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Clone (7", United Artists, 1979, UK)
1. Clone
2. All Of The Girls
Nice synth-pop single.
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Greg Vandike - Clone
Friday, April 18, 2008
Greg Vandike
Posted by soundhead at 4:51 PM
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Don't let all the krap get you irked. You have one of the best blogs musically on the web. I am sure many would agree. Be well my friend.....
- April 20, 2008 at 11:18 AM
this song is awesome.
- April 28, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Unknown said...
fantastic tracks. i had never heard for greg before a member of klaxons played 'clone' at a packed club launch on saturday night. it was the best song of the evening and filled the dancefloor!
going by what got played that night it would appear that the re-emergence of minimal synth, cold wave and the like has finally reached london (kas product, ruth, grauzone to name but a few)
- June 27, 2008 at 9:51 AM
greg vandike i think came from torquay, england.
- July 25, 2008 at 2:15 AM
- Unknown said...
link down .. can u upload again please?
- October 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM
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Pilates Product Review: BASI's Pilates Interactive
By Nicole Rogers
Have you ever wished for an online Pilates encyclopedia? If so, Pilates Interactive, a new web platform from BASI Pilates founder Rael Isacowitz, might be what you're looking for. It's an instant exercise reference tool, a continuing ed program and, for those like me who work alone, a digital colleague, packaged onto one site and accessible at any time. It is an extremely handy tool for Pilates in the 21st century.
At its most basic, Pilates Interactive is an online video library of the BASI exercise repertoire. Each video on the site is a demonstration of an individual exercise, and most feature Rael Isacowitz performing and/or cueing the movement. The videos are searchable and sortable by key word, difficulty level, apparatus, muscle, or BASI block (BASI's unique system). Because all of the video content is streamed, nothing needs to be installed or downloaded onto your computer. The site's main interface is sleek and easy to navigate and the viewing interface for each exercise has at-a-glance exercise notes, organized into set-up, movement, muscle focus, objectives and cueing sections. At last count, 327 exercises were available and BASI is still adding to the site.
Pilates Interactive also has a searchable "Workouts" section, where exercise videos are strung together so that the user doesn't have to continually click "play" for each exercise. While I think one of the most fun and creative things about teaching Pilates is coming up with an inventive workout for your client, it's helpful to have something like this to spark your creativity— particularly if you often teach alone, as I do. The Pelvic-Lumbar Stability workout that I watched gave me some great ideas, and I imagine the more I watch, the more new ideas I'll accumulate. There is also a special "Spotlight" section that features Isacowitz teaching various workshops and BASI "exercise of the month" clips, and you get to see how Isacowitz teaches the exercises.
BASI graduates clearly will be interested in Pilates Interactive, but BASI marketing director Roy Isacowitz (Rael's cousin), says that the number of non-BASI-trained subscribers to the service—now almost 50 percent—has been astounding. With so many exercises and features, and BASI adding more each month, I can see why this ambitious service has mass appeal. Beginning instructors can find excellent information to support and enhance their teaching, and advanced instructors can refresh their knowledge of an exercise they haven't practiced in awhile. Studio owners can keep detailed records of their clients' workouts, and provide a training resource for their instructors.
Pilates Interactive is available by subscription,and is available in two different packages, Pro, and Studio, which have slightly different capabilities. Pilates Interactive Pro, which is for individuals, is $9.99/month or $99 annually. Pilates Interactive Studio, for studio owners and operators, is $19.99/month or $199 annually. The Studio subscription has a sophisticated calendar that allows you to keep a log of client sessions. Additionally, the Studio subscription allows you to create custom workouts. Roy Isacowitz says the next version of the Pro subscription will have that capability as well. The site doesn't offer a trial period, but does offer a 30-day money-back guarantee, so one can try the system out and receive a full refund.
If you'd like to see a demo of how Pilates Interactive works, this promotional video clip from BASI really gives you a feel for the online platform. BASI has also recently rolled out a new Pilates Interactive iPhone app as well. To learn more or subscribe, visit www.pilatesinteractive.com.
Nicole Rogers is a Pilates instructor and writer. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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"Alright" by David Choi is featured on Just Dance Kids 2.
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The dancer is a boy with black hair. He is wearing a red t-shirt, a jacket, black shorts, and white shoes.
The dancer steps in a red and white floor. There are some trees at the sides. There is a small city and lots of fireworks will appear occasionally.
Gold Moves
There are 2 Gold Moves in this routine, which both are the same:
Both Gold Moves: Raise both of your arms and bring them down while jumping back.
- This is the first routine on Just Dance Kids 2 to start with a Gold Move, along with Something That I Want.
- This is the only song on Just Dance Kids 2 to not have two backup dancers.
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The U.S. Homeland Security chief has flatly denied that ISIS members crossed the Mexican border into Texas – as conservative lawmakers claimed – but did admit that four Kurdish terrorists did slip through.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson was forced to deny that 10 people linked to ISIS had entered Texas after Republican Representative Duncan Hunter made the startling claim on Fox News on Tuesday.
But on Thursday, Johnson conceded that four members the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, were arrested in September trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico.
The PKK, a separatist group in Turkey, is deemed a 'foreign terrorist organization' by the U.S. government – but it has allied itself with other Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
In his speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Johnson noted that the PKK was 'actually fighting against ISIL and defended Kurdish territory in Iraq'.
They had been arrested for unlawful entry, detained and would be deported by U.S. authorities, he said in a speech in Washington.
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"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is."
C. L. Lewis, 20th century British novelist.
So the question you need to answer is, how will you spend each of those 60 minutes?
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A Plain Pistol Flask, Mid 19th Century. With body of flattened oval section, with tapering nozzle, base with pivoting cover for storage of percussion caps, and cover at the top for balls stamped 'DIXON & SONS SHEFFIELD', retaining all original colour and lacquer, some light surface rust as in completely untouched condition.
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Communities In Schools partners with the Moravian Falls Learning Center to provide homework completion services to students who attend Moravian Falls and reside in the Country Square community. Student volunteers from Central Middle and Wilkes Central High School often come to help the younger students with their homework. Sessions are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:15 to 5:00 — and a healthy snack is provided.
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Lunch Buddies is a mentoring program which focuses on children in kindergarten through 3rd grades. Volunteers spend one lunch period a week at the school of their choice eating lunch, building a special friendship and encouraging a child. The Lunch Buddy program is offered at various elementary school throughout Wilkes County.
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New Century Scholars is a community partnership project in which scholarships to Wilkes Community College are awarded to 6th-grade students. Twenty-four students are awarded annually with scholarships and followed through each grade. The program coordinator provides resources, guidance, and support throughout their middle and high school years, while also setting up service learning projects for the students to complete in the community. The students receive the scholarship upon graduation. Partners in the efforts are CIS, Wilkes Community College, Wilkes Chamber of Commerce Education Improvement Committee and local businesses. Businesses, individuals, and church or civic groups sponsor students with a $1,000 tax-deductible contribution.
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Freeze-drying is a dehydration process especially suited to the conservation of biological products.The fundamental principle in freeze-drying is sublimation, the shift from a solid directly into a gas.
Just like evaporation, sublimation occurs when a molecule gains enough energy to break free from the molecules around it.
The direct transition of water from solid to vapor, without a liquid phase, helps to preserve most of the initial raw material's properties such as appearance, shape, taste, color, and flavor.
As an important functional property, the freeze-dried product has a high rehydration capacity. The main limit to the industrial development is its cost due to the low productivity.
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As I have recently been in mourning over yet another year of my life gone by, many of my friends lent me some support in the form of nice gifts, cards and good wishes on my birthday. Among the latter there was an inevitable one which surfaces every now and again: a wish that one day I will be made a bishop. Such a wish is certainly well-intended, but it is the one that I dread actually happening. Thank God, the chance of it occurring is a big fat zero – but why tempt fate? I personally reckon that I reached the pinnacle of my ambitions regarding my position when I was appointed to the parishes of Buckie and Fochabers as parish priest.
The request made by the two brothers James and John in today's gospel is rather brash and ambitious. They aim high: 'Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.' It's a visual reference to the court customs of the day, where those sitting beside the sovereign were his closest advisors and therefore the most powerful and influential of people. This bold demand showed the brothers' misunderstanding of Jesus' mission and fate. This misconception was shared by the rest of the Apostles, who were highly agitated and indignant when they learnt that James and John had tried to outmanoeuvre them.
After the request had been made, Jesus tried to hint to the two brothers about what was really required in order to achieve their ambitions: 'Can you drink the cup I must drink, or be baptised with the baptism I must be baptised?' Their quick off-the-cuff reply 'we can' only deepened the sense that they continued to be fixated on their original goal, and were taking into consideration neither the requirements nor the implications of Jesus' hint. Jesus accepted their willingness to walk alongside him, but he refused to give them any assurances. I'm pretty certain that when James and John were watching Jesus being crucified with two criminals either side of him, they were rather grateful that their wish hadn't been granted.
It seems that the message of today's gospel is at odds with modern culture, where having strong ambitions and aiming high are perceived as essential in order to achieve a successful career. It's actually hard to imagine any achievements, be it in sport or in business, outwith this sort of mental framework. We try to instil this kind of attitude in children from the very beginning, believing that this will help them to get on in life. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. In itself, being ambitious, bold, daring and aiming high is not a problem. In the gospel Jesus didn't rebuke James and John for their audacious request, but he did try to change their reasons for it. He made it very clear when the quarrel broke out between the two brothers and the rest of the company: 'Anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave of all.' Following your ambitions and achieving your goals must not be done at the expense of others, trampling them and squashing them underfoot on your way to success. At the end of the day, any success is worthless when there's nobody with whom to share it; nothing is more satisfactory than genuine love and true friendship.


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Can you remember when the Bank of England interest rate was in double figures?
If so, you probably also remember rag-rolling, shoulder pads as weapons of mass destruction and Bob Geldof telling us all to "Give us your f***ing money".
Yes, that was the 80s. The days when you could buy a single garage in Knightsbridge and still have change out of half a million. You tell that to the kids of today and they won't believe you.
Yes kids, back in the day, when people used to look at things rather than obsessively photograph them (weird but true), it was actually expensive to borrow money.
Phil Kennedy at BBC Radio Berkshire was one of many who remembered having a mortgage in the 80s at 16% when we spoke on the day of 'the great interest rate rise to 0.75%' back in August.
Back in those days, changing the base rate was something that we the people, not just the media, followed with bated breath.
In the heady days of the 1980s when, under another Conservative government, rates were hiked up to around 15% for a year, a change in interest rates was a monthly, sometimes fortnightly, event as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, then in charge of manipulating them, approached monetary policy like Donald Trump approaches Twitter at three o'clock in the morning.
It wasn't until the 90s that interest rates got a bit of a breather and finally a 'get out of jail' card in 1997 when Gordon Brown made one of the few sensible decisions of his tenure as Chancellor and handed over the decision-making to the Bank of England.
Things stayed calmer then, out of the clutches of party politics, until its vertiginous drop in 2009 to 0.5%, where, as we know, it stayed for way longer than any of us had suspected.
So, you could forgive the media for getting over-excited at a 0.25% (count those percentage points) rise in August this year. This was a move – an actual move – which had been promised and not delivered so many times. For months, years even, we had been left hanging on, waiting for a rise like someone expecting a parcel from Yodel only to find it three days later in next door's bins.
And we did see some action. On the day of the rate rise itself my mortgage lender gleefully texted me to say there would be an 'alteration' in my payments from next month. "Don't worry. We'll be writing to tell you all about it," it added. It did too.
I spoke on various media outlets on the day, including the BBC News Channel and a host of BBC radio stations, answering questions from listeners such as: "Why is my bank charging me 4.5% for my mortgage if interest rates have been so low?" to which the answer is, of course, "Because it hates you".
Savers were even more resentful: "If this is the second time interest rates have gone up in the last couple of years, how come my Isa interest rate has gone down?" asked 'Anon' of Cheadle, Staffordshire.
I could answer the same as above, but it's almost more depressing than that: banks just don't care any more. They're like an ex-boyfriend who is so keen for you to find someone else that he's on the lookout for you himself. That's how little he's into you. For a start, banks have access to cash elsewhere. They don't need us to lend it to them quite so much, so they're not fussed about enticing us in.
Geoff, who called in to BBC West Midlands on the rate rise day, asked why all UK savers didn't just vote with their feet and take all their money out of the banks at the same time in protest. Well we could, but we won't, and that's another reason why banks don't bother. We're still more likely to get divorced than to switch our bank accounts, so we're even less likely to bother with our savings accounts.
And not only that, but it's clear that there are much bigger forces potentially at work than mere interest rate movements that are likely to affect prices and spending in the near future. I was hoping to get to the end of this page without mentioning the 'B' word, but it's the elephant in the room that no one's feeding buns to, so I have to. Let's see next year just how effective interest rate jiggles will be if and when we crash out of the EU with no deal in place and no plan for imports and exports. Dropping borrowing rates by even a whole percentage point is likely to be as impressive as slinging rocks at an armoured tank. I hope I'm wrong but… let's see.


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A task force spawned by a bill from the 2015 legislative session that mandates certain insurance plans cover a costly but effective treatment for children with autism is meeting in Pierre. The new law requires certain insurance plans to pay for applied behavior analysis therapy. [KSFY teevee]In Republican households feeding junk food to kids alters the gut-brain connection: a leading cause of autism.
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Proven REIT to build more US$1m homes
Real estate developer Proven REIT is pouring US$11 million into another luxury development at Millsborough in Kingston to be called The Cesar.
Its target market is wealthy individuals who are expected to spend US$350,000 on a two-bedroom apartment and about US$1.1 million on a villa at the complex. It would become the second high-end complex constructed by Proven at Millsborough, following Giau, which is now in its finishing stages.
Proven received planning approvals recently and will launch construction of the residences next month.
The company is moving ahead with the project at a time when realtors have been expressing concern that the high-end market for apartments could be softening. To that, Proven REIT CEO Aisha Campbell says that her company sees value in being bespoke to meet the demand for personal amenities by some clients.
"Real estate is primarily driven by location and the product. So if people feel that they are getting value for money, then you will get the market," Campbell told the Financial Gleaner in an interview on Wednesday.
The Cesar complex will hold six villas and nine apartments, ranging from two to four bedrooms. The villas will have individual plunge pools, standby power, and standby water supply.
"There is always going to be a need for supply at the top. I do not feel that there is a glut in the market. My research does not show that. There is still demand for units in the right location – as long as we meet the needs of that segment of the market," she said.
The complex, designed by architects Rivi Gardener and Associates, is influenced by 20th-century French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini. The project is to be completed in March 2021.


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It's probably fair to say that the information, communications and technology (ICT) industry is littered with the corpses of failed joint ventures, business partnerships and strategic collaborations that never quite achieved the ambitions of the parties involved. It's an important reminder of why it is so important to get the details right before entering into strategic relationships such as these. A partnership should always be more than the sum of its parts in order to succeed.
Despite the failures and missteps we have all witnessed over many years, the ability to partner remains an essential requirement for any successful business — and that has never been more true for the telecoms industry than now. Vendors and service providers are all under huge pressure to step outside their traditional comfort zones and embrace new technologies as well as new ways of working, while also accepting that they will not be able to do this on their own.
A quick glance at the agendas for TM Forum events, for example, reveals a huge level of collaboration among vendors and operators as they seek to solve incredibly complex issues and create new solutions to support an increasingly digital world. Some of these collaborations morph into full-blown partnerships that are ultimately of enormous benefit to the partners involved, as they open up new target markets and expand the customer base — all owing to the development of collaborative solutions with input from multiple sources.
At Etiya, from the very beginning it has certainly been our approach to work with technology partners whose products and solutions can benefit from our expertise — and vice versa, of course. Our portfolio of products, services and solutions has expanded enormously since we were founded in 2004, and partnerships provide us with the opportunity to tackle bigger markets and meet the ever-expanding requirements of our customers.
For example, we have been able to integrate our new artificial intelligence-based solutions with broader digital platforms that increasingly support the new breed of digital service provider. Within the context of a partnership with software solutions and services specialist Openet, for instance, we contributed towards the launch of a telco-as-a-service solution by a tier 1 operator in North America, providing AI-driven customer experience management and self-care.
This solution will provide the digital business platform for the operator to launch and manage a digital sub-brand. By using the solution on an 'as-a-service' basis, the operator will significantly reduce the risks and the up-front costs of setting up a new business.
We've previously discussed the fact that telecoms operators are beginning to see secondary brands with new eyes, regarding them less as a necessary evil and more as a vehicle for radical change. By working with partners, we are able to support different service providers in their efforts to create new, digital businesses as part of an over-arching strategy to tackle the threat posed by over-the-top players head-on. In this new, digital universe, partnerships will help us all to succeed in the longer term.


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Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!
Today, Yud Tes Kislev, "The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus," marks 218 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chasidus Chabad, from prison in the year 5559 (1798).
This year also marks 204 years since the Alter Rebbe's Histalkus. In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the "Holiday of Holidays," Farbrengens are being held around the world!
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Yud-Tes-Chaf Kislev, the Festival of Liberation:594
The 19th and 20th of Kislev are the Rosh HaShanah of Chassidus.
The following is the festive greeting used on these two days: "A good Yom-Tov! May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year in the study of Chassidus and in the spiritual lifestyle of Chassidus."[598]
The 19th of Kislev is the yahrzeit of our saintly master, R. DovBer, the Maggid of Mezritch, who [as successor to the Baal Shem Tov] was the mentor of the second generation of the chassidic movement – from 5521 (1761) until his passing on the third day of the week of Parshas Vayeishev, Yud-Tes Kislev, 5533 (1772). His resting place is in Anipoli.[599]
R. Shneur Zalman [of Liadi, author of the Tanya], known as the Alter Rebbe, founder and first leader of the Chabad chassidic movement from 5533 (1772) until [his passing on the 24th of Teves in] 5573 (1812), was released from his first imprisonment on the 19th of Kislev, late in the afternoon of the third day of the week of Parshas Vayeishev, 5559 (1798).[600]
From a letter of the Alter Rebbe: "This indeed must be made known, that on the day which G-d made for us – on the 19th of Kislev; on the third day of the week (concerning which the Torah twice writes 'It is good'[601]); on the yahrzeit of our holy master [the Maggid of Mezritch], whose soul reposes in Eden; – on that day, while I was reading the verse in the Book of Tehillim that begins, 'He has redeemed my soul in peace,'[602] and before I began the following verse, I went forth in peace through the G-d of Peace."[603]
The following statement, [handed down by the oral tradition of elder chassidim of that time,] was made by the Alter Rebbe in connection with Yud-Tes Kislev:[604]
(First Version:) "This day will be fixed as an everlasting festival for Israel, a day on which the great Name of G-d will be exalted and hallowed. The hearts of thousands of Jews will be aroused in repentance and the service of the heart (i.e., prayer), for this episode is engraved in the heart of the Israel of the World Above, and inscribed in the heart of Israel in This World."
(Second Version:) "This day will be fixed as an everlasting festival for Israel, a day on which the great Name of G-d will be exalted and hallowed. The hearts of thousands of Jews will be aroused in repentance and the service of the heart (i.e., prayer), for when this episode will be engraved in the heart of Yisrael Sava,[605] it will be inscribed in the heart of Israel in This World."
From a letter of the Rebbe Rashab:[606] "Yud-Tes Kislev,…the festival on which 'He redeemed our soul in peace,' and the light and vitality of our souls were given to us, is the New Year for Chassidus – which our saintly forebears, [the Rebbeim of their respective generations,] have bequeathed to us – i.e., the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov.[607]
"[We read in the Machzor:] 'This is the day which is the beginning of Your works.'[608] [G-d's] true and ultimate motive for creating man upon earth is [His desire] that man cause the light of the innermost dimension of our holy Torah to be revealed. On this day, that light is forthcoming in a general way for the entire year. On this day, therefore, it is our duty to awaken our hearts to an inward and elemental desire and yearning, within the very core of our hearts, that G-d illuminate our souls with the light of the innermost dimension of His Torah."
"One ought to prepare oneself for the approach of the Rosh HaShanah of Chassidus in ways that recall the days of Selichos and the month of Elul."[609]
"For a chassid, Yud-Tes Kislev is the day of his [spiritual] circumcision."595
One does not say Tachanun on the 19th or 20th of Kislev, nor at the Minchah that precedes the 19th of Kislev.
"It is customary for chassidim to immerse in a mikveh before Shacharis on the 19th of Kislev, in keeping with the practice handed down by the earliest chassidim in the name of the Baal Shem Tov – that with the approach of Shabbos and Yom-Tov, and on Shabbos and Yom-Tov mornings, one immerses in a mikveh.
"The elder chassidim of Chabad have received an oral tradition handed down by the earliest chassidim of the Alter Rebbe, that the celebration of Yud-Tes Kislev as a Yom-Tov is crucial to the manifestation of the joy of this day, which the Alter Rebbe drew down to this world by means of his own self-sacrifice for the sake of the customs of Chabad chassidim."[610]
"This is a day for farbrengen and for resolving to set aside fixed times for the study of Torah in public, both its revealed planes (nigleh) and its hidden dimensions (Chassidus). It is a day for the strengthening of the spiritual lifestyle of chassidim in a spirit of brotherliness."[611]
The Rebbe Rashab used to make an appeal for charitable purposes during the farbrengen of Yud-Tes Kislev.[612]
It is customary to distribute the tractates of the Talmud which various individuals undertake to study in the course of the coming year, in accordance with the letter of the Alter Rebbe, beginning Hocheiach Tochiach, that closes Kuntreis Acharon at the end of Tanya. (The tractates are commonly apportioned on Yud-Tes Kislev.[613])
The following is the relevant passage: "Complete the study of the entire Talmud every year and in every community, the tractates being apportioned by lot or by consent. In a city where there are numerous synagogues, each congregation should complete the Talmud. And if a congregation is too small to implement this, they should join forces with men of a larger one. This program shall be neither violated nor varied."
Those who belong to a community which, for whatever reason, is "too small" to cope with the entire Talmud, customarily participate in the distribution of tractates that is arranged by the Machne Israel organization in the beis midrash of the Rebbe Shlita.
On Yud-Tes Kislev one recommences the annual cycle of daily readings in Tanya, as divided by the Rebbe Rayatz.[614]
In the letter which he appended to his study guide he referred to "the readings in Likkutei Amarim – Tanya as apportioned for each day of the year, from the Rosh HaShanah of Chassidus, Yud-Tes Kislev, until next year's Yud-Tes Kislev. (May it greet us and all our Jewish brethren with goodness and with blessing, both materially and spiritually.)"[615]
Extract from a letter of the Rebbe Shlita:
"The practice has become widespread[616] to hold the main farbrengen of Yud-Tes Kislev on the eve of the 20th, because the Alter Rebbe was released from prison on the 19th at Minchah time, and for the following three hours he found himself in the home of an antagonist to Chassidism, where he suffered spiritual anguish.[617]
"In many places, nevertheless, people foregather for a farbrengen on the eve of the 19th as well – and may chassidic blessings light upon them.
"In general, the farbrengens of any city are arranged in either of two ways:
1. they can be spread out in many locations, so that people who would not travel far afield should also participate; or
2. all those interested can meet at one location, for 'In a multitude of people is the King's glory.'[618] Such a farbrengen should be steered by the venerable elders and the men of stature within the community.
"Abundant quantity or superior quality?[619] Their relative merits are the subject of a classic debate.[620] For comparable cases see: Shabbos 127a; Megillah 3a (in Tosafos, s.v. mevatlin besofo); Avos 3:15 hakol lefi hama'aseh), and see Peirush HaMishnayos there); Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 21; and other sources. These are obviously not exact parallels to our case, but space does not permit further elaboration.
"At any rate, I would recommend that on the first night, the eve of the 19th, farbrengens should be held in various places (where the following night's gathering should be announced), and the next evening all concerned should assemble in one place.
"It goes without saying that what matters ultimately is that people should rouse themselves and 'resolve to set aside fixed times for the study of Torah in public, both its revealed planes (nigleh) and its hidden dimensions (Chassidus), and strengthen the spiritual lifestyle of chassidim in a brotherly spirit.' "[621]
594. [In the original, "the Festival of Liberation" appears as Chag HaGeulah.]
598. A facsimile of the letter of the Rebbe Rashab that discusses Yud-Tes Kislev as the Rosh HaShanah of Chassidus is reproduced in Kuntreis U'Maayan (Heb. edition only), p. 17 [and translated below]; the background to its first appearance is described in an extract from the Diary of the Rebbe Rayatz, op. cit., pp. 15-18; the above-quoted festive greeting appears in HaYom Yom (p. 113), which also reproduces the text of the letter (p. 4).
599. HaYom Yom, p. 4. On his life-work see: HaTamim, Issues 2 and 4-8; Sefer HaSichos 5703, p. 155ff.; Likkutei Dibburim (according to the Index); Beis Rebbe, p. 61ff.; and elsewhere. [For a biography in English, see: R. Jacob Immanuel Schochet, The Great Maggid (Kehot, N.Y., 1974).]
600. HaYom Yom, p. 4. See Megillas Yud-Tes Kislev; the sichos of the Rebbe Rashab in Toras Shalom; the sichos of the Rebbe Rayatz and of the Rebbe Shlita on the occasion of each year's Yud-Tes Kislev; Kuntreis Limud HaChassidus, ch. 6ff.; Beis Rebbe, Part I; Sefer HaMaasar VehaGeulah; and other sources, [including, in English: The Arrest and Liberation of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (Kehot, N.Y., 1964), a translation by R. Jacob Immanuel Schochet of the Hebrew original by R. Avraham Chanoch Glitzenstein; R. Nissan Mindel, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Kehot, N.Y., 1971)].
601. [Cf. Rashi on Bereishis 1:7.]
602. [Tehillim 55:19.]
603. HaYom Yom, p. 4.
604. Reproduced at the beginning of Megillas Yud-Tes Kislev. [For the historical background to this statement see Likkutei Dibburim (and likewise in English translation), Vol. I, ch. 2a, sec. 9, and footnotes there.]
605. A gloss in Megillas Yud-Tes Kislev notes that the Alter Rebbe was accustomed to using the word Sava (saba; lit., an elder, or sage) to describe baalei mochin and baalei de'ah, in the spirit of the expression [paraphrasing the Zohar], saba da'ati, sasim umyushav ["Israel of the World Above" and Yisrael Sava (in the original, Yisrael dele'eila and Yisrael saba, respectively) are Kabbalistic terms for certain partzufim.]
606. [See footnote 598, above.]
607. This sentence is quoted and expounded at length in Likkutei Sichos, Vol. IV, p. 1252.
608. [This phrase is borrowed from the Mussaf prayers of Rosh HaShanah; Machzor, p. 135.] See the maamar beginning Zeh HaYom, 5710 (in Sefer HaMaamarim 5710).
609. From a sichah of Yud-Tes Kislev, 5707 (Sefer HaMaamarim 5711, p. 145).
610. Sefer HaSichos 5702, p. 19.
611. [From the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz that appears at the beginning of the booklet entitled Yud-Tes Kislev.]
612. Sefer HaSichos: Toras Shalom, p. 243.
613. From the year 5663 (1902) onwards, because of lack of time on Yud-Tes Kislev, the distribution of the tractates [in the original: chalukas HaShas] in Lubavitch was carried out on the 24th of Teves, the yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe. In 5713 (1952), fifty years later, the Rebbe Shlita restored the custom in various places to its original date, Yud-Tes Kislev.
614. HaYom Yom, p. 4. [See also p. 42 in the above section on The Chitas Study Cycles.]
615. Foreword to the daily study guide entitled Moreh Shiur [which appears as the first appendix to all current editions of the Tanya, as published by Otzar HaChassidim]. [See also its English translation (Kehot, London, 5735).]
616. See the sichos of Yud-Tes Kislev, 5692 and 5693. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
617. [See Likkutei Dibburim (and likewise in English translation), Vol. I, ch. 2a, sec. 20; and R. Nissan Mindel, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, pp. 182-183.]
618. [Mishlei 14:28.]
619. This is also related to the difference between the two phrases, mah rabu ("How manifold are Your works!" – Tehillim 104:24) and mah gadlu ("How great are Your works!" – ibid., 92:6); this is discussed in the second maamar beginning Vaeira in Torah Or, p. 56b. Another example of such contrasts: oros merubim ("intense lights") vs. Keilim merubim ("capacious vessels"); this is discussed in the maamar beginning Matzah Zu, 5667. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
620. See Lekach Tov by Rabbi Y. Engel, Klal 15. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
621. These concluding words are quoted from the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz that appears at the beginning of the booklet entitled Yud-Tes Kislev. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)


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SHILLONG: Uncertainty over MCI recognition to the MBBS course in NEIGRHIMS still looms large with Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, failing to make any commitment during his visit to the city on Tuesday.
The first batch of MBBS students at NEIGHRIMS has already completed the course but their degree is yet to be recognised.
Addressing a press conference after delivering the first oration lecture in memory of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at NEIGRHIMS on Tuesday, Azad said that MCI recognition for the MBBS course in NEIGRHIMS would be obtained in due course of time.
The Minister, however, failed to indicate as to when the MCI recognition would be accorded.
According to him, the MCI has laid separate criteria and guidelines for recognition of MBBS courses depending on the number of seats.
Azad further said that the criteria for MBBS courses in institutions having 50 seats would be different from those having 100 seats or more.
"With the infrastructure present in NEIGRHIMS, I am sure there would not be a problem in getting the MCI recognition for the MBBS course which the Institute is offering," he said.
The Minister, however, said that the top priority for the Institute is to get the full strength of faculties to live to its tag of being a 'centre of excellence'.
"This problem of shortage of faculties has been lingering for the past many years. The basic reason for which doctors do not want to come to NEIGRHIMS is that it is situated in a far off place," Azad said.
Pointing out the Centre was aware of this problem he said that the Union Government is taking various steps to improve the situation.
Stating that one of the major factors is the transportation problem which is preventing doctors to come to work in NEIGRHIMS, he said that the Government is coming up with the four-lane Shillong-Guwahati highway to improve the travelling experience.
He also said that the Government is trying to improve aerial transportation with the expansion of the Umroi Airport.
"As the expansion of the Airport would take more time, the Union Ministry has taken some major decisions to encourage doctors to work in NEIGRHIMS," Azad said, adding that his Ministry has taken a call to provide packages and salaries for the doctors in NEIGRHIMS at par with that of AIIMS.
"We have also decided to extend the retirement age equivalent with that of AIIMS from 60 to 65 years," Azad said.
Despite the efforts been taken to motivate doctors to come and work in this part of the country, Azad said that special care has been taken to ensure that there is no compromise in the 'quality'.
Informing that in the recent recruitment drive they have received around 200 applications from doctors across the country, Azad said that only 29 doctors were recruited 69 vacant posts.
"This clearly shows that that only the best people have been appointed to work in the Institute," the Minister said.
He also informed that the Centre has sanctioned Rs 280 crore for setting up of a Medical College, Nursing College and Regional Cancer Institute at NEIGRIHMS.
"The institute was originally conceptualized with only post graduate classes and not undergraduate course. But later it was thought that MBBS and Nursing courses should be also introduced in order to cater to the needs of the Northeast region," Azad said. Azad also informed that a total amount of Rs 500 crore has been allocated to the Institute in the past four years.
With the region suffering from the problem of human resources deficit including doctors, nurses and paramedics, Azad informed that the total infrastructure that Northeast has in the health sector including district hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres and sub centres stands at 5,970.
He also said that total fund released for the Northeast states in the past seven years was Rs 9,214 crore out of which the total expenditure was around Rs 7,878 crore.
To overcome the shortage of ANMs and GNMs, Azad informed that his Ministry has sanctioned 269 nursing schools in the country out of which 60 schools were provisioned for the Northeast but the state governments have accepted only 39 schools due to certain difficulties especially acute shortage of faculty.
He further informed that 72 new medical colleges have come up in the country in the past four years and between 22 and 30 new colleges will come up in the coming years.
According to Azad, by June this year, the MBBS seats will increase from 33,000 to around 45,000 seats and the number of post graduate medical seats will rise from 13,000 to 22,000.
"Creation of infrastructure in the health sector is not a problem but the main difficulty we are facing is the lack of doctors and faculty to teach in medical colleges and nursing schools. Unless we have doctors, we will not be able to provide health care even if we have the infrastructure," Azad asserted.
Earlier, the Union Health Minister in the presence of Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma, former Union Minister of State Vincent H Pala and State Health Minister AL Hek unveiled the statute of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi on the NEIGRHIMS premises.


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Talk about a kick-ass Throwback Thursday. 30 years ago on this day, members of the 1985 Chicago Bears recorded the video for "The Super Bowl Shuffle". The song's main purpose was to raise money for the Chicago Community Trust to help families in need, and it succeeded in that purpose, raising more than $300, 000. A few other fun facts that some may not be aware of is that the song became more popular than anyone could realize and actually hit number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was actually nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group" category, eventually losing to "Kiss" from Prince and the Revolution. What a travesty.
The funny thing is that the Bears recorded this video the day after their only loss that season, the Monday night loss to Miami. If you'll notice in the video, Walter Payton's and Jim McMahon's performances look a little different than the rest. That's because after the loss to the Dolphins, they didn't show up to the taping, feeling that they shouldn't record something like that after a loss. Their parts were done a few days later and dubbed into the final cut. Honestly, with the overall production value, does it really make that much difference?
In any event, "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was truly born on this day 30 years ago, and I thought you might want to celebrate. The lyrics are below the video, so take a trip down memory lane and sing along. You know you want to.
We are the Bears Shufflin' Crew
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
We're so bad we know we're good.
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone.
We're not here to start no trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.
Walter Payton
Well, they call me Sweetness,
And I like to dance.
Runnin' the ball is like makin' romance.
We had the goal since training camp
To give Chicago a Super Bowl Champ.
And we're not doin' this
Because we're greedy.
The Bears are doin' it to feed the needy.
We didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
We just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.
Willie Gault
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I like runnin' but i love to get the pass.
I practice all day and dance all night,
I gotta get ready for the Sunday fight.
Now I'm as smooth as a chocolate swirl,
I dance a little funky, so watch me girl.
There's no one here that does it like me,
My Super Bowl Shuffle will set you free.
Mike Singletary
I'm Samurai Mike I stop'em cold.
Part of the defense, big and bold,
I've been jammin' for quite a while,
Doin' what's right and settin' the style,
Give me a chance, I'll rock you good,
Nobody messin' in my neighborhood.
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came to do The Super Bowl Shuffle
(Repeat Chorus)
Jim McMahon
I'm the punky QB known as McMahon.
When I hit the turf, I've got no plan.
I just throw my body all over the field.
I can't dance, but I can throw the pill.
I motivate the cats, I like to tease.
I play so cool, I aim to please.
That's why you all got here on the double
To catch me doin' the Super Bowl Shuffle.
Otis Wilson
I'm mama's boy Otis, one of a kind.
The ladies all love me
For my body and my mind.
I'm slick on the floor as I can be
But ain't no sucker gonna get past me.
Some guys are jealous
Of my style and class,
That's why some end up on their -,
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I'm just gettin' down to The Super Bowl Shuffle.
Steve Fuller
They say Jimbo is our man.
If Jimmy can't do it, I sure can.
This is Steve, and it's no wonder
I run like lightnin', pass like thunder.
So bring on Atlanta, bring on Dallas,
This is for Mike and Papa Bear Halas.
I'm not here to feather his ruffle,
I just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.
Mike Richardson
I'm L.A. Mike, and I play it cool.
They don't sneak by me 'cause I'm no fool.
I fly on the field and get on down.
Everybody knows I don't mess around.
I can break'em, shake'em,
Any time of day.
I like to steal it and make 'em pay,
So please don't cry to beat my hustle
'Cause I'm just here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.
(Repeat Chorus)
Richard Dent
The sackman's comin', I'm your man Dent.
if the quarterback's slow,
He's gonna get bent.
We stop the run, we stop the pass,
I like to dump guys on their -.
We love to play for the world's best fans,
You better start makin'
Your Super Bowl plans.
But don't get ready or go to any trouble
Unless you practice
The Super Bowl Shuffle.
Gary Fencik
It's Gary here, and I'm Mr.Clean.
They call me "hit man, "
Don't know what they mean.
They throw it long and watch me run,
I'm on my man, one-on-one.
Buddy's guys cover it down to the bone,
That's why they call us the 46 zone.
Come on everybody let's scream and yell,
We're gonna do the Shuffle,
Then ring your bell.
William Perry
You're lookin' at the Fridge,
I'm the rookie.
I may be large, but I'm no dumb cookie.
You've seen me hit, you've seen me run,
When I kick and pass, we'll have more fun.
I can dance, you will see
The others, they all learn from me.
I don't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.
(Repeat Chorus)


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This is a one-day training course on the new GRI Standards to be held in Dubai on 21st March 9am.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the most widely used sustainability reporting standard. This training will prepare participants to manage their sustainability reporting process using the GRI Standards and will introduce them to all the key elements of a solid sustainability report.First-time reporters seeking to implement the GRI Standards and those transitioning from GRI G4 to the GRI Standards, will learn how to effectively utilise the Standards and develop sustainability Reports that are technically sound, meaningful, engaging, and create value for the company and the stakeholders alike.This training is delivered in a highly interactive manner and includes presentations, small group discussions, practicing on examples of various reports, and using disclosures to familiarise with the GRI Standards.Who should attend:CSO'sSustainability, CSR professionalsQuality, Health Safety and Environment managersPublic Relations, Corporate Communications managersHR/ Training professionalsSupply Chain, Operation managersEnvironment executivesFinancial officersRepresentatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs)Community relations, engagement and development officersStakeholder engagement practitionersAim and objectives:The aim of this training is to support participants to:develop a process for reportinggain an understanding of the structure and requirements of the new GRI Standardsdevelop an insight into how the organisation can disclosure its approach on material topicsunderstand the requirements to disclosure economic, environmental, and social impactspractice on examples from various organizations on the disclosure of sustainability informationdevelop the skills required to develop meaningful reports based on the GRI StandardsKey Topics include:Sustainability reporting essentialsStructure of the GRI StandardsThe process of reporting – steps for GRI Standards reportingInternational frameworks and standardsCommunicating resultsTake outs of the course include how toManage the reporting process internallyIdentify and prioritise your StakeholdersIdentify material Topics and their Boundaries (internal and/or external to your organisation)Select and prepare the information to be disclosed in the final reportCommunicate your sustainability reportCertificateParticipants will receive a certificate of attendance on successful completion of the training course.
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Exploring how communication before delivery influences customers.
We need it. We choose it. We buy it. And then we… wait for it to be delivered.
It's no wonder customer expectations are increasing to rise for the delivery experience; everything else happens so quickly – why can't our purchases be here now? With Amazon Prime offering unlimited free delivery on same-day/next-day deliveries, customers expect purchases to arrive faster and faster.
In this series of blog posts, we explore customer reviews to understand how the top delivery companies such as DPD, Hermes, DHL and Yodel are meeting these challenging customer expectations.
Using state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, Senti (our AI-analyst) has read over 300,000 customer reviews; understanding the topics that are important to us, and how we feel about them. From these insights, we can explore the delivery topics we care about the most, what irritates us, and what actions make us loyal to a company.
Speed of delivery is important. But what about before we receive our parcel? We want the reassurance that it's safe, and on its way. Parcel tracking with regular updates are expected as standard. In this piece, we'll explore how communication from delivery providers affects customers.
Is communication in delivery important to customers?
Yes. Pre-delivery experiences account for around 21% of the overall customer satisfaction for delivery. When we explore further, three themes come out as important to customers: 1. the accuracy of parcel tracking, 2. delivery notifications, and 3. the usability of delivery apps and websites.
Transparency is key
Parcel tracking is important to customers; it's about knowing where your parcel is, and trusting it's on its way. Customers still run into issues with tracking, leading to frustration with their delivery provider.
This is largely due to drivers mis-using tracking apps, such as logging attempted deliveries, even though customers know they were not attempted:
Tracking apps can also lack important details. For example, where a parcel was successfully delivered to:
When customers know where their parcel is as well as the driver's itinerary, waiting for a purchase becomes easier. Yodel does this well with customers praising their detailed tracking:
If delivery companies are transparent about the location of a customer's purchase, pre-delivery customer satisfaction is likely to be higher.
Regular updates and specific time slots = reassurance for customers
For delivery notifications, customers are happy when they are kept regularly updated, whether that is via email, text or app notifications. However, top delivery companies still perform poorly. As with parcel tracking, customers are affected by drivers' misuse of logging deliveries.
DPD lead the way with delivery notifications. Customers praise their regular updates and hour time slots given:
To achieve trust with customers, regular updates about their parcel and specific delivery time slots are needed.
High usability expected as standard
Changing dates, leaving delivery instructions, having up-to-date information and a high level of usability. These qualities are all expected by customers who use websites and apps to manage their deliveries.
Hermes have a good level of customer satisfaction for website usability due to it being easy when booking in and tracking deliveries:
Takeaway: communication in delivery is important too
The pressures to provide the quickest and cheapest delivery are increasing. However, delivery companies must not dismiss the role that transparent, regular and accurate communication can have in customer satisfaction. Investing in real-time location tracking and training drivers to use tracking apps appropriately are 2 clear steps companies can take towards happier, more loyal customers.
In our next blog, we'll be focusing on more industry performance trends at the delivery stage: what is most important to customers - driver attitude or delivery punctuality? And how do delivery companies perform against these expectations?


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You are currently browsing the daily archive for January 6, 2007.
Java was bemused after his run-in with the Secret Agent. It had all been quite accidental, but the possible repercussions were threatening his peace of mind and that, to Java, was a major bummer. It all started, as he related, when he was sitting at the Bareass Bar with his brew in hand, mulling over the prospects of another day with The Cherry Lady aka Cher.
Know whaat maaan? Dis all be yo fault. If yo hadn't got me to help Cher out wit her sundry chores – dis be da last time ever, hear?
Anyways, so dere I was, brew in hand an smokin one of ma speshul roll-ups when up come dis dude an sit right nex to me. Sheeet! An I be da only one sittin dere. So I'm tinkin, dis cat gotta be eider gay or he be feelin reeel lonely an want som company, but I say nuttin – jus sit dere tokin ma smoke and sippin ma brew. Da man aks da bartender for a bottle of Chilean White an I can see he be checkin me out. I'm sittin dere pretendin I be engrossed in da Sarah Vaughn blues number dat ol Mo got goin in his sound room an I pay no tennshun. Den, his com on line:
Hey mister, got a light?
I turn roun and get ma fust good look at da man – pretty weird lookin dude – Levis, an wearin one of dose faded Trishaw Mafiosi tee shirts dat say Arrack Attack, ratty lookin pair of thongs, broad belt wit dis heavy outlandish buckle dat (I checked it out later) said Wild West Rodeo an had a buckin bronco in relief in da middle of it. His face look weathered and like somting outta a Humphrey Bogart movie – one of dose baad-ass mah fuhs – pencil mustache an all dat sheet, his hair be combed back – black an greasy slick.
So I feel aroun in ma pocket fo ma Zippo an flash him a flame – he be smokin B & H gold pack – an he lights up. Den he stick out his big ol hand an say in dis reeely weird-ass near falsetto-voce:
Thank you very much and what is your name my friend?
All in one go. Fust I near fell off dat stool at da soun of dis weird voice an den, getting ma sheet togedder an tryin to be soo cool, I tell him. He goes:
Java huh? What kind of name is that and where are you from?
He speak fast an witout much spresshun – an dere's still no one else at dis bar. Mo has replaced Sarah wit Ella Fitzgerald doin 'Thou Swell', an her indescribable voice – it float tru dat open space, catch dat gentle breeze dat be blowin tru dose Araliya branches an com right up an blow pass us two at dat bar.
Dats ma Rasta name maaan. Yo be hip ta Rastafarians?
He look puzzle-ass an amused at da same time – if dats possible. On second tauts, I know I should'n have aks him dat an carry on da conversashun. Anyways, he replies:
Isn't that some kind of cult from….
An I get back ta ma brew and take anodder deep hit from dat roll-up – now reaching da butt end, so I grind it out in da ashtray on da bar. I see him lookin at da stub, kinda curious. I shine him on an take anodder gulp of brew. He moves his bar-stool closer and lowers his voice:
Listen Java, you look like a pretty interesting fellow, how would you like to be of service to…
He looks around sorta furtive like, and jus den I hear dat familiar husky tone of our very own Cherry Lady:
Hey Java, sorry I'm late sweetheart, but I swear I'm going to make it up to you, okay?
She pulls up a stool and goes:
Say who's your friend?
Jus what I needed – thanks be! I turn to da dude an say:
Hey maan, I didn catch yo name, dis is ma fren Cher who I be waitin on all dis time.
He's checkin out Da Cherry Lady. He start from her legs, all shapely an fine, den go up her short skirt, check out her belly-button (she gotta have one of da cutest too!), his eyes be travellin up her midriff an den to her ample tits – nipples strainin agains dat tight-ass blouse of hers. His eyes linger dere for a bit an den he check her face out an smile his leery-ass smirky grin an say:
Pleased to meet you I'm sure, my name is Leon.
I see how Cher reacks to his weird vocal aberrashun, but she manages to control herself. She gives me dis look dat speak a whole slew of words, so she don have to say nuttin – we have dis unspoken language we do wit looks an vibes
Leon slips his hand into his pocket, pulls out dis card an gives it to me. Leon De Lay, it say – CEO, Spam & Jam Co. Ltd., Dealers in Spread for Bread. Gets me wonderin if dis 'bread' mean da reel ting or if it be da hip euphamisom fo '$$$', but I say nuttin an put da card in ma pocket.
I'm looking for investors and also partners that can help with establishing my business, so if you are interested let's get together sometime and discuss the possibilities. It's a great business that I set up some time ago in Los Angeles and we deal in security and related areas of investigation and such. There's lots of potential in this country and lots of money to be made.
He give us dis look of expectashun, waitin fo us to reack. Cher, curious as she be, can't resist:
Just what is it that you really do? And 'spam and jam' and 'spread'? Sounds like some processed food that you are dealing in – what does this have to do with security and investigation?
Leon gives us a whinny-giggle – sound weirder dan anyting I be hearin in a loong time, maan and den he say:
Weeelll, you know how it is in this type of work, one can't be tooo obvious. 'Spam & Jam' has more to do with disinformation and inhibiting communications than with food. We do a lot of very secretive work with government agencies and private establishments, so with the current 'situation' in the country, my contacts have put me onto some very important people here who are happy to use the services I provide. It's an opportunity to make significant contacts and lots of money.
Yo mean like detective work, maaan?
A little bit, I guess, but really it is more in the area of espionage and that sort of thing.
Cher flashes dat 'look' at me an she turn back to Leon:
So why is it you picked on Java and me?
Weeelll, see when I was making my preliminary research and analysis about this city and the types that would fit into my scheme of things, I found that a good place to make contact with a variety of people that are not really 'run of the mill' was this Bareass Bar and then the first time I walk in I see Java and think to myself – this has got to be auspicious, just look at that chap – and then a bit later you walk in! Just the very types I'm looking for and know will fit in with my line of work, so what do you say? Interested in hearing more?
Cher an I, we exchange 'da look'– an dis one means dat she wants me ta take dis over. Meanwhile da Bar is slowly fillin up wit da Saturday morning regulars tricklin in. Mitty checks us out an waves, Bastin an his lady walk tru da courtyard but dey don see us jus den. Leon looks at us, impatient for our reackshun – his beady eyes shiftin between Cher an me.
Saay maaan, dis almos soun like a 'dirty tricks' type number to me. Is dis all legal sheeet yo be into? An what kind a re-mun-a-ray-shun yo be talkin bout here?
Leon gives us anodder of dose whinny-giggles an in his weird-ass voice:
Hell no my friends. This is all very much above board and extremely kosher – if you know what I mean. In fact, I have the entire cooperation of the most important members of your government, as well as some of the most reputable organizations in the country. I have even been approached (he lowers his voice) by the 'other side' – he gives Cher a wink – you know who I mean!
Den, before we know waaz goin down, he gets dis drum shaped 'man bag' out. It be a sleek lookin leather job dat has a brass tag dat say 'RHYTHMIC' (da brand, I guess) on it and at da lower left hand corner, a small embossed 'LOSE PROOF' – damned if ah know why! He unzips one seckshun an takes out dis brown paper package. He carefully open up one end an give us both a look, his eyes going back to dat package. Sheeet maaan, it be a whole bunch of hundred dollar bills – all green an crisp. An den he say:
There's a whole lot more from where that came, so just say the word and we can take a drive to my hotel where I can fill you in and we can talk.
Cher and me – we do anodder of our 'unspoken' number wit dem vibes and look, an den, just as I am bout to tell dis cat dat maybe we can meet anodder time as we have som important work dat Cher have to get done today, dis big ol dude come up do da bar an tell Dan to get him a sandwich an a glass of red wine. He looks at Cher an me an he nods. Dis is a big-ass guy maan, swarthy, nearly black in complekshun, close cropped hair, heavy-ass mustache an dat hard-edged look dat only a certain type be havin. I nod at him in return and den look back to respond to ma maan Leon, to see him headin fo da men's room, his Rhythmic 'Lose Proof' man bag slung over his shoulder. An dere, by his bottle of half-full Chilean White is his brown-paper package.
Da heavy lookin dude gets his wine an tells Dan behind da Bar to send his sandwich to his table, he give us a look an moves away. Da Cherry Lady an I do da 'look' number between us again, understandin perfeckly what each other is thinking. I leave her at da Bar wit ma brew, Leon's wine an dat brown-paper package full of dose hundred dollar bills an go off to check da men's room. I open dat door an dere's no one dere – no sign of Leon. So I get back to Cher at da Bar – she jus look at me an she knows! We wait dere a while shootin da shit bout dis, dat an de odder while havin our drinks, but all da time wonderin bout Leon an his trip – not to menshun dose hundred dollar bills. I pull out his card an see a number, e-mail address an website on it, so I call da number an da voice on de odder side say dis number be out of service. Cher checks out dat website on Mitty's laptop – no such animal! So we send Leon a mail an a few minutes later dat Mailer Daemon informs us dat da mail is undeliverable. So Cher an I, we finish our drinks, Cher puts dat package in her big ol bag, we wave bye-bye to Mitty, Bastin an Dan behind da Bar and walk out. As we pass da big-ass heavy lookin dude he nods at us again – an we leave.
So da Cherry Lady and I, we do her chores wit not a word spoken about Leon or his bread.
Java fixes himself a joint, gets up and gets the sound going – Jethro Tull – 'Too old to rock and roll but too young to die'. Ian Anderson's always good for some literary lyrics and near manic fluting. We get into the music and watch, as the smoke makes wispy patterns against the paneled ceiling


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In a move to bridge the gap between the Apparel Industry's awareness about new technologies being brought to India, ATDC has collaborated with JUKI Corporation and set-up a 'ATDC-JUKI Tech Innovation Centre' in Gurgaon and another upcoming 'ATDC-JUKI Tech Innovation & Industry Hub' in Bengaluru. This serves as a bridge of confluence between apparel industry, JUKI experts & ATDC Knowledge resources and is a platform for Technical Research, Upgradation of Faculty and Industry resources along with conducting industry oriented training effectively.
The ATDC -JUKI TECH Innovation Centre is the state of the art interactive, demonstration, training and meeting facility at ATDC SMART TOT Academy, Gurgaon. This was launched on 17th January, 2013 at NHO, Gurgaon.
A key MoU between ATDC and JUKI Corporation to set up an ATDC-JUKI TECH Innovation and Industry Hub (ATDC-JUKI TIIH) at ATDC-Bengaluru, Karnataka, was signed between Dr. Darlie O. Koshy, DG & CEO, ATDC & IAM and Mr. Toshiyuki Yamanaka, Managing Director, Juki India Pvt. Ltd. in the presence of an Indian delegation led by Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, Hon'ble Union Minister of Textiles, GOI, initiated an MoU with JUKI Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, on November 25, 2013.
ATDC-JUKI Tech Innovation & Industry Hub aims to:


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ForeScout's San Jose Engineering organization is looking for strong software engineers to build a world-class IoT security intelligence and network management platform from scratch. The candidate will be responsible for building a true horizontally scalable computing platform to meet ForeScout's unique data collection and device management requirements.
Design, develop and unit test ForeScout's cloud security intelligence and management platform to meet horizontally scalable IoT security product requirements;
Work with architects and product management team. Contribute to product use case and roadmap definition;
Work with QA, DevOps, technical publication, support and other teams to ensure high quality end-to-end product delivery;
Mentor junior members of the cloud development team;
Rapidly learn, evaluate and explain emerging cloud development technologies.
3+ years of software development experience building horizontally scalable cloud platforms;
Deep understanding of network management, distributed computing, service oriented architecture, high performance and horizontal scalability;
Familiar with modern cloud development concepts and technologies: REST, OAuth, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, Redis, HBase, Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, ElasticSearch, Jenkins, AWS, Chef;
Strong advocate of Agile methodologies, test-drive development and automation;
Experience serving as effective bridge between engineering team and product management team;
Network security experience highly desirable;
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The electro-pop duo known as Sylvan Esso have steadily become one of the more popular names in the indie music scene over the past few years. Comprised of electronic musician/producer Nick Sanborn and singer Amelia Meath, the collaboration between the two performers has taken them from recording songs in Sanborn's bedroom to becoming lineup staples at pop music festivals around the country. The duo took a big step forward early on with breakthrough singles like "Hey Mami" and "Coffee," which earned them plenty of popularity in the indie playlist circuit. Sanborn and Meath followed up a breakout year in 2015 with their highly covered sophomore release, What Now.
As a duo, Sylvan Esso are still a relatively young act. The discography section on their Spotify and Wikipedia pages only have a pair of albums to their name and they're still at the point in their careers where many fans of the indie-pop genre may have no idea what their music sounds like. So for those who still aren't sure about Sylvan Esso, or still have no idea who they are (that's okay, too), here are five things you may not have known about one of the premier acts in the synth-pop realm.
1. Meath and Sanborn were both in different bands when they initially met
Sylvan Esso is a relatively new project and didn't come to fruition until 2013. Before that, Sanborn was already busy performing under the name Made of Oak, while Meath was part of an indie-folk a capella trio called Mountain Man. The two initially met at a concert in Milwaukee, when both of them were part of the same billing. According to Meath, she knew they could be friends as soon as she saw Sanborn performing, "because of the way he danced while he was playing."
2. The band's smaller equipment inventory allowed them to tour lightly at first
Anyone who has ever seen Sylvan Esso perform live knows that they don't exactly require the need for a ton of equipment on stage. With Meath needing only a microphone and Sanborn using a laptop and a few synths, they didn't need anyone helping them out on the road during their first few tours together. "We've just recently expanded to having a tour manager, but before that, it was just us in a Prius," Meath said in a 2014 interview. "Hauling our gear and merch for the load-in at gigs only took two trips. It's so simple."
3. Meath moved all the way from Brooklyn to Durham, NC so she could work and write with Sanborn
The two members of Sylvan Esso really began working together when Meath sent Sandborn the stems to a song of hers that she wanted to have remixed. When the idea of them collaborating on more than just one song began to take shape, she would fly from her home in Brooklyn to Durham, N.C. to just record a bunch of vocals. She eventually moved down there in 2013, and "[they've] just been working even more since then," Sanborn said in a past interview.
4. Meath was quite surprised with how well Sanborn did a remixing her songs, considering they were only digital pen-pals at the time
Meath and Sanborn met during a show in which they were both billed on, and bonded over ridiculous dance moves. Prior to them really working together, Meath had requested that Sanborn work on a remix to a song of the other band she was in at the time. Meath eventually would admit that she was completely surprised by how well it all worked out, considering requests like that don't usually turn out to well in her experience. "I asked him to make a Mountain Man remix, and then he actually did a good job - which is very rare with remixes, particularly people that you don't know that well," she said in an interview a few years ago. "Nick and I were Internet friends, but we weren't actually really 'friends' yet. So the fact that he even did it, first and foremost, and then the fact that it was good - it made it obvious that there was more to explore."
5. Their band name comes from a video game
Band names are one of the few exceptions in today's society where there doesn't really need to be any logical explanation for why it's chosen. Even their bigger fans may not know that the name Sylvan Esso was pulled from the "Swords and Sorcery" video game… at least, according to the band. "There is a game, made by Super Bros. called 'Sword And Sorcery.' It's an amazing game, Jim Guthrie did the soundtrack and the world is really lovely. Either way, in the game, if you are doing well, you meet a Sylvan Sprite. We named ourselves after them."
Fans can catch Sylvan Esso when the two head out on their North American spring-into-summer tour starting on March 17. Tickets to select shows on the tour are on sale now, and can be purchased by clicking here.


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