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India. This refers to the transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (sign of the zodiac) to another. Hence there are 12 such sankrantis in all. However, the Sankranti festivalusually refers to Makara Sankaranti, or the transition of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).
It is one of the few Hindu Indian festivals which are celebrated on a fixed date i.e. 14 January every year (or may be sometimes on 15 January (leap year).
According to the Puranas, on this day Surya (Sun) visits the house of his son Shani (Saturn), who is the lord of the Makar rashi (Zodiac Capricorn). Though the father and son duo did not get along well, the Surya made it a point to meet his son on this day. He, in fact, comes to his son's house, for a month. This day thus symbolizes the importance of the special relationship between father and son.
It is believed that the person, who dies during the period of Uttarayana, becomes free from transmigration (rebirth). So this day was seen as a definite auspicious day to start a journey or endeavours to the higher realms beyond.
It was on this day when Lord Vishnu ended the ever increasing terror of the Asuras(Demons) by finishing them off and burying their heads under the Mandara Parvata. So this occasion also represents the end of 'negativities' and beginning of an era of righteous living.
From Makar Sankranti starts the 'day' of devatas (Gods), while dakshinayana (southward movement of the sun) is said to be the 'night' of devatas, so most of the auspicious things are done during this time. Uttarayana is also called as Devayana, and the dakshinayana' is called Pitrayana.
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Complexity throughout the ecosystem
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And much of what's been listed above mostly applies to a retailers' inventory visibility; that's not taking into account the additional complexities of inventory data down the rest of the supply chain to vendors and manufacturers.
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The lack of end-to-end inventory visibility has created an internal drag on omnichannel execution and profitability.
Think of it this way. When things are working perfectly, a consumer can go online, find a product they want to buy — say, a power drill — and see that it's available for in-store pickup at their local retailer. Two hours later, they walk out, satisfied with their new purchase. Or they order the drill online from the retailer's website, and are happy when the drill shows up at their house three days later.
How do they know this? Inventory visibility. The supplier shared inventory access with their retailers, so anyone with a website or retail inventory system can see what kinds of products they have available, and how many they have left.
But when things are working perfectly, a retailer might show that they have three drills left in the store, only to discover that they were all sold a few days ago and the sales weren't recorded properly. Or the customer might get a "we're sorry, but we ran out" email a day after their order, and they have to start their search all over.
In our research, we have found the following:
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- 78 percent have full visibility into their own distribution center inventory
- 66 percent of distributors have visibility into inventory at their own distribution centers
- 47 percent of distributors have no visibility at all into their partners' inventory
- 62 percent of manufacturers and suppliers have full visibility into their own distribution center inventory
- 45 percent have no visibility into their partners' distribution center inventory
More retailers have greater visibility on their inventory, because they've already been at the forefront of changing consumer behaviors. Vendors, distributors and others haven't been as directly confronted with the need for total visibility, but now consumers' omnichannel expectations mean that retailers are pushing them provide better inventory data.
Lost opportunities from data deficits
A lack of inventory visibility can ripple far beyond omnichannel execution and a few unsatisfied customers. Poor inventory visibility can lead to over-buying slow moving or dying products, and can result in missing a run on fast-moving merchandise that will need to be quickly replenished. This combination can dump much needed cash flow into unwanted inventory, while simultaneously losing sales from stockouts and possibly losing frustrated customers altogether.
At this time of year, it's important that retailers, distributors, and manufacturers figure out ways to provide more visibility to each other in time for the holiday shopping season. With inventory visibility online, shoppers can know for certain whether items are available. It also helps retailers reorder new inventory in time to keep up with unexpected demand and fast sales.
Lack of inventory can have a major impact on whether a customer is even going to buy from you again in the future. They want to know if you have an item and if they don't know for sure you have it in stock, they may make a purchase somewhere else. They'll forgive you for being out of an item, but they won't forgive an "oops, we thought we had it, but we don't" message three days before the holidays.
One this year's priorities for businesses in the retail industry is better collaboration with trading partners, and inventory visibility topped the list of ways companies want to work better together. With all the moving parts of getting a product from the manufacturer to the supplier to the retailer and to the customer, it's easy to understand why knowing where and how inventory is flowing ranks so highly. In today's omnichannel retail world, inventory visibility is a necessity for delivering on consumer expectations and it's good to more businesses are working toward getting a bird's eye view of their supply chain.
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Dell says there will be incremental opportunities for channel partners in its newly announced DSS business, which targets the area just below the hyperscale vendors and will see branded DSS products on the market later this fall.
Dell has formally announced the Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS) business, a component within Dell's Enterprise Solutions organization aimed at large buyers in the customer segment underneath the hyperscale players. This includes web tech, telecommunications service providers, hosting companies, oil and gas, and research organizations.
"This addresses that market in between traditional IT and hyperscale customers, companies who are massive in scale and growing rapidly," said Brian Humphries, President, Dell Enterprise Solutions Sales and Strategy. "It is a market that is growing three times faster than the x86 market [according to Dell's own internal research] and a seven billion dollar market opportunity."
It is also a market which Dell has been addressing unannounced with what has now been unveiled as the DSS organization for some time.
"Going live is very exciting for the team internally," said Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, Vice President and General Manager, Dell Server Solutions. "We don't think at this point it's worth staying in stealth mode any longer as some of our competitors have begun to talk about it."
"We like to show results before we talk about them," Humphries explained, when asked why Dell began the DSS business without a formal unveiling. "As a private company, we don't feel the need to talk about IP before it's more firmly established in the market. This is also a competitive space, and in some cases being in stealth was to our advantage. But it has become important to come out at this point because of a recognized capability in the marketplace."
DCS is a followup to the Dell Data Center Solutions (DCS) it set up almost eight years ago to design and build solutions for the hyperscale market segment.
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The Dell executives stressed that DCS' market advantage is a fast and nimble operating model that builds on Dell's DSS experience in understanding customers' need for differentiated product solutions and supply chain optimization. Dell DSS will feature new and optimized hardware designs, enhanced fulfillment models and accelerated product introductions, all designed to order.
"With our fast, flexible and agile model, Dell is unique in how we address this market," Humphries said. "DSS is able to meet these high volume needs and create differentiated models for customers. Our experience serving the hyperscale giants ensures we know what we are doing and can bring this to customers just below hyperscale."
Humphries emphasized that understanding what customers want and need is as important as the product itself.
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"These examples demonstrate the operating model is the key," he said. "We have invested heavily in our research architecture to build out the systems for this market, so that we can provide the right feature set for the right set of products."
Dell will be offering DSS-branded products, and Gorakhpurwalla said these will hit the market later this fall.
Finally, while DSS is aimed at the higher end of the market, Humphries said that it won't just be a direct play.
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In a heartwarming yet poignant moment Friday afternoon before the Giants' home opener, Bryan Stow made an appearance with his mother, Ann, via a video message before Stow's 13-year-old son, Tyler, threw the first pitch. Stow, who appeared emotionless in his wheelchair as his mother read a statement, ended the video by extending his arm to "virtually" hand the ball to Tyler and saying, "Tyler, here's your ball. Good luck, son." The exchange received a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd.
It's been over a year since Stow was brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium on opening day last season. He suffered a traumatic brain injury from the assault and will need assistance for the rest of his life. Friday reportedly was Stow's first time appearing and speaking to the public. The Giants had hoped Stow, who now lives in a rehab facility, would be able to make an in-person appearance at AT&T Park for the pre-game festivities, but he was unable to do so. "We couldn't be more excited for the person filling in for Bryan," Ann Stow said about her grandson Tyler.
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DEFINITION: v. To expire, pass away or kick the bucket while at the office; often occurs when someone is overworked, underpaid, and desperately trying to hang on for a full pension. n. A person who has been suddenly, and permanently, terminated while a work.
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Hundreds of instructors, librarians and counselors shut down City College of San Francisco's campuses Wednesday with raucous protests across the city over what they called unfair negotiating tactics by the administration in its salary dispute with faculty members.
"We want the administration to bargain in good faith. But they've been shuffling their feet, giving out conflicting facts — and what they're proposing, we can't accept," said Ed Murray, who teaches English as a second language at the Mission District campus at 1125 Valencia St., where dozens of faculty members and students demonstrated and chanted outside locked school doors.
But if students felt inconvenienced by the one-day shutdown of the 11 City College sites from the Ingleside to Chinatown, they weren't saying so Wednesday. Instead, many students joined the picket lines and used the opportunity to express their love for the embattled school that has helped many of them gain a foothold in the United States and in the middle class.
"City College is my second home," said Oshia Oraha, who studies English at the main Ocean Avenue campus in the Ingleside. Oraha, a priest with the Assyrian Church of the East who said he fled Iraq with his wife and three children in 2013 under threats from Islamic State militants, marched in the rain with a sign proclaiming, "Stop the bad faith bargaining! Stop the downsizing!"
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The dispute is about salaries. College officials are offering faculty members a 7.19 percent increase over two years and one-time payments of 2.68 percent a year for two years. They say it would cost $25 million, and that the union's proposal — 4 percent a year for the next three years — is too expensive, at $35 million.
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Tim Killikelly, president of the union of 1,500 faculty members, says the college is putting forth a "doom and gloom" scenario that belies an 18 percent reserve that could pay for the raise the teachers want. The union says its proposal is fair, citing a 2015 salary survey showing that most faculty members without a doctorate earn less than colleagues in two-thirds of California's 72 college districts.
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Interim City College Chancellor Susan Lamb called Wednesday's labor action illegal because it came as both sides were about to enter a fact-finding phase to determine whether the college has money for higher salaries.
But Killikelly and other union leaders say the strike was specifically about unfair negotiations. They say college officials are letting the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges — which will decide the college's fate — improperly influence bargaining. They say the college also violated rules by reducing the amount paid per class to some instructors.
Lamb denied both assertions and said the accreditors have not influenced bargaining. "The only connection would be that they look at whether you're fiscally solvent and whether you're making sound fiscal decisions," she said.
Meanwhile, the college halls were empty Wednesday. Jesse Geist, a psychology student, walked the picket line at the main campus in an Army uniform.
"I fought for my country," he said. "Now I'm fighting for my education. I believe our teachers should have a raise in pay."
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Until recently, I hadn't given much thought as to why I've acted the way I have. I usually take an ostrich approach to conflict; the more complicated the problem the deeper I like to dig the hole I hide in.
The deepest self-reflection I've ever done merely scratched the surface of my damage and resulted in me briefly denying my bisexuality out of shame—because that clearly solved the root of my problem!
It was much easier to say that I was straight than actually figuring out whether I was truly bisexual. It was easier than living in fear of bringing a girlfriend or non-binary partner home and disrupting my peaceful way of life.
It was also easier to say I'm straight than having to dismantle and analyze years of trauma from growing up in Panama City, Panama—a Latin feminist's retrogressive nightmare.
I come from a place where a gay man will deny dying of AIDs even on his deathbed. I come from a place that refuses to implement basic sexual education and LGBT dialogue in public schools, out of fear of corrupting the youth especially con esas mariconerias, or "that gay shit." I come from a place where a pregnant 13-year-old is easier to digest on church Sundays than a gay child. I come from a place where people love their gay hairstylists or friends, but god forbid they actually marry.
I come from a home with a homophobic father. If I came out, I imagine he would say I'm too easily influenced, yell at me until I'm in tears, financially cut me off, and try to ritually cleanse me of mariconerias, or that gay shit, with a literal chicken.
Ritual poultry cleanse? That's for another article.
Anyways, he's okay with gay people, just as long as his daughter is straight…in Panama at least! So Clara, that's why I never called you back, okay? I couldn't bring you home to my parents even if I wanted to. I'm sorry for leading you on, but the silver lining is…you dodged a bullet! Let me tell you, people in the closet are such downers and radiate so much second-hand stress!
I thought about the bigger picture of it all as I was writing this piece. I spoke with my Panamanian friend, Cristina, to talk about our experiences as bisexual women in Panama—it's a very small dating pool. Cristina was in denial, then she loved and experienced loss.
She and I internalized the same Panamanian toxicity, and it affected our relationships. She saw the error of her ways and has come to a realization that I'm starting to understand. She told me, "There's no greater prison than the one you build yourself."
I think the things we carry, a ball and chain of sorts, can be invisible and so heavy that it crushes us and then rolls onto the people that surround us. I guess that's why I was a female fucboi—I was uneasy, confused, and I never really thought about why.
I don't live in Panama anymore and I don't ever have to again. I'm learning to let go of my ball and chain so that I can one day be at peace with myself in Montreal, my new home.
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Turin Caselle Airport is one of their latest scenery packs to be developed for the Flight Sim community by RFscenerybuilding. The airport is located 16km north-northwest of the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. The airfield opened in 1953 on the site of a WWII air base and has seen many renovations in preparation for several major sporting events which thrust the Turin into the limelight. In both 2007 and 2008 the airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category 1-5 million passengers. The airfield has one runway designated as 18/36 with a total length of 10,827ft. Runway 36 is equipped with Cat III-B ILS to help with those low visibility approaches.
The airport caters for many airlines including cargo operators. To name but a few Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, easyJet, KLM and Lufthansa respectively. You really are spoilt for choice when it comes to deciding a carrier for your simulated flights.
Passenger figures through the past five years have been steadily increasing, in 2015 the airport was visited by 3,666,582 people from all over Europe. All of this ensures that many people will benefit from flying here within the Sim.
Turin-Caselle can be purchased from FlightSimStore for the price of £15.47 and comes as a digital download of around 279.49mb. As with all RFscenery products installation doesn't take very long at all and is more or less point and click. One thing I've noticed with this developer is no configurator is given to the consumer so you can chop and change what you don't really care for, etc, but with that being said RFscenery's are all very good on FPS so even with high settings you shouldn't notice a frame dip.
On the product page the scenery is listed as being compatible with FSX/P3Dv2/P3Dv3 up to v3.4. I also noticed that the scenery is compatible and meshes very well with FTX Orbx Global world textures and also Taburet Italy 19M Mesh. Some features include custom airport building, custom platform and custom vehicles, custom runway lighting, 3D mast lighting and lights on the taxiway, glass effect windows on the buildings and airport vehicles, large size land class textures, automatic season changing, road traffic, 2048 ground textures. There was also an advisory to inform the consumer that the airbridges are purely static and the developer recommends installing Orbx FTX Trees HD.
Initially when this scenery was announced part of me thought here we go another Italian scenery and the other side of me said fantastic I have an alternate for Genoa. With my aviation background I am quite precise, borderline OCD, with my flight planning with the aim of being as close to real world operation as possible so I'm always on the hunt for secondary airports. Working for an airline that operates to this airport I was rather excited about seeing how it compares to its real-life counterpart and I can say that I'm impressed and pleased with the results. If I'm totally honest I can't fault any of their products, they all are made to a very good standard and give an accurate representation of the airport to the consumer.
RF scenery has nailed the texturing of the airport surfaces, notably the way the runway markings appear to be flaking. It's the subtle wear and tear that I particularly like and there's nothing worse that when something is overdone to the point where it becomes an eyesore. I'd have liked to have seen a bit more of a prominent rubber slick on the runway at the touch down zone as it looks a little too clean.
They have accurately modelled the 3D taxiway lights and PAPI lights so you don't get this effect of the lights just appearing as a beam out of the ground. I like the attention to detail that the developer has paid to the service side of the airfield and also the service vehicles which despite not being animated are extremely detailed. For example, the cabin lift used to assist passengers with reduced mobility really shows the attention RFScenerybuilding has given to Turin.
It's this attention to detail that embeds the feeling of trust in RFscenery because I consistently know they can deliver what they promise. Primary and secondary radars are modelled in great detail however they aren't animated. The surrounding area is modelled to a high degree which helps add to the immersion on approach and climb out. As I mentioned before the airbridges are not animated but if you use GSX this doesn't present too much of an issue although it would have been nice to see. Despite this, the glass detail of the airbirdges look really nice.
Detailing has been put into the terminal façade however it does seem a tad repetitive, on longer turnarounds you notice more and despite the weathering elements added, I still think there's a lack of depth. That being said it certainly doesn't detract from the product. I also liked the way that the developer has added the service roads surrounding the airfield which have animated traffic, and as sim pilots, this does help to immerse you.
Lighting is done beautifully and is very atmospheric particularly during IMC. The glistening sapphire glow from the taxiway edge marks are modelled beautifully. I noticed the flashing red warning lights on top of masts within the airport perimeter which is a nice touch. Also, I was particularly impressed with the way the lights come into view gradually as opposed to being visible from the other side of the airfield. Going back to what I said earlier on regarding the terminal buildings lack of depth, during the night is when the immersion and depth is really stepped up. The terminal lighting is fantastic and gives the impression that its actually functioning with lights in certain areas of the terminal slightly darker than the others, which really adds to the perspective.
Performance wise throughout testing I operated some quite VAS intensive aircraft in and out of the airfield to test performance and experienced very little stutter or loss of frames. I also tried out several VFR flights and experienced excellent performance throughout. Low and slow the airport is just beautiful and the real detail shines through. I believe this is another thing RFscenery excel at is achieving the balance between good detailed frame rate friendly scenery that will work on anyone's computer regardless of individual specifications.
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I'm watching 20/20 right now on ABC, and they just had a segment about how to save a bunch of money while shopping. The formula was simple. Walk into the store, show interest in buying the item, and ask for a discount.
I know that I am much bolder when it comes to buying a car, furniture, a mattress, or other big-ticket items to haggle on price. But typically, I don't have what it takes to get a good deal on a mid-priced item at a large retailer. One time, my wife's father haggled the price of a microwave at Best Buy! Most people don't think about haggling on price at Best Buy, but it can be done. It can especially be done at the Appliance section. The store clerks don't make commission, but I am convinced that there is some kind of financial incentive for them. We bought a set of appliances two years ago, and by the time we left, we had about $300 knocked off the total price.
The formula is simple. ALWAYS ASK FOR A DISCOUNT! It never hurts to ask, and the worst they can say is NO. I'm preaching this to myself, because I am very shy when it comes to buying certain things. My wife is awesome at this. She'll ask for anything. She wants to get a discount wherever she can. Some discounts are staring you in the face. If you see that the item has something wrong with it, or it has already been opened, you can typically get 10 to 20% off the retail price.
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1) Professor Who Once Found Isolation Online Has a Change of Heart: Three years ago, Robert Kraut, a professor at Carnegie Mellon
University, released a shocking study of the Internet's impact.
According to his findings, heavy Internet users reported increases in
loneliness and depression and saw the size of their social networks
decline over time. Could the Internet a presumed tool of
connectivity and community actually be causing people to feel more
isolated and alone? Now Dr. Kraut is causing a stir yet again. He has
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The IT needs of a healthcare facility go beyond RAM, video cards and processors. When it comes to Healthcare IT (HIT) patient care and safety must also be taken into account. Healthcare computers are specially designed to meet a number of regulations specifically related to patient safety.
Computers with 60601-1 certification have been rigorously tested to ensure that they meet electromagnetic and radiation standards that are safe for near-patient use. A healthcare PC should also have an antimicrobial housing and be IP65 rated so it can be sprayed down with disinfectant and wiped clean.
There are many areas inside of a hospital that need to be kept sterile. Places like an operating room, a compounding pharmacy, and even the ICU need to have equipment that prevents the spread of harmful germs, bacteria, and particulates.
Cybernet offers the world's only fully antimicrobial computers and tablets available. Our medical grade computers feature antimicrobial properties baked directly into the housing so they never wear off. We also feature antimicrobial touch glass, making the entire unit germ and bacteria resistant.
Our medical computers also feature fanless designs to prevent the spread of these contaminants. They are also IP65 rated, meaning they are sealed and can be safely cleaned with harsh disinfectants commonly found in hospitals.
Medical tablets are being used to connect rural areas and mobile practitioners with state of the art care. Through WiFi and LTE technology, medical tablets can be used in mobile clinics and blood banks to record patient data directly into EMR software and even register patients for medicare, improving billing.
Telehealth is another practical application that not only helps shut-ins and the disabled have easier access to care but can also save time and money for practitioners by eliminating some of the long queues in doctor's offices and emergency rooms.
The widespread adoption of EMR software has made the medical cart one of the most critical pieces of equipment in a hospital. The ability to update a patient's chart in real-time at the point of care frees up time for practitioners and reduces human error that is commonly found with double entry.
While streamlining workflows is important, a recent study showed that a computer's work surface was one of the dirtiest surfaces in a hospital. That is why it is vital to use a medical cart computer that has been certified to be medical grade.
By pairing one of our battery powered units with a non-powered cart, you can greatly reduce the spread of germs while saving thousands of dollars per solution.
It is statistically proven that more engaged, happier patients tend to have much better healthcare outcomes. Healthcare computers can play a major role in this.
Patients can use the large touchscreen interface of a computer to stream TV and movies, listen to music, or even video call friends and relatives. Units can also be used to order food, cutting down on paper processes and making food service far more efficient throughout your facility. Doctors can even share test results and images of x-rays and MRIs right on the screen, helping patients to better understand their symptoms and treatment options.


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An exciting film premiere that can't be missed
@ Cabbagetown Cultural Festival,
Toronto's largest neighbourhood party of the year.
Birth of a City the story of Toronto, is a short film performed with live narration and the music of Flutist David Blackmore and the Flying Alphonso's (keyboards, drums, vocals and violin). Explore Toronto's indigenous roots, major achievements, contributions of immigrants and some of the major developments shaping this vibrant and diverse city. A 20 minute highly entertaining production.
A Canada 150 celebration, written and produced by David Blackmore, presented by NewArts Inc. and principal sponsor LiUNA local 183. Supported by Canada Summer Jobs.
Tickets are free, reserve your spot now while they last.
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A Style Guide for Petite Women
Are you 5'4" or under?
You are classified as petite in the fashion world if you are 5'4" or under. However, let's clear the misconception that petite means short and slim – petite women come in all shapes and sizes. Clothes are labeled petite because they have narrower shoulders and shorter inseams.
Here are some useful styling tips that can make your fashion look easier to put together.
- Be open to hunting in the children's section. Considering the trends these days, what you usually wear have children counterparts. You might even be surprised to find classic pieces! They even are less expensive!
- Use layers to achieve a perfect fit. If a clothing item is too big, tuck it in and layer on a more form-fitting piece over it.
- Know how to alter your clothes as they won't fit perfectly off the rack, especially when it comes to length.
- Have long shirt sleeves? Cuff them at the elbow. They emphasize your shape too. The same thing goes for long jeans.
- You aren't banned from wearing maxi dresses, just pay attention to its silhouette. Avoid roomy cuts with lots of material. If you wear a maxi dress that has volume at the bottom, wear a fitted or tucked in top.
- Balance is key. A fitted crop top should be paired with high-waisted shorts, jeans or skirts.
- Bottom clothes and shoes that are similar in color elongate your legs. For example, black leggings with black heels create the illusion of a longer line. If you don't want to wear tights and want to show some legs, wear nude pumps that match your skin tone.
- To lengthen your torso, wear fitted shirt that is longer than your top garment.
A Style Guide for Curvy Women
Kim Kardashian. Beyonce. Catherine Zeta-Jones.
These women are really curvy and still manage to look really sexy and well put together. Consider this your style guide in helping you hide problem areas and enhance your assets!
- Choose the right underwear. Eight out of ten women wear the wrong fit, size or shaped bra. Knowing your real size and investing on the right fit can make your body look so much slimmer.
- Don't try to hide your curves with large clothes – remember this rule: Not too large, but not too clingy. Choose well-fitted clothes, ones that enhance your small waist and fit loosely or skim in other parts of the body.
- As much as possible, avoid wearing high necklines. Wear V-necks because it elongates your silhouette. Scoop necklines also flatter your shape.
- Use belts! It can add more definition to your curves by enhancing the smallest part of your body – your waist. Wide belts work with tops and dresses and have a flattering effect on your curves.
- When wearing dresses, choose ones that have hemlines that hit the spot where your legs start becoming slimmer – just above or under the knees should do the trick.
- High-waisted skirts are for you! Choose A-line skirts that hug your small waist and skims over your hips and thighs.


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Pippali Root Powder - 1 kg Pouch
Pippali is valued in Ayurvedic medicine and foods for enhancing digestion and metabolism. It is combined with dried ginger and black pepper to form trikatu, which can be taken to help regulate cholesterol and help control obesity. It is also used to treat coughs, colds, fevers and rheumatism.
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Labour MEPs: Pulse fishing is cruel and unsustainable – today's vote is a major step towards banning it
The European Parliament voted today for an EU ban on pulse fishing – the practice of an electric pulse being discharged underwater, causing fish to spasm up into nets.
Richard Corbett MEP, Labour's European Parliament spokesperson on fisheries, said:
"Pulse fishing is destructive and inhumane, and has led to an increase in the intensity of fishing in some waters.
"It is an indiscriminate method of fishing with ten times more discards than small scale fishers. Furthermore, those small scale fishers who operate in waters where pulse fishing is allowed have seen their catch reduced year-on-year, and now describe these areas of the seas as a 'desert'.
"Peer-reviewed studies have highlighted some alarming consequences on marine life: more than half of large cod caught using pulse fishing had fractured spines due to the convulsion, as well as internal haemorrhaging.
"And whilst smaller organisms feel less of a shock from the electricity, there is not yet significant research into the cumulative effect of electric pulses on smaller species welfare, nor on its effects on larvae. Moreover, it is thought that the use of the technique may cause invertebrates to have a weaker immune system.
"Pulse fishing is cruel and unsustainable – today's vote is a major step forward to ending this barbaric and brutal method."


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Mold on Wood
Removing mold and mildew from wood cabinets, wood paneling and wood furniture should be treated on a "type of wood" basis. Wood is especially susceptible to mold growth as it is an organic material. Molds main function is to breakdown organic material (think of fungi or mushrooms growing on wet
Getting Rid of Mold and Mildew Smells
You know it, that musty smell of "old" — it can get into your clothes, in your closets and dresser drawers; it emanates from your basement and lurks in dark corners. It's embarrassing and aggravating and even worse, potentially dangerous to you and your family. Think of mold as a


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Steamrail Victoria Press Release - Fire at Newport Workshops February 2015
Vinelander Tour of 2016
Zonegreen Points Shunter Safety in Right Direction
Maryborough train service should be at similar levels to comparable cities
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There are few places left on earth that are as untouched and wild as the Australian outback, a landscape that has captivated imaginations and attracted thrill-seekers for millennia. It's a part of the world that is at once unimaginably empty yet suffused with the dreams and histories of countless generations. Travelers, settlers, and indigenous peoples have managed to traverse the outback, but no one has been able to tame it. For these reasons, the Indian Pacific luxury sleeper train conjures up a sense of mystery, thrill, and old-world romance.
Named after the two oceans it connects, the train makes two crossings each week, from Sydney to Perth and then back again. Each journey takes three nights and offers a slightly varied itinerary. Its management company, Great Southern Rail, also operates the Ghan, a north-south route between Adelaide and Darwin.
My journey begins in Sydney after a couple days of sleeping off jet lag at the buzzy QT Sydney, a boutique design hotel located on Market Street downtown. The QT is Australia's answer to Ace Hotels—lots of mid-century furniture, a barber shop, a mixology bar on the ground floor. For dinner, I meet an old friend at the bar at Bennelong located in the Sydney Opera House, where we spend the evening drinking too much wine and eating suckling pig sausage rolls. Many Indian Pacific guests will do a night or two like this in town before the journey, getting their last taste of Sydney's posh amenities before heading west. Not that there is any shortage of amenities on the train—it provides everything you might need.
When it comes time to board the Indian Pacific at Sydney's Central Station, the scene is like something out of a Baz Luhrmann movie: The locomotive itself is gargantuan (some 30 cars long, stretching way out of sight), and a filigree of steam curves around the engine, which is emblazoned with a striking yellow and navy logo. Guests are quickly shown to their cabins, where a plate of local cheeses and a glass of Australian sparkling wine awaits. The rooms are comfortable, with pull-down beds that convert into overstuffed chairs by day. Each room has a built-in radio, and the channels range from the informative to the ironic—some play indigenous spoken-word stories and poems, others play jazz, still, others play '80s power ballads. There's something for everyone on this train.
Best of all are the oversize windows, the better for taking in the epic landscape. The train pulls out of Sydney, then rolls up into the lush Blue Mountains, crosses them, then chugs along as the hills give way to rolling plains, and gray-green forest turns to reddish bush. You will never find it this easy to be so bewitched by a landscape.
Not that you should spend too much time alone in your cabin. All the action occurs in the club car, where a bartender offers up fresh espresso, bar snacks, and a range of Australian wines and spirits, many of which aren't available back home in the States. Dinnertime on board is a whole production as well. After exchanging how-do-you-dos and where-are-you-froms in the club car during happy hour, guests gingerly cross over to the dining car, drinks in hand, where a multicourse meal awaits. Food on board is a celebration of Australian cuisine, featuring favorites such as fresh barramundi filets, tender kangaroo, and locally raised lamb tagine. When dinner is finished and it comes time to stumble back to your room, you'll find the beds turned down and a whiskey nightcap awaiting on your nightstand. Make sure to leave the window shades up before lying down—that way, you can doze off under a sky full of outback stars.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the Indian Pacific is its itinerary of excursions and stops. For a trip that crosses the Nullarbor Plain—"Nullarbor," from the Latin for "no trees," is the world's single largest exposure of arid, deserted limestone bedrock—there are surprisingly few periods when you'll find yourself killing time on the train (even when it shoots across the longest stretch of straight rail track in the world, nearly 300 miles long). The stops are representative of the landscape the train traverses, and, frankly, are places that travelers might not be drawn to otherwise: There's a morning visit to Broken Hill, an isolated mining community at the edge of New South Wales; an afternoon in South Australia's exquisite Barossa Valley wine region, complete with tastings at the prestigious St. Hugo and Yalumba wineries; a quick stopover in the outback town of Cook, which has a population of four; and an evening in the abandoned desert station of Rawlinna, where the train pulls over to serve family-style barbecue under the stars. Between those excursions, guests take their time in the communal spaces where many will alternate playing cards and enjoying a glass of wine as the landscape unfolds. Keep your eyes focused out the windows at dusk especially—not just for some of the best sunsets you will ever see, but to spot some fauna as well. Every now and then a duo of feathery emus will scuttle away from the train tracks, or a kangaroo will bounce off into the twilight. Even when you traverse the outback by train, it's hard to imagine just how vast it is, and even harder not to fall in love with its wild charms.
When guests wake up on the fourth and final day, they'll find they are no longer in the dusty expanse that makes up the center of the continent, but in the fertile Avon Valley, where wallabies poke their heads up from wildflower patches to watch the train chug along. It's a fitting finale to an epic transcontinental train journey, and by the time the Indian Pacific pulls into Perth that afternoon, the outback feels as fleeting as those wisps of smoke over the train's engine—so extraordinary, you'll wonder if it was all a dream.
This article first appeared on www.vogue.com
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While Facebook and Google have been repeatedly accused of media bias and manipulating public opinion, especially during the US presidential campaign, an unexpected attack on the two media giants came today not from the US but from Germany, when Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a full-on attack at the two companies, accusing them of "narrowing perspective," and demanding they disclose their privately-developed algorithms. Merkel previously blamed social media for anti-immigrant sentiment and the rise of the far right.
"The algorithms must be made public, so that one can inform oneself as an interested citizen on questions like: what influences my behavior on the internet and that of others?" said Merkel during a media conference in Berlin on Tuesday cited by RT.
What she said next echoed similar complaints lobbed at the media giants by those considered less than mainstream: "These algorithms, when they are not transparent, can lead to a distortion of our perception, they narrow our breadth of information."
Angela Merkel speaks with Mark Zuckerberg Eric Schmidt at the G8 Summit in 2011
In a tech-driven world, Google uses an algorithm to decide which search results are first shown to a user (and which are not, for example when one searches about Hillary's health), while Facebook arranges the order of the news feed, and decides to include certain posts from a user's liked pages and friends, at the expense of others. Both sites also promote links to news articles, often based on a user's own media interests.
However, it is still a human's job to write and calibrate these algorithms which are at the core of the intellectual property of any social media or search website, and comprise some of the most highly-protected trade secrets in the world, potentially worth billions. No internet giant has ever revealed its inner workings.
Merkel did not specifically name Facebook, Google or Twitter, but implied that the large platforms are creating "bubbles" of self-reinforcing views, and squeezing out smaller news providers. One could also call it propaganda.
"The big internet platforms, via their algorithms, have become an eye of a needle which diverse media must pass through to reach users," warned Merkel. "This is a development that we need to pay careful attention to." In their defense, Google and Facebooks have retorted that the so-called social media bubble is largely a "myth", and that online users have a wider access to differing views than under a pre-internet model, where most news would be acquired from just a handful of newspapers and one or two TV channels.
This is not the first attack on social media by Merkel and her Grand Coalition government. Curious, while the German politician advocates diversity of views, she has previously accused it of perpetrating opinions that are most at odds with those of the establishment and traditional media.
In other words, instead of seeking to cripple the informational monopoly of Facebook and Google, Merkel was merely pursuing her own, ulterior motives. Last month, the chancellor accused AfD, the recently-established anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim party, which receives overwhelmingly negative coverage in most newspapers, of "spreading their lies" through social media, as it achieves breakthroughs in regional elections around the country.
As RT adds, a year ago, at the height of the refugee influx into the country, Merkel, who was first elected in 2005, was caught on a hot mic personally pressing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to clamp down on anti-migrant posts during a UN session in New York. Then, several weeks ago, the leader of Merkel's parliamentary CDU faction, Volker Kauder, said that social media should be fined €50,000 for failing to remove "hate speech," saying that a "Sword of Damocles" has to hang over social media. Kauder also called for warnings, similar to those on cigarette packs or before entering pornographic websites, to be given to those about to go on social media.
In other words, the Germans want to tackle the biased information and "distorted perceptions" with state censorship. Somehow that strikes us as ironic.
In the end, it turns out Merkel's mini crusafe is nothing more than an attempt at scapegoating her own immigration policy failures on the web giants. Justice Minister Heiko Maas – who said that there had been a 77 percent increase in hate crimes following the arrival of 900,000 asylum seekers – has given internet media companies until February next year to comply with EU directives on xenophobia and racism, or face legal action.
More than anything, this little anecdote reveals that the greatest weapon in a "developed society's" arsenal remains information, and the fight is to control not just the content, but more importantly, the distribution. Incidentally, if it does come to a showdown between a sovereign nation and an internet media giant, our money will always be on the latter.


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By the end of 2012, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and AOL had all shed a considerable number of iOS apps from their collective portfolios. With the exception of AOL, each of the other companies managed to increase the number of apps they have in Apple's iOS app store in 2013. And with the release of iOS 7 in the second half of the year, which required many development teams to update their apps, it is no wonder that all four companies saw a surge in app updates in 2013 as well.
I gathered data from online app services like AppShopper.com, 148Apps.biz and Apple's own Search API in order to gain some insight as to what each company has accomplished in 2013. Each app listed under the company's name was counted, along with the latest release date, category, number of updates made in 2013, whether or not the app was introduced as a new in 2013, as well as their peak ranking within each app's respective category.
Here is what I found:
Google – Adding 12 apps to its iOS portfolio, successfully deploying 140 releases to the app store, and having no less than 20 apps in the top 200 of their respective categories, one would think that Google was dominating iOS above and beyond the other four. Well, almost (more on that in a moment). What does make Google stand out is the fact that it has made great strides at making iOS its own and delivering a Google experience to its users. With Chrome, Maps, YouTube, Gmail and Search, Google has more apps achieving the top position in each app's respective category than any other iOS development team in the lineup.
In 2012 when Apple and Google parted ways over the Maps app, it appeared at first that Google was intent on making Android the dominant mobile OS when it comes to accessing Google's online services. Adding real-time driving data from Waze, Google contacts integration, and offline map data, Google Maps for iOS kept up with its Android counterpart in 2013. Google has made each and every one of its iOS apps a complete part of the overall Google online experience.
Yahoo – Yahoo has two very interesting characteristics to its app store stats in 2013. The company has the highest ratio of releases per app at almost 6:1. Three apps in particular — Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo Weather — represent almost half of all releases to the app store in 2013. Yahoo also added a significant number of apps in the top 200 for their respective categories, with 75 percent of its apps in these top positions. Yahoo has openly stated that mobile was very important to it in 2013 and these numbers show that the company is focusing.
While it does not have nearly as many apps in the app store as Google, the ones it does have are successful with the Search, Mail and Weather apps all holding top positions in the last 30 days. By executing on its plan to focus on technology rather than content in 2013, Yahoo's commitment to Apple's mobile platform appears to be paying off.
Microsoft – While Microsoft may not have be as successful with its own mobile phones, the company has made some serious strides on iOS in 2013. By adding 20 new apps to the app store this year, Microsoft has made its way to the top with 39 apps currently in the app store. One way the company made it to the top was by having separate apps for both the iPhone and iPad rather than develop a universal app.
What is most interesting about this strategy is that almost all of the iPhone versions such apps are in the top 200 for their respective whereas their iPad counterparts are nowhere to be seen. In fact the iPhone versions of Bing, Lync, OneNote, SkyDrive and Office Mobile all ranked in the top 25 for their respective categories. This strategy was reinforced when Microsoft released a mobile version of its Office 365 product as an iPhone-only app. If you want to use Microsoft Office on your iPad, you will have to look elsewhere.
AOL – Having had a total of 53 apps in the App Store, AOL would appear to be a top contender when it comes to managing the most apps in the app store. However, by the end of 2013, AOL only has 21 total apps active in the store. The odd thing is that not all apps have actually been removed from the App Store. Many that AOL had previously purchased have been sold, sometimes back to their original owners. Such is the case withAbout.me, Bebo, and even Shoutcast. Others have gone their separate ways and are now on the app store under the Time Inc. banner like Fortune magazine available in the newsstand.
So what is AOL's crown jewel on the app store? MapQuest. It is the only app developed under the AOL banner to hold a top ten position in the last thirty days. Many of AOL's remaining apps have dropped positions in 2013 from where they were in 2012. While one-third of its app portfolio still hold top 200 positions, those positions are falling further and further from number 1. Clearly buying one's way to the top is not a strategy that works. Perhaps focusing on an even smaller portfolio and increasing the number of releases per app like Google and Yahoo would be a better strategy for AOL to adopt.
App activity in 2013
Looking at the changes year over year you can see that Microsoft has managed to maintain its hold on the most iOS apps in the app store while Google has taken the top spot for the highest number of app releases away from AOL. Yahoo has remained focused on a small number of successful apps, and with a near 45 percent increase in app store submissions, the updates it did make in 2013 helped increase the number of apps they have holding top positions. What Google and Yahoo have in common are a high number of releases for each app they own, as well as a high number of apps holding top positions in the app store.
If Microsoft could only achieve the same numbers with the iPad versions of each app, it would have a profile more like Google and Yahoo when it comes to holding top positions in the app store. Not having any sort of symmetry with tablet based development on iOS, Microsoft's numbers respective to number of releases and positions held in the app store are more like those of AOL, and that is not a good thing.


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Put that phone down!
It seems like everyone is on some kind of device at some point. Cell Phone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer! And sometimes a little too much! We have to check our Facebook or our Tumblr account, tweet someone. Maybe we are expecting to get an email, or maybe we don't expect one, but hey we might be getting one, so I better check my phone. Are you as addicted as my family members are!
Time Out! Technology Off!
In our house, it's suppose to be that at 9:00 pm everyone needs to be off their electronic devices: phones, computer, video games, etc. But sometimes it is hard to have that as a stead fast law, especially when we as parents aren't doing it ourselves.
I remember one time our family was at my sons school waiting for my son to perform and my 92 year old mom discovered HI – Q on my cell phone and she didn't want to stop playing till she finished her game or the performance started! What is this world coming to!
Do you have all devices off rules for yourself or for your family? So how are you doing with turning your device off?


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Linus Pauling
Scientist and Peacemaker
Clifford Mead and Thomas Hager
7 × 10 inches. Chronology. B&W Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. 288 pages.
2008. ISBN 978-0-87071-294-4. Paperback, $22.95.
One of the most brilliant scientists and most controversial individuals of the 20th century, Linus Pauling was the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes. This unique volume, published to mark the centenary of Pauling's birth, gathers his words and those of his contemporaries and students, together with photographs, drawings, and reproductions from the Pauling Papers.
Pauling was known for being outspoken and for leaping over scientific boundaries—from physics to chemistry to biology to medical research. This collection draws a vivid portrait of a remarkable man—scientist, humanist, and activist—highlighting his larger-than-life personality and his singular achievements.
As both scientist and citizen, Pauling was passionate and deeply thoughtful. He wrote The Nature of the Chemical Bond, one of the most cited sources in scientific history, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. He risked his reputation during the McCarthy years as a vocal opponent of Cold War policies and nuclear proliferation. As a result, he was vilified by the press, investigated by the FBI, and awarded the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. In the 1970s, Pauling again gained international recognition, this time for his advocacy of megadoses of vitamin C as a cure for cancer and cold prevention.


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