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India condemns missile attacks on Saudi Arabia
According to media reports, Saudi Arabia has announced that its forces had intercepted a number of ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels towards several locations in the kingdom.
"The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia in the face of serious national security threats. Those responsible must cease these dangerous & provocative actions"
Boris Johnson calls on the UN to investigate the origin of the missiles.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:
I was appalled by last night's multiple Houthi missile launches at Saudi Arabia, which threatened civilian areas and resulted in at least one fatality. I offer my condolences to the families of those killed and injured. Building on the recent UN Panel of Experts report, we will be calling on the UN to investigate how these latest missiles found their way into Yemen in contravention of Security Council Resolutions.The United Kingdom stands shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia in the face of such serious national security threats. Those responsible must cease these dangerous and provocative actions. A return to political dialogue remains vital to ensuring an end to the conflict for the sake of the Yemeni people and regional security. British nationals in Saudi Arabia should continue to follow FCO Travel Advice.
In a statement the Saudi government also said that the Saudi air defence intercepted seven missiles, three of which were headed towards Riyadh.
An Egyptian resident was reportedly killed as a result of shrapnel – the first death in Riyadh since the country's military campaign was launched three years ago in Yemen – while several others were injured.
An Egyptian resident was reportedly killed as a result of shrapnel – the first death in Riyadh since the country's military campaign was launched three years ago in Yemen – while several others were injured.
India today strongly condemned the renewed missile attacks targeting civilian areas in the direction of Riyadh and other cities of Saudi Arabia. In response to a media query on the missile attacks in Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, New Delhi is deeply concerned about the escalating situation threatening the lives of innocent civilians. India reiterated its resolve to fight terrorism and violence in all its forms.
Slovak court orders Uber to suspend services nationally
A Slovak court has ordered Uber to suspend its operations in the country, responding to an action by taxi drivers who say the ride-hailing service represents unfair competition. The decision came into effect on March 6, but it was announced only on Tuesday and Uber services were still available in the Slovak capital Bratislava, according to Reuters. "The defendant is obliged to refrain from allowing people who do not meet legal requirements… to carry out taxi services in Slovakia," court spokesman Pavol Adamciak said on Tuesday. The association of certified taxi drivers filed the lawsuit in January. It argued that Uber drivers do not meet the requirements for professional taxi drivers, and the cars do not meet the safety and regulatory requirements for professional transport services. Uber has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi services.
US EU to address China's unfair trade practices
US President Donald Trump discussed trade practices with China in calls on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to the White House.
Readout of President Donald J. Trump's Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France statement said, President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Emmanuel Macron of France. Both leaders expressed support for the West's strong response to Russia's chemical weapons attack in Salisbury, United Kingdom, including the expulsion of numerous Russian intelligence officers on both sides of the Atlantic. President Trump stressed the need to intensify cooperation with Turkey with respect to shared strategic challenges in Syria. The two leaders also discussed trade practices between the United States and European Union and the next steps in addressing China's unfair trade practices.
Readout of President Donald J. Trump's Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France statement said, President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Emmanuel Macron of France. Both leaders expressed support for the West's strong response to Russia's chemical weapons attack in Salisbury, United Kingdom, including the expulsion of numerous Russian intelligence officers on both sides of the Atlantic. President Trump stressed the need to intensify cooperation with Turkey with respect to shared strategic challenges in Syria. The two leaders also discussed trade practices between the United States and European Union and the next steps in addressing China's unfair trade practices.
It said Trump and Merkel also discussed "joining forces to counter" China's economic practices and acquisition of intellectual property. Speaking with Macron, Trump pushed to intensify cooperation with Turkey on Syria, the statement said. The leaders of the US and France also supported the West's "strong response" to Russia, including expulsion of Russian diplomats, after the UK's chemical weapons attack accusations,according to media reports.
SMILE INDIA's 'GIFT A SMILE 2018'
SMILE INDIA's 'GIFT A SMILE 2018' turned out to be a Starry Night out here in New Delhi
Smile India's 'GIFT A SMILE' meet and greet turned out to be a glitzy event, which took place in Radisson Blu, Airport Hotel. The event showcased its activities in the past 16 years and how they have grown in numbers from the year 2002 to 2017.Dr.Sushant Umre (Trustee, Smile India) and daughter, Dr. Ishita Umre (Director Smile India) run a dental NGO, the first of its kind in India, which serves the underprivileged with modern dentistry aids since 2002. Present at the event were many known personalities Ustad Shujaat Khan, supermodels Sonalika Sahay, Laxmi Rana, Anousha Chauhan, Fitness Instructor, Vesna Jacob and Blossom Kocchar along with daughter Samantha Kocchar who spoke about how a perfect smile is important in the present world. They judged the smile contest which was a super hit with the audience.
The event also witnessed a small skit presented by children of Salaam Balaak trust 'Mareezmast,Dentistpast' which was followed by a brilliant musical performance 'ELIXIR' by famous Smt.Shubha Mudgal and her band Aditya Balani, Gaurav Balani, Srijan Mahajan, Anil Chawla and audio engineer Nitin Joshi.
The king of Bollywood-Shahrukh Khan's personal dentist Dr.Sushant Umre is a well-known Cosmetic Dentist of North India and is in practice for 35 years with a focus on Aesthetic dentistry. Dr Umre along with daughter Dr. Ishita Umre head Smile India- the social face.
Smile India is an organization with a mission to make available latest and affordable dental care to the underprivileged masses and to provide young, upcoming dentists willing to do community service an opportunity to experience and learn.
The internationally acclaimed Indian musician and sitar player, Shujaat Khan while appreciating the noble cause of Smile India said "Dr.Sushant Umre and Dr. Ishita Umre with their team of competent professionals are doing a great job by taking advanced dentistry to those who would have never believed to afford it otherwise. Their high tech equipment and modern techniques are of international standards, constantly improving the ever-changing world of medicine."
Gift a Smile is a program initiated to generate funds for sustaining and expanding the impact of this mission at multiple levels. Such programs have been organized in the past with great success.
"If it is to do with Teeth, I only know one person which takes wonderful care of mine and that is Dr.Umre and his team. Thank you so much for keeping me smiling"- SHAHRUKH KHAN
India U16 Mens Team finalized U16Asian
India U16 Mens Team all set to compete at the FIBA U16 Asian Championship
Bengaluru, 27th March 2018: The Indian U16 Men's Basketball Teams will depart on 30th March 2018 for FIBA U16 Asian Championship that will be held between 2nd to 8th April 2018 at the Lingan Pearl Gymnasium, Foshan, China. This event was scheduled to take place in 2017 but was later rescheduled. The 16-team tournament will serve as Asia's qualifier for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018, with the top four finishers booking their tickets for the world spectacle in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina from June 30-July 8, 2018.
"We are proud of your achievements so far and expect a lot more from you in the coming days. It as an incredible achievement to represent the country at such a young age but we hope that all of you keep on learning and improving so that in future we can see you representing the Senior team as well. I wish you all the best and hope that you make the country proud." BFI President, Mr. K Govindaraj addressed the young stars at the colour distribution ceremony.
The 16 teams qualified to compete are hosts China, reigning champions Korea, Australia, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and Saudi Arabia. Thirteen (13) teams will be divided into three (3) groups (A, B, C) of three (3) teams each and one (1) group (D) of four (4). The best placed Team in each group will qualify directly to the Knock-out stage starting with the Quarter-Finals. 2nd and 3rd placed Teams will proceed to the Play-Offs Round. The 4th placed team in group D will be eliminated.
India is placed in Group D alongside Korea, Japan and Lebanon.
Preliminary Round:
Schedule: India Vs Korea (2nd April)
India Vs Japan (3rd April)
India Vs Lebanon (4th April)
The final rosters for the Team is:
|Sr. No.
|Prashant Tomar
|Jerome Prince
|Rajveer S Bhati
|Nitish Beniwal
|Vigneshwar Upadhyay
|M Mani Kanta
|Divya Raj S Rathore
|Harshvardhan Tomar(Captain)
|Princepal Singh
|Vibhor Bhriguvanshi (Head Coach)
|Babu Davis (Asst. Coach)
|Navaneeth (Physiotherapist)
|Ajeet Singh Rathore (Manager)
Kim Jong-un & Xi Jinping held talks
Kim Jong-un and Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have held talks in Beijing, in Kim's first foreign trip since taking office. Kim's wife reportedly accompanied him.
Both Chinese and North Korean state media have confirmed that Kim is on a state visit to China. Kim arrived at the invitation of the Chinese president, and stayed for an unofficial four-day visit.
The visit comes ahead of the highly anticipated talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump, which are expected to be held by the end of May. The exact date has not been set yet, and it was feared that the denuclearization issue, a long-standing stumbling block in US-North Korea relations, will be an unsurmountable obstacle on the way to a potential breakthrough.
The high level negotiations with Xi, Kim indicated that Pyongyang may be ready for compromise.
"It is our consistent stand to be committed to denuclearization on the peninsula, in accordance with the will of late President Kim Il Sung and late General Secretary Kim Jong Il," he said in a stark contrast to some of North Korea's previous statements, as cited by Xinhua.
He went on to imply that North Korea will be poised to get rid of its own nuclear arsenal, provided the US and its ally, South Korea, cooperate.
"The issue of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can be resolved, if South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace and stability while taking progressive and synchronous measures for the realization of peace," he said.
Last September, North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test, which was followed by a series of missile launches in September and November. However, starting from the Winter Olympic Games, that saw a high-ranking North Korean delegation arriving in South Korea, Pyongyang has shown it is willing to seek mutual rapprochement with the West and its neighbors, primarily South Korea.
In late February, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the North Korean delegation at the Olympics indicated in talks with South Korean officials that they were willing to hold direct negotiations with the US. RT news
VHP Dares Mamata for trying to turn Bengal into Bangladesh
New Delhi March 27, 2018 The Vishva Hindu Parishad congratulates the Hindus of Bengal for taking out more than 700 processions (Shobha Yatras) with participation of more than 30 lakh people on the occasion of Ram Navmi.
The international joint General secretary of VHP has said that the Hindus of Bengal have proved that they will not tolerate anti-Hindu and anti-national activities in the name of secularism. It will give a befitting reply to all the attempts of dividing and terrorising Hindus of Bengal.
Vishva Hindu Parishad warns Mamta Banerjee to stop committing atrocities on Hindus in her greed for Muslim votes. She had last year asked if there was a need for Ram in Bengal? The Hindus of Bengal gave a befitting reply to her by organising Shobha Yatras all over the state. Mamta Banerjee even went to the extent of creating confusion among the Hindus when her party decided to celebrate Ramotsav. But the Bengali Hindus rejected Mamta's false Ram-bhakti and accepted the saffron flag instead of the blue. It had proven that now even in Bengal, the politics will revolve on Hindu issues.
Mamta's frustration at failing to stem the Shobha Yatras has led her to restart her atrocities against Hindus.The stage of Shri Ram was damaged in Burdwan by her goons and attacks were carried out on Ram Bhakts. One Ram Bhakt was killed in the incident. This is what once again encouraged the Jehadi Muslims to attack Ram Navmi shobha yatras. Many places including Raniganj and Purulia became the centre of such attacks on Hindus. The shops and residences of Hindus were broken open, bullets fired on them, bombs hurled at them and Hindu temples were attacked. One police officer had to lose his hand in the incident. The Jehadi Muslims could carry out such dastardly attacks riding on the back of Mamta's anti Hindu policies only.
Despite the arson and attack on the Bengali Hindus, Mamta has the temerity to ask if Ram used to carry guns and swords? Vishva Hindu Parishad challenges Mamta Banerjee to ask the same question of Paigambar Mohammad during Moharram, does she have the guts to? The Hindu in Bengal will not take things lying down anymore, it won't be beaten up and then again trampled upon by the CM.
Through the Press statement issued by the VHP National spokesperson Vinod Bansal the VHP leader asked 'Is the Hindu a second class citizen in Bengal'?. Or does Mamta want to convert West Bengal into Bangladesh where Hindus observe their festivals under the fear of Islam? The VHP again warns Mamta Banerjee that if the atrocities against Hindus continue like this, then the Bengali Hindu will be constrained to take things into their own hands to protect themselves and their Dharma.
"Land Laws, Land Acquisition, and Scheduled Areas in India".
CPR Land Rights Initiative
Dear all,
Thanks to all those who participated in our Fourth Annual Conference on "Land Laws, Land Acquisition, and Scheduled Areas in India". To those, who couldn't make it to the conference, we will be sharing with you recordings of the conference proceedings in the near future. We are grateful to all of you for your continued support for and encouragement of our work.
Please find listed below some highlights from the conference.
A. Launch of CPR Land Rights Initiative Report
The conference featured the launch of the CPR Land Rights Initiative Report on "The Legal Regime and Political Economy of Land Rights of Scheduled Tribes in the Scheduled Areas of India". In addition, the conference featured presentation of findings from two of our ongoing research projects on "Land Acquisition Disputes in India" and "Mapping Land Legislation in India". These presentations included findings from our previous Report on "Land Acquisition in India: A Review of Supreme Court cases from 1950 to 2016", which was launched at our Third Annual Conference on "Land Rights, Land Acquisition, and Inclusive Development in India" in 2017. The conference and the CPR LRI Reports and findings were extensively covered by print and television media.
B. Newspaper coverage of CPR Land Rights Initiative Conference, Projects and Reports
1. Land Acquisition Disputes
Dr. Namita Wahi was interviewed by Live Law, a legal news portal, in which she spoke about the recent controversy in the Supreme Court with respect to the interpretation of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation, and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013.
2. Land Laws Database
The Sunday Guardian in a piece titled "Database for land laws being created" reported findings from the CPR LRI "Land laws" database of 556 laws from seven states of India, including, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and Telangana.
3. Land Rights in the Scheduled Areas
The Wire in a piece titled, "Scheduled Areas may be generating mineral wealth, but it's not going to STs" reported extensively from the CPR LRI Report on why despite constitutional protections, the STs remain the most vulnerable and impoverished groups in India.
C. TV coverage of CPR Land Rights Initiative Work
1. In a Lok Sabha Television Show called 'अस्तित्व: देश का बढ़ता भू संघर्ष', Dr. Namita Wahi shared findings from CPR Land Rights Initiative reports and ongoing research on the reasons for extensive and growing conflict over land in India.
2. Go News reported on findings from the CPR LRI "Scheduled Areas" report as well as the "Land Laws" database, and "Land Acquisition" report.
We will be in touch soon with the recordings of the conference proceedings. In the meantime, you can follow us on our Facebook and Twitter pages .
As always, we look forward to your feedback and continued support.
Best wishes,
CPR Land Rights Initiative Team
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CPR: Unpacking India-China Relations
CPR is pleased to invite you to a discussion on
Unpacking India-China Relations
A conversation between Ambassador Shyam Saran, Srinath Raghavan, and Zorawar Daulet Singh
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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The full discussion will be streamed through Facebook live on CPR's Facebook page.
As the dust settles from the last year's Doklam Standoff between India and China, relationship between the two neighbours has entered a state of flux. Even as domestic political priorities have come to the fore in both countries, India and China are discovering new spots of friction and struggling to evolve a sustainable framework of cooperation. Against the backdrop of the latest diplomatic efforts by both sides to put the relationship on an even keel, our in-house experts on Chinese and Indian foreign policy will consider the geopolitics, strategy and economics underpinning this new conjuncture in India-China relations and its implications for the two countries, for Asia and beyond.
Ambassador Shyam Saran, senior fellow at CPR, is a former foreign secretary and has served as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change, chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, and chairman of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries. He is currently a member of the governing board of CPR, Life Trustee of the India International Centre, a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund (India), a member of the National Executive of FICCI, and an independent director at the Press Trust of India.
Srinath Raghavan is a senior fellow at CPR. He is also a senior research fellow at the India Institute at King's College, London. He works on contemporary and historical aspects of India's foreign and security policies. His most recent book India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1939-45 featured among the top non-fiction bestsellers, was chosen as Book of the Year by the Financial Times, and received glowing reviews both nationally and internationally. He is a regular columnist and commentator on international and strategic affairs. Prior to his academic career, he spent six years as an infantry officer in the Indian Army.
Zorawar Daulet Singh is an author and foreign affairs analyst. He is a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. He is also an Adjunct Fellow with the Institute of Chinese Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Forum for Strategic Initiative. Zorawar's research interests include India's foreign policy, various dimensions of India China relations, Eurasian geopolitics, and, international political economy. His recent books include India China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond and Chasing the Dragon: Will India Catch up with China? Zorawar is currently working on a comparative study of Nehru and Indira Gandhi's regional policies through an examination of six major crises during the Cold War.
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The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association is launching a new edition of its worldwide competition of tunnel engineering and underground construction, the ITA Tunnelling Awards !
Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space utilization.
The 2018 edition will take place on 7 November, in Chuzhou-Nanjing during the 20thChinese Tunnel and Underground works Conference (CTUC) from 5 to 6 Nov. followed by technical visits on Nov.8 in Nanjing, Chuzhou and Shanghai.
After editions in Switzerland, Singapore and Paris, the fourth ITA Tunnelling Awards will return to Asia for the 2018 event. The three previous editions of the ITA Tunnelling Awards received more than 240entries and 110 nominations, rewarded 30 projects and personalities and gathered more than 750 attendees.
The application process is now open and candidacies can be registered until May 31st, in the ITA Tunnelling Awards website through 9 categories : https://awards.ita-aites.org/
You can access the full press release by clicking the links at the bottom of the e-mail.
I remain at your disposal for further informations,
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The man married to the cousin of Aaron Hernandez, who died it a high-speed crash in Farmington in June, had drugs and alcohol in his system, according to police.
Toxicity tests done on 33-year-old Thaddeus Singleton III found cocaine, Oxycodone and alcohol in system at the time of his death, police said.
Singleton was the driver of a car that slammed into the Farmington Country Club on June 30. He died in the crash.
Singleton was married to Hernandez's cousin and lived with Hernandez's uncle, Andres Valderamma, in Bristol, according to authorities.
A woman who was in the car with Singleton, Tabitha Perry, survived the crash, but died earlier this month. Police found Perry unresponsive after receiving a 911 medical call at 25 Darling Street around 3 a.m. on Dec. 16. She was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after. Police found no suspicious circumstances and detectives are waiting on a toxicology report to determine how she died.
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Schwarzkopf 'Beauty Extra Bonanza' Contest星期一, 十月 21, 2013
With over 100 years of experience in the global hair care industry and its consumer products garnering an increasingly strong presence in the Malaysian market, a great 'Thank you' gesture from Schwarzkopf Retail Malaysia to its customers for their unyielding support is long due.
"After many years in the professional hair care industry, Schwarzkopf's retail products finally hit the Malaysian shelves in June last year. Our retail products, which include hair care products under the Extra Care series, hair colouration products under the Fresh Light, Palette and Perfect Mousse sub-brand, and styling products under the Got2b series has since grown in popularity, as consumers love the high quality products at prices that are affordable to the masses. Our customers' loyal support has been very encouraging and constantly pushes us to do better. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude for the love, trust and support given to us thus far." said Mr Tan Hock Guan, General Manager of Henkel Beauty Care Retail, Malaysia.
If the value of payout is something in which gratitude is to be measured by, then it could be said that Schwarzkopf Retail Malaysia is oh-so-very-much-appreciative of their loyal customers. This month, Schwarzkopf Retail Malaysia unveils the Schwarzkopf 'Beauty Extra Bonanza' contest; where cash galore await to be won just by answering one simple question related to the brand with any purchase on Schwarzkopf products worth RM30 or above in a single receipt.
Fans of Schwarzkopf retail products and the uninitiated alike now have even more reason to pamper their hair with the brand's many products with the whopping RM50, 000 cash grand prize. On top of that, lucrative RM20,000, RM10,000 and RM5,000 cash prizes are allocated for the second, third and fourth prize, respectively.
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u should share earlier as i alr bought schwarzkopf product last few days....sobs回复删除
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You still can buy more to stock up and win the fabulous prizes!
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The Glades Condo is a new condominium launch at Tanah Merah, Singapore. It comprises of 9 tower blocks with a total of 726. With full condominium facilities more than a large land size of 343,000sqft, The Glades Condo is anticpated to be the iconic rise in the vicinity!
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Thank God for Charles Arthur, The Guardian's technology editor. His regular column is always worth reading, but never more so than today when, in a piece that builds on Ben Goldacre's column of last Friday, he puts paid to the much touted myth that file-sharing is music business' biggest foe.
In his column, Goldacre had shown that some statistics as to what creative industries had lost to file-sharing bundled into a report written by was written by some academics you can hire in a unit at UCL called Ciber, the Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (which "seeks to inform by countering idle speculation and uninformed opinion with the facts") and commissioned by a government body called Sabip, the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property, were very questionable indeed
On the billions lost it says: "Estimates as to the overall lost revenues if we include all creative industries whose products can be copied digitally, or counterfeited, reach £10bn (IP rights, 2004), conservatively, as our figure is from 2004, and a loss of 4,000 jobs."
These "estimates" had, as Goldacre was to find, come from an unreliable, though, buy no means unsurprising source.
What is the origin of this conservative figure? I hunted down the full Ciber documents, found the references section, and followed the web link, which led to a 2004 press release from a private legal firm called Rouse who specialise in intellectual property law. This press release was not about the £10bn figure. It was, in fact, a one-page document, which simply welcomed the government setting up an intellectual property theft strategy. In a short section headed "background", among five other points, it says: "Rights owners have estimated that last year alone counterfeiting and piracy cost the UK economy £10bn and 4,000 jobs." An industry estimate, as an aside, in a press release. Genius.
In his article, Goldachre, shows how these, and many of the other calculations used to work out how much file-sharing is costing, just do not make sense.
Arthur, taking the argument a little further, questions the assumption that every download is really a lost sale.
…… I decided to start from the premise that downloads are not lost sales; that instead there's only a limited amount of short-term spending cash available to people (which remains true, generally, despite credit bubbles). That instead of buying music, they choose to spend it on other things.
What other things might they spend it on? Here's a thought: people who spend on recorded music (CDs, the occasional music DVD) are also very likely to spend on things such as games and DVD purchases or rentals. They are all discretionary purchases. So I dug up the figures from the UK music industry: the British record industry's trade association (the BPI), and the UK games industry (via its trade body, Elspa) as well as the DVD industry (through the UK Film Council and the British Video Association). The results are over on the Guardian Data Store (http://bit.ly/data01), because they are the sort of numbers that should be available to everyone to chew over.


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Hi! Welcome to my retreat site. I'm Kevin.
I lead yoga retreats all over the world. It brings me so much joy because it combines so many of my passions and strengths. Traveling, meeting new people, teaching yoga & meditation, practicing yoga, and bringing the brightest, most amazing, inspiring people together for a week of pure magic.
The first time I led a retreat I was both scared and so excited, having no real idea what effect it would have on my life and on the lives of those that joined. Beyond excitement there was a deep sense of community and connection that grew as the days lingered on, gradually settling into a kind of peace that permeated our time together. Now, having led many retreats far and wide, I've come to see and savor this effect happening each and every time we travel as yogis: conscious, inquisitive, open beings. To this day, many years later, the people that have joined these special retreats still reach out to me with fond memories of our time together as a traveling kula. I delight in knowing that some are still connected and even closer than ever after so much time has passed ...and I'm honored to be even a tiny part of the amazing growth and change within each one of them.
The magic of retreats is hard to put into words, but at it's heart is love. As with most magical experiences, there's a spark ignited that, when fed, will grow into a blazing fire. Being away from your daily routine, in an intimate setting with other people who enjoy exploring the beauty of the yoga practices and the deep connection intrinsic within that work, is a recipe that equals #winning.
I view this week as a gift: to yourself, to those around you and to the people we come in contact with and support on our travels. A gift that, when we put our minds to it, we can share with all we meet. Money has power and when we choose to use our money consciously we can change lives all around the world. My hope is that we all give ourselves time to explore the connections we make in all their various forms. That we celebrate the good we do and share in this world. That we explore both the inner realms of our own being and the outer beauty of this amazing planet. Retreat is a powerful way to take yourself out of the day-to day of your life, out of your comfort zone, and dive into the seat of your Self. It's a way to have more magic spread into all aspects of your life, big and small.
I hope you give yourself the gift of a retreat and that you join us for what is sure to be a most memorable adventure.


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Viral infections of Budgies
- Psittacine Beak Feather Disease (PBFD) is associated with one or more psittacine circovirus infections
- Avian Polyoma Disease is associated with a avian polyomavirus infection
- Avian Influenza is associated with one or more avian influenza virus infections
- Pacheco's Disease is associated with a Pacheco's herpesvirus infection
- Proventricular Dilation Disease and Avian Peripheral Ganglioneuropathy is associated with an avian Bornavirus infection
- Avian Papillomatosis is associated with an avian papillomavirus infection
- Psittacine pox is associated with a specific avian poxvirus infection
- Psittacine Pruritic Pollyfolliculosis is likely to be shown to be associated with a specific psittacine poxvirus infection
- Adenoviral heptatitis is associated with avian Adenovirus infection
- Mareks Disease of poultry is associated with an avian herpesvirus infection. I have not recognised this in budgies
- Avian Leucosis
- Avian Lymphosarcoma
- Avian Infectious LaryngoTracheitis (ILT) of poultry. I have not recognised this in budgies
- Avian Parainfluenza is associated with one or more avian parainfluenza virus infections
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Santorini Travel Diaries - Exploring Fira
The Fish Spa:
We came across a fish spa and I thought it would be a great idea for Kevin to try it out for the first time but he ended up convincing me to try it out too. I screamed for the first 2 minutes of placing my feet in the water. It was such a weird experience having so many tiny fish eating my feet like they were candy. My feet seemed to attract a lot more fish than Kevin's - I guess that means they were either more delicious or more dirty (this is nothing to be proud of :-))
After our soothing fish spa, our feet felt so relaxed and clean. It was like getting a pedicure and foot massage. We then took some time to walk around Fira - just like Oia, the marble-stone pathways are very narrow and also boast a variety of souvenir shops and restaurants.The Art Gallery:
We came across a beautiful art gallery that immediately caught my eye. They had on display super vibrant floral canvases and gorgeous bronze sculptures.This gigantic bronze sculpture is Icarus. Do not quote me on Greek Mythology but Icarus was the son of Daedalus, a master craftsman and creator of Labyrinth. The two were running away from Crete after being imprisoned by King Minos. Daedulus created two pairs of wings made with feathers and wax and gave one to his son, Icarus. He warned his son not too fly too close to the sun lest the sun's heat melt his wings. Icarus disobeyed his father and flew too close to the sun causing his wings to melt, thus falling to his death into the sea.Visitors are not allowed to take pictures at the art gallery but I couldn't leave without taking a few shots. These two pieces were my absolute favorite for obvious reasons - the colors are just magical. I would love pieces like this in my house.
OOTD:I was wearing washed out ripped jeans with a super light spaghetti strap top. I had on some stylish sunnies that are currently sold out but you can browse other gorgeous sunglasses from Sassy Jones Boutique by clicking on the link below.
Ripped jeans - (similar here) // Spaghetti strap top (old) // Sandals (old) // Sunnies - Sassy Jones Boutique.
Thank you all for stopping by; stay tuned for part 2 of this post.


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Brussels, 14 February 2017 -
EDF, EBU and ACT (the "signatories") today released a common proposal to introduce progressive and sustainable measuresfor the delivery of accessible audiovisual programmes in Europe. The signatories expect these measures to enhance the accessibility of TV programmes for persons with disabilities, in particular via subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, audio description, spoken subtitles and sign language interpretation, also known as access services.
The common proposal aims to improve existing wording on audiovisual accessibility under Article 7 of the 2010 Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), which EU legislators are currently reviewing. A large number of stakeholders and EU decision-makers have highlighted the need to maintain and develop the AVMSD's provisions on access services.
MEP Petra Kammerevert (S&D, DE), newly elected Chair of the Culture Committee and co-rapporteur on the European Parliament's report on the Directive, must be credited for her encouragement to stakeholders to work together and for kick starting initial discussions. Signatories call on Members of the Parliament and Council to support this proposal in their ongoing discussions towards a finalised text.
Rodolfo Cattani, EDF Secretary General, stated: "Persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy audiovisual content as anybody else, and that is why the AVMSD has to make sure that the programmes, both broadcasted and on-demand, incorporate access services. If adopted, we will be closer to a fully inclusive media environment. However, we still need to cover the accessibility of the equipment, information, and gateways to this content, such as TV equipment, electronic programming guides, websites and mobile applications, in other EU legislations".
EBU European Advocacy Adviser Jacques Lovell stated: "Europe's Public Service media is committed to offering programmes for all segments of society. Making sure that persons with disabilities can follow TV programmes is very important. By supporting this common proposal, we hope that public service broadcasters can build on their track record in the area of audiovisual accessibility and continue innovating to offer state-of-the-art subtitling, audio-description and sign-language interpretation."
Grégoire Polad, Director General of ACT in Europe, stated: "This agreement pays testament to the fact that by working together stakeholders can develop consensual and balanced outcomes. Commercial broadcasters in Europe are keen to get their content to all Europeans developing innovative and user-oriented accessible services in the process. The agreed approach is ambitious yet proportionate; allowing for a sustainable and bright future for EU access services".
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Annex - Article 7 AVMS Directive – Agreed text & recital language
Article 7 is replaced by the following:
The provisions about accessibility for persons with disabilities referred to in article 7 only apply to audiovisual media services as defined in article 1.a of this Directive, namely programmes. Access services to improve accessibility of audiovisual media services means a service such as audio description, subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, spoken subtitles and sign language interpretation.
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March 21, 2013
This video edition of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Media Update features three academic experts and an independent consultant discussing why we need processed foods. Individual interviews with these scientific experts are available upon request.
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Processed Food Makes Our Lives Better
Eric Decker, Ph.D. Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, explains how food processing fits today's busy lifestyles, how they can be healthy and how they can be an important part of our diet.
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Everything is Processed
John Floros, Ph.D. Dean, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University, explains how foods we don't typically associate with processing, such as apples, are in fact, processed.
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Study Shows How Processed Foods Contribute to the American Diet
According to a recent study in the Journal of Nutrition, it's the nutrient content, not the level of processing that determines the "health" of a food.
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One Size Doesn't Fit All When it Comes To Processed Foods
Heather Eicher-Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science, Purdue University, clarifies the five different levels of food processing.
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Processed Foods Wonderful For Women
According to Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., Food Scientist, Corvus Blue, says processed foods are one of the reasons women have been able to get out of the kitchen and pursue careers.
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Useful Tips to Sync Outlook with Your iPhone
You don't have to use third-party software to sync your iPhone with Outlook. Follow the content in this article to know the easiest steps for syncing your Apple iPhone with Microsoft Outlook.
Anand Karwa
Why should you sync your devices?
A synchronized device has the same file versions and data as the devices it is synced with.
A synchronized device has the same file versions and data as the devices it is synced with.
Microsoft Outlook is not just another email client. It lets its users manage time and contacts. Scheduling meetings and adding contacts is a breeze when you use Outlook on a Windows computer. But we cannot always carry our laptop with us everywhere we go. Can we? This Techspirited article will guide you with 2 easy ways on how you can sync your iPhone with your Outlook contacts and calendars.
Using iTunes
Syncing Calendars
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your Windows computer via the provided cable or the Apple Universal Dock. Apple iTunes should fire up automatically. In case it doesn't, double click on the iTunes icon on your desktop.
Step 2: Go to 'Devices', select your iPhone, and then click on the 'Info' tab.
Step 3: Go to 'Calendars', select 'Sync calendars from', and then select 'Outlook'.
Step 4: Click 'Selected Calendars' if you want to sync only the selected calendars. Now, select the calendars that you want to sync. If you want to sync all the calendars, then click on 'All calendars'.
Step 5: Click on 'Apply'.
Step 6: These changes will take effect only after you sync your iPhone with your iTunes.
Syncing Contacts
For synchronizing Outlook contacts with your iPhone, follow the above procedure till step 2. Now, Go to 'Contacts', select 'Sync contacts from', and then select 'Outlook'.
Click on 'All contacts' if you want to sync all your contacts, or click on 'Selected Groups' if you want to synchronize only the selected groups. Now, select the groups that you want to sync, and then click on 'Apply'. The changes will take effect with the next sync.
The downside of using iTunes sync:- This is a one-way sync. You can back up your contacts and calendars from your PC to your iPhone, but not vice-versa. Furthermore, the synchronization will take place only when you sync your iPhone with iTunes. It won't happen automatically. If you want a real-time sync (of small files) between your devices, we would advice you to follow the method mentioned below, using iCloud.
Using iCloudFor syncing contacts and calendars via iCloud, you first need to set it up on your iPhone, and then on your Windows computer.
Setting up iCloud on an iPhone
Step 1: Make sure that you are running the latest version of iOS on your iPhone.
Step 2: Open iCloud on your iPhone and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. Enable automatic downloads. That's it. The iCloud is now up and running on your device.
Setting up iCloud on a Windows Computer
Step 1: Install iCloud Control Panel on your computer.
Step 2: Log-in to iCloud Control Panel using the Apple ID that you used to create your iCloud account. Select the iCloud services that you'd like to enable. Check the check box labeled as 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks'. Click on 'Apply'.
Step 3: To enable automatic downloads, open iTunes, and go to Edit > Preferences > Store. Now select Music, Books, and Apps. You're all set.
If you have successfully used any other method to sync your Outlook contacts and calendars with your iPhone, then please share them with us in the comments section below.


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Bradley, William, was born in Lyons, April 7, 1819. His father, Thomas, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland,
came to the United States and settled in Alloway (a small hamlet in South Lyons), and entered the employ of Captain
H. Towar. In 1818 he married Miss Louanna Bradley, who came from Litchfield, Conn., and soon after bought what
has been known since that time as the Bradley Farm on the old Preemption road in South Lyons. William was educated
in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of thirtysix
he married Catherine J., daughter of William A. Teller, and they are the parents of five children, three of whom,
H. Seymour, Charles W., and Mrs. Rosie Horn, are now living. Mrs. Maggie A. Ternouth died at Albany in 1884. Rev.
David L. Bradley was a very highly educated man, had served as pastor two years at Cape Vincent, had commenced
his third year when at twenty eight years of age, he received a summons from the master he served and loved so
well, to lay down his burdens, to receive his reward. Our subject is one of the prominent farmers in his town.
In 1857 he bought the William Ennis property of sixty eight acres in South Lyons, to which he has added, taking
an active interest in educational and religious matters.
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Energy of a Startup
"There's a type of energy and pace that comes with startups. I enjoy wearing multiple hats." said Jennifer Fleiss, a co-founder of clothing rental service Rent the Runway. After nine years with the company, Fleiss stepped down as CEO in March to join one of Walmart Stores' newly launched incubator, Code 8.
Fleiss is excited to be in the fast pace startup environment again. Code 8 is still in the early phases, very different from Fleiss' last role. In her new position, she will have six employees at their headquarters in New York City. The main product of Code 8 is a mobile, app-based experience meant to make shopping magical and delightful. It will also offer a "premium" experience not targeted to Walmart's regular customers. Watch to see what Jennifer Fleiss does with Code 8, it sounds so intriguing.
Grocery Startup
Did the new grocery startup, Wasteless, just solve all the grocery stores' problems? Wasteless, a startup with headquarters in Israel and New York, has introduced a new innovation dubbed the "Internet of Groceries" to reduce waste while saving customers and retailers money.
The Wasteless technology tags perishable foods in stores using an RFID chip that is intended to replace the use of the bar code. The RFID chip tracks the item's expiration date and, using software, detects the appropriate price for the item to be sold. Newer products may cost retail price, while soon-to-expire products may be discounted by a few dollars.
The "Internet of Groceries" Startup
Tech Startup
This Dutch startup has been flying under the radar. The company turns activity data from devices made by Strava or Garmin, and combines this with photos you've taken to create 3D animated videos.
Relive lets you create a more personal 3D video story of your outdoor adventures. It crunches your activity data and combines it with the GPS and timestamped photos from your phone or digital camera. The resulting video gives you a 3D fly-through of the route highlighting landmarks, including relevant images you've taken, pinned to a map.
The startup is still looking for investors but with almost a half a million users creating 100,000 videos a day, that shouldn't be a problem
Ideas To Doors
The Ideas To Doors (I2D) conference, hosted by the Terry J. Lundgren Center For Retailing at The University of Arizona, is about the stories of retail entrepreneurs and Innovators. It is about the passion, the determination, the belief that they could take their ideas – as crazy as they may have seemed at the start – and get them into the doors of their retail stores and of their customers.
You will get a great deal whether you are a young student or professional or an industry veteran. This conference is about getting an intimate peek into some amazing retail stories and innovations that are beginning to build their own legacy like many of the household names of retailing did in the decades and centuries past. This is about feeling the energy and passion of entrepreneurs who don't just go along but are finding their niche in the market and charging through it.
I2D is not your typical industry conference. It isn't about listening to speakers but about sitting in on a conversation. It is about hearing the oftentimes gut-wrenching but always inspiring and head-shaking stories of real innovators as they navigate the startup challenge. Learn more –> http://ideastodoors.com/
I am currently a senior majoring in Retailing and Consumer Sciences while minoring in e-commerce. I hold the position of Social Media Manager for the Terry J. Lundgren Center For Retailing at the University of Arizona, where I am responsible for creating social media platforms that not only enhance our brand but also educate the world about retail trends. I am what you call a Retail Enthusiast, I am intrigued by the way the retail industry is evolving and what it has to offer. In my free time, I enjoy the outdoors, yoga, good music, and good company.


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In October 2012, Marco Arment, of Instapaper fame, launched an iOS Newsstand app named The Magazine. This month, Jim Dalrymple, renowned reporter on all things related to Apple, launched an iOS Newsstand app named The Loop. Folks, we officially have a trend.
What is that trend? Quite simply, it is the trend of creating 'magazine-like' experiences that are accessible via mobile apps and/or the web and are targeted at comparatively small (yet loyal) audiences. Why is this a successful model? Remember, News Corp had to shut down its iPad-delivered magazine called The Daily because its business model was not sustainable. Marco Arment, in his blog post announcing The Magazine, describes how this model works:
There's room for another category between individuals and major publishers, and that's where The Magazine sits. It's a multi-author, truly modern digital magazine that can appeal to an audience bigger than a niche but smaller than the readership of The New York Times. This is what a modern magazine can be, not a 300 MB stack of static page images laid out manually by 100 people.
From a business model perspective, magazines such as The Magazine and The Loop can provide an experience that meets the needs of its readers with a much lower cost base than is typical for traditional magazines. The implication of a lower cost base is that the 'break even' or profitability point for these magazines is also lower. The Magazine and The Loop don't need to have millions of subscribers to be profitable; they can probably be nicely profitable with a subscriber base that numbers in the tens of thousands.
It's worth noting that an incentive for subscribers to continue subscribing is the fact that The Magazine and The Loop deliver excellently curated articles in an attractive package (in the case of the iOS Newsstand apps). The content curation is a large selling point. People subscribe to these magazines, at least initially, because they trust the opinions of Arment and Dalrymple. Of course, subscribers continue to subscribe based on their continued interest in the content. The monthly payment nature of these magazines acts as an incentive for their publishers to continue to deliver excellent content.
Will micropublications such as The Magazine and The Loop prove to be the future of magazine publication? Time will tell, folks.


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The Cancer Survivors who used alternative cancer treatments
Cancer survivors who have healed their cancer naturally using alternative cancer treatments.
Bailey O'Brien
In 2011 I was diagnosed with stage 4 inoperable melanoma.
"There's nothing we can do," doctors said.
I didn't agree, so I looked into alternative options. A couple weeks later I made an educated decision and put my trust in a radical new lifestyle and diet and received treatments in Mexico.
Now I'm 5 years cancer-free and living my second chance.
I know what you're feeling – pressure from doctors, family, friends and the clock to take action now (or yesterday). Plus fear, sadness, and depression about the odds you're facing and all the "what if's."
Dr Charles Majors
Dr Majors had stage-4 bone marrow cancer that metastasized to the brain. He says my brain cancer was secondary, but it what was shutting my body down quickly. I had lost over 50 pounds and was so weak I was in a wheelchair. I not only had to reverse the bone marrow cancer that was primary, I also had to quickly bring down the cancer in my brain and reverse that as well.
I made the switch immediately to get my body in ketosis, so the only fuel my brain was getting were ketone bodies. Normal healthy brain cells use ketones for fuel but cancer cells (because their mitochondria is damaged) cannot use ketone bodies and the cancer begins to die. I still monitor my body to make sure my sugars are low and I'm in ketosis.
Dr Majors have been cancer free for the last five years and has written a book called The Cancer Killers.
Sharon Kelly
Sharon was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in December 2013 and now she is cancer free. You can read how Sharon beat her lung cancer with cannabis oil here.
Tamara St. John – one of the worlds cancer survivors
After discovering that I had breast cancer in 2009 and being without health insurance, I was left with two options; alternative medicine or death. I healed myself of cancer using only alternative and natural treatments. I did NOT have surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation.
Shannon's Story
Shannon fought and survived cancer not once but twice! She is now cancer free. You can visit her website above to read her story how she cured her cancer naturally.
Allan Taylor
Allan, a grandfather of 78, who was told by doctors that his cancer was 'incurable', has been given the all-clear less than four months later – after trying a different diet. Allan was told by doctors they could do nothing to treat his condition. But he would not give up, and instead searched the internet for an alternative method to fight his cancer.
After studying websites, he decided to radically change his diet – and found his condition improved dramatically. Mr Taylor, a retired oil rig engineer from Middlesbrough, replaced red meat and dairy products with 10 portions of raw fruit and veg each day.
His diet included powdered grass, curry spices, apricot seeds and selenium tablets. He made the changes after he received a letter on April 30, telling them were was no point having any more chemotherapy as it would not cure him and neither would an operation. 'They said if they cut out the cancer it would just pop up somewhere else,' he told the Sunday Mirror. 'But I was determined to stay positive and decided to find my own cure. 'On August 6 I got a letter from North Tees hospital to say a scan had shown my cancer had gone and "the abnormality is no longer visible". I'm all clear.'
Allan's ordeal began in February last year when he noticed a two-inch lump in his abdomen. He was sent for a scan and told he had colon cancer. Last September he underwent an operation, during which a surgeon removed a nine-inch section of his colon, and he began a three-month course of chemotherapy. But in April this year he was told the cancer had spread to small intestine. Allan responded by tapping the words 'colon cancer cures' into an internet search engine. He used the information, together with advice from his local health food store, to devise his new diet. He believes that having a teaspoon of powdered barley grass in hot water every morning and night was particularly crucial. 'There is no question in my mind that my diet saved my life,' he said. 'And all it cost was £30 a week.'
Allan Taylor cured his terminal cancer
Ann Cameron
Author Ann Cameron cured her stage 4 colon cancer with carrot juice.
"I juiced 5lbs of carrots per day".
- Two weeks after starting the carrots, there was no improvement.
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Every time there's a recital, someone gets sick and isn't sure what to do. Obviously, if the child is too ill to even play it's an easy decision. But sometimes it isn't quite so clear.
I love this particular mother because she always asks for what her kid needs. It makes it so much easier to help out.
Hi Diane,
Audrey has been sick since Tuesday night with a fever and a cough. She's improving, but it's hard for me to think that she'll be far enough past it by tomorrow afternoon to want to expose you to whatever she's got. She has really been too knocked down to play any music the last couple days as well.
(If she bounces up in the morning full of energy and seems all better, I will bring her at her lesson time but I suspect that's not going to happen - she's probably one more rest day away.)
I do think she'll be fine by Sunday, so I was wondering you have any advice, especially for a kid who worries - I'm betting this isn't the first time this has happened! How do you get ready for the recital if you've been too sick to practice and you miss your final lesson?
Thanks for any ideas!!
Here's what I replied:
Hi Cyd and Audrey,
I'm so sorry to hear that you've been sick.
Here are my strategies:
First, remember that you've been ready - almost too ready - for weeks. You've been playing the piano for years now, and this is when you can call in the favor of all the time you've spent enjoying and practicing the piano. It won't fail you now. You've been a diligent and attentive musician for years.
If you have enough energy, simply play through your pieces slowly with the music open, reminding yourself of the things you want to think about and consider before you play. (Things like how it feels to start the piece - what kind of tempo feels best to you - is there something about balance you always want to remember? What about the character of the pieces. Is one of them, perhaps, more than a bit silly?)
Then remember that music isn't ever about being perfect, it's about saying something. About expressing yourself. And that's all that matters.
I've made a lot of recordings when I was really quite ill, and you can't tell them from the ones I made when I was feeling fabulous. That's when the practicing pays off!
Take it easy, get plenty of rest and let me know if there's anything else you need from me.
I'm rooting for you and I know that you'll play the way you always do! (Which is wonderfully!)
I might put you a little earlier in the program than usual so you won't have to wait as long. It might make it a bit easier on you. :)
One of the biggest benefits to learning to play an instrument is the long-term-ness of it. Working through the times when it feels too hard. Persisting when you feel like giving up. Being able to play even though you've been ill. And hopefully, a long-term relationship with a warm and inspiring mentor.
Anyone you can inspire today?


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The Left's Love Affair with Europe
Certain people of the leftist persuasion are always trying to convince the rest of us that Europe is superior to America and, quite frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of it. We even hear that certain Supreme Court justices are less interested in what the Constitution says, or common sense would dictate, than in how their decisions will be viewed on the other side of the Atlantic.
Whenever the Europeans do something, no matter how cowardly or corrupt, their champions in our country can be counted on to put the best possible face on it. With one Socialistic country after another perched on the brink of bankruptcy, our yahoos continue to ballyhoo their failed policies as if they were all paid flacks.
What's particularly peculiar is that these are the very same people who dislike white American males of European descent, but who can't stop gushing about white European males. Go figure.
These numbskulls insisted that Bush was a puppet of the Saudis, but ignored the fact that they begged him not to invade Iraq. That's the kind of puppet that only Stephen King could dream up. Without missing a step, they claimed that we were only invading Iraq in order to capture its oil fields. While they no longer repeat that lie, they also never admitted they were mistaken. Odd, though, that they didn't seem to notice that we didn't confiscate Kuwait's oil fields after driving out Saddam Hussein in '91. Instead, they hailed France and Russia for refusing to depose Hussein, ignoring the sweetheart deals both countries had with the oil broker of Baghdad.
One of the favorite lies the leftists like to parrot is that the United States is an imperialistic power. Wouldn't even the dumbest of them have figured out that if we were, we'd have far-flung colonies to show for it? At the very least, wouldn't we have invaded Cuba by this time and sent Castro packing, the way that America's cigar smokers have long demanded?
The truth is, Europe is a hodgepodge of second-rate powers who don't trust each other, and with good reason. A few of them are so fearful of their own Muslim populations that they actually feel they have to line up with Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda against Israel. Of course, being as anti-Semitic as so many Europeans are, they'd probably swing that way in any case....
Of course these American leftists never get upset about suicide bombings in Israel or the anti-Semitic ravings of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It's only when Israel defends itself against the lunatics who have sworn to exterminate the Jews that these moral midgets work themselves into a proper frenzy.
More here
Below is an interesting email I received:
Okay, here's the plan:
* Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry men.
* Allow those women who want to marry women, marry women.
* Allow those folks who want to abort their babies, to abort their babies.
* In three generations, there will be NO Democrats!!!
Damn, I love it when a plan like this comes together
There is a good video here about the rash of fraudulent photos coming out of Lebanon -- all of which have been run in the mainstream media in an attempt to discredit Israel.
Great! "UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said overnight that the Security Council's failure to act more quickly to end the bloodshed in Lebanon had "badly shaken" the world's faith in the United Nations."
Lax security again: "British police have arrested seven anti-war activists after three of them boarded a US military transport plane at an airport in Scotland to check if it was carrying weapons to Israel, a peace group says. Anti-nuclear campaign group Trident Ploughshares said its activists had cut through a perimeter fence at Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow, on Monday and boarded a US plane to search for evidence of arms shipments to Israel. David Mackenzie, a spokesman for the group said 'security was lax' at the airport, making it easy for Trident Ploughshares' 'war crimes detectives' to board the aircraft in the early hours. The group said the airport has been used by chartered cargo planes to carry US-made bunker-busting bombs to Israel as the war in Lebanon continues."
Bandits with badges: "Society has no problem with law enforcement fighting crime or even confiscating property used in a criminal enterprise but, as with any law, the good intent for which the law was created, has been immensely abused to the point that innocent citizens are losing everything they ever worked for without even being charged or convicted of a crime. Clearly, states need to pass laws to safeguard the rights of the innocent from zealot law enforcement agencies run amuck from the smell of greed."
More European appeasement: "In an attempt to halt gang violence, Barcelona has taken the unusual step of legalising the Latin Kings, registering them as a cultural association that could receive state aid. The feared gang, which was born in 1940s Chicago and has recently spread to Spain, was this week granted the grand title of Asociacion Cultural de Reyes y Reinas Latinos de Cataluna (Cultural Association of Latin Kings and Queens of Catalonia), making it sound more like a medieval court than a band of street thugs. However, the city believes that the way to curb escalating violence is to involve the gang's teenage members in city life."
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"All the worth which the human being possesses, all spiritual reality, he possesses only through the State." -- 19th century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel is the most influential philosopher of the Left -- inspiring Karl Marx, the American "Progressives" of the early 20th century and university socialists to this day.
The Big Lie of the late 20th century was that Nazism was Rightist. It was in fact typical of the Leftism of its day. It was only to the Right of Stalin's Communism. The very word "Nazi" is a German abbreviation for "National Socialist" (Nationalsozialistisch)
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If you are helping your parents clean out the shed or settling an estate and come across banned or unusable pesticides, Maine is offering a chance to dispose of them legally and without cost just in time for fall clean up. From the Maine.gov website:
The issue
Homeowners and farmers sometimes discover old, unusable or "obsolete" pesticides in the shed, garage of cellar. DDT, dioxin-containing 2,4,5-T and compounds of arsenic, mercury or lead all marvels in their day are now banned because of their hazards to human health, wildlife or to the environment. Sometimes pesticides become unusable because they freeze or get damp and solidify. Mainer's who want to dispose of these wastes in an environmentally sound manner are often discouraged to learn that proper disposal of waste pesticides is prohibitively expensive.
The program
The Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) and the Department of Environmental Protection provide citizens with a responsible, free solution to their obsolete pesticide problem. Once a year, these agencies collect obsolete pesticides brought to sites across Maine. The materials are then shipped to out-of-state disposal facilities. Banned pesticides and pesticides that have become caked, frozen or otherwise rendered unusable can be accepted. .. The program is available to homeowners as well as non-corporate farmers and greenhouse operators
Do plan ahead and sign up.


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MASHPEE – Mashpee Commons by Design will hold a panel discussion Tuesday night on the Cape's housing issues.
It comes as officials with Mashpee Commons work on plans to expand their mixed-use development with additional business space and housing units. Event organizers are looking for feedback from the public on what type of housing could be provided at Mashpee Commons to meet the needs of the community.
A series of "Tuesday Talks" will bring together local, regional and national experts to discuss key themes and ideas which emerged from successful public visioning sessions held in November and December.
The previous public workshops attracted over 300 people resulting in hundreds of suggestions regarding the future of the commons.
"People were really enthusiastic about what they wanted to see, their love for the commons and what an important factor it plays in the local economy, the quality of life aspect and the town and region as a whole," said Tony Simon, a Masphee Commons by Design spokesman.
The First "Tuesday Talk" is set for Tuesday at the Mashpee Commons Storefront on Market Street at 6 p.m. The focus of the first forum is housing on Cape Cod.
The panelists for the discussion include Heather Harper from the Cape Cod Commission, Buff Chace of Mashpee Commons, Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee member Allan Isbitz, and Don Powers of Union Studio, who will serve as moderator.
The second session is March 13 at 6 p.m. at the Mashpee Public Library. That session will focus on infrastructure, public space and systems planning.
Creating a stable economic base for Masphee will be the subject of the third session March 27. That talk will also be at 6 p.m. at the Mashpee Public Library.
The last session, also at the library at 6 p.m., on April 10 will discuss zoning needs.
Mashpee Commons is a multi-use development which includes retail, dining and residential spaces, along with public spaces and community events.
Mashpee Commons by Design was created as a way to engage the public to create concepts for the next phases of the development.


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Sindhi Surhaan Episode #12: Video Songs & Jokes
July 15th, 2012 in Sindhi Surhaan. 8 Comments. 14,883 views
Fun-Filled Episode of Sindhi Video Songs & Jokes
Interview of Shri Kirat Babani, Sindhi music video: "Tu mukhe chaheen maan tukhe chaheyan" and fun filled Sindhi jokes by Seema Motwani & Ashok Sundrani.
Anchor: Asha Chand
Watch Online – 22 Minutes Streaming Video – via YouTube
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First, let me start out by saying that I'm currently based abroad in Beirut, Lebanon. Yes, far, far away from my native Los Angeles, California. Yet, that hasn't stopped me from pursuing another master's degree through the University of Florida or prevented me from checking out books from my local library in the U.S. You might be wondering how this is possible. One word: technology.
Technology is making my life easier and more enjoyable in more ways than one. Let me explain…
Adobe Connect: Today, you can find hundreds of e-learning programs that are substantive and of high-quality. This means anyone who can afford it can now get a bachelor's, master's, and even a PhD through schools that might have once been difficult to access geographically. For me, it means I don't have to quit my job and life abroad to pursue my second master's at the University of Florida, ranked 125th in the world by the 2011-12 Times Higher Education Report. My program employs Adobe Connect, web conferencing software for our classroom sessions, which are all live. It's truly extraordinary that I'm able to engage with my classmates in real-time as if I'm on UF's campus in Gainesville, Florida. I can chat with the professor and my peers, turn on my webcam and microphone, raise my hand, ask questions, and basically do everything I could do in a normal classroom setting. My classmates and I have presented countless projects and homework assignments to the class with no real issues, except that since class is live in Florida, it's usually well after midnight here in Beirut when class meets. No big deal!
Overdrive for Kindle: One aspect that I truly value about being an American is the access I have to lovely public libraries, which are located across every community in the nation. Borrowing the latest books, periodicals, magazines, films, and music at no charge is unheard of here in Lebanon. To make matters worse, this country doesn't feature massive book stores that carry every possible title like what is typical at U.S.-retailers Borders and Barnes and Noble. Frankly, public libraries are one of the top things I miss about life in the U.S. So it's no surprise that I purchased a Kindle through Amazon.com and began buying books that piqued my interest. A few years after my Kindle purchase, Overdrive was launched. Basically, it's the best thing since the Kindle. Overdrive allows library users to borrow Kindle ebooks just as you would with a hardcopy book. You check them out, you return them, and you basically have a virtual library at your fingertips.
Lynda.com: Want to learn AutoCAD? SEO? Google Analytics? HTML5? Digital photography? Photoshop? InDesign? Lynda.com is a one-stop hub for tutorials on how to use software or learn web skills, and beyond. I discovered this site last year and was amazed at how inexpensive the monthly fee is and how comprehensive the tutorial offerings are. More than that, the video tutorials are super high-quality and have greatly supplemented my University of Florida courses. In fact, I sometimes contemplate whether I should forgo the master's and just learn everything from the Lynda.com tutorials. It would be cheaper and perhaps faster. But hey, a degree holds more weight so I'll plod along until I'm done with my grad program.
Coursera.org: Want to take courses from world-renowned universities like Johns Hopkins University,Princeton University, and Caltech? More importantly, do you want to take courses for FREE? Coursera.org is a website I discovered earlier this summer. It offers nearly 200 courses that are taught by instructors from top universities worldwide (University of Florida is one of them—Go Gators!). Students who successfully complete Coursera courses receive a certificate from the university that facilitated it. So I could theoretically come away with certificates from Stanford, Rice, Duke, and Penn, among many others, which is quite incredible. You're probably wondering who is running this website. It was started by Stanford grads who wanted to make higher education accessible to everyone. It's a great premise and while I'm too busy juggling a full-time job and graduate school to enroll in courses, I'm definitely keeping it in mind for when my life settles down.
What technology is drastically improving your life?


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(A long deep sigh!) When was the last time you sighed? Let's do it together. Read? (Another long deep sigh!) Was it on Wednesday morning that you last sighed when you realized the holiday season which began with Chanukah a month ago is finally over and that we had not fallen over the so-called fiscal cliff? Or was it after the doctor called to say that the biopsy you took was negative? Sighing is an emotional release that allows us—if only for a moment—to let go and to just be. So let's do it once more…(Still one more long deep sigh!)
The only time we encounter sighing in the Torah is in the beginning of today's parsha as we begin the book of Exodus. The Torah tells us, "A new king arose in Egypt who did not know Joseph," meaning that he was not at all grateful for all the good that Joseph had done—how he saved kingdom from famine and ruin and how he made Pharaoh so rich by putting aside surplus grain during the good years and selling it during the years of famine. With unbelievable ingratitude, this new Pharaoh enslaved the Jews with backbreaking labor and had them build for him the store cities of Pitom and Ramses. When this crushing labor failed to deminish the Jews, Pharaoh then issued a decree that all the male children who were born to the Jews should be killed at birth.
And then the Torah (Ex. 2:23-25) tells us, Vayey-anchu b'ney Yisrael min ha-avodah, "And the Children of Israel sighed from the hard work." The text continues: "Gd heard their moaning, and Gd remembered the covenant that He had made with Abraham and with Isaac and with Jacob, and Gd looked upon the Children of Israel and knew."
Rabbi Jack Reimer comments that this is the turning point in the story. Up until now, for some reason, Gd was silent. But now, when Gd hears their sigh, He comes to their rescue. He begins by appearing to Moses at the burning bush and orders him to go down to Egypt and tell Pharaoh those famous words: "Let My people go." The sigh of the people is evidently what moved Gd to rescue them. But why, asks Rabbi Reimer? Was this the only time that the Israelites sighed? And why was this sigh so powerful that it moved Gd to save them?
One commentator asks: "Surely they must have cried and sighed when they were 1st enslaved, and surely they must have sighed when their children were taken away from them and killed. Why is this the only time that the words, 'They sighed,' are found in the story?" His explanation is that as long as the king was alive, they were not permitted to pause in their labors—even to sigh. But when the king died and all the Egyptians were preoccupied with their elaborate death rituals, the Israelites were able to steal a quick sigh.
Elie Wiesel tells the story of his visit to the Soviet Union as it was on the verge of collapsing. He met an old rabbi and asked him why the Jews of Russia—who had been silent for so long—had suddenly begun to speak up in protest. The rabbi answered by quoting the Kotsker Rebbe on the sigh of the Jews in Egypt: "All the time that Pharaoh was alive, the Jews suffered. Why then did they only sigh when he died? It was because before the Pharaoh died, even to sigh was forbidden. And so it is with us. Today we are permitted to sigh, but only because no one is listening."
This is the 1st kind of sighing—the sighing that comes from exhaustion, weariness, and despair. If you've ever walked down a hospital corridor, you've heard it. Patients groan, not only because of their pain, but of the hopelessness that they feel that their pain may never end. It's the same sigh that can be heard in prisons, in coal mines and wherever human beings do backbreaking labor that seem to have no purpose. It's the sigh of despair.
But there's another kind of sigh. Abraham Joshua Heschel made his debut on the American intellectual scene in January of 1945 with an essay called, "On Prayer," for The Columbia University Review of Religion—a sophisticated journal for Christian scholars. Heschel had come to America in 1940. He was one of the last to escape Eastern Europe before the gates swung shut. He was saved as part of a special program in which scholars were given special visas. He was sent to Cincinnati and assigned to teach at the Reform Hebrew Union College there before he later wound up at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Can you imagine how lonely and out of place he must have been? He was a Chassidic intellectual teaching at a reform seminary! Also, his mother and his sister were in Poland and he had no way of knowing whether they were alive or dead. He must have also grieved for all the scholars and yeshivas and Jewish life that were being snuffed out back home.
And just as the war was ending (it ended on May 2, 1945) he was invited to write an essay on the meaning of prayer for the Columbia Review of Religion! He had just begun to learn English. Could he do justice to this complex and sacred topic in his new language? He must have felt that it was an impossible task and so he began his essay with a story about a sigh—a sigh of wishing that it could be done. Here's the story:
About a hundred years ago, Rabbi Isaac Meir Alter of Ger pondered over the question of what a certain shoemaker of his acquaintance should do about his morning prayer. His customers were poor men, who owned only one pair of shoes. The shoemaker used to pick up their shoes at a late evening hour, work on them all night and part of the morning, in order to deliver them before their owners had to go to work. When should the shoemaker say his morning prayer? Should he pray quickly the first thing in the morning, and then go back to work? Or should he let the appointed hour of prayer go by, and, every once in a while, raising his hammer from the shoes, utter a sigh: "Woe is me, I have not prayed yet?" Perhaps that sigh, said the Rebbe of Ger, perhaps that sigh is worth more than the prayer itself.
Dr. Heschel went on page after page, teaching Jewish truths about prayer that had never been said so eloquently in English before. He wrote about the danger of routine that is an inevitable part of fixed prayer, and about the danger of waiting for the spirit to come before we pray, that is an inevitable danger of spontaneous prayer for it may not come often…and he wrote that there is only one response can ultimately maintain us—gratefulness, teaching us that gratefulness is what makes the soul great. He enlightened his readers about the spiritual heritage of Judaism—a Judaism that was being destroyed at the very moment in Europe.
I'm sure that he wished that he could have said more and said it better. I'm sure that he did so with awareness that he was a representative of the Jewish people that was on the very edge of genocide. For all this, I believe that he began his essay with a story about a sigh—the sigh of yearning. This is the sigh that comes to us when we've done something as best as we can, but know that we've not done it well enough.
The sigh of yearning when we strive to do something that is beyond our ability, when we reach out to grasp what is beyond our power to comprehend—even if it fills our hearts with regret when we cannot fully achieve what we yearn to achieve—nevertheless that sigh brings dignity and meaning to our lives. It's the sigh the shoemaker felt when faced with so little time to pray.
I wish for you and me—in this secular New Year—that we never have to sigh the sigh of the enslaved—that we never feel so pressured in life that we don't have a free moment to just be. A colleague of mine once remarked that there is a reason why our mobile phones are called "cell phones." How many of us who hold them close 24/7 feel imprisoned by them—never able to turn them off, never able to be off, never able to even sigh. I wish all of us many moments of freedom from our new technologies and from the kind of work that leaves us with no time to live.
And I wish us to have the sigh of yearning—yearning to be more than we are, to reach beyond our grasp. I wish us the sigh that comes from dreaming the impossible dream, from striving to partner with Gd in sanctifying the world—the kind of sighing that comes from knowing that, after all we strive to be, we can be more. And to this let us all sigh together with the word, "Amen!"
Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis