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Top Tourist Attractions In Mumbai With Photos And Videos : Instalment One
There are a variety of tourist attractions in Mumbai - the city of dreams - for tourists who throng this cosmopolitan, entertainment and financial capital of India. Tourists from within and from all parts of the globe visit Mumbai throughout the year.
Mumbai is the most glamorous and happening city of India. It is also the commercial capital of India. It is a fact that Mumbai never sleeps and those who visit this city will testify to this. The tourist attractions are not only exciting but also offer an insight into the legacy of Mumbai.
To make it manageable to cover all the tourist attractions that Mumbai offers and that includes keeping the length of this hub within reasonable limits, the list of tourist attractions has been divided into instalments. Links to the previous and/or next instalments will be given at the end of the hub so that the reader can read the entire series at one go, if he/she reader so wishes.
In this, the first instalment, I list below 10 must see places to visit in Mumbai that I consider among the top tourist attractions in Mumbai.
Gateway of India, Mumbai
Gateway Of India
It will be in the fitness of things if I list Gateway of India as topping the list of the many tourist attractions in Mumbai. The Gateway of India is a landmark tourist attraction not because majority of the tourists start their Mumbai venture from this landmark but because it became the port of ceremonial entry for the British Governors and Viceroys, to India, once it was completed. And when the British left India, the troops made their exit from the Gateway of India.
Gateway of India is located in South Mumbai. It was inaugurated in 1924. Kissing the Arabian sea, this monument offers a breathtaking view. The Gateway is made into the shape of an arch that has an height of 26 meters. An excellent architectural marvel, it is made of yellow basalt and reinforced concrete.
The Gateway of India commemorates the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to India in 1911. The foundation stone was laid that very year.
The famous Taj Mahal hotel stands opposite this landmark. The Gateway of India is a major tourist attraction and a spot which even the local people throng. You can encounter many photographers and vendors of various types of stuff when you visit the place.
A ferry ride can be hired from one of the jetties, for a ride into the Arabian sea. Tours to Elephanta Caves, another tourist attraction, also commence from here.
Trip to Elephanta Caves Mumbai
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Elephanta Caves
They have been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO and are located about 10 kilometers off the eastern coast of Mumbai.
Elephanta Caves are located on Elephanta island, which was formerly known as Gharapuri. The caves can be reached by motor boats taken from Apollo Bunder, near the Gateway of India.
The Elephanta island has 2 groups of caves, having 7 caves in all.
- A large group of 5 Hindu caves
- A small group of 2 Buddhist caves
The caves were made sometime between the 5th and 8th centuries. They have been cut from solid basalt rock. The most significant cave is the Mahesha Murti Cave where huge stone figures of doorkeepers welcome the visitors at the entrance. Inside is a huge hall that has massive stone pillars supporting the roof.
The Elephants caves are dedicated to Lord Shiva and one sees Lord Shiva in both his forms - the shiv ling form as well as in statue form.
A massive 20 feet tall statue of Lord Shiva can be seen in the main chamber as the Trimurthi Sadashiva (Three headed Shiva), in the form of the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer - the 3 facets of his personality.
Unique and creative architecture and architectural designs can be seen in these caves.These are sculptures of very high quality and architectural excellence. Considering the times the caves were created, it seems an almost superhuman effort carving out these caves from solid rock. It can only be said that they must have been far industrious than us to have been able to create such marvels when technology was not so advanced or they had technology that was far advanced than what we have today but it somehow was lost for future generations.
These caves were Hindu places of worship before the Portuguese rule. When the Portuguese landed here there was a huge elephant statue at the entrance to the caves. This statue is now housed at the Jijamata Udyan, in Mumbai.
Jijamata Udyan was known as Victoria Gardens earlier.
The caves complex or temple complex is spread over 60000 square feet. There is one main chamber, two lateral chambers, a courtyard and some more shrines in the temple complex.
Every year in the month of February, the Elephanta festival - a musical festival - is held. A visit to Elephanta Caves gives tourists an insight into some of the religious and cultural aspects of India. These caves depict several forms and acts of Lord Shiva.
It would be benefit the visitors to know that the caves are closed on Mondays.
Time Lapse Film City Mumbai
Film City
Film City
Film city is a film studio complex located in Goregaon East near Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It is the place where many Bollywood movies are shot.
Mumbai is the Film city of India very much like what Hollywood is to USA. Mumbai has always attracted thousands of people wanting to try their luck in movies and become famous and rich. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world. thousands of movies are made each year.In technical expertise, Bollywood stands at No 2, after Hollywood.
The first silent movie in India was made in 1911. It is a dream world inside the film city, with modern day technology at its beck and call to produce movie masterpieces.
Inside, one can find lakes, gardens, helipads, real like buildings, fountains, grounds, several recording and editing rooms etc as many movies are being shot simultaneously here.
Film city was built by the state government for the benefit of the film industry.
To honor Dadasaheb Phalke, the renowned cine figure and father of the Indian film industry, whose dream endeavor this was, film city has been renamed as Dada Saheb Phalke Nagar.
Flash Mob Mumbai - CST Official Video
Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus/victoria TerminusClick thumbnail to view full-size
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), is a historic railway station that was formely known as Victoria Terminus (VT). A beautiful specimen of Victorian Gothic style of architecture it has been declared a world heritage site. It is the last station on the Central railway, in South Mumbai.CST is also the headquarters of the Central Railways of India.
It was completed in 1888 to commemorate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria and named Victoria Terminus in her honor. The busiest railway station in India it is a terminal for long distance as well as surburban commuter trains, for the Central railway in Mumbai.
The CST has marvellous stone domes, turrets, pointed arches and a unique ground plan. With the interiors comprising of wood carvings, tiles, ornamental brass and iron railings, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is an excellent fusion of 2 cultures.
It took 10 years to construct and cost 260,000 pounds when completed, the most expensive structure ever built in Mumbai till then.
Mumbai (Bombay) Chowpatty Beach India
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Chowpatty Beach
Chowpatty beach runs along Marine drive, in the South of Mumabai. It is one of the most famous and popular of public beaches in Mumbai.
Also called Girgaum chowpatty or simply chowpatty, in local lingo, it is the venue of Ganpati visarjan (immersion) during Ganesh chaturti celebrations. Thousands of people converge on chowpatty beach to immerse and many more to just watch the spectacle.
It is also one of the venues where stage performances of Ram Lila are held yearly during Dussehra. The effigy of Ravana is also burnt here on the conclusion of the 9 day navratri festival.
One can find people from all walks of life and of all ages throng the beach every evening not only to get some fresh air but also to enjoy the variety of the famous Mumbai street food that vendors sell here as also to enjoy the various ferry rides, pony rides etc.
Chowpatty beach almost wears the look of a carnival every evening as visitors come in hordes to have a taste of the amusements like beachside astrologers, professional masseurs, snake charmers, monkey shows, beebee gun shooting galleries, contortionists and a variety of other attractions.
Local delicacies like kulfi, corn on the cob, chana seeng, pav bhaji, ragda patties, pani puri, bhel puri, dahi wada, pav bhaji etc are sold by various beach side food stalls and mobile food vendors.
No visit to Mumbai can be called complete without a visit to the famous chowpatty beach as also the other famous beach - the Juhu beach which is situated further up in Central Mumbai.
Other beautiful and famous beaches are the Versova beach and the Madh Island beach. The Versova beach is known for its proximity to the local fisherfolk community. The Madh island beach is far from the main city so it is much less frequented and has a cleaner and more peaceful atmosphere.
Sunbathing and swimming is not allowed on these beaches.
Marine Drive, Mumbai
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Marine Drive
Marine drive is a beautifully laid out boulevard in South Mumbai connecting Malabar hills with Nariman Point. It is a six lane C- shaped 3 kilometer long concrete road that has chowpatty beach at one of its proximal end just at the base of the Malabar hills.
Running all along Marine drive along the sea line is the beautiful esplanade that is sought after by numerous visitors to have a stroll, some fresh breeze and view the sunset over the distant horizon.
Marine drive is officially called Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road. With palm trees lined up all along the road on one side while numerous hotels, celebrity homes and rows of art deco buildings line the other side of Marine drive all along.
Come nighttime and Marine drive takes on a stunning appearance with the lights along the road appearing like a necklace with stringed pearls, when seen from an elevated point around the place.
It is for this reason that Marine Drive is also called Queen's Necklace. Roadside kiosks adorn this road at some places dishing out tasty local fare. A recent addition is the Nana-Nani park for senior citizens.
For visitors a walk and drive along Marine drive at night is a must do,
Flora fountain Hutatma chowk Mumbai Bombay Maharashtra
Hutatma Chowk (Flora Fountain)Click thumbnail to view full-size
Hutatma Chowk (Flora Fountain)
Hutatma Chowk was formerly known as Flora Fountain or simply Fountain especially when asking for a bus ticket to the last bus stop, in the state operated BEST buses.
Flora Fountain is an exquisitely carved stone fountain in South Mumbai erected in 1864 at a cost of 9000 pounds or rupees 47000, then. The fountain is named after the Roman Goddess of flowers, Flora and is located in the Fort area, which is a thriving and bustling business hub in the heart of Mumbai city. The fountain is made of imported Portland stone.
In 1960, the square where Flora Fountain is located was formally named Hutatma Chowk or the Martyr's Square by which name it is now known. It has been declared a heritage stucture.
During a hot and sultry day, the cooling and soothing spray of water from the fountain is much relished by those who happen to walk past it.
Even today, the Imperial colonial structures that surround the Flora Fountain square give it a royal look. Flora Fountain is within walking distance of CST. Churhgate railway station and the Gateway of India.
Flora fountain is a landmark and one of the tourist attractions in Mumbai that should not be missed.
Kamala Nehru Park Malabar hill Mumbai Bombay Maharashtra
Hanging garden Malabar hill Mumbai Bombay Maharashtra
Malabar HillClick thumbnail to view full-size
Malabar Hill
Malabar hill is touted as the most expensive residential are in the world. It is a small hill in South Mumbai that is home to the famous Hanging Gardens, Kamala Nehru Park and the Walkeshwar Temple.
Malabar hill is the highest point in the city at a height of 50 meters. While up on the hill one can get a spectacular view of the city all around and it gives a breathtaking view of the Queens Necklace on Marine drive at night with the Chowpatty beach in the forefront and the Nariman Point skyline skyline in the backdrop.
Many business tycoons and film celebrities live here and it is also the home to the official residences of the Governor of Mumbai and the Chief Minister of the Maharastra state.
Malabar hill derives its name from the Malabar coast in Kerala state of India, as in the early days when Mumbai was developing, pirates from the Malabar coast entered Mumbai by way of the sea. Being at a strategic location to spot these entries via the sea, a sentinel was built on the hill in those days.
Haji Ali Dargah Mumbai Bombay Maharashtra
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Haji Ali
Haji Ali is a durgah or tomb as well as a mosque. It is a shrine very much venerated by Muslims and is located on an island in the Worli area in Mumbai. It was built in 1431.
People from all over India come to pay homage to Haji Ali, a rich merchant-saint, who gave up all wordly possessions before proceeding to Hajj in Mecca. It was built in his memory.
Legend has it that he died during this pilgrimage and the coffin carrying his body, which was cast in the sea waters as per his last wish, floated back to this place. Another legend has it that he drowned at this place.
Irrespective of one's faith thousands of visitors flock Haji Ali durgah to get his blessings and it is estimated that about 40000 visitors make their way to this shrine every Thursday and Friday.
The shrine is about 500 meters from the shore and is connected by a narrow walkway almost a kilometer long in the sea; surprisingly it has no railings (see picture) on either side. During high tide the sea water submerges this walkway and access to the durgah is only during low tides.
It is a lifetime experience walking this walkway with sea on either side and the cool breeze blowing on one's body. The entire durgah is built on a 4500 square meters area.
The tomb is always covered in a red and green brocade sheet that is supported on a silver frame supported by marble pillars. These pillars host a multitude of colored mirrors and also bear in Arabic the 99 names of Allah. Separate praying rooms for men and women are provided as per Islamic traditions.
The highlight of the durgah is the 26 meter high tower inside the durgah complex.
Colorful Crawford Market in Mumbai - India Travel
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Crawford Market
Crawford Market is a marvel of Architecture and one of the most prominent markets of Mumbai located down South Mumbai. It was named after the first municipal commissioner of Mumbai city, Arthur Crawford. Today, it is known as Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Market. The old name though, is still a favorite and on everyone's lips.
Construction of Crawford Market was completed in 1869. The market houses vegetables, fruits, meat and poultry produce. It also has a pet store. Imported cosmetics, food and gift items and home needs are also sold in its premises.
Crawford Market is built in an area of 72000 square feet. Coarse kurla stone and red stone was used for the building structure. The building has an impressive clock tower with lovely Victorian carvings. The main entrance is especially a feast for the eyes and the market itself, an architectural wonder.
Till 1966, it was Mumbai's main wholesale market. Later that year it was shifted to Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai).
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Some of my other hubs on Tourist Attractions In Mumbai
- Top Tourist Attractions In Mumbai With Photos : Instalment Two
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- Top Tourist Attractions In Mumbai With Photos : Instalment Three
This is the third instalment in the series on top tourist attactions in Mumbai. To know the best tourist attractions, read on...
- Top Tourist Attractions In Mumbai With Photos : Instalment Four
Here is a list of top tourist attractions in Mumbai. Mumbai city has a big number of tourist attractions. Read, the fourth instalment of this series here...
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This hub brought back some wonderful memories of my short stay (6 months) there years ago.
Thanks Rajan Singh Jolly for the informative article on our commercial capital. I love Mumbai for its pace and energy. i should cover Elephanta caves in my next trip.
This is very nice information about Mumbai. Mumbai is wonderful city in India. There are lots of places to see. Gateway of India is the major tourist spot of Mumbai tourisms. Good post. Keep sharing.........
Hi Rajan, Your hub brought back some great memories of Mumbai which I visited in the late 1990s. Thank you!
Very informative hub. Thanks for sharing this wonderful hub. Voted up and 5 stars.
Really amazing hub and visualization of Mumbai. Thanks for sharing this hub.
@rajanjolly Great HUB. The articulation of idea mixed with adequate use of pictures is excellent. I have written in detail about Marine Drive. If you Love Marine Drive do visit my HUB.
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Well presented hub about the Mumbai city. Thanks for sharing. Votes up and shared.
Thanks for this spectacular free tour! Your usual fantastic and thoroughly informative work. Voted up and sharing.
This is simply amazing. Film City, the Mumbai Flash Mob, Bollywood....extraordinary information and educational virtual tour. Believe me, we are all waiting for the next half of the journey!
Siddhi Vinayaka Temple is what you left, one of the most significant place in Mumbai and what I missed too in my two trips to that great city. I think it needs a mention in the hub as it attracts such a large crowd there. All other spots except Film city, I have visited. Mumbai is a great city and everyone loves it. Actually, it is a mini India. Thank you for sharing this wonderful information. I hope it would help those who wish to make a visit to this wonderful city.
Thanks Rajanji, for writing such a wonderful hub on Mumbai!
I have lived in Bombay( then it was called Bombay), for 10 years and still keep on visiting the magnificent place. The magic of Bombay is different from other Metro cities of India.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures, videos and description of one of the most hot and happening city in the world.
Wonderful and well done!
Hi Rajan,
What a wonderful tour I missed first time round! A fantastic list of sights and places in such an amazing city. I did not realize Mumbai was formerly Bombay which I was familiar with by name. The Gateway to India is a truly beautiful landmark. Elephanta Caves look incredible and sound so interesting they would be a must for me! Love the marine drive and it sounds like the happening place to go. Film City and The Market are definitely two venues you would find me at. From working in the film Industry, I love visiting such places in different countries. Crawford Market looks so beautiful and home to such a wide variety of things, I would be a kid in a candy store there. So many wonderful sights and only installment 1! Thanks Rajan for an excellent tour covering a great selection that leaves you wanting more! Look forward to reading the others now. You come from a beautiful city my friend I would love to visit someday!
Up, useful, awesome, interesting, shared, pinned and 5 stars from me!
Very informative hub with beautiful photos. There are so many exciting things to do in the city. I previously had zero knowledge about it, so thanks for providing an introduction! Voted up and more.
I hope that one day I will have vacation funds to visit Mumbai. I like all the attractions, but the Hanging Garden is going to be on my "Must See" list.
Just saw this Hub on Mumbai. Even though I have been in Mumbai for many years I still have not explored many of these places.
Mumbai looks like such a gorgeous place. I have been so amazed at Earth's beauty through the fantastic photos that rajan jolly always shares!
Jollyji... another wonderful hub from you. I have visited Mumbai a couple of times and almost visited all these places.
Your hub on Mumbai brought back those memories of my visits on previous occasions. It is wonderful hub, presented well.
Thank you very much for this wealth of information. I look forward to reading Part 2 about Mumbai.
This is another awesome hub, and now you have perked my interest in wanting to visit Mumbai. When I was young, the city was known as Bombay. Was this the name the British gave it, and when was the name changed to Mumbai? Also, what is the name of the first language people in Mumbai learn before learning English in schools? Would this language be very hard for westerners like me to learn? The pictures are great and Mumbai looks like a beautiful city. Voted up and sharing with followers and on Facebook. Also Pinning and Tweeting.
Beautiful and interesting photos! Great information to help anyone planning a trip to Mumbai. It is so good of you to share your knowledge of this beautiful city with us and make the unknown and exotic seem so much more familiar and therefore tempting!
Voted up and BUI.
Mumbai truly seems like a fascinating place... everything you have covered here sounds amazing. The Elephant caves sound like an interesting and very spiritual place.. would love to be able to see those some day.. Also, Marine Drive and Malabar Hill.. the views are breathtaking, even in the photos..would love to see all of this in real life. I had never even thought about the shores and beaches in India. Thank you so much for sharing :)
Great post..Mumbai is the city which makes one very smart.
Been away from my computer for two days ...and lots of new hubs. I always love my travel experiences with you from my computer chair. Very interesting and of course enlightening. Thanks for sharing. Voting UP++++
This is a very interesting and informative hub! You give a great introduction to India and what to see and do. Your presentation is beautiful and I like the layout of this article. Your photos are stunning. After reading this hub, I want to visit India. Voted up and shared!
Thanks for publishing this article. It brought back memories of the time I spent in Mumbai several years ago when I accompanied my boyfriend on a business trip.
We didn't have much time for sightseeing, unfortunately, but I do remember Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Marine Drive, and one of the beaches.
I'm always impressed with the amunt of time you spend in researching, writing, and formatting your articles. You've done a great job with this Hub, my friend. Well done!
Informative hub!!
Simply an awesome tour; the pictures were fantastic. This is as good a travel hub as I have ever seen. I would love to visit this place....if only....
Wonderful job Rajan!
Rajan - Very good information on Mumbai. I was totally unfamiliar with any of its attractions. I hate to admit my ignorance, but the only time I'd heard of it was the terrible hotel takeover and massacre that had occurred several years ago. It truly is a beautiful place, and the pictures you provide are a great testimony to that. Great Job!


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Surely sets of tools used for report and collaboration are personalized and should be properly chosen for any particular product under development but the mentioned set is a) most common and b) the one we used throughout the Drupal case mentioned above so we will stick to it for now.
Continuous Inspection
Knowing vital aspects about your projects on all stages of development and determining readiness of even the slightest change is only half way to victory from business perspective. The entire process needs to be accurately visualized this stakeholders can witness actual quality of the code (and product). This is when Continuous inspection comes in handy as appropriate sets of tools are used to determine, validate and share:
Code report and analysis
Valid, meaningful trends
Harvested information about all defects that took place in latest changes
Individual focus on core business elements
Absolute control over all possible issues
All these metrics and charts are vital elements that deliver vast control and management possibilities to businesses thus making a strict division of responsibilities: stakeholders are 100% in charge of all decision making while the technical side knows what needs to be delivered and how solutions should operate according to business requirements. Clear tasks are set and accurate, precise goals are achieved.
Thus combination of Continuous Inspection and Continuous Feedback adds even more value to one of world's best known development best practices – CI and raises it to an entirely new level with deeper respect to business needs and emphasis on their realization.
Technical aspects
Business focus is not all it takes to resolve all possible flaws software might possess and are but steps required to guide companies from dark pits of technical debt. Developers and their work are also vital components of overall, Continuous Success. Our global CI ideology primarily focuses on the following flow:
- Often (at least 1 time per day) code is being "filled" into the repository;
- Automated tests are being written;
- Private builds are run (the assembly process, which is
performed with the use of the source code that is currently located in a local
Developer repository);
- Broken code is not "filled in";
- Broken builds are fixed forthwith;
- All checks and tests are ensured as made and none pumped out
of the broken code repository.
And if we were to talk in terms of our current case study we have done the following:
- Architecture was refactored.
- Code was refactored.
- Platform was hosted.
- Advanced external caching was implemented.
These activities have led to:
- Technical debt was reduced from 12.6% to 0.1%.
- Critical and major defects were eliminated.
- 10 000 000 records database.
- 10 000 messages per second.
- The portal has been featured on the main page of Yahoo numerous times.
- 10+k visitors per hour.
Impressive results, are they not? And simply consider the ROI and amount of investments that will never again be required in the long run? Now you can clearly visualize quality has a price for a reason.
As we have witnessed above connections between any project's success as a whole piece is severely related to code quality. One who constantly measures all indicators has constant feel and full control of the product. Such aspects as 'complexity', 'technical debt', and 'risk of re-working' and all supporting data must be harvested and analyzed constantly if your business cares about possible risks and you wish to remain proactive. After all, elimination of defects is easier on early stages.
Never forget about hot fix costs, if they take too much time (more than expected) turn to code complexity. Efforts in "quality and security" tend to focus on the end of the life cycle, before testing or production. Tests are done to verify the good behavior of the application. But when there are unwanted results from those tests or the problems come to production, they must be repaired correcting the code. In this case, as mentioned above, cost of this re-work, according to SEI, can rise to $2,656 per line of code and higher, without the barren hours of testing. Why invest those dollars into something that could have been prevented?


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As many cannabis lovers (and readers of this fine newspaper) know, hemp is now legal in Colorado. But it's not an unregulated free-for-all. State regulations allow the Colorado Department of Agriculture to test the crops of up to a third of registered growers to make sure said crops' THC content is below the allowable limit of 0.3 percent. If a grower's plants test higher than that, the crop must be "destroyed or utilized on site in a manner approved of" by the state agriculture commissioner.
We checked in with the department to see how the testing has gone so far.
See also: Hemp: New Law Lets Farmers Register Year-Round to Grow Crop
According to spokeswoman Christi Lightcap, the department has received 22 test results thus far. Eighteen were below the 0.3 percent THC limit. Four were above.
The department can't reveal any details about the crops that exceeded the limit, Lightcap says. But she reports that they included hemp grown for both commercial and research-and-development purposes, and that all four samples contained less than 1 percent THC. As such, Lightcap says the growers were granted waivers that allow them to avoid losing their hemp-growing registrations and allow instead for the crops to be destroyed in the manner approved by the commissioner that we mentioned earlier.
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The 22 test results represent 15 percent of the current registrants' crops, Lightcap says. An additional 1 percent are still in the lab, and Lightcap says the department plans to test another 3 to 4 percent in the field. The balance of the testing will be done on indoor plants.
"Some of the plants grown indoors were planted later than those planted in the field," Lightcap explains in an e-mail sent today. "We will have further testing in the coming months as more indoor facilities have product to test."Follow me on Twitter @MelanieAsmar or e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Why Getting a South Carolina Car Accident Attorney Matters
Auto accidents are stressful. In the best of circumstances, they interrupt your day, and are a major inconvenience. Oftentimes, however, collisions result in a variety of issues on top of inconvenience – damage/repairs to your vehicle, injuries, medical expenses and lost time at work, just to name a few.
As you heal from your injuries, you'll also be burdened with providing the at-fault driver's insurance company with all kinds of information and documentation about yourself and your claim. You did nothing wrong and yet, it may feel like YOU'RE the one on trial. Insurance companies, and the adjusters to whom you will be speaking, handle claims like yours every single day. They know all the ins and outs of how claims work – in all likelihood, you do not. This puts you at an immediate disadvantage as the at-fault driver's insurance company goes about its job of paying you as little as possible. The longer you handle your claim alone, the easier it is for the insurance company to minimize your claim. If you've been injured in a car wreck, get someone on your side that knows as much (or more) about how injury claims work as the insurance company and their adjusters. Level the playing field. Contact contact Hundley Law LLC right away to discuss your case.
Types of Damages
After a car accident, you may be entitled to compensation for a variety of losses (also called damages) that you have suffered as a result of the accident, which generally include the following:
- Vehicle Repairs / Total Loss
- Medical expenses (both past and future)
- Lost wages (both past and future)
- Pain and suffering
There are numerous, more specific damages, that may be sought if applicable; however, the insurance company is unlikely to fully inform you of any and all ways you may seek compensation, let alone, how best to document the damages involved in your case.
If you've been injured in a car accident, contact contact Hundley Law LLC as soon as possible. As the victim of someone else's negligence, it is important that you level the playing field before you are taken advantage of.


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At Northeast Treaters, we never forget who keeps this business going: our customers. That's why we work to provide all the things a customer could ask of a treater: fast answers, a complete inventory, all types of treatments, specialty timbers and grades of lumber, mixed loadings, and more. The person who handles your inquiry is located right at the plant for reliable, accurate information that has the authority to make decisions. When you hang up the phone, you'll know what's available, what it will cost and when you can expect delivery.
At Northeast Treaters, we have worked hard to develop the facilities, inventory and services our customers expect. That's why with more than half a century of combined industry experience, our senior management team knows there's more to a buying decision than cost per foot. Our management style keeps us in constant touch with changing market needs and new products, enabling Northeast Treaters to compete effectively. We'll work to save you time, provide accurate information and help you make the right product decisions for your business.
Northeast Treaters is your single-source supplier, stocking the complete range of pressure treated products. For our customers servicing the residential, industrial and commercial markets, we offer the best combination of price, products, quality, service, and reliability.
A wood preserving plant can't make your lumber look better, but it sure can make it look worse. At Northeast Treaters, every effort is made to source quality lumber and ourfacilities are set up to make sure your lumber looks as good leaving as it did coming in. For example, edge protectors and plastic coated banding are applied to prevent gouging and rust marks. All fire retardant wood is paper wrapped, and all untreated material arrives at our facility protected from the weather."
Every season the market will throw us a twist, a new product or perhaps an acute shortage of a standard item. It is our relationships with our supplying saw mills that enable Northeast Treaters to alter their production to obtain the products our customers need – FAST."
Northeast Treaters is in business for the long haul, so we continually reinvest profits into our production processes. All manufacturing and support equipment is designed for the job and properly maintained. Our yard is paved to facilitate fast loading and maintain top quality, and storage areas are covered to protect wood from sun and weather. Additional investments have been made to serve our customers with advanced information systems:
This dedication to our business has won the loyalty of customers who know Northeast Treaters delivers a quality product, every time.
In response to recent changes in the chemical process requirements for pressure treated lumber, Northeast Treaters has undergone extensive analysis and modification of wood preservative systems and our manufacturing facilities. Our plants are all computer controlled and able to apply any additive to the treating solution necessary such as water repellants, color, or mildecides in order to continuously supply the pressure treated wood products your market demands.
Treating Services Only and Custom Kiln Drying Services are also available. Our maximum annual capacity now exceeds 175 million board feet, so we are able to supply even the largest lumber resellers. With continuous-line manufacturing operations in central Massachusetts and Eastern New York, Northeast Treaters is ideally located to serve customers in the six New England states, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Northeast Treaters is located to take full advantage of the freight flow of wood. Freight contracts are in place to procure raw materials reliably and at the lowest cost by rail, from all three major wood producing regions:
Operations in Belchertown, Massachusetts and Athens, New York, place Northeast Treaters within 100 miles of all major metropolitan areas in the northeast. Same-day or next-day delivery is available in most cases.
We're a prompt-ship business, so we keep a broad product mix on hand at all times. When you need pressure treated wood, Northeast Treaters can get it to you fast.


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When it comes to logos, less is more. A mark that a company can be remembered by, it should be so simple that you could draw it in the sand with a stick. Case in point? Next time you're surfside soaking up the sun, take just a sec and spell out D&G — as in Dolce Gabanna sunglasses.
Deviltry Is in the Details
For sensual, feminine style, Dolce and Gabbana frames are simply tutto bene. Get flirty with a pair of peony-patterned Dolce and Gabbana cat eye sunglasses with a gold-plated bridge and gradient pink lenses that artfully pick up the floral note. It's a model of refined elegance. Butterfly-shaped Dolce and Gabbana shades sprinkled with sparkling crystals and contrasting dark lenses give new meaning to the smoky eye look. Or opt for oversized round sunglasses with frosted, pearly nuances that manage to be cultured and playful at the same time.
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The smart, fashion-forward man should have designs on Dolce and Gabbana aviator sunglasses. They come embellished with a double bridge and adjustable nose pads for a perfect fit. Or, choose the Wayfarer-inspired Metro glasses, with their iconic keyhole bridge. And who needs clear skies when you can see the world through pilot sunshades with azure frames and reflective blue lenses?
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John Wesley and Charles Wesley, sons of Samuel and Susanna Wesley were born at Epworth, a Lincolnshire town in the early 1700s. John was the preacher (he preached more than 50,000 sermons) and Charles the musician (he wrote some 6000 hymns).
Both were ordained Anglican priests, and had new, real and deeper "conversion" experiences in May 1738. On the 24th May at Aldersgate Street John "felt my heart strangely warmed, knew that I did trust in Christ for my salvation and that I had been set free from the law of sin and death". From then on began a great evangelical revival which spread through England and Wales, bringing tremendous social and moral changes.
Methodist emphasis has always been upon Sin, Salvation, Assurance and Sanctification as is stated in the four ALLs of Methodism:-
- ALL need to be saved,
- ALL can be saved,
- ALL can know they are saved, and
- ALL can be saved to the uttermost.
The two Pillars upon which Methodism stood (and still stands) are, Fellowship and Mission:
- Fellowship = the Class Meeting
- Mission = Let me commend my Saviour to you = telling others about Jesus Christ and caring for the orphanages, Schools, the sick, the poor, the aged and those in prison.
THE METHODIST CHURCH largely follows Protestant Reformers, but lays greater stress on certain doctrines. Wesley emphasised certain aspects of Christian discipleship, never losing sight of the objectivity of God's act in Jesus. He stressed:
- salvation by faith as the only basis for the Christian life
- the importance of Christian love
- the social implications of the Gospel
- the necessity for growth in holiness
- the need for regular Christian fellowship
The MCSA functions as :
- a Connexion which meets as a Conference under the Presiding Bishop, Bishop Ivan Abrahams. 12 Districts comprise the Connexion – we are in the Natal Coastal District and meet as a Synod under Bishop Purity Malinga,
- Near to 250 Circuits are in the Connexion – we are in the Clerpine Circuit, and meet as a Circuit Quarterly Meeting under the Superintendant minister, Revd Peter Crundwell.
- Approximately 4000 Societies are in the Connexion. A Society is a local congregation headed by a Leaders' Meeting led by a Resident Minister. The MCSA consists of more than a million members served by some 800 Ministers together with Deacons, Evangelists, Bible Women, Local Preachers, Lay Agents and appointed Youth Workers.
The four Pillars upon which modern day Methodism stands in Southern Africa are:
Spirituality Evangelism Morality and Dignity.
Methodism in Hillcrest
Methodists have been meeting together in Hillcrest for more than 60 years; first services in a wood and iron hall on the land now occupied by the Civic Offices. In 1943 after that little hall was demolished, services were held in the Highbury Chapel, maybe for as long as forty years.
The Anglicans and Methodists then shared the Anglican Hall in Nqutu Road which was dedicated in September 1984. Additional buildings were added over a period of time and the premises were happily shared until June 2002 when the Methodist Church was moved across the road to their own premises. Good relations with our Anglican friends continue! Our new church was officially opened on the 10th November 2002 by Bishop Purity Malinga.
In the early years HMC was served by ministers from Kloof. Hillcrest first appeared on the Circuit Preaching Plan as from 4th February 1973: Services were held at Highbury.
For the past 3 decades Hillcrest has had its own resident minister. George Pappas, Jonathan Anderson, Raymond Pitts, Arthur Loans, Neil Oosthuizen and Eric Dorey, have all served this congregation. The Rev Andrew Robinson is the Superintendent of the Clerpine Circuit, having replaced Rev. Peter Crundwell a few years ago.
We are in the Hillvale Region of the Clerpine Circuit and the Rev Andrew Robinson and Rev Chris Mokone are our present resident ministers, who are assisted by Deacon Ernie Nightingale (Waterfall), Evangelist Jackson Tokwe (Molweni) and Mrs. Glynnis Crowe (Pastoral Assistant) . We have a membership of some 600 which includes 30 Zulu speaking ladies who meet for Manyano and worship at 11.30 am on Sunday mornings. Mrs. Ester Duma, an accredited Local Preacher, is the Society Steward who supervises that part of our work.
As many of you are no doubt aware we recently conducted a series of retreats at which we gave serious thought to what we believed a church was all about and, in particular, what God wanted us at Hillcrest Methodist Church (HMC) to aspire to as a church. The outcome, after much prayer, discussion, debate and reference to the Bible has been summarized in the document which follows.
In essence we want HMC to become a "Light on the Hill", a place which is warm and welcoming, a place where we can learn to love and worship our God more dearly and, through this growing and transforming experience, we can actively enable his light to shine through us to the benefit of the community as a whole and especially to the least, the last, and the lost.
Wow…! That is quite a tall order, I hear you say, how can we possibly aspire to all that? Well, on our own it will be difficult, perhaps impossible, but we are confident that this is the way God wants us to go, and we are also confident that he will enable us, individually and as a church, to glorify his Name and help in building the Kingdom of God here in Hillcrest.
Even with God's help it won't be easy and it will require a constant and conscious effort on the part of each one of us to try to live and actively promote this vision of our church, in the way we live and interact with each other and with our community on a daily basis. Pew-warming won't cut it.
How effective we shall be in working towards and living this vision will depend not merely on how good the minister is; or, on how good the door stewards are; nor how wonderful the flowers are; nor how well we warm the pews; nor how good the words look on a piece of paper……..it will depend on how well and to what extent each and every one of us contributes and makes the effort to live as a 'light' to the nation, a child of God, a disciple of Jesus.
It matters not whether you are just starting your journey with Christ or whether you have been on the road for some time; it matters only that you continue to open your heart to God and commit yourself to try….every moment, every day, and always.
We look forward to you joining us on this joyful roller coaster 'journey into light'. We trust that God will get us through the inevitable potholes and that others will see and want to join.
We have 3 pillars under which all our ministries operate. They are Growing, Embracing & Serving.


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Hebron teacher receives probation in texting case
NEW LONDON (AP) -- A 31-year-old former teacher at a parochial school in Sprague has been sentenced to five years of probation for sending inappropriate texts to a female student.
Robert Pfeiffer of Hebron had pleaded no contest in April to a charge of risk of injury to a minor.
Prosecutors say Pfeiffer sent messages seeking a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student at the Academy for the Holy Family in 2010.
They say he resigned after telling the principal at the school he was texting hypothetical scenarios to ensure the girl would be able to say 'no' to boys in the future.
As part of his plea deal, Pfeiffer has agreed not to teach for the next five years.


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He had no idea whether or not she wore make-up.
Even though he had spent countless hours staring at that face, he just… didn't know.
If pushed, he'd guess that she did something with her eyes. Because, really, it wouldn't be fair for them to be naturally that stunning.
He knew other things though!
He knew what her forehead looked like when she was mad at him, as compared to what it looked like when she was just concentrating.
He rolled up the end of his tie. Then he unrolled it. Why did he pick this ugly tie?
Oh! He also knew that sigh she let out when she was ready for the night to be over. When she was ready to stop being "on." When she just wanted to shut down and have him nakedspoon her while they watched some movie that he was so excited about and which he was shocked that she had somehow never seen.
He stood up and straightened his suit.
He knew the feeling he got every time any part of her touched any part of him. From the first time they shook hands, to last night when her lips kissed his chest.
Every single time.
He heard a woman's skin referred to as being "like electric silk" in a movie once. That was close.
He walked over to the mirror. He looked up. And down. He wasn't completely dissatisfied.
He knew to just listen when she was so happy about something that she was just going to talk. Quickly. For a while. He loved that. Even though it made him feel like a bit of an audience member, it made him smile. Big.
He sat back down. He crossed one leg over the other. Which was something he only ever did while wearing a suit. He noticed the slightest bit of a thread hanging out from the bottom of his left pant leg. He pulled on it. The loose thread got a little longer.
He had a vision of her coming out and finding him with his pant leg unraveled all the way up to his knee — despite the fact that this was an expensive suit and not a crocheted scarf, crafted by a 12 year old. Then she'd stare. And he'd "Uhm…" And she'd say, "So maybe I took a little while to get ready?"
He laughed.
And then she did walk out.
He went to speak, but all that came out was "Whoa…"
"I'm very pretty, aren't I?" she beamed. And then she did that thing she does, where she looks towards the ceiling with just her eyes and makes the cutest faux-bashful face ever.
She did a pirouette. The bottom of the purple cocktail dress floated a little.
He stood up.
She smiled.
He shook his head in awe.
She did a little dance move that made the dark ponytail sway.
He didn't know if she was wearing make-up.
He did know that he was completely fucked.


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We may have previously announced that the much-anticipated HTC Flyer would be launching in both the UK and the US, but up until now there has been no word on a Canadian release. However, it now looks like the Android-based tablet could be heading to Canada after all.
According to a recent article by Ian Hardy at mobilesyrup.com, the HTC Flyer has now been added to the drop down menu on the Canadian section of the HTCSense.com website. This of course gives strong indication that Canada could be seeing the tablet pretty soon.
There have been previous reports suggesting that the upcoming Android tablet could well be heading to Telus. As Ian noted, the last time a device popped up on the HTCSense.com website was with the Telus Desire HD, which only took two months to be officially released.
As many of you will already be aware, the HTC Flyer's specs include a 7-inch touch screen display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, a 1.5GHz single-core Qualcomm processor, a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and Wi-Fi.
The HTC Flyer will come shipped running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but will be upgraded to 3.0 Honeycomb OS. Are you thinking about buying the HTC Flyer?


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Demi Moore AmEx Card Stolen … Feds Say Perp Ran Up $ 169k!!!
Demi Moore is the victim in a major credit card fraud case — way over $ 100k worth — according to federal prosecutors.
According to the criminal complaint, obtained by TMZ, 35-year-old David Matthew Read reported Demi's AmEx card lost or stolen in March, and when the new one was delivered through FedEx… he somehow managed to pick it up.
The feds say he went on a spending spree, hitting a handful of Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the L.A. area. Not exactly low-profile, kinda like his final tab. He allegedly ran up $ 169k over several weeks!
Read was spotted on surveillance cameras — at the FedEx and also inside the retail stores — according to the feds, who say he confessed to the caper when they nabbed him in April.
We're told Read's still sitting in L.A. County Jail. We've reached out to Demi's reps for comment … so far, no word back.


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If you're looking for a white summer dress, but aren't going for the mod look of yesterday's Roundaboat Dress, try this Boudicca Piqué dress on for size. With a chic fifties casual look, this is a designer piece that will never be out of style.
While there's many shirt dresses on the market almost every year, there's been a swathe of retro influenced versions this Spring/Summer season. This simple white version nips in at the waist and subtly emphasises the bust too, providing a fifties-fashionable silhouette.
This designer number is £555 from Browns.


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Objective Goals for a Hospital Pharmacist's Resume
Some job seekers choose to provide a brief objective or summary at the beginning of their resumes. This can be used to provide an outline of the type of role they're looking for, a statement of their goals, and a short overview of their skill-set. If you're looking for your next pharmacy role in a hospital, you can use an introductory objective to grab the attention of recruiters.
Position Desired
Start your objective by outlining the type of position you're looking for. State whether you're searching for a dispensing role, a clinical position, or an administrative job, in which you would be managing and coordinating pharmacy operations, and ordering drugs and medication for hospital departments. You should tailor the beginning of your objective for different jobs you apply for, unless you're sending out resumes on a speculative basis.
Hospital Type
Your objective should also include a mention of the type of hospital you want to work in. Make it clear if you're specifically looking for work in a teaching hospital, a psychiatric unit, a medical center that caters to veterans, or a children's hospital. If you're applying for a role that's specific to the type of facility you're submitting your resume to, focus this section of your objective on the job description of the vacancy you're interested in.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Close your objective by drawing details from your education and experience that are relevant to the role you're applying for. Briefly mention any specialist training you've received that would make you a good candidate for the role, and include basic information about similar jobs you're held in the past. The body of your resume and your cover letter should expand on the points you make here.
Tone and Format
Keep your resume objective concise and use plain language. Avoid making unclear statements and ensure all the information you include is explained in greater detail elsewhere in your application. The University of Toledo Careers Service recommends strong affirmative statements with specifics, such as, "proven sales experience, excellent communication skills, and knowledge of prescription drugs to assist doctors," rather than vague propositions, such as saying you are seeking "a position dealing with people."
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Today, the software solutions we offer are used with similar success in business enterprises of different branches and sizes: from small and middle-sized businesses to major holdings and corporations.
The specific features of the solutions of Soft Xpansion Ukraine are easier customizing, typical configurations, which reduces the costs and shortens the implementation time. Besides, our solutions have got high functionality, reliable protection, scalability and potential of development.


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Welcome to the PMHS Integration Home Page. This page is a resource for all teachers as we implement our 1:1 program and continue to integrate technology into our classrooms. If you teach upperclassmen, and don't have Chromebooks in your classes yet, much of this information is still relevant and applicable. You can utilize the computer labs like you always have.
Major topics:
- The SAMR model of technology integration
- Useful cross-curricular apps, extensions, and tech-related practices for teachers, students, and learning
- Chromebook 1:1 Information
- Hardware and Operating System
- Helpful shortcuts
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ISTE Standards for Students:
ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, recently updated and released their standards for students. These standards represent the skills, habits, and abilities students should have as they relate to technology. These standards overlap the areas of classroom integration, computer science, Prospect's mission statement of personalization, our core values, and student-centered pedagogical approaches. NH ICT standards are informed by ISTE, and while our current state standards are based on older ISTE standards, the state will update our ICT standards to reflect this recent change by ISTE at some point in the future. To that end, let's get ahead of the curve. Resources and strategies I share will be connected in some way to one or more of these standards. Take some time to familiarize yourself with these standards before delving into the resources.
1. Empowered Learner
Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
a. articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
b. build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
c. use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
d. understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
My take: Personalization, Life-long learning. Students should have some choice, and technology helps us give students choice. We need them to learn about finding those good sources of information, how to grapple with it use it on their own, and apply some basic troubleshooting to make it happen as the platforms for learning evolve over time.
2. Digital Citizen
Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
a. cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world.
b. engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
c. demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property.
d. manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.
My take: I like to compare the internet to being in the ocean. There are many dangers in the ocean, predators, volcanic vents, polluted areas, storms, riptides, etc., but armed with the proper equipment and information, one can safely explore all of its wonders. Respect boating laws, and we're all safer. Don't pollute, and keep the ocean clean for all of us. Whether it be consuming or creating content, students should be armed with the knowledge and skills to navigate those waters without being harmed or causing harm.
3. Knowledge Constructor
Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
a. plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
b. evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
c. curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
d. build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.
My take: One of the hallmarks of a fully integrated classroom is that either by decision or natural evolution, the classroom has evolved from a teacher-centered environment to a student-centered one. Students find and evaluate multiple sources and use the information gleaned to create their own evidence of learning.
4. Innovative Designer
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
a. know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems
b. select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.
c. develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
d. exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
My Take: If our students are going to solving the problems of tomorrow, we need them to solve problems right now. We need to give them real-world problems connected to our curriculum, teach them the messy, iterative process necessary to draft, refine, and execute ideas, plans, and designs. Give them time to grapple with and apply what we're teaching to what's going on in our community and the world.
5. Computational Thinker
Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions. Students:
a. formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.
b. collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.
c. break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
d. understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.
My take: Not every student is going into the IT field, regardless of its projective growth. We can sustain ourselves on a nation of coders alone, but students should understand how computers work, how they can help them, how a developer thinks by breaking down problems, having a clear and accurate assessment of what the real problem is, and know enough about technology to use it efficiently.
6. Creative Communicator
Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
a. choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
b. create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
c. communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
d. publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
My take: We've been talking about this for years. We all want our students to be effective communicators. What's emphasized here though is thinking about the different ways we communicate, namely with technology. As our students create their messages or form their ideas, they'll like be using other content from online, and must do so ethically. What's the best platform based on the goal? What are copyright laws and what is fair use?
7. Global Collaborator
Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
a. use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
b. use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
c. contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
d. explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.
My take: Teachers often ask students to work collaboratively, but within the confines of the four walls of the classroom, and occasionally within the four walls of the school. Technology increasingly allows us to push back the boundary and gradually erase it. A little planning and outreach is all takes for us to work with other teachers and students from around the world, and a paired with some of the previous standards, tackle real-world problems connected to our curriculum.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACT Biotech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of highly targeted, oral therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it has filed a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to a randomized Phase 3 trial of telatinib in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced stomach cancer. The FDA's SPA program is in place to allow the FDA to review and comment on clinical trial protocols, the data from which will form the primary basis of an efficacy claim for drug registration.
Telatinib is the most selective and highly potent next generation antiangiogenic drug currently in clinical trials and the only antiangiogenic in development for front-line treatment of stomach cancer in combination with chemotherapy. The telatinib Phase 3 multi-center, double-blind, randomized trial will compare telatinib in combination with a standard regimen of chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in advanced stomach cancer patients.
"The patient benefit observed from telatinib treatment in our recently completed Phase 2 trial in the same patient population with the same chemotherapy regimen compelled us to advance rapidly into a registration program," said Ali Fattaey, Ph.D., chief operating and scientific officer, ACT Biotech. "Rapid objective tumor responses in two thirds of patients, strong evidence of antiangiogenic activity, an increase in survival over historical controls, and excellent safety in combination with chemotherapy all suggest that telatinib could become an important option for patients with this deadly disease."
If the Phase 3 trial analysis agreed upon in the SPA is positive, the data would then provide the basis for the filing of a U.S. New Drug Application (NDA) for marketing approval of telatinib for the treatment of metastatic stomach cancer. ACT has also received feedback on the Phase 3 trial design from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and will pursue a global development program.
Previously, a broad Phase 1 program established not only the safety and potent activity of single agent telatinib, but also demonstrated that telatinib can be combined with taxane, platinum, fluoropyrimidine and topoisomerase chemotherapies at full dose, with no required pauses in treatment. To date, 300 patients have been treated with telatinib as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy. The ability to combine with chemotherapy at full, uninterrupted dose has been difficult to achieve with first generation molecules, and telatinib may be well positioned for broad applicability in major solid tumor markets.
About stomach cancer
Stomach, or gastric, cancer is responsible for more than 865,000 deaths globally each year, making it the second leading cause of cancer death in the world. According to Globocan, in the Americas in 2008 there were 89,000 new cases of stomach cancer and 67,000 deaths. In Europe there were 165,000 new cases and 133,000 deaths.
Stomach cancer is a very difficult cancer to treat since most cases are detected late (in the Americas and Europe), and once detected, the cancer has already spread and is usually fatal within a year. Most patients do not respond to standard chemotherapy treatment and 85-90 percent of stomach cancer patients have no targeted therapy options.
About ACT Biotech, Inc.
ACT Biotech is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of highly targeted, oral cancer drugs. ACT's lead product candidate is telatinib, a highly selective, potent, orally available antiangiogenic therapeutic that targets the VEGFR and PDGFR receptor tyrosine kinases to inhibit the blood supply to tumors. Telatinib showed robust antitumor activity with a solid safety profile in a Phase 2 combination chemotherapy clinical trial for front-line treatment of stomach cancer patients. These results have triggered ACT to move telatinib to Phase 3 development. Telatinib has also been studied in other solid tumors including colorectal and kidney cancers. In addition to telatinib, the company's product pipeline includes three other oncology candidates. ACT's pipeline products were originally discovered at Bayer Pharmaceuticals and were licensed by ACT Biotech in 2008 following Bayer's merger with Schering AG. ACT Biotech is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and backed by NGN Capital. To learn more about ACT Biotech and the company's pipeline of innovative medicines, visit www.actbiotech.com .
CONTACT: Media contact: Stephanie Ashe Continuum Health Communications 650-245-0425 firstname.lastname@example.com
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Coming 5 and 6 September 2016, the fourth annual edition of MeetingPlanners Russia will take place at the Renaissance Monarch hotel in Moscow.
Destinations and their key MICE suppliers will come to Russia's capital to meet up with Russian and CIS event planners that are keen to find new business partners from these various destinations to discuss and agree about their upcoming MICE business.
The entire event industry is happy to see Russia climbing back up from the slight economic dip it has shown recently, hopefully exceeding its ever highest point in 2013. Even though the leisure market has obviously been sluggish for a while, the main industry sectors in Russia and neighbouring countries have been stable, resulting in the MICE sector to be. This has been and is also the reason for the ongoing stream of outbound MICE events these specific industries have been producing.
Being the 5th largest outbound market in Europe still, and realizing the potential that lays ahead with the market back upcoming, many realize this is the right time to invest in the market gaining valuable advantage over their competitors.
Managing Director of Europe Congress, Alain Pallas, states: "We're seeing the market changing constantly and so we're adapting to that accordingly. One thing we however never lose sight of is the dedication we put into the arrangements of the event, the quality we aim at and the satisfaction we strive to deliver to all the forum participants. The Europe Congress team is working hard every day to achieve these goals and so to achieve each and every participant's ROI and event synergy.''
Europe Congress is happy to announce the event to be hosted in the Renaissance Moscow Monarch Hotel. With the property having joined Europe Congress' events on many occasions, the organisation felt it was time to assure the meeting industry to also get better acquainted with the unique property that Renaissance Moscow Monarch is.
The 2016 forum will offer in total, two action-packed days, with pre-scheduled match-made face-to-face meetings, networking, social sessions as luncheons and receptions as well as a fabulous keynote program. Within that framework, Europe Congress established collaboration with the Meetology Lab. CEO of the Meetology Lab, Jonathan Bradshaw, will deliver two sessions introducing all participating destinations in the mornings, whilst the afternoons will cover sessions offering full insight in the science and psychology behind events.


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There has been a flurry of activity in the Agile and DevOps world of late, with vendors providing new software, services and support for developers.
DevOps emphasizes cooperation between developers and IT operations. The goal of DevOps is to change and improve the relationship between software developers and operations by advocating better communication and collaboration between the two business units.
With that goal in mind, Shippable, a continuous deployment software provider, recently launched a new version of its platform that helps streamline the process of shipping software. New features in the latest version of Shippable include release management, multi-cloud support, a declarative pipeline language and a unified view across all application pipelines.
The goal of Agile environments is to get developers to move their applications from source code to production as quickly and painlessly as possible. This means breaking down silos and integrating core components for more simplified development using a contiguous pipeline approach. Shippable's new features help software-powered organizations further streamline the process of shipping software and accelerating innovation.
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The platform enables developers to visualize the flow of their software from code to production in a unified view across applications. This helps identify bottlenecks so developers or operations can address them as needed.
The platform integrates with the major tooling environments and cloud infrastructures, as well as container technology. Developer workspace provider Codenvy said DevOps is implemented through a continuous delivery software pipeline. And continuous delivery encompasses continuous development, integration and deployment. Meanwhile, containers are helping redefine DevOps. For instance, Shippable is providing automated DevOps with Docker.
Shippable integrates with Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Container Service, Google Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure Container Service, Joyent Triton and Apache Mesos DC/OS.
"With [Shippable's] new release, customers can leverage our declarative language, easily compose fungible pipelines and start the process of rapid innovation in a matter of hours," Avi Cavale, co-founder and CEO at Shippable, in a statement.
Initially, the company added new features mainly for its own developers internally, but as the platform and customer base grew, they began to support external developers, Cavale said.
"We run over 3 million deployment workflows a year for our customers, and I think that by itself speaks for the battle readiness, resilience and scale of the platform," he said.
Meanwhile, putting DevOps into practice, Unisys earlier this month snagged a $232 million contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Unisys will employ an AWS-based DevOps environment to build new projects and integrate them into the agency's cloud-based infrastructure.
Unisys has committed to apply Agile development methodologies to facilitate the delivery of software for its application modernization and maintenance efforts under the contract, the company said.
DevOps is a new core competency for Unisys. In July, the company won a $12.6 million contract with the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Public Buildings Service (PBS). Under the contract, Unisys will use a DevOps software development model to help the agency focus on smaller software releases that are deployed more rapidly and incrementally.
"Unisys will bring the technical and management expertise that PBS needs to manage its change to a DevOps model and to make it work," Casey Coleman, group vice president for civilian agencies at Unisys Federal, said in a statement. "Our DevOps experience with other government agencies as well as commercial clients can help PBS to more collaboratively and efficiently develop and deploy the systems needed to manage the U.S. federal government's properties and facilities."
A Unisys spokesman told eWEEK the company has DevOps experience with federal clients, such as the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Homeland Security.
For these and other clients, Unisys provides a host of DevOps consulting services that include assessment, strategy advisory services and implementation management and support service to help them maximize the efficiency of their software releases. The company also offers a custom set of DevOps managed services to meet customers' individualized needs.


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Masters Prizes
The Maritime Information Association (MIA) Masters Prize is awarded for outstanding dissertations: subjects eligible for consideration reflect the Commission's view of maritime history as a wide-ranging discipline. Your dissertation must have been assessed as part of a Masters degree awarded during the previous academic year (e.g. to be eligible for the 2016 prize, your Masters degree must have been awarded during 2015-16). Dissertations awarded distinction marks of 70+ are eligible for consideration, but institutions may only submit one dissertation to the competition.
Nominations must be made by Heads of Department or equivalent, and the closing date for entries is the first Friday of the following January (the next deadline is therefore 1 January 2021).
For further information, please contact the Hon Secretary


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Over half of UK roads are classified as 'rural' and are also statistically among the most hazardous, with 68% of fatalities occurring on them every year.
Quiet rural roads often lure drivers into a false sense of security, when they need to be at their most alert. To keep you – and others – safe, Warranty Direct has put together its top tips for rural driving.
Watch your speed
Many drivers assume they can drive quicker on rural roads because they're typically quiet. However, obscured entrances, high trees and hedges, narrow bends and blind corners will restrict your view so it's essential to keep your speed down to avoid potential hazards. Take notice of all the signs on the road to give you advance warnings, so you can adjust your speed accordingly.
At 60mph, a driver's stopping distance is 73 metres and if a hazard suddenly appears, you may not be able to stop in time. Speed limits shouldn't be seen as a target, so keep assessing whether you're at the right speed for the conditions and you feel in control of the vehicle.
Be patient
Tractors, combines and other large agricultural vehicles are a common sight on country roads. While you may find getting stuck behind one of them annoying, you need to be patient as they've as much right to be on the road as you do.
If you do find yourself behind one, keep a safe distance as these types of vehicles often have limited visibility. If you attempt to overtake, make sure you've plenty of time and space to make the manoeuvre safely. Look for a long straight stretch and start to overtake from further behind than you would with a normal car, to give the driver more opportunity to see you.
Beware: animals crossing
Whether it's a herd of cows being moved from one field to another or a rabbit just wandering across the road, you need to be more alert for wildlife during rural driving. Watch out for wild animal warning signs, which give you an indication of areas more prone to animals.
While it's normally an instinctual movement, it's important you don't swerve to avoid small wildlife. This can be very dangerous for you, your passengers and the person who might be coming towards you on the other side of the road.
Instead, try to brake as soon as possible to minimise impact and beep your horn while slowing. Often this will startle wildlife into running out of your path.
However, larger animals like cattle, horses, and dogs are considered big enough to justify an emergency stop, because their size means, if hit at speed, they could cause a lot of damage to vehicles or injuries to passengers. For example; accidents involving deer are estimated to cost £17 million in vehicle damage every year.
If you are unlucky enough to hit a larger animal, you must stop by law and report the accident to the police immediately.
Think of others
Many people will be out on the country roads enjoying the scenery and leisure activities, so expect to see plenty of cyclists and horse riders. If you come across a horse and rider, it's essential you slow down and pass with plenty of room to avoid spooking the horse. A scared horse can be a danger to itself and to its rider.
You should approach passing cyclists in the same way you would another vehicle. Make sure you wait for a straight stretch of road and give them as much room as possible. The Highway Code actually encourages cyclists to stay in the middle of the road for safety, so be patient and wait until it's completely safe for you to pass.
You may also encounter walkers, so always corner slowly as there could be a pedestrian on the other side.


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Apocalypse wow: The Walking Dead kicked off its third season Sunday with record-shattering ratings.
More than 10.9 million viewers watched [SPOILER ALERT] Rick cut off Hershel's zombie-bitten leg — making the premiere episode the series' biggest yet, rising 50 percent from the Season 2 opener. (The previously most-watched Dead episode was last season's finale, which drew nearly 9 million viewers.)
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Among the coveted 18-49 demo, Walking Dead drew 7.2 million viewers, up 52 percent from the Season 2 premiere.
The action-packed hour also ranks as biggest telecast for any drama series in basic cable history in total viewers — a particularly impressive feat given that AMC is not currently available to Dish subscribers. And folding in two encores, the premiere amassed 15.2 million total viewers.
Leading out of TWD's first encore, the Season 2 premiere of Talking Dead at 11 pm held onto 2.1 million viewers, up 85 percent from its series launch.


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Dr. Kyung Kim was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States at a young age. He spent most of his life in the Pacific Northwest besides a few years in Colorado after attending OHSU for his dental degree. After a few years away from the rain he and his wife, Jessie, decided to move back to the PNW to be closer to family.
After completing his degree in dentistry Dr. Kim worked in a few different offices until he found his passion in pediatric dentistry. He has been treating primarily children for the last 3 years. He has experience treating children with difficult treatment plans, uncooperative children and providing care while under general anesthesia.
Dr. Kim is dedicated to providing exceptional service and care that will bring patients back to see him. He emphasizes proper oral hygiene for successful dental treatment and prevention of future disease.
"I treat all my patients to the best of my ability as if they were my own family"