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Internship @ Wadia Ghandy & Co, Bangalore: Productive Environment | Rated 8.5/10 | No Stipend
Name, Year, College:
Ashish Patel, 4th Year BBA LL.B (H), National Law University Odisha, Cuttack
Name of the Organisation, City, Office Address, Location:
Wadia Ghandy & Company, 15-16, Vayudooth Chambers, 9th Floor, Near-Kids Kemp, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka Tel. 080 4123 3127. The office of Wadia Ghandy & Co. is situated at one of the very posh and official area of Bengaluru i.e. M.G. Road. You can behold the beauty of Oberoi and Taj Hotel from the office of Wadia Ghandy.
How was the office? Team Strength:
The Office of Wadia Ghandy & Co is spread over one floor and it is well furnished and decorated. When you enter into the office, you will find a very fancy and stylish big glass and leather sofas to sit. This gives an elegant look to the office. Separate offices are provided to the Partners and Senior Associates whereas Associates work in the allotted open furniture partitioned Space.
There is a kitchen and a store room where if you open the door, you will not find anything but files and files. There is one conferencing room equipped with all the necessary technical instruments and one dining room.
The library of Wadia Ghandy & Co. is well-equipped with the books of Corporate Laws, Arbitration, taxation, Property laws (including local property laws), FEMA, Partnership Laws, FDI etc.
The Bengaluru office is small in workforce compare to Mumbai office. In Bengaluru office, when I was interning, I found 1 Partner, 4-5 Senior Associates and 7 Associates. During my internship duration, the Partner of Bengaluru office was travelling out of India so I did not find sufficient opportunities to interact with him.
Duration of Internship:
1St May 2014 – 28th May 2014.
Application Procedure, Internship Contact Details:
I applied personally by sending a mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
Mr. Rohan Kumar is an associate in the Wadia Ghandy. But during my internship, the internship relating work was shifted from Rohan to another associate Ms. Monisha Dsouza. So if you want to apply in Wadia Ghandy & Co. Bengaluru office, shoot a mail with attractive cover letter and CV at email@example.com
Follow up is must in case of procuring an internship in Wadia Ghandy. One needs to apply well in advance say 4-5 months prior to your desired time period for internship. I can tell you this because I have my personal experience relating to rejection of my application on this very ground.
Although I have already done my one internship in Wadia Ghandy Bengaluru in May, but when I applied again in Bengaluru office for internship in December 2014, they rejected my application because I applied in August and till that time, all the slots were filled. So you being a former internee will not help you to get an internship in Wadia Ghandy if you don't apply well in advance.
After shortlisting your application, the Associate will ask you whether you are still available during the preferred time period mentioned in the application. If yes, then the Associate will schedule your telephonic interview. In telephonic interview, interviewer asks most of the questions relating to your last internships and your area of interests.
I gave my interview when I was purchasing goods from Reliance Fresh. After interview, Interviewer will either confirm or reject your internship at that very moment. In my case, his reply was positive, which gave me a kick and as a result one ceramic coffee cup was broken due to my overt act of showing my happiness and I had to pay for that unnecessarily.
Duration in Weeks, Days of work per week, timing:
My internship duration at Wadia Ghandy was 4 weeks, starting from 1st may 2014 to 28th May 2014. You have to do atleast 3 weeks internship there.
Wadia Ghandy works 6 days in a week except first and third Saturdays. However the timing of second and fourth Saturdays are flexible and one can also leave the office by 5:00 PM.
The interns are expected to reach at the office till 10:00 AM and you can extend this timing max to max 11:00 AM in certain situations. If you come after 11:00 AM, possibilities are high that you are scolded and if no one observes you, then thanks to god for saving you.
Interns can leave the office by 7:00 PM but you can also be asked to stay back if you are engaged with an associate who has to complete his work by that very night. I stayed beyond 7:00 PM many a times for completing the work load allotted to me.
First impression, First Day, Formalities:
I was very excited at my first day. The day before joining for internship I searched the area where the office is situated so that I could reach the office well before the time. In formal dress up, I sat my foot at the floor of Wadia Ghandy office at 9:45 AM. Receptionist told me to wait for minutes because the associate who was in charge of Internship affairs had not come.
Since it was my first day, I was little bit under fear and intimidated. When the concerned associate came, she introduced me with all the work force of the Wadia Ghandy.
The day when I joined the Wadia Ghandy as an intern, just one day before I read in LegallyIndia HERE that one of the Wadia Ghandy Bengaluru associate has been promoted to the post of senior associate. So I congratulated her for her promotion. I could not meet the Partner because he was travelling out of India. So all I can say that the first day was in my favour.
There was no intern except me when I joined the firm. Receptionist showed me the place where I had to sit and she provided me a computer, telephone connection, required e-mail ids and internet login ids. She also gave me required stationery.
Main tasks:
The main task which is given to an intern in Wadia Ghandy is research work. What I found in the initial days of my internship is that, you have to approach the Associates for work.
There are possibilities that initially you don't get any work but later on time comes when you don't get time to complete the allotted work. What I observed there is that, you have to create a confidence or trust in the associate that you are capable enough to complete the work.
Associates used to give me work relating to the corporate and commercial laws. I researched on various laws such as SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, SEBI (Alternative Investment Fund) Regulations, Assets Reconstruction, Reduction of share capital, and Financial Conduct Authority etc.
Apart from Corporate law, I researched on Karnataka Land and Properties laws, Contract Laws, Partnerships laws and Indian Trust act. I worked in a litigation team as well where I accompanied one of the associates in a meeting with Company Law expert for advice on an issue relating to the Board Meeting of a company.
Sometime Associates give you the work such as summarising various agreements and deeds. Since these agreements are very lengthy hence one used to feel low after a moment of time. This work becomes enjoyable when you read the agreement of big MNCs and Companies.
In Wadia Ghandy, you will always be connected with other offices of the firm as well. So there are possibilities that an Associate of Mumbai office can allot work to an intern of Bangalore office. This did not happen with me but my co-interns had to do work for other offices as well. If you have no work then an associate can ask you to prepare a draft on the latest SEBI circulars, notifications and press release.
Work Environment and People:
The people of Wadia Ghandy were very friendly, humble, energetic and approachable. Whenever I approached them, they gave me a positive response except one time when I asked about the work to an associate when he was on phone. I accept my mistake.
Wadia Ghandy has policy that they provide free lunch to its people and interns. However the Associates and Partner eat lunch first and then all the interns sit together for lunch. However on Saturday you can order anything and the firm will pay for that.
I worked most of the time for female Associates and only once or twice any male Associate gave me any work. The Associates of Wadia Ghandy Bengaluru are very encouraging. I committed certain mistakes like I mentioned wrong amount as a fine under the Information Technology Act for an offence but Associate did not scold me and gave me a chance to correct myself.
I want to give you a suggestion that if you don't know anything about any legal propositions just say No and don't try to beat around the bush because they are very intelligent and smart mind people.
The Associates and Senior Associates of Wadia Ghandy enjoy a lot and they use to take a 10-15 minutes break after certain moment of time. When I was interning, there was a birthday of an Associate and we had a very tasty piece of cake.
The Best Things:
The best things of Wadia Ghandy office are;
a) They provide very testy and healthy lunch and apart form that you will get tea/coffee.
b) All the facilities such as well configured computer, Telephone connection, personal Wadia Ghandy intern id, internet login ids, and required stationery are provided by the office. They also provide access to the necessary research database such as Manupatra etc.
c) The working environment is very enthusiastic. Apart from the Associates of the office, I learnt many things from my co-interns who were from other NLUs. During the lunch we used to chat about each other's college activities and individual performance specially internships, moots, and papers.
d) No restriction on using the printers and photo copy machine. You can print as many pages you want.
e) They allow you to being a part of conference with other advocates. Associate may take you with him/her for court visit.
f) They most of the time give you healthy work and not monotonous work.
g) You can take a break whenever you want and no one will ask you if you are not doing any work during that period.
h) The Wadia Ghandy office is flexible on out timing. You can leave the office even prior to 7:30 PM. But as far as I know, benefit of such flexibility in timing can be taken by interns only.
i) If you have no work then associates of other offices may also allot you some work provided you are willing to complete such work.
j) Location of the office is rich and you can find many Restaurants, Hotels, Malls and Café etc. around the office.
The Bad Things:
Like there are always two sides of a coin, indeed there are certain bad things prevalent in the office of wadia ghandy such as;
a) The office does not have subscription of sufficient Newspapers. They have subscribed only one Newspaper and that is also a Business Newspaper.
b) I did not have any interaction with the partners and senior associates of the firm.
c) Sometime no Associates had any work to give you. During that time you will have no other options but to surf the internet. However Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites are blocked and you can also not access you tube.
d) Wadia Ghandy does not give stipend to its interns.
However the good things of the Wadia Ghandy office fulfil all your expectation from a firm and such few bad things do not matter at the end of the internship.
Wadia Ghandy Bengaluru does not give any stipend to its interns. However one of my co-interns, who had earlier done her internship in Mumbai office of Wadia Ghandy told me that Mumbai office provides Gift Cards but no such policy was there in Bengaluru Office.
But all I can say for showing coolness is that, at the end of the day, work and learning matters and not money [but you expect at least certain amount of money anyhow].
I stayed in a PG in Chinnappa Garden, Banson Town, Bengaluru. It was around half an hour journey from Banson town to M.G. Road. You can find buses and autos frequently in that route. However if you leave the office around 9:00 PM, it would be difficult to find buses.
Restaurants and food stalls are less in number in Chinnappa garden, so you may face the difficulty of getting food near that area. However there are many PGs available near the office in the area of Indira Nagar and Metro is also available in that route.
What did you do to chill?
Since lunch is served in the office itself so we did not find any difficulty relating to food. However in the evening I, along with my co-intern used to go to Juice centre or Idli Bada Sambhar restaurant to do our evening snacks. I would say that there was no deep interaction among the interns and hence we did not chill out together as such.
Possibilities of PPO:
Since I have interned only once in Wadia Ghandy and by their expression and expectation of work, I think that it would be a hard nut to crack to get PPO there.
There was a co-intern of mine who had done her 3 internships in Wadia Ghandy earlier and she also told me that the Associates are not willing to give her PPO even after her past experiences with Wadia Ghandy.
For 3rd and 4th Year students, this internship will be very useful.
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Aug 9, 2018
The Daily Star
Russia, Turkey and what lies ahead for Idlib
Omer Ozkizilcik
While negotiating terms of surrender with Free Syrian Army factions in southwestern Syria in early July, Russian officials warned rebels evacuating the area not to regroup in Idlib, as this city would be the regime's next target. However, despite Russia's plans to attack Idlib, the presence of the Turkish army in the area is preventing them from carrying out an assault that could lead to conflict between the tenuous allies. Although Turkey has strong motivation to maintain its sphere of influence in the province, Russia may be able to use the threat of airstrikes to pressure Turkey either to leave or increase its fight against radical groups such as Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din.In May 2017, the Astana peace process designated Idlib a de-escalation zone. In accordance with the agreement, Russia, Iran and Turkey established military observation points along Idlib's front lines, 12 overseen by Turkey and another 10 by Russia and seven by Iran. Turkish authorities warned Russia and the Assad regime that any attack on Idlib would void the entire Astana process. Turkey's presence also put its army in direct contact with local authorities and factions, who began to see it as the guarantor of peace in Idlib. This improved Turkey's leverage over and coordination with the armed Syrian opposition.
Yet Turkey will have little choice but to take on the more extreme elements of this opposition if it wants to avoid Russian involvement in Idlib. Russian presidential special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev declared on July 31 that Russia expects Turkey to coordinate with the moderate Syrian opposition to solve Idlib's Nusra Front problem. Among the main groups fighting the regime in Idlib is HTS, formed from Nusra after it split from Al-Qaeda. Abu Mohammad al-Golani, HTS' leader, accepted the establishment of Turkish observation points in Idlib. The group's Al-Qaeda core – who had been in a dispute with Golani over the decision to cut ties with the organization – saw their acceptance of the de-escalation zone as illegitimate. This faction split off at end of February to form the Hurras al-Din group, which maintained its ties with Al-Qaeda.
Even as it continues to clash with Hurras al-Din, HTS' main rival is the Islamist group Jabhat Tahrir Suriya, a coalition between Ahrar al-Sham and Nour al-din al-Zinki Battalion whose attacks are often also supported by independent militia Suqour al-Sham. JTS and HTS fought each other from February to May 2018, when both sides agreed to a cease-fire.
During the fighting, HTS was pushed back to the Turkish border, losing several strategic locations such Maaret al-Numan, which lies along the main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
Although Turkish forces have not yet taken action against these groups, on May 28, Turkey gathered the other rebel factions in Idlib under one banner in order to counterbalance these radical groups. The new National Front for Liberation includes 11 Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army factions, including Failaq al-Sham, Jaish al-Nasr, the Free Idlib Army, the First and Second Coastal Divisions, the First and Twenty-Third Divisions, the Second Army, Jaish al-Nukhba, Shuhada al-Islam Daraya and Al-Hurriyat Brigade.
They have been joined by JTS, Jaish al-Ahrar and Suqour al-Sham. With those brigades joining the National Front for Liberation, all Idlib rebels that Russia and Turkey consider acceptable have been gathered under one banner. Except for its new members JTS and Suqour al-Sham, the National Front for Liberation has so far not been involved in any local infighting, and many of its factions enjoy good relations with Turkey, even taking part in Turkey's Operation Olive Branch in Afrin.
If Turkey cannot guarantee that they maintain territorial control of Idlib, other factions Turkey supports, notably in northern Aleppo and Afrin, would question the reliability of that support.
These chaotic dynamics give Moscow the opportunity to pressure Ankara. While the Assad regime would prefer to regain control over all of Idlib, Russia may be satisfied if Turkey coordinates with the National Front for Liberation to rid Idlib of HTS and Hurras al-Din. But if Russia doubts Turkey is willing to do so, it will use the threat of airstrikes to pressure Turkey to withdraw from Idlib so that the regime can prepare a full ground offensive.
Although the limited Turkish military presence at the observation points blocks the regime and allied militias from advancing along front lines, the regime and Russia have been able to bomb Idlib as they like over the past year. Turkey could expand its limited armed presence to the entire Idlib area, which would deter Russia from launching airstrikes on rebel targets for fear of accidentally hitting Turkish forces and launching a diplomatic crisis. Yet this expansion would also increase the number of targets for extremist attacks and assassinations. Retreating from Idlib altogether could also encourage Russia to use the same tactics in Afrin and northern Aleppo, endangering Turkey's reliability as a guarantor of the Astana process.
An aerial bombardment in Idlib would also undermine Turkey's guarantee of safety for the civilian population. In addition to the range of armed opposition groups, the Idlib area hosts one of the largest internally displaced people populations in Syria. Airstrikes on the province would leave 2.5 million civilians with "no place else to go." Civilians in Lataminah in northern Hama – a town within near a Turkish observation point within the broader Idlib de-escalation zone that faced increased regime shelling in late May – have already questioned Turkey's ability to guarantee their safety. Turkish officials in Idlib assured the local population that Turkey will stay to guarantee the de-escalation zone. According to reports by Nedaa Syria, Turkey started building a helicopter field and two big hospitals to supply its soldiers at the observation points, and to further fortify its positions, indicating it does indeed intend to remain. But if locals do not trust this promise, the population in Idlib may prefer to take their chances by surrendering to the regime to avoid higher casualties. And if the populations of Afrin and northern Aleppo follow their example, Turkey will have lost its ability to enforce peace on the ground – and thereby any leverage in Syria's peace process.
However, even if it retreats from Idlib under Russian pressure, Turkey could make the campaign to retake the area costly for the regime despite Russian support. Turkey's direct control of northern Aleppo and Afrin gives it a direct link with which it can supply weapons, ammunition and manpower to the National Front for Liberation in Idlib. This may encourage Russia to exhaust other options before trying to oust Turkey so it can launch a massive airstrike campaign.
Moreover, Russia's cooperation with Turkey on energy projects such as Turkish Stream and Akkuyu Nuclear station – and closer military ties as seen not just in Afrin but with Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense Missile Systems in December 2017 – will make it keen not to damage its relations by launching a major attack on Idlib.
It appears Turkey and Russia can reach an accommodation by focusing on extremist opposition groups. Rumors have emerged from senior Hurras al-Din member Al-Ansari al-Barqawi that Turkey has been trying to locate its leadership and bases so it can target and eliminate the Al-Qaeda branch. By using its allied rebel factions to fight radical groups, Turkey may be able to convince Russia to leave more moderate opposition groups alone.
Whether Turkey can eliminate Hurras al-Din and HTS remains to be seen.
Regardless, to maintain its influence and prevent a new refugee crisis, Turkey will work hard to ensure Idlib remains out of the regime's control.
Omer Ozkizilcik is an analyst at the Middle East Foundation and the editor of Suriye Gundemi. This commentary first appeared at Sada, an online journal published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (www.carnegieendowment.org/sada).
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on August 09, 2018, on page 7.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Arab Network for the Study of Democracy
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By Master Sgt. Brian Davidson
447th Air Expeditionary Group
As the Iraqi parliament works out the details of the new Status of Forces Agreement that calls for American forces to withdraw from the country in 2011, Iraqi air force emergency responders from new al Muthana Air Base took the lead for the first time in a mass casualty response exercise, Nov. 21, as they learn how to operate independent of their American counterparts.
The exercise was the largest and most difficult to date for the fledgling air force which brought together firefighters, medical personnel, security forces, command and control, emergency management and safety elements for the first time in order to test their response abilities, as well as to develop an independent training and exercise capability.
"There have been several medical courses arranged and conducted by U.S. advisors," said Capt. Sunny Holden, 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron medical advisor. "The challenge and purpose of this exercise was to continue developing the Iraqi air forces' ability to plan and to conduct their own training and exercise program."
American emergency responders from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group at Sather Air Base and training personnel from the 321st AEAS worked with Iraqi leaders to teach them how to develop exercise scenarios.
This mass casualty exercise was the first of its size and scope, adding a training element the Iraqis have not experienced thus far—real people playing the role of the wounded.
"The exercise scenario was to simulate an Iraqi C-130 aircraft that made a rough landing because a cockpit fire had caused an in-flight emergency," explained Master Sgt. Jim Brody, 447th AEG firefighter and non-commissioned officer in charge of exercise planning. "We had 20 American and Iraqi volunteers who played the passengers on the aircraft with simulated injuries ranging from minor to critical."
Sgt. Brody is a New York Air National Guard firefighter with more than 20 years of airport emergency response experience. For this exercise, he worked closely with Iraqi officers to coordinate the scenario requirements and to help them learn how to plan future exercises.
"In order to make the training as realistic as possible we used moulage, makeup and synthetic body parts to simulate injuries like broken bones, burns and cuts. There were even injuries that simulated spurting blood," Brody said. "This added to the stress of the exercise and demonstrated the kinds of injuries emergency responders would encounter in a real-world situation."
When the exercise began, the Iraqi responders took the lead, but it quickly became apparent that they still needed support and guidance, so the 447th AEG firefighters and medical personnel stepped in to lend a hand.
"The overall exercise was a success in that our international relations continue to improve on all levels of command and control," said Master Sgt. Rodney Metler, 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management Flight exercise evaluation team NCO in charge. "The Iraqi aircrew handled the situation by-the-book, and the firefighters' and medical personnel continue to demonstrate a strong desire to learn."
The new al Muthana Air Base deputy commander, Col. Mohammed, praised both the Iraqi and American Airmen for the progress they have made in developing the emergency response program, but said that although they have made great strides, they still have a long way to go. "This part of the [air force] mission is to save lives, and the exercise helped us see where mistakes are made," Col. Mohammed said. "Each time we practice, we must not make the same mistakes. We must continue to train more people and we must develop our own training program and staff before we can work on our own."
The CAFTT director of Iraqi air force Aeromedical Services, Col. (Dr.) Paul Young, who was on-hand to evaluate the exercise, agreed that there are still not enough Iraqi medical personnel in the air force to take over the training process. "The training is going well, and we are making progress, but it will take time get the needed number of medical personnel in place so they can begin transitioning to independent training operations," Young said.
While the Iraqi emergency response program has grown into an operational part of the air force, there has still been little progress in Iraqi-led training. "The exercise was a success, and it's a small victory for us as advisors to the Iraqis," said Holden. "We continue to encourage independent thinking that will lead to observable action, like clinic staff members developing their own training program. Change is sometimes difficult and takes time, but we are headed in the right direction."
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That morning, I wanted to put up a travel photo of ,Alexandriah Sho-Silva, a fashion and style blogger based in England. She was in front of the Duomo Di Milano (Milan Cathedral). My caption would have been something like "oh so gorgeous" or "perfectly posed at the duomo di Milano". But I looked again and put out how I really felt about the photo. I respect fashion and style bloggers a lot. Posing is work! You'll have to take so many photos to get the "right" pose AND filter through those photos to pick the one perfect for your feed. Phew!
After putting out the caption for the photo, I realized that most people were like me! They had an archive of fashion blogger's photos which they whip out during their vacation. "We need classes" was the most commented phrase under that photo. I guess we all want to look like fashion bloggers in our travel photos!
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It is such an amazing opportunity to share with the nomad community " how to get kick ass poses like a fashion blogger". I know the struggle is real to get these poses but I'm going to share tips that will make it look natural and flawless. I can tell you I have been blogging for a year+ and I take hundreds of pictures only to select a couple that lands on Instagram and my blog, I think every blogger can attest to that, LOL. These tips are easy to follow and will help you look and feel confident in your photos. Let's get into it!
Tip 1: Using Background Props
I love to explore when I travel and even while I'm in Lagos. Using props is a key step in getting kick ass pictures. I personally feel that using props should even tell a story about your personality and style. I love eating out so typically, a restaurant will be a definite prop for me. Street photography is inevitable for a fashion blogger, so make sure you use not just the streets as a backdrop for your outfit but abuse the backdrop props, it will make your outfit post so much interesting. If you are one to play with colors, look for locations that enable you do so and even create a beautiful contrast with your look.
Tip 2: Teapot Pose
It is also known as the "skinny arm" pose or the hand on the hip pose. The great thing about this pose is that it does make your arms look slimmer. We have seen this pose frequently on the red carpet and even the "go-to" pose for many women.
Tip 3: Casual Chillin' Pose
As the name describes, you are sitting, waiting and wishing. I usually do this when I feel lazy, so if you are like me, just sit down look pretty, cross your legs and trust that the picture will look great (maybe after couple of shots).
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Tip 4: Walk Pose
Did you know that most times you don't have to take full strides to get a walking pose? What you do is take one natural step forward, plant your feet and rock forward and backwards. While doing the rocking motion you want to appear as though you're walking, so make sure you swing your arms and stay open towards the camera. You can be like me, walk in a straight line and exaggerate the strides. Funny enough, my photographer tells me not to walk in a straight line because I always do the opposite of what he says, highlight of all my shoots.
Tip 5: The "seeing" your shoes for the first time Pose
This is just the looking down pose. Personally, I do this pose when I have run out of ideas or not sure what to do, sigh. I don't think anyone really is paying attention to what is happening to the shoes. It sure works every single time and makes you look effortless (Just make sure you makeup is 100).
Tip 6: Feet Placement Pose
Most times people ask, what do you do with your legs? If you're being shot head-on, cross your legs, starting at the calf. This stance will make your hips look narrower and your legs look longer, plus it looks a bit more casual.
Tip 7: The Laugh Pose
I usually love this pose because it showcases my personality. Most of my pictures on Instagram are centered on this pose. If you are lucky and have someone who takes pictures for you, the person can say a joke to make you laugh and end up capturing the moment. So you ask, what about someone who travels alone? I would say, pretend you are having a blast, trust me it works LOL.
Places to try out these Tips in Lagos, Nigeria
- Restaurants – The Backyard Lagos, NOK by Alara, Shiro, etc.
- On the streets of Lagos – Residential Estates (literally anywhere)
- Art Galleries – Nike Art Gallery, Rele Gallery,etc.
- Lekki Conservation Centre
I hope you found these tips useful and when you have a chance to try them out, let me know what you think! Tag me so I can rate the pose, I'm just kidding…


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A New York City firm is advertising that, if you drag your spouse into their offices, they'll prepare all the documents for an uncontested (no kids/no property disputes/no support claims) divorce, for a bargain price, and give you a certificate so you can go have lunch at McDonald's while you wait the hour for the papers to be prepared.
I await the "Divorce three, the next one's free!" card. Maybe they could throw in a certificate for a discount marriage license?


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Appealed from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Mar. 17, 2009)
Oral argument: Apr. 19, 2010
The Hastings Christian Legal Society ("CLS") required that members agree with its core religious beliefs and pledge to live accordingly. Due to this requirement, the University of California-Hastings College of Law refused to recognize CLS as a registered student organization. Specifically, CLS's membership requirement violated a nondiscrimination policy prohibiting registered student organizations from discriminating on the basis of religion or sexual orientation. CLS argued that Hastings violated its First Amendment right to free association and free exercise of religion by denying it an exemption from the nondiscrimination policy. The Ninth Circuit rejected CLS's claims, holding that the school's policy was viewpoint-neutral and reasonable in light of the school's educational mission. The Supreme Court's decision will settle a circuit split over whether a public school can require a religious student organization to open its membership to all students, regardless of their beliefs.
Question presented
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it held, directly contrary to the Seventh Circuit's decision in Christian Legal Society v. Walker, 453 F.3d 853 (7th Cir. 2006), that the Constitution allows a state law school to deny recognition to a religious student organization because the group requires its officers and voting members to agree with its core religious viewpoints.
Whether a state law school may officially require that a student organization make its membership open to all students as a condition of receiving certain benefits associated with official recognition.
Respondent University of California-Hastings College of Law ("Hastings") is a public law school in San Francisco. See Brief for Petitioner, Hastings Christian Legal Society ("CLS") at 2. Hastings maintains a program to support registered student organizations ("RSO"), providing, among other benefits, funding and access to school facilities. See Brief for Respondent, Hastings College of the Law at 3. In order to qualify as an RSO and receive support from the school, organizations are required to follow a non-discrimination policy forbidding unlawful discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. See id. at 4. While RSOs may impose neutral membership requirements, "status or beliefs" cannot serve as grounds for exclusion. See id. at 5. Unregistered groups may still meet on campus in unused public spaces, as well as use certain bulletin boards, email, and other means of electronic communication to contact students. See id. at 8–9.
Petitioner Hastings Christian Legal Society is affiliated with the national Christian Legal Society, a religious organization devoted to providing support and counseling to Christian law students and, generally, promoting Christian values in the legal profession. See Brief for Petitioner at 5, 8. The membership policy of CLS states that "unrepentant participation in or advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle . . . may be regarded by CLS as disqualifying such an individual from CLS membership"; the "immoral lifestyle" restriction concerns all sexual conduct outside of marriage, including adultery and homosexual conduct. See id. at 7. After CLS applied for recognition as an RSO, Hastings informed CLS that it would need to amend its membership policy to comply with the religion and sexual orientation provisions of the law school's non-discrimination policy before becoming an RSO. See id. at 11; Brief for Respondent at 6.
CLS sued, arguing Hastings violated CLS's right to freedom of association, free speech, and free exercise of religion under the First Amendment by refusing to grant CLS an exemption to the nondiscrimination policy. See Brief for Petitioner at 12; Brief for Respondent at 13. The district court rejected CLS's free speech claim because the school's policy was viewpoint-neutral in that it was generally imposed on all student organizations and that the policy furthered Hastings' educational mission. See Brief for Respondent at 14. The district court also rejected CLS's freedom of association claim because Hastings was not directly ordering CLS to admit certain students but only placing conditions on using parts of its campus as a forum. See id. The district court also rejected CLS's free exercise claim on the ground that the school's policy itself did not single out religious beliefs. See id. at 15. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision, holding that the school imposed its open membership rule on all student groups and that, therefore, the rule was view-point neutral and reasonable. See Brief for Petitioner at 16.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether it is constitutionally permissible for a public school to deny recognition to a religious group because the group requires its members to agree with its core beliefs. See Question Presented.
The First Amendment protects the right to free association. This right prohibits the government from burdening the right to associate with like-minded people to further shared goals and beliefs. See U.S. Const. amend. I. Implicit in the First Amendment is the right for groups of people to assemble together to express ideas ("expressive association"). See Brief for Petitioner, Hastings Christian Legal Society at 26. This case allows the Supreme Court to settle a circuit split over the question of whether a public law school may deny recognition to a religious student organization because it did not comply with the school's anti-discrimination policy. See Question Presented. Present is a disagreement over whether a registered student organization ("RSO") serves as a representative of a single viewpoint in the larger campus community, or whether the RSO itself is a forum for debate.
Petitioner, Hastings Christian Legal Society ("CLS"), contends that the school's requirement that student organizations admit all students, without regard to beliefs, violates CLS's right to expressive association. See Brief for Petitioner at 26. CLS argues that this restricts access to a "public forum" for speech. See id. at 21–22. Fourteen states contend that prohibiting CLS from exercising its right to expressive association would undermine the state goal of promoting a diverse range of thought on the campuses of its public schools. See Brief of Amici Curiae the States of Michigan, Alabama, et al. ("States") in Support of Petitioners at 13. The States further emphasize the importance of protecting diverse thoughts and active debate in fostering the marketplace of ideas at large. See id. at 12. The CATO Institute points out that, generally, the only permissible restrictions on the freedom of association are those which have to do with the risks of coercion and monopolies or otherwise threaten public health and safety. See Brief of Amicus Curiae the CATO Institute in Support of Petitioner at 11.
In contrast, Respondent Hastings College of Law emphasizes that the forum for speech created at the school by its RSO program is a limited one and thus is subject to viewpoint-neutral restrictions, provided they are reasonable in light of the purpose served by the forum. See Brief for Respondent, Hastings College of the Law at 27. Hastings contends that its policy is also permissible because it involves the government's ability to attach reasonable conditions in order to participate in government funded programs. See id. at 24. The Association of American Law Schools ("AALS") emphasizes the importance of an open membership policy for student organizations because of the necessity of providing students the opportunity to learn from peers through their differences as well as their commonalities. See Brief of Amicus Curiae the Association of American Law Schools in Support of Respondent at 8. Similarly, the American Bar Association ("ABA") argues that Hastings' policy is consistent with a school's interest in fostering an environment of active participation in student activities and in obtaining a diverse student body. See Brief of Amicus Curiae the American Bar Association in Support of Respondent at 8.
According to CLS, the right of a group to limit its membership to those sharing its viewpoints is at the core of the First Amendment right to association. See Brief for Petitioner at 27. CLS contends that permitting the school to infringe upon this right will have the effect of making smaller or more unpopular groups vulnerable to being suppressed by larger groups through takeover or harassment. See id. at 29–30. Smaller groups would be particularly vulnerable because of the ability of larger groups to "sabotage" the membership and leadership of the smaller groups by forming a voting majority. See id. at 28. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Students for Liberty expresses concern that applying a nondiscrimination policy in this manner will threaten all student organizations centered around shared beliefs, whether religious, political, or some other ideology, by essentially eliminating the right to expressive association. See Brief of Amici Curiae the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ("FIRE") and Students for Liberty in Support of Petitioner at 13. They argue that protecting the right to expressive association in schools is necessary in order to preserve the diversity of viewpoints on campus. See id. at 8, 13. In other words, amici argue that opening voting to the entire campus community creates a situation whereby only certain viewpoints shared by a majority of the campus community (whatever that majority happens to be) would be officially recognized and funded (i.e. RSO). See id. at 13.
The AALS asserts that permitting a court to intrude into a school's policies could jeopardize a slew of other school regulations, seriously limiting the Supreme Court's customary deference to a school's authority to impose reasonable regulations in order to further its educational mission. See Brief of AALS at 24–25. Furthermore, the National LGBT Bar Association and 55 LGBT Law Student Organizations emphasize that Hastings' refusal to permit discrimination is necessary to further society's interest in equal treatment, especially in light of the long history of discrimination against gays and lesbians. See Brief of Amici Curiae the National LGBT Bar Association, et al. in Support of Respondent at 11. They contend that promoting equal treatment for all in a law school is particularly salient because of the need to instill the value of nondiscrimination in law students in order to eliminate the discrimination that still exists within the legal profession. See id. at 12. The American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") and the National Education Association ("NEA") add that CLS's claim to a religious exemption from a neutral nondiscrimination rule has potentially far-reaching consequences in light of a long history of religious beliefs being used to justify differential treatment on the basis of race, gender, national origin, and sexual orientation. See Brief of Amici Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union, et al. in Support of Respondent at 27. They maintain that CLS's claim fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of nondiscrimination laws, which is to ensure that all people are able to participate in civic life, regardless of the reasons that some people might have for excluding them. See id. at 33.
The University of California-Hastings College of the Law ("Hastings") nondiscrimination policy prohibits any Registered Student Organization ("RSO") from discriminating "unlawfully on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin . . . or sexual orientation." See Brief for Petitioner, Hastings Christian Legal Society at 9. The Christian Legal Society ("CLS") argues that Hastings' policy is viewpoint-discriminatory. See id. at 42. Thus, CLS argues the policy is subject to strict scrutiny, requiring a compelling government interest. See id. However, CLS maintains that the government has no legitimate interest in prohibiting people from organizing around shared religious beliefs or from selecting leaders based upon religious views. See id. at 43–44. Hastings contends that their policy is constitutional, based on the policy's viewpoint-neutrality and the reasonableness of its conditions. See Brief for Respondent, Hastings College of the Law at 28.
Respondent-Intervenor Hastings Outlaw echoes many of the same arguments as Hastings, but stresses that the Supreme Court's writ of certiorari was improvidently granted. See Brief for Intervenor-Respondent, Hastings Outlaw ("Outlaw") at 25. Outlaw asserts that CLS had already stipulated that Hastings' policy requires RSOs to allow any student to seek leadership positions regardless of their beliefs. See id. at 20. Outlaw contends that CLS only now raises arguments over the meaning of the policy, after CLS had already admitted that the policy did not discriminate based on one's belief. See id. at 21. However, Outlaw points the Court's attention to the rule that "[generally,] a stipulation of fact . . . is controlling on the parties and the court is bound to enforce it." See id. (quoting Fisher v. First Stamford Bank & Trust Co., 751 F.2d 419, 523 (2d Cir. 1984)).
CLS argues that Hastings' policy unconstitutionally excludes their local chapter from participating in a public forum, thus infringing on their First Amendment right to expressive association. See Brief for Petitioner at 26. CLS asserts that participation in a campus forum is necessary for the group to continue functioning in the student community. See id. at 23. Respondent Hastings argues that the state can attach reasonable conditions to any program it funds, provided the conditions do not create a coercive environment. See Brief for Respondent at 25. Hastings argues that a public university is a limited forum for student speech, and thus, viewpoint-neutral restrictions on speech are constitutional. See id. at 27.
CLS argues that allowing "unrepentant" homosexuals into their leadership and voting membership is detrimental to their message and poses a severe burden on their ability to associate freely. See Brief for Petitioner at 32; 34–35. CLS stresses that its requirements for leadership positions are not based on conduct, but on religious/moral belief, and the prohibition on sexual discrimination infringes on their right to maintain that belief. See id. at 34–35. The belief that "unrepentant" homosexuality is morally wrong does not mean that CLS seeks to create a hostile environment or antagonize homosexuals. CLS notes that its rules do not exclude anyone based on their sexual orientation, but on belief and behavior that applies to homosexuals and heterosexuals alike. See id. at 38.
Hastings maintains that their open-membership policy applies to all student groups, without targeting religion or a particular belief, and is therefore viewpoint-neutral. See Brief for Respondent at 28. Hastings contends that, while a nondiscrimination condition may have a greater effect on a particular group, that does not mean the condition itself is viewpoint-discriminatory. See id. at 31. CLS argues that, while other groups based around political or cultural views can restrict their officers to those of a certain belief, Hastings' policy prohibits religious groups from selecting leaders based on their beliefs. See Brief for Petitioner at 37. CLS argues that this policy infringes one's right to religious association by denying CLS the ability to choose leaders that conform to the group's core beliefs. See id. at 41. Hastings contends that a viewpoint-neutral restriction on speech is not discriminatory simply because it affects one's right to associate—that is the case with almost any limitation on speech. See Brief for Respondent at 31.
Hastings also points to the fact that various Christian groups have existed before, and the policy does not exclude speech based on its viewpoint. See Brief for Respondent at 29. Hastings stresses that it has never barred the group's presence and even allowed CLS to use school facilities. See id. at 41. Hastings argues that CLS has been given the same viewpoint-neutral choice as every other RSO and that CLS is, in fact, arguing for special treatment: existence as an RSO while maintaining discriminatory practices. See id. at 47. Under Hastings' interpretation of its policy, student groups are free to abide by the open-membership rule and receive certain benefits or disregard the rule and lose the school's recognition. See id. at 39.
CLS contends that the ability for the group to exist apart from the benefits the school provides to RSOs does not lessen the discriminatory impact of the restriction. See Brief for Petitioner at 24. CLS maintains that Hastings' policy is unconstitutional even though noncompliance does not ban the group from meeting, but merely denies access to certain benefits. See id. at 54. CLS argues that student funding is collected from every student at the school for the purpose of creating a space for diverse viewpoints, and a denial of such benefits infringes on the ability to have a meeting space in a public forum. See id. at 57. Hastings maintains that it has concluded that allowing students equal access to its RSOs is the best way to enhance the student experience. See Brief for Respondent at 32. Hastings further argues that it is reasonable to conclude that its mandatory student activity fee only underscores the need for students to fund activities in which everyone can partake. See id. at 33. Hastings also contends that its policy follows state law in prohibiting the use of school resources to support discriminatory practices. See id. at 33–34. Hastings further argues that it is reasonable to deny resources to RSOs that support discriminatory practices to use the Hastings name, since it may give the impression that the school supports those practices. See id. at 35.
CLS maintains that if they followed Hastings' nondiscriminatory policy, they would open their group to leaders that do not share their beliefs, thus sabotaging their message. See Brief for Petitioner at 27–28. CLS stresses that the right to association allows groups to restrict their association to those that support the group, rather than require them to admit students that oppose their message. See id. at 29. CLS further argues that freedom of association protects the voice of minority or unpopular groups from harassment. See id. at 30. CLS is concerned that this policy would allow a small group to be taken over by students hostile to that group's views. For example, if a group of students opposed the beliefs of a 5-member CLS organization, an opposing 6-member group could simply show up at an election meeting and vote in its own candidates. However, Hastings contends that its policy strengthens minority viewpoints by encouraging debate within as well as among groups. See Brief for Respondent at 36–37. Hastings also notes that there has never been an incident of leadership sabotage. See id. at 43. CLS contends that if any viewpoint was allowed within a particular group, the group would become blurred, and result in its own forum of diverse ideas, rather than a group that could advance a particular view among other groups. See Brief for Petitioner at 53. CLS argues that this limitation allows freedom of association at the expense of one's right to equal treatment within a speech forum. See id. at 55.
This case will determine whether a law school's nondiscrimination policy unconstitutionally restricts certain groups from receiving school funding and infringes their First Amendment right to expression and association. The Christian Legal Society argues that the policy infringes its First Amendment rights, and the policy itself discriminates on the basis of viewpoint. Hastings argues that the policy is viewpoint-neutral and reasonable. This case will have a wide impact on the ability of student organizations to impose restrictions on their membership and leadership selection process, and may affect the ability of student groups beyond the chapters of the Christian Legal Society to receive school funding and recognition.
Prepared by: Sarah Chon and Frederick Wu
Edited by: James McConnell
Additional Sources
• Annotated U.S. Constitution: First Amendment, Right of Association
• Michael C. Dorf, The Supreme Court Reviews a Conflict Between Equality and Freedom of Association, Findlaw's Writ (Dec. 14, 2009).
• Dorf on Law: Another Perspective on Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (Dec. 14, 2009)


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Co-evolution of transportation networks and urban systems
SimpopNet [Scmitt 2014] is an ABM that focuses on the relations between transportation systems evolution and urban systems evolution.
SimpopNet purpose is to examine some hypothesis regarding the feedback loop between the size and the accessibility of a city (at a microscopic level) and to observe the consequences of this feedback simulation on the whole system (macroscopic level).
Regarding the network structure, the model aims to reproduce the consequence of the hierarchical diffusion of transportation innovation along the territory (each innovation increasing the speed of transportation), as a progressive shunt of small cities.
Regarding the system of cities, the model aims to exhibit the relation between the accessibility of a city and its size, whereas the progressive hierarchisation of the system is expected at the macroscopic level.
Models >


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Midway Women in the Church (WIC) is not a separate organization that you must join. All women who are members of Midway Presbyterian Church form our WIC. Northwest Georgia PresWIC, our presbytery-level women's organization, consists of all women who are members of the churches in our presbytery. Within our Presbyterian structure, we are a connectional church. Opportunities are given for women to come together on the presbytery and national levels. Participation helps women cultivate PCA relationships outside our local church and develop a greater sense of unity within our denomination.
Our upcoming dates:
WIC Meeting March 13, 2017
Spring Event April 25, 2017
WIC Meeting May 18, 2017
WIC Meeting July 20, 2017
Weekly Bible Studies
(nursery services available)
The Circle of Grace
Meets in the Harvester classroom each at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday morning through May 17th. All ladies are invited to join us as we study the foundations of our Faith in the Book of Romans.
The Ladies Evening Bible Study
Currently is studying the Boom of Ruth. All ladies are welcome? For more information, please call Joyce Talley at (770)499-8145.
Ruth Circle
Meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship classroom.
Women's Ministry Council
President- Wanda Robinson
Vice President- Calli Prichett
Secretary- Georgia Williams
Treasurer- Alexsis Prichett
Historian- Cindy Whitaker
Shower Coordinator- Peggy Green
Flowers- Kim Jones
Missions- Melanie Adams
Christian Growth- Bethany Adams


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Monday, April 11, 2016
Prayers are answered in the strangest ways
I took some stuff to Seagrove Sunday for my pal Meredith to share with her grandkids. Mostly Wesley's old Barbie stuff and a chair my daddy made when I was a little girl. It was a beautiful drive, gave me time to ponder the situation we find ourselves in.
There is a Methodist chapel on the way to her house. I'm a Methodist, grandmother was a Quaker, then a Wesleyan. I like churches, I find peace and comfort there. I knew this little place out in the country is left unlocked so I went in to say a prayer. I prayed as hard as I ever have, been a long time, but still. When I pray like that, things happen.
So, today, quick as a wink, things started happening. Our stupid buyers have asked for a termination of our contract. They found one little tiny loophole in the messed up county system that lets them out free and clear as far as I can tell. So these toxic idiots can get the hell out of my life now. Gerry and I are done with them. I fought and fought, and then today, there was no more fight in me. I gave it up, gonna let God have a go at it.
We are beat to pieces. Both of us are sick, we have been sick for weeks now. Gerry is losing weight, we are barely coherent. I find myself making mistakes, not focused, it has just been the worst experience of my life. I even wrote them a very heartfelt letter, hoping they would agree to a resolution. Nope. So after spending hundreds of dollars, packing all of our worldly belongings into a Pod, we have a house to put back on the market. I am heartsick!
But in some odd way, I feel like that chapel gave me the strength today to give up. We are offering and asking the owner of our dream house to possibly rent to us. I am hoping that by giving up the toxic people in my life, it will open a door to new possibilities and somehow we can make this work in the end.
All I can say to those hateful buyers is
Karma is a bitch.....
NOTE: UPDATE- our brilliant attorney just sent the most amazing letter! Hold on, it ain't over yet...
peace ya'll, say a prayer if you are inclined!
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Holding thoughts for you both! ox
- April 11, 2016 at 4:32 PM
- cookingwithgas said...
Betty said great prayers for you after you left. I think she has a direct line. I felt the earth move! ;)
I think that this will work out one way or another.
I'm still planning on drinking a beer on your new porch.
That church has a way with us all. I look at it everyday.
- April 11, 2016 at 5:03 PM
- ShellHawk said...
Hang in there! I know it's horrible to go through, but when things don't work out, it usually means something better is on the way that you weren't aware of!
- April 12, 2016 at 3:58 AM
- gz said...
Hope it goes well..we're moving on from a toxic landlady...still haven't got our deposit back,but even if we don't,we've moved on!
- April 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM
- Dennis Allen said...
WTF is the matter with people?
- April 13, 2016 at 4:31 AM
- Michèle Hastings said...
That church is a beauty. We could see the steeple across the farmers field, when we lived in the log cabin. I hope that things will fall into place now that the energy suckers have moved on.
- April 13, 2016 at 12:06 PM


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Linuxinstall.net Episode 124 - Security and Ohio Linux Fest Rock - Recorded Tuesday Aug 26, 2014/
We talk about Lumina Desktop and Why you should secure your communcations on your internal network.Read More
We talk about Lumina Desktop and Why you should secure your communcations on your internal network.Read More
While only achieving a 9 out of twelve score in the study of the following areas:
Linux still beat Windows 7 of 12 and Mac OSX's 8 of 12. A full synopsis can be found here from TechRepublic. Remember though no OS scored a perfect score and 9 out of 12 is still only a C. So there is plenty of room for everyone to improve.
Abraham Williams on Google+ pointed us to an article over on the CloudFlare blog about how they dealt with a recent 65Gbps attack. The article titled "How to launch a 65Gbps DDOS attack and how to stop one" gives some high level details about how they deal with such attacks and how someone can get 65 Gbps of bandwidth to even start one. The article does a great job of explaining one method using Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver. The basic idea is that since DNS can be done with UDP packets you can easily forge the from address and cause the Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver to reply to the targeted computers or network. This is exploiting two flaws in the internet. The first that UDP is a fire and forget protocol which doesn't require any proof of where you are coming from. The second is that Open Unrestricted DNS Resolver exist or at the least allow UDP requests. DNS can and should be required to be done over TCP which makes forging the information much harder and less reliable.
They have an article they wrote before this one that talks about and apologizes to their customers for the disruption in the first place. It's found here and called "Post Mortem: What Yesterday's Network Outage Looked Like" . It is a shinning example of what a company should do when an event like this happens. It is very transparent, clear and easy to understand and most of all genuine. While I know it's great PR it's not something I see a lot of companies like them doing.
Let us know if you have ever dealt with something like this in your job?
Do you think they took the proper response?
What do you think of the post mortem?
Update: Changed Open to Unrestricted becuase as pointed out in the comments below it seemed to imply the awesome DNS service by a similar name. They, to our knowledge, were not part of the problem.


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STROKE OF THE HEART ® Greeting Card Company was founded in 1983. Kevyn Riley, a registered nurse and co-owner since 1986, enjoys her role as a consultant to the creative staff. Having worked with seriously ill children as an R.N. and a cancer survivor herself, Kevyn has worked to create a card line with simple, heartfelt sentiments. These experiences are reflected in our strong line of Sympathy, Serious Illness, Get Well and Encouragement/Cope categories.
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Dana Introduces Aluminum Cooling Solutions for EV, Hybrid Vehicles
Nov 3, 2014
MAUMEE, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) announced today the introduction of a new aluminum cooling technology for electric and hybrid vehicles.
Specifically, the company is utilizing the efficiency of aluminum in its Long® brand of integrated cooling plates that enhance heat transfer of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) switches. This newest addition to Dana's robust thermal-management portfolio provides customers with optimized, compact cooling components to address the high-heat, high-power demands of electric and hybrid vehicles.
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THEY spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their bank accounts. And so they waited, eagerly or anxiously, for the appointed hour to arrive.
When 6pm came and went at various spots around the globe, and nothing extraordinary emerged. In Australia and New Zealand, early target of the prediction of Armageddon, and across the world, the deadline was greeted with scepticism and humour.
"People are making jokes like there's no tomorrow," was one of the top tweets.
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I know you've been waiting for this one.
A: On Saturday, while tailgating at the BC football game, I had the following conversation/encounter with Beef, my twin sister…it went as follows.
Me: Hey Beef, give me a bite of your cookie.
Beef holds her cookie up to my face for a bite.
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EDM Challenge 166: Draw a Fish
Floating Koi White Card at zazzle
I've been a bit stumped as to what to draw recently ... so went through my photographs and came across some I'd taken of the monstrous carp or koi at my father's place ... they are huge and beautiful, and so I decided to finally put them down on paper. First time I've used only one brand of pencils for a drawing: Caran D'Ache's Luminance 6901. They're gorgeous, though they're soft and need lots of sharpening to retain the fine points I like to work with. Love them!
Once again I had a problem with the background. After my experience with the artichoke I decided not to colour in a background as yet, but have superimposed the fish onto one of my older coloured pencil textured backgrounds just to see how it looks:
Floating Koi Blue Card at zazzle
I kinda like it ... also have to point out the fact that in the photograph there were absolutely no shadows and the water in the pond was so clear that you could see the pebbly ground (which I was NOT about to draw!), so they really DID look as though they were floating on air ...


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"To Thine Own Selfie Be True" by Geoffrey Dicker
Photos, photo manipulation and words by G.
From our preoccupation with paparazzi candids to our obsession with taking selfies, we are a world hypnotized by the siren call of fame. No one knows this better than cultural commentary artist Geoffrey Dicker. His life work has been the examination of celebrity. Starting as a teenaged autograph collector in his hometown of Los Angeles, and progressing to authoring 3 books and helming his popular NYC art, music and pop culture blog, According2G.com, Dicker has deeply explored the ramifications of social media, celebrity, and self-obsession. In his latest endeavor, "To Thine Own Selfie Be True," Dicker turns his camera lens both on himself and the famous simultaneously. His visually arresting self-portraits are celebrity candids without celebrity. Tabloids may have pronounced that the famous are "just like us," but Dicker takes this message to a haunting and satirical extreme. As twin "selfies," they take a humorous look at the implications of fame and social media in our culture – namely that while we worship these false idols, we secretly want to be the one everybody is chasing after.
The project will gradually be updated on its home, which is: www.tothineownselfiebetrue.tumblr.com Please keep checking back for new content. And tell a friend! We're going viral!


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FolderSize – Check Windows Folder Size
FolderSize is small portable tool developed to check the size of the folders and the space they take up in your hard disk. It presents the result in graphical format. With this tool you can determine which folders are present in a specific destination and how much space they are taking.
Update: Disk Space Fan is a new tool which is more advanced and stable than FolderSize, check it out here.
You can see the complete folders and their sub-folders in a clear format. To use it, enter the path and hit Go. If you look at the screenshot below you will notice that some folders and their sizes are not appearing properly, this is because of the standard view. To view folder information in complete details scroll your mouse wheel to zoom inside.
Once you zoom in, the structure will be more clearly available. To return back to the standard view hit the right mouse button.
It is a simple app developed on Windows Presentation Foundation. WPF can be found in Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7.
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Flying to New York for one and a half days is a natural killer. I packed so much in from seeing Larry Clark'sfucked up, charming, erotic, vulgar photographs of humans making love like sardines in a can. Oily and smelly. You could feel everything at Luhring Augustine, the brave gallery to take on his work. Larry is charming and I was happy to spend some moments with him before Pablo Ganguli's, Liberatum event at the W Hotel about social media. Larry's memory is excellent and he remembers the smallest details, a breakfast we had together with the gallery owner Simon Lee, where I promised to ring him and did not.
Still attractive, if not brittle Larry can shake the world we live in. You understand AIDS from his work, you understand greed and the lascivious behaviour of the 1970's. You understand why the world has gone so wrong, and yet not.
I also had time to visit another show, Shameless at the Unix Gallery, by Eugenio Merino, which showed the evil world leaders in incubators, alive yet dead in the freezing tombs of a Coca Cola freezer. Upright and slightly bowed the immaculate leaders were as untouchable in death as in life.
Well worth a visit. Some alien masks were at the back of the gallery attached to skulls. I loved both shows.
I squeezed in an opportunity to visit my favourite salon in New York, John Barrett. I love his staff, excellent and humorous, I came out of there looking very glamorous, having had my hair curled by Serena and make up done by Kiki and Marco, using the brilliant products of Tom Ford.
I then did some shopping in Barneys where I fell in love with surprisingly cool Ungaro dresses. They looked like couture dresses, beautifully made with unusual shapes. The designer, Fausto Puglisi, knows how to sculpt a woman, and if he is good enough for Madonna, who dresses beautifully then he is definitely good enough for me.
My sons have flown from the nest and that is both wonderful and painful in one glorious moment. Painful because I no longer see them as much, children need to see their parents on their own terms it seems. I find I am there for them, but rarely needed, which is good. They know what they want and are not insecure. Of course it leaves a gap in my life. My whole existence is questioned, I am not depressed or sad about it, but as a normal woman, I sit and think, what shall I do now? I have many interests, and will write a new play. I will fill my life with yoga, thought, writing, art and fashion, and when the boys have time see them. However, the real things in life are family and closeness of that web, it took me a long time to see it. Too long. I was so happy yesterday as I left Heathrow airport to find my youngest picking me up in my car. It is like his first day of school. It made me proud.


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BBC News
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- Abandoned baby: Search for car in hunt for newborn's mum
- Man hit by tram in Sheffield dies in hospital
- Brexit: Change UK could form partnership with Lib Dems, Heidi Allen says
- Jodie Chesney death: Fourth suspect charged with murder
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Zisa Cultural Shipyards, ZAC Contemporary Art Pavilion, Odissey. A large installation of 1300 sq. M. Of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei devoted to migrant routes and designed for Palermo, a city that welcomed its manifesto. A project curated by GAM, the prestigious gallery of Modern Art that will be one of the fulcrums of Palermo 2018
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FFA will use lessons from US bid as it seeks to host Women's World Cup
Australia voted for the successful combined bid of the United States, Canada and Mexico which will host the 2026 World Cup jointly following the decision of the FIFA Congress in Moscow to award the three nations the competition.
The United bid saw off the challenge of Morocco by 134 votes to 65 with one federation failing to cast a vote.
Such was the calibre of the US/Canada/Mexico and Moroccan bids, says FFA Chairman Steven Lowy, that parts of them could become a template for Australia as it seeks to win the contest to host the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Lowy said that Australia had backed the North and Central American bid for a number of reasons although he did not mention the close economic, political, military and diplomatic links between Australia and the USA.
"The United bid received a higher score in FIFA's technical evaluation report – four out of five for United compared to 2.7 for Morocco.
''We also considered the risk ratings provided by FIFA which concluded that the United bid carried a lower delivery risk overall and the financial elements of both proposals where it was clear the United bid was superior.
"We commend FIFA on the bidding process it implemented for the 2026 World Cup which included greater transparency, including the publishing of bid books, clear evaluation criteria, independent oversight, a public vote and the promotion of human rights and labour standards,'' Lowy said.
He says that the FFA will take note of the presentation style when mouting its own case to host the Women's World Cup.
"Both bidders delivered passionate and compelling final presentations. We commend the Moroccan football association for its proposal and for its sportsmanship following the decision. We will take on board the high standards of preparation and presentation as we embark on FFA's quest to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023."
Michael Lynch is The Age's chief soccer reporter and also reports on motor sport and horseracing


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Member Preview/Artist Talks: 5-6pm
Members of the Friends of 516 ARTS were invited to a special private preview and walk-through with short talks by artists including Felipe Castelblanco, Tarrah Krajnak, Miguel Gandert, Billy Joel Miller and Juna Rosales Muller. Not a member? Join the Friends of 516 ARTS today at www.516arts.org/join.
Public Opening: 6-8pm
Everyone was invited to celebrate the reception of At Home in the World, with performances curated by artist Billy Joe Miller as part of his installation Writha. Performers included Bryce Fletcher Hample and Chuy Martinez & Oti Ruiz.
Coffee and hot chocolate were available from Green Joe Coffee Truck. 15% of the proceeds from Green Joe Coffee Truck sales for the evening went directly to 516 ARTS!
Founder, Vincent LaVolpa who built his business from the ground up, says "Green Joe is Guiseppe Verdi in Italian. It is a ship that made voyages from Italy to Ellis Island. My great-grandfather came to this country when he was 14 years old to chase the American Dream. I have named the Green Joe Coffee Truck after that ship, as it is also the vessel that I travel in to find my American Dream."
Light refreshments will be served, as well as beer and wine available from Tractor Brewing.
About the Presenting Artists:
Felipe Castelblanco is a multidisciplinary artist, working at the intersection of socially engaged and new media art. Through urban interventions, video, performance, sculpture and networked installations, his work creates participatory experiences ofpublicness and enables coexistent encounters between unlikely audiences and across vast distances. Felipe holds and MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and in 2012 attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2012. His work has been shown internationally, including the San Diego Museum of Art; (FAD) Fundação Nacional de Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; FIVAC festival in Camaguey Cuba; the Miller Gallery in Pittsburgh; PRACTICE Gallery in Philadelphia; the Valenzuela Klenner Gallery in Bogotá Colombia, and in storefronts and street corners throughout United States. Felipe has been the recipient of the 2013 John Fergus Post MFA Fellowship at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; the 2014 Starr Fellowship at the Royal Academy in London, UK; and most recently commissioned by the U.S Department of Education and Zero1 to develop a participatory project in the Philippines during the Spring of 2015, through the American Arts Incubator exchange program.
Miguel A. Gandert was born in Española and grew up in Santa Fe. For Gandert, who continues to use traditional black-and-white film, photography gives voice to the voiceless and tells community stories that have been forgotten or ignored, but are profoundly important to the modern world. His work has been shown in galleries and museums internationally and is in a number of public collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, and Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and was selected for the 1993 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His book Nuevo México Profundo: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2000) accompanied the inaugural exhibit of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. He has collaborated with renowned scholars, most recently on In the Company of Empty Crosses with Arturo Madrid and The Plazas of New Mexico with Chris Wilson. Gandert is Distinguished Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media at the University of New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque.
Billy Joe Miller says: "I am drawn to mysticism, contemplative space and transformative narratives in nature. I create multi-media interactive installations that are often in non-traditional locations, collaborative and invite the participant to go inward and consider their own relationship with nature and their surroundings. I grew up in San Diego and studied painting and installation with William Feeney. In 2006, I moved to New Mexico and began working in hospice as a nursing assistant. This proximity to death influenced my art practice. I became more interested in story-telling, sacred space, last rites and similar rituals created around death, and I began to experiment with ritual performances and artifacts as a way to creatively re-envision spiritual expression."
Juna Rosales Muller is a fabric artist, printmaker, outdoor educator, and agricultural worker. She has became engaged in creating socially engaged art through leading border education trips for high school students. In her work with clothing cast-off by migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, she explores themes of inclusion, identity, nationalism, and community. These themes are expanded through collaborative workshops in the tradition of American quilting bees, where dialogue and storytelling play a key role. She has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon, as well as in Packard Hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado and at City Hall and the Ojai Valley Museum in Ojai, California. With a focus in Political Ecology, Juna received a B.A. in Southwest Studies and took numerous art courses at Colorado College, where she had the opportunity to do extensive field work. She currently a practices art, educates kids about their local watershed, and works in the citrus industry in her hometown of Ojai, California.
Images (L to R): Miguel Gandert, Juna Rosales Muller, Felipe Castelblanco, Tarrah Krajnak, Billy Joe Miller


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Borat, love or hate?
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, October 30:
[Sacha] Baron Cohen is one of the few British Jews to venture successfully into the comedy of shock. It was somehow both shameful and predictable that when Lenny Bruce was invited to appear in London for the second time, in 1963, he had no chance to perform before he was taken to the airport, deported, and banned from ever disturbing the British peace again. More recently, the case for disturbance has been made by the novelist Howard Jacobson, who has insisted, both within and beyond his books, that comedy is not just enfeebled but put to sleep, like an unwanted animal, once it discards its right and duty to offend. That is certainly the spirit of "Borat," which may lack all narrative shapeliness, but which offers comfort neither to Baron Cohen's onscreen victims nor to his audience; it is as if he were outraged by the business of our being human—as if, in laying bare our follies, he were just quickening the process by which we already make fools of ourselves.
Tony Karon, Rootless Cosmopolitan:
I always liked Sascha Baron Cohen's Ali G character, who seemed to me to be less of a caricature of Black Britain than of hip-hop obsessed white boys trying very hard to seem like they come from "Yard." But the first time I saw Borat, I cringed: That "throw the Jew down the well" segment in which his Kazakh bumpkin leads a Texan Country and Western crowd in a song with that as the chorus seemed to me a bad, bad joke — not bad taste humor, which I rather like, but a bad joke. Not only did his Texan audience seem to be rather innocently indulging him, it immediately struck me that he was painting an horrendously inaccurate picture of Kazakh attitudes — horrendous because, in the West, there is no charge quite as toxic as that of being an anti-Semite. And the reality is that Kazakhstan is one of the least anti-Semitic polities in the Muslim world today.
It seems to me that Karon is missing the point. Yes, Borat is playing on racial stereotypes, but isn't that the idea? Making fun of Jews, intellectuals, Muslims and the like proves that many individuals are happy to go through life with little more than cursory knowledge of different cultures and peoples (in fact, sounds like many Middle East and Islamism "experts" since 9/11, who pollute our media on a daily basis.) It's called satire (and could equally be applied to most mainstream columnists who hilariously pontificate on subjects over which they have read little more than a government/think-tank press release.)
Now, if Borat isn't your style, how about Ali G interviewing Chomsky?


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Peanut Butter Bliss Balls Recipe/
I think it's safe to say that Dan and I (Tegan) are addicted to bliss balls. Ever since the first time I threw some together sometime last month, we have always had a batch in our fridge! They are my favourite snack/treat that perfectly pairs with my morning coffee, afternoon coffee or a bedtime snack! You can tweak the recipe as you like substituting different nut butters, or adding different seeds or nuts.
You'll Need:
- 1 cup of dates (soak for about 4 hours in warm water)
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut (plus about 1/4 cup to coat them after)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1.5 tbsp hemp seeds
- 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts (semi-ground)
- 1/4 cup flax seeds
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 tbsp peanut butter
Using an immersion blender, add all these ingredients in this order, starting with the pre-soaked dates, and moving down the list! I use a coffee grinder to grind the peanuts until they're more of an oatmeal texture, so there are still chunks of peanuts. Grind up the flax seeds well too.
Once all of the ingredients are well combined, press/roll them into bite size balls, and roll them in shredded coconut.
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