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Day 1 : Arrival At New Delhi
On the day of arrival at New Delhi airport, our Holidays At representative will assist you at airport and later transfer to your hotel for night stay. Relax at hotel or day free to leisure activities.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 2 : At New Delhi
Today morning after breakfast at hotel, later proceed for full day guided tour to New & Old Delhi, visit Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Humayun's Tomb, Lotus Temple (Bhai's Temple) and Qutub Minar. After lunch at local city restaurant, later proceed for Old Delhi sightseeing tour visit Raj Ghat, Jama Masjid and Red Fort also take a short rickshaw ride at Chandni Chowk spice market and huge market for clothes.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 3 : New Delhi - Agra (220 Kms / 3:30 Hrs)
Today morning after breakfast at hotel, later check out from hotel in New Delhi and drive to Agra "City of Love". Upon arrival at Agra check in your hotel for night stay. After relax at hotel, later proceed for half day guided city tour of Agra, visit Agra Fort, Itmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb, Akbar's Tomb, Jama Masjid, Moti Masjid, Octagonal Tower, Jahangir's Palace, Chini ka Rauza and Sikandra Fort. Evening enjoy the light and sound show "Mohabbat-the-Taj - the saga of love", in Agra.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 4 : Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Jaipur (238 Kms / 5 Hrs)
Early morning before breakfast Sunrise visit the world's most popular and beautiful monument Taj Mahal and Mehtab Bagh. After finish your guided tour to Taj Mahal, later back to your hotel and enjoy your breakfast. After breakfast at hotel, later check out from hotel and drive to Jaipur via en-route visit to Fatehpur sikri, the oldest deserted town built by Mughal Kingdom in 1571 and bulit by red stone in honor of Saint Salim Chisti also visit Diwane e Khas, Punch Mahal, the Tomb of Salim Chisti, and the Buland Darwaza, one of the largest and tallest gateways in the world.
After finish your sightseeing tour at Fatehpur Sikri, later drive to Jaipur. Upon arrival at Jaipur check in your hotel for night stay. Relax at hotel or day free to leisure activities.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 5 : At Jaipur
Today morning after breakfast at hotel, later proceed for full day guided tour of Jaipur, visit Amber Fort with elephant ride, Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Jal Mahal, Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds), City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Birla Temple, Central Museum and Laxmi Narayan Temple. After finish your sightseeing tour to Jaipur later drive back to your hotel for night stay.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 6 : Jaipur - Srinagar (By Flight)
Today morning after breakfast at hotel, later check out from hotel and transfer to Jaipur airport to board the flight for Srinagar. Upon arrival at Srinagar airport, our Holidays At representative will meet you and transfer to your house boat for night stay. Enjoy Shikara ride at Dal Lake, visiting floating vegetable gardens etc. Relax at hotel or day free to leisure activities.
Overnight at Houseboat.
Day 7 : At Srinagar
Today morning after breakfast at houseboat, later proceed for guided tour to Srinagar, visit The Mughal Gardens built by Jehangir - the Shalimar Baugh and Nishat Baugh are beautiful gardens located to the far eastern side of the Dal Lake with the Zabarwan Mountains in the background, visiting also Chashmi-e Shahi. One can take a stroll amongst these green and attractive gardens and enjoy the waterworks within. En-route visit a carpet - weaving factory. Evening lake trip to 'Char Chinar' i.e. four big Chinar trees standing in middle of the whole lake, 'Floating Gardens' & interesting canals by a luxurious Shikara.
Overnight at Houseboat.
Day 8 : Srinagar - New Delhi (By Flight)
Today morning after breakfast at houseboat, later check out from houseboat and transfer to Srinagar airport to board the flight for New Delhi. Upon arrival at New Delhi airport, our Holidays At representative will meet you and later transfer to your hotel for night stay. Relax at hotel or day free to leisure activities.
Overnight at Hotel.
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3 Nights in Delhi
1 Night in Agra
2 Nights in Jaipur
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Focus on Halladay
Blue sky, plenty of sunshine, green grass and a chilly northwest breeze was the setting for the first day of workouts for pitchers and catchers at Carpenter Complex. Fan turnout was impressive but people were bundled up in jackets.
National media turnout was also impressive: Jon Heyman (SI/MLB Network), Tom Verducci (SI/MLB Network); Scott Miller (CBSSports.com), Ed Price (aolfanhouse), Steve Henson (yahoosports.com) and Buster Olney (ESPN.com).
Which pitcher drew the most attention?
Easy guess, a right-hander named Halladay. Pitchers are broken down into four groups of seven each; he's in group 1 with Baez, Bastardo, Contreras, Madson, Mathieson and Moyer. Following the normal opening stretching exercises in right field of the Schmidt field, group 1 pitchers began long tossing.
At 10:45 a.m., that group headed north for the seven mounds located between the Schmidt and Roberts fields. The media mass of TV crews, photographers, writers, reporters, all migrated from the Schmidt right field to the mounds when Halladay headed that way.
Halladay was the first of the seven to grab a baseball, step on the mound and throw. He was the focus of not only every media member but the pitching coaches, Charlie and front office staff. The throwing session lasted 15 minutes.
Group 2 followed with groups 3 and 4 on tomorrow's schedule.
Position players who worked out at Bright House Field included Brown, Mayberry, Gillies, Bocock, Tracy, Utley and Polanco.
Alumni Memories
A daily feature will be spring training memories by Phillies Alumni, who were asked three questions: (1) Memories of their very first spring training; (2) What they liked the most about spring training, and (3) What did they like the least.
Ozzie Virgil (C, 1980-85)
"With the Phillies minor league camp in 1977 in Clearwater. I remember I wore #44 but I didn't have a roommate. Lucky me. What impressed me was how good every player was in camp. I enjoyed being in Florida and working to become a better player. Hardest part was seeing your friends get released and sent home."

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The LA Galaxy weren't expecting David Beckham around for the start of the 2010 MLS season. In fact, he wasn't supposed to return to Southern California until sometime after the World Cup, if all had gone as planned.
An torn Achilles tendon, of course, wasn't in the plans, and Beckham's fate thus sentenced him to months of inactivity and rehabilitation, while missing the World Cup and possibly a portion of the MLS season he was supposed to have been available for.
Thus, Beckham returned to the Galaxy far earlier than anyone had anticipated. The English superstar was a surprise guest at the Galaxy's training session on Wednesday and, crutches and all, watched a portion of the team practice from a bench on the side of the Galaxy's training field.
Beckham told a bystander he was happy to return to Southern California and was happy to see his children, and that he would not be able to stand on his own for at least four to five weeks. However, Beckham declined an interview request before hobbling towards a car, piling into the passenger's seat and driving off. His teammates, though, were excited at seeing him around.
"It was nice to see him," Galaxy midfielder Eddie Lewis said. "He seems in good spirits. He's probably looking forward to his recovery and the beginning of rehab but I think he's just still coming grips to the injury, really."
It's unclear if Beckham will rehabilitate his injury in Southern California or not, but for the time being he's with his club. Wearing jeans, a sweatshirt and a knit cap, Beckham sat back on the bench and, crutches and all, watched the Galaxy train ahead of Saturday's season opener against New England.
His presence, Galaxy coaches said, was meaningful even if he can't step onto the field and knock some balls around with his teammates.
"It's always a boost to have David around and hopefully it's a boost for him as well," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. "When David shows up today, he makes a statement that he cares."
For Lewis, having him around at the start of the season is a bit uplifting, but not as much as it could have been.
"If he was playing on Saturday that would give me a boost but I don't think there's a whole lot he can do," Lewis said. "Certainly him being here it's nice to see him. It's good to see him looking well and obviously the fact that he's here and looking forward to the start of the season and supporting the guys, it would be silly to think it wasn't a nice feeling."


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Throwback Thursday: John Hickenlooper 23 years ago
Gov. John Hickenlooper officially won re-election Wednesday in a close race that came down to the wire on Election Day.
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Besides, it's Throwback Thursday.
The photo was taken almost exactly 23 years ago and found this week by our digital team. Glen Martin took the photo for The Denver Post at Hickenlooper's Wynkoop Brewery in 1991. Enjoy.


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On the day she was born, a 16-foot-tall pedestal and bust of Abraham Lincoln was dedicated in Scranton, Penn. On that same day, France's battleship, Canton, was launched from the shipyards at Brest; however, the Danton sunk March 19, 1917, when it was torpedoed during World War II.
Born July 4, 1909, in Hayden, N.M., Irma Fry will celebrate her 104th birthday on the Fourth of July.
Earlier this summer, Fry was recognized at the PEO convention in Denver; however, she was unable to attend. So the Chapter FC PEO members decided to honor her and celebrate her birthday at the same time along with her brother, Nelson Moorhead.
When she was 3 years old, her mother died. When her father remarried a year later, the family moved to Nara Vista, N.M., for several years before the family settled in Florence, where she graduated from Florence High School in 1928.
Fry worked her entire life, starting at Fox's then when she got married, she kept books for her husband when he started his business.
Along the way, she met her future husband, Ed Fry, at a dance and married him in the mid-1930s. At that point, she moved to Cripple Creek, where her husband was the mayor. During her life, she was active with the Order of Eastern Star and the PEO chapters.
In 1957, the Frys moved to Cañon City, where Ed joined his brother in the machine shop, Fry and Co. The brothers invented and manufactured the world's first belt power curve conveyor that year for an airport baggage handling facility.
In her leisure time, Fry was involved with the Chapter AC PEO as one of the leaders then she was one of the organizers of Chapter FC PEO, where she went through all the chairs. Fry lived on her own until her 100th birthday. She enjoys playing bridge, golf and being active in the Christ Episcopal Church.


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Sam's Club Is Adding Polish Hot Dogs to All Menus After Costco Removed the Beloved Item
After Costco announced it would stop selling the Polish hot dog in its food court in favor of healthier options, competitor Sam's Club has announced it will offer the popular snack. The bargain retailer shared the news on Twitter that, starting on July 23, it will sell the spicy sandwich-that-isn't-a-sandwich for 99 cents in all of its cafes.
The move was likely made to appease the shoppers who've made a large public outcry over the loss of this fan favorite treat at Costco, which is also known as a kielbasa. Numerous social media posts using the hashtag #SaveThePolishDog on Twitter and Instagram have asked Costco to reconsider. Multiple petitions with the request have also gained traction online, gathering over 18,000 combined signatures.
"Let them eat Polish dogs" - Marie Samstoinette, probably. Polish dogs will be available at all Sam's Club cafes starting July 23 for only $0.99! ðŸŒðŸŒðŸŒ pic.twitter.com/gyX9QtW0eH- Sam's Club (@SamsClub) July 12, 2018
The news was greeted eagerly by those who can't get enough of the treat. One excited fan stated that they now consider Sam's Club, which operates almost 600 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, a "dining destination."
Headline: Costco getting rid of the Polish hot dogMe: googling location of nearest Sam's Club- Dave Lowe (@DaveLowedown) July 11, 2018
Already making plans to have lunch at the Turnersville @SamsClub on July 23. Sam's Club is now a dining destination! #SaveThePolishDog https://t.co/hKOYMvUac6- randysmith (@randysmith) July 14, 2018
Others used the announcement to try to pressure Costco to bring back the Polish hot dog.
Save the Polish dog or else I cancel my membership & move over to Sam's Club #SaveThePolishDog @Costco- TheAmericanTragedy (@DushanMandic) July 15, 2018
Some customers have already been chowing down on the Polish hot dog at Sam's Club, but this new promotion will apply to all of their locations. "About 200 Sam's Club cafés already have the Polish dog on the menu, but this popular treat is being added to all locations so people everywhere can get their fix. You don't have to be a Sam's Club member to dine in the café," the warehouse retail chain explained in a statement.Sam's Club currently offers their regular hot dog and soda combo at the same price as Costco: $1.50.You don't even have to be a Sam's Club member to take advantage of this low-cost deal; anyone can eat in Sam's Club cafes. However, if you are a member, you can do your bulk shopping after eating in the café, where if you pay attention and stretch your food dollar, you can save plenty... and have more money to spend on the best hot dogs in America.


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The first responders to a disaster or emergency need real-time coordination of data to help them do their jobs.
To fill that need, Raytheon has released its One Force mobile collaboration app. This is actually a suite of collaboration tools for groups of users on smart phones and other mobile devices, and it includes voice communications, maps, drawing tools, real-time GPS tracking, image sharing and streaming video.
"Developed and tested in Southern California, One Force received input during the product development cycle from local first responders to create a tool that would meet their unique needs in the field," Dan De Sollar, director of the Public Safety Regional Technology Center for Raytheon's Network Centric Systems business, said in a release. "Recognizing that each department and region will have its own specific requirements, One Force was designed to allow for user customization," he added.
The suite takes the advanced capabilities found in most modern mobile devices and focuses them on emergency response. "For most first responders, the personal cell phone they carry has significantly more communications capabilities than their traditional police radio," said TJ Kennedy, director of Public Safety and Security for Raytheon's NCS business. "However, a civilian cell phone is not optimized for public safety use. The One Force application brings together the best of both worlds: access to smart-phone technology and the customizable features that first responders need to get their jobs done."
One Force is available for Apple, Android and Windows devices and is capable of working across any data network connection – 2G, 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi.
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Cover (US)
A curious Bow goes exploring in Etheria's Dark Forest, and is assaulted and captured by Catra. Kowl flies for help, and, speaking totally in rhyme, tells Adora about Bow. Quickly changing into She-Ra, she races to the scene of Bow's abduction, finding only a cryptic clue: a scrap of fabric bearing strange runic symbols. This they take to the wise old Wizardess. She presents She-Ra with a jeweled lens, which magically translates the symbols into a map disclosing Catra's location. While this is going on, Catra reveals to a bound Bow her sinister plans for his future, ruling at her side as all Etheria kneels before her. When Bow refuses, and tries to escape, Catra casts a spell to enslave his heart to her forever. As Bow cries out in agony, She-Ra bursts in and, thinking quickly, produces a small box. She-Ra defies Catra, claiming to have taken Bow's heart for her own. When a furious Catra makes a lunge for the box, She-Ra grabs Bow and makes a run for it. Back at the Crystal Castle, Bow confesses that Catra could never have taken his heart, for it already belongs to Adora.
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Open Core Debate: The Battle for a Business Model
Apr 15, 2009 4:00 AM PT
Is software truly open source if you pay for additional features? Your answer may depend on whether you side with the purists or the, ah, not-so-pure.
A recent trend entering the debate involves the marketing of so-called open core software. This morphed business model is not what many open source supporters consider "pure" open source. However, open core may come to be the standard bearer in the business software arena.
Open source pundits have been debating the question for about a year as they try to outline the best possible open source business model. Open core supporters suggest that this latest licensing model will satisfy those trying to balance customer value with investor return while not ignoring community facilitation.
"The merits of open core have been debated poorly until recently," Andrew Lampitt, cofounder at zAgile and director of business development for Jaspersoft, told LinuxInsider.
zAgile is a software company dedicated to unifying collaboration for software engineering environments.
Open Core Defined
From the outside, the differences between open source and open core appear relatively subtle, which makes the debate seem even stranger sometimes, according to Jaspersoft CEO Brian Gentile. For the purist in open source, the free software movement is really about having no feature differences between the free version given away under a General Public License and a version given to a customer who wanted to pay a vendor for support.
The distinction between open core and open source rests in what is actually licensed as free, he explained. For instance, in an open core model, the vendor gives away the bits to a foundation that is part of the architecture.
The vendor is saying to the customer: Here it is, it's free. The software is made available under one of the traditional open source licenses. Users can take the product and do whatever is available under that license, explained Gentile. However, open core then goes one step further.
"If you wish, here are some other features you could have that are only available under a commercial license. They provide you with greater capability, but you have to buy them or subscribe to them, and you have to abide by the terms of the commercial license," he said.
Fuel for the Fire
Gentile added a new round to the ongoing open core debate in February when he broached the topic in his blog. When responses started lining up both for and against Gentile's support of the open core strategy, Lampitt joined the fray by contributing his own.
"I was recognizing comments about open core and getting questions about scaling the business. I was simply saying there is a trend called 'open core.' People within the open source community and even proprietary vendors were saying that there was no [such] business model as open core," Gentile told LinuxInsider.
True to His Core
Lampitt argues that the open core model does exist and has served Jaspersoft well. The debate, he acknowledged, is a complex issue.
Open-core licensing (OCL), Lampitt said, might be the new standard as a dual license open source business model. The OCL is actually a General Public License (GPL) core with commercial extensions, he wrote.
There exists a sense among its detractors that the open core community is perhaps holding back some of the features from the community at large by offering commercial versions of the software, according to Lampitt. The paid versions have more features than the free version.
"This view is very contentious for some people. The key here is to deliver value. The crust or core features also have to provide value but probably in a different way. Enterprise versions have features that the average Joe User might not need but eventually might grow into," Lampitt explained.
The industry is replete with examples of successful use of the open core business model as a part of open source licensing, according to Lampitt. For example, Linux, Apache, MySQL, Eclipse, OpenProject, Talend, Mulesource, Alfresco, Drupal, Sugar and Jaspersoft all have absolutely thriving communities thanks at least in part to the open source model.
"I see a trend of open core. The bulk of new software companies are going to it," said Gentile.
Customer Satisfaction
Gentile claims that most of his company's customers actually want a commercial contract from Jaspersoft. The debate should really focus on how a company might get pulled into an open core model, he noted.
"Jaspersoft actually got pulled into it. Our customers came to us wanting a contract and features that were enterprise-strength. A lot of the community members and smaller companies wouldn't find much value in that. So the only way to deliver those enterprise-class features that really satisfy is to build them into an upper layer or add-on approach and then to commercialize them in a way that lets you add value," Gentile said.
The point often left missing in the debate about open core not being true open source software is that if a vendor has a product that does not offer value, nobody in the community would use it, according to Gentile. A natural market mechanism is at work, he said.
Mixing Meanings?
Open core is a relatively new term, and that may be what's causing some of the consternation.
"The push against it is due to the view that open source projects are open source end to end. It's open source across the whole stack. What's changing now is a mix with commercial software," Tom Berquist, CFO for Ingres, told LinuxInsider.
Open source vendors who can offer both models can work with other companies on a commercial basis. So it comes down to who owns the license. Most community developed projects cannot be commercially licensed, he said.
"Our product was proprietary, and we open sourced it. I foresee a continued mixing and matching. We can continue to argue about the merits of open source end to end. But the role of the economy is changing the realities. There are very few purist open source companies of any meaningful size. The concept is almost a religion for some instead of focusing on the money angle," Berquist said.
Open Failings
Opening up the core platform of what a company is trying to sell is extremely risky, according to Michael Krotscheck, senior developer for Resource Interactive. The risk is there because this action instantly changes their environment into a commodity market. Once that's done, the rules of business strategy are no different in an open core model than they are in any business environment.
The specific environment of software makes cost leadership a very delicate balancing game. If the product is too expensive, the open source community will undermine the vendor. If the product is too cheap, the vendor devalues the platform, he reasoned.
"At the same time, you essentially cede control of the platform to the community, so that the actual direction of your product is no longer under your control and therefore not predictable. That's where pure open source falls short of being a truly valid business model, which we're seeing with Red Hat," Krotscheck told LinuxInsider.
Opposing Models
The open source software concept has spawned five business models, explained Dave Roberts, Vyatta's vice president of strategy. One is the vendor giving away the castle for free. A second model is to give away the software and sell the hardware. This is common in applications like VoIP (voice over Internet protocol).
The third model is to give away the open source version and sell the closed source version. MySQL and Alfresco take this approach.
The fourth model is to offer a free download or paid features version. Examples of this are Zimbra and SugarCRM.
The fifth model is service-based. The vendor sells management services. Examples are Red Hat and JBoss.
"We see companies falling into several of these categories. The debate is the question, is it legit to do this? My response is yes. Open source can accommodate a variety of models. This is great for the industry. I see no need to pick sides," Roberts told LinuxInsider.


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Zype had accumulated millions of rows of valuable video performance data, including revenue partners, devices, geography, and even metadata about the videos themselves (such as actors, directors and plots). Disseminating this data in a repeatable, reliable, and scalable fashion for their enterprise customers was already time consuming and expensive.
Then Zype won the SXSW 2015 Accelerator award, and almost overnight, the company experienced a double-digit growth for its unique video publishing cloud platform, with two to three times the amount of accrued data as before. As this data mounted from month to month, so did the needs to analyze and issue reports about it. Zype's existing system, a collection of reports written directly to a MongoDB database and a third-party log management system, wasn't able to meet the demand for scalable data collection. And to create reports for stakeholders, developers had to copy databases and run queries manually, which took valuable resources away from core product development.
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Working directly with BIME Analytics as well as experienced customer success leaders at Google, Zype put together an integrated Google BigQuery and BIME solution for data collection and reporting. This team was able to quickly build a reliable ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) process from core MongoDB, Intercom.io, and Google Analytics databases, construct reliable reports in familiar SQL language in BigQuery, and design compelling visualizations for customers.
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On the Radar: Methadone Skies
A four-piece hailing from Romania, Methadone Skies waste no time busying themselves balancing ethereal post-rock noodling off heavier-ended psychedelic grooves. Periodically driving but never quite losing its focus despite an obvious jam-based ethic, their second album, Enter the Void, arrived in 2012 as a self-released sleeve CD preceding an allegiance with Sweden-based Ozium Records. The six-track offering sandwiches lengthy explorations with even lengthier explorations, the opening title-track topping out at 13:36 as the longest of the bunch (immediate points) while its closing companion piece, "Exit the Void" answers back at 11:54. Between, "Hyperspace," "Long Day's Journey into Night," "Versus Evil," and "Mudstar" tap into modern heavy psych ethics like they're trying to bridge the gap between Russian Circles and Colour Haze. Frankly, it's not a bad gap to bridge.
Both guitarists — Wehry and the more effects-laden Casi, who also handles keys — satisfy on a tonal level, with rich and warm fuzz that melds well with the echoing lead notes peppered throughout, as one can hear in the second half of "Hyperspace" on Enter the Void. The bass and drums provided by Mihai and Retea, respectively, are mostly relegated to a follower's role, but as "Hyperspace" slows to its finish and "Long Day's Journey into Night" ensues, their presence is more than duly felt in the added heft to the capably executed instrumental builds, which seem to be as much about going from spaced-out to grounded as from calm to chaotic. It works, perhaps most of all on "Versus Evil" — the lead lines of which I'll mark as the most memorable on the album — which finds its culmination after six minutes into its total 9:33 as the two guitars match step with the complex rhythm for a thickened, oddly-timed apex.
The level of noodling might be too much for some. They're not exactly subtle about it. But for Methadone Skies' second outing behind 2010's Explosions of the Sun, Enter the Void can offer an engrossing listen if approached with an open mind and willingness to go along with its hypnotic aspects. "Mudstar" is a bit crunchier, but "Exit the Void" re-ups the space elements and gives a solid tripout to close with, the leads taking a more active role early on with a cascading line only to give way later to thicker entanglements before ending with even more echoing riffery and a surprisingly quick fade. One might have expected a long sustained echo or something like that, but I guess at 53 minutes in, Methadone Skies figured they'd said all there was to say. True enough, if you haven't gotten the point by then, well, yeah.
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The boss from the hell
Posted 04 September 2010 - 02:53 AM
I have got practically no help with anything and have spent countless hours trying to solve things by myself, reading literature and posting here I got false information from the boss from the beginning and spent six months trying to get rid of urea, which was fine in the end. I still did dialysis and everything else to get rid of imidazole, even I found out last week after calling the antibody company that it was also all for nothing. My boss just didn't know and kept giving me false information instead of saying how he has no clue.
I have spent countless of days listening how I'm wasting time and money and being practically a total failure. I used to say back at him until I figured out that arguing with idiots is pointless. He doesn't respect me and I have no reason to respect him, so I pretty much just try to do my things even it's also never good. If I do what he tells me to do, I do things wrong. If I do something else, I do things wrong, so in short, I can't do anything right.
I was really pissed off after the phone call, but never jumped at him and said the issue is solved. He has been out of control in the past few days...
He is telling everybody while laughing how the purpose of having me in the lab is having someone to blame about anything and everything. When the centrifuge broke down he was screaming at me how it's my fault, even I wasn't even touching the machine. When the technician broke a pipet, I'm the one breaking it. When someone is having problems with her laptop (where the windows is in a language I don't speak, write or read), he is yelling at me how I shouldn't just sit still and approach the issue like any other scientific problem and try to find a solution. He is mocking me in front of everybody and also privately. It's a never ending cycle. When I take a holiday he is making sure to tell me how he never took a single one while doing the Ph.D. Never mind that after this year, I have no plans to continue doing anything with science.
I like the work, but mentally I'm starting to be in the edge.
My contract is running another four months and then I'm free.
I just don't know what to do anymore...
He knows he is killing me and the pressure is knocking me down, but he doesn't care.
When I finished my 60 hours working week yesterday he comes to tell me a lit of things I should have done ages ago.
He just doesn't let me breath.
How do you actually deal with bosses like this?
Is it better to suck it up or then just slam the door and move on...
Posted 04 September 2010 - 12:44 PM
Is he the boss out there or does he have a superior? If it's the latter you may think about talking with his direct superior about his behaviour. Also since you're a student you should have a representative who's responsibility is to help you deal with this kind of situations.
Posted 05 September 2010 - 05:15 AM
I know very well how you feel...
Is he the boss out there or does he have a superior? If it's the latter you may think about talking with his direct superior about his behaviour. Also since you're a student you should have a representative who's responsibility is to help you deal with this kind of situations.
He is a professor and I'm working at the university. The problem is that I'm actually a registered student in another country... I was an exchange student in here for one year and wanted to my thesis in here. I have no clue how students rights are in this country. I know for a fact that he would get a warning in my university. The thing is that it's very well known that he is after me (well, it's pretty obvious as he is "joking" about it in public). Someone said that I should sit down with him and just tell him how things have to change, but others tell me not do anything and just ignore him... I have been supervising bachelor students in the past few months in a practical course and it was also really fun. My boss ordered me to do it, I did a great job and while they gave their presentations the professor was yelling at me or again joking about me. How even "my" students are supposed to respect me when this professor is putting down their "supervisor". I also don't get why he is giving me these students when the outcome is always the same. And it's of course my fault if these students do horrible, because I was their supervisor even it's pretty difficult to supervise students whose only sentence they give me is "I don't care". This entire thing is just hideous...
I just wish he would let me alone and do my job. He can't supervise or teach me anything for sure, but I don't need any artificial stress. And I'm more than worried about my next progress report as I don't know how long I can take this without exploding and obviously after you slam the door while cursing you pretty much can't do anything anymore I have worked hard and managed to produce the results he wanted. He should be happy and grateful for having a slave like me working 60-80 hours a week for nothing, but somehow he just hates me.
It's kind of interesting how a professor can be so unprofessional. I get they are also humans, but this persecution is still going to kill me. He is going to be away this week and I'm going to stay home to shake off the last week and get ready for the report.
Posted 05 September 2010 - 09:05 AM
I understand how you feel. I'm in a situation not much better than you do.
Just To be fair, maybe I'm slightly little better than you.
From what I understand:
Nobody says professors/your supervisor MUST be professional, well-knowledge, or have a good personality.
There is no rule saying supervisors MUST be helpful or help postgraduate student in research.
There is no rule saying supervisors MUST care about your working environment (BSL1/2/3...doesn't matters to them at all).
But supervisors,
wanted your results for sure!
squeeze you as hard as he/she could!
treat you as free labor!
blame you for just anything and everything!
Have you seen supervisor(s) creating "hatred" among the postgraduates, and watch them fighting among each other?
Have you seen supervisor(s) denied your instruments / equipments usage just because you are not the favorite student?
Some even scold you for purchasing a chemical, confiscate it and give to other "favorite" student where the chemical is actually really useful to you.
I had, I had seen quite a number...both he and she.
Some even expect you to come out with results without provide the proper tools for you.
Just like asking you to do PCR but did not provide you a thermalcycler, and expect you to do it with 3 water bath and this is okay with them because is not them who do the work. I'm not kidding. This is indeed happening to me.
It seems that the supervisor(S) I had meet so far was not much difference with yours.
For sure, you had done your best and there is nothing to regret. At least this is what I told myself.
My advice to you: do whatever you seems fit.
Even to the extend that you quarrel with them (I did it once, where my boss force me to pay the repair using my grant money for instruments which was not damaged by me and I rarely use it).
..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
Posted 07 September 2010 - 12:31 PM
Oh, and I think there are rules for professors and PIs and its part of their academic duties to teach and supervise just check out their CVs their supervising stints are all there. And the same goes for research associates and post-docs .its in their job description. Furthermore, its also in the university charter of students rights so the students shld expect to be taught and to learn and be treated with respect and if these rights are violated (thru any act or failure to act by a member of the university occupying a position of authority), they can go to the grievance committee for resolution of these issues. But I know, I know .who has time and energy to do all this? When in hell, you just wanna get out of there as fast as you can. Sadly, most students will just go.
Hopefully, they didnt break your spirit, nor your love for science and research and that youd still become the PI that everybody wants to have and perhaps you shld add Nietsches famous quote in your sig, Adrian: what doesnt kill you, makes you stronger
hi Juliasarmoire: you cant quit now cos youre almost done and why do you think he targeted you? Because youre an exchange student? Dont you have a program director from your own country that you can discuss this with because the least you can do is to inform your end so that they wont be sending another student who might suffer the same harassment and intimidation. Ppfftt .really .these bosses from hell .why cant they just stay there
Edited by casandra, 07 September 2010 - 12:35 PM.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 08:44 PM
Actually is a very long story. But for sure I didn't end up in using 3 water bath simply because there is only 1 water bath in my lab (luckily).
Yeah, my lab do not have thermalcycler, and our collaborative lab was always fully booked.
It used to be in a situation (A machine I booked was broken down) I was badly pressured, and I got no choice but to carry my 96-well plate visit from lab to lab till I almost visited the whole faculty (not just my department)just to find a thermalcycler for me to use. After I found one, but it seems that I was only allowed to use for 1 and a half hour. No choice, I can't use it, and I have to wait from morning 10am till 7pm at night for my turn (luckily again I'm using hotstart taq). So, for all subsequent reactions, I use a different taq which have a faster amplification rate, and my PCR reactions time goes within 1.5 hour to complete.
I'm just not those kind of person who allowed my result to be compromised because of all these.
You know Casandra, that piece of work is just a side project my PI "tricked" me to do.
Thermalcycler is just one of the many. I still have to struggle for biosafety hood, sonicator, freezedryer etc. Even lab space and fridge space.
And... there is no such "student rights" practice in my place... This is the reason I struggle with all my strength to get out of here, and I always have to compromise to use facility at from mid-night, dawn till morning. But then, why must I'm the only one who compromise? So, we have a meeting with hope to solve all these but it was a failure after all, simply because my PIs just sitting there and ask the postgrads to compromise with each other (which created hostile among us), without taking initiative to solve the problem.
Anyway, thanks for your words Casandra. Also, I will consider to put this what doesnt kill you, makes you stronger in my sig as well..
But then, the bacteria that I'm dealing with if doesn't kills me, will makes me suffer for life...
Yeah... I learn my lesson in a hard way: Life is unfair, get on with it. LOL
..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
Posted 08 September 2010 - 05:34 PM
- hobglobin, personal comment about my beauteous photo......
Posted 08 September 2010 - 08:36 PM
I am still far from my thesis to be completed.
PhD? wow... haha, I'm still doing my master at the moment. I'll let you to tease me anytime...
..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
Posted 09 September 2010 - 04:59 AM
hey Adrian....all these blood, sweat and tears for a masters degree? My gosh...you better bail out of there really quick cos imagine what s/he will make you do for a PhD degree.......btw, are you from KL?
Hi Casandra...
I am still far from my thesis to be completed.
PhD? wow... haha, I'm still doing my master at the moment. I'll let you to tease me anytime...
- hobglobin, personal comment about my beauteous photo......
Posted 09 September 2010 - 12:13 PM
It started to get worse where the technician for the lab began to really sabotage my experiments or she would run to tell the PI when things weren't going right. It's research-- NOTHING EVER GOES RIGHT!
My PI "volunteered" me to teach a lab of his and some how the incubator that kept my stocks and my students' mammalian cells was mysteriously tampered with-- i.e. the temp was raised and the amount of CO2 was reduced. Hmm, odd indeed.
I started working later at nights and during the weekends when people left. Interestingly enough, my results started to come out better. At one point, my PI asked me what I started to do differently. I told him work at nights and during the weekends when no one was around. I also documented when I came in and when I left so it would be clear that I was clearly working and not just "hanging out" as it was suggested.
Things didn't really start to get better until the technician left about a year before I did.
I remember saying how much I hated going into the lab and how I felt like no matter what I did-- it was never enough. And because I wasn't the 'favorite", my efforts and my results were always minimized.
When I left from there, I realized something: I can deal with anything. It's tough to do, but I think that if you try and focus on the positive-- you'll get through anything.
Posted 11 September 2010 - 01:40 AM
hey Adrian....all these blood, sweat and tears for a masters degree? My gosh...you better bail out of there really quick cos imagine what s/he will make you do for a PhD degree.......btw, are you from KL?
Hi Casandra...
I am still far from my thesis to be completed.
PhD? wow... haha, I'm still doing my master at the moment. I'll let you to tease me anytime...
Hi casandra, will PM you regarding my location.
..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
Posted 11 September 2010 - 10:17 AM
and thank you for your replies and stories... it looks like I'm not the only one in the crap place
casandra: who knows why this professor hired me (I'm hired, my university is flexible and allows me to finish my thesis when I want and I wanted to finish the project I started). I think he likes the status I'm bringing to the lab. We are all from different countries. When he started giving me these lectures I was the only one defending myself and saying back at him. It got old really fast (I don't argue with idiots) and it almost look like he is trying to get my arguing spirit back.
My boss has been away this week. Cloning has been going totally crap for the past month now. I saw shortly him today while he asked what are the results... when I said null, he went to lecture how I should have produced something in one week. I felt like sticking my fingers to my ears and start signing The best part. I have working with this cloning for nothing too.
We are getting the protein in an expression vector from someone in the next week. Excellent.
And this is madness.
It's almost like he really loves this. He gives me a modified vector with a wrong insert. My job is put another insert in. He tells me to sequence the vector as he has no clue will it work out, but only in one way. I do it in two ways. I can't get cloning working. He yells at me how people have use the same vector for decades and how it should have taken me three days to make the construct. Also if I would be a good molecular biologist I wouldn't lose DNA while purifying it from the agarose gel. The sequence results are ok form one way, sequencing it from the other way gives some totally nonesense results. The boss says it's a contamination. I still get the same results back. I should use cDNA library for PCR. After one week I have wasted the most precious DNA ever and how can I have been that stupid and idiotic. I work and work and work and produce some totally nonesense. He lectures me. I'm not a good molecular biologist and even it's not anything personal, I have a lousy university education. Then by the way, you don't have to do the cloning. I already have the vector, BUT now tell me about the details of your future experiments with the staining... and ooh, you always should think ahead and not just sit still. In one week you managed to produce nothing...
I have totally zero motivation
But I suppose I'm not that upset anymore. I just don't seem to care that much
This week I also read four novels, went running, watched couple of movies, met friends...
No scientific results? Too bad and not my problem.
You don't need an academic education to clean the floors
Posted 11 September 2010 - 12:04 PM
Posted 15 September 2010 - 07:04 AM
This is moral harassment and unfortunately it happens a lot. I read a few books about it when my PhD boss started making my life hell. The book explained that these people do like making people feel bad. They can't stand people who are happy and need to destroy that. So my guess is that talking to him would be useless. Slaming the door would be a big waste.
I doubt there is much you can do except take legal action. However, one, you will need to have proofs that he hassles you. Make sure you keep all his emails.
Two, try to finish your thesis before doing anything. Hang on thinking he is a sick man and feel sorry for him. People like that are not happy, believe me. They live in hate, jealousy and paranoia.
Once you're done, it will be your choice to make a complain. Most people are afraid to do so because they know they will be labeled as trouble makers in the future and will have a hard time finding another job. Luckily, a few have balls ;-P
It's rare though. At the moment the best thing you can do is pretend this doesn't affect you at all. Don't get mad, don't show your frustation. This will drive HIM crazy.
It's hard mentally but it's doiable for a few months. Just understand that you are not guilty here. You just met the wrong boss. Don't let him make you doubt in your abilities. Actually, these kind of people usually attack the good students not the bad ones.
When my boss was insulting me, I had this image of my wearing a raincoat and her words were like the rain..slidding on me without touching me. This will be a battle of nerves but I feel you can handle it succesfully.
Good luck.
A. Einstein
Posted 15 September 2010 - 06:26 PM
I can sympathise--your words are painfully familiar to me. The others are right--this happens all the time, even to people with long work histories. I spent a lot of time fighting back, but got sick of it. I changed directions and am loving where I am now. Do what works best for you.
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- Without lowering leg, bend left knee again (bringing heel toward butt) and do another snap kick, attempting to kick slightly higher than the first kick.
- Touch floor briefly with left foot and repeat.
- Do 10 to 15 double kicks. Switch sides and repeat.
Knee to Nose
Targets shoulders, chest, back, abs, butt, hips, and legs
- Begin on floor in a full plank position, shoulders over wrists.
- Lower head between shoulders as you bring left knee toward nose.
- Extend left leg behind you and return to plank. Do 10 reps, alternating sides.
- Return to plank, then lift left leg behind you and right arm forward. Hold for 1 count, then lower. Switch sides; repeat. Do 10 reps, alternating sides.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Do fewer reps or bring knee in only as far as chest.
Cardio Blast
Mountain Climbers
- Start on floor in a full plank position and quickly alternate bringing one knee toward chest at a time. Do 30 reps per side.
Triceps Star Plank
Targets shoulders, chest, triceps, abs, hips, and outer thighs
- Begin on floor in a full plank position, shoulders over wrists, then lower chest toward floor, keeping elbows close to sides. Push up to start.
- From there, rotate entire body to right as you move into a side plank. Keeping weight on palm of left hand, lift right arm toward ceiling and balance on side of left foot, stacking hips and lifting right leg to about hip height.
- Hold for 1 count, then lower leg and arm as you rotate back to start. Repeat on opposite side. Do 10 reps, alternating sides.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Do the push-up on knees; keep bottom knee on floor during side plank.
Reverse Lunge with Punch and Front Kick
Targets shoulders, biceps, triceps, abs, butt, and legs
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, stand with feet hip-width apart, arms by sides.
- Lunge back with left leg, bending right knee 90 degrees as you lower left knee toward floor. At the same time, bend elbows to bring dumbbells up to chest level, then extend arms forward to shoulder height in a slow jab motion. (Keep head, shoulders, and torso above hips.)
- Stand up, kicking left leg forward to hip height, toes pointed, as you lower arms to sides. Do 15 to 25 reps; switch sides and repeat.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Rather than kicking leg forward, bring knee up to hip height.
Cardio Blast
- Run in place as fast as you can, really pumping arms, for 30 to 60 seconds.
Ballerina Squat
Targets shoulders, triceps, abs, butt, thighs, and calves
- Stand with feet a little wider than shoulder-width apart, toes pointed out, holding a single dumbbell with both hands, arms extended overhead. Lift heels, rising up onto balls of feet.
- Keeping heels lifted throughout, bend knees 90 degrees (keep knees aligned over toes) as you bend elbows 90 degrees to lower weight behind head.
- Hold here for 1 count, then stand up and extend arms to start and repeat. Do 15 to 25 reps.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Keep heels on floor.
Back Row with Tap
Targets shoulders, back, abs, butt, hips, hamstrings, and quads
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, stand with feet together, arms in front of thighs, palms facing down. Squat down, keeping body weight over heels, and lean forward slightly, extending arms forward diagonally toward floor.
- Keeping left knee bent, tap right foot directly behind you as you lift elbows out to sides to bring dumbbells by shoulders, palms down.
- Return to start and repeat by tapping left foot behind you. Do 15 to 25 reps, alternating legs.
Cardio Blast
Burpees and Jumping Jacks
- Do 15 burpees (squat down, placing hands on floor, and jump both legs behind you into a full plank; jump feet forward between hands, then quickly jump up into a squat). Finish with 25 jumping jacks.
V-Sit Kick Combo
Targets shoulders, back, core, hips, butt, and thighs
- Sit on floor with legs extended, palms at sides under shoulders with fingers forward. Lift hips off floor, forming a straight line from shoulders to heels.
- Kick left leg straight up; lower leg to start. Switch legs and repeat. Do 12 reps, alternating sides.
- Return to seated position, then lift legs 45 degrees off floor as you lift arms out to sides. Hold for 30 seconds.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Instead of doing a kick, bring bent knee up during the reverse plank; do the V-up with bent knees.
Arabesque to Balancing Stick
Targets shoulders, arms, abs, butt, and legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms at sides.
- Lift right leg behind you as you reach right arm out to side and left arm overhead. Lean torso forward slightly and pulse right leg up and down a few inches, squeezing glutes. Do 25 reps.
- Continuing to stand on left leg, slowly lean further forward until torso is parallel to floor, extending right leg behind you to hip height and both arms forward overhead. Hold for 1 or 2 counts, then return to standing on left leg. Do 10 reps.
- Switch sides, standing on right leg to perform 25 pulses with left leg and 10 balances.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Touch lifted leg to floor between balancing poses.
Cardio Blast
Lateral Side Shuffles
- From a squatting stance, shuffle to the right 3 steps and touch floor with right hand. Then shuffle to the left 3 steps and touch floor with left hand to complete 1 rep. Do 10 reps.


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Region: Vaud, Lavaux
Variety: Chasselas 100%
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Temperature: 9-11 °C
Food Combination: Sea foods, any spicier style Asian or Indian foods
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As an aspiring anchor at WDTN-TV in Dayton, Ohio, 25-year-old Julie Chen was told by her boss and agent that she'd never get the gig looking so Chinese. So she surgically rearranged her face to look more white.
There's the before-and-after shot on the right, which the "Big Brother" host shared with the ladies on CBS' "The Talk" Wednesday.
She asked her boss if she could fill in for the anchor.
"He said, 'You will never be on this anchor desk, because you're Chinese.' He said 'Let's face it Julie, how relatable are you to our community? How big of an Asian community do we have in Dayton? On top of that because of your Asian eyes, I've noticed that when you're on camera, you look disinterested and bored.'
"The eyes are bigger," says the famously stoic Chenbot. "I look more alert, more expressive."
Changing face pushed her into the spotlight, she says.
"I will say that after I had it done, the ball did roll for me," she tells "The Talk" cast.
The surgery, called Asian blepharoplasty or "double eyelid surgery," reshapes the eyelid to have a crease. It took a while to heal. Chen's eyes remained puffy and swollen for a year. Then, in 1999, she became a CBS Morning News anchor. In 2000, she nabbed her current job hosting "Big Brother."
Though pleased with her professional success, she questioned the eye-altering decision.
"I struggled with, wow, you know, did I give in to 'the man' and do this?"
Yup, sounds like that's exactly what happened.
Co-host Sheryl Underwood butted in with the odd remark that, no, she didn't give in to "the man," implying that she can't truly fathom racial exaction because she's not black. Seems as though Underwood didn't consider the Chinese Exclusion Act, internment camps and prejudicial Orientalism.
Sharon Osbourne, with seven-gajillion cosmetic surgeries, applauded Chen for toning down her ethnic features. "Fabulous!" she chimes in. "I think is was the right thing to do."
Of course, a lot of women in Chen's line of work get some work done. Nose jobs, Botox and various other nip-tucks are practically de rigueur. It's just sad that she felt pressured to change a specifically ethnic trait to fit in. At least she didn't Westernize her last name.
Update:TV station apologizes to Julie Chen.
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