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Syed Jibran Wife and Family Photo with Shilpa Shetty. The beautiful family, pose with the famous Bollywood film star Shipa Shetty. The is one of the best picture of Jibran in this year. Jibran and family in London and spending the Christmas holidays. Recently he shared a pictures with Shilpa Shetty, which viral today. Lets have a look of theses impressive photos. Shipa is one of the best business women and actress and film star in India. She got fame from Hindi movies. Shilpa is one of the best actress in Bollywood and wind a lot of awards.
Syed Jibran Wife and Family Photo with Shilpa Shetty
Syed Libran is one of the best actor model in Pakistan. He starts his career from Pakistan television network. He done stellar performance in every drama serial. At Christmas they are celebrating the event with Shilpa Shetty. The beautiful pictures ever they share with their fans. All personalities are looking very nice and beautiful ever.


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|Dow jumps 300 pts on trade optimism
|Thursday, 29. August 2019 17:31
The Dow was up by over 300 points on Thursday after United States President Donald Trump announced that trade talks with China "at a different level" are scheduled for today, although he did not reveal details. Earlier in the day, China's Commerce Ministry urged for a de-escalation of trade tensions with the US, noting that the two countries are in discussions about possible trade negotiations next month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index added 304 points, or 1.17% at 11:33 am ET. The best performer was Intel, followed by JPMorgan and UTC.
The Nasdaq 100 increased 1.57% at 11:34 am ET, led by American Airlines rise of 4.64%. Chipmakers Nvidia, Micron, Western Digital and Xilinx were also among the best performers on the tech-heavy index.
The S&P 500 advanced 1.25% at 11:36 am ET. Dollar General surged around 9%.
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Psalm 40:6-17 (NKJV)
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7 Then I said, "Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart."
9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me!
14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my [alife;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
15 Let them be confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, "Aha, aha!"
16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
"The Lord be magnified!"
17 But I am poor and needy;
Yet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.


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Stumbled across this collection called Low tide by Wang & Söderström.
"Inspired by corals and sea anemones, the collection represents the kind of things that appear when the ocean is pulled away during a low tide" the duo states. love everything about it; so innovative in it's techniques, forms and colors. Created by 3D printing and molding techniques.
All photos by Wang & Söderström


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By cuhkiz
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January 20, 2007 9:57pm CST
What will you do when you found out that your not a real son/daughter of your parents..what if your adopted? Some of us don't really understand the feeling of being an adopted because most of the time, when we witness people who found out that they're adopted, they've gone extremely mad and start being a rebel. Do you find this things as low way of understanding and natural feelings of expression. Guys, what can you say about the situation? who can relate?
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Throughout the conference, researchers from diverse disciplines, backgrounds and professions shared new research on topics related to families and family well-being at the #FAM2019 Poster Sessions.
The poster sessions provided individuals and organizations that study, serve and support families with an opportunity to connect with delegates (and each other) while highlighting research on a broad range of themes/topics related to families and family life.
Below you can find a list of poster presentations from the National Conference in Ottawa.
- Christa Haanstra (The Change Foundation)
- Shedding Light on the Experience of Young Carers
- Adrienne Nan (King's College London)
- Strong at Home: Canadian Military Families
- Cayleigh Sexton (Powerhouse Project)
- Supporting Young Caregivers in Schools
- Victoria Pileggi, PhD (Children and Youth Grief Network)
- The Crossroads of Grief: Reflecting on Our Work with Marginalized Grieving Youth
- Sophie-Claire Valiquette-Tessier, PhD (University of Ottawa)
- The Modern Canadian Family: The Content of Mother and Father Stereotypes in Diverse Family Contexts
- Isabel Garces Davila, MA (University of Manitoba)
- Intra-provincial variation in mental health services use among children and spouses in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) families across Ontario
- Linna Tam-Seto, PhD, OT Reg. (Ontario) (Queen's University)
- Brandon Hey, Alexa Bol and Bonita Varga (Mental Health Commission of Canada)
- Inflection Point: Reflecting on Pan-Canadian Developments in Family Caregiver Engagement for Mental Health and Addictions
Research Lightning Round
The first day of the #FAM2019 conference included a Research Lightning Round, where presenters shared information and insights on innovative research, programs and projects focused on families and family well-being. Fast-paced, engaging and inspiring, the Research Lightning Round provided delegates with a snapshot of leading and emerging activities and initiatives under way across Canada, along with opportunities to connect and collaborate.
Christa Haanstra
The Change Foundation
Young Carers in Canada
Claire Hall
Canadian Home Care Association
Carers Canada
Supporting the Balancing Act of Work and Care
Raquel Betini, PhD, Canadian Institute for Health Information
Jodi Pereira, Heart House Hospice
Why Caregiver Wellbeing Matters
Faith McIntyre
Veterans Affairs Canada
Proposed Well-Being Framework for Military Veterans' Families
Alla Skomorosky, PhD, Jennifer Lee, PhD, Sanela Dursun, PhD
Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis, Department of National Defence
Well-Being of Spouses of Recent Ill or Injured CAF Members and Veterans
Shannon Hill, OCT, M. Ed., PhDc
Queen's University
Canadian Secondary School Professionals' Awareness of the Needs of Military-Connected Children
Sarah May Lindsay, BES, MA, PhDc
McMaster University
Co-Sheltering in Intimate Partner Violence Emergency and Transitional Shelters in Ontario, Canada: Keeping Families Together
Louise Leonardi
Canadian Families and Corrections Network
Prison Families – A Dual Digital World


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Right now I'm watching Season Three of The Wire on DVD, and there's a character who has just been released from prison after 14 years of serving time. Though he's previously been involved in some shady work, he's looking to go clean. Unfortunately there aren't many options for a guy who dropped out of high school to live a life of crime, and eventually, after trying his hand at a few things, he retreats to the drug business. This character made some poor decisions early in his life and he suffered the consequences, but the cycle of "rehabilitation" that our culture has set up seems a bit pointless.
But the story of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's video is far more depressing than an ex-con who can't find his way back into society. As Akon smoothly puts it in the chorus, this is about those who actually try to pursue something worthwhile from the beginning - but end up stifled by the system nonetheless. Director Rich Newey over-dramatizes an instance of mistaken identity, but he's pursuing a fairly strong point. What is being lamented in this scenario is not simply racial profiling or flat-out racism, but the more troubling assumption of guilt in the mind of the victim himself. It's the fact that he runs, and keeps running despite his innocence, which stings the most.
The greatest lesson that The Wire teaches (aside from how to make great television), is the blurry quality of what we typically call "morality," and that uncontrollable elements like environment can have a huge impact on the arc of someone's life. Drug dealers can be educated businessmen, and police officers can be immoral egomaniacs. Growing up around crime and poverty can not only habituate you towards the lifestyle, but can imbue one with a lack of faith in society as well. So when one watches, hears and experiences stories of institutional racism on a regular basis, it's hard not to assume its presence when faced with a similar situation yourself.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are reportedly working on a full-length movie with Newey, detailing an imaginary history in which the group never rose out of the streets of Cleveland to become icons of the R&B world in the 90's (source). This video focuses on a similar moment of truth, in which a youngster's life is on the verge of going a very different route. He gets lucky, like the rappers once did, but it's unlikely he will soon forget how close he was to the edge. "I Tried" isn't a perfect work by any measure, but it holds a sense of urgency which makes it a better-than-average attempt at social commentary through music videos.


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Podcasts have been around for a long time, but I've only recently discovered how awesome they are. For those who don't know, podcasts are online radio shows that you can download or stream from your computer or mobile device. Lately, I've been devouring podcasts as they entertain me while I do boring chores such as unloading the dishwasher or folding laundry (I loathe folding laundry).
Some of my favorite podcasts are:
A family member turned me onto Mystery Show starring Starlee Kine in which Ms. Kine solves little innocuous mysteries such as how Britney Spears got a hold of a book by an unknown author, or the story behind an odd vanity plate. They're short, utterly engaging, and addicting. I like to listen to them in the car.
In an effort to improve my Spanish, I've been listening to Spanish Obsessed (intermediate level), a podcast by Rob and Liz, a real-life couple, who speak only in Spanish. Topics range from coffee to cultural etiquette to money. Rob and Liz are charming and I understand them well, which makes me feel better about all those years of Spanish study.
Sometimes I listen to StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson. I adore Tyson and he's the only one who manages to make astronomy and astrophysics both relatable and comprehensible. Also, he's a funny dude.
Lately, I've been listening to podcasts about self-publishing. My favorite is Rocking Self-publishing. There's something about Simon, the British host (the accent!), I find endearing. He interviews someone new each week. Last podcast, he interviewed Chris Fox, a successful indie author, who just recently quit his job to write full-time. Chris talked about writing to market, which I found very enlightening. A few weeks ago I listened to a successful Clean Romance writer discuss her genre, and a male romance writer spoke about being a man in a female-dominated field.
Podcasts can be entertaining, but for a writer, they can be invaluable. They're another form of research. Whenever I'm listening to a podcast, I never think 'this is a waste of time' because I'm always learning something new. And they help get my chores done.
Do you listen to podcasts? Can you recommend any? What are your favorites. Sound off in the comments.


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Southern Illinois football coach Jerry Kill refused to address the Colorado State job opening Saturday after his team, Southern Illinois, was upset 20-17 by Delaware in the semifinals of the championship subdivision (formerly I-AA) playoffs.
The end of his team's season makes Kill available if his former boss, and current CSU athletic director, Paul Kowalczyk wants to make contact.
Meanwhile, Kowalczyk has contacted the Black Coaches and Administrators for input.
Front Range schools have not fared well on the annual BCA hiring report card, which grades schools on categories such as the number of minority members of a search committee, minority candidates having on-campus interviews, and accordance with affirmative-action guidelines.
CU received a "D" two years ago and Air Force an "F" for its search to replace Fisher DeBerry last year.
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A letter sent to the Sunday Star Times Editor from the Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short (pdf, 592kb)
Dear Sunday Star Times Editor
We read with disappointment your editorial last Sunday 10 March criticising the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for the timing of its release of information relating to allegations made by Stuff Circuit in The Valley.
Your readers may be interested to know that it was Stuff Circuit who dictated the timing. On Friday morning, shortly after 0800, Stuff Circuit asked the NZDF multiple questions directly related to their allegations and imposed a deadline of 1600 that same day. Shortly before the deadline was due to pass a Stuff Circuit journalist asked where their answers were.
To criticise the NZDF for the timing of its release without revealing the timing was imposed by Stuff Circuit seems to us disingenuous.
Your readers can make up their own minds.
K. R. SHORTAir Marshal Chief of Defence Force


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February 28, 2011: wallet threat level kind of red
You'd think this would be a slow week. New releases include a boxing game from Electronic Arts, an MMO from someone you never heard of, and an expansion to an RTS that isn't Starcraft II. Wallet threat level green, right?
Not quite. I don't know the first thing about EA's boxing game, but unless I can be Chun Li or Spider-Man, I'll pass. The Retribution add-on for Dawn of War II is disappointing in a few ways. The Imperial Guard are a great addition, but I don't understand why everyone isn't bored to tears by these campaign missions. And the AI continues to be nearly useless for skirmishes.
But the reason this week is a clear and present danger to your wallet is because you're probably going to want to play Rift, from a new developer called Trion. If you have any interest in MMOs, this is one you should see. More on this later today.


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Rich with revealing lyrics, Sheryl Crow's latest album, "The Globe Sessions," seems like a very personal document, but she did accept a bit of outside help on the project.Amid the many glimpses into the singer/songwriter's soul on "Sessions," listeners will find a track written by rock legend Bob Dylan, who essentially bestowed the song upon Crow after finding out that it wouldn't fit on his last album. During a recent interview with MTV News at her unannounced acoustic show in Los Angeles at the Roxy, Crow said she never thought twice about included Dylan's work on a collection that was otherwise uniquely her own. "I was stoked that he even thought of me for the song," Crow told MTV News. "I personally think that it just added that much more class to my album. I was sort of in the middle of a big debate with myself about what kind of album I had made and I was feeling kind of insecure about it and
then he called and said he had this song and I went in and recorded it and all of a sudden I had some clarity on the whole project. It really, sort of, provided a great center to the whole thing." [28.8 RealVideo]"The Globe Sessions," which has been on store shelves since late September, was recorded at Crow's new studio, conveniently dubbed The Globe, and even more conveniently located five blocks from her home in New York City. The album has remained in the top 15 of the album charts since the time of its release.


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When I first got home from my LDS mission, I was, in a word, restless. After two years of measuring personal success with numbers — lessons taught, new investigators, etc. — I was unsure of how to achieve less quantitative personal goals. Should I count daily flirtations with the opposite sex? I ultimately decided against applying MTC goal-setting techniques to my dating life and instead satiated my ambitious streak with this column. I had been accepted to BYU's communications program as a freshman and thought writing for the Mormon Times would be a good way to ease back into journalism. Indeed, it was. It got me into the habit of writing for an audience and helped me almost immediately to develop a thick skin: My third article, on President Obama, drew some of the angriest criticism I've received while writing here. And I've received quite a bit.
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03.05.2018 / 09:00
At Kantar's November 2016 Fragmentation event, we optimistically argued that brands could succeed in an age of fragmentation if they focused their efforts on universal stories that could be meaningful, different and salient.
One day later, on November 16, 2016, Gallup released the results of a poll showing that 77 percent of Americans perceived the nation as divided, the highest percentage saying so in the history of the poll.
This division does not appear to have abated. According to a 2017 Pew survey, the partisan gap is now the largest since Pew began measuring it in 1994. This partisan gap is also tangled in demographics. The generational cohort of Matures remains conservative, with Boomers turning more conservative, while Millennials and Gen Xers are identifying increasingly as liberal Democrats.
These divides are fraught for brands that must preserve their (often older) loyal base, while at the same time casting a wider net for newer or younger audiences. A 2016 Kantar Worldpanel study found that among the 47 percent of brands that grew in 2015, 79 percent did so because they gained new shoppers. Conversely, of the 53 percent of brands that declined, 84 percent did so because they lost shoppers. Accordingly, brands have a commercial imperative to grow their base and communicate to their core while concurrently reaching a broader audience.
Brands are under pressure to take sides, and this pressure is increasing. According to Edelman's 2017 Earned Brand study, 57 percent of consumers will buy or boycott a brand based on its position on an issue, and 65 percent won't buy a brand when it stays silent on an issue that they feel a brand has an obligation to address. Consumer boycotts also intensify this pressure. For example, sites like grabyourwallet.com list companies that they urge consumers to boycott because of political or economic ties to the Trump administration.
Brands are feeling the pressure to acquiesce. In a 4As study on valuesbased marketing, 67 percent of agency respondents stated that changing American values were causing brands to become more interested in corporate responsibility and values-based marketing.
The pressure to take a stand is also evinced in advertising industry awards. The Cannes 2017 Grand Prix Winner "Fearless Girl" is literally a stand - a statue of a little girl standing on Wall Street. It is a compelling piece commissioned by asset manager State Street Global Advisors. But there is no story behind it. It's just a statue. To figure out the rationale or message, you have to look hard.
"Fearless Girl" is intended as a powerful symbol of female leadership. But in and of itself, as it stands alone, it lacks a character or a narrative structure. Consequently, it falls short of its potential.
Video ads that told a story vastly outperformed those with no story in terms of expressiveness, or the ability of an ad to elicit an emotional response as measured by facial coding, and eliciting the active involvement of the viewer.
These findings are bolstered by what's been learned from neuroscience. According to research by Dr. Paul Zak at Claremont Graduate University, character-driven video narratives cause the brain to produce oxytocin, the neurochemical responsible for bonding, kindness and empathy. When the video narrative is expertly crafted as an emotionally resonant brand story, as opposed to just an emotional story, the narrative gets encoded into long-term memory via association. It is this combination of emotional resonance and brand connection that gives the ad its effectiveness.
In addition to telling a story, brands should try to tell a universal story. This is what enables brands to transcend the so-called sand trap. Brands succeeding in today's fraught environment are making deliberate choices to tell universal stories.
One such brand is Starbucks, which began a series of videos in late 2016, and continuing into 2017, called "The Upstanders." These videos tell the stories of ordinary people making "extraordinary differences in their communities and beyond." Starbucks made these videos available on its own channel, and Amazon has made them available as well and included them as part of its Prime membership offerings.
"The Upstanders" are 6- to 10-minute mid-length videos that convey Starbucks' core brand values by featuring the real life narrative arcs of actual people with compelling and inspirational stories. For example, "A Warrior's Workout" is a video about retired NFL player David Vobora who trains physically disabled veterans through his Adaptive Training Foundation. The video "Love for All" is about Stephenie Larsen, a Utah mother of six, who created the first LGBTQ community center in Provo, Utah, in an attempt to reduce suicides among gay teens and build bridges with the Mormon Church.
"The Upstanders' video series shows brands what can be done with some creative leveraging of video distribution channels that tell stories with universal appeal about real people. In fact, in a time when brands are under pressure to take a side, what it really shows is how to pick a side. Not for or against an issue. Not red or blue politics. Not pro or con. Rather, brands must pick the side of telling stories.
It's not about stands. It's about stories. Brands that pick the side of stories will find common ground even in today's era of partisan divides.
Source: Kantar, Kantar Millward Brown
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Retailers taking the biggest hit from COVID-19 are largely based in the mall.
Growth benefited from a comparison to very weak growth in the year-ago period when the government shut down.
COVID-19 and its effects on retail dominate discussion of Costco's future.
Just 24% of US consumers expressed interest in the Apple Credit Card last month.
The Latin American retail sector has outperformed all other categories.


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Spiritual Temperaments
On Sunday 17th March, Scott spoke about knowing our spiritual temperaments so that we can know more of our crucified and glorious Saviour, Jesus Christ. For some general info on spiritual temperaments, click here. This is based on the book 'Spiritual Pathways' by Gary Thomas. If you would like to take the quiz Scott spoke


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Using multi-agent negotiation techniques for the autonomous resolution of air traffic conflicts
Wollkind, Steven Robert
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The National Airspace System in its current incarnation is nearing its maximum capacity. The Free Flight initiative, which would alter the current system by allowing pilots to select more direct routes to their destinations, has been proposed as a solution to this problem. However, allowing pilots to fly anywhere, as opposed to being restricted to planned jetways, greatly complicates the problem of ensuring separation between aircraft. In this thesis I propose using cooperative, multi-agent negotiation techniques in order to efficiently and pseudo-optimally resolve air traffic conflicts. The system makes use of software agents running in each aircraft that negotiate with one another to determine a safe and acceptable solution when a potential air traffic conflict is detected. The agents negotiate using the Monotonic Concession Protocol and communicate using aircraft to aircraft data links, or possibly the ADS-B signal. There are many benefits to using such a system to handle the resolution of air traffic conflicts. Automating CD&R will improve safety by reducing the workloads of air traffic controllers. Additionally, the robustness of the system is improved as the decentralization provided by software agents running in each aircraft reduces the dependence on a single ground based system to coordinate all aircraft movements. The pilots, passengers, and carriers benefit as well due to the increased efficiency of the solutions reached by negotiation.


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First let me begin by saying that I absolutely love 99 Cents Only stores. They are some of my favorite places to shop, they have some amazing deals however this year I learned that you do have to watch the prices because not all things are 99 cents. Well at least at the store we visited. Maybe not all are this way.
When I enter a store that says it is 99 cents only I assume all items are 99 cents, not most items. I mean, the word only means that things are only that much right? Wrong, not in the store we visited in Mesa Arizona this year. We found several items priced higher than 99 cents. The prices were not extreme but it was annoying because we had not expected the higher price.
I wondered as I was checking out if that is how they get a lot of people to pay the higher price Most assume by the name of the store that items are only 99 cents throughout the entire store so do not look at the price. They pay higher prices for items unknowingly and many might never even look at their reciept. This to me is dishonest on the part of the chain.
Will I continue to shop at the stores? Yes but I will carefully watch prices. My mom will never shop at one again because she believes they are deceiving. I like the stores enough to keep shopping there but carefully.
I wanted to make people aware of this because I am sure many have been deceived by the store name. I know we were. I think they should change the name to Mostly 99 Cent Store..then people watch prices.


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SANTA FE, NM - In celebration of Independence Day, Santa Fe County offices and facilities will be closed on Friday, July 3, 2020. County offices will resume regular hours on Monday, July 6. Solid Waste Convenience Centers will also close on Friday, July 3 and resume regular hours on Saturday, July 4. Essential services provided by Public Safety will continue as usual.
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Santa Fe County COVID-19 Action Plan
Teen Court, Stanley Cyclone Center, Fairgrounds, Pojoaque Ball Fields, Community Centers, Senior Centers
Date Posted: June 24, 2020 Closing Date: July 8, 2020
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I wrote My Wish for You through tears after walking through High Cliff State Park in Wisconsin. The walk was suggested by my counselor after she listened to me identify things about myself that I felt needed to be changed. Walking through the woods, I realized my unique qualities are what makes me the person I am. You, too, can accept and love everything about yourself. Your uniqueness is what makes you the person you are! The person God created you to be!
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How to Lay A Patio Like the Professionals
Posted on: 23 November 2018 by Amina Khan
Installing a patio can be a great way to get the best out of your garden
Installing a patio can be a great way to get the best out of your garden, it provides you with a an outdoor living space where the family can gather and enjoy Al Fresco dining during the summer months. A well laid patio can also positively impact the resale value of your house, and the National Association of Estate Agents believe that a good patio can add up to £10,000 to the resale value of a home.
So now that we have established that adding a patio is a good move, how do you go about achieving a first class finish? Read on to find out:
Step 1 - Scale Drawing
After deciding where abouts you are going to place your patio, it's a great idea to start by creating a scale drawing of the patio. The drawing should include any permanent structures like trees or manhole covers that you need to pave around. This sketch should make it easy for you to work out how many slabs you will need and where the slabs will need to be cut.
If your patio is being laid adjacent to a wall of the house, you will need to make sure that the surface of the patio sits at least 15cm below the damp course so that rain drops do not splash back above the damp course. Your patio should also slope away from the building at a gradient of around 5cm every 3m to allow rain to run off.
Step 2 - Creating a Solid Foundation
Unless your patio is built on solid footings, it will quickly subside and the mortar between your flag stones will crack allowing weeds to take hold. Generally speaking it will start to look pretty grubby in a very short period of time.
Before breaking ground you should mark out the patio using string and pegs, use a builders square to make sure your corners are true right angles.
Next dig down to a depth of about 15cm deep, and mark each of your pegs to show where the surface your harcore base and bedding mortar will sit. Now lay a hardcore base of 8cm in depth. Use a rake to spread out the hardcore and achieve a level surface.
It's a great idea to hire a power whacker to compress the hardcore base, as this will make the foundations much more stable. Plant and digger hire Swindon provide whacker plate hire services in the south west, but if you are outside this region you should be able to find a local plant hire shop that offers a similar service.
Step 3 - Bedding Mortar & Paving
Add a layer of bedding mortar over the hardcore base, then begin to lay the paving slabs one by one. The slabs should be laid 1cm - 1.5cm apart. Place a block of wood over the slab then tap the block with a wooden mallet or club hammer to bed in the slabs and use a spirit level to achieve a level surface (or the correct gradient if run-off is required).
Step 4 - Pointing
After your slabs are laid, allow at least 25 hours for the mortar to set properly before pointing. Some people point their patio with a wet mix of sand and cement but a much easier way is to use a dry mix of 4 parts sand to 1 part cement. The dry mix can simply be shovelled onto the patio and then brushed into the gaps using a soft yard brush. Be sure to clean off any excess, dry mix very thoroughly with a dustpan and brush. The next time it rains the remaining dry mix dist will be washed off of the patio slabs and the dry mix pointing will cure. Don't be tempted to expedite this process by using a hose, as this can displace the dry pointing. If you prefer not to wait for it to rain, simply use a watering can with a rose attached.
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Title: Queen of Hearts
Author: Colleen Oakes
Published: 2016
Page Count: 306
Rating: 3/5
In this Wonderland story, we follow our main character, Dinah. She is the daughter of the King of Hearts and will soon be Queen. But she is still trying to get her father's approval and love, even when he reveals a big secret. But Dinah is suspicious of things going on that she is not aware of and she intends to find out before she is Queen.
I don't want to give away too much so that is why the synopsis is so short but quite a lot happens in this story and they would be considered spoilers. I did not love this one but I enjoyed it and thought it was okay. Dinah is a great girl with a good head on her shoulders and seems to only care about her father, even when he pays no attention to her. Her relationship with her childhood friend Wardley is very cute but I think that it could be built on more in the next two books. I love how we get to see some familiar characters from the original Alice story, like Cheshire, who is the King's right hand man and the Mad Hatter, who happens to be Dinah's brother, Charles. The story was entertaining and good but at times I found myself bored because it was dragging. There are lots of secrets in this Wonderland and I was definitely confused for a while on what was going on but I think I may have some of it figured out now. If not, I am hoping the next book will answer my unanswered questions. I am definitely going to continue with the series and I hope that it gets better.


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Bessie is a freelance writer and has 10 years of HR experience. She is currently a Regional HR Business Partner with a US MNC.
Many of you were informed during your 1st day orientation with Human Resource that discussing salary is a taboo under the company policy and should be avoided at all cost. Nonetheless, many employees continue to discuss salary openly during and after working hours. Whilst you may be curious to what others are getting, would it be even wise to discuss salary with your colleagues?
Over lunch time, you learn that your colleague doing the same job as you is getting $500 more than you every month. You concluded right away that the company has an unfair pay scheme and contemplate resigning from the job. Feeling enraged, you shared this information and your salary details with other colleagues. As an employee, you believe that you are not obliged to treat salary information as confidential because the company told you to do so.
Take a step back and reflect on these three points: "how would you feel personally when you know what others are earning?"; "how would people react to you when they know what you are earning?"; "how do you determine the information that you are hearing is accurate?"
Different Generations
In an organization, we have different generations at work and they hold different perspectives about discussing salaries. Employees from generation X and Y tend to have no qualms about sharing their salaries openly; while baby boomers believe strongly that salaries information should be kept strictly confidential.
Don't feel obliged to share your salary if you belong to a certain generation. Do remember that this is your personal information and you have no obligation to let others know.
Read also: How Companies Determine Salary for New Employees
Check the Accuracy of Information
Saving Face (面子)
If you choose to engage in such discussion on salary, how do you determine that your colleague is telling the truth? In the Asian context, the concept of "saving face" is still very inherent in our culture. Employees who take the initiative and are very open to share information may be the ones who need to feel good about themselves at the expenses of others. I had a past experience whereby an employee told another that he was getting $10/hour when the normal rate for others was only about $8/hour. The word got around quickly and a few co-workers stormed into the HR department to demand an understanding for such unfair pay scheme. It turned out that the employee who was boasting about his high pay was getting only $6.50/ hour due to his tardiness and poor performance.
Years of Experience
In addition, we have to consider employees with relevant experience in other companies. In many occasions, employees complain that a new hire is getting a higher salary than them, without knowing that the new hire has far many years of relevant experience in previous companies.
It is normal for everyone to make assumption but do you think it is worth allowing such unverified information to affect your feelings?
Read also: How to Handle Salary Questions During Your Interview
Knowing Your Colleague's Salary Can Incite Negative Feelings
Salary can affect one's job satisfaction and performance at work. You feel good when you are earning much more than your co-workers. However, upon learning that someone else is getting a higher salary than you, you may tend to feel dissatisfied. If you dwell too much into that information that you are hearing, you may develop into other harmful feelings such as jealousy towards your colleagues or resentment towards your manager. Once that happens, your work performance and satisfaction can be negatively affected. These negative feelings can even spill into your personal life.
If you opt to participate in such salary discussion; you allow such "culture" to be further established within the organization. Subsequently, others will also know about your salary and may develop negative feeling towards you.
What Motivates You?
Marslow's Need Hierarchy
Besides salary, there are many other motivational factors at work. There have been many motivation theories to understand how employees are motivated. One of them is the Maslow's need-hierarchy theory (Maslow, 1943). According to Maslow, employees have five levels of needs: physiological, safety, social, ego, and self- actualizing. He believes that the lower levels needs had to be satisfied before the next higher level need would motivate employees. The lower needs include basic issues of survival such as salary and job security.
Once these basic needs are met, the employee will to be accepted socially in the company. After that, employees would seek recognition; progression and achievement The main concept of this theory is that employees' needs are constantly changing and transforming. Salary can never remain as a carrot and stick approach to retain and motivate employees.
Herzberg's Two-factor Theory
In Herzberg's two- factor theory (Herzberg, 1968), motivation is categorized into two factors: Hygiene and motivational factors. Hygiene factors include salary; job security etc while motivator factors include recognition; job satisfactions etc.
A simple illustration: In a company whereby there is high hygiene and low motivation factors; employees will regard their jobs as a paycheck with low motivation. On the other hand, a company with low hygiene and high motivation are jobs which are challenging but low salary. The ideal situation is to have both high hygiene and high motivation factors.
Personally, I do agree that salary is one of fundamental motivators but it is not the only one. If you happen to know what your colleagues are getting, you should never allow that to be the key factor to leave your job. You should think of other factors that motivate you at work.
After reading this article, do you really think it is wise to discuss salary with your colleagues? Will you be more motivated after knowing what others are making? Does it bring you any benefits revealing your salary to others?


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By: | Muhammad Ali Azlan |
"I urge professional soldiers not to follow the command of the generals and brigadiers. Refuse to obey their orders because they (generals) can get you killed like they did with people of Waziristan and other parts of the country", shouted an impassioned slender young man in his address to a large gathering, The youngster is seen and now revered as the new messiah for the Pashtun plight in Pakistan.
The excerpt is taken from a Reuters article which can be read here :- https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1HT0WX?__twitter_impression=true
Consolidating dividends of peace.Through hardships is road to peace.Hard times are over, good ones in sight.Let's stay steadfast.Difficulties/comforts both are shared.
We can do it,we are doing it,we shall IA do it together till final destination of enduring peace in our Pakistan pic.twitter.com/EO8NhWUBjT
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 22, 2018
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday met with father of Naqeebullah, a 27-year-old youth murdered in a 'fake encounter' and assured him support to obtain justice at any cost, ISPR reported.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Army chief Gen. Bajwa condoled and offered prayers for the departed soul.
Speaking to the local tribal elders, COAS said that with the efforts of local tribal's and Pak army peace has been restored in the region.
COAS urged local elders to not allow anyone to endanger the peace attained at a very heavy cost of blood and money.
"Pakistan has sacrificed financial as well as human loss in wake of peace. We are back in the era of stability and development," Gen Bajwa added.
COAS thanked tribal leader for their through support with Pak army during the operation.
On the other hand local tribal leaders also thanked Pak army for restoration of peace and development works in the region.
I express my solidarity with the ongoing peaceful #IslamabadSitin and appeal the Prime Minister, the Chief of Army Staff and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take immediate notice of the genuine demands of the people of FATA and Pukhtoonkhwa.#PukhtoonLongMarch#JusticeForNaqib
— Malala (@Malala) February 6, 2018
A number of politicians, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali, have addressed the sit-in expressing solidarity.
I support the #PashtunLongMarch and the resistance.
— Syed Ali Raza Abidi (@abidifactor) February 2, 2018
The #PashtunLongMarch is demanding #JusticeForNaqeeb & the right to life with dignity. The demands are within the Constitution. I don't understand why controversies are being created. Peaceful protest against injustices is an alienable right. https://t.co/NPaWwSXtBR
— Bushra Gohar (@BushraGohar) February 2, 2018
A helpless father marching with a banner appealing for return of his abducted son. This is too anti national and dangerous to be aired on tv? We as a country cant assure this father his child's welfare but we want him to only raise patriotic slogans #PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar pic.twitter.com/j4Q8020wTV
— M. Jibran Nasir (@MJibranNasir) April 8, 2018
Fully support #PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar
May the people get the justice they seek.
— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) April 8, 2018
Malala Yousafzai's also showed his support for the cause,
"PTM never raised a slogan against Pakistan. Rather than agreeing to their constitutional demands Pakistan Zindabad Movement is being nurtured against it is a meaningless and laughable step. PTM has uprooted the pitch of terrorism. The leaders in the corridors of power need to work with them to make Pakistan Prosperous."
According to Wikipedia, Manzoor Pashteen was born in 1992 in Mawla Khan Sarai, a small village near the town of Sarwakai in South Waziristan, Pakistan. He belongs to a poor Pashtun family, from the Shamankhel branch of the Mahsud tribe. His father, Abdul Wadud Mahsud, is a school teacher at his village.
Pashteen spent his childhood in Waziristan, and received his early education at his village's school. However in 2009, as a result of Operation Rah-e-Nijat, Pashteen and his family were internally displaced from Waziristan to the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Dera Ismail Khan. In 2014, Pashteen founded the "Mehsud Tahafuz Movement", a social movement mainly focused on clearing land mines in Waziristan. After gaining popularity, it was renamed to the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement ("Pashtun Protection Movement"). Pashteen received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree at Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan.
On January 26, 2018, Manzoor Pashteen led a protest march starting from Dera Ismail Khan, and reaching Peshawar on January 28. Then upon reaching Islamabad on February 1, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement organized a sit-in called "All Pashtun National Jirga". The jirga condemned the murder of the Pashtun Naqeebullah Mehsud who was shot dead by police force in Karachi during an encounter, and the alleged state oppression against the Pashtuns. Among other demands, the jirga also asked the government to set up a judicial inquiry for Naqeebullah Mehsud, as well as for all the other Pashtuns murdered extrajudicially in police encounters.
Impressive graphics being run on the #PashtunLongMarch live stream, english subtitles and people with Afghanistan's flag as their profile pictures sharing them on various social media platforms, 'Impressive' to say the least.
"We are only against the oppressors," PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen told a charged audience as he took the stage.
"We are only the 'agents' of our nation," he said, addressing allegations that the movement is being backed by foreign agencies.
"What has happened so far for the missing persons?" he asked. "The mothers and elders whose beloveds are missing should not be coerced."
"After Rao Anwar (the ex-SSP Malir accused of the extrajudicial murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud), it is now the turn of Ehsanullah Ehsan (former TTP leader)," he said, demanding that the erstwhile TTP spokesperson should be brought to the courts.
"After Ehsanullah, we will bring [former president] Musharraf to the courts," he added.
Perhaps the most alarming of all the developments was a statement by PTM activist Fazal Ur Rehman Afridi in Geneva who criticized CPEC and threatened Pakistan of urban war and Balkanization if demands are not met.
Manzoor Pashteen's speech at #PTMPeshawarJalsa today:
"Naming or blaming the ISI or MI was equal to death. But not anymore. I will call out any tyrant, and I am proud of it. You cannot scare a Pashtun with death threats anymore".#PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar @a_siab @sid_abu pic.twitter.com/DVcxsBcZ3c
— Hameed Shuja (@hameedshuja) April 8, 2018
"We will go to every village until our demands are met," Pashteen announced, adding that more jalsas will be held in Karachi, Hyderabad, Loralai and Bannu, followed by a sit-in in Islamabad.
He also announced that a gathering named "Jalsa Raddul Fasaad" will be held on April 22 in Lahore, whereas another one in Swat on April 29 will be called "Raah-e-Raast".
The Islamabad sit-in would end only after an international guarantee, Pashteen told the audience, reported Dawn.
After managing a complete media blackout of the coverage of PTM's massive protest rally in Peshawar, the oppressive state is now preventing social media coverage of the event by constantly interrupting internet connectivity. #PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar @manzoorpashteen
— Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)/پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ (@PashtunTM_Offi) April 8, 2018
The Ministry of Interior ordered closure of Radio Mashaal's office in Islamabad. This move followed recommendations by the country's premier intelligence agency.
Radio Mashaal is a Pashto-language radio channel which began operations in 2010 from the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL) in Prague, Czech Republic.
RFERL is funded by the US Congress through defined appropriations. However, during its establishment in 1950 and until 1971, RFERL was funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to counter the spread of Communism. This fact is mentioned on the official website of RFERL itself.
During the period 2002 till 2011, RFERL reached a considerable number of listeners in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, airing programs in various Pashto dialects. These programs not only discussed news and current affairs but also managed part of the United States' "influence operations" reportedly to prevent the resurgence of extremism.
In his book 'The Almost Classified Guide to CIA Front Companies, Proprietary's & Contractors', renowned security analyst Wayne Madsen PhD claimed that CIA used Radio Mashaal's broadcasts to target Pakistan's interests. Madsen reveals how Radio Mashaal's parent broadcaster Radio Free Europe received funding even during and after 1995 from the Hobby Foundation, which itself received hefty donations from the CIA (mentioned in the book at page 308).
Read More: Generational Warfare for dummies: Pakistan's inefficiency to understand and tackle
There are several reports and broadcasts by Radio Mashaal which give voice to elements which consistently accuse the Pakistani state and its military of allegedly supporting terrorism. One noteworthy example is Abdul Hai Kakar, a former BBC correspondent from Peshawar and longtime Mashaal employee in Prague.
Kakar has not only given excessive coverage to disgruntled politicians and activists who vent their angst against Pakistan in one way or the other; the journalist himself has a very negative and biased view of Pakistan Army. In an interview from October 2012, Abdul Hai Kakar presented himself as the person who brought Malala Yousafzai to spotlight, despite being aware of the threats she would face. He also equated Pakistan Army and the Taliban as being one and the same .
Radio Mashaal has also long been observed giving space to fierce opponents of CPEC such as Dr Said Alam Mahsud of Pakhtunkhwa Ulasi Tehrik. The provision of such airspace for dissident voices against CPEC matches the overall aim of the US government to discredit Chinese geo-economic expansion in Asia which runs counter to Washington's own models.
Security officials familiar with the developments told that the closure of Mashaal's office was taken after thorough deliberations and activity reviews.
A few decades back there was a woman named Zohra Fona, a woman from Indonesia, pregnant with 'Imam Mehdi'. She had visited several Islamic countries, it was propagated that rulers had offered prayers in her Imamat.
Many ulema began to claim that the time for Imam Mehdi's coming had arrived.
Zohra Fona claimed that the child recited Azaan. Reputed ulema like Maulana Okarvi and Ehteshamul Haque met Zohra Fona and listened to the Azaan with ears close to the lady's stomach. She began to draw huge crowds to mosques and parks where she led prayers. Our reputed ulema would join the prayers.
Karachi's Jinnah Hospital decided to put the legend to scientific test. It was revealed that the holy woman was not even pregnant with an Azan-reciting messiah but had a recording device tied to her body. She immediately left for Indonesia once the farce was exposed.
A nation brought up on excessive amounts of Bollywood fodder and our inherent gullibility (stupidity) makes us a sucker for good story telling.
Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who has to go into hiding during World War Two to escape from the Nazis. Together with seven others she hides in the secret annex at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. After more than two years in hiding they are discovered and deported to concentration camps. Anne's father, Otto Frank, is the only one of the eight people to survive. After her death Anne becomes world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding.
Anne wrote in her diary that she wants to become a writer or a journalist in the future, and that she wants to publish her diary as a novel. Friends convince Otto Frank that the diary has great expressive power and on 25 June 1947 The Secret Annexe is published in an edition of 3,000. Many more editions follow, also translations, a play and a film.
People from all over the world learn of Anne Frank's story. Over the years Otto Frank answers thousands of letters from people who have read his daughter's diary, 'The Diary Of Anne Frank'.
The Ministry of Defence Afghanistan (MoD) on Friday insisted that Monday's airstrike did not target a graduation ceremony at a seminary in northern Kunduz province.
Media reports quoted residents and relatives as saying many children were among the civilians killed in the air raid in the Dasht-i-Archi district of the province.
A day earlier, locals told representatives of different media outlets, including Pajhwok Afghan News, that the raid struck the religious school and all victims were civilians.
Reacting to the news stories, the ministry said the Taliban had taken seven journalists of their choice to the site. The reporters were fed lies by the Taliban-briefed individuals, it explained.
In a statement, the MoD said: "There are many madrassas in Kunduz that are duly respected by the Afghan government and security forces."
The ministry added that no seminary in Kunduz had been attacked; nor would they be struck in future. The raid was conducted on a Taliban meeting in the area, the statement concluded.
Afghan security sources and witnesses have told AFP that AAF helicopters struck a madrassa in Dashte Archi district where a graduation ceremony for religious students was under way.
At least 70 people were killed, including Taliban commanders, according to security sources. Health officials said at least 57 wounded were taken to hospital in the provincial capital Kunduz.
The Taliban issued a statement late Wednesday saying it "condemns in the strongest terms this major crime and vows to take serious revenge against the perpetrators".
large piles of hats, turbans and shoes that were said to belong to the victims of the airstrike. At least half a dozen freshly dug graves could be seen nearby.
Abdullah, 40, who lives near the compound housing the madrassa and mosque and was invited to attend as a member of the local community, told AFP that he saw the airstrike happen.
"We were about to finish the ceremony at 1:00 pm when (Afghan military) aircraft bombarded innocent children," he said Wednesday.
"People were panicked. Children and elders were also wounded in the bombardment."
Government officials in both Kabul and Kunduz have given conflicting figures for the number of casualties, with some denying any civilians had been killed or that a madrassa had been hit.
Afghan officials have been known to minimise civilian casualties.
The Afghan military initially denied civilians were among the dead and wounded, but later blamed the Taliban for shooting them. It said 18 Taliban commanders were killed and 12 were wounded in the airstrike.
On the other hand, Afghanistan has tried to levy their burden on Pakistan's back making ludicrous claims which have been denied by most parties and eyewitnesses involved, including the Government of Pakistan.
Here is what the Afghans tried to spin: 5 Pakistani advisors among killed in Dasht-e-Archi airstrike
A near and dear Pashtun friend raised a harmless and pertinent question, where is the 'Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement' in all this?
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has said he is in favour of the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but any change in the status of the region would be made with the consent of all stakeholders, according to tribal elders.
"I myself favour Fata's merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a recent meeting with the youth from the region who unanimously supported the merger plan," more than two elders quoted Gen Bajwa as having said while addressing a select group of elders in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, on Friday.
He said no decision would be imposed from outside and only genuine wishes and desires of tribal people would be honoured, adding that a consensus would be developed on the future status of Fata along with desired changes in the existing administrative system with the army arranging a meeting of pro- and anti-merger elements from the tribal areas in near future.
Says army will arrange meeting of pro- and anti-merger elements from tribal areas
Read More: Modern Warfare: The battle for hearts and minds
The army chief told the elders that some elements were receiving financial assistance from foreign countries to destabilise Pakistan and also sabotage the plan for Fata reforms. He said the army had in the recent past achieved great successes against militants and would not spare those who were planning and coordinating terror attacks from a foreign soil.
"The people of Fata along with the army have rendered great sacrifices in the war against terror and it was only with these sacrifices that peace has been restored and militancy has been controlled to a great extent," he said.
Gen Bajwa told the elders that he was aware of the requirements of the tribal people for rebuilding their region after sustaining huge loses and said the army would ensure judicious utilisation of all development funds for Fata. "It is time that we focus on the development and rebuilding of Fata as the region has suffered a lot during the last 15 years of militancy and terrorism."
About the fencing of border with Afghanistan, the army chief said the plan was producing desired results and it would be completed at all cost. However, he said he would try to mitigate the sufferings of local people who had been adversely affected by the implementation of the border management policy at the Torkham border.
A select group of about 40 tribal elders was invited to the meeting with the army chief. The local media and politicians were kept away from the meeting.
The army chief told the tribal elders that intelligence agencies had succeeded in closing in on the murderers of Naqeebullah Mehsud and the army would soon arrest the real culprits. The ISPR said in a statement that Gen Bajwa visited Corps Headquarters in Peshawar and Khyber Agency. It said a detailed briefing on the security situation in Fata/KP was given at the corps headquarters, Peshawar bureau adds.
Personal Comment: I am not trying to play the blame game, neither am I levying allegations, I just tried to spread out some "convenient" dots on the canvas, If they make a picture to you, the reader, then well and good, If not then it is good either way.
Naqeeb's murder case needs to be resolved with justice and fairness but we must also be wary that a movement started to avenge a murder does not end up getting other innocent people killed, fooled or used.
[1] https://pressroom.rferl.org/p/6092.html
[2] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Radio-Free-Europe
[3] https://www.rferl.org/amp/interview-collaborator-diary-malala-yousafzai-pakistan/24737954.html