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The name with this business is held due to the firm hand crafted ballet and other bloch respect tap shoes globally at higher degrees by professional dancers.
Jacob Bloch's life was particularly ballet, and basically centered around local theatre and dancing in a single kind or another. By means of this interest he started a fairly little store where he worked creating level ballet shoes, Pointe, and character shoes.
Bloch Shoes actually did not expand until the 1950's and then again with emphasis on ballet shoes and it actually thrived and acquired a reputation for creating some of the best dance shoes in the world.
The Bloch businesses doctrine continues to be one of arty pursuit, from its origin in the maximum degree, and also Jacob Bloch has consistently prioritized listening to dancers as his uppermost precedence to realize this. This feature has really made it possible to make another as well as ballet shoes so much so, and that specifically match the requirements dancers that dancers of world acclaim put this exceptional shoe on top of the want list.
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In added to the six various kinds of dance shoes produced by Bloch, in addition, they provide shoes such as stylish Italian high heels and sandals created and designed by Josette Hourizi. These shoes present a design theory that is unique and Bloch admits it is relationship with this particular artistic and special designer.
Furthermore, Bloch provides a unique assortment of shoes for infants that derive from ballerina dance shoes. They may be specially intended for babies and toddlers and soft in layout. Every one of the shoes are inspired by the women's line and stunning and made to shield an infant's foot.
Durability is a crucial feature which Bloch Respect Tap Shoes all fulfill, and due to the trouble of the special shoe, it's cost efficient to possess a one which used and may be worn for functionality together with training.
Just as significant is the requirement to try to further ensure a perfect fit. In preventing suffering as well as other issues that might happen later on thereby empowering the dancer.


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In Aroma & Secret Garden we have a menú for the day and for the evening.
In the day you can enjoy the excellent fresh salads, typical spanish tapas, pizzas the base made by an italian!, home made paellas and of course a selection of grilled fish, Argentinian and spanish meat, you can finish by enjoying a special coffee or our selection of desserts in the Sercret Garden.
In the evening its like a festival of Meats on the barbecue with a big selection!, grilled just how you like it!!. Combined with a very nice variety of wine from Argentina and Spain. Also we have at night, fresh salads, fish, crepes, prawns pilpil, Iberian plate.

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What do you mean by Electrical Wire Joints?
Electrical joints are the joints that an electrician creates when a wire falls short while doing the wiring for any sort of electrical appliances or fittings. There are several disadvantages of having joints like these in wiring.
Disadvantages of joints in Electrical Wiring done in your house
Having joints in an electrical wiring in not good safety wise as well as consumption wise. Firstly, if there are joints in your wiring system, it can lead to current wastage which increases the power consumption. And secondly, sometime later it may catch fire or short circuit may occur. But an electrician who does this kind of a job i.e. creates several joints while doing home wiring (or anywhere else) is not a knowledgeable and right electrician.
How are the joints covered?
What could be the consequences of the same?
Wherever there are wire joints made, an electrician will tape the joint area with a PVC tape. But these PVC tapes are not a permanent solution to keep the joint intact because the gum of the tape will soon melt due to heat generated from the current flowing which results in either the tape falling off or melts. As I said earlier, it could either lead to short circuit or may catch fire. Especially for heavy electrical equipment's like AC, microwave, geyser, refrigerator, etc. special care must be taken that there are absolutely to joints in wiring, because it could lead to serious consequences like fire in house.
Well there are chances of switch being a troublesome or cause of the problem. Like if a home-owner buys a low quality cheap switch, then it may melt soon cause of the heat generated from the current flowing in it. Also many a times when the wire has fallen short an electrician will try pull the wire from the switch end to complete the connection part. And when the wire is not enough, he joints it to the switch with another small piece of wire and complete the connection. But let me share this with all home owners that this is not a permanent solution to it. This connection with joints will need to be repaired or replaced in a span of 6-8 months max. If not done so, it could lead to serious trouble.
Tips on how to make sure that there are no electrical joints created in new apartment
Well that's true that it's difficult for one to be there all the time to keep a check on electrician all the while. To avoid any fault in wiring, its best recommended to hire a licensed electrician. When you hire a licensed electrician the benefit is that he will not make any mistakes or avoid faults. This is because he will be worried about his image and recommendation purpose. Recommendation for if he does good work home owners could suggest him to others too for electrical work. Licensed electricians are a bit expensive then local electricians but you can be assured of quality and no faults in wiring work. Always see to it that there is zero wire joints in his apartment. One single wire is used to any electrical connection purpose.
Usually home-owners are unaware of the above mentioned disadvantages of joints in wiring and are therefore least bothered about electrical work.


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Hotel Korpikartano offers a good variety of activities. Please take a closer look at our winter, spring, summer and autumn activities!
Between activities you can enjoy the relaxing sauna, learn about the wildlife and wilderness by reading in the Aurora lounge or borrow a book from the bookshelf. You can also simply wander along our marked nature trails, in the local forests or go on the lake and feel the closeness of nature and the wonderful silence.
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My attempt at drawing the kind of thing I would rarely attempt to draw! I can point out many technical errors myself, but as this took only a matter of minutes, and as I was able to draw hands that actually looked like hands; have pity on me, and don't point them out. That would be very nice!
I wish I had a scanner to scan stuff, than having to take photos all the time (I never realize where the light is supposed to be; behind, on top of, next to(?) the camera!) And then I have to edit the stupid thing with my even more awesome editing skills!!
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Princeton Alumni Angels is managed and led by a group of passionate Tiger alumni who believe there should
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PAA is looking for leaders to join our executive team to help steer the national effort and create local chapters.
be an angel network to support Princeton entrepreneurs and participate in our venture ecosystem. The dedicated PAA team is committed to creating a large network that can support, mentor and invest in Tiger-led ventures.
PAA is looking for leaders to join our executive team to help steer the national effort and create local chapters.
Michelle Moon
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Michelle is Co-Director of the Princeton Alumni Angels and also serves as the current co-President of the Princeton Club of Northern California (2014-present). She manages all relations with the University on behalf of PAA, as we collectively build Princeton's entrepreneurship ecosystem moving forward. As of May 2017, Michelle also has joined the Executive Committee of Princeton University's Alumni Council to help drive strategy and cohesion among the various alumni regional associations around the world.
Joelle Rauh
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Joelle is an internet businesswoman with a passion for startups. She has worked in mergers and acquisitions, equities, venture capital and most recently as an entrepreneur. She is based in San Francisco and is thrilled to help foster Princeton's west coast startup ecosystem through her work as Co-Chair of the PCNC Entrepreneurship Series and as Co-Director of Princeton Alumni Angels.
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Michelle is a teacher of Social Entrepreneurship at Pinewood Upper School in Los Altos. She is also the founder of The Language Playground, a platform that inspires and supports parents teaching their children a second language, even if they don't speak it themselves. As Co-Chair of the PCNC Entrepreneurship Series, she has enjoyed meeting smart, fun alumni and learning about their startup initiatives. Michelle loves bringing people together -- whether as a coach of her daughter's running team, leader of her women's business group or helping to organize the angel network.
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Brad is a partner at DLA Piper LLC in SF and focuses his practice on M&A, venture and angel investing, public offerings, and public company reporting and governance. In addition to serving as lead counsel for the Princeton Alumni Angels network, Brad serves as counsel to corporations across various industries, including clean tech, software and IT companies, and retail, and a number of venture and angel funds. He regularly advises on SEC reporting, listing compliance, corporate governance and general securities laws compliance. Brad is a Co-chair of DLA Piper's Opinion Committee.
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Prior to co-founding Healthy Ventures, Anya's career spanned entrepreneurship, operating roles, and venture investing. She has lived and worked with healthcare systems and customers on 3 continents. Recently spending most of her time on tech-enabled healthcare services, Anya became convinced that now was the right time to invest in early stage opportunities at the intersection of health and information technology given the disruption across consumerism, care delivery models, and digitization, as well as healthcare tech. This led to her founding Healthy Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on infrastructure software in healthcare.
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Taylor Rettig is a private investor and executive specializing in the branded consumer products and retail sector. He began his career in investment banking following graduation from Princeton in 2004. In 2007 he joined JH Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity fund to focus on investing in middle market consumer companies. He then served as CSO for Alex and Ani, a branded jewelry and accessories business before returning to investing in 2014. Taylor is excited to mentor companies and their executives and share his operational and financial expertise with up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
Matt Walters
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Matt is a Founding Partner at MissionLab and a General Partner at Mission VC. Previously, Matt was a Venture Partner at Expansive Ventures, the Managing Director of Runway Incubator, a Principal at Ardent Capital and a Co-Founder of Topicmarks, a natural language processing company that exited to Tagged in 2011. Before Topicmarks, Matt was an early employee and acting CFO at Room to Read where he helped the startup scale to operations in 13 countries, establishing nearly 8,000 libraries across Asia and Africa by his departure. After Princeton, Matt spent time as a Princeton in Asia Fellow teaching English at Payap University in Northern Thailand.
Jared Grauer
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Jared is a corporate attorney at Gunderson Dettmer LLP in Silicon Valley where he specializes in representing emerging-growth technology companies throughout their lifecycles, from formation and governance, and venture capital financings, to M&A transactions, securities offerings, and general corporate and securities law matters. Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Jared was a corporate attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Palo Alto and co-founded Course Hero, Inc., a venture-backed online learning and teaching platform.
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Carl enjoys the excitement of working with new technologies and the entrepreneurs that develop and bring those technologies to market, and focuses his practice on the representation of emerging technology companies, venture capital and private equity funds, and institutional investors. He represents clients in many industries, including SaaS, cybersecurity, digital media, fintech and frontier technology. When working with emerging growth companies, Carl often serves the role of general counsel and advises on formation, venture capital financings and M&A transactions. A native of the SF Peninsula, he's excited to help Princetonian entrepreneurs and investors succeed on the west coast.
Eliot Kent-Uritam
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Eliot leads media and analytics for Nice & Company, an SF advertising agency with mostly CPG and tech clients. He is also Silicon Valley Liaison for Golden Seeds, an angel group investing in diverse leadership teams with at least one female leader. Having caught the startup bug, he previously co-founded social media acquisition & analytics company 6builder, and urges other startups not to push back on terms on their first money in. A past PCNC co-president from 2011-2014, Eliot loves Princeton and has joined Princeton Alumni Angels to help build the alumni entrepreneurship community.


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New York is always inspiring. There are many pieces and moments that make you feel deeply connected to the city. This trip we stayed in the Meatpacking district which was close to the water and a bit more quiet. You can walk to the edge by the ocean and feel relaxed from the busy streets.
My first stop was Alexandra Grecco's reveal celebration. Upon entering we stood outside. The misty rain sprinkled our faces. Across the street was Lenny Kravitz photography studio. I have always enjoyed his music and had no idea that he was a photographer as well. I really wanted to peak inside but our line was long and his studio wasn't open yet.
Thirty or so minutes rolled by and we entered the side of the hotel. Escorted onto the elevator, a nice young gentlemen pushed the PH button, taking us to the top of the James Nomad hotel. The rooftop was a garden nestled between the city lines. A green and floral path way, led to the first gown. A beautiful model that reminded me of Venus stood in the gown named, Sephine. Her curly blonde hair was pinned loosely. The gown, had an open square neckline with delicate lace detail and simple sheath off white crepe that was contouring to her shape. She turned to show the lace on the train. The same delicate lace lay as in insert, creating a very whimsical detail. Photographers were all around. You could hear the sound of their shutters clicking as peoples' conversations filled the air.
I continued the flow of the walkway, which led to the rest of the models and gowns. The scene was vibrant. Drinks were being passed. Cocktails came with a puff of cotton candy to each person's delight. I didn't try one but I will say they looked tempting.
Alexandra, surrounded by friends and fans delightfully enjoyed the praise as I continued to see the latest gowns. I took a few pictures and did some social media. I stood for a moment taking it all in. She named this season's collection Cloud Nine. Dreamy was an understatement, as each gown felt truly effortless. Alexandra knows clean lines, and she brought that signature to each design.
I was able to give my love to Alexandra and her manager, Niki, and then I was on my way. Down the elevator and into the mist. This was just the beginning of a busy few days. Next up One Fine Day!


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Silver Dollar is one of the Metynnis Lippincottianus fish species. Metynnis Lippincottianus or Silver Dollar fish comes from Amazon Basin and grows up to five inches in size. The Silver Dollar is one of the popularly sold fish on the market. The fish has a strong pressed oval shaped body. Silver Dollar fish are passive creatures, which like to live peacefully with other fish. In addition, the fish prefer to live in a large tank and reside with their own species. This fish has a nature side, which promotes him to destroy plants, which include Vallisneria plants. In a couple of days, you will be purchasing new plants. Therefore, it is important that you feed this fish when he is hungry. The little fellers like lettuce, sprouts, spinach, as well as meaty dishes.
Metynnis Lippincottianus tend to enjoy moderate soft water conditions, as well as faintly acidy waters. Metynnis Lippincottianus fish will breed, as well as produce hundreds of eggs at a given time. The eggs usually hatch in a few days. Prepare for an army.
Shreitmueller or Metynnis Hypsauchen originates from Amazon Basin areas. The fish grow 6 inches in size a have strong pressed oval shaped bodies. The fish has behaviors similar to the Metynnis Lippincottianus; as well, their feeding patterns, habits, etc are similar. In addition, Metynnis Hypsauchen has similar water condition demands as that of the Metynnis Lippincottianus fish.
The only significant differ between the Metynnis Lippincottianus fish and the Hypsauchen is that these fish lay thousands of eggs in one hatching. This requires that you prepare for a larger army, which the hatchlings must have a water temperature at 82 degrees.
Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi
This fish group is commonly known as the Black Tetra. The fish is also known as the Petticoat and Blackamoor Fish. Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi come from Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil and grows up to 2 inches in size.
The fan-like fins, anal, and dorsal is often black. The jet-black species have 2-vertical black coated bars that line the silver sides, or flanks. This is a good tank fish; however, the fish have instincts to nibble at other fish fins. The fish enjoy dry foods, as well as a variety of foodstuff. Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi does not place a high demand on the water conditions. The water temperature should remain at 68 degrees or 70 degrees Fahrenheit. You can breed these fish in moderately hard waters or neutral waters. The fish lay hundreds of eggs, which hatch in one day. Hatchlings require infusoria foodstuff at the start.
Pristella Maxillaris otherwise known as X-ray fish, Pristella, or Goldfinch come from the Northern South American areas. The fish only grow around 1 and half inches in size. Pristella have transparent bodies. This fish is ideal for commune tanks, since the fish is passive in nature.
Pristella Maxillaris will feast on all foods, and require water conditions or temperature set between 72 degrees and 78 degrees Fahrenheit. This fish lays up to 500 eggs and is one of the easier to breed specimen. The hatchlings are usually delivered in one day.
In all you will find a wide array of fish at pet stores. Each specimen has its own needs, yet many are similar in nature. Additional fish include the Hemigrammus Erythrozonus species, Hyphessobrycon Flammeus breeds, and the Paracheirodon innesi. Hyphessobrycon Pulchripinnis is specie available. If you are just starting out avoid the Piranhas and the Characin species. The carnivores will eat other fish, as well as fleshy dishes. Piranhas are better left for fish experts to maintain.


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You've won one of Deborah Malone's books, either Death in Dahlonega or Murder in Marietta!
Make sure and join us on 3 Questions Wednesday tomorrow as we welcome Maria I. Morgan as our guest. See you there!
You've won one of Deborah Malone's books, either Death in Dahlonega or Murder in Marietta!
Make sure and join us on 3 Questions Wednesday tomorrow as we welcome Maria I. Morgan as our guest. See you there!
When I was about thirteen I strolled with my friends along the sidewalks of our downtown square. We stopped inside the tiny record shop to look around. While my companions riffled through the 45s looking for the latest tunes, I made a beeline for a metal book rack propped against a wall. Hmmm…what did I want to read? I picked up a book I'd never heard of and scanned the back cover.
Thus began my introduction to two of my favorite fictional bad girls: Rebecca de Winter and Mrs. Danvers.
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." To me, Daphne du Maurier created one of the best opening lines of a novel when she began Rebecca. Even in its vagueness, it promises an intriguing story. What or where is Manderley? Why did the narrator dream of the place? Why would she go back again?
Of course, it is also interesting that, throughout the book, the heroine/narrator is never given a first name, yet the villain in the story gets the title.
We never actually meet Rebecca when she's alive, but that's the thing that makes her such a fascinating villain to me. Long after her death, she held tremendous power over people. With the exception of her husband, Maxim de Winter, nearly everyone believed she was an angel. But she haunted Max. It wasn't until her body was discovered lying in her sunken boat that the threads of her well-crafted charm began to unravel.
Goal, motivation, and conflict are preached over and over to writers creating their heroes and heroines. But villains need that GMC, too. Without it, they're flat, cardboard caricatures like many of those in a B-movie detective story. Readers must know why the characters do what they do.
In the backstory, Rebecca wants to be mistress of Manderley (goal) because the position comes with power, money and respect (motivation), but illness threatens everything she has worked to achieve, including her courage (conflict), so she discovers a way to reach a quick end and ruin her husband in the process. That's cold.
Rebecca possesses something else a villain needs—humanity. It gives them that 3-D effect and makes them believable. Her weakness—fear over physical suffering and a lingering frailty—is what makes her that well-rounded character. Once we discover the reason for her final action, we sympathize with and despise her at the same time.
Rebecca was selfish, manipulating, adulterous, conniving…on and on, but we also see a softer side through Mrs. Danvers and Jack Favell. Both loved and defended her. No one loved Rebecca better than Mrs. Danvers, the woman who cared for her in life and guarded her secrets in death. But even Danny didn't know the one secret Rebecca kept to herself.
Mrs. Danvers did her best to see that Rebecca's memory remained alive. She intimidated Wife Number Two through her subtle (and not-so-subtle) remarks. It wasn't hard, since WNT was a mouse—at least in the beginning. I can't blame WNT, though. She was dealing with one spooky and vengeful woman.
And lest you think our hero, Maxim, has clean hands, think again. While the reader doesn't look at him as a villain—only a victim of his wife's manipulation and cruelty—Rebecca's final evil deed took away his claim to innocence. As a result, the material possession that meant the most to him—the reason that drove him to put up with her for so long—came to ruin.
And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea. With that last line, so ends the Bad Girls of Manderley.
Do you have a favorite villain whose character repels you while their circumstance raises a bit of sympathy?
Sandra Ardoin writes inspirational historical romances with stalwart heroes who melt the hearts of her strong, sometimes unconventional, heroines. Her goal is to entertain the reader with a gripping story while revealing the depth of God's love and forgiveness.
She blogs at www.sandraardoin.com and is the Wednesday hostess on the Seriously Write blog. You'll also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Goodreads. And don't forget to check out Sandy's Pinterest boards where she mixes writing fun with personal fun. She's represented by Diana Flegal of Hartline Literary Agency.
Sandy is the married mother of a young adult. She enjoys reading, country music, and gardening in her rocky North Carolina soil.


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If most of your conferencing traffic is off-net, utilizing Cloud Services can help you avoid incremental infrastructure costs (like additional T1s or PBX expansion) by hosting your conferencing platform at an off-site facility. In most cases, the hosting facility will do a larger volume of calls and they might have more aggressive T1 and long-distance rates than you are currently seeing today from your carrier. You simply purchase a conferencing platform, lease the T1's from the facility and the hosting company takes care of the ongoing backup, maintenance and support of the bridge.
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2015 may be the year that bitcoin rebounded.
The digital currency smashed through a new high for the year on Monday morning, trading at nearly $370 and continuing its impressive streak as of late.
Bitcoin has been on a big run for much of the last two months, gaining about 70% on private exchanges since hitting a second-half low of $213 in late August.
For investors who bought in during bitcoin's headiest days to date, in early 2014, that's not enough of a rebound: before the price of the digital currency plummeted in 2014, it reached more than $1100 a bitcoin.
Now, after bitcoin's big seven-week run, it is trading at around $363 a coin.
Even as detractors to bitcoin point toward a difficult-to-regulate culture that has popped up around the cryptocurrency, there is a growing push from well-known investors to advance the payment technology.
In October, investors including MasterCard and Bain Capital Ventures provided backing to Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group. Already, Silbert's latest project has backed dozens of cryptocurrenty startups, largely focusing on bitcoin deals.
BitcoinCharts.com tracks the daily price of the cryptocurrency, and captures the last month's run-up in value. Monday morning marked the biggest single day of gains for bitcoin, as it rose about 10% in one day.


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Daniel Craig, Steve Carell appear in PSA against sexual assault
Daniel Craig and Steve Carell are joining President Obama in urging men to stand up against sexual assault.
So are Benicio Del Toro, Dulé Hill, Seth Meyers, and Vice President Biden, who appear in the White House-sponsored PSA "1 is 2 Many." In the clip below, the celebrities ask men to recognize the violence happening against "our sisters and our daughters, our wives and our friends."
"If she doesn't consent, or can't consent, it's rape. It's assault," says Del Toro. Adds Carell: "It's a crime. It's wrong."
They encourage anyone witnessing an act of sexual assault to say something or help the victim, becoming part of the solution, not the problem.
"This is about respect. It's about responsibility," says Biden.
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Full of flavour and suitable for both vegetarians and meat lovers, an Indian menu at any restaurant or dinner party is usually well received. Taking a franchise of a restaurant serving Indian food is a lucrative idea
Indian restaurant sector was estimated to be worth Rs.58, 000 crore in 2008, out of which Rs. 8,000 crore or 7.24 per cent is accounted by the organised sector.
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur then taking a franchise of a restaurant providing Indian food is the best option as it has enormous untapped potential.
The growing disposable incomes and fast paced life is making people explore the restaurants. Restaurants serving Indian food are more in demand and top the priority list of majority of people. People prefer to binge on international cuisines but the frequency of visiting the Indian restaurants is higher because Indians are rooted in their tradition and are very conscious about the nutritious value that Indian food provides. These reasons have lead to the opening of restaurants providing Indian food. Commenting on the demand of Indian food, DS Chawla, MD, Chawla Chicken Corner said, "We get calls from more than 50 aspiring franchisees everyday. This shows the popularity of our brand in Indian food industry."
Major players
Indian food industry has tremendous growth prospects. This can be seen by looking at the major food giants covering the franchising arena. Moti Mahal, Bikanervala Foods, Chawla Chicken Corner, Nirula's, Sagar Ratna, Sankalp food chain etc are some of the important players who have taken the franchise route for expansion.
The south Indian cuisine is quite popular in the other regions. According to Sadashiva Bhatt, Director, Sagar Ratna, "We have progressed by opening so many outlets across east, west and north. We are coming up with another outlet in Delhi which will cater to the Jain community to widen our horizon."
Fame of Indian food internationally
Indian food is quite famous in the West. The authentic taste of Indian food is not just relished by the Indians abroad but the foreigners too. The increasing demand of spicy and sumptuous Indian curries and flavours have lead to the opening of Indian restaurants abroad. One such example is Queen's Tandoor, one of the biggest chains of Indian restaurants in Indonesia. It provides both the Indian and Chinese food to its customers. Another example is 'Rasoee', a Toronto based contemporary quick-casual Indian restaurant, which has also adopted the franchise model for expansion.
Requisites in this sector
Taking a franchise of a restaurant is a great option for all aspiring franchisees as it does not require huge investments and efforts. Bhatt informed, "We are very particular about the location of the franchised outlet. Besides location, franchisee tops the priority list. He needs to be dedicated and hard working individual." The criterion to become a successful franchisee does not require much. When asked about the kind of training and support provided to the franchisees, Chawla said, "It is not very difficult to run a restaurant. Moreover we provide our franchisees with everything including qualified chefs as well." He further added, "We provide our franchisees with one week training. This training is imparted for managing the restaurant and its patrons."


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"He was clumsy and very absent-minded", wrote Vasari and instead of being called by his real Thomas, he was called by his nickname Masaccio; clumsy Thomas.
Surrounded by and sometimes working for the great artistic innovators of his day including Ghiberti, Masaccio became very involved with the humanistic avant-garde of Brunelleschi and Donatello.
Working in the late Gothic period Masaccio pursued a more natural truth in his painting and exalted human values in his visual narratives. In time the young artist surpassed his masters in a style of painting that was considered for the time a forceful expression of originality.
According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists and was one of the first to use linear perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. A technique he learnt from his friend and colleague Brunelleschi, the father of perspective drawing. He also moved away from the International Gothic style and the elaborate ornamentation of artists like Gentile da Fabriano to a more naturalistic manner that employed perspective and chiaroscuro for greater realism.
Masaccio died at twenty-six in 1428 in Rome, and little is known about the exact circumstances of his death. We do know that the Divine Masaccio opened a door that flooded the western world with the light of what became the Renaissance.


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The third collaborative album from ATL's most insightful shit talker, Killer Mike, and Brooklyn's otherwordly underground producer/rapper, El-P, is their strongest yet—and one of the year's best releases.
El-P was first brought to Killer Mike's studio to commission a beat, or two, for Mike's R.A.P. Music. This was 2011, and Adult Swim creative director Jason DeMarco, the mutual connection, couldn't have possibly foreseen the two-headed beast he just spawned. By the end of the session, Mike knew he'd found the sole producer for his next album. Coming from two very different hip-hop traditions, a rare chemistry, intuitive from the very start, was channeled that day. They had ideas they could only achieve with each other. Soon after, Killer Mike laid a verse on Cancer 4 Cure (El's last solo album), released in May 2012, a week after R.A.P. Music. A year later, the two announced their official partnership as Run the Jewels.
R.A.P. Music, the acronym standing for Rebellious African People, was an angry, personal, fuck-the-system record from a veteran more confident than he'd ever been. Politically, it's one of the most astute albums we've heard in years, though Mike's relentless visions couldn't have been reached without El-P's doomsday production. Run The Jewels #1 was a little different. First off, it had both men rapping-- Mike, loud and proud, never mincing words, alongside El's sudden introversions into insanity, somehow never breaking a sweat. Though just as brazen, RTJ ditched any political agenda for a shit-talking, tag-team suckerpunch. It was about showing off the charisma of two self-assured legends. Rarely has a tandem so different, yet so complementary, put out such a convincing formula.
RTJ2 has more of the real, institutional unrest that sparked R.A.P. Music-- as a sign of the times, this should be no surprise. Still, this is their most fun record yet— and this fact, too, shows the evolution of their artistic chemistry and budding friendship. All in all, it's a record that proves Killer Mike and El-P are making their best, most ambitious work together right now as Run the Jewels. As both 39-year-olds have been putting out critically acclaimed (and commercially under-appreciated) records for over a decade— that's a bold claim.
Mike and El know their fans are going into RTJ2 expecting the unexpected. Whatever it is—a treatise on a post-Armageddon war zone or just one big, marijuana-fueled piss-take, it'll be the weird brainchild of two of the most ballsy characters in the game (and it'll be loud as fuck). The album starts on "Jeopardy" with just Mike, bellowing, "I'm finna bang this bitch the fuck out!" Indeed. A lurching, ominous bassline surrounds you as Mike raps his way to the center of the terrordome, about to burst into flames at any second. Anything tongue-in-cheek is spat with a mouthful of blood: "Fuck you fuckboys forever, I hope I said it politely / And that's about the psyche of Jaime and Mikey." As darkroom horns swell in and out of distortion, El (Jaime) enters the frame, letting you catch your breath—but not for more than a second. El is the more anonymous of the two on most of these tracks--the unsuspecting white kid who'll run your pockets while big Mike taunts you into a corner. He's happy to play the underdog, though; he knows his chops are unfuckwithable: "I've never been much of shit, by most measurements don't exist / On the radar of a little blip in the shadow of the mothership." Even at his most self-deprecating, he raps like he'll kick your ass.
RTJ is better than R.A.P. Music because of El-P's rapping presence. Not only that, he makes Mike better (and vice versa). The two go back and forth, cutting each other off, like they're playing a sadistic game of rap H-O-R-S-E (without really ever insulting each others' skills). When competing, though, there's an underlying friendship— something we couldn't even see on Watch the Throne (not taking anything away from two of rap's greatest) . Through the constant one-upsmanship, it's their collective "fuck you's" that keep ringing and stinging.
It's Mike and El trading blows for 39 minutes, with a few peculiar guest spots, including two nearly washed-up rockers, Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker. At a glance, these might seem to be two half-baked selections from Mike and El, but the collaborations work surprisingly well. "All Due Respect" makes you think the lone Blink-182 cool guy should've been drumming on rap records way earlier in his career. "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)"— yes, a torture chamber for all you fuckboys— starts with de la Rocha yapping "Run them jewels fast" on repeat. El samples that, and turns Rocha's cut-up voice into the album's most energetic beat. De la Rocha ends up closing the track with a verse of his own, which, though nothing to scoff at, underwhelms after the Jewels' swagger assault. The above guest spots make sense considering many of El's beats have a metal (mental) quality about them. The attitude's all heavy metal, anyway. The production's often more rage-worthy in its static minimalism than through any grandiose riffage— more akin to the evil side of noise music.
Even at its weirdest, though, it all bumps along with some familiar ATL Dungeon funk. "Lie, Cheat, Steal," the album's centerpiece, starts with El rapping over a beat that could've been featured on Stankonia. You want him to keep going, but the chorus segues into a demented playground sing-song, with Mike instructing the kids to "Lie, cheat, steal." This transition echoes the type of suite-style progressions utilized on MBDTF, but the Mike and El show is more like double-feature night at the grindhouse.
They're not here to tell you everything's gonna be okay. And they're not willing to be the poster boys for your flavor-of-the-month revolution. They're fringe voices living on a planet turned upside down, using all the chaos as inspiration. Whatever oppressive force daunts the horizon, these two, "the type that beat the preacher with a grin and a gun," are going down having the time of their lives. Now that they've found a platform, they're gonna yell while they can.


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The aim is to bring together the Geodesy and the cold atom physics community to create synergies on the way towards versatile and easy applicable quantum sensors for geodesic research.
The Workshop will take place on 9-12/06/2012. in Hannover, at the Gartensaal in the new Town Hall. Students participating in the Workshop are strongly encouraged to contibute a talk about their work.
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Find it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep? Does the mind spin with doubts and worries, keeping you from getting the rest you deserve? Treat yourself to a local day-long retreat where you will be pampered with gentle yoga, delicious food, and wonderful company - all in a peaceful wooded setting. We start the morning with gentle movement to prepare the body for comfortable rest, then breathing, sound and mudra to help the mind and emotions find peace. After a warming vegetarian lunch we will continue our self-care practices with restorative yoga, calming aromatherapy and Reiki to soothe the nervous system. Then enjoy a special yoga nidra session for insomnia that will set the stage for a blissful night's sleep. Price includes a downloadable Yoga Nidra for Insomnia meditation to support your home practice.
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This self-care retreat is intended for cancer survivors and patients who are interested in learning simple techniques for reducing side-effects and increasing well-being. Treat yourself to a local day-long retreat where you will be pampered with gentle yoga, delicious food, and wonderful company - all in a peaceful wooded setting. We start the day with a gentle movement practice to ease tight and sore muscles, followed by breathing and mudras to reduce stress and anxiety. After a vegetarian lunch and conversation we will continue our day with Reiki, restorative yoga and aromatherapy to provide deep rest and finish the day with a Healing Yoga Nidra meditation that can be helpful for stress and fatigue. Price includes the Healing Yoga for Cancer Survivorship DVD to support your home practice.
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*With this two week layoff between the Conference Championship Games (aka Snoozefest 2K6), I am going to reserve my decision on who will win the Super Bowl until next week. But instead of leaving my loyal readers hanging for 14 days, much like the NFL does, I have decided to do a little breakdown as to why each team will win Super Bowl XL in Detroit. Read and decide for yourself.*
Why Seattle Will Win
- The Seattle Seahawks have a distinct advantage coming into Super Bowl XL and his name is Shaun Alexander. Alexander scored an NFL record 28 touchdowns this season and rushed for a league high 1,880 yards. Add on to that, Alexander is dependable, only fumbling 5 times this year and having only 4 of those fumbles result in a turnover. To make things even tougher for the Steelers, not only is Shaun a dangerous weapon, but Seattle boasts the best offensive line in the NFL led by the best lineman in the league, Walter Jones. If the line can set the tone and dominate the line of scrimmage, it could be a long day for Pittsburgh.
- With each passing season, and each passing week, Matt Hasselbeck is looking more like his mentor in Green Bay, and the man who brought Mike Holmgren his first Super Bowl title, Brett Favre. Matt had a 98.2 QB rating during a regular season in which he threw for almost 3,500 yards to go with 24 TDs and only 9 picks. He has only gotten better during this postseason with a rating of 109.6, 434 yards and 3 TD passes in only two games. The way Matt rolled through the Washington and Carolina defenses, theres no reason to think he can't do the same thing to the Steelers.
- The Seattle defense has been brilliant so far in the playoffs. They had the 5th best rush defense in the NFL this season, allowing a mere 93 yards per game, and only 3.6 yards per carry. Led by standout rookie LBs Lofa Tatupu and LeRoy Hill, the Seahawks front 7 does just as good a job rushing the passer as they do stopping the run. Also, should Big Ben make any errant throws, shifty and surehanded corners Marcus Trufant, Jimmy Williams, Kelly Herndon and Andre Dyson will make him pay.
- One other aspect that could contribute to the Seahawks winning is if the Steelers fall in love with Jerome Bettis as their #1 back. While fat and lovable, Bettis is the most overrated RB in the history of the NFL. While he sits 5th all-time in rushing yardage, his career yards per carry average is a mere 3.8. That is the lowest average of any back in the top 50 all time in rushing yardage except for Eddie George. Also, in the past 4 years, every other back on the Steelers combined (that includes journeymen like Amos Zeroue and FBs like Dan Kreider) has averaged 4.6 yards per carry while Jerome has averaged 3.6. And even if you subtract 200 carries for Bettis in that time span (for sake of goal line carries) his average only goes up to 4.1. So the fact is, Bettis is overrated, and if the Steelers fall in love with him because its his last game and in his home town, they could be in trouble.
Why Pittsburgh Will Win (even though I hope they don't)
- Ben Roethlisberger has been incredible in his breif two year career, and even better in the team's playoff run. After posting a QB rating of 98.6 during the regular season, Big Ben has brought it to the next level this postseason with a rating of 124.8. He has led his team to three straight road wins, beating the top 3 seeds in the AFC along the way. Also, who can forget the game saving tackle he made of Nick Harper after the Jerome Bettis fumble against the Colts. With 7 TDs and only one pick this postseason, Ben has proven that he has what it takes to lead his team to victory no matter what the situation. Any questions left after he was embarrassed in last year's AFC title game have been answered, and he is poised to take the next step to Super Bowl champ.
- The Blitzburgh defense is going to make it nearly impossible for the Seattle running attack to get going, and will make life a living hell for QB Matt Hasselbeck. In their first three playoff games, the Steelers have held the Bengals, Colts and Broncos in check, holding them to an average of 17 points per game. With playmakers like Troy Polamalu and Joey Porter, the Seattle offensive line will have its hands full picking up the variety of blitz packages Steeler D-coordinator Dick Lebeau likes to throw at teams. They have sacked opposing QBs an average of 4 times each game in this playoff run, and Hasselbeck was sacked only twice, both times last week against the Panthers. So not only has the Seattle offense been less impressive than those the Steelers have faced the past few weeks, but they haven't seen anything like the pressure Pittsburgh is going to bring in Detroit.
- When it comes down to it, Pittsburgh just has more offensive weapons than the Seattle defense can deal with. Whether its RBs Jerome Bettis, Willie Parker and Verron Haynes, WRs Hines Ward, Antwan Randle El and Cedric Wilson, or TE Heath Miller, the Steelers just bring too much to the table offensively. The Seahawk's haven't faced a team with nearly this capability in these playoffs. The Redskins are essentially inept offensively, and while the Panthers do have some weapons, they were down to their 3rd string RB, and have no real WRs to compliment the explosive Steve Smith. Everyone has been impressed with the emergence of Lofa Tatupu as a linebacker this year, but he alone will not be able to slow down Pittsburgh. After giving up only 10 points to Washington and 14 to Carolina, they will have to slow down a team that's averaged almost 29 points the last three weeks. To me that's just too much of a deficit to overcome.
**So now you've seen why each team should win. Check back next week for my Super Bowl pick, and maybe a few interesting teases you want to try for the big game.**


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After 10 years and nearly US$3 million in spending, at the most conservative estimate, Cayman Islands football officials are planning a "grand opening" ceremony for a solitary football pitch at the game's headquarters in Prospect.
The artificial turf has been laid, the corner flags are in place and the center is finally ready to host some football.
Partly funded by FIFA's much hyped, at times controversial, GOAL project, progress has been slow since the land was donated at peppercorn rent by government in 2004.
Money has poured into the project, from five separate GOAL donations and two grants from private companies. The result, so far, is an administrative office building, car park and now, a football pitch.
In comparison to the lofty goals for a world-class center of excellence outlined at an earlier opening ceremony for the office building more than six years ago, it is underwhelming.
Senior officials from the Cayman Islands Football Association acknowledge progress has not been smooth, but say it is an ongoing project that will take several years, and more GOAL funding to complete.
They attribute the high costs largely to the expense of developing and filling the swampy, low-lying land.
A 2013 survey of the land, carried out after a minimum of US$1.6 million had already been spent, showed that the site still required more than 43,000 cubic yards of additional fill at a likely cost in excess of $1 million.
A full accounting of precisely how much money has been spent on the center is not publicly available. Bruce Blake, the acting president of CIFA, did not respond to requests to provide this information.
Details of the donations from FIFA's GOAL project are publicly available on the world governing body's website.
According to the site, approximately US$1.8 million of an allocated US$2.2 million has been paid by FIFA to contractors for work on the site.
The first money was allocated in 2002 for the office building. When that was completed in 2009, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and longtime Caribbean football boss Jack Warner arrived by private jet for an opening ceremony to acclaim a new era in Cayman football.
Warner, who was indicted this year on corruption charges, hailed the site as evidence of the success of FIFA's GOAL project.
Warner enthused, "Mr. Blatter introduced the GOAL project to boost smaller territories. FIFA decided to fling a million here and there and despite much criticism, it worked."
Jeffrey Webb, then-president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, said during the ceremony that the center would ultimately feature three playing fields, a gym and dormitories.
"I want it to be the premier location of the whole region and attract players from across the world," he said.
Despite the completion of one field, after an accelerated period of activity at the site this year, those aims remain a long way off.
Blake, the acting president of CIFA since Webb was indicted along with Warner in the FIFA corruption probe, has defended the handling of the project.
He emphasized, in an interview in August, that all money from the GOAL project had been paid directly to contractors by FIFA and no GOAL funds had ever gone through CIFA's accounts.
He said the association had followed the world governing body's rule book on all GOAL-related projects, and highlighted the low-lying nature of the site and difficulties growing a grass field, among other problems.
CIFA accounts, published since that interview, reveal that an additional $984,000, booked in earlier accounts as loans from "strategic partners," were actually sponsorship grants for the construction of the national training center. Together with the GOAL donations, that totals just under US$3 million in spending directly attributed to the center.
Asked to clarify how much, in total, had been spent at the site, Mr. Blake did not respond.
FIFA has also paid just over US$2 million in grants to CIFA through its Financial Assistance Program since 2011, according to its website, though there is no indication that any of this went toward the center.
Since the projects' original approval for GOAL funding in November 2002, FIFA has made five payments. The donations included US$450,000 to Black Holding Ltd./Roy Campbell & Sons Const. Ltd. "to deliver headquarters and administrative offices befitting a football association."
A second payment of $412,000 was approved in 2008 to "complete the headquarters" and install a football pitch.
A third payment, again to Black Holding Ltd./Roy Campbell & Sons Const. Ltd., of $406,000, was made in 2009 to complete the football pitch at the CIFA technical center.
In 2011, FIFA goal project allocated another $508,782, of which $364,000 was paid to Economy Builders for the installation of a second football pitch at the center of excellence.
Despite these payments, as of late December 2014, there was no usable football pitch at the site. A patchy, partially marked, grass pitch lay largely unused next to the office building.
In 2014, FIFA allocated another half-million dollars once again to "complete the football pitch project at the CIFA Centre of Excellence as the current grass field cannot survive in the low-level saltwater environment."
Of these funds, $184,750 was paid to Edel Grass BV to lay Astroturf at the center, according to documents published on FIFA's website. The work by Edel Grass and local subcontractors this year led to the completion of the first pitch in September.
Bruce Blake cited FIFA's GOAL regulations as the document that guided how such spending was handled.
Asked if there was a tender process for the GOAL project contractors, he pointed to a clause in the FIFA regulations that requires a minimum of three quotes for any project of more than $50,000.
He said of the document, "This is what governs the GOAL project. We go through this process each time we apply for a GOAL project. There is a FIFA committee, a FIFA development officer, we provide them with a proposal, a budget and drawings, they decide whether it is viable – they are the ones that make the decisions, they are the ones that determine who the contractors are, and they are the ones that pay the contractors directly."
Blake suggested that the regulations have always been in place.
"This has always been on the FIFA website, nobody has taken the time to read it, nobody has taken the time to contact FIFA about it," he said of the GOAL regulations.
"There is a lot of misinformation out there that nobody double-checks and nobody verifies," he added.
A FIFA spokesman, in a partial response to questions posed by the Journal, indicated that the version of the guidelines referred to by Blake did not come into place until 2013 – after funding for four of the Cayman GOAL projects had been paid. In its statement, FIFA's spokesman added, "According to the Goal Regulations (2013) the respective member association is primarily responsible for tender processes as FIFA's Development Committee approves the projects but is not involved in the selection of providers."
The 2013 GOAL regulations do not clearly state precisely who is responsible for the tender process. An earlier version of the GOAL regulations, published in 2005, makes no reference to any tendering process.
Neither FIFA's spokesperson not Blake replied to a follow-up request for clarification on how contractors were selected for the Cayman GOAL projects prior to 2013.
Contacted by the Journal, Eldon Rankin of Economy Builders said he could not remember if the 2011 project had been advertised. He said he had a signed contract from FIFA and had done a lot of work to rid the site of muck and fill parts of the site.
In his original interview in August, Blake rebutted suggestions of any conflict of interest in the handling of those contracts, saying it was a "tender process that FIFA controls."
Three of the early construction contracts went to Black Holding Ltd/Campbell & Sons. Campbell & Sons was founded by the late father of CIFA's current vice president, Peter Campbell. However, Campbell did not become the association's vice-president until 2009 and refutes any suggestions of conflict.
Blake added, "When those contracts were awarded, Peter wasn't a member of our executive committee…and it is his father's company."
Campbell said that aside from a crossover period of around six months, he was not on the executive committee at the time the company was involved in GOAL projects, and in any case, he had no influence over the process.
He added that Campbell & Sons has been around since 1968 and both he, as a private developer, and the firm, had been involved in far bigger projects.
He added, "We all should know this is an election year and you have individuals running around trying to discredit members of the executive."
Campbell said there was no mystery to why so much money needed to be spent at the site.
He said, like a lot of construction projects in Cayman, a substantial amount of costly demucking and fill was required to raise the level of the land.
He said FIFA's development officers had visited the site and had not questioned the amount of money required for fill.
Despite this, a survey conducted for CIFA by Roland Bodden & Co. Ltd. in 2013 – after four of the GOAL projects had been paid for – put the amount of fill still needed for the two football fields and the site at 43,594 cubic yards. The survey was issued Sept. 12, 2013.
According to the survey, the first pitch still required 5,381 cubic yards and the second pitch 12,556 cubic yards of varying levels of Cayman rock, crusher run and shot rock.
The remaining site would need 35,448 cubic yards of fill.
Orsino Pink, of the surveying firm, confirmed to the Journal that it had carried out the survey, shared with us by Mr. Blake, to establish how much additional fill would be required to take the site up to finished grade. At an estimated cost of $30 per cubic yard, it would take an additional $1.3 million to take the entire site up to the level required.
Some of that work has since been carried out to facilitate the completion of the first pitch, but much of the site remains unfilled.
Campbell said parts of the property were in excess of 8 feet deep, "like a well."
Blake acknowledged it would take a lot more work to get the rest of the site ready for development.
He said the land was essentially free, on peppercorn lease from government, and that while there were numerous issues with it which had not been immediately obvious, CIFA is grateful.
He said the association plans to apply for more GOAL funding to put floodlights at the site.
Beyond that, applications for changing rooms, stands and dormitories could follow.


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With the Red Sox season ending at the hands of the Houston Astros, Dave Dombrowski made the decision to terminate John Farrell.
Farrell came back to Boston in 2013, after a disasterous two-year stint in Toronto as manager where he led the Blue Jays to no better than 4th place. Meanwhile, in Boston, they were dealing with the disaster that was the Bobby Valentine era.
Farrell was able to achieve some accolades becoming the only Red Sox manager to win three AL East division titles, and a 2013 World Series championship. When Dave Dombrowski took over the reigns from former GM Ben Cherington, he inherited Farrell as his manager.
In the two years of the Dombrowski / Farrell tandem, they've won back-to-back AL East titles, yet have been bounced in the ALDS in two consecutive seasons.
As Monday was John Farrell's final game as the Red Sox manager, let's discuss some replacement candidates.
Gary Disarcina:
Disarcina was hired as Farrell's bench coach for the current season after Torey Lovullo became the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was the manager of the Lowell Spinners (A) from 2007-2009. He was infield instructor for Boston in 2010.
Disarcina left to go to Anaheim before returning to manage the AAA Red Sox in 2013. He has familiarity with many of the young up and coming players in the Red Sox system which would benefit him if his he was to be named the manager.
Brad Ausmus:
Ausmus was recently fired by the Detroit Tigers. Despite being recently terminated, he was the runner up for the managerial position in 2013. Ausmus was hired by Dombrowski after the retirement of Jim Leyland in Detroit.
The Tigers are headed towards a rebuild, which certainly caused the Tigers management to look elsewhere.
Alex Cora:
Cora is the current bench coach for the Houston Astros. The former infielder played for Red Sox from 2005-2008. He was one of the most undervalued, yet hard working players of the championship season of 2007.
Alex Cora has been touted by many as a potential manager in years to come. Cora has seen first hand how AJ Hinch has dealt with the youthful Astros' lineup. He would undoubtedly be a very good hire to deal with the youth of the current Boston Red Sox team.
Jason Varitek:
The Captain. Jason Varitek is the former beloved catcher of the Boston Red Sox and will forever be known for punching Alex Rodriguez in 2004. As many know, catchers can often times become the best managers – seen with Joe Girardi, Mike Scoscia, Brad Ausmus, Kevin Cash, and various others that have excelled as managers.
Though this would be a long shot, since 'Tek doesn't have any prior experience, there is little doubt in my mind that he would have the respect of the entire Red Sox dugout.
Ron Gardenhire:
The former Minnesota Twins skipper has not been a manager since his departure. Though he isn't necessarily young and innovative, he brings a more disciplined regime to Boston.
After a season full of media distractions and young players, Dombrowski could seek to fill this void with the experienced manager.
Sasha's Choice: Brad Ausmus
Cody's Choice: Alex Cora


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One function that Ableton has brought back into my life in a great way is sampling. For a long time there, once I'd jumped fully on the virtual instrument bandwagon, I simply gave up using samplers. It wasn't until I discovered the remarkable, little Simpler instrument in Ableton, and its 'simple' way of working, did I begin re-implementing sampling back into my music.
After all, what's simpler than just grabbing a recording of a synthesizer and, literally, dragging it in to Simpler? But, once you do this, you're reacquainted with some of the drawbacks of sampling.
Drawbacks? Well, for starters, once you start playing in different pitches, the one recording that's acting as Simpler's oscillator can get a little thin. Also, once you start playing in pitches that are way down there, or up there from where the original key is, you start getting digital aliasing, and the mess.
In this simple tutorial, I'd like to show you some way to breathe some life in to sampled synths in Ableton.
Step 1 - Choose Your Source
For my sample, I'm going to use a basic sawtooth that I've recorded in the key of C. There isn't much special about it. It's just a regular, old sawtooth waveform being doubled with another sawtooth, and some slight detuning. Take a listen...
Now, I'll drag my audio clip, that contains my synth recording in to Simpler.
Step 2 - Chorus, your Friend
For getting some big synths, you'll rarely find any other device that will stand up to a Chorus for overall depth and 'phat'. Because Chorus adds additional detuning, in controlled amounts, the synth automatically sounds much wider. I'll drop one on to my track with Simpler, right now...
Even in the default settings, it already has a much bigger sound, but it's just a hair washed out.
I'll pull back on the Chorus 'Mix' knob, just a small amount, so that I get a little more of the original synth source. Forty Five percent will be perfectly adequate...
Step 3 - Play to Determine
Before adding anything else, I'll program a sequence for my Simpler to determine what's missing and where it will end up in my mix. Will it be above, like a lead, or lower, like a bass. These are very important considerations when sculpting sound.
Take a listen...
As this is turning into, what my ears tell me, is a lead, I'll use Simpler's filter in High Pass mode so that I make a little space for other instruments. The source audio was already big, with the Chorus, it's even bigger. Shelving off some of the low end will make room for drums, bass, etc. Keep in mind, there's no rule for how much you cut, just don't make your sound too thin, and make sure that other sounds are able to sit pretty in your mix.
Step 4- Delay for Some Air
After listening to what I've got, a smidge of slapback echo wouldn't hurt. In fact, it would add a little bit of chaos in, and make the sampled synth sound a little more 'real'. To do this, I'll add in the Simple Delay in 'Link' mode and set the Beat Division to '1'. This will cause the echo simpler creates to be very fast, almost unnoticeable.
Finally, I'll turn the Mix back to 30%. With this setting, you get a little bit of delay, but only enough to accent the sound. This also helps in differentiating the lead from other, more plain parts of the song, like bass, etc.
Alright, let's take a listen to a part of the full track now...
Nice, a really clean lead that fills up the song, and works well with the bass part... Another sampled instrument.
Remember, when working with sampled sounds, there are no set rules! Have fun, and try coming up with some techniques of your own. And, don't forget to save those patches for later!


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Instagram has come a long way since its early days. Initially started as a social network where people share personal moments in the form of pictures with their friends, Instagram eventually expanded into video, instant messages, and stories – which was nothing but a blatant rip-off of Snapchat's popular disappearing stories feature.
Over the last couple of years, Instagram has catered to a lot of content creators and celebrities to help them reach a wider audience using videos. Let me come straight to the point: Videos always tend to have a greater engagement rate as compared to photos, and Instagram has addressed this shifting paradigm from time to time.
The Facebook-owned app, Instagram initially came in with a whole new concept for videos, which was meant to compete with the likes of Vine. Then Instagram eventually stretched the boundaries of the duration of videos and allowed users to share 1-minute longer videos. Similarly, the live videos feature was blunt enough to take on Periscope.
But now, Instagram has a whole new, standalone app altogether called IGTV to let users watch up to one hour long videos. I tried using IGTV on my Android smartphone to see what Instagram has got to offer this time around. In this story, I have tried to answer all the basic queries you might have about the new Instagram IGTV video app:
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What is Instagram IGTV?
As mentioned above, IGTV is a stand-alone app to watch longer, vertical videos from your favourite Instagram creators. It seems to offer a whole new video streaming experience on-the-go. Videos are full screen and vertical, which aims to offer an authentic mobile experience while watching videos.
Is Instagram IGTV available for both Android and iOS users?
Yes, Instagram IGTV app is available to download for both Android and iOS users. Android users can head to Google Play Store and search for the app. The app is owned by Instagram. So watch out for an original app. Similarly, iOS users can go to App Store, search for the app and download it instantly on their device.
How to get started with IGTV?
Getting started with IGTV is easy. Simply head to Google Play Store or Apple App Store and download the app on your mobile. Once it downloads, open the app. If you already have Instagram app signed-in on your phone, you get an option to sign into IGTV with the same account. Log into your account and you are done!
What are the main options you get inside IGTV app?
By default, the main screen auto-plays some videos from the accounts you already follow on Instagram. The app shows different tabs like For You, Following, Popular, Continue Watching etc. The Popular tab shows videos that are most-watched across Instagram. If you skipped videos in between, you can continue from where you left off using Continue Watching tab.
How is IGTV different from Instagram?
Unlike a traditional Instagram app, IGTV is all about letting users watch longer videos. So users can watch up to one-hour videos without any interruptions. IGTV also reduces the number of distractions caused by pictures and random stories. Users will only be able to watch videos from accounts they follow on Instagram.
Is Instagram IGTV app free to download and watch videos?
Just like Instagram, IGTV is free to download for both Android and iOS users. The app is also free to use. Meaning, you don't have to pay anything to continue watching videos from your favourite content creators on the platform. But it is not known at the moment if Instagram is planning to announce a paid, subscription-based model like YouTube Red in the future.
Who is Instagram trying to compete with and why?
It is kind of obvious, isn't it? By announcing IGTV, Instagram has flagged off a competition with YouTube. The Google-owned video-sharing platform currently has a massive user base with users streaming billions of videos every day. YouTube also has a live-streaming feature, which Instagram IGTV may add in the coming days.
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