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The Lakh-Ten Lakh-Crore system is confusing enough for those of us who have been taught the Thousand-Hundred Thousand-Million system. We use the Thousand-Hundred Thousand-Million system in our daily routine (work and conversations) and that makes us roll our eyes every time amounts are denoted in Lakh-Ten Lakh-Crore.
NOW… we have Hundred Lakh?? When did Hundred Lakh get added to the South Asian numbering system? This is just making shit up. As if things weren't confusing enough already.
161 Lakh > 16100000 > 16,100,000 (Sixteen Million One Hundred Thousand) > 1,61,00,000 (One Crore Sixty One Lakh).
PLEASE NOTE: I am not a fan of Pranab
Moorakh jee Mukherjee. I think he is an imbecile. I am not a Congress supporter. Furthermore, YES - Routine maintenance and upkeep DOES cost. However, the extravagance in this case is over the top. I do believe that this amount could have been better utilised.
There are comments on the 'news' article and the entire tone is set as if Pranab Mukherjee and members of the Congress took the money and deposited it in their respective Swiss Bank Accounts (do go through the comments and see for yourself).
It is a bit surprising because Belgaum is in Karnataka and Congress is NOT the ruling party in the state. Maintenance of the Circuit House is a function of the State PWD. Further, use of the words 'used just for an hour' in the headline is completely unnecessary and (judging from majority of the comments) misleading.
It may be worth pointing out that the Circuit House wasn't just erected / renovated for the President's one hour stay. The structure will be used for visits by various officials. That's why it is there in the first place. The use may be for official or unofficial purposes - will discuss that at a later time.
I am not suggesting that no one made money when deciding which contractors or suppliers will be enlisted to carry out the renovation. In all likelihood commission / gifts / favours would have been exchanged. Frown upon it as much as you want but that is how things get done (not just in India, btw). My personal views on that will be a topic for another post, some other time.
Aur bhi gham hain zamaane mein mohabbat ke sivaa
Raahaten aur bhi hain vasl ki raahat ke sivaa
Charag Hasan Hasrat…
Yaa rab! Gham-e-hijraan mein itna to kiya hota
Jo haath jigar pe hai vo dast-e-duaa hota
Ik ishq ka gham aafat aur uss pe ye dil aafat
Yaa gham na diya hota yaa dil na diya hota
Gairon se kahaa tum ne gairon se suna tum ne
Kuch ham se kahaa hota kuch hum se suna hota
Ummeed to bandh jaati taskeen to ho jaati
Vadaa na vafaa karte vadaa to kiya hota
Nakaam-e-tamannaa dil iss soch mein rahta hai
Yoon hota to kya hota yoon hota to kya hota
Err… A bit too Bollywood-ish. The book does have its moments but on the whole, just not happy with the plot.
As with every Season, my favourite parts are:
Isaak Sirko (Ray Stevenson) - Excellent addition to the Season.
Louise Greene (Josh Cooke) - Extremely disappointed. This character could have been so much better/stronger.
Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski) - Another good addition. Being easy on the eyes definitely helps. Reminds me a bit of Lila (Jamie Murray) from Season 2. Hannah is definitely better. A sensible strong female character that isn't totally dependent on Dexter. Just one episode - Episode 10 - The Dark… Whatever - where (in my view) the character slipped.
Nadia (Katia Winter) - Simple character included in a few episodes. Serves the purpose and then exits the Season.
Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Vélez) - The ugly annoying cunt dies at the end of the Season. Clink.
Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) - Still don't like her. I can't figure out why she has to be such a loser. Depressing confused character.
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
- Albert Einstein
Seriously, what's the big deal??
There is no shortage of real/actual issues in India. There are plenty of issues/controversies to use against this government and its set of ministers. Making an issue out of this (use of Mr. / Shri) is childish, pointless and ridiculous.
Straighten out your priorities.
It's a shit story to begin with. I have no sympathy for idiots.
To make it worse, TOI puts in a Typo - April 201.
Not as good as When the Lion Feeds, but readable.
Today my Twitter feed went crazy after the shooting incident (Connecticut) was reported. Everyone is 'appalled'.
I am disgusted/disturbed… but my reasons extend beyond the loss of innocent lives.
My reasons are:
These are equally 'appalling' incidents that happened around the same time. Yes, I understand that in the Connecticut incident there were deaths… but is it necessary to wait for something as extreme as DEATH for people to get appalled and feel the need to take corrective/preventive/decisive measures??
Not bad.
It is evident that a lot of effort had been taken to present a balanced/unbiased view. An effort to make a film on a very real issue. Not many film makers manage to get that right. Actually, not sure if many film makers even care about getting that right. Prakash Jha should be appreciated for the effort, at least.
Actors/Performances – I am used to seeing much better performances from Abhay Deol and a lot of below average performances from Arjun Rampal. In this film, everything was reasonably ok.
What I did not understand:
What would have made this film EXCELLENT:
Yes, I am aware that VoIP is not a new technology.
BlackBerry's BBM Voice is now out of Beta and available on App World for download. Just tried it out and it works as advertised. Now… if they could have this working over the mobile network as well and not just limited to WiFi…
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
- Oscar Wilde
Qabil Ajmeri…
Vo har maqaam se pahle vo har maqaam ke baad
Sahar thi shaam se pahle sahar hai shaam ke baad
Har inqalaab-e-mubaarak har inqalaab-e-azaab
Shikast-e-jaam se pahle shikast-e-jaam ke baad
Mujh pe itni tavajjo mujh se itna gurez
Mere salaam se pahle mere salaam ke baad
Charaag-e-bazm-e-sitam hain humara haal na poochh
Jale the shaam se pahle bujhe hain shaam ke baad
Ye raat kuchh bhi nahin thi ye raat sab kuchh hai
Tuluu-e-jaam se pahle tuluu-e-jaam ke baad
Vahi zubaan vahi baaten magar hai kitna farq
Tumhaare naam se pahle tumhaare naam ke baad
Hayaat giriyaa-e-shabnam hayaat raqs-e-sharar
Tere payaam se pahle tere payaam ke baad
Ye tarz-e-fiqr ye rang-e-sukhan kahaan 'Qabil'
Tere kalaam se pahle tere kalaam ke baad
The headline suggests that this was supposed to be a gift. Being disappointed is one thing. Approaching the police to register a case (over a gift) is just pathetic. Of course, it would be different if fake gold was intentionally misrepresented as real gold and then SOLD to her. In that event 'feeling cheated' and approaching the police would make sense.
Why does
the shameless greedy money hungry gold digging bitch Fathima believe that she is owed the gold in the first place??? Suppose she received a fake LV bag from someone as a wedding gift. Is she going to sue the relative and "expect" a real LV bag?!?
A gift of fake gold sovereigns can be frowned upon - for sure. But someone needs to tell
the bitch Fathima that the world does NOT owe her a living. She can not legally force her father to give her a gift that she "expects".
Something always dies when the lion feeds and yet there is meat for those that follow him - My favourite line from the book.
A story where you actually care about what happens next. An engaging plot with a brilliant narration.
Observation - There is an extremely liberal use of commas in this book. Annoying.
Finally… the ship wreck. :)
I don't have a problem reading about human mutilation or watching Tarantino flicks laced with blood/gore/amputation/dismemberment - That's all fine. BUT, wild animals maiming / feasting on other animals is just horrid / disgusting (for me).
To cope with a hyena seemed remotely possible - WTF?! (not the first WTF moment in the book, but just felt like highlighting this one).
The only reason I didn't stand up and beat it off the lifeboat with a stick was lack of strength and stick, not lack of heart - Ahem… Sure! Whatever helps you sleep at night.
My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described - Then STOP describing it and lets move on to the talking tiger!!
A masala dosa with a coconut chutney-hmmmmm! Even better: oothappam! HMMMMM! Oh! I brought my hands to my mouth-IDLI! - Bloody irritating Madrasi. Could we please move on with the tiger?
10 or so orange life jackets, each with an orange, beadless whistle attached by a string - Why was it difficult to get the exact number of life jackets? You bothered to count everything else, why couldn't you count the exact number of life jackets? I think it's a fair enough question, given that the list includes 1 solid lifebuoy with an inner diameter of 40 centimetres and an outer diameter of 80 centimetres, and an attached rope AND 1 notebook with 98 lined pages.
Perhaps the life jackets were too close to Richard Parker. But didn't you count them later or was this the time when basic arithmetic failed you? OR did you feel THIS was irrelevant to your detailed account of events (rolls eyes)?
all the while cursing my stupidity - Trust me, laddie - you aren't the only one cursing your stupidity.
At the sight, in shock and surprise, my legs gave way beneath me and I practically fell into the locker - Hang on! So… you were fine with the hyena and the tiger but your legs gave way when you saw a rat?!
Your stupidity shines even more brightly in your stupid plans. Why would you want to finish him off with the sewing needles? That knife between your teeth is not for you to floss with. From your inventory list: 1 large hunting knife with a solid handle, a pointed end and one edge a sharp blade and the other a saw toothed blade. Definitely a better option than sewing needles, don't you think?
Ok… I have had enough of this bullshit. Just scanned through (advantages of an ebook) and the tiger doesn't speak until Page 109 - 110 or such (the book is only 146 pages). I have put up with 88 pages of absolute nonsense to find out that the tiger chat will last for only 37 pages (at best) interrupted by ramblings of the crazy boy.
Right now, I don't care if the bloody tiger is going to recite Ghalib!
Not wasting anymore time on this. Will go home and re-read Wilbur Smith.
Started off with the book. First 10 pages (or so)… not happening. Three-toed sloth, swimming pools, comparing natural surrounding to a zoo… I don't get it.
Wondering what is the point of this book? But then it's only been 24 pages. Feels like a lot more.
45 pages later… I can't understand how this crap managed to get published in the first place.
Will read the rest tomorrow (yes, I am extremely curious).
Emphasis added
THAT is the definition.
Now, here is an article from TOI:
Emphasis Added.
How can this be indigenously created when the parties involved have issued statements like:
Dikhaawon pe mat jaao… apni akal ladaao.
The cool people at College Humor have put in a lot of effort trying to explain the entire thing in simpler terms so even
FaceBook users the dumb users might have a chance to understand it.
That kid is never going to forgive her parents.
Sridevi, after all these years - refreshing.
I would say the film is watchable. Could have been a lot better. Probably I didn't like it as much because I was expecting something different from the film. Some parts are actually quite good, but that gets evened out by some rather over the top sequences. The cafe sequence was ridiculous.
Was extremely disappointed by the maker's bastardised version of Mind Your Language.
The article goes on to mention the film (on the subject of terrorism) A Wednesday (?!?!!) Waah! Kya connection nikaala hai (doob maro)!!
… If this isn't rock bottom for 'news' reporting, then what is?!
Trust those who seek the truth, but doubt those who say that they have found it.
This isn't the first time anti RIM posts have been published. I will admit that at times, there have been valid reasons for bad-mouthing RIM and/or its products, [lack of] certain features/specifications. There have been posts where the sole reason for the rant is personal preference for another device.
But now it has come to a point where editors at Gizmodo will take up just anything about RIM and publish a negative post. I can't think of any reason why Casey Chan would put up this ridiculous post - Caption This Dumb Picture of RIM's CEO Taking a Picture with a BlackBerry 10 Device at a Basketball Game.
Honestly, I don't see anything funny/confusing/'dumb' about the picture that seems to have caused Chan to have a laugh riot. That said, there ARE some pictures that I DO find dumb (see below). I wonder what Chan would have to say about these:
SRK ghatiya filmen karta rahega… jab tak hai jaan, jab tak hai jaan.
The film successfully highlights the complete absence of logic in film-making. Crap. Don't watch.
Absolutely no character development. The film didn't have to be THAT long given that there really wasn't much of a story to tell or a plot to follow.
I didn't have a choice. I had to watch it (sister is a big fan… yes – same old story). BUT if you do have a choice - don't watch this crap.
In addition to finding this film stupid, illogical, and a complete waste of time – I also found it cheap. Not in terms of production value, but in the way some scenes/dialogues were shot.
I am definitely NOT a prude, but there are ways to depict scenes in a film so that they don't come across as crude/vulgar/cheap. At times film-makers get it right. At times they get it wrong. Then there are some cases where they intentionally get it wrong (shock value).
In my view, there were some scenes / sequences in this film that came across as cheap. It did seem (to me) that this was unnecessary and rather pathetic.
Samar moves from London. But before that he 'challenges' god. The whole thing is rather stupid, if you think about it. IF Samar really wanted to rubbish Meera's belief (rolls eyes), then all he had to do was snip off one wrong wire while defusing any of those 100 odd bombs that he had been attending to.
Samar would die, Meera-God Deal Making bullshit would be proved wrong. Samar would have made his point and won the argument. Of course, an added advantage would be – the film would have been significantly shorter.
But, as SRK would put it – Haar kar bhi jeetne waale ko baazigar kehte hain… he doesn't cut off the wrong wire. NOT ONCE!
The idiot doesn't understand that by staying alive he is further validating Meera's pointless argument.
Treating a patient suffering from Retrograde Amnesia – What would be a more 'sensible' option to help trigger the patient's memory?
Option 1 - Telling him the truth and exposing him (in a controlled / supervised manner) to the events/places/people that he seems to have forgotten.
Option 2 - Setting up an elaborate lie and convincing him about - Events that never happened. Life he never lived. Family that doesn't exist.
Had the intention been to 'trigger' Samar's memory – The doctors could have started off with showing him the 'documentary' that was filmed by Akira. Failing which, they could have given Samar the journal he has kept (in his own handwriting).
Surely these would have a better chance of triggering Samar's memory as opposed to the bullshit they ended up doing.
If one does opt for the second option – clearly the recovery of the patient's memory is NOT the priority. The priority (in this film) was possibly to give some more screen time to Katrina Kaif.
If the
retarded morons film-makers would just use their brains, there could have been a much better way of accomplishing that (more screen time for Katrina) without using this illogical 'twist'.
Beautiful film.
I have read the news article a couple of times, and … I still find it difficult to swallow.
What nonsense! It's not as if the vehicles were commandeered in the course of a pursuit. They need the vehicles for monitoring / observing the state elections!
If the officials need cars, let them get the cars from the rental agencies. Lease them, rent them, buy them. You can't have cops confiscating private vehicles without the consent of the owner.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
For now, BBM Voice is available ONLY over WiFi. No 2G / 3G / 4G support.
THAT time of the month OR another frustrated
bitch wife OR just another crazy Republican??
Err… like the way Anna changes his mind after every other press conference / core group meeting?!? Nautanki saala.
In other news
As if to prove the point that Digvijay Singh was trying to make, Rakhi Sawant responded - "He will now know, what I can do. I am in talks with a lawyer and will definitely drag Singh to the court for insulting a woman. Why don't they concentrate on their work rather than talk about others in a derogatory manner".
I am not a fan of the politician, but I think Singh's tweet was pretty cool / funny.
BTW, I missed out on the TOI typo - Screenshot below:
Mustafa Zaidi…
Vo ahad ahad hi kya jise nibhaao bhi
Humaare vaada-e-ulfat ko bhool jaao bhi
Bhalaa kahaan ke hum aise gumaan vaale hain
Hazaar baar hum aayen humen bulaao bhi
Bigad chalaa hai bahut rasm-e-khudkushi ka chalan
Daraane vaalo kisi roz kar dikhaao bhi
Tumhaari neend mein doobi hui aankhon ki qasam
Humen ye zid hai ki jaago bhi aur jagaao bhi
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
- George Bernard Shaw
The price – USD 1,130 for the Silver edition, or USD 1,990 for the Gold edition [Link].
What a waste…
Just wanted to point out that the poster is err… inspired.
About the film – Waste of time. The plot is… nothing much to talk about, really. The film is rubbish and the execution is pathetic.
Kareena 'can't act' Kapoor is her usual talentless self. I don't even think she is good looking. Nope, not even average. I find her ugly. But there are plenty who don't, so they can watch her pathetic attempt at 'dancing' while they listen to the horrid Halkat Jawaani item song (Thuuu… Some people have no taste).
Message for Madhur Bhandarkar – Phir puraani wahi kahaani… Same shit story, same crappy treatment, same nonsense, same gay/bisexual characters.
Seriously mate, have you ever interacted with a gay individual? This may come as a shock to you, but it is not a necessity for every gay man to behave like Karan Johar. Not every fashion designer / stylist is gay. And having a limp wrist is NOT a pre-requisite for being gay.
Why bother making films? You should consider working with Ekta Kapoor and churning out same crappy Star Plus soap episodes, day after day. And when you finally have a good story / plot – THEN make a film.
I have been trying really hard - for a few years now, to avoid putting up crap like this. But… just can't help it anymore. So here goes:
This was posted on a forum yesterday:
Not to put too fine a point on it, but… you were there. Did YOU get out and intervene?
It's not like YOU did anything about it. Other than sit and watch the 'live action'.
Perhaps I should give you the benefit of doubt.
Perhaps it wasn't your intent to highlight the 'no one gives a damn' or the 'why should I bother' attitude of the people. Perhaps you weren't criticising the attitude of the other motorists who did not jump to help the sparring parties or intervene to solve the problem. Perhaps you honestly just wanted to give an account of what you witnessed. Perhaps…
The primary reason for me not being able to extend the benefit of doubt to you is - THIS ISN'T the first time you have said or done something like this. I DO know you. We have interacted personally. I HAVE been reading your posts for YEARS now. I KNOW EXACTLY what you intended to highlight towards the end of that post.
Seriously mate, this is NOT cool. Stop it.
Dikhaawon pe mat jaao. Apni akal ladaao.
cunts Panchayat is of the opinion that a girl and a boy can get connected / involved via mobiles and that may lead to unnecessary problems for the family.
For a second, let us all believe that there is absolutely no other way / medium through which a boy and girl may be able to get 'connected / involved'. Now my question to the 'elders' of Bhandarez is - Why prohibit just the girls from using mobile phones? Why not prohibit the boys as well??
Wouldn't it be 'ultimately for good' if the mobiles were taken away from the boys as well?
Bharat maata ki… (for the ones who want to make an issue over that phrase - its a song, you fucking retard).
Duniya mein chutiyon ki kammi nahin hai.
Absolute rubbish!
Himesh Reshammiya should not be allowed to sing… ANYTHING.. EVER AGAIN!
Anyone who wants to contest that statement should first try listening to Sari Sari Raat. Here is the thing – with a decent singer… scratch that - with an average singer – perhaps this song could have been tolerable. Even hummable. Himesh has raped this song. Fucked it up real bad. Beyond repair.
Hookah Bar - Which idiot composed this song?! Who the hell penned such idiotic lyrics?! Tera pyaar – hookah bar (wtf yaar?!!!).
Complicates the US Presidential Race?! IS THAT really the primary concern?? I am pretty sure the devastation caused by the storm - and its potential to cause further devastation -deserves a much higher priority than its effect on the presidential campaign. Even the President has termed it a 'Major Disaster' and he isn't referring to his election campaign.
Bak raha hoon junoon mein kya kya kuchch
Kuchch na samjhe khuda kare koi…
Richard Mourdock - YOUR miserable existence is actually a very strong point for everyone to FAVOUR abortion. If your mother had opted for an abortion (when you were conceived), then we all would have been spared from reading your bullshit views.
Perhaps when you get beaten up on the road, your security detail should just step back and say - this is something God intended to happen, and watch you get beaten to
death pulp
Such remarks being made by someone once considered to be a financial genius… rather pathetic.
I really don't see what being poor has to do with being honest. I seriously doubt if any correlation exists or can be proven.
Its not as if the banks are giving them a tough time or being hesitant because they doubt the honesty of the borrower. The bank couldn't care less if the borrower is honest or not. The bank is more concerned about repayment and THAT is the reason for hesitation.
I have so much more to say on this, but can't seem to word it properly. I can't put it down without the risk of being termed an 'elitist'.
Sigh… fucking peasants.
Khumar Barabankvi…
Vahi phir mujhe yaad aane lage hain
Jinhen bhulaane mein zamaane lage hain
Vo hain paas aur yaad aane lage hain
Muhabbat ke hosh ab thikaane lage hain
Sunaa hai humen vo bhulaane lage hain
To kya hum unhen yaad aane lage hain
Hataaye the jo raaste se doston ke
Vo patthar mere ghar mein aane lage hain
Ye kehna tha un se muhabbat hai mujhko
Ye kehne mein mujh ko zamaane lage hain
Qayaamat yaqeenan qarib aa rahi hai
'Khumar' ab to masjid mein jaane lage hain
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
- Winston Churchill
Jaahilon ki kammi nahin hai…
Click on the image for full size picture.
Source: http://blogs.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/2009/03/graffiti-at-the-taj-mahal-so-sad.html
Desecrating? Really? And what about the graffiti the visitors put up on the structure in Agra? Isn't THAT desecration?
The proposed structure is going to be a hotel. Not a time-machine or a teleportation portal. It's similar to buying a miniature replica of the Taj and giving it to your girlfriend. She doesn't expect you to change the course of the Yamuna OR shrink the river to go along with the miniature replica.
Typical. Money money money. Is that all you think about? Here is something for you to think about -
Not enough, want some more?
Does the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces (Owned by Tata) pay royalty to the Taj city for using its brand name? To the best of my knowledge - and with a quick Google search, I couldn't find any evidence that suggests it does.
In all honesty, it was a lazy search. Then again, I am not the one making the ridiculous demand. BUT it would serve your purpose if you could find out whether Taj Group does pay royalty or not. If it doesn't, then ask them to pay. If it does - please cite that and THEN demand a royalty from Taj Dubai.
Suggestion - Think before you
bark speak.
Err… Do you recall the series - Sword of Tipu Sultan? Wasn't that duplication of history artificially (rolls eyes)? How about the re-enactments of the American Civil war?
History is 'artificially duplicated' all the time, you nut case! If you want to give a quote, please make sure you know what you are talking about and use the right phrases.
Hurts our sentiments - Get a new line!
Belittle the original through a fake model - How come you haven't said the same thing for the countless miniature replicas selling away all over the world!? Don't those little fake models 'belittle 5,000 years of Indian excellence'?
Everybody has been doing it for ages. The tourism industry, the film industry, poets, street vendors. And NOW you are deeply hurt?
Dikhaawon pe mat jaao. Apni akal ladaao… Aur iss reporter ko quotes dene waalo - tum sab to doob ke mar jaaao!
I am pretty sure that Rajpal Saini's great grandfather and great great grandfather didn't have one either. It would be safe to assume that their cause of death wasn't cited as 'Not owning a mobile phone'. Extending Mr. Saini's logic - NO ONE should own a mobile phone!
Does anyone want to guess what Rajpal Singh Saini thinks about the Internet?
Ends up waiting for 6 years and 6 months.
Waits for another 6 years.
According to the article, Bombay High Court dissolved the 'marriage' on 11 October 2012. Err… not to put too fine a point on it, but July 2011 to October 2012 - Definitely over 6 months.
There must be some men reading this news article and thinking '23 years! Damn. I guess I will just strangle her now and take my chances with the murder trial'.
Man to friend - Have you ever considered divorcing your wife?
Friend replies - Divorce - No. Murder - Yes!
I am bored and the blog needed an update. Just put this up for the fuck of it. There is a reason why the label for this one is Rambling / Revelations and NOT Think About It.
So all NASA had to do, to ensure the safe return (to earth) of its astronauts was:
In all honesty, I don't see the point (of NASA's space missions or of Felix's jump). With all these people flooding Twitter, the media coverage – there must be something about it (*scratches head… I don't see it, but – there must be something there, right?) I am sure my blog post doesn't matter (to Felix or to anyone else). As I mentioned earlier – I am bored.
The guy was travelling faster than sound – well, if he landed SPLAT on the floor and we could still hear him talking – then PERHAPS I wouldn't contest the claim (nah. Actually I would suggest that there was a lag in the network).
You know what would be really nice? The footage of this jump being used in the next advertisement for Sprite. Voice-over while the Space Jump footage is being played - "This is BULL shit! <Pause> Sprite… Bujhaaye only pyaas. Baaki sab bakwaas".
Thanks Surya…
Swanand Kirkire…
Beautiful song
Just when Ana decided to shut up (boy, did he take his time), we have another 'activist' barking away.
Doesn't this sound like one of those Star News / India TV type bullshit 'exclusives'??
Please note - I am not suggesting that the DLF dealings (referred to by
duffer Shri Kejriwal) are corruption free. For every deal (big or small) favours are extended and expected. It would be highly improbable (not impossible… but definitely improbable) if rules weren't twisted around OR wheels / palms weren't greased to facilitate big deals.
Neither am I suggesting that the Government > DLF > Vadra deal is laced with corruption / commission / consideration / facilitation fee / gifts.
All I want to say is - If Kejriwal does possess evidence to back his statements - there is absolutely no need to build up such a hype and demanding inquiries and investigations WITHOUT presenting the evidence. The clown and his 'demands' would be taken more seriously if he would just provide the evidence at the same time he was barking out those statements. Its just common sense.
The point of this post is NOT to defend Vadra / DLF (as I have mentioned earlier). The point is simply to highlight that Kejriwal is an attention whore.
He may or may not have any evidence. The evidence may or may not be concrete. The only thing that is clear (beyond doubt) is that Kejriwal is seeking (and getting) publicity and the media footage. IF his intention was to bring corrupt officials to justice, he wouldn't have focussed on the hype. He would have presented the evidence while he was barking out those accusations.
Accusations may be proved or thrown out. I just hope that people do see this clown for what he really is.
Dikhaawon pe mat jaao. Apni akal ladaao…
Krishan Bihari Noor...
Zindagi se badi sazaa hi nahin
Aur kya jurm hai pataa hi nahin
Itne hisson mein bat gayaa hoon main
Mere hisse mein kuchch bachcha hi nahin
sach ghate yaa bade to sach na rahe
jhooth ki koi intehaa hi nahin
jad do chaandi mein chaahe sone mein
aainaa jhooth bolta hi nahin
Have been busy, stressed out, worked up, pissed off…
Tend to get that way when I can't find a solution for a problem. It gets significantly worse when there are multiple issues. In my (failed) attempts to find time for every one, I now have no time for myself.
Itne hisson mein bat gayaa hoon main,
Mere hisse mein kuchch bachcha hi nahin.
Crap. Waste of time. Don't watch.
I am not trying to be difficult. This is a genuine question - How will Mr. X manage to get any sleep when everyone around Mr. X is:
This 'pillow' could also result in a Social Networking outage. Can you imagine the congestion on networking sites like Twitter / FaceBook, because of the flood of mobile pics being uploaded with the caption 'Retard'!
Err… How is this 'News' related to Tech or Internet??
I know she was working for Google. I also know that she is now working for Yahoo. Does that mean that EVERYTHING happening in her life will qualify as Tech News??
Done with the first 10 episodes.
An FBI agent discussing cases with his wife could be tolerated (perhaps). BUT - Involving her in active investigations? Taking her along for stake-outs?? Wouldn't it have been easier (and believable) to just have Elizabeth Burke (Tiffani Thiessen) working for the FBI instead of being an Event Planner??
That is just one of the problems I have with the show. There is plenty more. For instance - 'Six years ago, Neal and I exchanged pagers'. Yes, the Pager thing being a warning sign and all that was a bit far fetched. But what really had me chuckling was - it didn't take much for Ellen (Judith Ivey) to give up the information on Neal (Matt Bomer). That was REALLY idiotic.
There are plenty of 'Yeah, right!' moments in most of the episodes - but it WAS watchable, until Sam Phelps (Treat Williams) makes an appearance with his set of conditions and paranoia. That makes Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) and Neal even more paranoid than they already were. Some of the behaviour exhibited is absolutely childish.
Why bother getting new characters and new twists? Would be nice if the writers could just focus on coming up with better plots for the episodes. How about some effort in reducing the number of sequences that has one rolling one's eyes? A new character, who turns out to be Neal's father?! Is this a Star Plus Soap Opera??
Not interested in continuing with this series.
One less label for my blog. This is being clubbed with the TV label.
Honestly, wasn't expecting much out of Part 2. Part 1 was good. Surprisingly, Part 2 was even better.
Considering the running time of the film(s), I found them evenly paced. I may not have been at the edge of my seat, but I was definitely not bored. Not once.
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When the 16 best teams in African football assemble in South Africa for the finals of the 29th CAF Africa Cup of Nations in January next year, some very big name-players will be missing - none bigger than Samuel Eto'o. The iconic striker was denied a seventh participation at the showpiece of African football by an unheralded Cape Verde Islands, who edged out the Indomitable Lions 3-2 on aggregate over two legs in the final round of qualifying.
Although Cape Verde midfielder Odair Fortes was injured in the 2-0 first leg win in Praia and so missed the 2-1 defeat in Yaounde, the Stade de Reims player has been a regular for the team since first being capped in 2010 and seems likely to be a starter as the Blue Sharks embark on their first-ever appearance at the AFCON finals. FIFA.com caught up with the 25-year-old and asked him about the upsurge in footballing fortunes of the former Portuguese colony. Fortes believes the team plays a fast, fluid game. "We are very robust in defence and quick and opportunistic in attack. For those reasons, we are good at counter-attacking."
However, he adds that they do not always sit back to simply allow the opponents to dictate the game. This was apparent in the return leg against Cameroon. The home side needed to score at least twice to stay in contention, but the Blue Sharks stunned the crowd with an early goal from the team's 2012 qualifying top-scorer, Maritimo striker Heldon Nhuck Ramos. "I think we also have skills enough to take the game to our opponents. This team is a good mix of generations. Our captain, Fernando Neves (Nando) is 34, but he is enthusiastic as if he was still 20. We have good players from Portuguese and Eastern European clubs, and also Ryan Mendes [of Lille], who is very promising."
I believe that, with the exception of Côte d'Ivoire, no team in Africa is stronger than we are at the moment.
The team missed out on goal-difference to Mali for a place at the 2012 AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and Fortes said the mood has been high since then. "We started believing in ourselves when we beat Mali in our first qualifier for 2012. This gave us a lot of confidence. Though we eventually did not make it to the finals, we knew it was not an impossible dream to qualify for future tournaments."
For Fortes and his team-mates, the reward for hard work came at the end of the 90 minutes in Yaounde. "It is a dream come true. When I was a kid and teenager, everyone in Cape Verde used to support Senegal, which is very close. Now I hope everyone in [eliminated] Senegal will support the Blue Sharks! Though we qualified, we remain highly motivated. We will be in South Africa to win the tournament. I believe that, with the exception of Côte d'Ivoire, no team in Africa is stronger than we are at the moment."
Learning to play on the streets of Praia
Like many African footballers, Fortes started playing the game on the streets. "I played on the streets of the capital Praia. But I was also very keen on futsal, which is very popular in Cape Verde. It helped me improve my skills, and gain in pace and dribbling abilities. My favourite player has always been the great Brazilian Ronaldinho, and I looked up to him as a youngster."
In order to better his chances of playing professional football, Fortes travelled to France with his uncle in 2004, when he was 17. After playing for UJA Alfortville in the French fifth division, he signed for Stade de Reims and has been with them for the last four years. His first international cap came in 2010, when he played in a friendly in Portugal against Guinea-Bissau. "Even before that time I had been in contact with the new staff of the national team, lead by coach Lucio Antunes. I said yes, of course. I have always been called up since then, except of course when I was injured."
Fortes, who plays as a winger, credits the 46-year-old Antunes with Cape Verde's improvement and the collective strength of the team, which is surprising as the Blue Sharks draw players from many different countries, many of whom were not born in the central Atlantic Ocean island country. "It is due to the work of the coach. We, the players, do not know each other very well. Despite that, we are very strong as a team. We must pay tribute to the coach for this achievement," Fortes explained.
Antunes will now lead the team into their first-ever appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations and if the team can play as well as they did over the two legs against Cameroon, it could well be that the elimination of the Indomitable Lions is not the only shock they are involved in.

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Here's Goeun's article, for critique on October 1st:
And I would like to highlight one more thing:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE use one of the following formats: .rtf, .doc
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT use one of the following formats: .hwp, .docx
I don't understand why, after discussing this not only in our class but in many other classes, for years on end, people are still sending me files in the latter formats.
Why .HWP format should not be used for this class:
Nobody outside of Korea uses .hwp format files, nor can they read them. Most non-Koreans in Korea also prefer not to use .hwp format files, since the software is inferior for writing in English.
Why .DOCX format should not be used for this class:
The .doc format is standard, and the .docx format is the new version of .doc. Eventually, .docx will probably become the standard. However, that has not yet happened for a number of reasons:
By the way, in the bigger picture this is why so much of the Korean Internet is useless to non-Koreans. Requiring users to have Windows XP (sometimes only a Korean-language version), Internet Explorer (because of the overuse of ActiveX controls that even Microsoft doesn't support anymore), and a 주민등록번호¸ are all ways of ensuring that people outside Korea will use a different website to order their products or get their information, instead of ordering it from Korea. By contrast, as long as you can read English, you can use Amazon.com's website: any OS, any browser, and any nationality can order from Amazon. Amazon wants everyone's business — including people in Bangladesh and Morocco. And they are, more and more, getting it!
So using open formats also makes good sense in terms of popularizing your culture, in terms of the economy, in terms of trade and export, and more. If globalization and IT are at all connected — and of course they are — then at the core is the importance of accessibility!
Use Accessible Formats
This is the real reason the rest of the planet is using .rtf or .doc: it makes files easy to open and read.
If you send a file to your University instructor, he or she will probably ask you to send it again. In the business world, however, they might decide you're incompetent and it could cost your company a contract. You might miss a deadline since an unopenable file is as useful as no file at all. If you're submitting files to foreign institutions like universities or schools and they cannot open the file, they may not contact you to re-submit, especially if there are many applicants: your application or submission might never be considered. In other words, using inaccessible formats is just a way of making sure your work isn't read, and is a very bad way of interfacing with the world.
On the other hand, using universally accessible formats will allow others to access your files. It doesn't guarantee that people will read your work, but at least it removes all the barriers that come with inacessible formats. It means people can read your work if they want to… and maybe more people want to than you think!
As well, it minimizes the chances of problems like Eunsuk's article title being lost in file conversion.
Open formats are also good netiquette: it is more considerate to think about whether your recipient can actually open the file you are sending or posting for download. This is why all the files I provide on this site are in .PDF format, for example.
So when you are mailing files to Koreans who haven't specified a file format, feel free to use .hwp. After all, .hwp is the standard format inside Korea.
If you prefer to use .docx, ask the person you're sending a file to whether it's an acceptable format.
But otherwise, or when in doubt, always send the file in a universally accessible format.If you don't know how to save a file from your word processor in an alternate format, learn how. Look in the FILE menu, there's usually a SAVE AS or EXPORT option available. Use the HELP menu if you can't figure it out.
Like good formatting, accessibility is simply basic for a writer.
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Beta Ursae Minoris
|Observation data
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
|Ursa Minor
|Right ascension
|14h 50m 42.32580s[1]
|+74° 09′ 19.8142″[1]
|Apparent magnitude (V)
|Spectral type
|U−B color index
|B−V color index
|Radial velocity (Rv)
|+16.96[4] km/s
|Proper motion (μ)
| RA: −32.61[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +11.42[1] mas/yr
|Parallax (π)
|24.91 ± 0.12[1] mas
|130.9 ± 0.6 ly
(40.1 ± 0.2 pc)
|Absolute magnitude (MV)
|Surface gravity (log g)
|1.83[7] cgs
|Metallicity [Fe/H]
|–0.29[7] dex
|Rotational velocity (v sin i)
|8[8] km/s
|Other designations
|Database references
Beta Ursae Minoris (β Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Beta UMi, β UMi), formally named Kochab /ˈkoʊkæb/,[10][11] is the brightest star in the bowl of the Little Dipper asterism (which is part of the constellation of Ursa Minor), and only slightly fainter than Polaris, the northern pole star and brightest star in Ursa Minor. Kochab is 16 degrees from Polaris and has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.08.[2] The distance to this star from the Sun can be deduced from the parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, yielding a value of 130.9 light-years (40.1 parsecs).[1]
Amateur astronomers can use Kochab as a very precise guide for setting up a telescope, as the celestial north pole is located 43 arcminutes away from Polaris, very close to the line connecting Polaris with Kochab.[12]
β Ursae Minoris (Latinised to Beta Ursae Minoris) is the star's Bayer designation.
It bore the traditional name Kochab which appeared in the Renaissance and its meaning is uncertain. It may be from Arabic الكوكب al-kawkab or Hebrew כוכב kōkhāv, both of which mean 'star', or more likely derived from Alrucaba or Rucaba, a name applied to Theta Ursae Majoris.[13] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[14] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[15] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Kochab for this star.
In Chinese, 北極 (Běi Jí), meaning North Pole, refers to an asterism consisting of Beta Ursae Minoris, Gamma Ursae Minoris, 5 Ursae Minoris, 4 Ursae Minoris and Σ 1694.[16] Consequently, the Chinese name for Beta Ursae Minoris itself is 北極二 (Běi Jí èr, English: the Second Star of North Pole.),[17] representing 帝 (Dì), meaning Emperor.[18]
This is a giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III.[3] It is 130 times more luminous than the Sun. Kochab has reached a state in its evolution where the outer envelope has expanded to 42[7] times the girth of the Sun. This enlarged atmosphere is radiating 390[7] times as much luminosity as the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,030 K.[7] This heat gives the star the orange-hued glow of a K-type star.[19]
By modelling this star based upon evolutionary tracks, the mass of this star can be estimated as 2.2 ± 0.3 that of the Sun. A mass estimate using the interferometrically-measured radius of this star and its spectroscopically-determined surface gravity yields 2.5 ± 0.9 solar masses.[6] The star is known to undergo periodic variations in luminosity over roughly 4.6 days, with the astroseismic frequencies depending sensitively on the star's mass. From this, a much lower mass estimate of 1.3 ± 0.3 solar is reached.[6]
As the pole star[edit]
From around 2500 BCE, as Thuban became less and less aligned with the celestial north, Kochab became one pillar of the circumpolar stars first with Mizar, a star in the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), and later with Pherkad (in Ursa Minor).[20] In fact, circa the year 2467 BCE, the true north was best observed by drawing a plumb line between Mizar and Kochab, a fact with which the ancient Egyptians were well acquainted as they aligned the great Pyramid of Giza with it.[20] This cycle of the succession of pole stars occurs due to the precession of the equinoxes. Kochab and Mizar were referred to by Ancient Egyptian astronomers as "The Indestructibles" lighting the North.[20] As precession continues, by the year 1100 BCE Kochab is within roughly 7° of the northern celestial pole, with old references over emphasizing this near pass by mentioning Beta Ursae Minoris as "Polaris",[21] relating it to the current pole star, Polaris, which is slightly brighter and will have a much closer alignment of less than 0.5° by 2100 AD.[22]
This change in the identity of the pole stars is a result of Earth's precessional motion. After 2000 BCE, Kochab and a new star, its neighbor Pherkad, were closer to the pole and together served as twin pole stars, circling the North Pole, from around 1700 BCE until just after 300 AD. Neither star was as proximitous to the celestial north pole as Polaris is now.[23] Today, they are sometimes referred to as the "Guardians of the Pole."[23]
Planetary companion[edit]
Estimated to be around 2.95 billion years old, give or take 1 billion years, Kochab was announced to have a planetary companion around 6.1 times as massive as Jupiter with an orbit of 522 days.[24]
(in order from star)
|Semimajor axis
|Orbital period
|1.4 ± 0.1
|522.3 ± 2.7
|0.19 ± 0.02
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- ^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99), Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J
- ^ a b Morgan, W. W.; Keenan, P. C. (1973), "Spectral Classification", Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11: 29, Bibcode:1973ARA&A..11...29M, doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.11.090173.000333
- ^ Famaey, B.; et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 430: 165–186, arXiv:astro-ph/0409579, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272
- ^ Park, Sunkyung; et al. (2013), "Wilson-Bappu Effect: Extended to Surface Gravity", The Astronomical Journal, 146 (4): 73, arXiv:1307.0592, Bibcode:2013AJ....146...73P, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/73.
- ^ a b c Tarrant, N. J.; et al. (June 2008), "Oscillations in ß Ursae Minoris. Observations with SMEI", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 483 (3): L43–L46, arXiv:0804.3253, Bibcode:2008A&A...483L..43T, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809738
- ^ a b c d e f g h Piau, L.; et al. (February 2011), "Surface convection and red-giant radius measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 526: A100, arXiv:1010.3649, Bibcode:2011A&A...526A.100P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014442
- ^ Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970), "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities", Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago, 239 (1), Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B
- ^ "KOCHAB -- Variable Star", SIMBAD, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2012-01-11
- ^ Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
- ^ "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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- ^ (in Chinese)北極 (星官)
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- ^ Lee, B.-C.; Han, I.; Park, M.-G.; Mkrtichian, D.E.; Hatzes, A.P.; Kim, K.-M. (2014). "Planetary Companions in K giants β Cancri, μ Leonis, and β Ursae Minoris". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 566: 7. arXiv:1405.2127. Bibcode:2014A&A...566A..67L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322608. A67.
- ^ Schneider, Jean. "Notes on Planet beta Umi b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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The rise of Digital Currency is making its rounds in the Global Market. Financial institutions and other private companies are starting to get into the Cryptocurrency hype.
Digital Currency will surely create massive changes in the business sector. This will create a stronger and healthier relationship between the consumers and companies.
The lower transaction costs remain to be the top benefit consumers will experience.
Another great news that we heard is that traditional companies from different countries are now starting to see the benefits in using digital currencies.
A leading computing hardware in Iran made the wise decision to accept Bitcoins in their business.
Lioncomputer is an Iranian computing hardware company that has been operating since 2013. Yasser Ahmadi of Lioncomputer told news.Bitcoin.com that Lioncomputer has sought to actively engage with the Iranian bitcoin mining community, stating that the company "has supported miners through mining forums and provid[ed] them with the latest mining hardware." Mr. Ahmadi claims that Lioncomputing has been "the biggest online hardware shopping website in Iran [since] 2013."
Lioncomputer Is One of Few Merchants Accepting Bitcoin in Iran
According to Mr. Ahmadi, import sanctions have made it difficult for Iranian miners to keep up with technological innovation in the mining industry. Mr. Ahmadi states that "there's very little use of ASIC miners… here in Iran. Because of import difficulties and the price of the ASIC miners, most miners are using GPU. Mr. Ahmadi claims that Lioncomputer "supplies around 90% of the hardware used in the [Iranian] mining market."
Mr. Ahmadi described that the lack of goods available for purchase with bitcoin in Iran as the primary inspiration for Lioncomputer's decision to accept bitcoin payments. Mr. Ahmadi told news.Bitcoin.com "as miners were looking for a way to spend their bitcoins and there was nowhere to spend it in Iran at all, Lioncomputer decided to accept bitcoin."
Iranian State Representatives Are Expected to Attend an Upcoming Bitcoin and Blockchain Event
On October 17, Iran's national library conference hall is scheduled to host BTCday, an event held by Lioncomputer which is designed to promote bitcoin and distributed ledger technology. Mr. Ahmadi says that the event hopes to make blockchain and cryptocurrency more accessible through facilitating opportunities for ordinary Iranians to explore distributed ledger and cryptocurrency technology. Mr. Ahmadi adds that the response to the event has surpassed his expectations, stating that "tickets were all sold out within 72 hours, and we are still having ticket requests from people and companies." Mr. Ahmadi states that there will be "700 participants [at the] event, 500 in the conference hall and 200 viewers online."
Mr. Ahmadi states that "central bank representatives, governmental and personal organizations, as well as Iranian cyber-police", are expected to attend the event. BTCday is expected to address a wide range of topics relevant to cryptocurrency, including bitcoin's history, mining, ICOs, legal issues, and trading basics.
Iran's Economic Sanctions Have Long Been Seen by Many as a Likely Catalyst for Increased Bitcoin Adoption
With the sanctions severely limiting the economic opportunities available to Iranian businesses and citizens, bitcoin's fluidity and borderless nature have been expected to attract the interest of Iranians.
One example of bitcoin's potential use-cases in Iran is that of Iranian investment firm, Brave New World Investments (BNWI), who, earlier this year, successfully incorporated in Sweden despite failing to possess a bank account. BNWI used bitcoin as a means to prove the company's liquidity, thus bypassing sanctions in Iran. Madeleine Idvardsson, of the Swedish Companies Registration Office, told media "we examined whether it would be possible to use bitcoin as a non-cash property, and we found that it would be possible."
In June, Iran's National Center of Cyberspace (NCC) announced that it had drafted a proposal for virtual currency legislation, claiming that the regulations were expected to be passed by the High Council on Cyberspace within the next four months. Iranian English-language media organization, The Financial Tribune, stated that "the widening use of digital currency, specifically bitcoin, in recent years has prompted officials to implement regulatory measures," suggesting that an increase in Iranian bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption had comprised the catalyst for the development of the regulatory draft proposal.


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In Festival, a comedy about the Edinburgh Festival, we get to know a lot of characters. Faith gets off a bus and starts handing out leaflets for her one-woman show. Sean, a famous comedian, is incredibly rude to a radio journalist, live on air. Micheline, a posh Edinburgh housewife, rents out her enormous flat to an experimental theatre group from Canada. She can't help spying on them from the close. At their house in the country, her husband and baby are waiting for her.
Joan, the radio journalist, wants to sleep with the charming Irish comedian Tommy. Does he really like her or does he just want five stars this year? Will the alcoholic PA Petra go off the wagon after a row with her horrible boss Sean? Will the Comedy Award jury ever agree on a shortlist? Who is that beautiful girl comic Nicky flirting with now?
Who will get an audience? Who will win an award? Who will find love, who is really talented and who will be the Next Big Thing?
Festival is about that strange month of August when the whole world comes to Scotland to perform, to watch and to drink, and every show promises to be better than the last one. For one month a year, for some people, Edinburgh becomes the centre of the universe.
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- 2005
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 107 mins
- Format
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- Director
- Annie Griffin 1st Feature
- Producer
- Robert Jones, Tessa Ross, Anita Cox
- Editor
- William Webb
- Screenwriter
- Annie Griffin
- Director of Photography
- Danny Cohen
- Sound
- Peter Brill
- Principal Cast
- Amelia Bulmore, Billy Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Megan Dodds, Duncan Duff, Jonah Lotan, Meredith Macneill, Stephen Mangan, Lyndsey Marshall, Stuart Milligan, Daniela Nardini, Chris O' Dowd, Deirdre O' Kane, Dorothy Paul, Lucy Punch, Clive Russell
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Clos Malverne MCC Ellie 2011
By Christian Eedes, 22 November 2013
"White makes you think of silly things, red wine makes you talk of silly things but bubbly makes you do silly things," says Suzanne Coetzee, winemaker at Clos Malverne in Stellenbosch.
Nothing too silly happened at the launch of the first ever Clos Malverne Méthode Cap Classique. Called Ellie in honour of the mother of Sophia Pritchard, wife of Seymour, who together own the property, the wine is a rosé from 100% Shiraz.
Pale copper in colour, it shows surprisingly pure fruit despite two and a half years on the lees. Clean and correct with a fine mousse, bright acidity and a nicely dry finish. Perfectly likeable but I thought the R178 a bottle asking price was a bit steep.
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We received an email from Jakarta. It was from a family that had called in to Ocean Leisure Cameras while on their way to take their daughter to boarding school in Shrewsbury. It seems they don't have departments in Indonesian stores like Ocean Leisure Cameras so they wanted to get equipped with an underwater photography outfit to take home with them.
Their message to us on returning home was that the results from the photography set-up we had suggested and supplied them with had exceeded their expectations in every way. They were very happy indeed. In fact happy enough to write to us to tell us.
So what did we sell them? The lady of the family wanted a camera that she could use in a fully automatic mode and was not going to be an imposition to carry on a dive with her. It appeared that cost was no object provided the camera and accessories would do what she wanted without her needing to develop much in the way of photography skills.
The Canon G7X is a compact camera that employs a sensor that is among the biggest available in its class. This means it produces high quality files even when light levels are low and it can be set up for one button white-balance operation. An alternative might have been the Sony RX100.
We combined this with a high quality Nauticam housing. The lady and gentleman in question liked the idea of fitting a vacuum leak-test system because it takes away the stress of wondering if the housing has been closed up properly and won't leak. The green light indicating this is very comforting.
The lady expressed an interest in photographing whale sharks and we explained that the less water she had between the camera and her subject, the clearer her pictures would be. We supplied an i-Das UWL fish-eye lens that can be fitted directly to the front of the Nauticam housing via a 67mm adapter. This lens will allow her to get as close as possible and still include all of a whale shark in the picture. However we pointed out how the G7X needs to be used in conjunction with a short port and the zoom locked off by means of the lock on the Nauticam's zoom lever to stop it accidentally being zoomed forward.
At the same time, since they lived in Indonesia and were conveniently sited to visit its well-known macro dive sites where all manner of strange critters live, we suggested an AOI +12 dioptre macro lens. This too screws directly to the front of the housing.
As for lighting, our suggestion that a Sea & Sea YS-D1 would be a good idea was met with the request to buy two since the gentleman of the family thought they would eventually progress to a double flash set up and getting an matching flashgun later in Jakarta might be virtually impossible. We were happy to oblige and provided a tray and arms with one-inch-ball mounting system.
Of course this Indonesian family had an extensive budget but don't be put off by the cost. You could get equally satisfying results based on the economic Fuji XQ1 package that pairs the camera with a proprietary plastic housing, despite it being at an entry-level price. Be adding a lens mount base, this camera can be paired with the exact same auxiliary lenses and you don't need to have the top-of-the-range flashgun.
If you want something in a price range between the two, what about the Olympus TG4? Its housing can too be combined with the lenses we mention (using a step-down adapter ring for the i-Das UWL fish-eye lens) and it confers the added advantage that the camera alone is water-tight to 15-metres deep so that takes a lot of pressure off the worry that you might not have closed up the housing correctly.
However much or little your budget may be, we want you to go away with the equipment most suitable for your needs and that fits your budget. Come in to the store and discuss it with our knowledgable people. We take pleasure in making you pleased!


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[T]he workshop was originally asked to address the concept of carrying capacity as a possible framework within which to consider the burgeoning human population of the Earth. Carrying capacity, a concept originated in animal ecology, refers to the maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, to which it is able to provide an appropriate supply of food, water, habitat, and other natural resources. However, to some workshop participants, the concept of carrying capacity did not seem to be a useful framework for human populations and sustainability. In other words, although carrying capacity was expected to be a recurring theme of this workshop, it was not. Turner [Billie Turner of Arizona State University] noted that the more built up the environment is, the more difficult it becomes to apply the concept of carrying capacity, which assumes natural limitations (such as disease or starvation through drought) on animal species that are not technologically countered by that species. Because the human species manipulates and converts its habitat and can counter the natural limits on its population (such as by vaccinating for disease or providing emergency food to drought-struck areas), the conceptual basis of carrying capacity breaks down when considering people. Turner stated that carrying capacity should be only a heuristic device, and he cautioned against calculating specific values for the human-environment system. He stated that carrying capacity has been "largely abandoned" in the social and policy sciences.I know and respect Billie Turner, but I think he's wrong about this. Carrying capacity continues to be a key concept for helping the public understand the relationship between population growth and the earth's resources. Indeed, Turner used the concept himself in his own workshop presentation.
This blog is intended to go along with Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, by John R. Weeks, published by Cengage Learning. The latest edition is the 13th (it will be out in January 2020), but this blog is meant to complement any edition of the book by showing the way in which demographic issues are regularly in the news.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
The National Academies Press has just published a report of a workshop held in October of 2013 with the provocative title of Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People? [Note, btw, that you can download a free PDF copy of all NAP volumes.] Spoiler alert: the question is not answered! Rather, there are summaries of the workshop presentations that provide a lot of information that you, the reader/policy planner, can use in coming to your own decision. Most of the volume will be familiar to readers of Chapter 11 of my text, but of course there is a lot of useful detail and varying perspectives on the issues of population, environment, and climate change, among other things. One of the comments in the report struck me, though, as being a disservice to readers:
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Many celebrities have been targeted by rumors, and certainly Mary-Louise Parker is one of them. What kind of rumor we are talking about? Well, since Hollywood is a land where rumor about plastic surgery could become hot commodity to sell, then we will try to connect plastic surgery and Mary-Louise Parker altogether. This rumor was firstly sourced from – as usual – television. Some fans spotted her on TV and saw her with few wrinkles. Suddenly they call out that Parker has had plastic surgery. Well to tell you the truth, her face appears to be youthful and smooth as well. It is probable that Parker has had laser treatments and Botox injection.
Mary-Louise Parker was born in August 2, 1964. Public recognize her from a television series Weeds, produced by Showtime, in which Parker playing Nancy Batwin. She has appeared in several more series and films such as Angels in America, the West Wing, and Boys on the Side, Tomatoes, Fried Green, RED and RED 2. She received the 2006 Golden Globe Award for best actress. She has also received another Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for best supporting actress in Angels in America. She has also earned the 2001 Tony Award for best actress. Have been in acting for more than two decades, Mary-Louise Parker is truly one of public figure that deserves attention.
Like we have stated earlier, rumors concerning Parker was nothing but itself. She didn't admit it and so she didn't deny it as well. However, she looks good at her age, this is why we would like to speculate that she has had laser skin rejuvenation, which helps her maintain youthful vitality and look. In addition to laser treatment, she was probably having Botox, which in essence enable her to be free of wrinkle and maintain youthful appearance.


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A Nurse Breaks the Silence after Getting Insulted and Explains What Her Job Is All About
Posted on Oct 31, 2016
Most of the time, doctors are the only people who get the public's praises and enjoy the fame of the spotlight. But what about the nurses? How vital their job actually is, and how important they are for the proper tending of patients, remains untalked about most of the time. One nurse by the name of Caitlin Brassington decided to end this injustice and opened up about the true face of her profession.
1. A Harsh Comment
The whole confession was jumpstarted by an unpleasant experience Caitlin had with one of her acquaintances - "On the way home today I stopped at the shop for milk and saw an acquaintance. She has never seen me in uniform and said that she didn't (realize) I was 'just a nurse'."


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I was euphoric after my conversation with Lynne. I couldn't sit still. I couldn't stop thinking about it. We talked about courage, peacemaking, limits, and facing our mountains. We talked about asking God to show us what is "ours to do." We talked about her recent climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, and why she did it. We talked about why she's passionate about entering war zones, and what she feels the invitation for the 21st century church is.
There are so many great invitations in this one. Lynne and I have known each other for about three years, but this is the first time we've sat down face-to-face to talk, and I am thrilled to share it with you. I felt like we could have gone on for hours.
How to support the local church in Jordan who is on the ground helping Syrian Refugees:
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The Preemptive Love Coalition. Preemptive Love is a global movement of peacemakers changing the way the world engages polarizing conflict by confronting fear with acts of love.
Questscope. Putting the last, first. Responding to children in crisis. Serving Syria. Transforming the future of vulnerable youth and communities.
World Vision. Building a better world for children.
World Relief. World Relief is a global non-profit that serves the most vulnerable people across the world.
One Million Thumbprints. Grassroots peace for women who experience violence in war.
The Global Immersion Project. The Global Immersion Project cultivates everyday
peacemakers through immersion in global conflict.
Nice Girls Don't Change the World, by Lynne Hybels
Becoming Human, by Jean Vanier
Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Christian Palestinian Working for Peace in Israel by Elias Chacour
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tough Questions, Direct Answers (Skeptics Guide), by Dale Hanson Bourke


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City Hall Crowd Rules
The city hall website specifically states that the maximum number of guests allowed at standard civil ceremonies is 6. The rules go on to explain that if you DO bring more than 6, city hall reserves the right to have them removed from the building. The rules also talk about your guests being a nuisance and disrupting city hall business. Everyone seems to know that this rule is not enforced so people often bring large numbers of guests to city hall weddings. I recently photographed a wedding where the couple brought close to 30 guests including bridesmaids and groomsmen. The guest were loud and didn't really care about anyone else including the other weddings going on. In fact, they had a guy who played a trumpet when the couple came out of the clerk's office.
So the question is, should you as an engaged couple violate the rules and invite anyone you want and as many people as you want? My opinion is that couples getting married at San Francisco city hall should, at the very least, respect the spirit behind the rule. So if you are going to go over the 6 guests, don't go way over. Talk to your guests about not being disruptive and make sure they understand that others are getting married at the same time. If every couple brought 25 guests the place would be a mad house. The rules are there for a reason, to try to keep the environment safe and quiet.
Reserved Ceremony Option
So what do you do if you have a large crowd but still want to get married at SF City Hall? Contact the Events Department and talk to them about reserving a space to have your city hall ceremony. It only costs around $1,000 and you get to have all nice section of city hall all to yourself. They even give you 2 choices. You can have your nuptials on the Mayors Balcony or The 4th Floor North Gallery. Both locations are exceptionally beautiful and provides plenty of room for the couple and their guests. You can seat up to 60 people on the 4th floor and up to 40 at the Mayors Balcony. If you bring more guests than those numbers, the remaining guests can stand. They also rope of the area to keep others out which provides your wedding a certain amount of privacy.
Keep in mind these types of options before you decide to bring your whole family and friends to a small civil ceremony. It will make your special day more enjoyable for you and your guests!


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The gift and curse of the Bean Creek Community is its small size. These days, residents question if there are even 50 residents left.
Dorsey, Nicely, Jarrett and Richardson are family names you'll hear called up and down Bean Creek Road, the community's main thoroughfare.
With a community that small, it's no surprise many of the families share common memories of church picnics and community baseball games.
They also have other less pleasant things in common: The ability to trace their ancestry to ledgers keeping score of which black slave belonged to which slave owner. In later years, those ledgers kept track of which black sharecropper was indebted and bound by contract to white property owners.
It's a part of history that some people in the area would just as soon forget and not talk about.
"When I posed the first question about slavery, someone said, 'You not from around here, are you,'" said Caroline Crittenden, project coordinator of the African American Heritage Site at the Sautee Nacoochee Center.
Some would argue that you should leave well enough alone. Others counter that you can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been.
These particular stories may belong to the people of Bean Creek, but they're not unique to the area. Slavery and segregation are a part of America's history.
A hurtful past
As she relaxes in her tan recliner, Lena Dorsey has a clear view of the Bean Creek Community.
It's a close-knit neighborhood that she's called home for all of her 76 years, as did her mother and father.
"Mom would walk over to (Sautee Nacoochee) to go work on the farm. Her and my daddy," said Dorsey, who is known as the "blind matriarch of Bean Creek."
"Wasn't nothing else to do but to work on somebody's farm. They worked till they got through, wasn't no set hours.
"They had some pretty hard times, but my granny and them had a really, really hard time."
Why were times so hard for her grandmother? The answer is simple, if unpleasant: She knew all too well the harsh realities of slavery.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation technically freed enslaved blacks in 1863 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was meant to end racial discrimination, the residents of Bean Creek can attest that change is sometimes a slow and painful process.
"In order to subsist, the recently freed black people had to come into all kinds of agreements that weren't in their favor," Crittenden said.
To Dorsey's recollection, her parents never received an actual wage for their work.
"Wasn't no fair wage. Sometimes all they got paid was a bunch of (newspapers)," Dorsey remembers.
"Since they worked on the farm, I can say they kept us with food. That's the most we got out of it. I never went to bed hungry, but I can't say that I wasn't barefooted."
Even in the 1960s, family member Lawrence Dorsey says the exploitation of blacks for labor continued.
"A man would drive by in a truck and tell us to get in. We would work all day and not get paid," Lawrence Dorsey said.
"Sometimes we got a stack of newspapers and sometimes we got a sack of potatoes or something. We growed our own potatoes, we didn't need theirs. We was expecting to get paid."
And while logic would dictate avoiding such work, refusing to get in the truck carried an even worse fate.
"There could be consequences," Crittenden said. "You could be charged with vagrancy or some other trumped-up charge and go to prison, then be leased out. So you may have been better off to get in the truck.
"I don't know that it happened here, but I know that it happened all over the South."
Reminders still standing
Though slavery ended nearly 150 years ago, fragments of its impact remain.
The Old White County Courthouse sits in the center of downtown Cleveland and is used as a community meeting place. In 1970, the red brick building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
In the mid 1800s, it was constructed using the free labor of slaves.
There are other unsuspecting monuments to racial discrimination and oppression in the communities like Sautee Nacoochee that surround Bean Creek, including a portion of the property owned by Skylake.
"Skylake is about four miles north of Bean Creek. Now it is a gated community with about 450 homes," Crittenden said.
"About 1825 or so, Jessie Monroe bought some of the land up there. Subsequently his family sold a lot of it to William J. Simmons, who was the (Ku Klux Klan) grand dragon for the state of Georgia."
Simmons had a little room built into the retaining wall of a dam he had built, which is where the KKK reportedly held initiation meetings, Crittenden says.
The land eventually passed through a few more hands before it before a Jewish rabbi turned it into Sky Lake Camp.
"To me, it was poetic justice that this place formerly owned by the grand dragon ended up being a place that employed the residents of Bean Creek," Crittenden said.
Living history
Driving down Bean Creek Road, Andy Allen recalls earlier times in her neighborhood. She easily recalls where families once lived, who has died and who has moved on.
"This road here, Trammell Drive, it goes round there for about a mile. They call that 'in the holler,'" she said with a laugh.
Some memories aren't as happy, like the time she wasn't allowed to travel with her school's basketball team.
"A lot of schools didn't desegregate as well as White County. We did it without no problems. There was no rioting or nothing like that," Allen said.
"When I went to White County High School in 1965-1966, I was the first black girl to play on the girls basketball team. We were going to Forsyth County to play ball and the coach told me, 'Andy I love you too good to carry you over there. People don't accept blacks yet.'
"He said when they came to us, I could play. When they came, the fans threw black-eyed peas at me on the court. Every once in a while the officials would have to stop the game to clear the peas. They were some cruel people."
That wouldn't be Allen's last time integrating White County's school system.
Although the schools desegregated in the 1960s, the buses transporting students to school weren't integrated until 20 years later.
"I was the only black driver. I was only hauling black kids," Allen said.
Though she wanted to stop and pick up the other kids, she wasn't allowed to.
"I was bypassing white children standing on the road waiting for their buses and I would only have about 25 kids on my bus, and it was a 66-passenger bus."
Things didn't change until a number of community complaints, including those from Allen, caused the school board to integrate the buses in October 1989.
Good or bad, community preservationists say all local anecdotes and history need to be recorded. Not to judge, but for posterity's sake.
If it isn't written down, how else will future generations know that when 20th Century Fox came to Sautee to film "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" in the 1950s, Bean Creek residents Lam and Pierce Jarrett rented film crews a horse and buggy for $50 a day?
Or that decades after it became available, Mary Ann Brown Winn never had running water or electricity installed in her home.
"She never even had a stove. Her windows didn't have glass, just wooden shutters that she would push open or pull closed with a rope," Allen said of her mother's aunt.
"That's how she grew up, so she saw no reason to change it. She lived there until she died."
And how the black congregation of the Bean Creek Baptist Church was able to save money to pay $10 in the 1800s for the church building and a surrounding acre of land.
"Our history is vanishing," Allen said.
If not for written history, who will tell future generations how Margaret Jarrett used a nail to scratch an engraving on the tombstone of her mother, Mary Lou Jarrett, who died in April 1955?
If not for local history books and museums, who will tell the tales of the descendents of slaves buried in the Bean Creek church cemetery?
People like Dorsey won't be around forever to share what they know.
"It was lots more people here than it is now," Dorsey said. "Everybody had big families then, but when they grew up and could do better, they got out from here. I reckon I never did have a desire to leave.
"The thang of it is, there's gonna be a bad apple in every bunch. That's between them and they God. Some of them didn't know better, but I suppose some of them did.
"I forgive 'em for it. They gotta pay for it. Not me."


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Life's been pretty much like this lately,
and I haven't had a chance to post for ages! I've been sick for about ten weeks with a cough and laryngitis, and I've had a sore rib for two weeks - so it's probably cracked or I have a pulled muscle!
Now it's school holidays, so I'm hoping to get better, and resume my normal blogging schedule soon!


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Obesity develops as a result of a combination of several factors. Separate the love for products with a high sugar content the weight gain does not. This is indicated by the results of a study involving two thousand volunteers.
Experts from the University of new Mexico analyzed the health and physique of people and correlated the obtained information with lifestyle and diet.
In the second stage, volunteers were divided into two groups. The first group took on a healthy diet with minimal sugar and fat. The second group ate normally and didn't have to limit yourself.
It turned out only a combination of sugar with fat increases the likelihood of obesity. Physical inactivity also increases the chance of weight gain.
Experts strongly recommend eating a healthy diet and regularly exercise. As a first step, it is possible to abandon the dense late-night dinners and make 3-4 times a week walking in the fresh air. Already these measures in a few weeks will give the first positive results.


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02. The Seven Stigmata From Pussycat Nebula (56:04)
03. What's Your Name? (70:46)
04. The Holly Mountain In The Counter-Clock World (65:36)
- Cotton Casino (CD 1 - CD 3) / space voice, beer & cigarette
- Tsuyama Atsushi / monster bass, super voice, cosmic joker, piano, drums, toy gameran
- Higashi Hiroshi / synthesizer, dancin'king
- Koizumi Hajime / drums, sleeping monk
- Kawabata Makoto / guitar, guitar-synthesizer, Hammond organ, voice, RDS-900, alien voice (CD 3), speed guru
4 CD box set. One long song each CD.
"The Beautiful Blue Ecstasy (Have You Seen The Blue Sky?)" - '60s psychedelica re-birthed. Almost Garcia-esque guitar. Very good for what amounts to a stripped-down jam. Oh, then they get all freaky-deaky for a run, but it's all to the good. Then a vaguely melancholy organ and spacey guitar intertwine in a lengthy out.
"The Seven Stigmata From Pussycat Nebula" - Grottier guitar (to start) and a spacier feel (get used to hearing/seeing a variation of 'spacey' in connection with AMT), with a less-cohesive musical structure. Cotton Casino's voice wavering like a flesh-and-blood theremin. Ooooh...another freakout, with what sounds like native (reed?) instruments mixing it up in a not-unpleasant cacophony over weird synthesized and organic fluctuations. And the guitar bursts in again, messily flying to-and-fro over some continued spazzing, before it all slows down and spaces out and the guitar complains before it gets stately. Resultant entropy re-evolves into spy series theme music. The song takes a roller coaster ride of discombobulation from there on out; a looped, repeated tone at the end.
"What's Your Name?" - Relatively mainstream explosions of raucousness interspersed with samples of people giving their answers to the title question (or vocalizing other 'things'). Kind of annoying in an inorganic way; but worse, rather pointless. Sometimes it's all too damn cheesy. It doesn't even feel experimental, so there's no real attraction there. Some of the music degenerates in an uninteresting way. Intentionally attempting to be weird. I'm guessing that maybe in this case intoxicants and the mixing board didn't intersect well. Not AMT's finest hour. Dunno what the phallic artwork implies.
"The Holly Mountain In The Counter-Clock World" - A ghostly confabulation with no pointed source or recognizable participant. It melds veeeery slowly, with no perceptible change in intensity. Half-seen figures emerge faintly from the fog, only to slip back into its comforting cover. Things coalesce a smidge and a light drone takes over, with minor, laid-back pittering and pattering. A guitar laments and the elastic theme dissapates.


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It's probably irresponsible of me not to announce what's been accomplished in the last few months. I am pleased to announce that the totally free version of Chinese Toolbox is out and stable. Since the initial release of Chinese Toolbox 13.1, three updates have been released to fix minor issues. It appears that CT 13.1 has stabilized now at version 184.108.40.206.
This is a great time for the Chinese Toolbox project. The stable release of 13.1 marks the end of one and the beginning of a new phase. For those who have followed this project, you probably know that I haven't done a very good job of promoting this project. Well, that is about to change. I can't mention the strategy here, but suffice it to say that many more will be learning about this project in the coming months.
What I'm excited about the most, however, are the new CT subprojects that are now beginning. Major new development now is in process including (1) a smart testing and review system that is integrated with the CT reading system, and (2) Chinese Toolbox for mobile and tablet devices.
Many of you have given me great ideas and have discovered problems that I missed in testing, and I know that some would like to test Chinese Toolbox features as they're being developed so as to help shape future versions of Chinese Toolbox. For you I'm considering to do ER releases in shorter cycles, the first being Chinese Toolbox 13.2 ER-1.
If you download and try out Chinese Toolbox, please do let me know what you think. I take the good with the bad; all your comments eventually make Chinese Toolbox a better program for learning Chinese.
Friday, July 26, 2013
It's about time for a status update. Chinese Toolbox 13.1 is done and free.
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As you know, gambling is identical with addiction and this person will treat the group or individual with several therapy sessions to suppress the addition in gambling. Since you think gambling is everything for you, you may get addicted easily into it and the counselors can help you in healing this addition.
Though you play Omi Poker, the counselors may work inside the hospitals of other health and mental facilities. However, sometimes, you can find them through online and the therapy sessions will be done online too. Some people can find the best way in gambling without being addicted until forget anything more important than this.