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"Besides its special carpet collections, Gümüşsuyu manufactures contract carpets for hotels, offices and mosques both in Turkey and worldwide. The latest big scale project by the company is for The Blue Mosque which is one the most significant work of arts of Islamic world. The carpet produced for this project is woven by the thinnest woolen yarns which give the carpet a soft touch and a nice feeling.?/p>
Gümüşsuyu took its first step in the industrial world by producing yarn for carpets and rugs in its woolen yarn factory founded in 1952. Later on the company started expanding by producing carpets and rugs. Only after a couple of years, Gümüşsuyu managed to become a pioneer in carpet sector with its special carpet collections and unique projects which seperated the company from its rivals. In the meantime, the company increased its brand recognition and specialized as an educational and instructive enterprise. Gümüşsuyu invested both in national and international markets until 2000 and won several rewards ever since. Exporting all around the world, Gümüşsuyu is a successful representative of Turkish carpet sector. In 2000, when the company was at the cutting edge of its profession, the most destructive financial crisis hit Turkish economy and therefore Gümüşsuyu had to terminate its production for a period of three years. However the demand for Gümüşsuyu products remained in the domestic market and therefore the company's brand name and enterprises were rented for 25 years by Modern Hal?in 2003 and one year later, carpets produced under Gümüşsuyu brand were in the market again. Ever since that date, Modern Hal?continues carpet production in the integrated facilities of Gümüşsuyu.
Working with an innovative production concept and the philosophy of being original, Gümüşsuyu produced the first carved carpet in Turkey in 1998. Today the company produces acrylic silver carpets under the name Kaftan, which were previously produced from woolen yarn.
In 2004, Modern Hal?created a brand new product, namely Yakamoz, which is a multicolor polypropylene friese carpet. This new product was initially displayed in Eurasia Floor 2005 and received a worldwide attention. Another captivating carpet collection by the company is "İpek Carpet?which consist of 100% natural silk carpets that look quite similar to handwoven silk carpets. This collection has been a significant investment and created by great efforts. When it comes to area rugs, the company produces woolen carpet collections, namely Anatolia, Gümüşmekik, Özlem and Ankara. All collections are made of woolen yarns and 100% natural. As is known, woolen yarns are among the most natural, durable and aesthetic materials.
Today Gümüşsuyu is also manufacturing contract carpets for hotels, offices and mosques both in Turkey and worldwide. The latest big scale project by the company is for The Blue Mosque which is located in Istanbul and regarded as one the most significant work of arts of Islamic world. The carpet produced for this project is woven by the thinnest woolen yarns which give the carpet a soft touch and a nice feeling. "The general opinion of how mosque carpets should be is completely wrong. People believe that if the carpet is woven with thick yarns, the result would be much more durable and strong. However the usage of thick yarns causes irritation on the forehead during religious service. Furthermore, it is rather difficult to maintain these carpets and in time the fibers become matted. What we believe is that carpets used in sacred places should have very high quality and an aesthetic looks.?says Filiz Tezgören, Sales Manager of Modern Hal?


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The City of Casa Grande received a "Best Master Plan" award by the Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) for the Life on Main Master Plan in downtown Casa Grande. The award was presented to the Planning & Development Department during the 2014 APA -Arizona Chapter Conference on November 6 in Yuma, Arizona.
The Life on Main Master Plan provides a blue print for developing approximately 15 acres of vacant land that the City owns south of the Union Pacific Railroad in downtown Casa Grande. The City worked closely with Matrix Design Group from the Phoenix, Arizona office to develop the Master Plan, which was approved by the Casa Grande City Council in August 2013.
"We're honored to receive this award for a master plan that will help guide development in the area to attract more businesses, residents and an overall sense of vibrant downtown community," said Casa Grande Planning and Development Director Paul Tice.
Central to the proposed plan is preserving the Casa Grande Hotel and Shonessy House and enhancing these structures with an active, flexible "historic plaza" for art fairs, farmers markets, a children's playground, a community garden and other life enhancing features.
Also part of the Master Plan is a proposed gateway feature that honors the region's historic past with an iconic pedestrian bridge spanning the railroad tracks along E. Main Street extending over Top and Bottom Street south to W. Main Avenue that will connect to the historic plaza.
The Master Plan is the result of a year-long planning process that included input from several meetings with the public, community stakeholders, and city officials. The Master Plan includes a detailed Implementation Program and a list of potential funding sources which the City may pursue in order to accomplish these strategies.
According to the Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association, the annual awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding work of professional planners, citizen planners and others in making communities a better place to live.

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Etisalat Group bids for Oman telecom licence
Zain Group and STC have already placed applications for the licence
Etisalat Group has announced it has submitted a bid for the mobile licence in the Sultanate of Oman.
The bid is in line with Etisalat Group's expansion strategy considering the market potential and similarities, footprint proximity to its core market, and likely synergies.
Other bidders include Zain Group and STC, who have applied to become Oman's third mobile operator.
Bader Al Kharafi, Zain vice-chairman and group CEO said: "The bid included a comprehensive business, financial and technical plan as well as a commercial proposal for the third licence. Zain considers the Omani telecom market a promising growth opportunity complementing our regional footprint. Should we be successful, I'm confident the Omani community would warmly welcome the Zain brand and the new mobile operation would be value accretive to Zain's shareholders."
The qualified bidders will be announced on 14 August, 2017 by Omani's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.


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Definitions for "MALE"
Keywords: spermatozoa, procreates, ova, gametes, fertilize
Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Male is a live album by Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe. It records the Foetus live performance of November 3, 1990 in Manhattan's famed CBGB nightclub. A film of this performance, also titled Male, was also released.
Keywords: unconsidered, potholes, eyelet, mesas, bad
A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.
Evil; wicked; bad.
Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
Keywords: xyy, xxy, sperm, complement, gender
In organisms with separate sexes, the one which produces sperm.
Normally, a person with XY chromosomes, although some males have XXY or XYY chromosomes.
The traditional definition of male was "an individual of the sex that produces sperm" (or some such). However, things are not so simple today. Male can be defined by physical appearance, by chromosome constitution (see Male chromosome complement), or by gender identification.
Keywords: pronuclear, spermatozoon, ovum, nuclear, membrane
The nuclear material of the head of the spermatozoon, after it has penetrated the ovum and acquired a pronuclear membrane.
Keywords: courage, manly, characteristic, sports, suggestive
Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
An animal of the male sex.
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
Keywords: crossdress, transgendered, attractive, desire, find
A male – in relation to transgender is someone who has typically has no desire to crossdress, but may find transgendered people sexually attractive or interesting.
Keywords: choir, consisting
Keywords: replicator
Plug, pin or part that is inserted into mating part.
The projecting, external part on anything.
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El Rosario – Las ChapasAmidst the beautiful mountains El Rosario offers stunning views over the Mediterranean and the beaches of the Las Chapas residential area. For those who enjoy the company of a set of clubs and a little white ball will find remarkable opportunities around the secure residential locations:
And all of this can be found only 6km from the centre of Marbella. Other outdoor activities, such as tennis, can be enjoyed all year round at the famous tennis club El Casco.
Both residential areas are offering security, privacy and entertainment for their inhabitants, some of which have chosen to make it their permanent home. There are cosy restaurants, tapas bars and typical "chiringuitos", where one can be inspired by the creations of the head chef. Equally enjoyable is the shopping in the local supermarkets and small shops.


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Schnucks Bans Solicitors At All Rockford Locations
If you are a frequent shopper of Schnucks stores here in the Stateline, the ambiance is going to be quite different this holiday season without the familiar ringing of the Salvation Army's bells.
Schnucks recently announced that they will no longer allow any solicitation at their stores nationwide, and this has many organizations feeling a loss. Here in Rockford, the news particularly hurts for Northern Illinois Girl Scout Troops and the Salvation Army who have always seen big fundraising numbers at local Schnucks stores.
I do understand that some people find solicitation at stores to be annoying, I also get why Schnucks needs to put their customers' satisfaction first, but I always felt that allowing these organizations to be in their shores showed commitment to the communities they serve. Obviously I was wrong. What do you think?
One last thing, here's a date to mark on your calendar now because it looks like the Salvation Army will really need our help this holiday season...the annual 12 Hours of Salvation Army Toy Drive at the Lou Bachrodt Automall is set for Friday, December 9, 2016. Hope to see you there so we can make a huge difference for needy kids in our community!


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…every pantry has a story
Perusing the magazine rack this week, the grilled cheeseburger on the cover of Food and Wine caught my eye, what can I say it had me at… 'grilling secrets revealed'.
Well I certainly hit the mother lode of advertising, which was a bit of culture shock after the last few magazines. It was honestly hard to separate the advertising, from the actual magazine content. Actually the bulk of the recipes don't show up in a steady rate until you are way past the halfway mark in pages. Almost half of the pages are ads so that really isn't hard to believe.
With wine being in the title it is to be expected to have a few wine articles, which were interesting. A surprise was the attention paid to a variety of beers, they were given just as much description as the wines. They also accommodate the reader with indexes for recipes, wine, and beer. Just as the recipe index is divided into meal categories, the alcohol is parsed into its categories as well, such as red, white, ale, and lager. I think that is a great asset to have, especially if you are looking to try something new. A great article was 'United States of Beer, Bourbon & Beyond', which focused on a local brewer or distiller for each state in the Union. I'm more of a vodka girl myself, my youngest daughter is the beer connoisseur in the family but, I do love me a Lazy Magnolia, Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale. Yes that was the stellar beverage listed from the State of Mississippi, my oldest daughter got me hooked on them in NOLA. Clearly this section was my favorite part of the magazine.
I could have done without the travel and style sections, based on those categories as well as the advertising, you get the sense of the income bracket they are geared toward. Some of the recipes reflected that as well, I seriously doubt I'll be whipping up a batch of 'Watermelon and Squid Salad' anytime soon. Numerous recipes have the dreaded spend $15 on an ingredient, to then only use a tablespoon of it, and let it go bad in the cabinet. Overall it is an ok magazine not one that I would really look to pick up again though.


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We offer a unique, dynamic and hands-on learning environment where you can discover your strengths and potential.
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is a dynamic learning institution that aims to nurture your talent and help you reach your professional and personal potential. As a student, your learning environment will be relatively hands-on, allowing you to quickly discover your strengths and areas for development. Classes tend to be quite small and offer a lot of personal attention and support.
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It's time to hit the books … Our fabulous AUGUST @BookSparks #BestSummerEver book reads are flowing into #FallReadingChallenge2016 #FRC2016. We have the wonderful author, Amulya Malladi and her novel, A HOUSE FOR HAPPY MOTHERS and of course, we have a giveaway.
"Gangamma, like Asha, wondered if she was going against the wishes of God by giving a barren woman a baby. "If she can't have a child, it's because God doesn't want her to have one," Gangamma said. "Don't you think we're doing something wrong here?" "And if God gives us cbancer, we still get treated, don't we? We don't sit around and think this is God's will," Keertana said. "This is the same thing.""A HOUSE for HAPPY MOTHERS (Lake Union Publishing)
Amulya Malladi's novel, A HOUSE FOR HAPPY MOTHERS takes us on an emotional journey of surrogacy, experiencing the heart-wrenching terrain encountered by mothers in first and third worlds. The culturally different roles women play in these societies are highlighted in what used to be warm, private family experiences, that some might argue now have become "rent-a-womb" business transactions.
Priya is the daughter of a Caucasian father and an Indian mother. She lives in Silicon Valley and has everything she could want, a wonderful husband, house, career, but she's unable to have a baby. Asha lives in a small tin roof hut in an Indian Village, half-way around the world with her husband and two children. They struggle to eat and keep a roof over their heads, but Asha is desperate to afford an education for her gifted son.
Asha knows of the Happy Mothers House, essentially a "baby farm" for wealthy childless couples overseas. It's not her first choice to make money, but after her family pressures her, she checks in. Priya's friends and family are surprised she is willing to tap into India's rising surrogacy industry, wondering if she's exploiting Asha.
A HOUSE FOR HAPPY MOTHERS is a thought-provoking novel that will work well in book-clubs. The story alternates between Priya and Asha perspectives, from Silicon Valley back to the small Indian Village. Priya frequents late night internet surrogate message boards. Asha is part of a traditionally arranged marriage, and must obey her husband, also worrying if her husband will squander the money they make. "Womb-renting" is frowned upon in the Village, so many women hide, emerging nine-months later saying they "lost" the baby.
Amulya uses subtle nuances to bridge the two women's stories over two continents and cultures without making any judgements and leaves readers are to decide for themselves.
It's interesting to note that in October 2015, the Indian Government banned all surrogate services for foreigners and ordered all fertility clinics in India to stop hiring Indian women from bearing children for them. The government argues they are protecting poor Indian women from exploitation. But the women argue that they could never earn the money they make from being surrogates and want the government to "get out of their private lives."
The Indian Government has also instructed Indian Embassies abroad, to stop granting "reproductive tourism" visas. (yes, that's what they are called.)
The surrogacy issue remains in the Indian Supreme Court.
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About Amulya Malladi
Amulya Malladi is the author of six novels, including THE SOUND of Language and THE MANGO SEASON. Her books have been translated into several languages, including Dutch, German, Spanish, Danish, Romanian, Serbian, and Tamil. She's adjusting to life in Los Angeles after recently moving from Copenhagen with her husband and two children.
Connect with Amulya
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Thanks to Lake Union Publishing and @BookSparks, we have several copies of A HOUSE FOR HAPPY MOTHERS to give away. Just leave a comment telling us what you think about this controversial issue. As I wrote above, I bet this novel will be the perfect choice for many book-clubs. We'll announce winners Saturday.


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Portrait of the week – Joe, Panajachel
A colourful character in Panajachel, often seen zipping around town on a BMX.
Photofusion Salon/16 Public's Choice award winner
A bit slow to report this (still in Guatemala with all the distractions and technical limitations that implies), but my photo has won an award!
Along with the excellent Angelika Berndt, I am joint winner of the Public's Choice Award at the Photofusion Salon/16 exhibition for my photo of Charlotte & Fenton from the Night Tube series.
Very happy!
Portrait of the week – Nubiya Brandon
Nubiya Brandon, singer/MC with the musical collective Nubian Twist.
2016 in portraits
Another year of portraits, although I missed my daily portrait after I completed the year-long challenge in February – I may embark on something similar again in 2017. There's something about showing up to make work every day, independent of any project or commission… It isn't always what you want to do but the rewards of discipline, practice and serendipity outweigh all of the inconvenience.
Anyway, here are some of my favourite portraits of the year, one for each month.
Happy new year :)
My WOMAD 2016
WOMAD this year was one of the best. I was there for the third time shooting for Rhythm Passport and as always it was a joy to be a part of that team of superstars. Even without founder and key superstar Kia, who was at home waiting for the arrival of his first child.
Apart from a couple of drizzly showers, the weather was warm without being in heatstroke territory. The site had a new layout – the Main Stage is no more, it's now the Open Air Stage; everything feels a bit more compact and evenly spread. From a photographic point of view, there's no longer direct sunlight hitting the stage during daytime performances – hurrah!
George Clinton has to go down as one of the strangest gigs I've ever photographed. In the first three songs he barely sang, just waved his arms around and span on a swivel chair while his band took turns on the vocals. Afterwards, another photographer assured me that this was completely normal for a Clinton show.
The thing about working at a festival is I rarely see a performance all the way through, you shoot the first three songs and then go on to shoot something else, or head back to the media tent to upload the photos. Of the acts whose gigs I did see a proper chunk of, I particularly loved Hot 8 Brass Band's exuberant covers, Kel Assouf's desert rock fusion, Afriquoi pumping out beats in the moonlight on the Ecotricity stage, and Ana Tijoux – infectious, political Latin hip-hop.
As ever though, the highlight of my weekend wasn't even on the programme. Racubah Soundsystem led the party in the Lunched Out Lizard tent every night until the wee hours. The Isbell brothers have scoured Africa and Latin America to find music that sends irresistibly happy vibes from your hips to your feet. Always my favourite party of the summer and if they hadn't turned the sound off at 4am that Sunday morning I would probably still be there dancing my booty off.
Nowhere 2016
If Burning Man is a dusty city with 80,000 inhabitants, then Nowhere is a dusty village with just 2,000. I like it that way. This was my third time, having missed 2015's 50 degree heatwave, and it felt like coming home. Lots of friends and familiar faces yet to become friends; dusty bodies, crazy dancing, sharing, creating, connecting and being. Can't wait to do it all again next year.
All photos made with an old Mamiya c220 twin lens reflex camera on 120 Kodak film in a 40 degree dustbowl.
Carmen is a professionally trained opera singer and cabaret artist, living on a purple narrowboat along the Regent's Canal. I photographed her last week as part of a Huck Magazine mini workshop on the documentary portrait, with photographer Guy Martin.
Cleo Cobb
Cleo Cobb is a designer of very cool kids clothes. She hired me to make some photographs for her website and marketing materials, and we spent a lovely couple of hours last month hanging in her studio, a creative haven tucked away in her top-floor flat in Victoria Park.
Portrait of the week – Daymé Arocena
A brilliantly talented singer and composer, and an infectiously cheery personality – it was a joy to meet Daymé before her (also brilliant) gig at Richmix this week.
I haven't been posting many portraits of the week lately, but just had to share this one. It really does capture her spirit. Honestly, she repeatedly broke into song mid-sentence. It was glorious.
Shot just off Redchurch Street.


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|What is your role in attracting private support? How do you attract private re sources to your school?
|What organizations, if any, operate at your school to attract private support? (Interviewer probed for the following: PTA, PTO, booster club, LEF, school coun cil, or other organization.)
|What are the roles of the various organizations? How do the various organizations interact with each other? To what extent do the various organizations complement or compete with each other?
|What mechanisms do the different organizations use to attract private re sources? (Interviewer probed for the following: school fund-raisers, grants, mail ings, personal contacts, phone solicitation, professional fund-raiser, other mecha nisms). How do the mechanisms differ for different organizations?
|If your district has a foundation, how does the school interact with the foun dation?
|Are there specific individuals within or outside of these organizations who are particularly involved in attracting private support to your school (for example, a particular parent or teacher)? Can we contact them?


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X-2 Movie DIY Nightcrawler Simplicity
Items to make it all happen are simple to gather, but prices on certain items may vary:
Blue Creme Make Up
Yellow Eye Contact Lenses
Black (or Brown) Leather Duster (worn look, old prefered)
Glossy Black (or brown) Latex paint
Vampire Teeth
Elf Ears
Blue Spray paint
Temporary Indigo Hair Coloring
Hair Gel
Rubber Bands
Blue Spandex Fabric
Torn Jeans or striped pants(any color)
dark button up shirt, black shirt, or brown leather vest
Unbent metal hanger
if you have prehensile toes, this will work out for you. You basically put all these elements together. there are only 4 parts you have to make.
1. The tail
Simply sew that blue spandex into a long tube and fill it with a little fluff or cotton balls and the hanger. Sew on a triangle tip and curl it up. So it doesn't get in the way, either make it short or attach the far end to the jacket with clear fishing string.
2. The jacket
In the film, they took an old glossed leather duster and sprinkled glossy latex paint onto it Pollock style. balck goes with black, brown with brown. DO NOT GO THROUGH WITH THIS STEP UNLESS YOU ARE OK WITH THIS PERMANENT CHANGE TO YOUR COAT!
3. The hands/ toes
This is optional, but athenticity is a great thing. Nightcrawler has three fingers and two toes. This is what the Rubber bands and spandex are for. Basically, make 6 finger cozies for your fingers. Tie up your pinky and the one next to it, middle and index's together. have someone help you put the cozies on your fingers and now you have the fingers down. either that or make blue gloves by sewing those fingers together. As for the feet, boots or spats with premade toes work as well. You might be able to find two toed shoes out there.
4. The ears
Spray paint the elf ears blue. Make sure all your blues matchexcept hair(make up,spandex, paint).


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The staff listed below are all PhD supervisors at Winchester School of Art. The brief profiles include an indication of the areas staff are open to supervising at research level. See also details for Applying for a PhD…
Prof. John Armitage is Professor of Media Arts. Recent publications include Critical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media (Edinburgh University Press, 2016); Virilio for Architects (Routledge, 2015); He is on the editorial boards of Cultural Politics, Journal of Visual Culture, and Theory, Culture & Society. Research Interests: Luxury and visual culture| luxury and art| luxury and design| luxury and the media| the cultural and media theory of Paul Virilio| new media art| continental aesthetics| critical theory of technology| architecture| cultural politics| modernism and postmodernism| vision and visuality| cultural studies| media studies| urbanism| and the phenomenology of perception.
Dr Daniel Ashton is Lecturer in Global Media Management. His research focuses on industries, organisations and labour. He is the co-editor of Cultural Work and Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and has published articles in journals including: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies; Television and New Media; Games and Cultures; European Journal of Cultural Studies; and Journal of Cultural Economy. Research Interests: Creative, Cultural and Media Industries | Cultural Policy | Creative Labour | Sociology of Art | Participatory Arts | Digital Cultures | Videogames.
Dr Eirini Bazaki is a Teaching Fellow in Fashion Management Marketing. Publications and Staff Seminars include: "The Effect of Relational Elements and Value Co-Creation on Brand Extension Acceptance"(The University of Glasgow, 2013), " A Relational Model of Model of Luxury Fashion Brand Extensions" (INTERREG, 2014), "The Value of Brand Relationships in Creative Industries" (10th Global Brand Conference, 2014)," Brand Extensions and the S-D Logic: The Effects of Co-Creative and Relational Elements on Brand Extension Acceptance" (EMAC, 2014), "Creative Industries: Is It All About Design?" (WSA, 2015). Research Interests: Luxury Brands | Brand Extensions | Relationship Marketing | Digital Marketing.
Prof. Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Art and Politics at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. With John Armitage and Doug Kellner, he co-edits Cultural Politics (Duke University Press) and serves on the Editorial board of Theory Culture & Society. He also edits the book series "Theory Now" (Polity) and co-edits with John Armitage and Joanne Roberts the book series "Technicities" (Edinburgh UP). Bishop is the author or editor of 12 books including Cold War Legacies: Systems, Theory, Aesthetics (with John Beck, Edinburgh UP, 2016) American Film Comedy and Cultural Critique (Edinburgh UP 2013) Modernist Avant-Garde Aesthetics and Contemporary Military Technology (with John Phillips, Edinburgh UP, 2010) and Baudrillard Now (Polity 2009). Research Interests: Critical theory | media/mediation | visual and aural culture |literary texts/ theory | historicity, globalization, technology/ technicity | violence | militarization | technology | the senses | urbanization| aesthetics | political formations.
Dr. Mihaela Brebenel is Lecturer in Digital Cultures. She is a researcher and curator, interested in the politics and aesthetics of the audiovisual in contemporary culture. Mihaela has a background in film studies, media and philosophy. Her doctoral research focused on the role and circulation of moving image media and technology in postcommunist Romania. She has written on memory and uses of archival images in screen-based creative and artistic practice, artistic labour and the cultural production of subjectivity, and on the critique of participation in contemporary technologically mediated contexts. Research interests: moving images| digital screen cultures| cyber/techno feminism| critical practices exploring gender and technology| media, urban space, memory| labour and the possibilities of collective work| care and the commons.
Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé is Teaching Fellow in Digital Media Practice and Associate Director of Doctoral Programmes at WSA. She is the author of Gothic Remixed: Monster Mashups and Frankenfictions in 21st-Century Culture (Bloomsbury, 2019), which explores the boundaries and connections between contemporary remix and related modes, including adaptation, parody, the Gothic, Romanticism, and postmodernism. She has also written for the collection Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling (Amsterdam University Press, 2018) and the journal Film Criticism, on popular feminism, identity politics, and erasure in transmedia franchises. Since 2016 she has been an editor of the Genealogy of the Posthuman, an open-access initiative curated by the Critical Posthumanism Network (http://criticalposthumanism.net/genealogy/). Read more about Megen's work on her blog: frankenfiction.com. Research interests: remix culture | (neo-)historical fiction | the Gothic | monster studies | popular feminism | adaptation and/as translation | transmedia
Dr Valentina Cardo is Lecturer in Social Media and Network Culture. Her research develops across three interconnected strands: the changing relationship between the media and modes of political and civic agency; the impact of digital technologies on traditional political communication strategies (including journalism); and questions of power, identity and difference. Research publications include journal articles (in Parliamentary Affairs and British Politics) and book sections (in Brants and Voltmer's Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy; and Riegert's Politicotainment) on these topics. Research Interests: political communication | politics and technology | journalism | activism and technology | gender and technology.
Dr Daniel Cid is Associate Professor in Design Studies. He has recently conducted applied research projects based on social innovation in design (experimental domestic housing for homeless or experimental project about food, design and sustainability); also Design Decoding with Ferran Adrià (developed at Elisava). Some recent publications on nomadic interiors (SMown Publishing, 2015) or ephemeral urbanism and public space (Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile & Faculty of Architecture, 2014; Actar, 2014). Research Interests: Design | Social Innovation in Design | Collaborative Practices | Interdisciplinary Practices | Design Education | Design Theory.
Ian Dawson is an artist and Lecturer in Fine Art and Co-Director of the School's Critical Practices Research Group. He has exhibited extensively with solo shows in New York (James Cohan Gallery), London (C&C Gallery) and Paris (Galerie Xippas) and has works in both public and private collections worldwide, including the Chaney Family collection, GossMichael Collection, and Mickey and Janice Cartin Collection. His work is featured in Contemporary British Sculpture (Schiffer Publishing) and Collage, Assembling Contemporary Art, (Black Dog Publishing).He articulated the complex relationship between the artist and the creative act in his book Making Contemporary Sculpture (Crowood Press). Recent exhibitions 'The Wanderer's Nightsong II' (C&C Gallery London 2015) and 'Taplow House' (ASC Gallery London 2015) explore new 3D imaging technologies, and have been the outcome of an ongoing collaboration with members of the Archaeological Computing Research Group and The Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins. Research interests: Fine Art (Practice-Based) | Sculpture | Painting | Drawing | 3D Print and new imaging technologies | Curatorial Practices | Collaborative Practices.
Prof. Ed D'Souza is Professor of Critical Practice and co-director of the Critical Practices Research Group at WSA and a co-director of the Digital Suzhou Festival in China. He has worked internationally as an artist and designer and is known for his temporal, site-specific and participatory/collaborative projects. His work explores critical practices engaging with a variety of production processes and producers supported by his critical writings and publishing around social, political and cultural change. Currently he has a major project Migrant Car launched in May 2019 as part of the 1st Oslo Biennial in Norway. Recent critical writings, reviews and projects in relation to biennales include Timely Provocations: The 3rd Kochi-Muziris Biennale, review for The Biennale Foundation (2017), India's Biennale Effect: A Politics of Contemporary Art launched at the 3rd Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Routledge, 2016), Whorled Explorations: Jitish Kallat in conversation with Robert E. D'Souza and Sunil Manghani(MARG Magazine of the Arts, 2016), a collateral project End of Empire as part of the 2nd Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2014), journal article The Indian Biennale Effect: The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 12/12/12 (Cultural Politics, Duke University Press, 2013). Read more about Ed's work on his website forms of exchange. Research interests: design cultures | critical design practices | design activism | socially engaged art | cultural production | curation | biennial practices | site-specific art | critical theory | cultural politics.
Dr Jonathan Faiers is Reader in Fashion and Textiles. His research interests include the interface between popular culture, textile and dress. Film and television's construction of a shared understanding of fashion is fundamental to my work and informs my teaching, writing and curatorial projects. Accepting that fashion and textile theory is fundamentally interdisciplinary Dr Faiers has become increasingly interested in the concept of 'fashion thinking' and how we need to strive for indisciplinarity, by that he means being simultaneously amongst disciplines, yet challenging the limits of those same disciplines. This is necessary in order to fully engage with textiles and dress as material culture, as representation, and as a uniquely social phenomenon. To that end he welcomes research projects that will test the limits of how we currently think about clothing and textiles. Research Interests: Popular culture, textile and dress | Film and Television | Fashion | Fashion Thinking | Material Culture | Representation | Clothing.
Dr Seth Giddings is Associate Professor of Digital Culture and Design. Publications include Gameworlds: virtual media & children's everyday play (New York: Bloomsbury, 2014); The New Media & Technocultures Reader (Routledge, 2011); and Lister et al, New Media: a critical introduction (Routledge, 2009). In recent projects he has researched the design and testing of digital media and technologies for play, from smartphone games and robots to interactive swings. Research Interests: Digital Media Culture | Digital Games and Postdigital Play | Media Art| Theory/Practice in Media Research | Media Philosophy | Design Philosophy| Children's Media Culture | Design for Playful Technology | Experimental Ethnography.
Prof. James Hall is Research Professor in Art History and Theory. Publications include The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History (Thames and Hudson, 2014 / Italy: Einaudi / Holland: Librero / S Korea: Sigongsa / China: Shanghai People's Fine Art Publishing House / Germany: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellshaft); The Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art (Oxford University Press, 2008 / S Korea: Puriwa Ipari Publishing, 2011); Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body (London: Chatto, 2005 / New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006); The World as Sculpture: the changing status of sculpture from the Renaissance to the present day (Chatto, 1999). Research Interests: Aesthetics | Art History & Theory | Body Language | Caricature | Cult of the Artist | Empathy and Enactment | Exhibition History | Iconography | Image Studies | Installation | Museum History | Portraiture | Sculpture History and Theory | Self-Portraiture | The Senses of Touch and Sight | Sexual Politics | Status of the Artist | Symbolism.
Dr. Lyanne Holcombe is Lecturer in Critical Studies, Fashion and Textiles. Her research interests are situated in the fields of Design History, Dress History and Fashion Studies. Most recently she has specifically investigated the study of the urban and public interior of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is currently writing a chapter on the styling of hotel interiors in the West End of London 1900-35 (Bloomsbury). New research has focused on the public ethos of corporate design for Basildon New Town in the post-war period. With her areas of interest including spaces and buildings, the style and identity of clothing through printed media, and the visual and material culture of the everyday as an aspect of fashionable taste, consumerism and luxury. Research Interests: Art and Design History | Decorative Arts and Crafts | Interiors History and Theory | Material Culture | Oral History | Cultures of Consumption | Taste and Display | Collecting | Ethnography | Gender and Identity.
Dr. Alessandro Ludovico is Associate Professor in Art, Design and Media at the Winchester School of Art, and Lecturer at Parsons Paris – The New School. He is an artist and chief editor of Neural magazine since 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in English and Media from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK). He has published and edited several books, and has lectured worldwide. He also served as an advisor for the Documenta 12's Magazine Project. He is one of the authors of the award-winning Hacking Monopolism trilogy of artworks (Google Will Eat Itself, Amazon Noir, Face to Facebook). Research Interests: Publishing | New media art | Hacker Culture | Software-based Portraiture | Media Archeology | Virtual Identities | Sound Art | Digital Humanities.
Prof. Sunil Manghani is Professor of Theory, Practice and Critique, and Deputy Head of School, Director of Research at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Publications include India's Biennale Effect: A Politics of Contemporary Art (Routledge India, 2016); Barthes/Burgin: Notes Towards an Exhibition (Edinburgh University Press, 2016); Farewell to Visual Studies (Penn Sate University, 2015); Image Studies: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2013); Images: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2013); Painting: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2015); and Images: A Reader (Sage, 2006). He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Painting and Associate Editor for Theory, Culture & Society. Research Interests: Aesthetics | Art History & Theory | Art Writing | Cultural Studies | Critical Theory | Drawing & Painting | Fine Art (Practice-Based) | Global Art & Politics | Image Studies | Visual Culture.
Dr HollyGale Millette is Senior Teaching Fellow in Research and Contextual Studies on the MA (Design) Luxury Brand Management and the BA Fashion Marketing and Management courses at WSA (University of Southampton). Her research pertains to her interest in 'deep mapping'. Deep mapping names a hybrid cluster of creative practices that draw on the humanities and/or the social sciences. It also regularly interbreeds with memorial cartography, gendered spatial practices, haunted archaeology, psychogeography, theatre and performance, human geography, site writing, and radical spaces of resistance. HollyGale's current writing and research is situated in: Gothic and Neo-/Victorian cultures; television; fashion literacies; celebrity; and resistant or radical communities. She has published in a number of international academic journals: Gramma/Γράμμα: Journal of Theory and Criticism (2015), Essays in Philosophy (2015); and The Journal of Comparative American Studies (2016), amongst others, and has Essays/Chapter's in several edited volumes, publishing under the likes of Rowman & Littlefield and Palgrave MacMillian. Research Interests: Chronotopes and Heterotopias | Cultural Studies | Critical Theory | Material Culture | Celebrity Studies | Clothing and Dress | Masculinities | Neoliberal-Resistant Lifestyles | Dialectical Materialism.
Dr Clio Padovani is Deputy Head of School (Education) for Winchester School of Art. She has a track record as an exhibiting artist and academic, exploring design heritage as a driver for innovation policy in the textile industry. In her research, she explores the narrative and material culture of textile production, publishing on interdisciplinary thinking through film, weaving and writing. She is co-author of Sustainability and the Social Fabric: Europe's New Textile Industries (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017). You can view examples of her practice-based work at cliopadovani.com. Research interests: textiles | tapestry | film, weaving and writing | continuity of cultures of textile production | innovation in knowledge transfer models | the artisanal and cultural heritage sector.
Prof. Jussi Parikka is Professor in Technological Culture & Aesthetics. His publications in media theory and media arts include the media ecology trilogy Digital Contagions (Peter Lang, 2007), Insect Media (University of Minnesota Press, 2010) and most recently A Geology of Media (University of Minnesota Press, 2015). Parikka's other books include What is Media Archaeology (Polity, 2012), and co-edited volumes such as Media Archaeology: Approaches, Applications and Implications (ed. With Erkki Huhtamo, University of California Press, 2011), The Spam Book (Ed. With Tony D Sampson, Hampton Press, 2009), Medianatures (Open Humanities Press, 2011) and Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History: Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048 (ed. With Joasia Krysa, MIT Press, 2015). He is currently researching and writing on labs in humanities, digital humanities and media studies. Http://jussiparikka.net. Research interests: cultural techniques | digital culture | environmental humanities | German media theory | media archaeology | media theory | network culture and the arts | new materialism | science and technology studies | technological arts.
Dr Joanne Roberts is Professor in Arts and Cultural Management. Her areas of expertise include creativity and innovation, knowledge management, international business, and luxury studies. Joanne has published widely in leading international academic journals including the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Learning, and Research Policy. She is author of Multinational Business Services Firms (Ashgate, 1998) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Knowledge Management (Sage Publications, 2015). She is co-editor of: Knowledge and Innovation in the New Service Economy, with A. Andersen, J. Howells, R. Hull and I. Miles (Edward Elgar, 2000); Living with Cyberspace, with J. Armitage (Continuum, 2002); Community, Economic Creativity and Organization, with A. Amin (Oxford University Press, 2008); and, Critical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media, with John Armitage (Edinburgh University Press, 2016). Research Interests: Creative and Cultural Industries |Critical Luxury Studies | Internationalisation of Knowledge Intensive Organizations| Management of Knowledge and Innovation | Technology Studies.
Dr Yasmin K. Sekhon is Lecturer in Luxury Brand Management and Pathway leader of MA (Design) Luxury Brand Management at WSA (University of Southampton). Her areas of research include the consumption patterns of first and second-generation immigrant communities, the consumption of luxury brands, the meaning and significance of luxury across cultures as well as the study of materialism in cross-cultural settings. She has published in a number of academic journals from Consumption, Markets and Culture Journal, Academy of Marketing Review, Non- profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, International Journal of Market Research amongst others. She is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Market Research. She was also Associate editor of the Journal of Marketing Management. Research Interests: Consumer Culture Theory | Luxury Consumption | Identity, Materialism and consumption | Children and Luxury | Cross Cultural Luxury | Consumer Behaviour.
Dr Jo Turney is Associate Professor in Fashion and Design. Publications include [with Rosemary Harden] Floral Frocks (Antique Collectors Club, 2007), The Culture of Knitting (Berg: 2009), Images in Time [ed.] (Wunderkammer, 2011), Fashion & Crime [ed.] (I B Tauris, forthcoming) and Decadence and Decay: fashion in the 1970s (Intellect, forthcoming). She is the co-editor of Clothing Cultures and is an editorial board member of Textile: the Journal of Cloth and Culture. Research Interests: Contemporary craft theory and practice| Dress and behaviour| Menswear | Crime fiction | Fashion | Cultural history since 1970| Popular culture | Film & TV studies/ethnography and oral history.
Dr Yuanyuan Yin is a Lecturer in Design Management at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Yuanyuan completed her PhD in Design Research and MA in Design Strategy & Innovation and from Brunel University. Her research has been concentrated on promoting business performance through developing design and brand strategies, understanding customers and users, supporting design collaboration, and improving innovation in product design. As Principal Investigator, Yuanyuan has led research projects funded by University of Southampton and the Economic and Social Research Council. Research interests: Design for Ageing | User-centred Design | Customer Experience Design | Design and branding strategy.
NB. Fuller staff profiles can be found on the School website, which include further information about publications, administrative duties and on-going research.


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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Ferry Corsten featuring Simon LeBon - "Fire"
The synths pulse like they were stolen from a Stevie Nicks '80s fire sale ("Stand Back," specifically) while Corsten keeps the tempo up and loops a couple lines from the best song off the best Duran Duran album you don't know (that'd be "Serious," off 1990's Liberty, which you should really check out). Yes, it's that ol' "loop-slash-interpolate a pop hit (usually a bigger one than this) and throw a beat behind it" school of contempo dance music, but this time it works.
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Stephanie Blythe is an A-List opera singer with a big voice who's used to performing in big rooms. Blythe, who was Musical America's Vocalist of the Year for 2009, performs often at the 3800-seat Metropolitan Opera House, including the role of Fricka in the Met's new Ring cycle where she must be heard above the din of an enormous Wagnerian orchestra. So imagine the mezzo-soprano's surprise when she was led into the 1500-square-foot, 57-seat Pearson Theater in Berkeley, California, to give a fundraising recital of popular songs inspired by the artistry of the great American songstress Kate Smith. But moments after stepping into the small hall, Blythe's skepticism turned to amazement. For this is not like any other 57-seat concert hall on earth.
The Pearson Theater is located at Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc. John Meyer is a pro audio pioneer who, 35 years ago with his wife Helen, started a company to provide state-of-the-art gear for sound reinforcement and recording. Long-term clients included The Grateful Dead and Luciano Pavarotti. As time went by, Meyer discovered that the spaces that musicians were asked to perform and record in could, perversely, affect the music-making itself. "After 50 years of recording, we've learned that musicians actually interact with their spaces," Meyer told me in a wide-ranging phone conversation. "It's not a source and reverberation event—it's one event talked about in two different ways." Meyer set out to design a sophisticated electronic system that could adjust the aural environment of a performance space. The result was the Constellation Acoustic System.
Constellation is a custom-designed installation of a large number of miniature microphones and self-powered loudspeakers connected with advanced digital processing software. It should be emphasized that this is not sound reinforcement. There is no pickup of direct sound; Constellation deals only with reverberation and early reflections. A powerful computer is processing 20,000 echoes per second to, in Meyer's words, "make them go where they're supposed to go." It's complex all right. For example, the Constellation implementation at Zellerbach Hall at the University of California involves 44 microphones and 105 (!) speakers of various sizes. The result is far more acoustic flexibility than can ever be achieved with physical modifications to a hall—curtains, shells, moveable walls, chambers, etc.—and at much lower expense. A multipurpose venue could use one setting in the morning for an orchestra rehearsal, another in the afternoon for a solo piano recital, and a third in the evening for a klezmer band concert. Dozens of rooms, big and small, have been equipped with the Constellation technology all over the world, from California to Austria, China, and Saudi Arabia. Audiences can experience a performance optimally, musicians can better hear each other and the room they are playing into, and there's the potential to make superior recordings.
After the benefit concert in the Pearson Theater—immediately after, in fact, over dinner—Stephanie Blythe enthusiastically volunteered to participate in any "experiments with recording" that Meyer wanted to conduct in the hall. Blythe and her gifted accompanist, Craig Terry, had the perfect material with which to test the room's possibilities. The singer and pianist had been presenting their program of songs from the repertoire of Kate Smith (1907-1986) to enthralled audiences for several years. The concert was twice heard at Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, once in April of 2011 and again two years later. (The PBS TV special that derived from the latter performance can be viewed in its one-hour entirety at video.pbs.org/video/2364993302.) Blythe, in addition to channeling the earlier vocalist's musical style and sound—the New York Times critic reviewing one of the Lincoln Center performances called her "an even better Kate Smith than Kate Smith"—is articulate, funny, and sexy as she introduces selections including "The White Cliffs of Dover," "Look for the Silver Lining," "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams," "We'll Meet Again" and, of course, "God Bless America."
Stephanie Blythe has long been dissatisfied with the way she has sounded on recordings. Two factors are responsible, the singer explained. "As an opera singer," she told me, "I've spent my whole life learning how to project my voice into a space. The up-close sound, for my particular voice, doesn't capture the whole sound. Sometimes it sounds like it's all treble and no bass. In the Pearson Theater, I realized that the entire space was like a microphone, that you could 'play' the room. Because there was no closeup miking for me or my pianist, all the 'mixing,' all the choices were ours. It wasn't something that was created post-recording, in the editing room." John Meyer feels that more distant microphone placement is preferable for basic acoustical reasons as well. "What happens in the near-field does not happen in the far-field, and vise-versa. The things that happen close to an instrument are completely different than what happens 15 or 20 feet away. You can see that with speakers, too. You can take a 15-inch speaker and put broadband sound into it. If you measure it very close, you see all these cancellations, but if you move away, they disappear."


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Collected speeches of Alyson Bailes in a book
On the occasion of her 60th birthday, on 3 April the Institute of International Affairs of the University of Iceland has published a collection of the speeches and writings of Professor Alyson Bailes, chairman of the scientific advisory council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, and her colleagues. The contents reflect and comment on developments in international security in the period 2005–2008.
More information on the book is available from the University of Iceland website.


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Michael Bloomberg is the Best and You Know It
Since his days as our Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has been doing his best to stay busy. Earlier this year he reinserted himself at Bloomberg LP, he funded an African media initiative, and now he's taking on the NRA. This is a man who doesn't enjoy idle hands.
According to the New York Times, Bloomberg is dedicating $50 million to motivate gun control advocates to not only vote, but to punish those who don't support their cause, much like the NRA does. It's a valiant plan, and Bloomberg knows it. In fact, while we love the idea, it's Bloomberg's self-love that is endearing and hilarious at the same time.
When the Times asked Bloomberg if his image as a rich, former Mayor of New York who banned such American staples as too much salt and gigantic soft drinks, he was nonplussed.
"I don't know what your perception is of our reputation, and mine, the name Bloomberg around the country," Bloomberg told the Times. "[But everywhere I go I hear] 'You're a rock star.' People yelling out of cabs, 'Hey, way to go!'" Rock star? Way to go? Seriously? We'd love to live inside Bloomberg's head for just one day. What a wondrous world that must be.
Bloomberg wasn't done there. He reminded us that he's doing amazing things, and that's that. "I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I'm not stopping to be interviewed," the former Mayor explained. "I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It's not even close."
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Swim in the sky-high hotel pool in Shanghai
Recently, the Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao made waves with its swimming pool, perched atop the 24-story building.Impressively, part of the indoor pool hangs out past the building's edge, and is constructed with a glass bottom. Hotel guests describe a delirious sense of swimming in the sky - like flying.
Exactly 30 meters long (about 98 feet), six meters wide (20 feet) and 1.5 meters deep (5 feet), the swimming pool is the first of its kind in China. Swimming in such a radical pool, with just a glass pane between you and a 24-story drop, is really an exciting experience.
No doubt the swimming pool has exceptional views, from the inside and outside. The glass-bottom section allows swimmers to see the street below, and conversely, people on the street can look up and watch the swimmers. While not splashing in the water, guests can enjoy Pudong urban views stretching as far as the Lujiazui skyline at the poolside lounge.


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NMAT 2017 (NMIMS Management Aptitude Test) is a national level MBA examination and is conducted under the guidance of Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). NMAT Selection Procedure is based on mainly 3 steps viz. NMAT entrance examination, Case Discussion and Personal Interview. Eligible candidates for appearing in NMAT must register themselves first. NMAT Registration process is mentioned in this article. Last date to register for NMAT is October 3, 2017.
- Candidates willing to register themselves can visit the official website of NMIMS Management Aptitude Test i.e. nmat.org.in
- NMAT Registration 2017 can only be done in online mode. Application form is not available in offline mode.
- All applicants must pay INR 1800as NMAT Application Fee.
- Application fee can be paid through online as well as offline mode.
- Online application fee payment can be made through debit card, credit card and net banking
- Offline application fee can be paid through demand draft.
- Candidates are required to select the date, time slot and NMAT test center at the time of NMAT Registration
NMAT 2017 Pre- Requisites
Before starting NMAT 2017 registrations of application form filling, candidates must keep some of the important documents ready. The list of NMAT Exam Application pre-requisites:
- Scanned copy of latest colored photograph
- Scanned copy of candidate's signature
- Candidate should have a valid Email ID before starting registration, all information such as payment-received confirmation will be communicated through email.
Note: Changes for submitted NMAT 2017 applications are not entertained.
How to apply for NMAT 2017 Application Form?
NMAT application form can only be filled in online mode. For filling the form, candidates must visit the official NMAT website i.e. www.nmat.org.in. Applicants are advised to follow the stepwise procedure provided below in order to register for NMAT:
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- An additional fee of INR 200 + applicable taxes will be applied for each program added in excess of 7 programs.
- Click on the "I Agree" button.
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- Note down your unique NMAT Registration Number
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- After the application form and application fee is accepted by GMAC, candidates will receive an email with their username and password to schedule their test on a preferred date and time
- The slots are allotted on the basis of first- come, first serve to the candidates.
- Confirmation email will be sent after the allocation of the test slot within the stipulated time.
Documents required for NMAT 2017 Registration
- Graduation mark sheet
- Internet copies can be submitted with a mandatory attestation/seal and signature of the head of the Institute.
- CGPA/GPA converted to percentage in written obtained from the Institute from which the candidate has completed undergraduate education
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Low-carb cauliflower cheese
- 1 lb 450 g frozen or fresh broccoli, cut into florets
- 7 oz. 200 g cream cheese
- 1 cup 225 ml heavy whipping cream
- 2 oz. 50 g butter, more for greasing the pan
- salt and pepper
- 2 tsp 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1¾ lbs 800 g cauliflower, cut into small florets
- 8 oz. 225 g shredded cheese
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Place broccoli florets in a pot. Add water until covered and bring to a boil. Cook until the broccoli is fork tender.
- When done, strain broccoli and discard the water. Add the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, butter, salt, pepper and garlic powder to the pot, and puree with an immersion blender. Once combined, add the broccoli and puree until smooth.
- Grease a 9x12" baking dish with some butter. Add cauliflower florets to the baking dish.
- Pour the broccoli cream sauce over the florets and top with shredded cheese. Bake in oven for 40 minutes or until the cauliflower is fork tender and the top is golden brown.
You can also enjoy this dish with a couple of eggs — it's totally satisfying!


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Fourth Sunday of Easter, 2018
Readings: 1st- Acts 4:8-12; 2nd- 1 Jn. 3:1-2; Gospel- Jn. 10:11-18
I visited one of my very good friends on Thursday. She is ninety years old, a holy woman. What she did was to ask me to hear her confessions as usual. This time she said it's in preparation for her death. She narrated that she needed to prepare adequately for the next journey. At the end of our conversation, she wrote a Mass card and gave me names of those I should say Mass for. Then she gave me one final intention, "Say mass for me in preparation for death". Ironically, this friend of mine isn't sick. She walks on her own and still drives her car. She visits the homebound till date and gives them Holy Communion. Don't think she's confined in one place waiting for death. No. She remarked that everything in her life had always been done by preparation. She gave examples: "I prepared for my trip to Europe. I prepared to have my children. I prepared for their baptisms. I prepared for everything. If I did prepare that much for my trip to Europe, why wouldn't I prepare for the greatest trip in my life, which is death? Isn't that interesting?
If we think of the conversation above in relation to the second reading, we appreciate our relationship with God. Jesus taught us to call God, "Our Father". And Saint John says, "See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called God's children". Then he emphasizes, "Yes, so we are". In John's passage, we see the relationship between being God's children and being image of God's love. At creation God says, "Let us make man in our image (tselem) and likeness" (Gen. 1:28). Then in the New Testament, John writes, "God is love" (1 Jn.4:8). We are God's children because of God's love. As children of God and image of Love, we are God's representative here on earth. That is why the world wouldn't know us. We enjoy God's privilege of bearing his image on earth. We have dominion over all creatures. We are filiated through Christ. With Christ, we become con-filiated (adoption) into God's love. Then St. Paul tells us, "Since you have been raised up to be with Christ, you must look for the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand" (Col. 3:1). We are thus "trans-filiated" beyond earthly things into the perfection that will be at the end of time. That's hope for the future. We become God's image on earth, then behold the fullness of that image in heaven.
Saint John writes, "what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 Jn.3:2). This gives us an idea of what my friend described at the beginning. That we shall see God as he is should be something to prepare for with excitement. It's a certainty as John says, "We do know". We do know that we shall see God as he is. The author of the book of Revelation writes, "They will see the Lord face to face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever" (22:4-5). Heaven is about perfection where we will see God as He is. On earth, we have a privilege of catching a glimpse of him through created realities. The waters reveal him. The trees reveal him. The daylight reveals him. But humanity is the fullness of God's glory on earth. The prophet Isaiah writes, "I will not yield my glory to another" (48:11). The "now" is who we are and what we live out, namely, God's children. The "not yet", is what we hope for, namely, to behold God's face at the end of time.
The gospel demonstrates how strong God's love is for us. Jesus says, "I am the good shepherd" (Jn.10:11). Jesus is the good shepherd for our sake:
1. "A good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep". Jesus lays down his life for us. He is willing to die for his flock. He is committed to the safety of his flock. Jesus depicts his death and resurrection in his statement, "I lay down my life in order to take it up again".
2. "I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me". Jesus uses his relationship with the Father to describe his relationship with his sheep. Jesus knows us and wants us to know him, to be intimate with him as our shepherd.
3. "A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away". Unlike the hireling, the good shepherd sacrifices for the sheep, goes ahead to protect them. The good shepherd takes care of the weak ones in the sheepfold. The good shepherd is different from the shepherds described in the Old Testament (Jer. 23::1-4; Ezk. 34:5-6). The hirelings become threat to the sheep. Christ is the good shepherd, and as David writes in the Psalms, "The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" (Ps. 23:1).
4. "I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd". Christ is advocating for the unity of mankind. At the end of time, Christ wants all to be united in God's kingdom.
Think about this story that has been going around on social media for some days now. A little boy walks up to Pope Francis crying. He can't just speak into the microphone. The little boy can't ask his question because of the grief in his heart. So, Pope Francis asks them to bring the boy to him. He whispers into the ears of the pope about his atheist dad who died recently but had all his four children baptized in the church, "Is my dad in heaven?" That was a tough question. The pope said that God decides who goes to heaven, and that God has "the heart of a father." He asked the young girls and boys in the audience if they thought God would abandon a father like Emanuele's, who was a good man. "No," the children shouted back. "There, Emanuele, that is the answer," the pope said to the boy. "God surely was proud of your father, because it is easier as a believer to baptize your children than to baptize them when you are not a believer. Surely this pleased God very much." The pope had earlier said in his homily that this principle of doing good to others is one that unites all of humanity, including atheists; "Just do good and we'll find a meeting point".
The question of going to heaven may not be tough for us because we are already God's children. That's who we are. It's our privilege. It's a thing of joy to imagine that we are going to see Him as He is. But we must prepare for it by listening to the good shepherd, and following him. It is hard for nonbelievers who refuse to answer God's children on earth. Christ's prayer is to unite all of us at the end, "and there will be one flock, one shepherd".


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Common Audit Failure: Maximum water outlet pressure within buildings
The VBA's risk based Plumbing Audit Program has published its latest report, which lists the top three causes for plumbing audit failure for September - to provide the minimum clearance between the highest part of the burner and the range-hood or exhaust fan; to demonstrate the static pressure to any outlet other than a fire hose outlet, within a building does not exceed 500kPa; and to install appropriately marked toughened safety glass where used as a splashback.
The Plumbing Audit Program has found maximum water outlet pressure within buildings to be a recurring source of non-compliance.
What should be done?
AS/NZS 3500.1:2015: Water services, Clause 3.3.4, states that provision shall be made to ensure the maximum static pressure at any outlet, other than a fire service outlet, within a building must not exceed 500 kPa.
The Building Act 1993 defines a building as a structure, temporary building, temporary structure and any part of a building or structure.
What can you, as a Practitioner do?
Practitioners must ensure the maximum static pressure at any outlet, other than a fire service outlet, within a building cannot exceed 500 kPa.
Pressure above 500 kPa can cause damage from water hammer, reduced life of appliances, taps and fittings, and cause excessive noise in the system.
The VBA Technical Solution Sheet Maximum Outlet Pressure within Building's Water Supply Flow Rates provides more information on the regulations relating to the maximum pressure for cold and heated water plumbing, and answers to frequently asked questions, such as:
- How do I know what the available pressure is?
- What type of pressure regulating device can I use?
- Where can the valve be installed?
Plumbers can contact the VBA's plumbing technical advice line on 1300 815 127 to clarify the regulatory requirements relating to maximum water outlet pressure. Hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm – 4.00pm.
Where a plumber has failed more than one audit for the same issue it will be considered for referral to investigations.


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30 Kitchen Gifts That Are Perfect For Pet Lovers
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Fact: People who love their pets are the absolute best kind of people. Seriously, they should be rewarded.
They spend all year taking care of their four-legged friends with nothing but a thankful lick or a purr to show for it. Show your them you care this holiday season with one of these adorable gifts for pet lovers:
1. Ceramic Pug Cookie Jar
2. Silicone Cat Egg Mold
3. Silicone Dog Egg Mold
4. Cat Ceramic Measuring Spoons
5. Dog Mom And Dad Stemless Wine Glasses Set
6. French Cats Kitchen Towel
7. French-Inspired Dog Tea Towel
8. Cat Butt Bottle Stopper
9. Dog Mug
10. Cat Embossed Mug
11. Wooden Kitchen Sign
12. Cat Quote Wine Glass
13. French Bulldog Salt & Pepper Shakers
14. Party Cats Stemless Wine Glass Box Set
15. Dog Print Apron
16. Cat Print Apron
17. Dachshund Cracker Dish
18. The Dog Licked the Spoon Spoon Rest
19. Kitty Kitchen Timer
20. Pet Treat Silicone Baking Mold
21. Kitten Oven Mitt
22. Dachshund Rolling Pin
23. Custom Cat Coffee Mug
24. Dapper Dog Cookie Jar
25. Wooden Cat Spice Grinder
26. Sally Muir Dog-a-Day Dessert Plates
27. Polka Dot Cat Spoon Rest
28. Dog Spatula & Cookie Cutter Set
29. Gilded Stoneware Cat Grater
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Who's On Your Trail?
By Rev. Esther R. Scott
Haman has been trying to capture this Esther since I was born....but God constantly says "No!" I owe the Lord all honor, and glory. Thank you Father.
🌹Read the excerpts of the Book of Esther below. Put your name in the place of her name. (Male or female. Exchange the sex accordingly.) God has done this for you as well. Please get the message from this. No matter what the plans of your enemy have been, God had your back the whole time. His help supercharges in the times of your "obedience."
Esther 2:17
17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 2:20
20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
Esther 3:8-9
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse (different laws) from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. (In the world but not 'of' it.)
9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Esther 9:0-1
Esther 9
1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) (This means that no matter how lionly your enemies appear, they are actually kittens! Your enemies only 'hope' to be better than you.)
Esther 9:3-5
3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear (respect) of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Esther 9:13-14
13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. (Even the chance of Haman's "offspring" coming to life ,was destroyed.)
The next time that fear tries to enter your heart in any way, read this, transpose your name in Esther's place, and know that the enemy is only shadowboxing. ✞
Rev. Esther R. Scott 📖


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