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|WP Schools prepare for state aid cuts
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|Thursday, 12 May 2011 20:43
Superintendent Sibley: Budget will become clearer in coming months
By Josh Sumner
The Wauneta Breeze
The summer of 2011 is shaping up to be a hot one for school district officials in Nebraska, and it's not just the heat that's going to make them sweat.
Legislative Bill 235, which makes major reductions in the amount the state spends on school aid, has officially been adopted. The bill passed a final hurdle when it was signed by Gov. Dave Heinemann on April 26.
Wauneta-Palisade Superintendent Stan Sibley and his administrative team are already busy digesting the news. WP stands to lose $321,389 from last year's state aid figure of $493,628, for a reduction of about 65 percent.
"At this point in the budgeting process, I can't tell you exactly what the impact is going to be," said Sibley.
The situation may not be as dire as it initially appears, according to the superintendent. Sibley said he expects growing property valuations in the school district to help offset the reduction in state aid. To what point, however, remains to be seen.
The WP School District has two options for filling the potential gap that valuation increases may fail to fulfill: A reduction in school programs and teachers, or an increase in the levy, which would generate more dollars from area property taxes.
"Of course no one likes to raise property taxes, and no one likes to have their property taxes raised," said Sibley. "It could be a difficult situation."
The levy for Wau-Pal residents in this current 2010-2011 budget year is 95.7 cents on the dollar, which is among the lowest in the area.
"Our levy is already about the lowest we can possibly make it and still operate legally in the state," said Sibley. An increase in the levy would come at a vote of the school board.
The districts that are in the toughest position are those which are already at or near the state-imposed property tax levy cap, and have little valuation growth to depend on.
Several important dates stand out in the coming summer months which will bring the school district's budgetary picture into focus. Property valuations are certified in mid-August, giving the district a better idea of the resources that are actually available. The current fiscal year ends on August 31, which will indicate how much the district underspent in its budget authority, and how much money will carry over into next year.
"The budget committee will be very busy during the last half of August," said Sibley. Next year's budgetary certification must be set by Sept. 20.
Growth limitations a concern
What might concern Sibley and the school district as much, if not more than, is the state aid cut's language in LB 235 that places growth restrictions on school districts over the next two years.
As read in LB 235, school districts will have a base limitation of zero percent in 2011-12, followed by a 1.5 percent limitation the following year.
It's not out of the ordinary for a school district's budget to grow by as much as 5 percent in a given year, said Sibley, in an effort to afford rising costs in fuel, food, energy and salaries.
"There are all these costs, which we as a school district have no say over, and they could go up by 10, 15, 20 percent," said Sibley.
Creating even more worry for the school district is the possibility that it is unable to reach an agreement for bargaining new contracts with its teachers. Should that happen, it would be the state's Commission of Industrial Relations which would arbitrate the negotiations.
"The teachers have the legal right to bargain, which we support," said Sibley, who voiced concern about the CIR's ability to set fair salaries. With bargaining set to begin in the coming weeks, Sibley said he is hopeful the two sides will strike a deal at the table without intervention from the CIR.
School improvement project 'necessary'
With the finishing touches of the construction project at the Wauneta and Palisade Attendance Centers having wrapped up in recent months, Sibley, who was not employed by WP at the time of its planning, said he thought the improvements were necessary.
"I certainly wouldn't say I would have done anything different," said Sibley. "The people there — Mr. Dahl and the school board members at the time — made a rational decision that the time was now to make these improvements. If they hadn't done it, the improvements would still be necessary at some point, and we'd probably pay more for them in the future."
Sibley said it is important for people to understand that the source from which the building projects were funded was earmarked solely for that purpose. Dollars were accumulated over many years in the Special Building Fund for one reason: Improving the infrastructure of the district. The fund couldn't be used on salaries, maintenance, fuel, textbooks or other expenses, said Sibley.
"One of the biggest resources a community has is its schools," said Sibley. "Those school buildings must be maintained, updated and modernized. They have to be able to serve generation after generation of students.
"These are fine buildings that we have, but they are showing their age. Letting our facilities deteriorate is never a good investment."


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By ROY MABASA
The devastation wrought by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) has provided an opportunity for China to help the Philippines and to show the traditional friendship that exist between the two countries, according to the top Chinese diplomat in Manila.
Speaking to reporters during the turnover ceremony of payloaders donated by Chinese companies in the Philippines held at the Philippine Red Cross National Headquarters in Port Area, Ambassador Ma Keqing pointed out that contrary to observations that it took some time for the Chinese government to extend humanitarian aid to disaster-stricken Philippines, Chinese response was in fact "very quick, right after the typhoon."
According to Ambassador Ma noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping immediately sent his condolences to President Aquino and together with the Red Cross Society of China, the Chinese government donated $100,000 for the victims of the typhoon.
She said China launched its relief aid "step by step" by first donating P73 million worth of tents and blankets and relief goods worth P40 million pesos.
Three medical teams were later deployed consisting of nearly 200 doctors from the Chinese Red Cross, China's health ministry and of course China's famed Peace Ark Hospital Ship.
Ambassador Ma said the Chinese medical team is currently situated in the most severely hit areas in Tacloban, Palo, and Abuyog. Within three days, she disclosed that the medical team received over 3,500 patients, more than 80 of them were hospitalized and some were operated in hospital ship.
Now, Chinese aid will be shifting to the rehabilitation phase, according to Ambassador Ma.
"We are ready to share our experience how to rebuild in disaster areas," she said as she pointed out that China is a country which suffers annually from natural calamities so it has some experience in rebuilding and reconstruction.
She further noted that China's advantage is that when one area is hit by a calamity the whole country is mobilized to support that area.
"In Chinese media there is almost daily coverage of (typhoon Yolanda)," Ambassador Ma said. "Chinese people follow this with great sympathy and they have shown their readiness to help the Filipino people."


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A review copy recieved by BT.com arrived with a note telling the company that the scenes, including five anal probing procedures, have been replaced with on-screen text.
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While we're touching on ecoresorts in Central America this week, one of my favorites is in Belize. Home to the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, Belize has long been popular with scuba divers who head to the island of Ambergris Cay to float among the manta rays, turtles, dolphins, and sharks. As of late, however, travelers are heading inland to hike in a rainforest full of parrots and butterflies, visit rarely seen Mayan ruins, and canoe along the Macal River. This is where you'll find a 365-acre nature preserve in the Cayo district called Chaa Creek. Mick and Lucy Fleming opened this eco-resort in Belize long before green was the magic word. They have grown over the past 28 years decades to include two dozen bungalows with thatched roofs and a restaurant that serves grilled fish from the region. But it's the grounds, with its brightly colored flowers and a forest of tall mahoganies and cedars on a hill overlooking the river that gives the locale its deep-in-the-jungle allure. The resort's expertise is setting up rainforest and Mayan tours with guides. Explore the Mountain Pine Ridge on foot or horseback or stay closer to home on the Macal River, where you can swim under waterfalls and very likely spot toucans.


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Center Joakim Noah had a triple-double and ex-Washington Huskies guard Nate Robinson scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to help the host Chicago Bulls beat Boston 100-89.
CHICAGO — After enjoying one of the most complete games of his career, Joakim Noah might have invented a new position for himself.
Noah posted a triple-double and ex-Washington Huskies guard Nate Robinson played a prominent role in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 100-89 Tuesday night.
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Robinson scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter; he made 5 of 7 three-point attempts.
"I had to go back to my whole Peter Pan theory, man," Robinson said. "You can't fight without happy thoughts."
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Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau implored his team to play at a faster pace after it lost 80-71 to the Grizzlies on Monday in Memphis.
"They were clearly the tougher, more physical team," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said of the Bulls. "They took us out of everything with their effort."
Rajon Rondo had 26 points for Boston (12-12), which has lost a season-high three in a row.
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Virtual craze: A Bandai employee with newer versions of the Tamagotchi, with 1.52in colour LCD displays and cartoon-like characters. About 75 million Tamagotchi toys have been sold since they were launched in 1996. - AFP
Our pick of the most popular gadgets of the decade.
If anybody asked you to describe what defined any particular era, you'd probably pinpoint either fashion or technology.
The 1990s were a time of great change in technology, with the Internet just taking off in this country and mobile phones just moving from the analogue ATUR 450 that came complete with its own briefcase-sized transceiver to true cell-tower GSM900 mobile phones.
Here are nine gadgets that, in our opinion, really defined the decade that was the 1990s.
Sony PlayStation
The 90s was the era of the console wars, really, with Sega, Nintendo and latecomer Sony each releasing consoles.
Sega's Saturn, the follow-up to the popular Sega Mega Drive (known as the Genesis in the United States) was in the market, while Nintendo had the Nintendo 64, also a very successful game console.
However, it was Sony's PlayStation that everyone talked about – it was tech-giant Sony's first foray into the game console market and it was also one of the most powerful consoles available at the time.
The PlayStation's success ensured Sony's continued involvement in game consoles, leading to the highly-successful PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and now the PlayStation 4.
While many people remember iPods as THE portable music players, the market was actually created by Sony with their Walkman series of portable music cassette players.
In its time, the Walkman was very successful, but by the 1990s, the advent of the Compact Disc (CD) meant that Sony had to update their portable music players to play these discs.
Sony called their portable CD players the Discman and these players were ubiquitous throughout the 1990s.
If you were a kid growing up in the 1990s, you'd probably remember the quaint and extremely popular Tamagotchi from Bandai.
The idea was simple – you get a little electronic gizmo with a tiny LCD screen on which was stored a digital pet.
What you had to do was to feed your pet or keep it entertained by pressing buttons and choosing the right options as you carry the device with you throughout the day.
The Tamagotchi was so popular that it spawned a whole portable digital pet industry where other manufacturers also introduced their own versions of digital pets, while Bandai itself is said to have released well over 40 variants of the Tamagotchi.
Dialup Modems
Ah the dialup modem – our main connection to the Internet through copper phone lines was using this gizmo.
Short for modulator-demodulator, the modem was the only way for the general consumer who could not afford leased lines or ISDN modems to connect to the Internet.
The modem essentially turned digital data into analogue information that could be transmitted down regular phone lines, much like how a voice call works with a regular phone — this accounted for the characteristic connection sounds that a modem makes as it initiates connection to the Internet.
By the time the 1990s came around, Malaysians could connect to the Internet using 14.4kbps modems made by US Robotics — eventually the speeds went up to 28.8kbps, then 33.6kbps and finally topped out at 56kbps.
Families generally had a love/hate relationship with dialup modems because while one family member was connected to the Internet, the telephone line would be tied up and no one else could call out or receive calls.
The first PalmPilot was released under the US Robotics brand name in 1997 and was one of the first so-called "Personal Digital Assistants" (PDAs) to make it into the big time.
To be sure, companies like Psion and even Apple (with their Newton) had released PDAs before that — but those were relatively large and not so easily pocketable devices.
The PalmPilot, on the other hand, was relatively simple to use and had a perfectly usable calendar, email and notepad which synched with the PC.
It also had installable apps and an interface which looks much like the smartphones we have today.
PalmPilots, later known as Palm, paved the way for the smartphones we know today and essentially kickstarted the entire handheld computer industry.
Video CD
Before DVDs became commonplace, and just as VHS videotape was on its way out, the Video CD (VCD) was the video format of choice for many of us in the 1990s.
While the VCD never really took off in a big way in Europe or the United States, in this country the VCD enjoyed many years of success thanks to its relatively low cost compared to other formats.
VCDs were cheap because they essentially used the same physical media as CDs which were already readily well-established – the only difference was of course that VCDs stored MPEG-1 video instead of audio.
One of the (unfortunate) reasons for the popularity of VCDs in this country was that it supported the burgeoning movie piracy business, since the discs were small, cheap to produce and easily redistributed.
Game Boy
While portable games existed in the 1980s in the form of Nintendo's Game & Watch series, these products were hardwired with a single game.
It was only when Nintendo introduced the Game Boy in 1990 that portable gaming machines really took off.
With Nintendo first party titles like Mario and Zelda available, the Game Boy enjoyed great success and spawned many successors.
Motorola StarTAC
After the giant ATUR 450 mobile phones which had their own briefcase-sized transceivers, cellular tower technology was introduced in the 1990s in this country, allowing for much smaller sized mobile phones for the first time.
One of the most smallest phones on the market at the time was the Motorola StarTAC, which was not only tiny by comparison to its competitors, but was officially the first clamshell phone on the market.
The StarTAC was so popular that Motorola used the same basic design for many years and also introduced the Razr clamshell, which many consider the spiritual successor to the StarTAC.
Astro decoder
Malaysian television changed in 1996 when the country's first satellite broadcasting service, Astro, was introduced.
With Astro (which incidentally stands for All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator), Malaysians were exposed to pay TV for the first time.
Subscribing to Astro also meant that you'd have to install the black Astro set top box and satellite dish.
Initially, 22 digital channels with three digital radio channels were offered.
While many of the tech gadgets that appeared in the 1990s no longer exist, each paved the way for more advanced successors – PalmPilots have morphed into smartphones, while the Game Boy's descendant, the Nintendo 3DS, is still one of the most popular handheld consoles around today.
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This week brings us the third installment of our Sketches Exclusive with artist Grace Lee. I get so excited to check my inbox every week to see her new illustrations! The theme for today is flora and fauna. Grace captures a few images of her walk to and from work, and her recent trip to the Aomori prefecture. I also couldn't resist asking Grace a few more questions about her upcoming work and her process.
Do you have any new projects that you are working on?
At the moment I'm working on a few magazine illustration jobs in Japan. This is the first time I've been published here, so it's been a major achievement for me. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunities that have come up, especially recently. Also, I'll be releasing a new range of wall stickers in Australia with The Wall Sticker Company. There'll be some familiar pieces, and hopefully people will like them for their walls.
Were there any challenges you faced when switching over from design to illustration?
I've been fortunate enough to have not had too many challenges. I think having a background in design has been a major advantage because it has helped me to understand how an illustration can fit into/work with the layout, which in turn makes it easier to come up with the ideas. The biggest challenge at the beginning was getting work out there. I already had a portfolio of design, but a smaller range of actual illustration work. That has taken a little bit of time to build up, but I've loved the whole process and I can really see progression.
I have THE nicest neighbour. Whenever I leave the house and if she's out in front, she'll open the gate for me and say, "Itterasshai," (the Japanese expression you say to people when they are leaving). I drew this because I love the little red plant she has by her door and the strange porcelain dog sitting next to it. These two are the first things I see when I come in the gate.
I recently went on a short trip to Aomori prefecture. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the lake that I wanted to visit. But along the way to the art gallery, the bus drove past all these cute 'cloud-pruned' trees. It's not uncommon to see these everywhere in Japan.
I see this on the way to work and there is always a blue watering can sitting in the square hole. The hanging strawberries are adorable.


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What is the Office for Inclusion and Equity?
Mission Statement: The Office for Inclusion and Equity (OIE) advances a diverse, equitable, and supportive campus culture through our commitment to fulfilling the spirit of equal opportunity laws and policies, as well as building awareness within the university community.
The Office for Inclusion and Equity supports the University's mission to promote human and intellectual diversity by providing equal access and opportunity through fostering an inclusive environment for all members of the University community. OIE provides leadership and support on matters relating to equity, diversity, respect, professionalism, and inclusiveness for all members of the University of Texas community.
OIE works with the University of Texas community in implementing and upholding policies and practices that are consistent with federal and state mandates as well as existing University policies regarding equal access, equal employment, and educational opportunity for all persons, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. OIE also collaborates with faculty, administrators, staff, and students on initiatives to broaden awareness of the mutually reinforcing goals of diversity and excellence through strategic diversity planning, campus climate response, inclusive faculty recruitment and retention strategies, and inclusive classroom seminars.
To fulfill our mission, the Office for Inclusion and Equity provides:
- A mechanism for responding to, investigating, and resolving complaints of harassment (including sexual harassment), discrimination, hostile work and learning environment, retaliation, and sexual misconduct;
- Collaboration with academic colleges and schools for campus diversity planning to enhance academic curriculum, culture and climate, and recruitment and retention;
- Determination of eligibility and approval of reasonable accommodations for faculty and staff with disabilities;
- Development of the institution's Affirmative Action Plan and its data into effective tools that will lead to the institutionalization of inclusive best practices throughout UT Austin;
- Education of faculty search committees regarding effective best practices to facilitate inclusive recruitment processes and to minimize the impact of implicit bias;
- Facilitation of the Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Seminar, which engages faculty, assistant instructors, and teaching assistants in discussions about strategies for creating and sustaining an inclusive classroom climate;
- Information, consultation, training, and resources to the University community with regard to diversity, harassment and discrimination prevention, retaliation, affirmative action, equal opportunity, and disability matters;
- Leadership of the Campus Climate Response Team, which responds to reports of bias incidents from students, faculty, staff, visitors, and contractors;
- Oversight of and support for the University's compliance efforts in the areas of equal opportunity, affirmative action, harassment and discrimination prevention, retaliation, and compliance with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws;
- Partnership with the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, as well as academic colleges and schools, to implement recruitment and retention strategies that enhance the diversity of our faculty;
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Recently I testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee concerning the enormous burden that sequestration has imposed on our defense forces. I want to share some of what I said with you because I want you in the fight to end sequestration. I believe that our Congress must hear from the grassroots – from you and me – so that they clearly will understand the irrationality of continuing the budget process under the shadow of sequestration.
Here is some of what I told the members of the Committee: "AUSA is keenly aware that Congress and the Administration have had to make difficult choices while bolstering a weak economy and addressing budget deficits. And while we recognize that debt reduction is a national priority, AUSA believes that a disproportionate share of this burden has fallen on the Defense Department.
Requiring that 50 percent of mandatory budget cuts come from defense – even though the defense budget is only 17 percent of the federal budget – is somewhat misguided. How in such a dynamic and dangerous world can we be so shortsighted?
The result is that defense officials now face a no-win situation. They must try to find a balance among readiness, training, education, operational activities, and some modernization as well as Soldier and family program funding. Uncertain times demand agility and adaptability by our defense leaders – look at what has suddenly occurred in Eastern Europe – yet the funding policies in place are rigid, constraining and damaging to our long-term national security. Continuing this formula for the better part of the next decade defies logic.
AUSA and its members urge that Congress and our elected and appointed officials eliminate sequestration or modify these unrealistically rigid budget control measures in ways which would enable responsible and accountable leaders to exercise their responsibilities in a manner that is consistent with the challenges they face.
"Providing for the Common Defense" is a shared responsibility among the American people, the Congress, the President and the Army. We have lost that sense of shared responsibility because of the automatic and arbitrary cuts that sequestration brings. This creates enormous uncertainty from the halls of the Pentagon to the troops in the field and their families.
Military leaders, in order to properly execute their national security mission, need authorization authority and appropriations to be completed on time and with regular order. Operating under a series of continuing resolutions and sequestration, limits the capability to properly plan and execute a budget.
AUSA believes that the primary source of the budget challenges that face the Department of Defense (DoD) is the devastating effect of the sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Sequestration is having a profoundly adverse effect on the defense of the Nation – and it will do so well into the next decade.
What is needed is a balanced force – balanced among land, air, maritime, space, cyber, and Special Forces. Balance is also required between active and reserve forces. And equally important is the balance (equilibrium) between mission readiness and soldier and family programs. But sequestration is throwing that necessary equilibrium out of whack, especially with land forces, and is creating risky, even dangerous vulnerabilities.
The recurring message from GEN Odierno and Secretary McHugh is "risk" or more significantly "serious risk". We have already damaged our readiness, drastically reduced our modernization programs, and programmed sharp cuts to our endstrength. GEN Odierno has testified that continuing sequestration will ultimately limit the ability of the Army to "execute the correct defense strategy" and he noted that in his opinion that will call into question our ability to execute even ONE prolonged, multi-phase major contingency operation.
I urge you to pay attention to this unprecedented warning.
Sequestration is patently unresponsive to the needs of this nation which is part of a rapidly changing world in which we cannot predict the future. It creates a paradox in which the nation is locked into a creaky, slow moving, lockstep budget process that is irresponsible and unaccountable and ignores the world around it, while its defense forces must be flexible and agile.
Further, sequestration profoundly affects all parts of the national security community – the Department of State, CIA, NSA, VA and parts of the Department of Energy budgets. Its impact on national security writ large must be considered.
Members of the committee, as you pursue your duties related to the personnel issues of the Department of Defense, I urge you to get at the root cause of the budgetary problems consuming DoD and end sequestration permanently before more damage is done and before we are left with an inadequate national defense force in 2021."
That is what I told Congress. This is what I urge you to do:
CONTACT CONGRESS to urge them to end sequestration permanently.
Go to http://capwiz.com/ausa/home/ and submit AUSA's prepared letter to Congress titled "End Sequestration Permanently." This is important! Help us help your Army by ending sequestration.
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And the Oscar goes to . . .
Movies | Whatever the Oscars have become, they certainly are no longer the gold standard for family entertainment
With occasional exceptions (such as last year's sweep by The Return of the King), the Academy Awards now recognize primarily "adult" fare. Of the five Best Picture nominees this year, none is destined to become a family classic, with only Finding Neverland coming close.
Between 1990 and 2004, eight of the 14 Best Picture winners were rated R. None were rated G or PG. Now, there's no rule that says the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must pick a film suitable for family audiences on which to bestow its accolades. Nor does this imply that films recognized since 1990 are without merit (Schindler's List and Braveheart, both rated R, are on that list).
It does suggest that whatever the Oscars have become, it isn't the gold standard for family entertainment. In fact, since 1968's Best Picture winner, Oliver!, the only film to receive that honor that's really suitable for family audiences is 1981's anomaly, Chariots of Fire. One year after Oliver!, the X-rated (at the time) Midnight Cowboy won Best Picture, and the Oscars seem to have not recovered since.
Look back in Oscar's history and the picture changes. The list of previous winners is populated with many genuine classics, and among them quite a few films worth seeking out at the video store when searching for worthwhile family entertainment. Many of them deal with themes just as pressing, just as appealing to an adult sensibility, but in a way that's accessible to a much broader audience.
Going all the way back to 1935, Frank Lloyd's Mutiny on the Bounty is still the best adaptation of the often filmed tale. Charles Laughton as the brutal, pitiful Capt. Bligh and Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian are without parallel.
Gable pops up again in 1939's well-remembered Gone with the Wind, but 1941's How Green Was My Valley, which topped Citizen Kane that year, deserves as much attention. John Ford's moving story of a Welsh coal-mining town facing industrialization features a very young Roddy McDowall as the youngest sibling in the Morgan family and Walter Pidgeon as the local minister.
Casablanca, winner in 1943, highlights the differences between "then" and "now." A surprisingly cynical take on World War II, the film still manages to find hope and integrity amidst chaos, unlike later anti-war Oscar winners Platoon and The Deer Hunter.
Skipping forward to 1956, Around the World in 80 Days features a sense of exoticism and wonder almost entirely absent from last year's remake. The pace may be somewhat slow by modern standards, but the journey is worthwhile.
A year later, David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai won Best Picture. The film is another complex, morally nuanced World War II tale that is nonetheless utterly inspiring. Kids familiar with Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi may enjoy seeing Alec Guinness in one of his greatest roles, as a British colonel forced to lead his men in building a bridge in a Japanese prison camp, while an American (William Holden) tries to destroy it.
Ben-Hur (1959's winner), a film subtitled "A Tale of the Christ," gave Charlton Heston his greatest role. David Lean and Alec Guinness returned to the top spot three years later with the epic Lawrence of Arabia, the film that also "introduced" Peter O'Toole.
In 1965, Robert Wise's film of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music made the Von Trapps a household name. It's a classic Hollywood musical with enough drama, romance, and war-time intrigue to still captivate modern audiences often uncomfortable with spontaneous outbursts of song.
This brings us to 1966's A Man for All Seasons, the last film on the list, with the exception of Chariots of Fire 15 years later, that can be recommended without qualification for family viewing. The two films have in common being some of the best portrayals of Christian faith to ever appear in a mainstream Hollywood production. Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More and Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell serve as inspiring examples of resolute commitment to faith and conscience in the face of immense pressure.
The list above certainly isn't comprehensive. More chestnuts await those willing to venture beyond the new-release walls at the local video store. It just goes to show that the Academy Awards aren't useless-they just require a sense of history.


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Over his busy career, Ralph Lalama has performed, toured and recorded with an extensive array of notable musicians and bands; among them are Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (under the direction of Jon Faddis), Carla Bley and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra – with whom he is a featured soloist on Monday nights at New York's Village Vanguard.
His vast and varied experience also includes tours and/or performances with many great jazz artists, like Barry Harris, Harold Danko, Mel Torme, Carmen McRae, Tom Harrell, Joe Morello, Ann Hampton Calloway, Peter Cincotti, Richie Vitale, Michael Weiss, and the Joe Lovano Nonet.
In leading his own bands or as a sideman, he has toured numerous countries and continents: Japan, Korea, Israel, Africa, South America, Scandinavia and the whole of Europe. Festival highlights include North Sea Jazz, Pori (Finland), Newport Jazz, Playboy Jazz, Monterey Jazz, JVC New York and Festival a Vienne (France).
Highlights for the current season include performances and teaching clinics with the newly organized Westchester Jazz Orchestra. His 2004 tour schedule takes him on the road with the Joe Lovano Nonet and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.


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Landlords urged to arrange annual gas checks
Landlords across the UK are being urged to arrange annual gas checks of their properties to avoid any risk to their tenants.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advised that having a boiler serviced on a regular basis by a registered gas engineer is imperative to prevent the leak of potentially deadly substances such as carbon monoxide.
Officials made the recommendation following the case of a Chester landlord that was fined £400 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000 after ignoring repeated warnings about gas safety within his properties.
Martin Paren, HSE inspector, said: "Unsafe gas appliances are responsible for dozens of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK every year. That is why it's a legal requirement for landlords to arrange checks."
Under HSE guidelines landlords are responsible for the safety of their tenants and the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 is designed to ensure that those leasing properties carry out the appropriate duties.
Prepare for the challenges of becoming a landlord with Landlords Insurance from Discount Landlord.


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La Z Boy Presidential series traditional high back leather judge's chair is built with a double doweled kiln-dried hardwood frame that won't split or warp. Sinuous wire seat suspensions with Flex-o-lators distribute occupant's weight to prevent sagging and to give you the support you need for long sittings.
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The Truth in Cosmetic Surgery Blog, run by a Real Plastic Surgeon, may help put an end to one of the internet's favorite party games: speculating about the vacillations in Lindsay Lohan's bra size:
Lindsay Lohan Deflation? More like explantation. Looking at Awfulplasticsurgery.com, Lindsay has lost a ton of weight and round "implant-looking" breasts have virtually disappeared. The breast picture has changed between June 2004 and May 2005. Weight loss can shrink breasts pretty substantially, but those June 2004 pictures look very implant-like.
I tend to agree with the suggestion that breast implants have very likely been removed.
Sometimes your heart's singing a song, but you still need someone else to tell you the words.
- Movie Star Plastic Surgery - Lindsay Lohan Deflation? [Truth In Cosmetic Surgery Blog]
- The Case of the Vanishing Breasts [Good Plastic Surgery]


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Queens Department of Transportation Commissioner Connie Moran and Congressman Joseph Crowley don't need to tell locals that the intersection of Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights is a mess.
An exit from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue subway station and dozens of busy shops all combine to make this corner one of the most heavily trafficked areas in Queens, by both pedestrians and motorists. To make matters worse, road work has been going on as part of a rehabilitation of the subway station for several years.
At that intersection on Monday, Moran and Crowley were joined by City Councilwoman Helen Sears and representatives from the Jackson Heights Merchants Association to announce the passage of a massive transportation bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. It will allocate $16 million for road and transportation improvements in New York City, with $640,000 earmarked for a study of the Roosevelt Avenue intersection.
"This funding is a huge quality of life victory for the residents of Jackson Heights," Crowley said. He added that each project will bring numerous construction jobs with it.
The bill that passed in the house was a 6-year plan, funding $284 billion worth of transportation improvements throughout the country. The bill passed by a majority of 417 to 9, which is noteworthy since Congress has been anything but united this year.
Several government watchdog groups voiced dissent over the bill, which they called pork at its worst. "The transportation bill is a perfect illustration of why the government continues to accrue record deficits despite higher tax receipts and a growing economy," said Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste.
Another group, Taxpayers for Common Sense, issued highlights of "egregious projects," including $3 million to expand a museum visitor's center in Ohio and $500,000 to repair sidewalks outside the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
"It's money well spent," countered Crowley. He pointed out that Jackson Heights is a thriving business community that brings in millions of tax dollars for the city and needs to be less congested. "It's an incredibly profitable block."
A similar bill stalled in the Senate last year, but Crowley and other members of Congress are confident that this one will pass. "Deals have been struck," said Jennifer Psaki, a spokesperson for Crowley.
With Moran by his side, he said that this was a project that the city has been wanting for years. The city is supplementing the federal contribution with $160,000. The DOT said it's planning on working closely with officials at the MTA and New York City Transit.
The study will focus on a large area, bounded by the BQE to the west, 41st Street to the south, 82nd Street to the east and 35th Street to the north. After the study is completed, in an estimated two years, funding to implement its recommendations will have to be sought from city, state and federal sources.


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In what can be filed under "hilarious", a former NYPD Detective stands to do three years behind bars for using his gun, badge, and raid jacket to rob cigarette smugglers. Former detective Kyron Collins flashed a fake search warrant and then proceeded to steal $7,000 in cash and bootleg Newport cigarettes. When asked for a statement, Collins said, "I am embarassed because I loved being a detective. I wish I had made better decisions." It does not, however, take one very much imagination to come up with a better decision than ripping off cigarette smugglers. It makes one wonder, aren't the cigarette tax hikes enough without the cigarettes being stolen as well?
While this is obviously an isolated, albeit very hilarious, incident, it does make one think about how ridiculous the number of tax hikes are when a person has to resort to smuggling cigarettes. This is a growing problem in the United States and when it gets so bad that the police are even ripping people off it makes one ponder the efficiency of such tax hikes.


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Now I'm not saying that I'm some kind of Nostradamus or something, since I have a pretty unpredictable track record with predictions. After all, even though I predicted that the Facebook IPO would be a train wreck, I also predicted that Peyton Manning would be signed by the New York Jets (who knew they would sign a third-string quarterback instead!) However, that didn't stop me from making 13 predictions for this two thousand and thirteenth year after the death of Christ. From Twinkies to Lance Armstrong to General Petraeus, the emerging theme of 2013 is "The Comeback."
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie forms an investor group and spends $1 billion to acquire the rights to Twinkies, making Twinkies the official snack of the Garden State. At every toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, Twinkies will be sold in 2013. Simultaneously, Christie gives up the sweets and loses more than 100 pounds, because after all, like B.I.G. said, "Never get high on your own supply." A percentage of every Twinkie sale goes to New Jersey coffers, resulting in millions of extra dollars in 2013, and other states take notice. Alaska is preparing a 2014 bid for Hostess' "Sno Balls" product line.
After a disgraceful exit from the squeaky clean world of cycling, in which Armstrong was pointed out as having used PEDs (a shock to millions of cycling fans worldwide), Armstrong makes a 2013 comeback as the replacement for beleaguered New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. It is really an obvious transition for Armstrong, who wasn't previously aware that PEDs are actually encouraged in baseball and in fact contributed immensely to a revival of the sport after the 1994 strike. If only Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were cyclists, then cycling may now be the third-most-popular sport in the US. Prediction: Lance hits .250 and doesn't flirt with women in the stands or blow bubbles when he strikes out.
After a bitter and disappointing loss to President Obama in the 2012 election, Mitt Romney rebounds to have a strong 2013, landing the lead-role in "The Book of Mormon 2." In the sequel to the smash-hit Broadway production, Romney plays an out-of-touch businessman who regains his love of life (and the poor) after heading on a mission trip to North Korea, where he ultimately succeeds in bringing Mormonism to North Korean leader Kim Jong –Un. North Korea joins the United Nations and becomes a bastion of democracy and Romney is named Times' "Person of the Year."
It is revealed that Psy bought upwards of 137 million "YouTube views" from Fiverr and his surpassing of Justin Bieber as the most-watched video of all time on YouTube is stricken from the record books. Psy continues to deny the accusations until Bernie Madoff is revealed as bankrolling the entire scheme, and the FBI becomes involved. It is also revealed that the "horse" that Psy is pretending to ride in the music video is actually a dog, which is subsequently eaten at the end of the song.
Mark Zuckerberg has his sights squarely set on search giant Google and rolls out "LookBook," a new search-based website that culls personal data from more than 1 billion Facebook members and enables users to find out personal information about any member of Facebook with a simple search. It also initially features a clean advertisement-free display that is quickly replaced by 1995-style pop-up advertisements and a new feature called "TomeLine" which offers books at discounted prices to users in exchange for their social security numbers and cell-phone passwords.
After the nation was gripped by the intriguing sexual-laden tale of petrayal featuring the top military man in America and his biographer, a spurned wife, some random socialite from Florida and an unnamed FBI agent, General Petraeus resurfaces in 2013 as a contestant on the hit television show "Dancing with Four-Stars." Of course, the other contestants are Biographer Broadwell, Random Socialite, and the now-named FBI agent. I don't want to spoil it, but let's just say Petraeus got them moves like Jagger.
A historian from Politecnico di Milano, a leading Italian University, uncovers why cartography-challenged Christopher Columbus set sail for India and landed in the Americas. It appears that his mapmakers were actually ancestors of the technical team at Apple Maps, and accidentally drew the map backwards, which encouraged Columbus to embark on his infamous voyage. Columbus had originally acquired a map that was correct in scale, but it was accidentally used as a layer in a lasagna.
After leading alien historians and unemployed poll-workers convene at an undisclosed location deep in a South American jungle, it is revealed that due to further calculations and a slight amount of guesswork that the Mayans actually predicted that the world would end on 13/13/13. It appears that the Mayans didn't count on calendars having 12 months, just like they didn't count on the United States' odd refusal to accept the simplicity and elegance of the metric system. Carry the one and divide by the square root, it appears that the end of the world will happen on January 13, 2014.
This one has been in the works for a long time now, but as soon as the makers of the Roomba lower the price of their auto-vacuuming robots and the average person can afford one, almost every home features one of these seemingly harmless robots. It starts with the Roomba's 8 megapixel camera beaming images of humans back to command central, a hollowed-out cave deep in the mountains of Colorado where Deep Blue masterminds a dramatic takeover of the human race, using an electronic shock handcuff to ping people's cell phones and subjugate them to the whims of the Roombas.
After failing to come to an agreement with the players, the NHL brain trust decides to move Hockey north of the border to Canada, where it apparently garners viewers on television. There are initially some mild complaints by a handful of hockey fans, but they are quickly silenced by a generous offer by the Canadians to give every hockey fan in the United States free access to "NHL League Pass," which broadcasts every single hockey game. It is estimated that this offer costs the Canadian government upwards of $3,200 Canadian dollars, roughly equivalent to $1.2 million US dollars.
After months of inaction, an 18% approval rating and a permanent lame-duck distinction, Congress finally passes a bill in 2013. Rather than address the Fiscal Cliff, the debt-ceiling debate or gun control, however, the law that passes both chambers and is signed into law by President Obama declares Doritos Locos taco shells delicious and decries that Taco Bell must start selling them in supermarkets so citizens can see what they taste like with real meat inside. Shares of Taco Bell skyrocket and its stock price surpasses Facebook's, making a Dorito Loco share more valuable than a "sponsored story."
The famous actor embarks on a new business venture and lends his name to a new line of recliners to be sold at Ikeas around the world. These "ReClinters" are surprisingly affordable and are soon a staple in most American homes. They feature a small rectangular pocket in the arm rest in which to store a pack of Marlboro Reds and also come with some of Eastwood's most famous catchphrases available at the touch of a button, including some from his famous 2012 RNC speech like "I can't tell him to do that to himself."
Tom Brady has one of the most recognizable coifs in all the land, and uses it to sell everything from cars to women's *ahem* men's boots, but his new deal turns heads from New England to Old England when it is announced that Brady will be the spokesperson for Vladimir Putin's new line of high-heeled shoes, the "Putin Nesca." To kick off the marketing campaign, Brady struts the runway in Milan in his new heels while Gisele cheers him on from the sidelines. A smiling Brady tosses a free pair to his friend Wes Welker in the audience, but Welker drops them on the ground and the Pats lose another championship.
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by Meredith O'Brien
*Warning: This contains spoilers from the season four premiere of Army Wives [1].*
When she had her own radio show on the Army post called, "Have At It," former Boston cop Pamela Moran fielded on-air calls from fellow Army wives about their lives, problems and dreams. During one radio show, Pamela listened impatiently as a caller said she was tired of her career coming in second behind her husband's, behind the Army. To this, Pamela responded with this:
"You're an Army wife. I'm an Army wife. That means that you're always going to play second fiddle career-wise while your spouse is in the military. That is just a fact of life. And yeah, a marriage is a partnership, but in the Army your husband is always going to be the senior partner . . . You married a soldier. And a soldier gets called at a moment's notice to go off to war and defend our country and we just accept it, move on and quit complaining."
Even during season one, on Pamela's very first radio show she told her fellow Army wives to remember, "The Army comes first. We deal with it or we move on."
But by the time the fourth season of the Lifetime drama Army Wives premiered on Sunday, Pamela -- the mom of two young kids, whose husband Chase serves with an elite special ops unit -- had had enough of Chase choosing work over family. "If you want to be part of this family, you're going to have to earn it," she said to him. Apparently it's easier said than done for every Army spouse to simply swallow the whole "you come behind the Army" line for a long period of time without becoming fed up at some point.
Her frustrations began building during season three. Pamela had to move her family into a new house all on her own and her husband complained about all her choices. When Chase was seriously injured during a secret mission in Iraq -- physically tortured as well – Pamela had to fight to be able to visit him at the on base medical facility. Once the wounded Chase finally came home, he wouldn't tell her what happened and withdrew, emotionally, from her and the kids, started lying to Pamela regarding his whereabouts. He started blowing off family activities in order to spend time with his buddies from Delta Force, then he signed up for training in Colorado that Pamela had explicitly asked him not to do. Season three ended with Chase walking into their house and finding that his family had packed up and left without telling him where they'd gone.
"I can't keep doing this, lying to my kids and making excuses for a man who puts his family second, always," Pamela said to her friend in the season four premiere, asking her pal not to reveal where she'd taken her children. "I'm just tired of it."
Total 180. The woman who once sat behind the microphone and lectured other wives to suck it up and stop complaining, has finally had enough. In the meantime, Chase told fellow soldier Trevor LeBlanc that he loved being on Delta Force, which made his wife's ultimatum – that he quit Delta Force when he comes back from his training or lose his marriage – all the more troublesome.
Other women on Army Wives are likewise in a state of flux as the fourth season commences:
The lone female Army officer on the show, Joan Burton -- who left her baby home with her psychiatrist husband Roland when she deployed to Iraq in season three -- was critically injured in an ambush and could lose her vision. A mother of a young soldier, Denise Sherwood, who's also married to an Army colonel, was in obvious emotional pain because their only child attempted to commit suicide following the combat death of his buddy, for which he blames himself. Oh, and Roxy LeBlanc -- the owner of the Hump Bar, mother of two and wife of a soldier -- is pregnant with baby number three.
"It's hard to keep your identity here," Pamela said to Roxy in season one referencing the Army post. And it appears as though season four of Army Wives will explore the issue of an Army spouse's identity. And more.


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Wallpapers tagged with 'Scene: Dawn'.
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We're Not in Kansas Anymore
By coffeelover
September 9th, 2006
I shot this abandoned barn at dawn. It is a composite of two images - one exposed for the sky and the other exposed for the foreground. If you look closely, you can see the spider webs in the tree on the left.
Oia Windmills
By chickenwire
May 27th, 2011
The town of Oia, Greece on the island of Santorini (Thira). Taken at dawn from the castle looking North with a wide-angle lens.
Nikon D700, Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2, 25 seconds, f/11, ISO 200. Apple Aperture, Adobe Photoshop CS4.
36.46051, 25.37266
Lower Falls
By jbkalla
October 11th, 2012
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Taken before sunrise because I forgot my ND filter. Three exposures, tone-mapped in Nik Software HDR Efex Pro plugin for Adobe Lightroom 4, then warmed up a bit using Nik Color Efex Pro.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM.
Photo Settings: 70mm, f/16, ISO 100.
Map: 44.7208, -110.4886
Bonjour Leman
By giel
December 23rd, 2013
A wintery sunrise over Lac Leman, Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland. December 2013.
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED.
Photo Settings: 10mm, f/20, 1/2 second, ISO 100.
The 4am Campfire
By StarGazer
May 16th, 2015
This photo was taken just before sunrise from the top of a high rock offering an excellent view of the river valley, "Beautiful Sword."
Photo Settings: 10mm, f/8, 1.6 seconds, ISO 100.
Dawn Breaker
By Fuzzypiggy
January 15th, 2014
Dawn breaks over the pier at Southwold, as waves crash in from the North Sea at the furthest point east of the British Isles.
Adobe Photoshop CS6, Nik Color Efex 4 and Adobe Lightroom.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.
Photo Settings: 17mm, f/20, 2 seconds, ISO 50.
Narrabeen Lake's Dawn
By hiphoper
December 15th, 2013
Taken at Narrabeen Lake in Sydney, Australia
Adobe Photoshop CC.
Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED.
Photo Settings: 18mm, f/22, 30 seconds, ISO 100.
Mirror Lakes
October 8th, 2013
The first shafts of sunlight at the Mirror Lakes, New Zealand.
I captured this amazing moment very early on that day and I was very lucky that the fog cleared about 5 min before and that there was absolutely no wind and luckily no distortion on the water surface.
HOYA PRO1 Circular PL, Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.
Photo Settings: 24mm, f/11, 1 second, ISO 500.
Dawn on Lake Toba
By Daniel Jiang
May 25th, 2014
Located on the biggest volcanic crater in the world, Lake Toba is a wonder to see. Shot on a lake shore in Tuktuk village in Samosir, Indonesia early in the morning.
Adobe Lightroom.
Nikon D90, Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16mm f/2.8 DX.
Photo Settings: 11mm, f/13, 20 seconds, ISO 100.
Misty Sunrise
By kmadjarov
June 15th, 2015
Misty morning at Kardzhali dam.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
Photo Settings: 105mm, f/11, 1/5 second, ISO 100.
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Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm (Sunday & Monday Closed) - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Place : Photoink Gallery, MGF Hyundai Building, Ground Floor, 1, Jhandewalan, Faiz Road, New Delhi - 110005
Venue Info : www.photoink.net | Nearest Metro Station - Jhandewalan(Blue Line)
Event Details : PHOTOINK is pleased to present the exhibition, Kashmir, a series of photographs by Amit Mehra. Between 2006 and 2011, Amit Mehra visited Kashmir twenty-five times and only photographs from the last two years of that period were selected for this exhibition. For any photographer in Kashmir, it is hard to ignore the complex political narratives of the separatist movement and the insurgency that followed. Most of the images we've seen in the past two decades were made to service the written word, which demanded images of protest, trauma, death, funerals and evidence of state oppression. For Amit Mehra, this was both a dilemma and a trap. Was it possible to make a different kind of photograph, which was introspective and not illustrative? Could the anguish and pain of two decades, and perhaps more, be expressed without repeating what had been seen before? Was it possible to represent Kashmir without photographing the presence of the security forces and yet be able to suggest what it was like to live under constant surveillance? These were some of the questions, which preoccupied Amit Mehra during his travels in Kashmir.
This exhibition of photographs of contemporary life in Kashmir is vastly different from the expected. The streetscapes and landscapes are devoid of drama and imbued with stillness and silence. Very often, it's a disconcerting silence. The pace of the passersby on the streets is hurried and people are engrossed in their thoughts. Amit Mehra rarely uses the confrontational approach to make portraits and instead obscures one's view of people by photographing through windowpanes, cars etc. It is hard to ignore the distance he creates between himself and the people he photographs. Perhaps the diffidence he felt as an outsider was a way to shelter his subjects from sharper scrutiny. Or perhaps this was one way of presenting the emasculated individual caught in the battle between the state machinery and the insurgency.
Another notable aspect of this series is the unobtrusive presence of the photographer. He wandered through many streets and localities, which had witnessed extraordinary tumult and loss and the photographs are evocative of the fragile peace he discovered. Photographing in militarized zones as a street photographer is not common practice and being an outsider without spoken allegiances was therefore fraught with challenging situations. Yet Amit Mehra manages to invest in his photographs a quiet purpose which when viewed collectively have restraint and a touch a melancholy. One wonders then, how much the troubled conscience of the photographer comes to bear on the making of these photographs.
BIOGRAPHY Amit Mehra (b. 1967) has been photographing for over twenty years. In addition to editorial and advertising work, Amit Mehra has specialized in architectural photography. In 2003 came the landmark opportunity to photograph Rashtrapati Bhawan for the book, Dome Over India. Recipient of the award, Best Photographer of the Year – Asia in 2009 by the Sagamihara Museum, Japan for his book, India, A Timeless Celebration, Mehra has time and again demonstrated the ease with which he traverses different genres of photography. Photographs from this series are part of the collection of the Gabbaron Foundation, Spain and the Sagamihara Museum in Japan. Forthcoming in December 2012 is a publication of the book, Kashmir by Penguin. Amit Mehra is currently working on his next book project, Sufis: Messengers of Peace. He lives in New Delhi.
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Price and Availability: The new Samsung Pixon12 M8910 mobile phone is available in India at price of Rs.29,990.
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