!


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I am haunted now as I never was before by the sense that we all of us have the mark of God's thumb upon us. We have the image of God within us. We have a holy place within us that gets messed up in a million ways. But it's there, and more and more
Category: Seasons
Friday, October 26, 2018 – There is a Season
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 I chop Swiss chard, picked from the garden an hour ago. And tomatoes, assorted heirlooms that have been ripening on the countertop in the laundry room for weeks—sorted through every few days, the ripe ones chopped and used in
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 – Seen Through a Wider Lens
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons. Jim Bishop It is the most beautiful autumn. Clear blue skies and sunshine during the day, give way to late afternoon sunsets with magical golden light. The air is still and warm during the day; autumn winds haven't stripped the trees of their
Friday, October 19, 2018 – Autumn's Finest
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables It's been a busy week, and Friday arrives gently, like a comfortable old friend. Gerry is going fishing this morning, and I'm going to pull out my camera. My kitchen windowsill is adorned with vases of
Saturday, September 22, 2018 – Welcome Fall
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus Saturday morning cartoons are on my mind when I wake far too late after a restless and uncomfortable night. Saturday morning cartoons, a bowl of soft and soggy Shreddies, and flannel pajamas. Funny where your mind lands. I find a comment here
Friday, September 14, 2018 – Brrr
But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light
Saturday, September 8, 2018 – The September Season
But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head . . . The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on. Robert Finch It is dark now, at an hour when


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Frey appointed Senior Republican Whip; Ferguson sworn in for first time
State Rep. John Frey (R-111), was sworn in to represent Ridgefield for a tenth term in the Connecticut House of Representatives, while State Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-138) was sworn in for his first term in the State House.
Rep. Frey, the longest-ever serving state legislator from Ridgefield, will continue to be an influential member of the House Republican caucus, having been appointed by House Minority Leader Themis Klarides (R-114) as Senior Republican Whip. This is in addition to his assignment as Ranking Member on the Transportation Bonding Sub-Committee, and positions on the Finance, Revenue, and Bonding; Banking; and Legislative Management committees.
"John Frey is a crucial part of our caucus," said Klarides. "There are more House Republicans now than there have been in 30 years. We have several new members who will benefit greatly from John's extensive experience in government and knowledgeable background of the legislative process from his many years of public service."
"Connecticut has lagged behind New England and the rest of the county in its economic recovery from the recession," Frey said. "Families in Connecticut are hurting from the mass exodus of business and capital from the state. I cannot wait to work with all of these fantastic new members, Leader Klarides, and House Democrats to get the job done to make Connecticut financially sound."
Frey also maintained his position as Ranking Member on the Transportation Bonding Sub-Committee Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee. The Transportation Bonding subcommittee oversees bonding issues related to funding transportation infrastructure projects.
"Making badly needed improvement to the state's infrastructure is made much more complicated by the ongoing state of fiscal crisis we find ourselves in this session, especially when there is no assurance that this money will not be diverted," Frey stated. "We cannot allow these critical transportation funds to be raided by the governor and his party for other pet projects. Having a seat at the table where transportation dollars are allocated is important – especially to those of us in Fairfield County."
Frey is also looking forward to his work on the Banking Committee, which has authority over all matters relating to the Department of Banking, and banks, savings banks, bank and trust companies, savings and loan associations, credit unions, the supervision of the sale of securities, fraternal benefit societies and secured and unsecured lending.
Frey will also join the Committee on Legislative Management, which conducts the business affairs of the General Assembly.
"This will be an interesting session," Frey concluded. "We have to pull Connecticut back from the brink of financial ruin and restore the confidence of families and businesses. It is going to take both parties working together to provide accountability, predictability, and transparency."
Rep. Ferguson, who represents a part of northern Ridgefield, said he is honored to begin work in the Connecticut House of Representatives for his first term after being elected in November. Ferguson was asked by Rep. Klarides to serve on the Education Committee, which will be the center of debate over ECS funding, and concerns all matters relating to the Department of Education; local and regional boards of education and the substantive law of collective bargaining covering teachers and professional employees of such boards; vocational rehabilitation; the Commission on the Arts; and libraries, museums and historical and cultural associations.
He was also appointed to the Transportation Committee, which handles all matters relating to the Department of Transportation, including highways and bridges, navigation, aeronautics, mass transit and railroads; and to the State Traffic Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles, as well as the Internship Committee, a statutorily created Committee whose principal responsibility is the development and administration of Connecticut General Assembly interns.
"As a member of the Danbury Board of Education, I have experienced how the state's education policies and budget allotments directly affect students' growth and development," Ferguson said. "We owe it to every parent, student, and teacher – past, present, and future - to get the Education Cost Sharing right so that municipalities have all the resources they need. I cannot wait to begin work on this topic that is so critical to the future of Connecticut."
Frey and Ferguson will serve in a House of Representatives with greater partisan parity, with 72 Republicans and 79 Democrats following the 2016 election.


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My friends know I'm a fashion addict. Handbags, clothes and shoes…I love it all. When Target announced their collaboration with designer Jason Wu, I got excited and exchanged several emails with like-minded friends about the collection.
A Jason Wu blouse will set you back $1400.00 at Neiman's or Nordstrom. Imagine the look on my husband's face if I told him I'd spent that much for a blouse. The items exclusive to Target were priced at $59.99 and below. Affordable for most folks. And like his designer collection, the pieces showcased the fabulous detailing and the retro-feminine aesthetic that's made him a star.
I'd already picked out which I items I wanted. But frankly, it wasn't worth it to me to crawl out of bed at 0400 hours so I could wait in line outside the store. I knew it would be a grab-fest once I made it inside.
My father spent many evenings helping me with my high school chemistry. To describe the strength of the hydrogen-oxygen bond, he used the analogy of women at a shoe sale. Attraction, intense and immediate.
Limited quantity at bargain prices equals a formula for frenzy. Factor in the pre-launch hype and the profiteers clearing the racks to sell their purchases on eBay at a ridiculous price. (Right now, there are over 11,000 Jason Wu/Target items available on eBay.) There was a good chance I'd come home empty-handed.
It wasn't just the crowds I wished to avoid, but any negative behavior. The memory of witnessing two women exchanging blows over a sequined skirt at a boutique in Las Vegas came to mind. I recalled customers fighting over the last jar of steamed chestnuts during the holidays.
Are steamed chestnuts worth getting steamed over?
I ended up shopping on-line in the wee hours on Saturday evening. I'm happy with my purchases, but were they worth waiting in line outside the store at five a.m.?
I camped out overnight once for something I needed. An English class I had to take to fulfill a requirement in college. I asked myself what would be worth waiting in line for? So far I've come up with food, water and shelter. Medical care. I'm still thinking about it.
Did you partake in the Jason Wu frenzy at Target? Have you ever waited in line outside a store for a must-have item? Camped overnight outside for concert or sports tickets? What would you be willing to wait in line for?
I'd also like to invite everyone to participate in Romance University's Tainted Love Contest.
Here's an example of what we're looking for:
It wasn't the smoldering like a five-day tire fire, wanna-get-lucky look Wanda gave Earl beneath her press-on lashes, or her soft, sweet lips, reminiscent of a mashed praline on Bourbon Street in mid-July, but her breasts, which resembled two fried eggs that had him yearning for a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast.
Submit your absolute worst (really!) cliche-filled, heavy-handed, overly sentimental, and cringe-worthy prose in a single sentence containing no more than seventy words.
Post your entry in the comments section of the RU website on Tuesday, February 14th.
I hope you'll join in the fun. Yes, there will be prizes!


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Kinsmen Group named "Best-of-the-Best" by SPI Research
Kinsmen Group recognized for outperforming their peers with higher profits, more projects delivered on-time and consistently delighted customers. #PSBestoftheBest
Houston, TX – March 4, 2019 – Kinsmen Group, a specialist supplier of engineering information services and solutions, was named in the top 5% of Professional Services (PS) organizations by Service Performance Insight Research (SPI Research).
SPI Research is a leading independent technology services research firm. Every year, SPI Research completes the Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark designed to help organizations understand their performance compared to that of their peers. The benchmark provides insights into critical business processes and key measurements so organizations can compare, diagnose, and improve their performance.
Best-of-the-Best winners outshone their peers across five critical service performance dimensions; leadership, client relationships, human capital management, service execution and finance and operations. According to SPI, the Best-of-the-Best companies, on average, grew year over year PS revenue by 14.5%, which is 54% more than the revenue growth of average firms at 9.4%. Year over-year employee headcount growth was also impressive at 11%.
This year 622 organizations participated in the survey and Kinsmen Group was among the top 18 organizations to outperform their peers with an impressive year over year PS revenue growth of 80.4%, a considerable year over year headcount growth of 75%, significantly higher profits, more projects delivered on time and consistently delighted customers.
"The Best-of-the-Best recognition is a significant accomplishment for us because it measures not only bottom-line financial results but also on a breadth of leadership, human capital, and service execution metrics to reveal outstanding performance across the company," said Brian Sallade, CEO of Kinsmen Group. "We are honored to receive the Best-of-the Best award as this achievement further demonstrates our dedication to service excellence and customer success".
To read the full report click here – Kinsmen Group Best-of-the-Best.
About Kinsmen Group
Operating globally from locations in the U.S. and the U.K., Kinsmen Group helps asset-intensive companies digitally transform their complex engineering information, into business intelligence that is used to rapidly empower their workforce, optimize operations and gain the competitive advantage. Kinsmen Group consultancy and technical services help meet the compliance, safety, efficiency and business goals of owner-operators and engineering, construction and procurement companies. For more information, visit https://www.kinsmengroup.com


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A new event dedicated to space exploration is coming to the UAE this month…
On 24th and 25th January, many of the world's most amazing and inspiring space personalities (scientists, astronomers, budding astronauts) will gather for an event named Project Space, where they will share their stories, their discoveries and their ideas with a gathered audience at the Dubai World Trade Centre. It's a FREE event, and for anyone who has looked up to the stars in wonder, it's an event you really wouldn't want to miss.
There is nobody that isn't inspired or generally astonished by space, and this goes for not only the sheer scale of the universe, but the amazing accomplishments of scientists and engineers who manage to send spacecraft to other planets, moons and asteroids, making astounding discoveries in the process.
Space is a sector that the UAE's leaders are very keen on exploring. So much so that in fact the nation will send a probe to Mars in 2020 on a voyage of discovery – the first time anything like this has ever been attempted by an Arab nation.
It is being built at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), a scientific entity in which some of the most talented Emiratis work to advance their nation in one of the most technically demanding sectors, but also one of the most amazing. And that's what they are doing. MBRSC has a target of establishing the UAE as one of the world's top space faring nations, bringing more Emiratis into the industry, and also inspiring the next generations to think creatively about science, maths, technology and engineering – something that's never really happened before in the UAE.
Think, Inspire, Discover
So as part of this mission to inspire, they are hosting an event named Project Space at Dubai World Trade Centre on 24th and 25th January 2017, where some amazing people from across the world will gather to give talks on their accomplishments (think TED Talks but with better staging). The event is FREE for all, and already many schools, colleges and universities are sending their brightest pupils to discover some of the amazing accomplishments we've seen in space exploration thus far.
Coming to speak is Dr Carolyn Porco, the Head of the Cassini Imaging Team. Cassini is the NASA probe that is still orbiting around Saturn, and it's made some astonishing discoveries, most notably the discovery of the potential for life in a saltwater sea under the icy exterior of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. The ocean Cassini has discovered is around 10 times deeper than the deepest parts of our ocean. We all know that water is the key to life, what could be lurking in that ocean? She will shed some light on that for us.
Also appearing is Dr Mike Brown, the Pluto Killer. It was Dr Brown who discovered a new dwarf planet called Eris which was found to be bigger than Pluto. This effectively meant everyone's favourite planet named after a Disney dog was removed from our classification. He wasn't too popular with space fans who had grown up with nine planets in the Solar System, but now his work is dedicated to finding a new planet, which he says is irrefutably out there waiting to be discovered.
Astronaut Abby, a young aspiring NASA astronaut is also coming to present at Project Space, and she has the goal of being the very first human evert to set foot on Mars. She is massively popular on social media, with a following approaching a million, as children all over the world follow her journey to see if she does indeed succeed with becoming NASA's first Mars astronaut.
Also coming are Noureddine Melikechi, a Professor from Algeria who works on the Mars rovers for NASA, and Dr Pete Swan, who is the President of the Space Elevator Consortium, which is an advocate for building an elevator to take people and cargo outside of the Earth's atmosphere where they could board a spacecraft waiting at the top, saving on the costs, dangers and environmental impact of a rocket launch.
Add to all of these personalities the best people from the space centre, as well as a number of workshops, galleries and events throughout the two days, and you have a memorable event and a wonderful addition to Dubai's already busy events calendar.


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The key to staying healthy, being happier, having better spending habits…the key to almost everything is motivation.
So how do you stay motivated? Keep reminding yourself why you do what you do, remember that the goal may not be a 'touchdown' but to keep moving the ball down the field, and to know what your obstacles are.
What does that mean?
When you think about dieting, what is your biggest weakness? If you are going vegan and love steak, the answer isn't to cut out everything all in one day, it's understanding that may need to cheat every now and then…and it's normal!
Knowing what your weaknesses are means that you can anticipate how to avoid giving up and how to stay on the path of achievement: whether it's health, wealth, love, life, relationships…you get the picture.