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Google Lens uses your phone's camera to provide you with search results without typing or speaking. For now, it is particularly useful for immediate price comparison in stores and storing information. Google Lens has gone live or is about to, on Pixel phones in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, and Singapore (in English). Read More
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In recent months we've seen a flood of changes and updates overtake the Google world as we know it. Google+ has served as an effective social tool for small businesses for several years. Its integration with Google Maps and Google My Business, in addition to its advantage in Google search visibility, have made it a useful platform on which to promote a business and ensure that the business shows up in search results. However, many recent reports have predicted the Google+ apocalypse, partially because Google's recent changes seem to be moving away from Google+. But then, this happened: the official Google blog announced big changes to Google+ last week, and with those changes a whole new potential for the future of Google+.


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Dr. Jayshree Suresh
QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION : B.A (Psychology and Philosophy); MBA (Osmania University), Ph.D. (Gujarat University).
EXPERIENCE IN YEARS TEACHING/PRACTICE/INDUSTRY/RESEARCH : 37 years of Teaching/ 10 years of Industry/ 15 years of Research
Prior to joining LIBA, Dr. Jayshree worked from 2003 to 2016 (13 years), as the Dean, Faculty of Management at SRM University; from 1992-2002 (10 years) was in MOP Vaishnav College for Women; from 2016- 2017 served as Dean, Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, promoted by Hand in Hand, India (an International NGO); and from 1974-1983 worked as a Research Associate at IIMA.
She has been a Ph.D. guide for 13 Research Scholars in SRM University as well as an external guide for Ph.D. candidates in other universities.
She also holds the following positions at various Industry and Educational Institutes.
Educational Institutes:
- Advisory Member in International MBA Course in Stella Maris College, Chennai
- Board of Studies Member of SSN School of Management.
- Advisory Board of ATRIA School of Management, Bangalore
- Vice Chairperson of Society for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE), Indian School of Business (ISB)
- Mentor to TIMT Yamunanagar, Haryana
- Governing Body member of TVS Educational Services TVSES
- Independent Director – M/S. India Nippon Electricals Limited A TVS group company
- Director – M/S.Zwende Design Tech Private Limited
- Entrepreneur: 1980-2004
- 2nd in Asia's Best B-School Awards for Best Professor in Marketing Management
- Gold Medallist – Best Faculty Award, SRM University – sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions.
- Best Teacher Award in MOP Vaishnav College.
- Best Women Academician Award for contribution to management education from Evastalin Business School, Chennai
- Ph.D. on Product Mix decisions in Textile Mills from Gujarat University under the twinning arrangement with IIM-A.
- MBA from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Significant Publications:
- Jayshree Suresh and R. Ramraj, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Case Study on the Influence of Environmental Factors on Entrepreneurial Success, European Journal of Business and Management , International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), Vol.4 (16) pp. 95 – 101, 2012 .
- Dr.Jayshree Suresh and Prof. Vijayan, Antecedents of new product success, International Journal of Management, International Association for Engineering and Management Education (IAEME), Vol.3 (1), pp..101-114, 2012
- Nisha Ashokan, Dr.Jayshree Suresh, A Study on Entrepreneurial intention among the students, International Journal of Management, International Association for Engineering and Management Education (IAEME), Vol.3 (3), ,pp. 1-7, 2012
- Dr.Sarprasatha Joe and Dr.Jayshree Suresh, Do Attitudes Influence Situational Ethics?, International Journal of Management, International Association for Engineering and Management Education (IAEME), Vol.3 (2), pp.144-149, 2012
- Kavitha Sethuraman and Jayshree Suresh, Effective Leadership Styles, International Business Research, published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education, Vol.7 (9), pp.165-172, 2014
- Durairaj Sivakumar and Suresh Jayshree, Least Cost Supply Chain Model for Automotive Industry, International Journal of Business Excellence, Vol.9 (2), pp..240 – 252, 2016
- Ragu and Jayshree " Green Affinity : Evaluating the Perception of Youth on Climate Change and Renewable Energy", Prabandhan : Indian Journal of Management Vol. 9 (9), September, pp. 11-26. 2016
- Ragu and Jayshree, "Customer Satisfaction Index Model for Indian Banking Industry: A Qualitative Study, Asian Social Science, Vol.13 (1), pp.114 – 129, 2017
- Ragu and Jayshree, "Customer Satisfaction Index as a Performance Evaluation Metric: A Study on Indian E Banking Industry" , International Journal of Business, Vol. 22 (3), pp. 251 – 274, 2017
- A.S. Balakrishnan and Jayshree Suresh," Multimodal logistics for Indian automotive sector", International Journal of Enterprise Network Management ( IJENM), Vol. 8 (3), pp. 270 – 289, 2017
- A.S. Balakrishnan and Jayshree, Suresh, " Green Supply Chain Management in Indian Automotive Sector", International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management ( IJLSM), Vol. 29 (4), pp. 502 – 523, 2018
Significant Cases:
- Zandu Pharmaceuticals (A & B) with Prof. Kavil Ram of ISB published in Harvard Business School
- Deccan Embroidery and Manufacturing Company (DEMCO)
- Corporate Social Responsibility @ Ma Foi Ltd
- Chidambaram Nataraja Temple (CNT)
- Satyam Computer Services Takeover
- Sri Balaji Assemblies and Plastics (SBAP)
- Author of "Entrepreneurial Development" and Co-Author of "Human Values and Professional Ethics" which has become prescribed Text Book at under graduate level in Tamil Nadu state.
Passion for Education and Institution Building.
Research Interest:
Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Marketing and Strategic Management.

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It means that Virgin can now operate as a bank.
Two years ago, Virgin floated a similar idea, acquiring Northern Rock (a bank much larger than Church House).
Around that time, Virgin polled some people to see what they thought.
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MACE 2018 was run November 9-11, 2018 at the Hilton close to UNC-Charlotte. MACE is a game convention. A well run game convention that sticks to games. There were only four panels – meet the guests (mostly gamer people) and three workshops on building terrain and painting. No costume contest, art show, or author panels. MACE is games, games and more games.
MACE leans strongly towards role playing games (RPGs) and board games. Two widely established RPG groups which run at many conventions are the D&D Adventurers League and the Pathfinder Society. These groups had their own large room. D&D Adventurers League ran 41 scheduled sessions and Pathfinder Society ran 44.
The myriad Savage Worlds settings ran a large number of events. The Savage Worlds settings included Rifts, Travelers, Sci-Fi; Deadlands Noir; East Texas University; Flash Gordon; Adventure; Savage World of Eberron; Weird War; Mars Attacks and Supers. I counted a total of 15 Savage Worlds Games on the program. Savage Worlds is similar in some ways to Steve Jackson's GURPS. There are a number of Savage Worlds Settings but all use the same core game mechanics. Clint and Jodi Black are major players in the Savage Worlds universe and are regular MACE attendees.
Other RPG systems with a good number of sessions were Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu and Cat-thulhu); independent D&D events; Dungeon Crawl Classics & Mutant Crawl Classics; Dresden Files; Shadow Run; Dread; and Index Card RPG. However, you could have spent the entire convention playing other RPGs without touching any of the ones I've mentioned.
There were a large and varied number of board game sessions. About half were demos of games for sale and half were game sessions. There was also a large room devoted to "play to win" games and a library of games you could check out and play. Like a lot of Cons, most of the board games were probably not on the schedule and played out of the library, out of games people brought, and from play to win. You could have spent most of MACE just playing demos from those eager to sell their tabletop game.
There was a small contingent of what I would call "miniatures games" with a big table layout including terrain and figures. BattleTech, X-Wing, Olympus at War and a demo of The Drowned Earth. Several North Carolina championships for various games were also played including Catan, Pyramid Poker and Skull King.
MACE does not have wargames. The closest thing they had to wargames was BattleTech, Twilight 2000 and some trading games like Marco Polo.
They had quite a few dealers ranging from games, clothing to general nerd stuff. I usually pick up a game or something else from at least one of the dealers to encourage their future attendance. This year had more dealers than previous years so hopefully they are making money and will return.
MACE also runs their own meal, snack, and beverage service called the Grinning Goblin. Their prices were reasonable, their selection large, and they will take food order deliveries for various sandwich places and text you when the food arrives. You could eat pretty reasonably without having to leave the gaming area. There is also a Chick-fil-a and a McDonalds within an easy walk.
This was my second MACE and my third MACE event (I also attended MACE West last Spring). I have many reasons for really liking MACE. First, you can play a huge variety of games. I started playing Dungeon Crawl Classics and Mutant Crawl Classics at MACE events. There are a couple of very good GMs who run them and they are a blast to play if the person running the spell casters understands the system.
Second, MACE registration works really well. There are a lot of games and you can register in their online system OGRE well before the event. The MACE people run four different MACE events annually and also handle the gaming for ConCarolinas. One warning, you really should register for sessions before showing up. On the day of the convention open slots for games in the program are few and far between.
Third, MACE has a huge variety of games without being overwhelming. I've ended up playing a lot of Dungeon Crawl Classics and Mutant Crawl Classics at MACE, but I also play Cthulhu and Savage Worlds. I've also played tabletop events. I've had a good time at all of them. MACE is a "mid-size game convention." They have quite a bit of variety without becoming massive like Gencon, Origins or DragonCon.
Since MACE does not try to do all of the other stuff (costumes, movies, literature, etc…) they don't get bogged down. Unfortunately, short films and literature have become political culture war fights at many Cons. The gamers usually just game in small groups and don't get political. At MACE there are no awards to fight over, no panels to complain about not being seated at, and no big PC "inclusion fights" over the political, racial, sexual, gender or other stupidity being fought over this month. It seems like a cluster of people just love to fight over the politics of Science Fiction and Fantasy literature and movies and Con after Con gets drug into infighting. At MACE people just game away and socialize without fighting over this sort of thing.
Next, MACE really treats their GMs well. I run a single Call of Cthulhu event at every MACE. Because I run an event, I get to register early. This works out very well. MACE has a huge number of GMs. Many GMs run one or three events. Running one event allows you to register before everyone else. Run three events and you get free admission. This gives a big incentive for GMs to participate! This means a lot more games being run! This leads to a lot more events which means a lot of happy gamers who are not GMs this time!
MACE usually takes up part of a Hilton Hotel and the room rates are pretty reasonable. The hotels have had good internet reception and adequate parking. I'm one of the people driving a long distance to attend MACE (five to seven hour drive depending on the location). I usually come up the night before arriving at midnight or later. I game Friday – Sunday. Then I leave Monday morning to return to Alabama. Even though I'm getting a hotel room for three or four nights, my hotel and food bill will total less than $650. Hilton's are nice properties and my wife stayed with me on the last two MACE Cons although she did not get a membership. Asheville and Charlotte NC are pretty nice places to visit for the spouse.
Except for one event, every RPG I played in was a lot of fun.
I did have three regrets. First, I should have signed up for a board game. I did not play a board games I know and like or have never played. I cannot believe I did not sign up for "Miskatonic School for Girls." Second, I should have played one RPG system that I've not played before. I've read the Dresden Files system and it looks like fun. I did play Savage Worlds Supers for the first time in the long running "Raleigh Police Supernatural Enforcement Unit" world. Last, Trail of Cthulhu is a snake bit system for me. There is nothing wrong with the system, but every time I've signed up for a Trail of Cthulhu event, regardless of the Con, it was boring.
If you like RPGs or Board Games, MACE is a great convention.


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Ambassadors are expected to inform university students about the services offered by VA and serve as immediate points of contact. While reflecting the core values of the firm, ambassadors must be confident in every task to be undertaken. Ambassadors will also be involved in community outreach programmes undertaken by VA in their respective provinces. Lastly, ambassadors shall perform any other reasonable duty as delegated by management from sales to marketing, administration and finance.
To be part of VA, you need to be a self-motivated individual and be a good team player as you would be required to work hand-in-hand with other candidates. However, being able to work independently is a key, assuming you carry the ability to account for your actions. The ambassador needs to have good written and verbal communication skills, ability to work under pressure, able to lead and listen to others, social media literate and good business sense.
Vindilac Analytics is an emerging consultancy firm offering value-added professional services to clients at affordable prices while exceeding clients' expectations. The services offered include academic research assistance, proofreading and editing, mentoring, private tutoring, tax, economic and business advice and motivational talks. The target group includes students, start-ups, micro and medium businesses. The team consists of experts who are critical thinkers and problem solvers. VA aspires to offer value added services that are of great quality and value to clients.
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American Board of Podiatric Surgery
The American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS), in accordance with standards published by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), conducts primary source verification of the podiatric medical school graduation, residency training completion, and state licensure for each ABPS member. It is the recognized board certification organization by the American Podiatric Medical Association and the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.
American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons
The American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) is a professional society of more than 6,000 foot and ankle surgeons. Founded in 1942, ACFAS seeks to promote the art and science of foot, ankle, and related lower extremity surgery, address the concerns of foot and ankle surgeons, and advance and improve standards of education and surgical skill.
Foot Health Facts-Healthy feet for an Active Life
The patient education website of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.
American Podiatric Medical Association
Founded in 1912, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is the leading resource for foot and ankle health information. Currently, the organization represents a vast majority of the 15,000 podiatrists in the country. In addition to the national headquarters, APMA boasts 53 state component locations throughout the United States and its territories, as well as affiliated societies
Virginia Podiatric Medical Association
The state component of the APMA.
American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
The American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine serves to advance the understanding, prevention and management of lower extremity sports and fitness injuries. Useful articles and various athletic shoe lists are found on this site.
American Professional Wound Care Association
The American Professional Wound Care Association is a non-profit medical association welcoming all medical specialties involved in treating the various forms of non-healing wounds, including diabetic, vascular, ischemic, pressure ulcers, burns and cancer.
Northcoast Footcare is an online resource for reliable and up-to-date foot health information. Northcoast Footcare, Inc has a complete resource of patient information for common foot conditions, such as plantar fasciitis, tendonitis and bunions as well as step by step tratments for each condition. We believe that images, diagrams and illustrations are the best way to help individuals understand their foot problems. Northcoast Footcare has the greatest number of graphicson the web for help on diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle conditions. Content and articles written by Christine Dobrowolski, DPM, MS.
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2. Inspect your feet regularly. Pay attention to changes in color and temperature. Look for thick or discolored nails (a sign of developing fungus), and check for cracks or cuts in the skin. Peeling or scaling on the soles of feet could indicate Athlete's Foot. Any growth on the foot is not considered normal.
3. Wash your feet regularly, especially between the toes, and be sure to dry them completely.
4. Trim toenails straight across, but not too short. Be careful not to cut nails in corners or on the sides; it can lead to ingrown toenails. Persons with diabetes, poor circulation, or heart problems should not treat their own feet because they are more prone to infection.
5. Make sure that your shoes fit properly. Purchase new shoes later in the day when feet tend to be at their largest, and replace worn out shoes as soon as possible.
6. Select and wear the right shoe for the activity that you are engaged in (e.g. running shoes for running).
7. Alternate shoes -- don't wear the same pair of shoes every day.
8. Avoid walking barefooted. Your feet will be more prone to injury and infection. At the beach or when wearing sandals always use sunblock on your feet as the rest of your body.
9. Be cautious when using home remedies for foot ailments. Self-treatment can often turn a minor problem into a major one.
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Jan 05, 2019 - National Geographic Explorer
Leaving a place at the end of a trip is always bittersweet, especially when leaving a place as amazing as Antarctica. Our first full day at sea, heading back to civilization, brought a bit more wind than our journey south. It wasn't too bad though, considering what the Drake Passage can produce. There were many seabirds out enjoying the breeze, which allowed us great views of albatross and petrels. With lectures by the onboard naturalists, we all learned just a little bit more about the special place through which we had just traveled.
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If energy prices in Australia don't come down, the cost of living, heating your home in winter, cooling it in summer and more will continue skyrocketing – let alone adding electric car charging prices on top of that.
Australians reportedly now have the highest power prices in the world, despite huge reserves of coal, natural gas and uranium that we aren't using, and while renewable energy sources continue evolving, the wind doesn't blow 24 hours per day.
Neither does the sun shine at night, and during the day, it even gets blocked by rain and clouds from hitting the solar panels you might or might not have on your roof, or those your energy company might have installed, meaning we miss out on fully capturing the sun's potential to the maximum of current ability.
Naturally, while I most definitely have faith in the human ability to advance technology and make solar, wind and battery technology vastly more efficient and effective at some point in the future, we are all living our lives and paying our bills today, and not several decades hence.
When renewable energy truly becomes as reliable as current base load power sources, most of us reading may well be dead from old age — unless medical miracles keep us all alive for much longer — but at least our children and children's children might enjoy the renewal energy utopia the Greens might fervently wish existed today (and I wish existed today too), but sadly doesn't – yet.
All of that said, and given the obvious inevitability of the electric car revolution, the Greens are nevertheless calling on the Federal Government to "accelerate electric vehicle uptake", following Friday's Senate hearing on electric vehicles.
The Greens state that "Australia's failure to join the electric vehicle revolution has dire implications for the economy, jobs, public health and reducing carbon pollution".
There is, of course, intense debate over whether carbon dioxide is pollution when we naturally breathe it out, and plants breathe it in and return oxygen to the atmosphere.
In any case, Senator Janet Rice, Australian Greens transport spokesperson and committee member, said: "We know that the electric vehicle revolution is inevitable and is already happening around the world.
"We have the opportunity now to get on board and benefit from this technology, such as jobs and economic benefits from manufacturing, improving our fuel security, and improvements to public health from cleaner air.
"The question is, will Australia be a market leader or will the Turnbull Government let us get left behind and become the world's dumping ground for dirty gas guzzlers?
"There's also the huge potential reductions in carbon pollution in the transport sector, the second highest sector of Australia's pollution.
"We need the government to act quickly with the right policies and incentives to drive the uptake of electric vehicles. Instead the government is keeping us stuck in the slow lane as the rest of the world zips past.
"Experts from the both Australian National University and the Electric Vehicle Council agreed that the policy ambition of 100% new sales being electric vehicles by 2030 is realistic, with an achievable and affordable mix of government initiatives. This is current Greens policy.
"The Greens have a plan to drive the rapid phase-in of EVs, bringing more clean cars to the market and making them more affordable for all", Senator Rice concluded.
The Greens say their plan includes:
- implementing light vehicle emissions standards
- the removal of import tariffs
- exemptions from GST, stamp duty and registration fees on zero emissions vehicles, and
- rolling out fast charging infrastructure.
I too hope that electric cars and buses, and even electric autonomous cars and buses, become our mode of transport in the future, until teleportation becomes both real, commonplace and affordable, of course.
Until then, let us hope that Australia's energy prices actually start coming down in truly meaningful ways, lest our ever increasing power prices simply make electric cars, in Australia, simply too expensive to drive.


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Amazon Tribe Wins Landmark Lawsuit To Protect Their Land From Oil Companies
The government has lost a case in which it was accused of exploiting legal loopholes in order to sell land belonging to an indigenous Amazon tribe to oil companies last month.
Waorani, a community indigenous to Ecuador, was able to protect their territory which was about to be sold in an international oil auction to oil explorers by three government bodies.
The outcome of the case was shocking for many people, but it was a major win for the community and conservationists.
Best of all, this ruling gives other communities living in the area hope that they can protect their lands from getting into the hands of oil companies through illegal tactics.
One of the complainants in the case, Nemonte Nenquimo, said that the government had not shown as much respect for human life as it had shown for money and oil.
According to the Coordinating Council of the Waorani Nationality Ecuador Pastaza representative, the government made an attempt to sell off its land to oil companies without the community's go-ahead.
"Our rainforest is our life. We decide what happens in our lands." Nenquimo said.
He also went on to express his satisfaction with the court's decision to protect the community's treasured land. He was pleased to realize that the judicial system now recognized that the government's desire for oil is not more important than the rights the community has.
Of the ruling, Oswando Nenquimo said that by winning the case, the community had "protected our forest from oil drilling… protected our water from contamination… protected our children from sickness."
However, "the fight is far from over. The government will appeal because they still want the oil beneath our land."
The case began with a lawsuit by the Waorani people in March of this year. But the issues that led to the lawsuit began back in 2012 when the government, through a "faulty consultation process" decided to take the community's land and auction it off to oil explorers.
As per international laws, an indigenous community should be consulted before the extraction of natural resources from their lands. But that is not the path the Ecuadorian government took, which is how they ended up in court and eventually lost the case.
The judges were quick to come to a decision. In just 3 days, they determined how the consultation process was in violation of international law. For instance, there were no clear translations into Waorani during the process.
According to the community's lawyer, Lina Maria Espinosa, the ruling goes to show that government development plans are not more important than the life and the integrity of the people.
The executive director of the Amazon Frontlines, Mitch Anderson, said that the ruling should help tribes protect their land in the future.
According to him, "This is a major precedent for the indigenous people across the Amazon… This is a huge step forward in the battle to ensure indigenous people's rights over their lands are respected"
However, an indigenous community has won a similar case in the past against the Ecuadorian government. Last year, the Kofan community in the northern part of the Amazon won a case against the three government bodies that have now lost this case.


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Session on Working Across Geographically Distributed Environments, 20 January 13.45 - 15.00 in Flag Room
Comments by Cristina Sette
Jamie Watts and Cristina Sette presented an activity that the Institutional Learning Change Initiative has implemented, called Laboratory for Learning: new approaches for facilitating innovation for poverty reduction. The laboratory was formed by a group of professionals (manly from the CGIAR) who knew each other and have been working with collaborative research. The group members are located in several parts of the world and is composed of 7 cases and those cases are linked with numerous other networks. Each case/project has their own funds and research agenda or workplan. The knowledge activities happening within the group, promoted by ILAC, are as following:
- Face-to-face meetings
- Participatory impact pathway analysis (PIPA) to bring diverse partners together under a common planning framework
- Interactive website (with blogs, project pages, intranet, etc)
- Selected and targeted online resource center
- Training workshops
- Publications
- Learning oriented participatory monitoring and evaluation
- Small grants to each project
- Email discussions (DGroup)
The website was developed based on an assessment made during the first planning meeting. Cristina assessed the participants (and future users of the website) what information would be relevant for them to have available at the website, additionally their familiarity with technology and connectivity. Based on that, the more appropriate technology was chosen, web development companies contacted and the website was developed. The majority of the content for the resource center within the website came from the Learning Laboratory members themselves. The next step is to plan guiding sessions with each member of the Learning Laboratory (about 20 people) and take them through a virtual tour to the website. This activity is planned for the month of February 2009.
As part of the knowledge sharing and learning activities, ILAC plans an annual reflection exercise, where participants will be asked by a facilitator several questions to stimulate the discussion and capture the lessons learned during the first year of the initiative. The survey will be applied within the next few days.
More information about ILAC and the Learning Laboratory can be found at the ILAC website www.cgiar-ilac.org
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The plea had been filed by Midas Touch Investor Association (MTIA), a registered society, seeking a slew directions to the Securities Exchange Board of India saying that money of thousands of investors are stuck up with 2,048 defaulting firms, barred from trading in National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange for not following the listing terms stipulated by the market regulator.
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This long decade marks the tenure of Lawrence Gowing as Professor of Fine Art and the establishment of new and vigourous programmes of exhibtions, acquisitions and teaching.
By 1954 Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton were established as members of staff, joining longer-serving staff such as Leonard Evetts, Murray McCheyne, Louisa Hodgson and art historian Ralph Holland.
An Exhibition of Contemporary Painting – Arts Council Collection part 18-25 February 1956
Keith Vaughan1 - 24 March 1956">">
Stephen Spender's foreword
Stephen Spender's foreword
Keith Vaughan's various cottage sketches
Keith Vaughan's various cottage sketches
Keith Vaughan fold out catalogue
Keith Vaughan fold out catalogue
Photograph of the Private View
Photograph of the Private View
Installation view of the Keith Vaughan exhibition
Installation view of the Keith Vaughan exhibition
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Internal file memo
W.E. Johnson's review of the Keith Vaughan exhibition
W.E. Johnson's review of the Keith Vaughan exhibition
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Abstracts poster
Abstracts poster
Installation views of Abstracts
Installation views of Abstracts
Exchange of letters between Scott Campbell and Tom Hudson
Exchange of letters between Scott Campbell and Tom Hudson
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Letter requesting to borrow Barbara Hepworth's 'Conicoid in Teak Wood'
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Cover of the Abstracts catalogue
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Review of the Abstracts exhibition
Review of the Abstracts exhibition
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Poster for American University Collections
Poster for American University Collections
Installation view
Installation view
Antonio Canova's bronze 'The Athlete Kreugas'
Antonio Canova's bronze 'The Athlete Kreugas'
Press reviews of the American University Collections exhibition
Press reviews of the American University Collections exhibition
Staff / Students
1956, Student Summer Exhibition, catalogue
Cover of the 1956 student Summer Exhibition catalogue, designed by Rosemary Saunders using the then new and exciting medium of felt-tip pen.
1956, Student Summer Exhibition, press cutting
Following the paragraphs on Edward Seago's 'square but efficient' portrait of the Queen on show at the Laing Art Gallery, are W.E. Johnson's thoughts on the 1956 student Summer Exhibition, where he finds himself at a loss at the quantity and quality of the many abstract paintings.
1956, studio photograph
This photograph from c.1956 shows that although Pasmore and Hamilton's 'basic course' was underway and being taught to First Year students, more traditional painting from still life continued to be available and actively pursued.
1956, Pasmore & students exhibition, press cutting
In November 1956 Pasmore arranged an exhibition of contemporary abstract artists in a commercial gallery (Austen Hayes) in York, opened by Herbert Read, it included Kenneth and Mary Martin, Terry Frost, as well as Pasmore himself and some of his current students. The exhibition was described here by W.E. Johnson as 'a supreme vindication of the work of a number of the students of the Department of Fine Arts, Kings College, Newcastle.'
1956, Scarborough Summer School
The course outline and list of exercises for the 11-day 1956 Scarborough Summer School for teachers, where Wendy & Victor Pasmore, Harry Thubron and Tom Hudson discussed, honed and passed on their ideas for the development of a 'basic course' in art education. They explained that the course 'provides opportunities for the study of form and colour at all levels by analysing their fundamental structure and aesthetic functions.'
A letter to Keith Vaughan, 1956
Lawrence Gowing
The Hatton's Keith Vaughan exhibition had taken place earlier in 1956, as Gowing's apologetic letter confirms, after offering a discount on the price, the College then failed to pay him for several months.
The Goats, 1952
William Roberts
William Roberts (1895-1980) - 'The Goats' 1952.
NEWHG : OP.0062. Oil on canvas presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1956.
A letter to William Roberts, 1956
Lawrence Gowing
Roberts was apparently encouraged to paint 'The Goats' at the suggestion of Wilfred Evill, who was not only a Roberts collector, but also a buyer for the Contemporary Art Society between 1946-56. Simultaneous with the acquisition Gowing was also trying to persuade Roberts to exhibit in the Hatton, unfortunately due to other commitments he declined. The Hatton held a major William Roberts exhibition in 2004.
The Holy Family, 1520
Andrea del Sarto
After Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) – 'The Holy Family' c.1520-1530.
c.1520-1530. NEWHG : OP.0103. Oil on panel purchased at Sotheby's, 1956.
Letters from Gowing, 1956
Lawrence Gowing
Following the purchase of the 'The Holy Family' Gowing engaged in a range of correspondence, which show how personally, if occasionally haphazardly, he was involved in acquisitions. The commissioning of a new frame proved 'grossly expensive' and the question of the use of oil or tempera in the extensive restoration required detailed correspondence.


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Mads Græsbøll Christensen received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 2002 and 2005, respectively, from Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark, where he is also currently employed at the Dept. of Architecture, Design & Media Technology as Professor in Audio Processing and is head and founder of the Audio Analysis Lab. He was formerly with the Dept. of Electronic Systems at AAU and has held visiting positions at Philips Research Labs, ENST, UCSB, and Columbia University. He has published 3 books and more than 190 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals, and he has given tutorials at EUSIPCO, INTERSPEECH, and SMC. His research interests include signal processing theory and methods with application to speech and audio, in particular parametric analysis, modeling, enhancement, separation, and coding. Prof. Christensen has received several awards, including the Spar Nord Foundation's Research Prize, a Danish Independent Research Council Young Researcher's Award, the Statoil Prize, the EURASIP Early Career Award, and an IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award (with D. Giacobello). Moreover, he is a beneficiary of major grants from the Danish Independent Research Council, the Villum Foundation, and Innovation Fund Denmark. He is a former Associate Editor for IEEE/ACM Trans. on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing and IEEE Signal Processing Letters, a member of the IEEE Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing Technical Committee, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
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Posted: May 11, 2013
In case you missed it during the hectic legislative ruckus, texting while driving is now illegal in Florida. A first violation is a non-moving offense, and a second violation within five year is a moving offense. Moving offenses result in fines and points. Florida joins 39 other states that ban testing while driving. The fines and penalties are modest, but it is a first step toward making the roads safer and at least setting down the rules of the road and the proper example, especially for young drivers heading off to proms and graduation celebrations.
Sit down with the young drivers in your home and educate them about this new law. Enter into a written family agreement committing to no texting while driving. Make Central Florida's roads safer. No text is so important that you should sacrifice your safety or the safety of others by texting behind the wheel.