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SAD candidate, supporters booked for bribing voters
Ludhiana, January 29 The candidates are finding new ways of luring the voters on the eve of the Assembly elections. Residents of the area came to know that the SAD candidate from Atam Nagar (who is Hira Singh Gabria, a Cabinet Minister) and his supporters have issued slips mentioning that the person in possession of this slip should be given wheat flour bags. Interestingly, name of Hira Singh Gabria has not been mentioned in the FIR as it reads SAD candidate from Atam Nagar and his supporters. Aman Pal Singh, SHO of the Shimlapuri police station, said an FIR (number 19) under Section 171 D of the IPC was registered against the SAD candidate and his supporters on a complaint lodged by Yograj Singh, a resident of Deep Nagar near the Gill Chowk. Yograj Singh alleged that he was standing near Parkash Kiryana Store when he saw some people taking away wheat flour bags. When he enquired from them, he was told that SAD candidate Hira Singh Gabria and his supporters had issued these slips. We raided the shop and seized 127 such slips from the owner of Parkash Kiryana Store, the SHO added. Before the cops could reach the spot, supporters of Independent candidate and Gabrias arch rival, Simarjit Singh Bains too reached the spot and raised slogans against the SAD candidate. SAD candidate Hira Singh Gabria said it was an attempt to tarnish his image. I strongly condemn it. I have never indulged in such cheap tactics and dont even encourage them myself. People of my constituency know me since long and are aware I will not do any such thing, claimed Gabria. Simarjit Singh Bains said the real picture of Hira Singh Gabria had come out in open. Gabria knows that he will not win from Atam Nagar and that is why he has started bribing the voters. Later, Bains supporters claimed that another grocery shop owner in the Jawahar Nagar Camp area was caught distributing flour bags by using similar slips. We have forwarded a written complaint in this regard with the police department as well as the election observers, claimed Kanwaljit Singh Karwal, a councillor and Bains supporter. |
With cops on poll duty traffic goes haywire
Ludhiana, January 29 Ambulances also remained stranded and their sirens failed to deter commuters who were busy maneuvering their vehicles through serpentine queues. After remaining stranded in traffic for nearly 30 minutes, I called at traffic helpline and told them about traffic jam at the Pakhowal road. But the reply was shocking. The cop on the helpline told me that the staff has been deputed on poll duty and there was no one to regulate the traffic, said Parmeshwar Singh. Similar scenes were witnessed at all weekend shopping destinations of the city, including the Ferozepur Road, Ghumar Mandi, Sarabha Nagar Market, Mall Road and the Fountain Chowk. All these areas remained blocked till late night. A senior traffic police official while expressing his helplessness said, We are left with handful of cops to regulate the traffic. The entire fleet of PCR motorcycle has been deputy on poll duty.
Father postpones daughter's ring ceremony to attend poll duty
Ludhiana, January 29 It was around the first week of January that Kuldeep came to know that he would have to perform duty at a polling station on January 30, the same day on which the ring ceremony was scheduled to take place. The cards were ready and those were about to be distributed. Being the father of the girl he was busy arranging for the ceremony and decided to meet the returning officer (RO) to express his inability to attend the election duty. "You know the Punjabi weddings. It is like organising a festival of sorts. Elder male members of the family have extra responsibilities. As my son, an NRI, had not arrived here for the wedding the entire job of booking a marriage palace and buying wedding stuff from the market was on me," said Kuldeep. He was on his way to meet the RO, carrying his draughter's wedding and engagement cards. But on reaching the office of the RO, he changed his mind and decided to perform the duty and postpone the date of the ring ceremony. There were initial opposition from close relatives to changing the dates. "Naturally everyone was upset at my decision. But later they agreed and supported me," said Kuldeep. Day before the state goes to the polls, Kuldeep was busy receiving his son who had just returned from Canada and further distributing sweets among relatives. "I finished distributing wedding invitations and sweet boxes among the relatives in the morning. Now, I am on duty till tomorrow," said Kuldeep. On the other hand, District Science Supervisor Varinder Kaur could have easily avoided election duty as she has been appointed assistant presiding and returning officer at a polling booth in Khanna, which is not on a par with her designation. But she did not make an issue of the anomaly committed by the Education Department and started performing her duty. "Why to make it an issue. It is a matter of two days," said Varinder Kaur.
Admn officials go on overdrive
Ludhiana, January 29 The Ludhiana district alone has 14 Assembly constituencies with 21.35 lakh voters. These constituencies comprise 1,214 polling stations with 2,262 polling booths. Out of 1,214 polling stations, 162 in the district have been declared as hypersensitive. Of these, 29 are in the Khanna police district, 53 in the Ludhiana Rural and Police district and 80 in Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana. Paramilitary personnel will be deployed in all these 162 stations. About 516 polling booths have been declared sensitive. These include 122 in Khanna, 114 in Ludhiana Rural and 280 in the Ludhiana Police Commissionerate. At all these booths, cameras or micro-observers will be deployed apart from the personnel of the Armed Punjab Police. About 536 polling booths have been declared normal. However, the district administration has decided to cover even these polling booths with cameras or micro-observers apart from the personnel of the Punjab Police. Ludhiana South, Atam Nagar and the Dakha constituencies have been specially supplemented with the reserve patrol parties to ensure that nothing untoward happens there, said an official of the district administration. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We want elections to be conducted in a peaceful manner. At least 201 sector magistrates with the police patrol will remain on their toes right from evening (today) till tomorrow night. They will keep vigil in 2,262 polling booths to ensure that everything remains in order, the official added. |
No takers for hosiery goods Ludhiana, January 29 The manufactured stocks have piled up in godowns but there are no takers. Though the government has announced several relief measures to support the textile industry, but it seems they are not enough. Joginder Singhs hosiery manufacturing medium scale unit is passing through a tough phase. The late onset of winter has also caused a sudden drop of over 30 per cent in production. The market was down last year and this year there has been an increase in the input price. Last year also the season did not go very well. We have seen a fall of 25 to 30 per cent in the exports, he added. Krishn Lal, another hosiery exporter, said the government should announce some relief package for the hosiery exporters. Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) will prove beneficial for the hosiery industry. Exports to European markets have gone down substantially and the domestic market is also suffering as well, he said. The domestic market is suffering due to the late onset of winters and in addition to these Chinese garments illegally entering the market is also creating hurdles for the industry. |
Absentee cops show up Ludhiana, January 29 At least 20 policemen, who failed to report during the allotment of election duty in the morning, marked themselves present after being reprimand by the senior police official. These 20 policemen, who are deployed in VIP duties, had failed to report at a local college ground during the allotment of poll duties. |
Victim of circumstances
Ludhiana, January 29 Talking to The Tribune, Prabhjot, who lost is father in his childhood, said: "I have three sisters, two are married and one is unmarried. My mother is the sole bread earner who earns the livelihood by working as domestic help in some houses. It is very difficult for us to make both ends meet. Every month I have to go to the PGI, Chandigarh, at least thrice for my treatment. My cartilages of both of heels have been damaged due to hemophilia arthopathy. The doctors have asked me to for operation, which will cost about Rs 6 lakh. So now I cannot walk at my own and have to take the support of crutches. Due to the financial problem, my younger sister had to leave her studies in between. But I have not lost my hope and want to live life." By now, the young boy has approached more than two dozen administrative officers of the state as well as of the district. He has also appealed for the financial help and for some job that he could do. He said, "Many a time, I have given applications in the different departments but could not get any job. I have passed class XII only last year with 65 per cent marks. Earlier, I got compartment in the year 2000 in the same class but I appeared again in the exams last year and succeeded. The result motivated me to apply for some job but I could not." Prabhjot wants to have some sitting job, so that he can earn his own livelihood. He said, "About six months ago, an NGO Salaam Zindagi started helping me by giving ration for only me every month. I appeal to the public in general to help me financially or by providing me any job. Any well wisher can contact me on my cell phone number 99152 95758." |
Homeless forced to brave the chill
Jagraon, January 29 Though the Municipal Corporation opened a night shelter for the homeless following the Supreme Courts orders, it is of no use, as it remains locked. The homeless are forced to brave the chill and spend the night in the open. The Municipal Council converted Shaheed Bhagat Singh Community Hall located on the Raikot Road into a night shelter with an aim of providing roof to the homeless. But, the main gate of the shelter remains locked and not even a soul could be found inside it. The shelter remains locked most of the time. We havent seen any person staying in it. Heaps of garbage can be seen lying in front of its entrance gate, said Nacchatar Singh, who resides in front of this night shelter. There are at least 50 homeless persons in the town while the Municipal Council records state that there are 10 such persons. I have been staying here for the past four months, but nobody ever told me about the night shelter, said Ram
Parsad, a rickshaw-puller, who sleeps outside a shop. It seems that officials have failed to make people aware of the facility provided by the Municipal Council. President of the Jagraon Municipal Council, Baldev Krishan
Dhir, failed to give exact number of homeless staying in the night shelter. I am not aware of the number of persons staying in the night shelter. I will have to check the records, he added. |
Printing association to impart training in govt schools
Ludhiana, January 29 A lecture was delivered at the Govt High School,
Kasabad. An official of the printers association said that it is seen that the industry is dependent on the migrant workforce. First, there were people from
Himachal, Utrakhand and then UP and later on from Bihar. "On the one hand, the industry is facing acute shortage of the skilled and semi-skilled
labour, on the other hand it is seen that the younger generation is not interested in adopting printing as a career," said Kamal Chopra, general secretary of the
OPA. Chopra said, "We are encouraging the students to get training for this profession in their spare time. Printing has many skills such as pre-press, DTP, screen printing, post-press, binding, machine operator etc. A student can get training in any of these modular employable skills
(MES) in his or her spare time even while studying in the school. The OPA will be providing such training free at the printing units of its members. The students, who attend the training, will be given a stipend of Rs 1,000 per month. Such training will be provided on flexible delivery mechanism i.e. part-time, weekends or full time. The training period for each of the MES is divided in hours and a student can complete these hours of training in a period of his or her choice. There will be no time frame fixed for the purpose, but the student will be getting the stipend till the time they are getting the training in a particular skill. The training will be provided at the printing unit of the member of the
OPA, nearest to the residence of the student, where they have the sufficient training facilities and required talented staff. |
The din of electioneering is over, even though it was less noisy, low-key affair and definitely less expensive for candidates, thanks to the tough measures taken by the Election Commission (EC) of India. If the EC has gone all out to make the process of elections scrupulously as per the provisions of the laws of the land, and the offenders, whoever those had been, were not spared, it is now upon the people to perform their constitutional duty of exercising their right to vote. The electorate ought to remember that the day of polling exclusively belongs to them, and at least for one day, they are the masters. As the State Electoral Officer has also been sending SMSes to the voters to cast their vote with utter caution, choosing the right candidate, it would be in the own interest of the electorate to vote according to their conscience and not to fall prey to any allurements offered by candidates. Amusing answers!
Sometimes journalists get amusing answers to their queries and one is left with no option but to laugh aloud. Recently, during an election coverage, one of my colleagues called up a candidate to ask about his assets to which he replied, "Bhagwan ki kripa se hamare paas sab kuch hai". She once again asked him to tell her about his assets but the candidate kept thanking the God for giving him all the luxuries in her life. Another colleague called up somebody in the vegetable market to enquire about the veggie prices as she had to prepare a price list. When she asked the person about the price of onion, the person on the other end said: "Koi gal nahin madam tussi dukan te aa jao, aapa theek rate laga davange". We wont listen!
Recently during the visit of the Dream Girl, Hema Malini, to the city for campaigning, there was a huge rush at Janakpuri, the venue of the event. The police deployed at the venue asked everyone to park their vehicles far from the stage, which was set up in the middle of the road. When the reporter asked a policemen to let her park vehicle nearby as many other four-wheelers, too, were parked there, the policeman said: "Madam ji, we are not going to listen to you today. Code of conduct has been imposed, neither will we listen to you nor to these ministers or VIPs. We will listen to our IAS/IPS officers who have asked us to be strict with everyone, thats it!". Anxious caller
An anxious caller called up a newspaper office and asked, "Did you get any news that an earthquake is about to occur this month? If so, please tell me the details." Replying to the query, the reporter said: "No there is no such information with us. Moreover, there is no such equipment which can predict earthquake." The caller said: "How is it possible? The newspaper people know everything. Please check up from your sources and kindly let me know". After saying this he banged the phone. On poll duty 24X7
While the city residents are busy discussing politics in the cosy comforts of their homes, it's the jawans of the paramilitary forces and Punjab police who are on 24X7 duty. Their duty will not end after the polling is over, but they will remain on duty till the time the results are announced on March 6. "We have to remain on our toes till March 6. Even though the voting would be held on January 30 and even the candidate can relax, our duty would get harder after the voting day as the safety of EVMs would be at top on our agenda," said a security personnel. Contributed by Kuldip Bhatia, Manav Mander, Shivani Bhakoo, Anupam Bhagria and Puneet Pal Singh Gill |
Deduct penalty from officials pension: Panel
Ludhiana, January 29 Taking up a complaint filed by RTI activist Rohit Sabharwal alleging that GLADA had failed to provide information within the stipulated period on violations of building bylaws in the colonies developed by it from 2000 to 2010, and any action taken by GLADA against such violations, the State Information Commission had on December 20, 2011, imposed a penalty of Rs 15,000 on the PIO of GLADA. In the orders, the commission had further directed that the amount of penalty be deducted from the salary of the PIO and deposited in the state treasury under the relevant head. "An attested copy of the receipt challan be produced before the commission for record," the commission had ruled. As the complaint was taken up on January 17, 2012, to take note of the compliance, GLADA filed a submission citing cause for the delay in providing the information to the applicant. The authority pleaded that there were some 2,200 files in the Estate Office and the staff had to examine each and every file to collect the data and compile the same. "Due to heavy workload involved in the case, an interim reply was sent to the applicant on September 5, 2011, and thereafter, complete information spread over 84 pages was provided to the applicant on November 16, 2011." The statement filed by GLADA also expressed sincere regret for non-appearance of the PIO, or his representative before the commission on December 20, 2011, while also making a plea for remission of the penalty as the then PIO had since retired. The commission, however, rejected the plea made by GLADA and issued directions to the authority that in view of the fact that the order of penalty has already been passed (on December 20, 2011). The complaint will again come up for hearing on March 14, 2012, for confirmation of compliance. |
People still superstitious about thalasaemia
Ludhiana, January 29 Manjit Saini, founder president of Salaam Zindagi, a non-government organisation, which takes care of thalasaemic children free of cost, said: About a fortnight ago we came across a migrant family at Hambran Road, near the Ram Sharnam building, who had a three-year-old child suffering from thalasaemia. Someone told me that the childs parents believed that their child had been suffering from some supernatural problem and they were visiting faith healers for his treatment. I approached the family and got to know that they had already lost their two kids to the same disease. Besides the three-year-old boy, they have one 12-year-old daughter. I explained to them the treatment of the disease and registered the child for the future treatment. Saini said: If any one in the public comes across any such child who is too poor to get treatment for thalasaemia or the family is not treating the child properly, one can contact our NGO at 9814704064. |
Diesel cars may become dearer
Ludhiana, January 29 While the overall the automobile market has not been witnessing its once robust growth since mid-2011, the demand for diesel-run cars has seen an upward trend. In fact, buyers are increasingly ready for waiting for months, as the gap between petrol and diesel prices has widened. Diesel cars now constitute nearly 40 per cent of car sales, compared to less than 20 per cent a few years ago. Slackening demand compelled Maruti to reduce production of petrol models in August, while there is a waiting period of several months for its diesel vehicles. The picture is still not very clear and we will come to know only after the budget is presented. If the excise duty on diesel cars is increased, the price of diesel-run cars is sure to increase. At present people prefer diesel cars to petrol ones as petrol prices are too high to afford for those who daily commute long distances by cars, said Parminder, a salesmen dealing in diesel cars. Jagdev who was planning to buy a new car after couple of months will now be buying it next month. After I heard that excise duty on diesel cars is likely to be hiked after budget I thought it wise to buy the car early. If the excise duty is hiked then I will end up paying more money so buying the car right now is a better option, according to me, added he. |
Industry pins hopes on new govt
Ludhiana, January 29 Joint secretary of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking, Upkar Singh, said: The industry wants city airport to become fully operational as businessmen regularly visit New Delhi and Mumbai for meetings and other works. A new focal point should be developed for the industry and uninterrupted power should be supplied to the industrial sector. We are suffering huge losses due to this. President of the Federation of Punjab Small Industries Association, Badish Jindal, said: The levels of environmental pollution needs to be reduced. We hope that the new government will take some steps in this direction. Besides this, the problem of Budha Nullah needs to resolved once and for all. Jindal added that the VAT reforms should be introduced and subsidies should be given for setting up new industry in the state. To stop the industry from shifting to other states the new government should give tax benefits and subsidies for setting up industry in Punjab. He said. President of the United Cycle Parts and Manufacturers Association, Gurmeet Singh Kular, said the new government should set up new focal points, abolish C forms and cycles below Rs 3,500 exempted from sales tax. |
Silver sales zoom in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, January 29 There was a time when one could see silver spoons and glasses lying carelessly in the Indian households, but now silver, too, has become a precious metal. Silver prices have surged, so many people think of selling silver spoons in order to earn money. Silver spoons, glasses and bowls were not considered that useful, but now they bring in a lot of cash, said Pankaj Kumar, a jeweller. Gold is less accessible to customers because of its high prices. The number of people who buy wedding gifts made of gold has decreased to about a tenth. In the past, people did not consider silver to be appropriate for wedding gifts, but these days due to high gold prices they have switched to silver, said Bhagat Ram at Sarafan Bazaar. He believes that the price of silver will continue to rise. More than half of the worlds silver is used in industries, and as the industry expands with economic recovery, so will the demand for silver. |
Greenhorns with big ambitions
Ludhiana, January 29 From Ludhiana West it is 26-year-old Navpreet Singh Bedi who is pursuing his law studies at Punjab University regional centre and trying his luck as an independent candidate. Talking to The Tribune, Bedi said: I have seen that all political parties just keep making false promises to the residents and do nothing on the ground. So I have decided to contest as an independent throughout my life. I will never bow to any allurements like if any party allures me with VIP treatment like red-beacon car or so on. And ask about his poll plank, he says, Basic needs and basic amenities to each human being. He carried out his campaigning by visiting door to door and distributing pamphlets among residents on the last day of campaigning. However 31-year-old Anand Sharma, a candidate of the PPP-led Sanjha Morcha from Ludhiana North said: I joined this party as the people of Punjab need a change and only this party can bring about a change. Interestingly, Sharma has had served as a priest of Nav Durga Mandir at Sarabha Nagar for two years. However his main occupation is of a builder. On asking as what his own stars predict for him as he also practices astrology as his hobby, he said: I believe in philosophy of karma and so contesting the elections considering these as a will of the God. After working with other political parties for some years, 29-year-old Jagjit Singh, an independent candidate from Ludhiana East, said: I want to serve the public by providing them justice in all aspects. He is a property dealer and also runs a factory. Not only from urban but also from rural areas there are candidates who are contesting for the first time. Daljeet Singh Sadarpura, 38-year-old candidate of the PPP from the Dakha constituency, said: I have worked with both Capt Amarinder Singh as well as with Prakash Singh Badal but being the president of the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association, Punjab, I have found that Manpreet Singh Badal is the right person whose policies are very good for the development of Punjab. So I have joined his party. My poll planks are development of dairy farming and providing employment opportunities to the youth. |
Campaigning over, not efforts
Ludhiana, January 29 For candidates, campaigning is still not over. The last-minute efforts are being made to streamline everything. The candidates were busy holding hectic meetings with leaders to chalk out last-minute strategies. On the eve of the election day, the Congress candidate from Jagraon, Isher Singh Meharban, held a closed-door meeting with sitting Congress MLA from Jagraon Gurdeep Singh Bhaini. Though the main agenda of the meeting was revealed neither by Meharban nor by Bhaini, it is believed that Meharban assured Bhaini of giving appropriate position to him after coming to power. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Congress candidate from Ludhiana West, said: "Today we remained busy plugging the loopholes. We held meetings with some workers and supporters and also with our polling agents. It is like a neve-ending mad race." While DP Maur, CPI candidate of the Sanjha Morcha from this constituency, said: "I gave the finishing touches to some of my pending works related to elections. I held a meeting with the workers in my election office and appealed to my supporters and workers to actively work to mobilise voters." He also asked them to maintain peace during the polling. However, on the eve of the Vidhan Sabha elections, it was Prof Rajinder Bhandari who remained busy reviewing all the arrangements related to the poll day. For Surinder Dawar, Congress candidate from Ludhiana Central, the eve was a mixture of holding meetings, offering prayers to "Guruji". "It is like a wedding in the family with all the members of my family, extended families and friends camping at my place. We have kept our fingers crossed that everything goes well tomorrow," said Dawar. While Satpal Gosain, BJP candidate from the same (Central) constituency, said at his office, it was a wedding-like atmosphere with lot of hustle bustle caused by the my active workers and supporters. "Today also I visited people in my constituency", said Gosain. |
151 polling booths sensitive
Khanna, January 29 In the Khanna constituency there are 90 polling stations and 493 polling booths. In Samrala there are 126 polling stations and 168 polling booths and at Payal there are 111 polling stations and 160 polling booths. Around 2000 personnel of Punjab Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the police district to ensure fair and free elections. He said 42 patrol parties had been deployed on election duty tomorrow. As many as 151 polling booths have been identified as sensitive and hyper-sensitive and additional police personnel have been despatched to these stations. Police nakas have been set up at key points and flag marches were held in Khanna city and at some other key stations, he added. |
No anti-incumbency factor, says BJP
Ludhiana, January 29 He stated that there was no anti-incumbency factor and the Congress had no issue in these elections. The BJP is in a strong position in the state and they will win all the seats. |
Candidate cashes in on others popularity
Ludhiana, January 29 Amit Kumar, an independent candidate from Ludhiana South, is under the scanner of the Election Commission for not pasting his picture on the posters in order to mislead the residents of the Daba area. According to the police, Amit was allotted "letter box" as his election symbol. Incidentally, it is the same election symbol as the one allotted to rebel SAD leader Simarjit Bains, who is fighting the election as an independent candidate from the Atam Nagar constituency. While Simarjit Bain's elder brother Balwinder Bains is fighting as an independent candidate in the Ludhiana South constituency on the election symbol of torch. The Bains brothers enjoy considerable support in the Shimlapuri, Daba and Lohara areas. Trying to cash in on the vote bank of the Bains brothers, Amit Kumar dotted the the Daba area with posters depicting election symbol letter box. But, Amit played smart as he used the election symbol but did not figure on his posters. The police nabbed six persons for pasting misleading posters. During the time of questioning they named Amit. According to the Daba police, the returning officer (RO) has been informed about the tactic of the independent candidate. |
In rural Punjab patriarch decides
Ludhiana, January 29 We have to follow scrupulously what the head of our family says. Men know all about these matters and we go by whatever they decide, says Lakhwant Kaur, a homemaker from Abbupura village in Jagraon. In the villages, voting is not an individuals choice. Its a collective decision taken by the head of Even in the Assembly constituencies where women candidates are in the fray, its the men who decide how the women should exercise their right to vote. Women are tender hearted. They cannot take Independent decisions. They feel lost when it comes to politics. So, a male intervention is imperative. After all, we should exercise our right to vote judiciously, says a young man from Jagraon. As for the women, they are happy toeing the line of conformity. There is no reason why we should resent this. The head of the family decides not only for us but also for all others. It only shows that we are a close knit family, says Gurpreet Kaur (56), a resident of Barewal village. However, in many cases the gender divide blurs conveniently. A poll manifesto? I have no idea, says a 35-year-old woman from Khanna. Her husband, whos accompanying her, too expresses his ignorance about the poll manifestos of various parties. |
Forward Block
member visits city
Ludhiana, January 29 A meeting was organised with party cadres and workers of the railway and textile and small-scale industries and others. On the occasion, Tiwari said TUCC and the party would not support any other political party in the Assembly elections. |
ludhiana scan Ludhiana: A meeting was organised by the working committee of the All-India Senior Citizen at Satluj Club, Rakh Baag. A demand for the financial-aid and hike in pension from the government was put forward. Central committee members of All-India Forward Block and AP Tiwari, national president of the Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC) visited Ludhiana keeping in view the Assembly Election. A meeting was organised with the party workers, railway, industrial, textile, small scale, domestic workers and agriculture labour unions. Tiwari revealed that the TUCC and the party will not support the any other political party in Assembly Elections. Sirjandhara holds meeting
A monthly meeting was organised by the literary organisation "Sirjandhara" at Punjabi Bhawan. A number of renowned writers were present on the occasion. |
3,000 take part in job fest
Khanna, Jan 29 The participating companies shortlisted several candidates after screening through written test, group discussion and the HR rounds. Source said no registration fee was charged. A free transport facility was provided for the candidates from
Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Ambala, Patiala, Nabha and the Ludhiana region. |
from schools Ludhiana: Green Land Convent School, Sector 32, Chandigarh road, celebrated Basant Panchmi here on Saturday. The event was celebrated to keep the old customs alive. Everest Pb Sr Sec School
The students of Everest Pb Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, celebrated Basant Panchmi festival here on Saturday. A fancy dress competition was organised on the occasion. The students presented dance and song programme. Spring Dale Sr Sec Public School
Spring Dale Sr. Sec. Public School celebrated Basant Panchami function. The students were dressed in yellow attires. The traditional ritual of worshipping Goddess Saraswati was followed by various interesting activities like kite decoration and sunflower making. The main attraction of the day was the kite flying competition. Daman of class VII bagged first position, Rahul Kohli of VI stood second and the third prize was won by Rajinder of VI. Penguin Castle Pre School
The tiny tots of Penguin Castle Pre School, Udham Singh Nagar, celebrated Basant Panchami. The students were dressed in yellow clothes to mark the occasion. The children were explained that yellow colour on this day signifies the splendour of nature as the yellow flowers of the mustard crop. Vocational training ends
The students of the class XI vocational stream of the Government Senior Secondary School, Hans Kalanm, undertook a 15-day training programme. The training consisted of the basic computers and management functions at the Ludhiana Group of Colleges (LGC), Chaukimann. The training was a part of curriculum for the vocational stream students. |
school games
Ludhiana, January 29 He said he was quite confident before the race as he was running on his home ground and he used to practise on the same track daily. A resident of the Jalandhar bypass area, Gaurav said the hurdle race is different from other races and an athlete should have proper stamina for this event as he has to cross a number of hurdles on the track. Gaurav said: "It was my desire to win a gold medal in this meet but unfortunately I missed it. But, I am satisfied with my performance and feel that its all due to the guidance of my coach, Sanjeev Sharma. Fourteen-year-old Gaurav said: "Before this competition, which was held in the first week of this month, I had attended national a rural athletics competition that was held in Kolkata, West Bengal, but unfortunately I couldnt bag any medal there and I was quite disheartened after that meet, but now his morale is up. He said earlier in 2011 in the Punjab state school games he had bagged gold in the same event and he had also won gold in the state open athletics meet. |
poll buzz Mandi Ahmedgarh: Supporters of candidates, including Independents, have found novel ways to woo the voters of the town and adjoining Sangrur and Ludhiana districts. Besides bringing them precious gifts, they present cash as token of love to children and newlywed couples of poor families. Though no formal complaints were received at any of the offices, the authorities, including civil officials and police, had been visiting vulnerable localities, including Vehras and slum colonies. Investigations revealed that supporters of various candidates had started visiting poor families with an intention to woo them to vote in their favour. Gurpreet Singh Sikand, ACP, said: I have directed all my beat in charge to enhance vigil during this period ." |
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Well this is not refrigerator OS and i like my center full screen and not cut by left or right side so what it will be, stock price to low or something?
SuSE? For NVIDIA users SuSE is (S)uSEless! I've tried 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2 and always got a giant kernel panic with NVIDIA when I tried to switch to the terminal, or randomly, absent with EVERY OTHER DISTRO. Also, Kubuntu Maverick Meerkat is a lot better than previous Kubuntu incarnations. You have an useful package manager (KPackagekit is, for the first time, really useful, and if you need more, you can install Muon from a PPA), a working Bluetooth stack (not that disaster called KBluetooth) and no mysterious translation bugs (this is a FIRST, congratulations!).
Kubuntu has surpassed the desktop experience of Fedora KDE, right now. I don't know about SuSE, because the SuSE-specific panics have kept me out from it.
Well this is not refrigerator OS and i like my center full screen and not cut by left or right side so what it will be, stock price to low or something?
And fix this site is too slow and stop giving me new text window if got 1 min limitation, when i press back page...
While I have no reason to doubt you, aside from my own experiences with Unity and Gnome-Shell (jhbuilt 2 days ago on desktop), why have I been unable to use Unity for the past several weeks? At the same time, G-S, from the ppa, runs fine (this is on netbook).
Unity doesn't seem to solve any problems. A dock (AWN, or, perferably, Cairo-Dock, or even Docky) would give you the same side-panel plus more features. The ridiculous accordion effect looks neato but is not as good a solution as fish-eye, plus it will be interesting to see it's use on a touch screen (while G-S would actually work well on a touch screen -- giant freaking icons in overview + activities button (expose)).
No, I don't think this was well thought out, just as I think Shuttleworth's notification system was not well thought out. Gnome-Shell's notification system is already better than Ubuntu's, IMHO, and it is not complete.
Ubuntu has really good designers NOW, and their papercuts project was/is fantastic, but left to their own, I fear for the distro.
Meh - I think it's time for me to go back to vanilla Debian...
Agreed. I've used opensuse on multiple computers including ones with nvidia gpus... sad that people hate on a distro just because they don't know how to install a driver.
As for apt vs zypper, they're almost the same except zypper has more functionality. I don't see why someone would use apt over zypper unless the just came from a debian distro and didn't realize that they simple need to write zypper instead of apt-get... That's why they dropped apt for suse right? There was 0 advantage in using apt so it was a waste the time.
If silly little deb fanboys, who think it at all about the 3 little letters at the end of package files, gave opensuse a proper chance and checked out the build service they'd see the old arguments of deb vs rpm are dead. It doesn't matter any more... not that there's really any real difference anyway.
I applaud Canonical for taking such a bold step. The conservative Linux community will of course reject this in their usual duplicitous manner ("we have KDE and Gnome, why would we need anything else?") but, as Conan used to say, to hell with them! Our ecosystem cannot evolve without taking risks.
Obviously, Unity is not ready for prime-time right now but Canonical is putting some serious muscle behind it. I have nothing but respect for smspillaz (Compiz) and he deserves to be recognized for his efforts. His experience will help make Unity shine.
As for GNOME Shell, I think it's a lost cause. I really wanted to like it, but its developers still haven't managed to make something useful after 2 years. Their attitude doesn't help either and I wouldn't be surprised if it was rejected for GNOME 3 in its current state.
What is up with this, "We are a GNOME distribution" and "We are a KDE distribution" nonsense?
Seriously, there is some apps from the GNOME camp that works better, and some from KDE camp.
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gnome-ubuntu of course
i hate look and feel of KDE it reminds me windows...
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Newcastle bike activism groups promoting pushbikes as happy, ethical, and safe sustainable transport. Become a member to help pressure authorities for safer cycle/walking in region. Trade in or cash or buy/borrow 2nd hand bicycles /parts/accessories or fixing. Donate bikes/parts. Traffic skills workshops(stop car annoyance)
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We are a Bicycle Users Group based in the Western bayside suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. We are working to improve conditions for cyclists within the municipality of Hobson's Bay. We also advocate for issues in Marybynong, Brimbank and Wyndham. We also run fun recreational events and are developing a collection of local rides to promote cycling in our region.
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On paper, the ideal way to win would be to plow right over everything between you and the checkpoints, whether a huge mountain or a rock-filled valley. But the vehicle has to survive the eight days. The smart strategy is to aim for the straightest line that won't break your race truck, and makes the most sense for the day's events.
That strategy was why Miller (a veteran off-road racer, part of Rod Hall's race team) was frustrated when she and French co-driver Armelle Medard pulled into CP 5 and heard about Stage 7. They had spent the entire day going fast, covering more kilometers on flatter ground, all in anticipation of being among the few to reach CP 7. With the news that the stage was canceled, Miller knew she would be penalized for the added kilometers without the payoff of reaching CP 7. The entire day's strategy had been for nothing.
We had been following Miller (number 109) and the other American team -- driver Amy Lerner and her sister, navigator Tricia Reina (number 107), also in an H3 -- since the day before. Lerner and Reina were true rookies here; neither one had driven off-road before, let alone raced. But there is an extensive training program for participants, so even first-timers can give the rally a try.
For the first part of the rally, we rode along with Alberto Goncales, who has provided support for the Gazelles rally for nearly 10 years, raced in Dakar, and will help determine and prerun the route for Dakar this year, as he has in the past. Like everyone on the support crew, he owns the vehicle he drives -- a 1995 80 Series Land Cruiser, powered by a 4.2-liter turbodiesel inline-six with a five-speed manual transmission. It's certainly stout enough for an event like this. Goncales explained that this event is about management -- managing yourself, your vehicle, and the mood inside the vehicle. We saw few examples of vehicle damage, illness, and bad moods. The upside is that every night provides a chance to recover and reorganize for the next day.


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Parshat Masei 5768
Parshat Masei, the portion of journeys, begins with a recounting of the Israelites' travels from slavery in Egypt to the borders of Israel. Yet within this re-telling of the Israelites' trek comes a different journey: the path of a manslayer into exile.
An entire chapter of the parshah addresses the process by which an unintentional murderer is sent out of the community for his own protection. A person convicted of accidentally taking a life is sent to one of six cities of refuge. He lives there, guarded from his victim's avenging relatives, until the natural death of the high priest.[1] If an exiled murderer wants to return home, his only recourse is to pray for the High Priest's death.
Why the connection between a powerful priest and an accidental killer? Strikingly, the Mishna tells us that the high priest's mother is also connected to the exiled manslayers.
…Therefore, the mothers[2] of the high priests supply [the unintentional murderers] with food and clothing, in order that they won't pray that their sons die.[3]
The image of the High Priest's mother distributing food and clothing to exiled murderers is unexpected—and incomplete. The text does not fully capture the enormity of her project. Think of the logistics: one woman providing basic necessities for exiled murderers in six different cities. Did she have helpers? It seems that the High Priest's mother ran the equivalent of a relief organization.
The Mishna presents the mother's role in a self-serving manner: she cares for the exiles because she knows it is necessary for the safety of her son. Yet could the High Priest's mother have another motivation for dedicating her life of social prestige and privilege to those forced to flee their homes?
This story is reminiscent of one we've heard before. When baby Moses was endangered by Pharaoh's decree to kill all first-born Israelite boys, it was an Egyptian princess, the daughter of Pharaoh, who sheltered and nurtured him. Both the mother of the High Priest and the daughter of Pharaoh were women of status who protected the lives of the vulnerable.
In the case of baby Moses, the Israelites were targets of direct oppression. They were taught that their lives were disposable in Egyptian society. In the case of the accidental murderers, the exiled are products of an imperfect legal system: the only means to protect their safety was exclusion. Pharaoh's daughter and the mother of the High Priest challenged these political and social indignities, preventing the vulnerable from feeling like society's refuse.
These women have something to teach us.
Around the world, millions of people are taught, purposefully and implicitly, by violence and poverty, by being denied access to education, health care and fair labor, that they are disposable.
Pharaoh's daughter's action toward baby Moses was in contradiction to the harsh and violent oppression of Egypt toward the Israelites. Through her aid, the mother of the High Priest brought dignity to the exiled and recognized the injustice of the social system that enforced his exclusion.
This week, the Israelites recount their passage from a place of slavery to a land of promise. Embedded inside is another narrative, the story of a woman embodying care and responsibility for the banished. She models for us the true journey of our people: creating a sustainable freedom with dignity for all.
Rabbi Dorothy A. Richman is the Rabbi Martin Ballonoff Memorial Rabbi-in-Residence at Berkeley Hillel. Dorothy was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary and her first job after rabbinical school was as an AJWS group leader in Honduras. Dorothy continued to lead groups to the developing world with AJWS as she served congregations Beth Sholom and Shaar Zahav in San Francisco. She is also a Regional Council member for the Progressive Jewish Alliance. Dorothy is married to Dr. Mike Steinman and is Ema (Mom) to two boys. Dorothy can be reached at email@example.com.
[1] Bamidbar 35
[2] The Mishna, which refers to "mothers" (plural), indicates that the mother of the high priest could refer to more than one woman, due to the possibility of the appointment and subsequent replacement of a temporary high priest. (see Pinchas Kehati's commentary to Mishna Makkot 2:6).
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Zhu Zhang, Michael Gamon, Simon Corston-Oliver, and Eric Ringger
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We describe a punctuation insertion model used in the sentence realization module of a natural language generation system for English and German. The model is based on a decision tree classifier that uses linguistically sophisticated features. The classifier outperforms a word n-gram model trained on the same data.
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Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) is a method of air conditioning the space by supplying the air from the floor, using natural buoyancy forces to lift it to the ceiling, as opposed to the conventional systems, which supply air from the ceiling down to the occupants, working against the natural forces of buoyancy.
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In harnessing solar energy, the usual approach is to bolt an array of panels onto the roof of a building and plug it in. But recent advances such as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) allow designers to incorporate solar cells seamlessly into a building's exterior.
Canadian glass artist Sarah Hall is taking this idea in a novel direction by using solar technology to create a striking contemporary version of stained glass that illuminates the aesthetic potential of PV. (Published 2012.0606)
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Malaysian Construction Projects Going Green The Star, 2012.0731
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Greening the London Olympics New York Times, 2012.0730
A Growing Fire Threat in the Eastern U.S. Climate Progress, 2012.0730
Green-Certified Homes Get 9% Higher Sales Price in California Climate Progress, 2012.0729
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New Discovery of How Carbon Is Stored in the Southern Ocean British Antarctic Survey, 2012.0729
Upside-Down, Energy-Efficient Home a Self-Designed Gem Edmonton Journal, 2012.0728
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Modular Building Could Lead the Way in China's Commercial Construction Guardian Unlimited, 2012.0726
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Center for Politics & Religion Hosts Major Conference
Mar 2, 2009
Union's Center for Politics & Religion, affiliated with the Department of Political Science, hosted a conference February 25-27 entitled Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment. The following is an account of the conference.
In 1993 Oxford University Press published Robert P. George's Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. The book defends the proposition that the moral quality of certain behaviors or actions qualifies as a legitimate reason for public authorities to enact laws and policies that discourage or even prohibit such behaviors or actions. There are two aspects of this argument that were and remain particularly controversial. The first is that we can confidently identify moral norms that guide action, and the second is that political authorities are justified in relying on said norms, for moral reasons, to restrict human behavior. As most of the book is dedicated to addressing the arguments of critics of these ideas, George concludes the book with a promissory note for future works that will articulate a positive delineation of what a full-blooded pluralistic perfectionist theory might look like. Fifteen years later we have seen that promissory note fulfilled in George's books In Defense of Natural Law and A Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis. In these and other edited volumes, George has expanded on the theoretical framework suggested in the closing of Making Men Moral as well as applied his thinking to specific ethical issues as evidenced in his book co-authored with Christopher Tollefsen, Embryo: A Defense of Human Life. While these subsequent works have expanded upon the case made in Making Men Moral, it was for the purpose of honoring Robert George's work and recognizing the original book's foundational role that Union University's Center for Politics & Religion and the Witherspoon Institute convened a conference in late February of 2009. This conference, Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment, took place February 25-27 on the Union University campus in Jackson, Tennessee. It was made possible by generous support from the Bradley Foundation. While the proceedings have concluded, the audio of the conference is available here. The purpose of the conference was not to merely rehash the specific arguments made by George in the book. Rather, the goal was to build upon the themes of the book by asking several prominent thinkers to weigh in on the prospects for "making men moral" given the current culture and how it has changed since the early 1990s. To that end invitations to give plenary addresses were accepted by Jean Elshtain, David Novak, Richard John Neuhaus, James Stoner, Russell Moore, Christopher Tollefsen, and Gregory Thornbury. Father Neuhaus had been asked to address the conference at the closing luncheon that Friday. As readers of Public Discourse undoubtedly know, Father Neuhaus passed away on January 8, 2009. Beyond the powerful sense of loss that Father Neuhaus's passing evoked from all who knew and admired his work, this also presented the organizers of the conference with the very practical problem of finding someone else to prepare the appropriate words with which to conclude the conference and send us back to our respective vocations. While the circumstances precipitating the decision were difficult, prevailing upon Hadley Arkes, author of the book First Things and fellow co-conspirator with Father Neuhaus (and Elshtain, Novak, and George) in founding the journal First Things, was an easy choice. Though Professor Arkes had initially been unable to attend the conference due to scheduling constraints, he found a way to make it work. Once his participation was secured the conference slate was filled out with able discussants for each plenary session and an opening dinner address by Brigham Young's Paul Kerry. Wednesday, February 25th Paul Kerry was charged with a challenging task: cover the breadth and depth of Robert George's intellectual career and interests in a brief after-dinner address. His address accomplished this and more. Kerry began with several audio clips from George's college days where he honed his blue grass skills with his band. Kerry, an intellectual historian, then very skillfully introduced the accomplishments and various book projects of Professor George, focusing on the arguments of Making Men Moral. He highlighted the effects of George's works not only in the theoretical realm but in the lives of students impacted by the battle of ideas on college campuses and in the culture at large. Russell Moore, Dean of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, gave a dynamic address later that evening entitled, "Of Sacraments and Sawdust: Toward the Future of Evangelical-Catholic Public Engagement." Moore opened with an insider's look at the creation of the journal Touchstone and a spirited conversation he and Robert George had discussing how a Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic with strong convictions might work together in a spirit of "mere Christianity." Moore's address was a strong call for evangelicals and Catholics to learn from each other what their own traditions are lacking in themselves. Thursday, February 26th Session one featured Louisiana State University's James Stoner offering an address entitled "Politics and Moral Culture: Aristotle, Rawls, and George." Stoner lamented the abandonment of the "Aristotelian principle" present in Rawls's opus A Theory of Justice but missing in his later work, Political Liberalism. Stoner suggested Robert George's own project could be supplemented by adopting a form of the Aristotelian principle. Jack Nowlin, professor of law at Ole Miss Law School, acted as a discussant. In session two, renowned Jewish philosopher and University of Toronto professor David Novak discussed how he and Robert George can come to similar practical conclusions despite different theoretical foundations in his talk, "Robert George and Natural Law: Commonalities and Differences." Patrick Lee, professor at the Franciscan University at Steubenville, offered helpful commentary as the discussant and Robert George himself contributed some clarifying remarks during the Q&A session. Jean Elshtain headlined the session three with an address drawn from her recent book, Sovereignty: God, State, and Self. Elshtain contrasted an unlimited push for autonomy that has characterized much of the worst moments of the last century with a call for a "chastened autonomy" that recognizes our status as creatures with limits beholden to something much greater than ourselves. Political scientist Seana Sugrue of Ave Maria University responded by linking Elsthain's project with the themes present in Making Men Moral. The fourth and final formal session on Thursday featured University of South Carolina's Christopher Tollefsen. Tollefsen's paper, "Disability and Social Justice," argued that a natural law approach best grounds a common conviction that disabled individuals are fully valued members of the political community and can participate in human flourishing. Union University's Justin Barnard responded by agreeing almost entirely with Tollefsen's argument but raising the question of whether a commitment to Christian eschatology is needed to fully make sense of Tollefsen's claim. After four substantive sessions the after-dinner schedule offered a change of pace. First Robert George, Jean Elshtain, David Novak, and Union's Hal Poe sat on a panel to discuss the legacy of Father Richard John Neuhaus and the prospects for evangelicals, Catholics, and others of good will to influence the culture for the sake of "first things". The participants shared personal anecdotes about Father Neuhaus, discussed the "End of Democracy" controversy, and commented on the role Fr. Neuhaus played in the contest between the culture of life and the culture of death. When this panel concluded, a few hardy attendees were treated to a "jam session" of bluegrass music and singing. With Robert George and Keith Pavlischek on the banjo, Hal Poe on the fiddle, and Greg Thornbury on the guitar, the room reverberated with several old-time hits and favorites. If Professor George's earlier contributions during the day reflected his Oxford and Princeton persona, Thursday evening's performance highlighted his West Virginia roots. Alas, there is no audio available for this session. Friday, February 27th Session five featured Union University's Dean of Christian Studies, Gregory Thornbury. Thornbury's address, "Mugged by the Enlightenment: The Prospects for Natural Law & Christian Witness in a 'Show-Don't-Tell' World" offered a cautionary note regarding the efficacy of natural law in impacting and influencing the culture. Baylor University's Francis Beckwith responded by agreeing with some of the diagnosis while still demurring with regard to Thornbury's appraisal of natural law theory. Perhaps the highlight of the conference was Robert George's address to Union University's chapel service later Friday morning. Professor George explained his view of human action and the basic goods that we pursue in planning out our lives. While these basic goods are accessible to unaided human reason, what made George's address unique was his interweaving his articulation of practical reasonableness with the specific role that religion and revelation plays for the Christian considering his or her future. As mentioned, the concluding luncheon address was delivered by Hadley Arkes. Arkes, in his inimitable style, reminded the audience that while we may be geometricians by accident, we are moralists by necessity. By weaving together various strands of moral and logical argument, illustrated winsomely, Arkes pressed home the necessity of engaging in moral discourse and closed by quoting Father Neuhaus's conviction that "we can still turn this thing around." It is fair to conclude that the participants in the conference contributed to a very high level of discourse. If Robert George's Making Men Moral made the theoretical case for influencing the culture on behalf of morality, the discussions that took place in late February at Union University centered on how best to go about making that case given the countervailing currents in law and culture. These discussions, now available online, continue the work and legacy of Fr. Neuhaus, Professor George, and their fellow travelers and offer a model of how Catholics, evangelicals, Jews, and others of good will can, without compromise, engage the culture for the sake of good and for the sake of the common good.


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I'm a 3 handicap and my struggle is inconsistency. I know that my head dips and i know that here i go a little past parallel. So, anyway, have at it! 6 Iron- back
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Thanks for the advice. As for the ball position, i do spin my driver a lot so that might be a good way to combat that. I think i have the ball that far back is because this fall i tended to have an over-the-top move that made me pull my irons and slice my driver, and i must have inched the ball back in an effort so swing more on plane. For the shoulder turn, that is something that i have toyed with over the past year, but have never really made an effort to put in my swing. As it would have it, i can hit the ball already much farther when i an joking around and doing a John Daly backswing, and i presume this is from the extra turn. When i have gone to the extra shoulder turn the problem arises that i tend to go way past parallel so i guess i have to watch that, or tone it down a little. Thanks! And anymore advice from anyone else would still be much appreciated!
Here are some new videos from a fange session today. I only have the 6-iron because i was inside and didnt have enough time for the driver. iacas, do the shoulders look more vertical? I've been working on that and keeping my head from moving up on the backswing. As a side note, i've also been trying to maintain a right angle in the right elbow on the back view. face on 6-iron
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05/11/2013 Lions Honor 75 on Commencement SaturdayAnnual Commencement Breakfast honors 75 graduating student-athletes on Saturday morning. 05/11/2013 Lions Honor 75 on Commencement SaturdayAnnual Commencement Breakfast honors 75 graduating student-athletes on Saturday morning. 05/05/2013 Seniors Go Out In StyleThe LMU softball team gave its seniors a fitting farewell by sweeping a pair of games from Utah Valley, 5-3 and 2-1, Sunday at Smith Field. 05/03/2013 Regular Season Finale Versus Utah ValleyThe PCSC title is still up for grabs and among the deciding series this week is the Lions' match-up on Saturday and Sunday against Utah Valley. The two squads sit tied for second at 13-7, and two games back of BYU (15-5). Saturday's doubleheader begins at 10 a.m. while Sunday's regular season finale is scheduled for noon at Smith Field. 04/30/2013 History Makers Highlight 2013 Iggy AwardsAll-time leading scorer Alex Cowling claimed Female Athlete of the Year while Colin Welmon and Anthony Ireland shared the Male Athlete of the Year honor. 03/29/2013 Inside the Lions Preview presented by Muscle Milk interviews senior Skylar Segura in advance of the weekend PCSC series at Santa Clara.01/24/2013 Lions' All-Access Highlights of Skylar SeguraLions' All-Access Highlights of Skylar Segura 06/05/2013 Softball vs. San Diego - Apr. 27, 2013Softball vs. San Diego - Apr. 27, 2013 Photos by Jeff Golden 05/11/2013 GEN | 2013 GraduationStudent-Athlete reception prior to the 2013 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies 05/06/2013 Softball Senior Day Ceremony - May 5, 2013Softball Senior Day Ceremony - May 5, 2013 04/07/2013 Softball vs. Saint Mary's - April 7, 2013Softball vs. Saint Mary's - April 7, 2013 03/17/2013 Softball vs. Seattle - March 17, 2013Softball vs. Seattle - March 17, 2013 At LMU... 2013...Started all 48 games she appeared in, primarily in left field... fourth on the team with a .283 batting average... had 41 hits, including nine doubles, one triple and four home runs... 11 multi-hit games including three-hit performances against Long Island (Mar. 8) and Northern Illinois (Mar. 13)... 2012...Appeared in all 53 games, earning 52 starts... started the season as the Lions' third baseman, then moved into the outfield following the injury of Danielle Smith... PCSC Coastal Division Player of the Week (Mar. 19)... hit .266 on the year... 12 extra-base hits included nine doubles, one triple and two home runs... had 25 RBIs and 17 runs scored... had 10 multi-hit games including four three-hit outings... season-high four RBIs in a 3-for-3 performance against Utah State (Mar. 12)... had two doubles and a triple in that game... 2011...Appeared in 23 games in 2011, starting 10...spent time at 3rd base as well as a pinch runner...hit .176 on the season with two RBIs both against UC Riverside (Feb. 20) and one double... a solid defensive player in the field recording 22 assists protecting the 3rd baseline... 2010...Appeared in 45 games, starting 11... mainly came in as late-inning defensive replacement... hit .160 (8-for-50) with a double and two RBI... walked three times and scored eight runs... laid down four sacrifice hits... batted .378 in conference play... collected first career hit vs. Oregon State (Mar. 6)... went 2-for-3 with an RBI at Cal State Bakersfield (Apr. 11)... doubled and scored vs. Sacramento State (May 9)... was 1-for-1 with an RBI and run scored vs. Bucknell (Mar. 18)... High School...Four-year letterwinner for Coach Mike Southworth at Chino Hills High School... four-time All-Sierra League selection, including First Team honors her final two years... Second Team All-State by Cal Hi Sports as a senior... First Team All-Inland Valley as a senior... hit .475 her senior season, breaking the school record with 51 hits in a year... named Defensive Player of the year her sophomore and junior seasons... Scholar Athlete... Personal...Skylar Britney Segura was born on March 21, 1991 in Chino, Calif.... parents are Percy and Diana Segura... prefers to be called "Skyy"... has a younger brother, Gavin... chose LMU over Cal, Brown, and LSU... volunteers with the Let It Be Foundation...


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Ananda's Journal, Entry 33
August 12th, 2260 – Night
Apparently we lost a week to a space-time anomaly while in the Site. I wonder if these eddies in the river of existence will get stronger as we venture deeper in. It would be awkward if we were to return at some time after NWSEC decides to stop pouring money into Saint Mary. Or, considering that Circe appears to be alive in the universe we've emerged into, one in which Site 17 was never discovered at all.
Everyone I know around here appears to be indistinguishable from the versions I left, except for a week and some worry. Samantha told me that the Rituals group was going to give it another ten days, and then start mourning Rites. I'll have to talk with them about that. Now that we know the Site has access to other places (very likely other universes, or at least physically real "pocket" universes budded off of our own) with food and water, the amount of provisions carried with us is no longer an effective timer on our survival. Hopefully, whatever other-selves are getting shuffled around with me will do the same.
…Now that I think of it, depending on how many timelines are involved, it could be a game of musical universes. The odd 'me'(s) out land in one where the native Ananda has already died (and may wink out of existence, if they encounter the local corpse). Any worlds in which I didn't return will of course lack any of the preparations that I and sensible other-selves will set up. It should be pretty easy to spot those, if I do arrive in one. "We thought you were dead!" is a simple indicator.
Had two more flashbacks today, atypically close together. The first was in the room of evidence lockers – that one behaved normally. The second was while looking at the cryofrozen Wielder who gave off sparks in his sleep. That went as usual except for the sparks, which grew a wave of misplaced stars that turned supernova when the corresponding spark faded out. Curious if that was random or caused by something about him, I went and asked 'What are you?' to his substance rather than his sleeping mind. I got an answer, sort of, even though my Wielding shattered the moment it took effect. Instead, my awareness was pulled into the starscape.
I fell in towards the center of a young galaxy at a rate that must have far exceeded c. Nearing the central black hole, matter screamed light all around me as it was torn apart. I crossed the event horizon with a shock, like passing through a standing wave. There may have been other things to see, but what must have been the singularity drew my attention. It was dark, almost oily-looking, and radiant. Watching it, desire arose – to open the universe like a gutted animal and spill its contents into the Beyond where they would be unable to exist. I knew that it wasn't mine, but felt it like my own. The sheer intensity blotted out my sense of time, though at some point it passed and I found myself returned to my body – shaken but not quite shaking.
Of all the things to happen in this week-long day, that one lingers. I have to admit, if only to myself, that it has the same kind of draw that's guided my career choices so far. Danger like that challenges me to dance with it. To see how close I can get and still emerge alive.


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The details matter
October 6, 2014 § 9 Comments
I rode out to the memorial ride this morning for Stuart Press. He was 39, and left behind a one-year-old son, wife, grieving mother, and devastated cycling community after fighting a brief battle with brain cancer.
I never met Stu.
Well over three hundred riders massed at the start of this Sunday's legendary west L.A. Nichols Ride, which had been dedicated to him. Like me, many of the riders had never met him.
One block up from the start there is a Starbucks, and riders crowded into the small store to get a snack and a cup of coffee. They had come from all over, with the Surf City team fielding six riders from as far away as Orange County and Long Beach. Starbucks is a natural place to start a ride from, simply because so many cyclists enjoy a quick jolt before they start pedaling in earnest.
But you don't start the Nichols Ride at Starbucks. Founded by Raymond Fouquet, the oldest and most venerable ride in L.A., the La Grange ride, always began at Raymond's restaurant. That restaurant, long gone, is now the site of an anonymous west L.A. office building. A few years ago the tradition of starting at the former site of Raymond's restaurant began to erode, just because it was easier to roll out from the Starbucks.
The old guard saw what was happening, and quietly put the word out: Get your coffee wherever you want, but the La Grange ride starts where Raymond's restaurant used to be. The new folks got the message.
Why should anyone care? It's only one block. And why start from an antiseptic office block when you could start from a food-and-coffee-infused eatery?
The answer of course is that details matter, because history is in the details, and our present is constructed on the building blocks of the past, and our future will be built based on how we conduct ourselves now. This is another way of saying that sentiments matter. Because Raymond Fouquet was beloved, and because the things he began changed people's lives, and because those he affected felt love for him, the sentiments surrounding something as simple as the starting point of a bike ride have meaning. By honoring the past we are honoring the sentiments of the past, and we are allowing those sentiments of love to stay alive and empower us, even though the people themselves are dead.
It's through the details that we cheat time, and cheat death.
If you ride bikes, and if you write about bikes, you will become familiar with death. People fall, get hit, get sick, get old, and then they're not around anymore, forever. But in our cycling community, those losses are keenly felt. Riders we used to laugh with, race against, talk trash about, and count on are people who have made us what we are, for better or worse, and almost always for better. When they die, it hits us so much harder than the passing of a distant relative in a distant place, or a celebrity on the screen.
When Stuart died, we all gasped and said, "That could have been me."
We hit the lower slopes of Nichols Canyon. The only other time I had done this ride, three years ago, KP and Surfer Dan had exploded the massive field and gone on to "win" the ride. It was a searing exercise in endless pain and abject terror as we shot through red lights, bounced over chugholes, and flailed our way to the breathless finish.
Not today. We climbed slowly and densely bunched. We descended quickly but carefully. We ended in Brentwood still filled with adrenaline and excess energy, a huge group of hundreds that had done anything but "leave it all on the road." Along the way we talked about Stu, we talked about our own mortality, and we gave thanks, each in our own way, for simply being allowed the gift of life.
The details of where we started, where we finished, and what we did in between to honor the life of a good man, those details, like the details of Stuart's life, mattered.
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Week in review
September 23, 2013 § 12 Comments
Lots has happened.
Julie Cutts, who rides for La Grange, won two world masters championships this weekend, one in the time trial and the other in the road race. More about this at a later date, but suffice it to say that this is staggeringly, incredibly, amazingly fantastic news. Julie was joined in Trento, Italy by Rudy Napolitano, Mike Easter, and Tony Restuccia, who all raced in the men's 35-39 world championship. Although everyone can appreciate Julie's two victories, not everyone can appreciate the men's results — 15th, 19th, and 60th. Let me be the first to say that these results are extraordinary. Out of 101 finishers, these three racers performed exceptionally on a global stage, on a brutal course that ended with a 20km climb, in the epicenter of world cycling. Simply being invited to the biggest stage for masters racers is a tremendous accomplishment. Finishing as strongly as these guys did is testament to their toughness, ability, and racing skill.
Cyclocross is here
The 2013-2014 cyclocross season kicks off in Southern California next Sunday, September 29, at the historical downtown LA state park. Dorothy Wong brings cyclocross back for another year, only it's bigger, better, and promises even more participation and excitement. Even as road and track racing stagnate in the state and nationwide, 'cross continues to grow. Why? Because it's audience-friendly. Road and track focus on the athletes, and with the exception of blowout races like Tulsa Tough, it's unheard of in SoCal to see a road race, circuit race, or crit that's packed with spectators.
Cyclocross brings people in to watch. The courses are exciting and spectators can put their tents right next to the most thrilling parts of the course. The racers go slower and they come by much more often, and spectators are encouraged to cheer, heckle, and give questionable hand-ups. 'Cross courses are "parky," so kids can run around. After racing, the athletes are often found under the tents drinking beer, hanging out, and enjoying the rest of the day. What's also interesting is that, as far as I know, there's little or no prize money — and the racers could care less. They're energized by screaming fans and a fun time, not the illusory professionalism that comes from getting a "paycheck" of $25 and a box of Clif bars.
More PCH tomfoolery
I did another couple of Sunday rides on PCH, taking the lane all the way out to Cross Creek and back. The criticism of this approach was initially massive by the local cycling community, or at least among the people with whom I ride. Then, thanks to a video captured by a biker on Sunday, I saw an entire crew of "gutter bunnies," 50 riders strong, taking the lane. So that's awesome. One disappointment has been the almost complete absence of "take the lane" advocates, folks who are quite vocal about taking the lane and who spout lots of facts and figures regarding the merits of this method, but who can't be bothered to actually do it on PCH. Maybe you don't believe in your method quite as much as you say?
My kingdom for a stem
On the way to the ride this morning I ran into Mike Barraclough, who was sidelined just past Malaga Cove with a flat tire, a short stem, and no stem extender. My wheels are box rim aluminum Open Pros and so they take any length stem, no matter how short, but when I went to the bike shop to get a new tube the only ones they had in stock were the 60mm. It turned out that this was just the right length, so we swapped his spare 52mm for my 60mm, and we got underway. Dave Kramer, also en route to the ride, had also stopped to help. Pressed for time, we took the most direct route from Redondo to Manhattan Beach, which is PCH, and we took it at full speed. Mike and Dave had breathing problems along the way, and we had to back it off a notch to stay together. Then, once we turned on Gould and dropped down to Valley, Dave and Mike blew a stop sign that had a police cruiser parked off to the side, waiting for speeders. This was our lucky morning, though — I put a foot down for the first time in recent memory, and the cop just watched us pedal away. When we got to the start of the ride, Mike and Dave looked like they were on the finishing leg of RAAM. Ron Peterson looked up and laughed. "You were supposed to exercise the horses, son, but instead you done broke 'em!"
Can't say enough about these shoes
I've been riding Bont shoes for about six months now. My first shoes were Detto Pietro. My second shoes were Marresi. My third shoes were the Sidi Revolution, the first shoe with a velcro strap. My fourth shoes were Duegi white patent leather track shoes with wooden soles … I used them on the road and almost died in them atop a high mountain pass in Japan, but that's another story. My next shoes were Sidi, and I wore their various iterations for twenty years until two years ago I bought the Specialized S-Works under pressure from a local dealer. My feet eventually adapted to them, but the dials constantly wore out and it was frustrating and expensive to replace them. It also felt like a bit of planned obsolescence, so that I could keep spending money on the shoe. It rubbed me the wrong way.
I was given the Bont shoes as part of my team's sponsorship package. Basically, they give me a bunch of world-class gear so that I can go place 57th in the local crits and DNF the occasional road race. I was skeptical about the Bont shoes because you have to put them in the oven. They are also flexible like well-cured concrete. And the road shoe looks a little boxcar-ish. Once I had cooked them and used them for a week, my feet molded perfectly to the interior of the shoe. Everyone loves to talk about their "stiff frame" and "stiff BB" and "stiff soles" and "stiff" whatever, but it's a word I'll use with care for the rest of my life after wearing the Bont.
So, how stiff are the Bont shoes? They are "sailor on shore leave" stiff. They are stiffer than a fused spine. Stiff like glass. When you push down on the pedals, the shoes are so stiff that, if your bottom bracket is sufficiently robust, the earth will flex on its axis before you'll flex the soles on these beasts. The 'cross version of the Bont Vaypor is just as good, with several modifications for the rigors of cyclocross. If you're unhappy with the flexiness of your current shoes, consider the Bont.


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Even though I can't understand a word they're saying, it makes me want to buy some Cup Of Noodles and eat them immediately. The animation and special effects here are absolutely outstanding.
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