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Vikas Gupta is the Managing Director (MD) of Wiley India. He is an award-winning Writer, Speaker and Thought Leader in the Education and Learning Industry.
It's time for newer models of education and training
Thehindubusinessline, Nov 2019
Much speculation surrounds today's job market. While some people say there are not enough jobs for the youth of tomorrow, others are talking about the quality of the talent pool. With AI / ML and and the digital economy influencing every aspect of business in India, skills related to these areas have become crucial as never before.
Wiley Innovation Blackbook on Exponential Technologies mentioned in the IEEE Newsletter
IEEE Newsletter, Jan-Mar 2019
Wiley Innovation Blackbook on Exponential Technologies, co-authored by 17 Industry leaders, who also form the Wiley Innovation Advisory Council, has been featured in the suggested reads in IEEE Newsletter.
Wiley Launches Job-Ready Skilling Programs In India To Bridge The Talent Gap
Ed Tech Review, April 2019
WileyNXT will launch two programs for engineering graduates. The first is a three-month Accelerator Program targeted at final year students preparing for campus placements. The second is a four-year Integrated Program that will run parallel to the college curriculum and augment the university degree.
How to make an Indian Engineer Job-ready
Digital Creed, April 2019
A third of Indian engineering graduates are not employable by the industry as they lack core skills. WileyNXT is attempting to solve this problem through a series of learning and accelerator programs that it is launching in India.
Book Review of Wiley Innovation Black book on Exponential Technologies
YourStory, April 2019
This comprehensive book charts the scope and impacts of the new wave of digital technologies, along with examples of innovators active in this transformation. Read the full review on YouStory.
Wiley hosts inaugural Global Innovation Conclave- Career Connect
Career Connect, April 2019
With a focus on bridging the skills gap and improving job readiness, Wiley, a global leader in research and education, brought together leaders of industry and academia for the inaugural Wiley Global Innovation Conclave 2019.
Here's what Wiley is doing to help bridge the talent gap
Financial Express, April 2019
Wiley has announced a series of blended learning programmes in India under umbrella brand WileyNXT. These programmes are designed in consultation with the Wiley Innovation Advisory Council (WIAC), a group consisting of senior industry leaders and academia.
Online learning platform Wiley announces job ready skilling programme in India- WileyNXT
The Hindu Business Line, March 2019
"India is going through a serious dearth in talent following the onset of industry 4.0. It is time to enhance college education with skills-based programs to make students future ready and increase their learnability quotient", said Vikas Gupta, Managing Director of Wiley India.
Unlearn and upskill: Currencies for sprinting the industry 4.0 transformation
People Matters, March 2019
With the breakthrough of Industry 4.0, each one of us will feel the need to constantly improve in order to stay relevant and take hold of the future. So the idea of learnability is being proposed as one of the ways to ensure that our tomorrow resonates with our present. The workforce will experience a drift from the execution level, where every individual will need to upgrade and cultivate a problem-solving mindset. While new job roles will continue to emerge in this age of disruption, we all need to be prepared for a challenging future. My thoughts in the People Matters Article.
Wiley hosts Global Innovation Conclave to strengthen the Future of Learning
Print Week, February 2019
"Wiley has always been a pioneer and propagator of technology and innovation. After creating the Wiley Innovation Advisory Council last year, Wiley is working with industry and academia to build the future workforce for India, as well as the education curriculum," said Peter Wiley, Chairman Emeritus for Wiley. Print Week covered the Wiley Global Innovation Conclave held in Bangalore on 31st January 2019.
WileyNXT is adding Context to Concept in Classroom
Digital Creed, February 2019
Excerpts of the Interview of Vikas Gupta, MD, Wiley India with Brian Pereira of Digital Creed, while discussing new Wiley initiatives and WileyNXT.
Wiley Global Innovation Conclave sets the direction for the Future of Learning, Research, and Work
Digital Creed, February 2019
Wiley, a global leader in research and education, brought together leaders of industry and academia for the inaugural Wiley Global Innovation Conclave 2019 (WGIC) in Bengaluru, on 31st January. With a focus on bridging the skills gap and improving job readiness, this event fostered thoughtful conversation around the role innovation plays in the future of learning, research, and work.
Business Excellence and Innovative Best Practices Academia Award-2019
NDIM, February 2019
Vikas Gupta, MD, Wiley India received the 'Business Excellence and Innovative Best Practices Academia Award-2019' from Dr. Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister of India for Innovative Strategy in Digital Content, Contribution to Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, Exemplary contribution to Academic Knowledge and Building Brand India through Business Ventures.
Push The Boundaries- The Hindu
The Hindu, February 2019
With e-books and Digital content on the rise, libraries need to refurbish their content to remain accessible. Quoted in this article with Antonius, founder of British Council, Vikas Gupta, MD, Wiley talks about the role of publishers in this changing world.
Adopt new syllabus to drive innovation, says Prof CNR Rao
Financial Express, February 2019
An ambiance needs to be created in our Educational Institutions that promote innovation and creativity. Quoted in this article with Prof CNR Rao, Bharat Ranta Awardee, during the launch of Wiley Innovation Black Book on Exponential Technologies, a guide on future-forward scenarios.
Promote Creativity, among youngsters, says Prof CNR Rao
Deccan Chronicle, February 2019
Good Education and Quality Research are key to the future of mankind eventually driving Innovation. Quoted in this Article with Prof. CNR Rao, as he talked about the need to create an atmosphere in educational institutions to promote 'innate' creativity and innovation among younger generations at the Wiley Global Innovation Conclave, 2019.
Finding Effectiveness without Evaluation- The Enigma Of Executive Education
Business World Magazine, November 2018
Executive education in India demands a significant change for the benefit of everyone involved. In my opinion, the system needs to observe education through a quantifiable lens and raise its expectations from the program to face an ever-evolving future. My thoughts in the Businessworld Magazine's October- November 2018 Issue.
Birth, Evolution, and Struggle for Sustainability: All you need to know about Publishing Industry
Education Times, Times of India, September 2018
Digital Disruption is evolving the way creators engage with consumers. Ever since the beginning of the Publishing Industry, the linear flow that was followed is going through a paradigm-altering change. This disruption enables a series of infinite possibilities for fiction and non-fiction writers to publish their work. My thoughts in Times of India's Education Portal- Education Times.
Bridging the Gap between Conceptual and Contextual Learning
BW Education, Business World, July 2018
Conceptual Learning has long dominated the landscape of Indian Education, and perhaps, this is the reason we find ourselves at a standstill. The prevailing disconnection has significantly capped the prospects of a job for a graduating student and its effects multiply for degrees such as engineering, which demands technical or contextual experience to succeed in the industry. My thoughts on how we can bridge the gap between Conceptual and Contextual Learning, in Business World's July 2018 Issue.
Can Restructuring The Curriculum Help Professionals Embrace Industry 4.0?
Hindustan Times, June 2018
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0- the era of automation and the use of cyber-physical things and cognitive computing is here and our students, the future workforce needs to be prepared for it. To tackle this problem, we should start where we can bring the most concrete change- College Education.
My thoughts on this topic, in Hindustan Times.
Our Education System Needs A Methodical Overview
Business World, May 2018
For India, like most other developing nations, education is at the heart of almost all the social objectives. Be it better access to medical services or jobs; education plays a crucial role in defining our future. There is a dire need of new education models and latent methodologies in our education system. My views on the same, in this Business World Article.
Wiley Plans to Make India its Global R&D powerhouse
Print Week India, March 2018
John Wiley and Sons is bullish on India, its third largest market in Asia, and will continue to invest in the future of research and learning here. The global major recently celebrated its 210th anniversary worldwide. Vikas Gupta, Managing Director, Wiley India, said, "As part of our continued investments and engagements with our stakeholders, Wiley has recently shifted to a new office space and will be hosting local forums as part of our growing market presence. We foresee India as the hub of innovation where new means of learning and content will be developed for other parts of the world."
Reshaping the Future of Education
Higher Education Review, March 2018
India is currently facing a crisis of job-ready and outcome-oriented education. The millennials want education to be available anytime, accessible anywhere and personalized. I shared my views on the Future of Education with The Higher Education Review Magazine.
How Digitisation is disrupting Libraries
Deccan Herald, March 2018
In the library and information science landscape these days, the community is abuzz with terms like digital libraries, electronic libraries, and hybrid libraries. The future of libraries, as an institute, is in our hands – authors, publishers, and readers. Disruptive technologies will continue to emerge and change our behavior. Read my full article on the topic 'How Digitisation is disrupting Libraries', covered in Deccan Herald.
Sameer Dhanrajani writes a new book on executing AI, Analytics Strategies
Analytics India Magazine, February 2018
The book launch event of one of the most noted names in the world of Analytics and Data Science — Sameer Dhanrajani took place in Banglore. Peter Wiley (Chairman Emeritus, Wiley), Matthew S. Kissner (Chairman of the Board, Wiley) and Vikas Gupta (MD, Wiley India) were present during the event.
Future of Publishing: Printing to Platforms
All About Publishing, February 2018
Future of Publishing lies in how well publishers can create a solution that can go up the value chain. I shared my views on the Future of Publishing in this story with All About Publishing. Go to Page 10 to read the full story.
The Human Touch
India Today Aspire, January 2018
The path to innovative thinking is through the exposure to a diverse set of experiences. From traveling to absorbing different cultures, from meeting new people to encountering challenging ideas, each new experience gives us a fresh new perspective and isn't that what innovative thinking is all about? Read more about my thoughts in the India Today Aspire Story.
Wiley India- Q&A with Vikas Gupta
India Today Aspire, September 2017
From talking about the new learning models for the future of education, I shared my views on a variety of topics in this interview with India Today Aspire.
Behind the cover of a Business book
Mint, June 2013
Management book covers are a study in the art of conveying more with less. Read more about my thoughts on the perfect cover of a Business Book in this Mint Story.
Interview with Business World
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From the open platform of the dome car, I can see ridges, glaciers and neighboring peaks, but the tallest mountain in North America is playing coy. "Is that Denali?" a little girl asks her father, pointing to a white pyramid floating on a blanket of clouds. Denali is another name for Mount McKinley, the centerpiece of Alaska's Denali National Park and, 20,320 feet, North America's highest peak.
We are en route to the Park via Alaska Railroad's Denali Star train to Fairbanks. We pulled out of Anchorage at 8:15 am and were immediately in a land of birch forests, teal-blue lakes and steep mountains. The Gold-Star service offers a restaurant and dome cars with great views, but I preferred the covered train-top platform's open-air perspective over the majestic landscape and tumbling rivers. The train gets to Denali at 4 pm, and to Fairbanks at 8 pm, a 12 hour journey.
Just south of Talkeetna, Denali comes into view though it is still more than 60 miles away. Talkeetna serves as launch point for climbers preparing ascents of the continent's most dangerous peak. (With more than 100 deaths, it ranks on one list as the world's 10th most dangerous climb, just behind Everest.) When the weather clears, ski-rigged bush planes scurry to get climbers to and from glaciers where their ascents begin and end before fickle weather closes in again. For more earth-bound travelers, Talkeetna is a popular, comfortable and funky vacation base for fishing, mountain biking, rafting and flying over Denali.

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June 7 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell the most against the euro in two months as the U.S. unemployment rate posted its biggest increase in two decades and the European Central Bank signaled it may raise interest rates in July.
The U.S. currency weakened this week as ECB President Jean- Claude Trichet said policy makers are in a state of ``heightened alertness'' over inflation. His remarks pushed the dollar down from a four-week high touched after Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank is ``attentive'' to the implications of the weakened currency. Crude oil surged to a record.
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Uma's Pirate Crew, also referred to as Uma's Pirate Gang, are supporting antagonists in Descendants 2 and its prequel novel Rise of The Isle of The Lost. They are a pirate crew founded by Uma and Harry Hook.
Rise of The Isle of The Lost
The crew was formed by Uma and Harry with the first member being Gil who was later followed by various others including Gonzo, Bonny Jonas and Desiree. They assist Uma in her attempt to find King Triton's Trident in the novel and after the trident was retrieved by Mal and her friends they waited along with Uma, Harry and Gil to strike their revenge.
Descendants 2
In the movie, they appear once again as Uma's crew and their base of operations is located in Ursula's Fish and Chip Shop, where Uma works as a waitress for her mother. They also appear during the musical number sung by Uma, Harry, Gil and the rest of the crew "What's My Name" and after successfully kidnapping him held Ben captive on The Lost Revenge. They are also seen during the battle between the five main characters on the Lost Revenge.
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- Bonny
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- It is unknown what happened to the crew after Uma left. It is presumed that Harry took her place and became the temporary Captain.
- Despite being a high-ranking member, Gil appears to be at the short end of each crew member's practical joke, this is most definitely due his naivety and idiocy.


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Childish Gambino brings some soul to the Grammy stage.
Nominated for an impressive five Grammys at this year's awards ceremony, Childish Gambino took to the stage at Madison Quare Garden as he made his debut as a performer on the Grammy stage.
Rocking an all-white getup, the "Atlanta" star pulled together his most ethereal vocals to deliver on a performance of his "Terrified" ballad, a highlight from his Awaken! My Love effort of last year. Altogether, Childish Gambino was nominated in the categories for Album of The Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Awaken! My Love while the project's "Redbone" single was up for Best R&B Song, Record of The Year and Best Traditional R&B Perfomance. By the time he took to the stage, he'd already won the award for the latter.
With such an amazing perforamnce under his belt, we're all still holding onto the hope that the end of Chidish Gambino is not as near as it seems considering Donald Glover announced that the next project he put out under the alias would be his last.
Nonetheless, we still have Glover's incredible acting and writing skills to lean on as his Atlanta series gets ready to debut its second season on March 1st while he will also take on the role of a young Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars origin film Solo: A Star Wars Story.


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No, this is not an April Fool's joke, but a real review of the Philips GC332 / 67 steamer that we have had the opportunity to test over the last 2 weeks. Reading reviews on the internet you can think that this device is worth buying. Unfortunately, I have the impression that most of the reviews were written by people substituted. Why? You will find out in a further review. If you're looking for good clothes streamer, I invite you to the ranking best steamers on the market.
We have dreamed of this device for a long time. Although we have really good ironHowever, it is not always time to iron in the traditional way. In addition, we have several clothes in the wardrobe, which, despite their good quality, unfortunately are not the easiest to iron.
Technical specification of the Philips Steam & Go 2-in-1
We'll start with the fact that the device is light and has a medium length cable. Visually, it also looks really good. The device heats up quite quickly (about 45 seconds). This is a big plus, because if we need to iron something quickly, we do not need to pull out the iron and set up ironing boards.
The Philips Steamer has such a small water tank that ironing is a nightmare. Even when you have good quality clothes.
Unfortunately, the water container is a total failure. When we read the reviews about this device and the container that is enough for steam ironing 3-4 clothes, we wondered who wrote it and how much someone had to pay for these people. It's a total fake! A full container (60 ml) is enough for one, maximum two clothes! If the fabric is thicker, you may run out of water halfway through ironing.
The Philips hand steamer has the power of 1200 W and its steam output is 24 g / min. You might think it's really good for such a baby. And that's the truth. Unfortunately, these are not sufficient parameters for the device to fully meet our expectations.
Testing the Philips GC332 / 67 steamer - Dominica
At first glance steam ironing went my two silk blouses (one of them is really a hard nut to crack, and each ironing ends with a cry or a bunch. Once I even threw this blouse and I regret a little that it actually did not hit the dump. Quality quality, but it's probably not worth having something in the closet that we don't smile at the sight of). Steam ironing ended in total defeat. The blouse looked slightly better than before. There was no madness. Another silk blouse went to the second fire and this one was quite well ironed. I really had no major reservations, although it could have been better.
Testing the Philips Steam & Go 2-in-1 steamer - Piotr
Here, my testing ended, because I found that since with silk blouses and a cashmere sweater this device could not do it then it could only be worse. Piotr started the tests.
The first thing is too short cable, only two meters which with such a device is pure minimalism only after connecting the extension cord, using a streamer becomes more convenient. Not every person has a socket, e.g. near the wardrobe.
The second issue is waiting with your watch in hand and wondering if the equipment is ready for use or not. As you can see in the attached pictures, the product has a built-in LED above the "Philips" logo. Why this model does not have the option to inform, for example, the colors "red do not use" green "ready to use"? I would not be surprised and did not even require such a function with lower-priced equipment. However, in this case I consider it a certain standard. I started testing myself with a lot of credit because of the Philips brand. Personally, I highly value this company, including for a guarantee of the highest quality of equipment. As it turned out everything by the time ...
At first fire trousers were creased, horizontally pressed. The effect really never before ironing at the edge was so fabulous simple, two up and down movements along the edges and taken care of! For the next testing I chose three shirts that are of high quality. In this case, it was not exactly what I expected and this pattern reflected from the hanger on the shirt, horror ... I really felt a big disappointment, because our iron is doing much better vertically. The last thing is the test on a thick wool sweater. The result was quite satisfactory, the sweater was refreshed to some extent and lost some of the crease. I still can't believe that such a reputable company released such a sell. I am already skipping the water container, which is the size of a mouse drinker. If you read and watch reviews from other sources such as "I pressed three things on one tank of water", it probably only happened in the case of earlier ironing these things iron.
If it wasn't for the tiny water container, which is a total failure, maybe this device would defend itself. We wouldn't spend so much money (from 430-460 PLN) on a device that has no pleasure to use and which simply works on average compared to the price you have to pay for a steamer. As you know on our blog, we show not only products that are worth using, but also those that need to be avoided. That is why this steamer review was created to warn you before buying a device that did not work out in our case. It is better to add and buy a standing steamer, which not only has more power, stronger steam release, but also a much larger water container that does not need to be filled after ironing one blouse or shirt.


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Akuma may be coming to Marvel Vs. Capcom 3's roster in the near future. Everyone's favorite evil Street Fighter nemesis might be coming if the leaked images from Now Gamer are true.
The since canned preview from Now Gamer featured an image with Akuma in one of the fight loading screens. While you wont be able to get many details from Now Gamer at this point, Shoryuken saved the image and disseminated it to the internet.
Get up to date with all of the latest character screenshots, videos, and more at our media page for the upcoming fighter. Or just wait it out.
Marvel vs. Capcom: The Fate of Two Worlds is set for release on Feburary 15th, 2011.
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At 32, director Alex Liu is confronting his all-American sex education—by finally getting a real one.
He grew up learning that sex would ruin his life, f*cking him up with fear, shame, and ignorance.
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Sue Carter, Kinsey Institute
Stephanie Smith, Kinsey Institute
Justin Garcia, Kinsey Institute
Bill Yarber, Kinsey Institute
Jackie Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City
Derek Kitchen, Utah State Senator
Todd Weiler, Utah State Senator
Stephanie Larson, Founder and CEO of Encircle LGBTQ+ Family Resource Center
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After the Parade by Lori Ostlund
Forty-year-old Aaron has decided that after twenty years, he is tired of his older partner, Walter. Feeling brave, he strikes out for San Francisco, but learns that freedom is not something you can just declare. Aaron decides he will not be truly free until he makes peace with his unhappy past, his childhood in a small Minnesota town with his larger-than-life misfit family. Ostlund has written a touching, tragiocomic novel of fitting in and getting out, and making peace with your past. This is a lovely novel and an amazing debut. Her short stories are also worthy of your attention.
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If you're travelling to Spain or living or working there, it's important to know how to access healthcare, what you are entitled to and what costs you may face.
Healthcare for people travelling to Spain for leisure or work on a temporary basis
European Health Insurance Card
The first thing you should know about the Spanish healthcare system is that you will need an up-to-date European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). This travel essential will entitle you to receive healthcare provided by the state in Spain during a temporary stay there, either at a reduced cost or for free. You will need to present it every time you visit a hospital or health centre for assessment or treatment.
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Spain has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, currently ranked at number seven by the World Health Organization, so rest assured that you will be in safe hands when accessing medical attention while travelling.
Note that in some remote parts of the country and on Spain's islands, you might have to travel to find a medical facility. It's a good idea to familiarise yourself with where healthcare providers are located when you first arrive, just in case you need to use their services.
Some facilities offer both private and state funded healthcare. Please note that if you are asked to pay for your medical treatment upfront, you are not being treated in a state healthcare facility.
You will need to tell them which kind of healthcare you want to access when you arrive. These terms may be useful:
- Health centre – Centro de salud
- Hospital – Hospital
- Private healthcare – Asistencia sanitaria privada
- State-provided healthcare – Asistencia sanitaria pública
You will also need to be clear about which type of service you want to use if a hotel or travel company arranges healthcare for you.
Health services are organised by region in Spain. You can access information about a region's healthcare system on this website [link: http://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/organizacion/ccaa/directorio/home.htm]. Click on the relevant region on the map and go to "Servicio de Salud" (Healthcare Service) to find more information.
Emergency healthcare
Anyone can receive emergency healthcare in Spain if their needs are urgent. Please note that you are likely to be charged in full if you are not the holder of a European Health Insurance Card.
The number to call if you find yourself in a health emergency in Spain is 112. This is a free number which you can use anywhere in Spain, and will give you access to the ambulance and paramedic service. The operators generally speak both English and Spanish, but you may want to know some basic vocabulary:
- A&E Department – Urgencias
- I need an ambulance – Necesito una ambulancia
- I am in pain – Tengo dolor
- There has been a car accident – Ha habido un accidente de coche
Hospital care
If you see a doctor in Spain and they then recommend that you receive further healthcare in a hospital, you will need to go to a state hospital to be able to use your EHIC and avoid fees.
Unlike the UK, if you're an inpatient you'll find that there are no restrictions on visiting times, though visitors may be expected to help with basic tasks such as washing and dressing.
Health centres
If you need to see a GP in Spain, you can do so at your nearest health centre. Many will have English-speaking staff, or can arrange for an interpreter if necessary. Note that many centres will offer both private and public healthcare, and there will be separate surgery times for each category.
Dental treatment
Your EHIC card won't cover you for dental treatment in Spain as it's not covered by state healthcare, except in an emergency. (Though if you do need to visit a private dentist, you may well find that prices are cheaper than in the UK.) You can access emergency dental healthcare in an emergency department or health centre.
If a doctor writes a prescription for you, you can simply take it to a pharmacy to receive your drugs or treatment. Note that prescriptions are subject to non-refundable charges but your EHIC will give you a discount of between 10 and 50 per cent, depending on your working status.
If you need a prescription fulfilled upon discharge from hospital you will need to take your medical report to a doctor who will then write you a prescription.
Giving birth while on holiday
While there are restrictions on pregnant women travelling by air or sea to another country after a certain number of weeks, sometimes a baby does make his or her appearance long before their due date. In these circumstances, your EHIC will cover you for routine maternity care, the birth itself and healthcare related to the birth. You will also need a maternity S2 form. You can get in touch with Overseas Healthcare Services on the following numbers:
- If you're calling from the UK: 0191 218 1999
- If you're caling from outside the UK: +44 191 218 1999
Taking out extra travel insurance to cover costs such as an extended stay if you have to delay your trip home is the safest course of action.
What if I don't have my EHIC with me?
If you travel without your EHIC, you can obtain a provisional replacement certificate (PRC) which proves that you are entitled to an EHIC and its benefits. You will need to phone Overseas Healthcare Services on the following numbers between 8am and 6pm UK time (Monday to Friday) to get one of these:
- From the UK: 0191 218 1999
- From outside the UK: +44 191 218 1999
What happens if I need to bring medicine to Spain?
If you need to bring drugs or other treatment with you, you will also need a letter from your GP explaining what they consist of and why you have been prescribed them. Make sure your GP includes the drug's generic name as well as brand name. It's a good idea to have the letter translated into Spanish. Make sure that you organise collecting the right amount of your medication in plenty of time before your trip.
You will need to check whether your medication is a controlled drug. If this is the case, you will have to ensure that you comply with the rules on exporting drugs from the UK and will have to apply for a Spanish import licence at a Spanish consulate in the UK.
When taking your medication or other treatment with you to Spain, make sure that it complies with the following:
- It hasn't gone past the expiry date
- It is in its original packet
- The label is clear and accurate
- It is packed in your hand luggage along with the explanatory letter and the prescription
- It is in an insulated bag if it needs to be at a cooler temperature
What will happen after Brexit?
We don't yet know what Brexit will mean for healthcare when travelling in Europe.
If you are planning to travel on or after 31 October 2019, make sure you have sufficient travel insurance in place to cover any healthcare costs.
The government is negotiating with Spain about what happens to healthcare for travellers after this time, but the results are yet to be finalised.
What are my rights if I live permanently in Spain, but I am a British citizen?
If you pay national insurance contributions in Spain you will be entitled to receive state provided healthcare. To do this, you will have to register with your nearest Treasury of Social Security Office (Tesoreria General de la Seguridad Social) to get a social security number. Then you will need to go to your local health centre with your registration certificate, which will enable you to apply for a "tarjeta sanitaria" or public health card and then register with a GP at a health centre. You will need to take this card with you every time you go to the doctor or hospital. Once the UK leaves the EU, you will still be entitled to state-provided healthcare under this system.
If you are working in Spain but have been sent there by your company based in the UK, you may be eligible for health cover paid for by the UK. You will need to check this with the National Insurance Contributions and Employer Office in the UK by telephoning:
- From the UK: 0300 200 3500
- From outside the UK: +44 191 203 7010
Maternity care in Spain
State-funded healthcare covers a range of maternity services, but you will need private insurance if you are planning to give birth in a private or specialist unit.
Note that if you are topping up your state-provided healthcare with private insurance, you will need to have held a policy for a certain period of time before being able to take advantage of it. So if this is the case, it's best to plan ahead and have an insurance policy in place before you fall pregnant.
Rest assured that both private and public maternity care in Spain is considered to be of excellent quality. You can access maternity services through your local health centre or GP practice.
Once you embark on a course of maternity care, you will have an introductory appointment with a doctor/midwife to confirm your pregnancy, then a series of antenatal appointments and scans in a hospital. You are likely to see your community midwife once a month for regular checks for the first 32 weeks, then at fortnightly intervals. You will have regular blood and urine tests, and three ultrasound scans as standard, one during each trimester.
Home births are rare in Spain, with most births taking place in hospital. Gas and air are not used in Spain, but pethidine and epidurals are. Note also that there is a higher rate of caesarian sections here.
You are likely to stay in hospital for five days after the birth, and during this time your newborn will receive a series of checks, including the Apgar score immediately after birth to rate his or her health. After you have left hospital, your baby will have a blood test at one week to check for certain conditions.
Pensioners and healthcare in Spain
If you receive an exportable UK pension or a different kind of exportable benefit, you could be eligible for state-provided medical care funded by the UK. To make this happen, you will need to get an S1 certificate. This can be used up until the UK exits the EU.
You can contact the International Pension Centre, part of the Department for Work and Pensions on:
- From the UK: 0191 218 7777
- From outside the UK: +44 191 218 7777
What happens after the UK leaves the EU?
If you have lived in Spain for more than five years without a break, you could be eligible to apply for permanent residency. This will mean that you can receive state medical care in the same way that Spanish citizens do.
However, if you have lived in Spain for less than five years, but have been registered with your local town hall for a year at least, you may be eligible to use the "Convenio Especial" scheme. This allows you to buy health insurance to access the Spanish healthcare system. Please note it does not include the cost of prescriptions.
If you have been registered with your local town hall for under a year, you will need to purchase private health insurance to access medical care in Spain.


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I'm Going Hummus for the Holidays!
From The Whole Dish!
The first time that I ate hummus, I thought 'eh'. What's the big deal? Most of the hummus seemed heavy and bland. It wasn't something that I would go out of my way for.
One day I went a party and tasted the hummus. It was an explosion of flavors. I thought OMG! This is wonderful. I realized that what I had before was all wrong. Made all wrong that is. Too much tahini. No spices.
When saw this recipe, I knew it's something that I would be worth making. Check it out!
I'm Going Hummus for the Holidays!


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{The Best} Sugar Cookie: Three Variations
I make these sugar cookies every year. Pretty much since I was born.
Okay, so now that I look closer, maybe those are gingerbread cookies. What's going on here, mom? I guess I'll just have to say that I've made these every year for as long as I can remember. In the picture above, I've obviously consumed too much sugar to be thinking straight. (Can you guess which one I am?!)
We had the fun tradition of frosting them. This year I decided not to mess with the frosting, but try a few new things. We'll save the frosting for when my daughter is old enough to enjoy decorating cookies.
I'll start with the recipe and then tell you the possible variations.
Sugar Cookies
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (I use freshly ground)
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in a bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and lemon extract.
3. Add milk and flour alternately until combined.
4. Chill dough until easy to handle. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Roll dough out on a well floured board or counter (for crisp cookies, roll to about 1/8" and for softer cookies roll to about 1/4").
6. Cut with floured cutter. (For cut-outs and stained glass cookies, see below for variation #2).
7. Bake at 350*F for 6-7 minutes (for cut-outs and stained glass cookies, see below for variation #2).
(Note: This makes A LOT—feel free to halve the recipe if you're not interested in rolling out cookies for the rest of your life. However, it does freeze well, so you could throw half of the dough in the freezer for a rainy day.)
Variation 1: Sparkly Sugar Cookies
This one is easy. Brush with milk, sprinkle with colored sugar and bake as directed in the recipe. And that's it! Easy, sparkly, and festive. You all know I love sparkles. This was always mom's back-up when we got tired of frosting cookies. Slightly less sweet than the frosted variation and the flavors of the dough really come through.
Variation 2: Oreo-Stuffed Sugar Cookies
It's my opinion that most anything is made better if you shove an Oreo in the middle. This concept has gone viral with the use of chocolate chip cookie dough, but I gave it a holiday twist. I used sugar cookie dough, holiday Oreos and some more of those sprinkles that I love so much. The genius behind the original idea is Jenny of Picky Palate, so make sure to check out her site for the technique used for this variation. Baking time will increase for these since they are so large—might take up to 20 minutes.
Variation 3: Stained Glass Sugar Cookies
This variation is adapted from Everyday Food magazine. Cut out your cookies in whatever shape you please, and then use a smaller cutter to cut out a shape in the center. Crush hard candies in plastic bags using a mallet or anything hard. I used Jolly Ranchers, I wanted to do green and red but they only gave me two green Jolly Ranchers in the bag I bought. Thanks a lot, Jolly Rancher people! Sprinkle crushed candies carefully into the small cut-out. I got a little messy (oh well!). Bake on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet for 6-7 minutes. Cool completely before removing from tray.
Verdict: I love this cookie dough. The nutmeg and lemon might sound weird but they have the most delicious flavor. The stained glass cookies were pretty, but a little hard to eat since the candy hardens up in the middle. So they are visually impressive, but my least favorite variation. Consider yourself warned.
Husband's take: Being the traditionalist that he is, he likes the first variation best. But he will always prefer a plain chocolate chip cookie. Can you blame him?
Changes I would make: None necessary! I can't wait to come up with more fun things to do with this dough though.
Difficulty: Easy!
And yes, we have a fake Christmas tree. But I love it!
PS: If you would like to vote for my pudding (pretty please!), follow this link. It's a super easy vote, no registration required!


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Moving third grade to CME campus discussed
A handful of Aransas Pass Independent School District parents attended a public meeting regarding moving the district's PK-2nd into H.T. Faulk Elementary and 3rd grade into Charlie Marshall Elementary (CME) beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.
APISD superintendent Cara Cooke presented the information, then allowed parents/community members to ask questions and/or express concerns.
She explained in May 2016 when the school district bond passed, there were 618 students enrolled in prekindergarten through third grades. At that time, school officials did not know in April 2017, Exxon-Mobil would announce there would be 600 permanent jobs in its upcoming project. They also did not know in that same year, Cheniere would announce the expansion of its company, which began its first construction in 2015.
At the time, the APISD was concerned with constructing a replacement school and not a growth school. Then in August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit, and that changed the community's population.
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Reuters reports that Libby has issued a statement:
"I am confident that at the end of this process I will be completely and totally exonerated," Libby said in a statement issued by his lawyer, Joseph Tate.Can't you just hear him blaring that old Billy Joel song "I am an innocent man"? His lawyer weighed in, too:
"To say we are disappointed is an understatement. Mr Libby testified to the best of his honest recollection on all occasions," Tate said in a separate statement.Hmm, the best of his honest recollection seems to be what got ole Scooter in trouble in the first place. Scooter apparently has a different standard for "honest recollection" then most people. No surprise, he works for Dick Cheney and George Bush.


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Well hello hi di ho there 2018!!!
I'm excited to have you in my life!
And I am READY for you!!!
2017 was one of the most challenging years I've had. It started with my hubby being diagnosed with cancer (his second and non related cancer to his first) then, our son started his final year at school ( I felt like I was doing finals!) and the pressures of that combined with his climbing competitions, as most of you know I care for my elderly parents and their health was a roller coaster ride being good not great then not to good again. I'm sure there were other minor life events but these were the major ones for me in 2017. And as the saying goes I was keeping my head just above water, (I'm a terrible swimmer too so that doesn't help). What did help though, was having amazing friends around me who emotionally supported me throughout the year and my siblings from afar with their phone calls and text messages of support.
My Marathon
I've never run a marathon before but 2017 sure did feel like it for me.
I collapsed over the finish line relieved and exhausted, with my arms, legs, head and body all limp and listless .. and I was ready for a big Sleeping Beauty rest.
2017 exhausted me.
I still had reserves in my emotional tank to get me to the end but I was nearing on empty I admit…just barely keeping my shit together really.
I made it though and here I am READY for 2018!
So what will 2018 look like for me?
I don't really know.
I have new found freedom with no more school runs, school lunches or constant "nagging" about whether our son is in his room studying or YouTubing.
I'm free!
We're free!!
And hubby has pretty much been given the clear for his cancer, although the thought and knowing of having had cancer still remains in the back of his mind. Overall he is in a good place.
My parents' health is good as it can be for the elderly but most importantly they have good appetites and a happy go lucky out look on their life enjoying moments of happiness.
I've spent plenty of time reflecting and mapping out my future free life in my head, and nothing, yet everything seems possible. Part of me wants to be extremely selfish and the other part is telling me to be sensible about it. Exploring all the possibilities of a "new life" and having discussions with hubby about having to rediscover, reinvent, and redefine ourselves this year but where do we begin?
I do know one thing for sure. I want to live a minimalist life free from clutter.
All my life I have been surrounded by clutter, purely my own doing and as I think more about it putting my psychologist hat on, it was probably an avoidance behaviour. Avoiding what? I don't know, maybe the responsibilities of real life. I have written about wanting to be a minimalist before. I think the clutter allowed me to not allow me to do the things that make me happy. It gave me an excuse, self punishment maybe. Hmmmm …this is getting a little too deep. Let's just STOP there and get on with my 2018 life!
So although I have a list of 18 things I would like to do in 2018 (I wouldn't call them resolutions because every year I have the best intentions with "resolutions" like most of us, and I almost never stick to them, my excitement and enthusiasm only last for a month at the most), my number one priority and "thing" I would like to do and achieve is to declutter my house and life and free myself, my mind and my family's life of all the "stuff". I know for a fact that by doing just this one thing will create a cascade of happiness based life events for me this year.
Next week I will share with you my 18 for 2018 things I plan to do . Things that brings me joy!
2018 is a year of embracing newness, freedom, clarity and fun!
And I am READY!!!!
Are you?


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This isn't so much of a pick as it is a question.
I've never been a Brooklyn girl, and, as it turns out, I'm not a Girls girl either.
I just finished watching Season 1 of the popular show about a group of millennial girls living in Greenpoint, BK—I received the DVDs as part of a gift bag for the Fresh Air Fund event I attended last month—and cannot understand why don't I like it? Maybe I am too old? As the child of VERY directed and directive Chinese parents, I would have been disowned if I were the least bit like any of these characters.
On to the next one I guess…
Photo courtesy of Conde Nast


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Hello! Recently we got the unfortunate news that a relative on my husband's side of the family had been diagnosed with breast cancer. We don't live close enough to drop off the proverbial casserole dish or help with the kids, so what to do? I wanted to make something and get it out quickly so that the recipient would know we're thinking of her and praying for her. Our daughter suggested an angel - perfect! So I designed a small angel with a hanger so that the relative could hang it up on a bedpost, doorknob, etc. She could then see it and know that she's in our thoughts. Here's what I came up with:
I began with a simple angel shape. The back is fabric with a pink print, and the front is a rather heavy off-white fabric with raised off-white stitching on it. With dark pink embroidery floss, I embroidered running stitches to accent the off-white stitching.
For a "hat", I glued a scrap of vintage off-white crochet trim and a vintage dark pink button to the angel's head. I sewed on two white beads for eyes.
The bottom of the angel's body is trimmed with vintage pink crochet trim.
I glued a small fabric heart to the middle of the body; it's the same fabric that was used for the back.
The heart covers the ends of an assortment of off-white and pink fibers (both vintage and non-vintage). Additionally, I stamped the word "hope" on a piece of twill tape and added that to the fiber grouping.
Lastly, I used silver cording as a hanger on the back of the angel.
I think it turned out pretty well! The only fault I see is that the angel shape isn't the greatest - that is in part because of the stiffness of that off-white fabric; it's too heavy to shape very well apparently. But I liked using that fabric because its raised stitching design allowed for some easy yet interesting accent stitching.
I haven't heard that the recipient received it, but I'm assuming she did and I hope she was pleased with her Angel of Hope! Although I would have rather have not had to make something like this under the circumstances, I was glad to come up with something meaningful for her.


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Georgia Football: Malcolm Mitchell Back, Passing Struggles, Post-Game Player Reactions, and More – Daily Dose of Dawg
Malcolm Mitchell Set to Return
For the first time since August 31, 2013 (last year's Clemson game), Malcolm Mitchell is all set to play for the Bulldogs. Mitchell missed all of last year with an ACL injury and the first few weeks of this year after tweaking something else in his leg. This news is huge for the Bulldogs, and could dramatically change what this offense looks like moving forward. Obvious to anyone that's watched Georgia this year, is the Bulldogs inability to throw the ball. The first game, it seemed like it was just a matter of not needing to pass, but now, four games in, it's clear that this is the offense's main weakness. Mitchell will finally add a deep threat that defenses will have to respect and will give Hutson Mason someone else that he's very comfortable throwing it to.
Some other big news is that Justin Scott-Wesley will be returning this week after serving a four game suspension for a marijuana arrest. Like Malcolm, Justin has the ability to stretch the field and outrun most defenders.
Story on Mitchell's return here.
Richt Optimistic About Georgia's Passing Game
Although many in the Bulldawg Nation have given up on Hutson Mason, Mark Richt still thinks things will get turned around. I'm not quite as confident as Richt, but I'm willing to give Hutson the benefit of the doubt for one more week. The excuse given for Mason so far this year is that he hasn't had all of his receivers out there. Now, he finally gets them back and has a chance to show us what he can do against one of the worst teams in college football. If he's not able to, then next week I'll tell you how I really feel about Georgia's passing situation.
Story on Mason here.
Post Game Player Interviews
Logan Booker of Bulldawg Illustrated caught up with some players after the game on Saturday. Here's what they had to say:
Great Photos From Georgia vs. Tennessee
Logan Booker always gets some great shots of the Bulldogs in action, and this weeks photos certainly don't disappoint.
Pre-game pictures here.
1st half pictures here.
2nd half pictures here.
Post-game pictures here.
Check back daily for more Daily Dose of Dawg!
Jonathan Follow @johnnysanders
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This is how I know I'm lame: I first heard about the MOVE conflict with Philadelphia police while reading the lyrics to Atom and His Package's song "Philadelphia" which has the tossed-off line: "…and we only bombed our own city once, one time".
I still remember May 13, 1985, my dad was driving me to little league when the news on KYW came out that the police bombed Osage Avenue. The troubled history and racism of Philly's police is without a doubt. However, I caution making martyrs of MOVE, they were more than just political radicals, they were a quasi-religious cult who preached a rejection of science and medicine in favor of a return to a hunter-gatherer society. They built an armed compound (despite what the comic says, they were stockpiling working guns and bombs). They were more akin to the Branch Davidians (with John Africa at their core) than they were the Black Panthers.
The shootout spurred a bunch of riots at the time, too. Philadelphia was really conflicted about MOVE. Neighbors in Powelton Village hated them (they piled garbage and human waste in the yard) but community activists rallied to them. They had a lot of support from Penn students, particularly a guy named Don Glassey, who worked with John Africa when Africa was more of a classic Left radical and not so much of a cult leader.
You can still read the Philadelphia Inquirer's MOVE archives: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/The_MOVE_Crisis_Inquirer_1978_coverage.html
There is also an amazing documentary on YouTube about 1978, that captures a lot of the spirit of the times:
So, are we drawing a link between the MOVE fire and "The Roof is on Fire," because the song predated the bombing by at least year. If you aren't drawing the link, isn't that a tad distasteful?
Love that song. Atom riffs off an old Philly tourist slogan: Philadelphia: Get to Know Us! Coincidentally, also from 1985, the year of the Osage bombing.
I don't know much about them, but I don't know if its fair to say that their rejection of science and medicine makes them "more than just political radicals". It sounds like standard anarcho-primitivism to me. I tend to favor scientific thinking myself, but the notion that what most people refer to as "progress" is something of an illusion - and that ways of living which have worked for humans for millions of years re perfectly valid choices - I think is a legitimate position. What frustrates people about it, I suspect, is that politics traditionally imposes the same kind of lifestyle on "everyone".
Agreed, and beyond glamorizing MOVE from a modern perspective, I think the cartoon overstates the extent of public sympathy for them, at least prior to the bombing. While they may have been supported by community activists, Penn students, and others predisposed to distrust the police, I think the first blockade and confrontation painted them as "armed nuts" rather than victims in the eyes of most of the city – like an urban black version of the 90s Waco Branch Davidians.
It went a little beyond anarcho-primitivism. It had all the hallmarks of a religious cult with John Africa at the center. Most folks would have been tolerant of them, even in the 70s but they were also dancing on the public menace side of provocative. Not just the loudspeakers 24/7, but the mounds and mounds of (quite literal) shit and threats of violent reprisals against neighbors who spoke up.
There are no heroes in the MOVE story just plenty of victims.
I remember watching the Frontline report as a small child in the late 80s and even then I found the city of Philadelphia's actions reprehensible.
There is a superb 2013 documentary entitled "Let the Fire Burn" that really breaks down how the whole MOVE mess started and tragically ended. I haven't read the entire Hip Hop Family Tree comic book, but I find it hard to believe such a complex story could be accurately told in one comic book. (Other than that, I have been really enjoying the snippets of Hip Hop history that BB has been posting).
I'm somewhat puzzled why "Hip Hop Family Tree" would tackle this subject. I thought this series was focusing on folks such as Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, and what not.
Looks like they cast the cops from "Sabotage"
I always considered using the screen name "Sir Stewart Wallace as Himself"
There are still a lot of weird little black cults, and I'm not clear how closely they resemble white supremacist Christian identity churches. There are a surprising number of them listed as hate groups on the SPLC web site. The cops seem to give them a wide berth, possibly because of the MOVE fiasco. However, they do pop up in the news now and then when a group murders one of their own members.
I have some trust in our narrator, and am willing to wait and see what the connection is. Which, from being important enough to have an entire episode devoted to it, I expect will be considerable and fascinating.
One thing that just struck me as fucked up reading about MOVE a few months back was the fact that the cops were even able to get their hands on dynamite (actually it was liquid blasting agent, dissolved ANFO) and who the fuck signed off on letting a few city pigs drop it from a helicopter?
It's just a sickening level of corruption from the city.
If they really felt that terrorized by MOVE, there's a whole administration for handling that kind of thing that doesn't involve the police. Basically it was the cops wanting to play army, without wanting the justification it takes to call in, for instance, the state or national guards. The ones actually qualified to do militarized operations.
Which isn't to say I have any judgements on the issue with regard to MOVE other than the comic itself makes them seem like assholes, and if they were on the bullhorn 24/7 I'd probably call the cops on them too. It's a tragedy for many, I didn't experience it, and I don't know enough of the history to be of much opinion. But it's clear to me that cops don't need dynamite. Ever. That's not a weapon you can justify putting in police hands. It's clearly a weapon of war, and is beyond the scope of need even for SWAT teams.
Philly has a great history of Black religious movements/cults. Some benign, even positive and others not so much, like MOVE (which began as a Christian group) or Faith Tabernacle, whose anti-vax stance managed to cause a measles outbreak in the early 90s (girding the loins of a young Paul Offit with righteous infectious disease anger). You see a great big sign of it on Broad Street with the old Divine Lorraine hotel.
Philly has a great history with religious cults from its inception–beginning with Kelpius and the hermits of the Wissahickon soon after the city's founding. Heck, Quakerism was something of a benign cult movement at the time.
Here's another good MOVE overview. MOVE 101: Why, 30 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself
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STORY IDEA! Quick, Scott, take this down!
(Scott shakes head, backs away, runs out door and across parking lot)
Fine, I'll do it myself.
Anyway, the story. God is fed up…and seeking revenge!
That's right, this is a story of God hisself (or herself, but for arguments sake and to true everything up with what comes later, let's say hisself. Or Hisself, I guess) looking to get back at all the peeps who have royally fucked up His world.
Like for realsies get back at them. Not just frogs and boils and all that jive that has totes been done before. No, this God is comin' hard for their souls, stalking all of us ungrateful bastards like a steroided up Omar Little of The Wire.
Fun idea, no?
Even more fun. God in this story isn't replete with the flowing beards and the glowing and the choruses belting out "Hallelujah" behind him. He won't even look like George Burns. Or Alannis Morissette. (I'll leave Morgan Freeman out of this one, because we all know if He is in fact a He, he looks just like Morgan Freeman.) But, no, this God will be kinda tacky. Like waterbed tacky. Like Andrew Lloyd Webber-listening tacky. The kinda Guy who enjoys reclining with a trashy paperback and drinking off-brand cola. It'll almost be like the Real Househusbands of Heaven. Or mayhap the Republican National Convention.
So that's what God will look like in this story.
And what's His plan? How will he get back at the world for all of the upfuckery?
Oh, it's a sinisterly delicious idea. He appoints a gatekeeper—St. Peter is getting far too old anyway at this point—someone who will have 100% of the authority over Whose Soul Gets Saved and Whose Soul Gets Sent to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks. One dude will own all that awesome power. Just one. Forever.
Only. Only it won't be no Captain America-Steve Rogers-flag-saluting-squared-jawed-church-every-Sunday-Golden-Boy motherlover, neither. No, God's Self-appointed sole arbiter of Who Gets Saved is going to be a lousy, shiftless, lazy boor of a drunk, the worst souse you ever stepped over in the gutter on your way to pee against an alley wall. This disgusting, drooling little waste of human oxygen is going to be God's Bad Cop. And if you want to get into heaven, you gotta get through him.
Kind of a crazy little story, no? But isn't it kinda one you may want to hear? Or at least have someone try and tell it?
Dear Dan—Will you get to the point please? Love, Dan.
Well, you're in luck. Because this story exists, in songform. And it only takes a little more than five minutes to tell, with an acoustic shuffle that ticks along like a drunk taking a stroll in the park, backed with a glompy brass band and a fun little snare to keep it on track. And it works magnificently.
Because it was written by Elvis Costello, as part of his deliriously perverse 1989 solo effort Spike.
It's called "God's Comic." And in a canon of exemplary material he's been churning out since 1977, it still stands out as one of his finest hours.
Here. Have a listen. And don't worry; it's not what really awaits us on The Other Side.
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So far, we've liberated Peru and Argentina, but Chile was part of the plan too for San Martín. He gathered an army and led it across the Andes. That enormous feat took them 21 days and led them through 50cm narrow tracks, extreme temperatures and high altitudes. Despite this hardship, the Army of the Andes was ready to fight the royalists when entering Chile and even though not everything went according to plan, the Army of the Andes was eventually victorious.
This Battle of Chacabuco (depicted on this stamp) was basically the end of the royalists hold on Chile and on 14 February 1817 San Martín was appointed Governor of Chile. He resigned immediately and handed over the post to Bernardo O'Higgins who then became Director Supremo del Estado de Chile. Sounds good, doesn't it?!


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Notice the two developments on Facebook in recent past.
Some days ago Facebook killed "Become a Fan" option and forced on us the "Like" alternative.(Ref1)
Before that about a year ago we used to get updates about which friend became a fan of which site or application. This is history now.
They seriously do not want you to use their platform for free marketing. So all those popular branding and viral advertisement option are being killed. It remains to be seen how long it goes before they kill the remaining free promotion options out there.
As a most recent development some more of free promotion options are being targeted. See the graphic to the right. Its a snap shot from my own profile.
Facebook is Killing profile boxes. We can no longer showcase what cause we are supporting or what books we are reading. It was kinda free promotion for good causes. But probably Mr Zuckerberg does not care if we want to save the girl child in India or I want to tell my friends what books I am reading or I have recently read.
All they need is to make the advertiser pay. The days of free promotion on social media power house -Facebook, is almost over. The Applications that used to enjoy a viral presence are dying now. Yeah if you can carve out a revenue sharing deal with Facebook then that is probably no problem, like Zynga – the makers of Farmville and MafiaWars.
Of course revenue is important but I don't think this is a very wonderful way of making money. We have loved facebook as a sharing platform. Now they are killing that spirit. Kind of sad to see this approach.


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How to pass NTS NAT test guide tips prepare online procedure sample papers pattern format example papers tricks for easily clear NST Test in short time.
NTS (National Testing Service) is an organization which conducts various tests and NAT Test is one of them. NAT stands for National Aptitude Test. Basically this aptitude test is conducted for the admissions in NAT Associated Universities in various disciplines. How to pass, prepare NTS NAT test easily national testing service is given there. If one follows a proper procedure then it's not to much difficult to pass the entry test.
A candidate must aware about the nature of material that is asked in it and according to it one try to prepare himself. Maximum of paper will cover inter subjects and a part of paper will also asked from matriculation in NAT Test..
Last and most important thing is that in which way one can attempt their paper. Because only those students pass this paper that attempt it in right way. Start from easy part at which one has strong grip them move to difficult portion of paper. Most important thing is the removing of misunderstanding that any unofficial help will allow in NTS papers.
What Percentage Is Required To Pass NTS NAT.NTS Test format for jobs and pattern for NAT test is not difficult to learn. Best way to pass NTS NAT test in Urdu, English and easily guide. NTS NAT Test Guide, Preparation tips & Paper Pattern Sample papers and example papers also help you to prepare your NAT exams in short time.
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How to Pass NTS NAT Test Guide Tips
Candidates have to clear the NAT test of their subject group for taking admission in such universities or institutions. NAT test result remains valid for just one year so after clearing the test apply immediately in your desired university or degree awarding institute.
Some Special Tips:
- Reach each question at least two times before you encircle the answer.
- Don't miss any question.
- You must check your answer sheet in last two minutes to label such missing and fill them.
- If you have confusion regarding a certain point (not picket so well), don't leave it unanswered. Guess the most appropriate answer and encircle it because there is not negative marking.
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How To Clear NTS NAT Test:
There are following two basic types of NAT test;
- NAT I Tests:
- For students who have completed 12 years of education have to appear in this category of tests. This category has following kinds of tests.
NAT-IE (It is for the students of Pre-Engineering Group).
NAT-IM (It is for the students of Pre-Medical Group).
NAT-IA (It is for the students of Arts Group).
NAT-ICS (It is for the students who have passed ICS exam).
NAT-IGS (This is for the students who have passed FA General Science).
NAT-ICOM (This test has been designed for the candidates of Commerce group).
- NAT II Tests:
This category has been designed for students who have completed 14 years of education. There are following kinds of category two tests;
NAT-IIA (For students of Art & Social Sciences Group)
NAT-IIB (For candidates of Biological Science Group)
NAT-IIM (For candidates of Management Sciences Group)
NAT-IIP (For candidates of Physical Sciences Group)
NAT-IIO (For candidates of Oriental & Islamic Studies Group)
Preparation Tips:
MCQ types questions are asked in NAT test by NTS. There are following 4 sections of NAT test of both above mentioned categories.
English Section
Sentence Completion (Test takers will have to chose appropriate word for filling in the blank from given options) Analogy (You will have to guess the relationship between 2 similar or related words)
Antonym (Candidates are asked to select the opposite meaning of given word or words)
Comprehension (You are asked to reply questions given at the end of a paragraph)
Synonym (You will be asked to guess the similar word of given any word)
Analytical Section
Your analytical skills will be tested in this portion. In short we can describe the analytical skills as analyzing or situation handling skills. Candidates are supposed to select the correct option after analyzing the given statement, scenario or complex situation. NTS can give you any situation scenario or statement in shape of graphs, tables, statements or paragraph.
Quantitative Section
This part is related to MCQs related to basic concepts of Mathematics like;
- Addition
Subject Section
It is the part of NAT test which differ in all kinds of NAT tests. In this section students are asked question about their key subjects in their last class. For example FSc pre engineering students will be asked questions about Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, while FSc Pre Medical students will have to answer the questions related to Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
NAT Test Preparation Books
Many publishers have published hand books for preparation of NTS NAT test. These books not only contain sample questions but also sample papers. Hopefully soon you will not need to buy any helping book for preparation of NTS NAT test after the completion of our online testing website.
Format & Pattern of NAT Test
90 questions are asked in category one tests and 100 questions are asked in category two tests. Students are given just two hours for both these types of tests. Equal number of questions are asked in first 3 portions of both of both these categories. For detailed format of each and every test of both categories kindly visit the official website of National Testing Service.
National Testing Service NTS NAT test tips and guide in easy steps for clear and passed in maximum marks.


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Meanwhile, the Chinese company has also started working on its successor – Mi Mix 3. Recently, a few pictures of this upcoming handset were leaked, which revealed its back panel.
Based on the leaked pictures, we can say that Xiaomi is going the iPhone way especially, in terms of design. The back panel of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 appears to have a vertically aligned dual camera set-up.
The camera set-up in the back at the top left corner looks almost similar to the one in Apple's iPhone X. If this happens to be true, it will be the first handset in the Mi Mix series to flaunt dual cameras.
Moreover, the back panel also appears to have a fingerprint scanner. And below that, we can also notice "Mi Mix Designed by Xiaomi" written on it.
According to sources, Xiaomi will bring in this device during the first half of next year. On the other hand, there is also Mi 7 ready for its release. Its exact launch date is not confirmed yet but may show up in the coming March. When launched, it might feature the latest Snapdragon 845 processor.
This Qualcomm processor is said to be 30% faster compared to the 835 chipset. Also, the handset can be anticipated to get improved cameras, 3600mAh battery, either 6GB or 8GB RAM and internal space of 128 GB.
Other releases by Xiaomi in the recent times include Xiaomi Mi 7 release date , Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus, which are again some of the finest models in a budget range. Turn your smartphone into DSLR with an amazing camera and video recording apps.
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At Locomotive, we believe that our greatest resource and the key to our success is our people. That's why it's important for us to offer activities, conferences and training opportunities to help our employees grow and develop, by improving what they have to offer, as well as their personal skills and abilities. Training sessions are an effective way to invest in the growth of a team - both personally and professionally.
By offering our employees the opportunity to take courses and get more knowledge, we decide to invest in people.
It is important to demonstrate to our employees that we value their place within the company. An employee who feels valued is much more likely to invest in his work and be dedicated to the agency.
Recently, we sent part of the team to New York City to attend an Awwwards conference on the best Web practices. We also welcomed Pangram Pangram Foundry to speak to us about typography, the evolution of fonts and its use in design and code. Finally, we often hold lunchtime training sessions to keep up to date on new technologies and the latest trends. These training sessions are led by employees who want to get more involved at the agency and share their knowledge with their colleagues.


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Celebrating over a quarter of a century as one of the spearheads of their genre, MESHUGGAH are now treating their fans to the release of a new Blu-ray disc entitled »The Ophidian Trek«. This audio-visual encounter contains a full MESHUGGAH live show, recorded on May 03, 2013 at their co-headline show alongside DEVIN TOWNSEND at Brixton Academy, London. The thirteen tracks on »The Ophidian Trek« represent a great retrospective of MESHUGGAH's fulminant carrier.Kicking off the show with 'Swarm', just one of many from their most recent album »Koloss« (2012), going back to »ObZen« (2008) with songs like 'Lethargica' and 'Bleed' and all the way to the very early days of »Chaosphere« (1998) with the track 'New Millenium Cynadie Christ'.
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A package of fireworks would not have been my first guess for a gift EJ's yochien would send home with the kids before summer vacation. The school knows the kids well. The sparklers brought a big smile.
Little brother watched from afar. He is working up the courage to hold the fire.
Now we just have to find somewhere to light the rest...
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For nearly 100 years, kids have been at the heart of everything we do.
We know that children with strong social emotional health have the tools to overcome adversity. We know that families working together can break the cycles of poverty and abuse. And we know that innovating at the intersection of mental health and education is an ideal starting point.
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The Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao (/shnng-sshyao/ 'born resembling'), is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal and its reputed attributes.
In order, the 12 Chinese horoscope animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. 2019 is a year of the Pig.
12 Zodiac Signs
Chinese zodiac animals have lucky meanings. Chinese people associate each animal with certain characteristics. It's believed that people born in a given year have the personality of that year's animal. Click the animal signs below to learn more about each zodiac animal.
What's Your Zodiac Animal?
Each zodiac animal's year comes around every 12 years, and each year is associated with a zodiac animal. The most recent zodiac sign years are shown below.
Each Chinese zodiac animal has personality traits assigned to it by the ancient Chinese. Chinese people believe these traits will be embodied in people, according to their zodiac sign.
|Zodiac Animal
|Recent Years
|Personality Traits
|1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
|Quick-witted, resourceful, versatile, kind
|1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
|Diligent, dependable, strong, determined
|1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
|Brave, confident, competitive
|1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
|Quiet, elegant, kind, responsible
|1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
|Confident, intelligent, enthusiastic
|1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
|Enigmatic, intelligent, wise
|1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
|Animated, active, energetic
|1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027
|Calm, gentle, sympathetic
|1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
|Sharp, smart, curiosity
|1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029
|Observant, hardworking, courageous
|1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
|Lovely, honest, prudent
|1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031
|Compassionate, generous, diligent
Chinese Zodiac Love Compatibility — Is he/she right for you?
People born in a certain animal year are believed to have attributes of that animal, which could either help or hinder a relationship.
An important use of the Chinese zodiac is to determine if two people are compatible, in a romantic relationship or any kind of relationship.
In ancient times people were faithful to Chinese zodiac compatibility and often referred to it before a romantic relationship began. Even nowadays some people still refer to it.
Best Matches for 12 Signs:
- Rat: Ox, Dragon, Rabbit
- Ox: Rat, Monkey, or Rooster
- Tiger: Dragon, Horse, or Pig
- Rabbit: Rat, Goat, Monkey, Dog, Pig
- Dragon: Rat, Tiger or Snake
- Snake: Dragon, Rooster
- Horse: Goat, Tiger
- Goat: Rabbit, Horse, Pig
- Monkey: Ox, Rabbit
- Rooster: Ox, Snake
- Dog: Rabbit
- Pig: Goat, Tiger, Rabbit
Chinese Zodiac Origins — Why 12 Animals
The 12 animals were chosen deliberately, after many revisions. The zodiac animals are either closely related to ancient Chinese people's daily lives, or have lucky meanings.
Chinese zodiac uses the principles of yin and yang. Since the zodiac animal cycle of 12 is divisible by two, every zodiac sign can occur only as either Yin or Yang.
Get to know Chinese Zodiac story.
Ben Ming Nian (Zodiac Year of Birth)
As the Chinese zodiac recurs every 12 years, your animal year will come around when you are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, etc. According to ancient Chinese superstition, in your birth sign year, you will offend the God of Age, and will have bad luck during that year. Read more on How to be Lucky in Your Zodiac Year.
Chinese Zodiac Hours — Every hour has an animal.
It is widely known that each year is associated with a Chinese zodiac animal, but the animal signs are also assigned to months, days of the week, and hours.
According to professional Chinese astrology, a person's personality and life is more decided by his/her birth hour than year. Zodiac hours, days, months, and years are used together for in-depth character and destiny analysis. In popular astrology, by contrast, only the birth year is used.
In ancient times, in order to tell the time, people divided a day into twelve 2-hour periods, and designated an animal to represent each period, according to each animal's "special time, according to an ancient mnemonic and common observations.
|Zodiac animal
|Rats forage most actively.
|The ancients heard them at this hour.
|Oxen chew the cud most comfortably.
|People of old would get up and feed them at this time.
|Tigers hunt most ferociously.
|Chinese people long ago often hear them roaring at this time.
|Rabbits pound the ground most fervently.
|Rabbits were seen to come out of their holes to eat grass with dew at dawn.
|Dragons hover most thickly.
|Morning mists, particularly coils around hills, made people think of dragons.
|Snakes emerge most readily.
|Snakes come out to sun themselves as the morning sun warms the ground.
|Horses stand most impressively.
|When the sun is strongest, only horses were seen standing, while most other animals would lie down to rest.
|Goats eat and urinate most frequently.
|This was reputedly the best time to herd goats, when the sun had dried the dew on the undergrowth.
|Monkeys play most vigorously.
|Monkeys were seen and heard playing and calling in the trees at this time.
|Roosters return to their coops most routinely.
|Roosters are routinely led back to their henhouses before sunset.
|Dogs guard most dutifully.
|People would take their dogs out to keep a watch at night before sleep.
|Pigs snuffle most sweetly.
|As they settled down to sleep, people heard pigs snouting their troughs.
Chinese Zodiac Years are based on Chinese lunar calendar
There are two dates a Chinese zodiac year could be said to start on:
- Chinese New Year (day 1 of the lunar year), which is somewhere in the period January 21 to February 20
- Start of Spring (day 1 of the solar year), the first day of the first solar term in the traditional Chinese solar calendar, which falls in the period February 3–5.
Most Chinese people use lunar new year as the start of the zodiac year. But for professional fortune telling, Chinese astrologers use 'Start of Spring' or solar new year as the beginning of the zodiac year.
Chinese Zodiac is Used to Predict People's Fortune
To make a relatively correct Chinese fortune prediction, people take many methods into consideration, such as face characteristics, palmistry, and more involved Chinese astrology including birth month, day, and hour, gender, etc.
Zodiac fortune prediction by birth year is only one of these methods. So you may only take Chinese zodiac birth sign horoscopes as a general reference.
See more on Fortune Telling in China — Methods, Benefits, and Tips.
Source: chinahighlights.com


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Tackling Cultism in our Higher Institutions through a Socio-Psychological Analysis: The OAU Experience (2009)The paper discusses the experience of the Committee on Elimination of Secret Cults in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Starting with an analysis of cultism as a behavioural manifestation that takes place within a ...
Taxonomic Evaluation of Homosporous Leptosporangiate Ferns (Pteridophytes) in Southwestern Nigeria (2011)Taxonomical studies of leptosporangiate ferns collected from Southwestern Nigeria were carried out for taxonomic re-evaluation, additional diagnostic features and for establishing the missing gaps in the taxonomy of fern ...
A Taxonomic Study of the Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Southwestern Nigeria. (Obafemi Awolowo University, 1987)The Acridoidea of southwestern Nigeria was studied. Collection of species of Acridoidea was made from different parts of southwestern Nigeria between 1982 and 1986. The collected specimens were identified and a checklist ...
Taxonomical Studies of Selected Ornamental Plants (2007)The neglect of ornamental horticulture by researchers in Nigeria is now more evident than ever. This might be attributed partly to general lack of interest in ornamental studies and also partly due to plant identification ...
Teacher Quality, Modern Technology Applications and Teaching at a South-Western Nigerian University (2006)Increase in enrolment of learners at the different levels of the educational system and particularly in the South-western Nigerian universities motivates this paper. The stretched facilities, infrastructure, poor funding ...
The Teacher, Communication and Educational Technology for Sustainable National Development (1999)The study investigates the attitude of the teacher to the use of educational technology for communicating with learners in the higher education system. A survey of 120 randomly selected subjects comprising 20 teachers and ...
Teachers Perception of the effects and use of learning aids in teaching: a case study of Winneba basic and secondary schools. (2003)Learning and teaching is the concern of the trained teacher. But learning is a complex process. It can however be defined as a change in disposition; a relatively permanent change in behaviour overtime and this is brought ...
Teaching and Learning Science: Imperatives of Specialized Pedagogy in a Changing World (Obafemi Awolowo University Press Limited, 4/14/2015)
Teaching and learning science: imperatives of specialized pedagogy in a changing world. (Obafemi Awolowo University Press Limited, 4/14/2015)
Teaching English Prosodic Features to Nigerian Secondary School Pupils (1995)This study makes a case for the effective teaching of English prosodic features in Nigerian secondary schools and suggests ways by which the teaching can be carried out. It notes the importance of English prosody in ...
Teaching Methods (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2009)
Teaching Methods (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2009)
Teaching Methods (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2008)
Teaching of Islamic Studies at the Junior and Senior Secondary Levels within the 6-3-3-4 Educational Structure (1989)The 6-3-3-4 structure is a recently adopted system which allows students to spend 6 years in the primary school, 3 years in the junior secondary school. Another 3 years in the senior secondary school and finally 4 years ...
The Teaching of Language Skills as a Sequential Bilingual Education Process: An Assessment of Basic Primary School Language Coursebooks in Nigeria (Centre for Language in Education and Development, 1994)In this paper Wale Adegbite assesses the adequacy of the language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - content of some Yoruba and English coursebooks for pupils in early primary education in some Yoruba ...
Teaching Reading Comprehension in English through Vocabulary: A Demonstration of Some Strategies (2000)The effective teaching of reading comprehension to children requires the development of certain skills (viz: perceptive, cognitive and linguistic skills). These skills can be focused on severally during teaching or, ...
Technique in Counselling (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2011)
Technique of Counselling (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2009)
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HCM CITY — Vissan Joint Stock Company targets a pre-tax profit of VNĐ179 billion on revenues of VNĐ4.6 trillion (US$204.5 million) this year, respectively 8 per cent and 18 per cent higher year-on-year.
Speaking at the annual shareholders meeting in HCM City yesterday, Nguyễn Ngọc An, the company's general director, said the livestock sector would be more positive this year than last year, with more pig farms resuming production, sow numbers controlled and growing at a steady rate and a greater balance between supply and demand.
Pork prices are forecast to increase, he said.
Consumers would buy more and more food from modern trade channels and the retail market thus has a lot of potential for development, he said.
An said to meet the target this year the company would increase supply of pork, beef and processed foods this year by 15-20 per cent, he said.
It would increase sales of fresh meat products through modern distribution channels, convenience stores and the hotel, restaurant and catering sector, he said.
It plans to develop new fresh meat products targeting high-income customers, and open at least one shop targeting this segment this year, he said.
Besides retaining a strong foothold in traditional markets, the company would expand its presence not only in HCM City but also other cities and provinces, he said.
Speaking about acquiring modern technology for its slaughterhouse and food processing plant, he said the company would identify a contractor to supply equipment that can slaughter 360 pigs every hour.
Nguyễn Phúc Khoa, Vissan's chairman, said with regard to Sài Gòn Trading Group (Satra)'s divestment of its stakes in Vissan, it has to wait for directions from the city.
Satra owns 67.76 per cent of Vissan. — VNS
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