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A U.S. pharmaceutical company needed to improve its process for sample requests via its global affiliates. The current process was a series of emails and faxes without a formal process, structure or oversight. A digital and collaborative process in SharePoint would allow the capture of structured data, notification workflows and the ability to report on many aspects of the process to management. After bringing together a complete team that is involved in the process, our next task was to build a business requirement that reflected the undocumented process. The extensive interviews and review process with the team brought us a completed requirement and allowed us to build a proof-of-concept to validate with the team. Development of the this new SharePoint site, using the business requirement and the POC, brought it to system and UAT testing. Populating the site with data and final user testing brought us to a successful launch. The challenges here were the undocumented process, the complex data dependencies across the different countries and data importing. The site has kicked off and is successfully being used for a few product samples until all products are added. In future versions, adding logistics and shipping data will round out the request process.
A new design and re-introduction of the a new SharePoint site collection was needed for our client as we helped user adoption issues, training and generally, better communication. The objective here was to re-engage with the various business groups and determine what their individual collaboration needs were going forward. Also, with some other systems approaching "end-of-life", we participated in the migration effort into SharePoint. Finally, implementation of the is new 80+ site collection imported stray team sites into this new hierarchical collection to allow for a better navigation experience, better security and better collaboration. The challenges were the size and scope of the project, various priorities in these business groups and working with a number of I.T. groups. When completed, many users attended training and really began to grow their sites and adding more users. Their new use of lists to capture data and begin reporting on it allowed management to see trends from graphical dashboards.
A global pharmaceutical, after recently purchasing a U.S. company, needed to merge Lotus Notes databases into their existing SharePoint infrastructure. The merging of data is becoming a common requirement and with the right tools and expertise, we developed a roadmap for this project. The tasks that needed to be completed started with configuring a remote environment for the operational staff and our team to begin the project as quickly as possible and from some international locations. Next, a discovery process of Lotus databases and their respective site owners had to be completed. We also built a test environment to load our Quest migration tool and some sample databases. This also provided a space to teach techniques to the staff by our team, remotely. Some easier migrations were performed first and onto some more complex databases into customized SharePoint team sites. Lastly, was some final user training, old database deletions and documentation. The challenges were working remotely, including international users, communicating with the new company, older company and our team. Our lessons and successes were the strong communications, adherence to our timelines and being flexible to multiple environments.
The client was looking to consolidate their Lotus environment due to rising costs and migrate their data to a new Microsoft SharePoint space to better serve their needs. The tasks that were taken were done in phases, and partly due to the size and scope of the work. First, we needed to conduct a discovery process of all the servers and capture data about the Lotus databases, sizes, last used, owners, type and much more. This information was important to determine whether a database would be migrated or not, what type of SharePoint site would be created and how much disk storage would be needed. Next was meeting with business owners to determine their requirements and participation. Working with developers, as well as migrating some databases ourselves, as part of the overall migration and into a newly developed SharePoint site. Finally, rollout of the new sites and subsequent training allowed for a smooth transition while the Lotus servers were retired. There were many challenges to the project ranging from missing database owners, getting access to secured databases and gathering requirements from various business groups. The success of the project relied upon good communication and cooperation with site owners. As well as our attention to the details during discovery, migration and site creation.


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See locations of all your stuff, set movement alerts and recovery mode and view history.
Mobile friendly website and Android & IOS Apps.
User-centric design ensures that what you click is what you get!
See all your asset's locations at one glance!
Easily output route, trip and event data to Excel.
Blipbr's user friendly App works on all devices and all platforms
Easily keep an eye on all your stuff with the App or website.
Email and App alerts when your stuff moves!
Switch into Recovery Mode for real-time tracking.
Keeps an accurate record of trip and location history.
Packed with invaluable and easy-to-use features
Easily keep track of all your Blipbr stuff in real time!
Blipbr detects and records trips while preserving battery!
Use the Quick History slider to view recent history up to 30 days
Set a Movement Alert to know when your Blipbr moves next!
Begin live tracking if your asset is missing!
Easily set which notifications you need!
See Applications
Some quick FAQ's of key App features
Recovery Mode is Blipbr's version of Live Tracking.
In the event of a Movement Alarm or to locate a missing asset, Blipbr can be set into Recovery Mode which sends an instruction to your Blipbr to begin live tracking.
When the Blipbr next connects, it will receive the Recovery Mode instruction and increase tracking frequency to the maximum that the remaining battery life will allow.
Note: Battery usage will increase dramatically so remaining battery life will be reduced.
Log into the website or the App, select a Device, and then click the Recovery Mode "eye with a slash" icon.
Once you click the icon you will be asked to confirm that you want live tracking to begin as shown below:
Note: It will take between 5 to 15 seconds for the instruction to be sent and for the " eye with a slash" icon to change to an "eye" (without a slash).
The Blipbr will only begin reporting live once it has next connected and received the instruction. This will be when the Blipbr next conducts a trip, or the Blipbr's next daily heartbeat.
Blipbr uses an internal movement sensor to sense when any movement occurs.
If Blipbr senses movement, it records a series of GPS locations and if it has moved sufficiently far enough (250m), it begins a trip, and sends a message to the App that a trip has begun.
The device icon (Map) and name (Devices list) will turn green to show that the device is on a trip.
During the trip, Blipbr will store a location waypoint every 2-5 minutes, and will upload the trip details at the end of the trip, or every 30 minutes during the trip, whichever comes first.
Blipbr Mini uploads Trip Start and End points only, and a waypoint every 15 minutes during a trip only in order to conserve battery power.
Blipbr will wait 5 minutes after the last movement to check that the trip has ended, and then end the trip (deducting the additional 5 minutes!)
The Quick History Slider can display the delivery path, this could also be shown by default if required.
The Blipbr App will show you which Blipbr devices are stationary and which are moving both on the Map and in the Devices list by changing the icon and device name colour:
White = Stationary
Green = Moving (in trip)
First select a Blipbr by clicking on the Device name in the Device list pane.
You can open the Device Info pane using the dark grey arrow on the left of the map screen.
You can also resize the Device info pane larger or smaller by dragging the arrow left and right once the pane is open.
The Blipbr App has a "Quick History" function that let's you quickly see the Blipbr's movements over the last 30 days.
First, select a Blipbr from the Device list and then click the "History" icon (clock with back arrow) at the top of the Device List pane.
The "Quick History" slider will appear. Slide the top sliders to select the start and end time you wish to view (up to 24 hours) and the bottom slider to the date.
Then click "Show" and all movement for that period will be displayed on the map with direction arrows.
Tip! You can remove the trip that is displayed on the map by clicking the "Quick History" icon again, and then clicking "Cancel".
You can easily configure what Notifications you wish to receive by clicking the Menu icon (gear) at the top right corner of the App screen.
Standard Blipbr Notifications are:
Alert: Low Battery alarm
Alert: tamper Alarm (for Blipbr Max only)
Movement Alarm (use with the Movement Alert feature)
Trip Start
Trip Stop
Status unknown (for BYO devices not connected recently)
You can also set a time limit (in minutes) for limiting the number of notifications you receive within the set limit e.g. you may only want to receive a low battery notification every day, not for every Blip the Blipbr makes, so you would set this to 720 minutes (one day).
Good question!
Yes, a cellular SIM card and all data is included.
The type of SIM card and network used will be applicable to your device (and or country).
Speak to us if you have unique requirements e.g. 2G only, or 3G or 4G CatM1, NB-IoT or even Sigfox, or LoRaWAN!
Visit our knowledge base to learn more about the App and website.
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Riverside County planners punt on 8,500-home proposed town….
Riverside County planners punt on 8,500-home proposed town south of Joshua Tree National Park
The Riverside County Planning Commission last week delayed action on Paradise Valley, a proposed community that would allow up to 8,490 homes to be built on a property south of Joshua Tree National Park, on the outskirts of the eastern Coachella Valley.
The proposal from developer GLC Enterprises LLC has faced years of pushback from environmental advocates, as well as state and federal wildlife agencies, who have warned that Paradise Valley would disturb the environmentally-sensitive desert dry wash habitat and disrupt areas populated by the desert tortoise and other wildlife.
If approved, the Paradise Valley project would be a landmark test of the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, a long-debated agreement that local cities started to prepare in the mid-1990s. The plan aims to conserve 240,000 acres of open space in the Coachella Valley and protect wildlife while facilitating the construction of new infrastructure outside of conservation areas. Limited real estate development can take place within conservation areas, however, including the 5,000-acre property owned by GLC, but is subject to additional review.
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President Obama is winning the stakes in one possibly key and emerging area of public sentiment, as measurements of the candidate's popularity are high on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and the like.
Obama may be winning social media, but it doesn't mean the stakes are any less close in the polls, where the incumbent candidate is clinging with all his might to a small edge in most outlets. (Polling has been controversial this election cycle, with Gallup emerging as an outlier in predicting a Romney win and all others reporting a narrow margin lead for the President.)
But on Twitter, Romney trails tremendously — a circumstance not entirely unexpected given the way demographics shake out. While Romney voters tend to be older and more conservative overall, Obama voters are far likelier to represent the youth vote, and embrace all the technologies at their disposal.
The social media election disparity has been a subject of scrutiny in this tight race, and Nicco Mele, a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, spoke to Bloomberg about the strong lead Obama has in the realm of social media overall.
Mele points to the force of "sheer numbers" backing Obama on social media sites in general — as a for instance, Obama has clocked 31,134,018 likes on Facebook, miles ahead of Romney's 10,331,303 likes on the social network. Mele explains:
"Obama is operating at a different order of magnitude than Romney just in terms of raw numbers… We're effectively in the dark ages of this. The eco- system is just so different and so new. It's really hard to figure out what is actually going to matter."
And indeed, Mele is correct to note that the actual meaning of the data strongly favoring Obama has yet to be seen. Whether a larger presence on sites like Facebook and Twitter is anyone's guess, as the services and their reach into day to day life has increased so dramatically even since the watershed 2008 election of President Barack Obama.
But where Obama has managed to grab an organic, grassroots following on the networks, GOP operatives struggle to catch up in a changing social media news world. Another facet of the phenomenon is occurring right now on Twitter, where the "#hashtagwars" as Bloomberg dubbed them are playing out over the top Twitter Trending Topic, #cantafford4more.
What's happening now has befallen the GOP again and again as they attempt to promote Mitt Romney via purchased hashtags, hashtags that skyrocket to the top of the Twitter charts at a cost of several thousand or hundred thousand dollars. And while campaign money is going out to promote the trend, many Twitter users are hijacking it to support Obama despite the negative spin on the phrase.
#CantAfford4More years of crazy trickle-down economics and unfunded wars (for those w/ #Romnesia, here's a short video) m.dailykos.com/stories/1148170
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) October 22, 2012
Polls getting so bad for MittRomney this morning I saw a guy scraping a Romney bumper sticker off his car. It was Paul Ryan #CantAfford4More
— Chris Rock (@chrisrockoz) October 22, 2012
#CantAfford4More conservative Supreme Court justices turning the clock back for women, gays and minorities
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) October 22, 2012
I see #CantAfford4More is being promoted. Why not #4ScoreAnd7YearsAgo since that's the last Republican to actually do anything useful.
— Jason Sharp (@jsharp23) October 22, 2012
And of course, there is Twitter's reaction to having paid trending topics trend, which often causes users to feel that the promoted item is an attempt to buy their influence or attention:
I wonder how much money @mittromney wasted getting #CantAfford4More to trend..
— cαяℓy (@ShaCarly) October 22, 2012
Lee Rainey heads up internet metrics at Pew, and Rainey explains that while the web is heavy on chatter, the cacophony often drowns out the true message of candidates and fails to provide a clear and accurate barometer of the American electorate:
"People are swimming in a sea of political information and political chatter… The system has expanded because social media is now a very central part of campaign messaging and the way that people are talking about the election."
But Zac Moffatt, Romney's social media director, says that his candidate's strategy is to eschew "vanity" metrics in favor of a clear and consistent message through avenues like Facebook and Twitter. Moffatt explains:
"The goal of our digital team is to be the best team that complements the objectives of the campaign, not to be viewed as the smartest digital entity in the country."
Social media isn't entirely a dead zone for conservatives, either — the #tcot hashtag (total conservatives on Twitter) is always popular and boasts many social media luminaries stumping for red state candidates year-round. But their presence often seems dwarfed by Obama's social media pull, with many celebrities jumping into the fray to support the President.
One factor certain to be underestimated as the final showdown between Romney and Obama looms tonight is the tendency of social media users to caucus with those of like political beliefs. That is to say, if it looks like the election is in the bag for one candidate or the other to you, that's probably an accurate assessment given you tend to associate with people who have a similar beliefs system.
Mele explains:
"Social media is very good at talking to people who agree with you and convincing them to take more actions but it's really not clear if it's good at changing someone's mind… A lot of the activity online is preaching to the choir in order to significantly boost online fundraising."
Have you been using Facebook and Twitter as an alternative to poll numbers as Obama and Romney duke it out? How are your friends and followers discussing the election this year?


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"But the Lord answered and said to her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only a few things are necessary, really only one, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.'"
Luke 10:38-42
Humans by nature are busybodies. We think we know what is best for someone else, especially someone we care about. We often don't trust God with them. We have to butt our nose into their business and try to "help them along."
This isn't how God works or how He calls us to interact with others. He tells us to leave them be. He tells us to let the Holy Spirit do His work.
"Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them . . . Peter therefore seeing him said to Jesus, 'Lord, and what about this man?'
"Jesus said to him, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!'" John 21:20-22
Jesus told Peter to mind his own business. Jesus told Peter to just follow Him and leave the others to Jesus.
Read what Writer Margaret Feinberg has to say: "Almost every person has a different way he or she prefers to worship God. From singing and serving to dancing and praying, each individual desires to creatively worship in his or her own unique way."
Can we let go of the ones we love? Can we allow them the freedom to live without our well-intended "advice?" Can we let go of the fear that causes us to want to control others? Can we just let them be and let God do His work?


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Ah hah, I was wondering about the family, what with them being all literate and all, yet poor. But it turns out that they are of reduced circumstances, since that's always more romantic! (And useful, in this case!)
People judged by a government because of their religion? Say it ain't so! (Odd how the very oldest things still remain relevant, eh?)
Well, nice to know that Safie loves Felix for all the right reasons: ie, he's a good Christian boy! Yeah yeah, reading this particular part is a bit... odd in the modern day.
Anyhow, so ends the story-within-a-story-within-a-story section of the book! Definitely a bit weird though to read nowadays...


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Lena Dunham & Jemima Kirke Promote Lonely Girls Project Donning Lingerie
Lena Dunham & Jemima Kirke strip down to their lingerie to promote the Lonely Girls Project and to empower women.
The Lonely Girls Project is a photographic journal campaign that features women from all around the world and from all walks of life, wearing Lonely lingerie. The idea behind the project is to challenge the traditional stereotypes of lingerie and beauty. Girls actresses, Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke, are the most recent faces of this campaign donning muted green and blue, lace lingerie sets. The image exudes a very raw and authentic vibe, which emphasizes the company's message of beauty being inclusive and undefinable.
Lonely is a New Zealand-based design house that seeks to celebrate and empower women, through lingerie. According to their site, the Lonely label "is for women who wear lingerie as a love letter to themselves." In addition to lingerie, the company produces swimwear and clothing, with the same goal of embracing women in mind. The label seeks to create clothing that is comfortable, unique, and of a high quality. Just as important to the brand is their mission of promoting body positivity and a sense of freedom, which they advance with their campaign, the Lonely Girls Project.


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Union Territory of Lakshadweep, Department of Electricity , Kavaratti invited application from eligible candidates to fill up posts of Engine Driver/ Attendant/ Lineman/ Helper. The candidates eligible for the post may apply on or before 31 August 2015.
Post Details
Name and Number of Posts
Engine Driver/ Attendant/ Lineman/ Helper: 18 Posts
- Educational Qualification: Candidates must possess Matriculation (10th Standard) Pass or equivalent from recognized Board or University or Institute and ITI Certificate in the appropriate trade with the relevant post- qualification experience in the concerned field (if any).
- Age limit: 18 to 25 years
Pay Band (PB - 1) and Pay Scale of Rs. 5,200/- to Rs. 20,200/- plus Grade Pay of Rs. 1,800/- Per Month.
How to apply?
Interested Candidates may apply in the prescribed format with complete details of Bio- data along with attested photo copies of relevant certificates/ testimonials in support of date fo birth, qualifications, experience, category (SC/ ST/ PWD), Discharge Certificate etc. and a recent passport size photograph must affix on the application form may be forwarded to the "Executive Engineer (Ele), Union Territory of Lakshadweep, Kavaratti - 682 555"
Last Date to Apply - 31st August, 2015
About Department of Electricity, Kavaratti
Initially, Electricity Department was functioning as a part of Lakshadweep Public Works Department. It was in December, 1972 that an officer from Central Water and Power Commission was deputed to fill the post of Assistant Executive Engineer. Though the Head quarter office of the Electricity Department was at Kavaratti, it was designated as Electrical Division, Kavaratti having the status of an independent Sub division, which was headed by an Assistant Executive Engineer.
The Headquarters of Electricity Department was shifted to Kochi in February 1973 and was re-shifted to Kavaratti in May 1981 and since then the Department is functioning at Kavaratti. The Department is now functioning under an Executive Engineer at Kavaratti since June 1997.
Lakshadweep, the Department of Electricity is the nodal department for implementation of projects under 'POWER' & 'NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES'. The Department has mainly the following functions:
1. Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in all islands in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
2. Collection of revenue from the consumers.
3. Maintenance of Proforma Accounts of the Department.
4. Internal electrification of Govt. buildings for and on behalf of L.P.W.D.
5. Implementation of Non Conventional Energy Sources Projects in the UnionTerritory of Lakshadweep.
6. Implementation of Integrated Rural Energy Programme in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.


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To be the pioneer and catalyst for innovation and wellbeing in real estate in the UAE and beyond.
Saleh Saeed Lootah is the Chairman of Lootah Holding, one of the UAE's leading conglomerates with diversified interests in Construction, Real Estate, Energy, Logistics, Finance, Insurance, Hospitality, Education and Healthcare. In addition to overseeing the Group's activities, Saleh holds a number of important positions including:
In addition to overseeing the Group's activities, Saleh holds a number of important positions including:
He has also served as member of the Board of Directors of Dubai Islamic Bank for a period of five years from 2006 to 2011 during which he chaired the Board Credit Committee.
Saleh commenced as Chairman of Lootah Real Estate Development in 2002 in order to fulfill the board's vision of improving lifestyles by creating modern communities with contemporary design and premium quality.
Saleh is a graduate of Islamic Banking from the Islamic School for Training & Education, Dubai and an alumnus of IMD Switzerland and Harvard Business School.
In a business career that spans more than two decades, Saleh Abdulla Lootah has executed strategic decisions across properties, food and beverage, Islamic finance, and insurance corporations across the globe.
Saleh Abdullah Lootah is the Founding Director of Souq Extra LLC and the Executive Director and a Board Member of Lootah Real Estate Development. He has full responsibility for some of the UAE's most prestigious and influential organisations; He currently holds the following positions:
His passion and drive for excellence has led him to receive various awards at a both regional and international level. He contributed extensively in applying the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Model of Excellence at Al Islami Foods, which led it to become the recipient of the Dubai Quality Award in 2003 (the first food company to win such an award).
As an avid contributor to the Food & Beverage industry, Saleh Abdullah Lootah was part of the Agribusiness Seminar at Harvard Business School in USA and India in 2004 and 2009 respectively, sharing ideas and experiences with various international business leaders. He is well sought after by the media with his opinion columns appearing regularly in highly circulated Arabic and English language publications.
In addition to his business leadership, Saleh Abdullah Lootah continues to play a leading role in advocating the execution of Agribusiness with values and pride; this contributes to the well-being of global society. He also endeavours to change the perception of Islam by doing business the right way and contributing to change in society.
Born and raised in the UAE, Saleh Abdullah Lootah received his Bachelor's degree from California State University and a General Management Program from Harvard Business School.


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Top Things to Do in Copenhagen, Denmark, from a Cruise Ship - Feel free to add, vote or provide feedback to the list
Skandinaviens største samling af islamisk kunst fra 7.-19. århundrede.
The David Collection ( Danish: Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C. L. David. The museum is particularly noted for its collection of Islamic art from the 8th to the 19th century, which is one of the largest in Northern Europe.
Christ the Saviour is the Parish Church of Ealing Broadway, open from 8am to 6pm every day for prayer and quiet, and where the Mass is offered daily.
Church of Our Saviour ( Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirke) is a baroque church in Copenhagen, Denmark, most famous for its corkscrew spire with an external winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen.
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America.
Frederiksberg is de facto a district of the Danish capital Copenhagen, but it is formally a separate town (the Frederiksberg Municipality) in Denmark's Capital City Region ( Region Hovedstaden). It occupies an area of less than 9 km 2 and had a population of 102,717 in 2014.
Nyhavn ( Danish pronunciation: ) (literally: New Harbour) is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants.
Udgivet af Glyptoteket (http://www.glyptoteket.dk)
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ( Glypto-, from the Greek root glyphein, to carve and theke, a storing-place) is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl Jacobsen (1842-1914), the son of the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries.
Parts of the Royal Cast Collection date back to the mid 18th century, where casts were used by art students in drawing classes at the newly established Academy of Fine Arts. During the period around the establishment of Statens Museum for Kunst in 1896, efforts to ensure the education and refinement of Danish citizens through classical art was the primary objective of the collection.
National Gallery of Denmark is Denmark's pre-eminent museum of art. No other museum in the country offers a correspondingly rich and varied selection of works from art history.
Rosenborg Castle ( Danish: Rosenborg Slot) is a renaissance castle located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects.
For the former Danish castle in Ghana known as Fort Christiansborg, see Osu Castle. Christiansborg Palace or Christiansborg Castle ( Danish: Christiansborg Slot; pronounced [krɪsdjænsˈbɔːɐ̯ˀ]), on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the seat of the Danish Parliament ( Folketinget ), the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court.
Frilandsmuseet (English: The Open Air Museum) is an open air museum in Lyngby at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1897 and covering 40 hectares, it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world.
The Royal Danish Theatre ( Danish: Det Kongelige Teater ) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country.
The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen) is the national opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built with construction costs well over 500 million U.S. dollars.
use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references. (February 2012)
Copenhagen Zoo ( Danish: Københavns Zoo) is a zoological garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1859, it is one of the oldest zoos in Europe and is a member of EAZA. It comprises 11 hectares (27 acres) and is located in the municipality of Frederiksberg, sandwiched between the parks of Frederiksberg Park and Søndermarken.
The museum displays a comprehensive collection of the artist's works in marble as well as plaster, including the original plaster models used in the making of cast bronze and marble statues and reliefs, which are now on display in museums, churches, and at other locations around the world.
The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden ( Danish: Botanisk have), usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly noted for its extensive complex of historical glasshouses dating from 1874.


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Based on our extensive know how of waves and currents in the open sea IMDC assists project developers and contractors in realisation of offshore wind, subsea cables, tidal and wave energy projects. Key services offered by IMDC are project management assistance, due diligence studies, geophysics, geotechnics, weather downtime assessment, scour and cable protection.
Blue energy (offshore wind, wave and tidal) is abundant, geographically diverse and renewable. Taking advantage of our oceans and seas, the international community is forging ahead with the clean energy transition. The governments, project developers and investment community have a strong role to play in driving this transition but in a complex environment which carries significant business and nature related risks.
As a variable source of energy located away from existing electricity systems, blue energy needs to deliver on the challenge of integrating large volumes of energy generation into smart energy systems. Therefore offshore substations, Inter-Array cables and subsea interconnectors allow increasing grid integration are important elements of the offshore infrastructure solutions.
We use science, data and new technologies to reduce the risk exposure of our clients in both blue energy and interconnectors markets. Installation of subsea cables in a cost effective manner is essential for the wind farm developments. In order to reduce potential of subsea cables damage, reduce installation costs and time IMDC has developed COBRA which provides for effective Cable Burial Risk Assessment.
Without credible analysis of soil and sea conditions in the designated project area it is impossible to design effective energy solutions. Moreover, for the blue energy to be sustainable, its environmental impacts must be well assessed and mitigated.
To drive innovation of the emerging technologies, IMDC works with reputable international partners to realise SE@PORTS project. We have identified the most promising WEC technologies available for integration in port infrastructure, including the overtopping devices and flexible membranes. Pushing the technology boundaries we offer an essential guidance, technical advice and modelling tools that bring together blue energy and port infrastructure.
Having reliable data, IMDC develops engineering studies which will feed the design phase of the project as interpretation of geophysical and geotechnical reports (including 3D ground model), waves, wind and current numerical modelling, seabed morphology and morphodynamic studies.
IMDC has developed the Synapps platform with new applications for blue energy projects including GO/NOGO to assess weather downtime and DOME to integrate and visualise data in order to make the informed decisions.


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Karatara adds another beautiful dimension to Knysna. It's found approximately 35km inland of the town. Away from the sea and lakes, its landscape is one of lush farmland and and indigenous forests under the watchful eye of the Outeniqua Mountains.
In the early 1900s, woodcutters made a living from the forest but when the government withdrew permits they were housed in a settlement that became Karatara. Most of the houses still have an "antique" look and gardens are well maintained. It's not uncommon to find a calf tied to a tree or the streets empty of cars during the day.
Karatara is home to Karatara Primary School and Tsiba College, a passionate initiative that educates, feeds and gives lodging to students from impoverished areas on the Garden Route.
Interestingly, Karatara was one of apartheid President PW Botha's favourite places in South Africa and he use to hold meetings in the town hall.
Karatara lies on the Seven Passes, a beautiful, mostly dirt road route that's sure to amaze. You can head north to Rheenendaal or South to Wilderness and George.


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|Nokia wins 5G network deal with Vodafone New Zealand
|Donnerstag, 08. August 2019 01:00
Press Release
Nokia wins 5G network deal with Vodafone New Zealand
8 August 2019
Espoo, Finland - Nokia is set to bring 5G to New Zealand, following the announcement of the first commercial 5G network available to New Zealanders by Vodafone New Zealand.
Nokia will supply and integrate a 5G network for Vodafone New Zealand, which will be launched in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown in late 2019. The deal, including Nokia's AirScale radio access network, cloud-native core and design services, provides further proof of the strength of Nokia's end-to-end portfolio. Nokia's 5G portfolio offers operators the necessary flexibility and capabilities to deliver 5G services to both consumers and enterprises.
"We are excited to be joining forces with Vodafone New Zealand, our partner of over 20 years, to bring 5G to New Zealand," said Tommi Uitto, Nokia's President of Mobile Networks. "With this agreement, we will enable Vodafone New Zealand to deliver 5G services to their customers and create an even more connected society."
Commenting on the agreement, Tony Baird, Technology Director, Vodafone New Zealand said: "We are excited to be working with Nokia to deliver a commercial 5G network for Vodafone and New Zealand, building on our proud heritage of being first to deliver to Kiwis, the best mobile technology available at the time, including 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G."
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Stanley Vernon Majors, the Oklahoma man who gunned down his Lebanese neighbor in what prosecutors said was a hate crime, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A jury convicted Majors, 63, earlier this month on charges of first-degree murder, malicious intimidation and harassment, a hate crime. His sentence Tuesday was confirmed by Kim Thomas of the Tulsa County Clerk's Office.
Authorities said that in August 2016 Majors went up the front steps to his neighbor's porch and shot and killed Khalid Jabara, 37, while he was on the phone with his mother. Prosecutors said he did it because the Jabara family is from Lebanon and Majors is a hateful bigot.
Jabara's family did not attend the sentencing, saying in a prepared statement that Majors was not "worthy of any more attention."
"Unlike the Defendant, we will continue to live, surrounded by love, cherishing Khalid, ensuring his legacy lives on, and working with others to prevent hate in our communities," the statement said. "The world does not need more people like Stanley Majors, it needs less.
"With that said, we refuse to give the defendant any more of our time, energy or thought - as he simply does not deserve it. He deserves exactly what the 12 jurors unanimously recommended - to spend the rest of his days, nights, hours, and minutes in prison."
Majors had terrorized them for years, the family said.
At the time of the shooting, Majors faced hit-and-run driving charges and was out on bail.
He was accused of running down Jabara's mother, Haifa Jabara, with his car in September 2015. She suffered a brain hemorrhage, broken ribs, a broken ankle, a damaged shoulder and a broken bone in her arm.
The Jabara family previously told CNN that Majors would stand on the property line between their homes and shout, "dirty Arabs!" "Mooslems!" and "dirty Lebanese."
During the trial, Majors' team built an insanity defense. His attorneys said the case was not about hate, race or religion, but about a man so mentally ill he viewed the family next door as a threat.
Attorneys said Majors feared the Jabaras, whom he thought were Muslims, would harm him because he is gay.
The Jabaras actually were Christians who fled civil war and religious persecution in Lebanon decades ago.
Assistant District Attorney Julie Doss issued this statement after the sentencing: "With their guilty verdict, the jury sent a message by recommending a sentence which gave the maximum prison and fine punishments allowable by law for each count. Today, the judge followed that recommendation and therefore the sentence Mr. Majors received was the harshest punishment available in this case for the vile, vicious and despicable crimes he committed."


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Unified communications (UC) vendor, Polycom, has appointed new executive sales leaders for two separate regions.
Michael Alp joins as president of Asia-Pacific, and Damian Artt is taking the reigns as president of the Americas. Both will be responsible for leading the sales strategy and execution in their respective geographies.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Soybean farmers in China's northeastern provinces will get higher subsidies than corn producers this year as Beijing continues a policy set last year to reduce its huge corn stockpile, the government said on Tuesday.
Stocks of corn in China reached around 250 million tonnes in 2017, a legacy from its near-decade long stockpiling system that was only abandoned in 2016.
Beijing will give more subsidies to soybean growers than corn farmers in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia provinces, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a document released on its website.
China included cutting corn acreage and lifting soybean acreage in a five-year plan issued in 2016, part of the country's efforts to overhaul the world's largest agriculture sector.
Farmers will also get subsidies from the government to rotate their plantings as well as to leave some land fallow. Such subsidies will cover 30 million mu (2 million hectares) of land this year, the document said, without giving further details on the subsidies.
China started giving subsidies to encourage farmers in the northeast to rotate their corn plantings with other crops in 2016 as part of a push to rebalance grain stocks.
Beijing will also give subsidies to farmers to purchase agriculture machinery and equipment in areas including irrigation and planting.
Those treating animal waste, using organic fertilizer in growing vegetables and fruits, and recycling land films will also receive subsidies from the government, according to the document.
Reporting by Hallie Gu and Josephine Mason; Editing by Manolo Serapio Jr.
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Q: How have your professional goals changed? What were you chasing 20 years ago and what are you chasing now?
A: I had such high hopes for every song that I considered sort of a single, you know, that maybe mine would just sneak through and I'd be like the Norah Jones of that year. And I do remember that feeling in the pit of my stomach of, "This one is going to do it. And this one is going to do it." And then, you know, we would work our asses off, I'd tour, and we'd promote it, and we'd talk to the radio stations. I have a good history, I have a good track record. And the press seems to like me. And yet it never was my year to be the one that snuck through, the independent that snuck through, which is like winning the fucking lottery.
Q: And now?
A: And I think now I don't have that, what's the word for it, that sort of feeling of "Oh, come on! This time, please!" The hardest part is when my husband will say, "You don't really want to be touring when you're 60, do you?" And I'm like, "Well why can't I?"
Q: Why shouldn't you want to?
A: I love touring. I still do. It's hard, schlepping is hard, and traveling sucks. But I love singing. And then you have to sort of think about how do I make a living? Because it's getting harder and harder. Record sales are just not a reality. So how do you fill in those gaps? How do you do other things that allow you to maybe stay home more? That's what all the songwriting is about.
Q: Writing for other artists seems like a good way of doing that, if you can get the work.
A: Yeah. And I seem to have fans in interesting circles. I keep coming across other people who I never would have thought would know my name.
Q: I think you're what's commonly referred to as a songwriter's songwriter.
A: For better or for worse.
Q: What's the relationship between your commercial relevance, your sense of opportunity in the marketplace, and your identity as an artist?
A: I guess I think they're kind of separate, if that makes any sense. You know, I have to do what I do. If it's a Jonatha song, it's a Jonatha song, and I can't really corrupt it by trying to make it a hit. I think that part of what's so reassuring about getting older is that you have all this evidence trailing behind you of what you have done that's really good. I am proud of what I've done. I love what I do. I still love my ideas. And I still think I have a very unique take on things. And, you know, I do have my own voice. I've not really fallen into any clichés, hopefully. I keep stretching and trying to make each record be a little bit different or say something different. So I feel pretty good, actually.
Q: Some artists do their most vital work early on and some deepen and strengthen over the years. How do you assess your own artistic trajectory?
A: God, I hope I'm on the ascent. I think I have this energy and this hunger, especially now that I'm kind of finding my mojo again coming out of some of the darkest parts of the "mom" experience. I have to say, I make the most of it but there have been stretches that have just been awful. But I think that I am almost coming out of it with more energy and more soul and more love. I wrote some songs for this French pop star, she's lovely and quite generous and 29. I got to open for her at these major shows in Paris and also sing the songs that I had written for her with her during her set, and there were these moments on stage where I was like, "Oh my God, I could be her mother. But I still feel like I'm fucking 29, and I'm rocking these pants, so fuck off, all you motherfuckers." I don't even know where to put that in the answer to the question. There is part of me that's, like, I'm older and wiser, and I'm loving it. And then, there's part of me that's like, "Oh my God, I could be your mother." So how do I balance that?
Q: I don't know if you balance it. You just move with it.
A: And you try to rock the pants.
Q: You have the exuberance of a young person, not to mention the body.
A: I'm hanging on.
Q: You're doing more than hanging on. It seems like you're giving a giant bear hug to the whole mess of it.
A: Yeah. I think that's a good way to see it. There's also something I have been thinking about lately, and maybe it's because of the political mess this year, but there is this part of me that's embracing earnestness and truth and being nice, and not being so sarcastic and cynical all the time. And that may have come out of this time with my mom. Who cares if you're funny and clever ? What'd you do today? Did you walk that little old lady home from the drug store because she was scared? I did. I did. And I'm feeling very uncynical, in a way, about very basic human goodness.
Q: I've been hearing that a lot. Things get clearer.
A: Yeah. What matters? Love.


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Friday, March 26, 2010
U.S. Senators Putting Final Preparations On Cap And Trade Climate Change Law
Until recently, the climate subject has been relegated to secondary importance compared to the health care subject that has ensnared Congress and monopolized public thoughts and opinions. Now that the Obama Administration has made progress in that area with the support of Congressional Democrats, climate change has an opportunity to regain traction in American politcs.
The road is not an easy one. Major energy utilities and fossil fuel companies can be expected to lobby very hard to avoid any future climate change penalities and costs until the final possible moment. Also, while climate change is not nearly half as polarizing as the recent health care debate in Congress, the Democrats have spent a lot of their political bullets to get the health care legislation passed and there are many fences that will need to be mended -- both inside the party and with Republicans also -- in order to pass another major piece of legislation anytime soon.
It is encouraging that climate change has always had bi-partisan support from Congressional thought leaders such as John McCain, Joe Lieberman and John Kerry (among others). The climate change problem affects everyone equally, regardless of your politics -- nobody wants their grandkids to face severe global problems as a result of their inaction and squabbling. Certainly the European Union and Japanese economies are helping matters by being examples of environmental consciousness and stewardship through the Kyoto Protocol.
Here is a recent update from Bloomberg and BusinessWeek on the American effort to pass some form of climate change and cap and trade legislation this year. It seems from the article that there are some controversial offshore drilling elements to the draft bill must be resolved in the near term. Hopefully the Kerry-Lieberman efforts will equate into some tangible results in the not too distant future... in the meantime, I will continue to monitor this subject and provide updates as they occur. One can find the original article at http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-26/senators-outline-u-s-utility-carbon-market-for-climate-bill.html
Senators Outline U.S. Utility Carbon Market for Climate Bill
March 26, 2010, 12:02 AM EDT
By Simon Lomax and Kim Chipman
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Senators Lindsey Graham and Joseph Lieberman outlined U.S. climate-change legislation that would have power companies buy and sell pollution rights in a carbon market and force oil companies to pay fixed fees for emissions.
While the bill is "a work in progress" and won't be ready until next month, emissions from utilities will be regulated through a restricted trading system for pollution rights, Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told reporters after meeting with industry representatives in Washington yesterday.
"Nobody's signed on, but I think we've got them engaged," Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, said, referring to the meeting with industry groups that included the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Edison Electric Institute.
The outline marks the most Senators Graham, Lieberman and John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, have said about their months-long attempt to revamp stalled legislation that would curb carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse-gas emissions linked to climate change. The next step is to convince other lawmakers, including Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland who yesterday questioned whether there is a "critical mass" of support.
While negotiations with other senators are getting better, the trio is "not there yet," Graham said.
The senators yesterday only described their ideas for the legislation and have yet to submit a written proposal.
Coastal Senators
Ten Senate Democrats including Cardin, Bill Nelson of Florida and Ron Wyden of Oregon said yesterday they won't back climate-change legislation if it includes provisions that open U.S. coasts and oceans to "unfettered" oil-and-gas drilling.
"The votes of these 10 coastal senators are essential," said Dan Weiss, director of climate strategy at the Washington- based Center for American Progress, a public policy group that advises Democrats. Weiss said there is "potential" for a compromise on the issue.
The coastal senators sent a letter to Graham, Lieberman and Kerry on March 23 and warned them of the potential for oil spills that would put coastal state economies and ecosystems in jeopardy. Graham and Lieberman didn't say yesterday if drilling provisions are included in their proposal.
Legislation to establish a cap-and-trade program, in which power plants, oil refineries and factories would buy and sell emission rights, narrowly passed the House of Representatives in June. A similar plan, which was approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in November over a Republican boycott, failed to advance any further in Congress.
Under the new legislation, oil companies would pay a fixed fee for their emissions that is linked to the price that power companies pay for carbon dioxide allowances, Graham said. Some of the trading restrictions would include a maximum and minimum price for carbon dioxide allowances, or a "hard price collar," Graham said.
While it's not certain how the fee will be calculated, "it's all related to the carbon market," Lieberman said.
--Editors: Romaine Bostick, Steve Geimann.
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Hey, Bob! Do you wanna go to one of the best-equipped firearms training facilities on the planet as the guest of the world's oldest gun company, and get two solid days of training from some of the best firearms instructors in the world?
Well, duh.
I was very fortunate earlier this month to be one of the attendees to the first Beretta Tactical Summit, held at the elite Academi Training Center in Moyock, North Carolina.
Academi's facility is the largest private training center in the United States, with all the cool toys and an incredible range of training capabilities.
The Beretta Defense Technologies group—made up of Beretta, Benelli, Sako, and Steiner—brought in a small group of shooting industry media to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the M9 pistol in the U.S. military, and to show use some of their other military and civilian tactical technology in both day and night shooting events.
Beretta spared no expense in bringing in some of the most respected firearms trainers in the world to run each 1/2 day training session, and you should really read their linked bios (below) if you aren't familiar with their names.
John "Doc" Spears taught the precision rifle segment, Pat Rogers ran the carbine range, Ernest Langdon ran the pistol course, and last but not least, Steve Fisher ran the shotgun class. John "Chappy" Chapman ran the optics seminar and helped with the carbine course.
The writers were divided up into two groups.
To start the first day, my group went to one of the precision rifle ranges to shoot Sako rifles with Doc Spears. Rifles on the line included the Sako TRG 22, TRG 42, and the multi-caliber TRG M10. All rifles were chambered in .308 Winchester. There is some speculation that the TRG M10 would have won the SOCOM Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) competition if it was a domestically-manufactured gun.
The Sako TRG M10 I found myself with is very configurable, and so I was easily able to adjust the length of pull and comb so that it fit me like a glove. My rifle sported a crystal-clear Steiner 5-25×56 scope with the Horus H59 "Christmas tree" reticle, which I'd used once before. We started out at 100 yards to get used to the rifle and make adjustments to the stock and the glass, but quickly moved back to 400 and then 800 yards, with Doc Spears making our wind calls for us.
I fancy myself as a rifle guy, and so I was absolutely eating up the instruction from Doc Spears on long-range shooting. Unfortunately, there wasn't a whiteboard for Doc to show us ballistic formulas, so he made do, writing on the side of a van that was transporting the rifles and ammunition. Here's what that van looked like later than afternoon.
As the morning session at 800 yards was winding down, Doc had us engage in a little shooting competition. We got each got a shot at 800 yards, and if we missed, we were out. We'd then start the next round with the remaining shooters, with each shooter getting one attempt at 800 yards.
After the first few rounds it quickly whittled down to just two of us, as I went shot-for-shot against another editor. I honestly don't know who it was, as I was in my "rifleman's bubble" and never came off the gun, focusing on my shot, waiting for my turn.
We were very evenly matched.
Doc got tired of us matching shot-for-shot, so he started having us make our own wind calls to introduce more difficulty. My elevation was dialed in, and the winds were gusty at times, but light. I held .4 mils into the wind, aimed at the upper left shoulder of the target, and simply followed the foundational techniques we teach at Appleseed events.
I didn't miss, and he got unlucky with a wind call, so I won the morning group. We got to shoot it again with NVGs at the same distance at night, and it was an incredible experience.
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After lunch our group moved to the ARX100 carbine. The ARX100 is the semi-auto version of the ARX160, which was a finalist in a competition to replace the current-issue M4 carbine which was cancelled. The controls on the ARX100 were a little difficult to get used to since I'm so used to running an AR-15, and I never did quite get the hang of running the controls without conscious effort. That said, we only got a half day on the carbine. The 16″ barrel was great for velocity, but I felt that the SBR version was balanced almost perfectly.
David Crane at Defense Review captured video of Chappy showing us the carbine's modularity (and did a nice write up) on this very interesting carbine.
While shooting the ARX100 during the day was awesome, shooting it at night was simply surreal. Here's what it looked like shooting the ARX100 with visible green lasers and tactical lights on steel.
Below is what it looked like when we were shooting with helmet-mounted PVS-14s and infrared lasers. The glow sticks that seemed to be hovering in the air were attached to the shooters on the line. Other than the glow sticks, all you could see were muzzle flashes, though you could certainly here shot after shot ringing steel.
After this, I'd love to do a dedicated low-light class with night vision equipment. It's a whole other world.
But that was just the end of the first day of shooting. There was lots more to come.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
on behalf of Gilson Gray
Law firm's up-front offer hits the press, driven by Edinburgh PR Agency
Gilson Gray has made the headlines with its' innovative HR support service 'Engage.'
'Engage', championed by Graham Miller, is a new service set to revolutionise HR consultancy support practices. It offers three cost-effective packages and aims to introduce the opportunity for building personal relationships with a specialist lawyer.
The new Scottish daily, The National was first to publish the story, running with the title 'Law Firm offers costs up front.' The paper has witnessed a spectacular start to its existence, with circulation outstripping established rivals.
The feature was also picked up by online HR publication Onrec.com, esteemed business titles, the Scottish Business News Network and Business Quarterly, who also feature the story in their newsletter, reaching 7,099 subscribers across Scotland.
Award-winning Scottish PR agency Holyrood PR works with Gilson Gray to tell their many success stories from around the country.
In the coverage Graham states: "There is a 'fear factor' over running-up costs for consultancy services in HR support. Many business owners believe that picking up the phone will be the start of a lengthy and costly process.
"I wanted to address this and provide a service that was personal, bespoke, and honest – not sitting on the fence, hampered by intervening insurance companies."
It offers three cost-effective packages each providing a personalised consultancy service with professional lawyers.
Applus RTD, (a leading global energy service provider) is delighted with the service the 'Silver' package entitles them to.
Evelyn Grogan, Head of Human Resources, said: "The relationship we have been able to build with Graham by using Engage has been invaluable.
"He understands our business so well that we now think of him as part of it, rather than an external service."
Click here for more information and to see the original Holyrood PR media release that generated the headlines.
With offices in Edinburgh (29 Rutland Square) and Glasgow (160 West George Street), Gilson Gray offers specialist legal, property and financial services. Since launch Gilson Gray have developed a significant market presence with numerous appointments across both office locations. In addition, Gilson Gray recently acquired two financial advisory businesses in the East and West of Scotland, taking assets under management to a little short of £100M.
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In the wintertime my body seems to crave warming stews like this. Also, since the winters here in Sweden are very very dark, I just love the bright and happy colour of this stew.
Sweet Peanut Butter Stew
Serves 4
2 big sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into small pieces
500 g tomato passata
1 cup water
1 red bell pepper, chopped into small pieces
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp spicy paprika powder
Herbal salt according to taste
Black pepper according to taste
Pinch of turmeric
1 can/package chickpeas, rinsed
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1. Put the sweet potatoes, tomato passata and water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, lower the temperature to low and let boil with the lid on for about 15 minutes.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients, stir thoughtfully and let the stew boil with the lid on for another 10 minutes. Stir a couple of times during this time. Serve!


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Movie StarsI've always resisted comparing my characters to famous personalities, even though, at times, it was tempting. It felt like cheating - taking the easy way out. Also, not everyone knows movie stars, especially after time passes, and somebody who is famous now might be obscure later. I quoted a line from William S. Burroughs to my son, "Daddy Longlegs looked like Uncle Sam on stilts." My son asked me who "Uncle Sam" was. Kerouac referenced W.C. Fields more than once in Dr. Sax but I have a feeling many younger readers don't know who Fields is. Ever since I was a kid, if I come across something in a book that puzzles me, I look it up, but I'm not sure I want to rely on readers doing this for my prose. A friend of mine said that Stephen King often uses movie stars to describe his characters. That could be a pro or a con, depending on your point of view. King probably just assumes Robert Loggia will play the General in his next TV mini-series.Here is a paradox: If I compare one of my characters to an actor, it might be viewed as "dumbing down" my work. But if someone has to look up the character to understand what I'm talking about, they are exhibiting smart reader behavior.What does everyone else think?
Stephen Metcalf provides an illuminating overview of the career of British poet James Fenton, who Metcalf considers lucky for having managed to transcend an excess of academic appreciation. "Maybe it is best, when young, to be stranded amid philistines than dandled by old toadies." I wouldn't know.
The best moment in today's issue comes from a furious letter-writer, Daniel Halpern (the editor of Ecco Press). Halpern slashes, torments and ultimately impales an article the unfortunate William Logan recently wrote about the work of Hart Crane. This is some good letter-writing, and the contest is basically a knock-out as far as I can judge.
Interestingly, one of the issue's worst moments also comes from a letter writer, William Pritchard of the English Department at Amherst College, who says:
When, in his windy review, Lee Siegel eventually addresses "The Castle in the Forest," he assures us that Mailer has no sympathy for his devil-narrator, Dieter. But since that narrator is the only voice we hear in the novel and is responsible for whatever wit it contains, how can this possibly be true?
Actually, it's perfectly possible for an author's point of view to be expressed separately from his narrator's point of view. You better sit in on Postmodernism 101 and catch up on the new style, "Professor Pritchard".
Back to the articles section, James Campbell is very engaging about Allen Shawn's Wish I Could Be There, a memoir of growing up as the mentally unbalanced brother of actor Wallace Shawn and son of New Yorker editor William Shawn (Shawn also discovers a hidden twin sister, even more unbalanced than himself).
Geoff Nicholson is vicious to Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box, and since the daily Times gave this book a rave and the plot sounds quirky and fun, I'm wondering if this review amounts to a fair shake. Evidence: Nicholson mocks Hill for describing characters by comparing them to movie stars, saying "This really doesn't count as novel writing at all". Yeah, except that Jack Kerouac introduced Dean Moriarty as resembling Gene Autry on page 2 of On The Road, and a lot of people think On The Road was pretty good. No knock-out punch here.
I'm impressed by the number of substantial articles in this issue, the best so far of the year. Matt Weiland keeps up the pace with a consideration of Walter Kirn's The Unbinding, which was originally published online, and which has not made a perfect transition to the print format in Matt Weiland's opinion. I'll take a look at it anyway.
Then we have a roman a clef about Judith Regan, of all people, Because She Can by Bridie Clark. The reviewer is Alexandra Jacobs, who pulls off a deft Homer Price reference in describing this glazed donut of gossip and industry intrigue. Field Maloney's endpaper on cover design is the usual yawner, but who cares? I enjoyed this weekend's issue very much.
As I draw the last thin gray page closed with a sigh of appreciation, I'd like to take a moment to address something brought up by Mark Sarvas on his blog The Elegant Variation. Mark refers to the fact that many bloggers seem to loathe the NYTBR in the era of editor Sam Tanenhaus. This comment gives me pause. I want to make sure I am always fair and impartial here, and if it's true that I "loathe" the Book Review or its editor then I can hardly serve a useful purpose with this weekly column.
Luckily, I don't loathe the Book Review or Sam Tanenhaus, and I don't think anybody else does either. I do sometimes fling a bit of invective in the editor's direction, but honestly I only do this when I think I've got a funny line. And yes, I do have some serious misgivings about Tanenhaus's editorial judgement. In his writings and personal appearances, he does not show the singular sensitivity towards fiction and poetry I'd hope to see in a New York Times Book Review editor. His approach seems a bit too corporate and too cautious for my tastes. Doesn't the NYTBR deserve a Kurt Anderson, a David Remnick, a George Plimpton at its helm? Tanenhaus does not appear to have the steely independence, nor the transcendent vision, required of a great editor. And I think the New York Times Book Review is a great publication that deserves a great editor.
I don't think Tanenhaus does an absolutely terrible job, though. If he did, I wouldn't bother reading the Book Review every week, much less writing about it. It's a good publication produced at a fast pace, and I'm sure Sam Tanenhaus deserves more credit than I usually give him, though maybe less than Mark Sarvas offers.
I do agree that a writer appears to be taking the lazy way out when describing a character by comparison to a celebrity. Personally, I would try to avoid it. Bill, your point that Kerouac also compares characters to W. C. Fields is interesting -- I'm pretty sure he also compares a character to Harpo Marx at one point, though the exact reference escapes me (although it also counts that he named a character "Carlo Marx").Also interesting that you mention Stephen King in this context -- the author we're discussing here, Joe Hill, is Stephen King's son.
Wow, I didn't know Hill was King's son. Now I see the resemblence in his photo. I'll say this, he has a hell of a cool website for Heart Shaped Box.
I don't describe characters by comparing them to actors. For one thing, since I don't watch much TV or see many movies, I generally have no idea who a particular actor might be, much less what s/he looks like. For another, I never assume that the TV/film I do watch is the same stuff viewed by others (in fact, I know it is not). I'm seldom aware of who the current "hot stars" might be, and as the classic actors become more forgotten, I find no shared touchstone for this sort of reference. Ironically, I live & work in Hollywood, where celebrity and notoriety can get you more than a credit card or a lump of cash. My dimness about such things is the source of great amusement among my celebrity-wise friends. Although living here has taught me one thing: what you think the matinee idol looks like from his/her movies if often nothing like their appearance in "real life."
That's funny, because every character I write is a Phyllis Diller/Carol Channing hybrid. Especially the men.I never turn my TV off.


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In the late summer of 1903, Arnold Schoenberg returned to Vienna with his wife and daughter after a one-and-half year stay in Berlin which, while lucrative from the compositional point of view, was largely unsuccessful professionally. His contract as musical director of the literary 'Oberbrettl' cabaret at Ernst von Wolzogen's 'Buntes Theater' in Berlin which, despite its initial popularity with the Berlin high society, was a commercial flop, ran out after just one season. The teaching post at the 'Stern'sches Konservatorium' he had obtained through the intervention of Richard Strauss was limited to one semester. Through the mediation of his brother-in-law Alexander Zemlinsky (until 1906 artistic director of the Carltheater), Schoenberg's professional situation in Vienna took a turn for the better, although his practical work – instrumentation and arrangements for the piano for two or four hands (among them Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Lortzing's Waffenschmied and Schubert's Rosamunde for Universal Edition) – left him little time for composing.
After the piano songs op. 3, which were begun in Berlin and completed in Vienna, and an unfinished choral song with orchestral accompaniment (Darthulas Grabgesang), in the autumn of 1903 Schoenberg turned to what was for him – with the exception of the fragment Gethsemane for male soloist and orchestra from 1899, which has remained as a short score – a new genre: the orchestral song. As in opus 3, he used Des Knaben Wunderhorn as a text source and at the end of November 1903 started work on the manuscript for Das Wappenschild which he completed in April 1904. This was followed by the song Natur, based on a text by Heinrich Hart (written between 18 December 1903 and 7 March 1904, this composition also exists in an unfinished piano version), and the setting to music of one of Petrarch's poems which appeared under the title Nie ward ich, Herrin, mud' (the first manuscript is dated June 1904).
Schoenberg spent the summer of 1904 in Mödling at the home of the parents of his boyhood friend David Josef Bach. Here he worked, among other things, on his orchestral songs op. 8. On 3 July, Schoenberg completed the final score of Nie ward ich, Herrin, mud'. The composition referred to in a letter of 14 July addressed to Oskar Posa, the chairman of the musicians' association 'Vereinigung schaffender Tonkunstler', was in all probability – if the source chronology is anything to go by – the song Voll jener Süße, based on a text by Petrarch: 'I have begun a new song for orchestra (the 4th). I think it will be very good! This time I have taken it upon myself to combine all the techniques of part writing with the art of instrumentation. I hope I shall succeed.'
In the winter semester of 1904/1905 Schoenberg taught at the 'Schwarzwald'sche Schulanstalten' in Wallnerstrasse in Vienna's first district. In 1904, this former girls' school had been enlarged into a co-educational school and by the addition of a further education course for the promotion of artistic talent. Alongside his teaching activities, Schoenberg worked on his string quintet in D major (handed down as a fragment), in November 1904 finished the composition Voll jener Süße he had begun in Mödling, and made progress on Wenn Vöglein klagen and Sehnsucht (completed on 6 April 1905).
In October 1913, a full ten years after the creation of the first orchestral song and almost simultaneously with the composition of the first song from opus 22 (the only other composition of this type in Schoenberg's oeuvre), the 'meticulously revised' scores of opus 8 were published as a separate edition by Universal Edition. Two years previously, in March 1911, this same publishing house had already brought out the vocal score, the piano reduction having been written by Anton Webern. On 14 July 1913, prior to the scheduled premiere of three songs from opus 8 to be conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky in Prague, Schoenberg wrote to his brother-in-law: 'If given the choice, I would be more inclined towards the four songs for tenor voice than to the other two (Natur and Sehnsucht). Wappenschild is certainly the most effective. But I think the Petrarch songs are the best.' Zemlinsky bowed to his wishes and at the premiere on 29 January 1914 conducted Das Wappenschild and the Petrarch songs Voll jener Süße and Wenn Vöglein klagen, the vocal parts being sung by the tenor of heroic roles Hans Winkelmann (son of the first singer of 'Parsifal' in Bayreuth, Hermann Winkelmann). Schoenberg, who was present at the event and had reminded Zemlinsky beforehand that Winkelmann 'should sing p and, above all, legato [...] and should not speak the text too sharply', wrote to him a few days later from Leipzig: 'As you know, my ideas about interpretation differed somewhat from yours. But the interpretation is that which is transient and variable in a musical work. It is one of the methods used to portray the sense and to arouse the spirit to new life.'
Therese Muxeneder, Vienna, November 1998 (translated by Susan Perkins)


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Recovery of comet P/2006 U1 (LINEAR)
January 14th, at the ISON-NM Observatory, we recovered a short-period comet of the Jupiter family – P/2006 U1 (LINEAR). The observations were made under the auspices of the ROCOT program. This is the second appearance of this comet; the last time its perihelion date was August 28, 2006.
On the images, the comet was off from the calculated coordinates by 9.2 arc minutes which was significant. At this moment, the comet is quickly approaching Earth, and will come within 0.775 a.u. on March 12-13, 2011. Its maximum brightness of mag. 17 will be in the first half of April. The comet's period of revolution around the Sun is 4.63 years.
It is worth noting that Comet P/2006 U1 is a near-Earth object. The minimum distance at which its orbit crosses Earth's orbit is 0.0526 a.u. (7.89 million km.). Taking into account its absolute magnitude M1 = 16.3, the comet could be considered a potentially hazardous object (PHO) if its MOID were less by just 0.0026 a.u.
The last time Comet P/2006 U1 was observed was about 4 years ago – January 13, 2007. In the near future it should receive its permanent number – 249P/LINEAR.
Below is shown the circular from the International Astronomical Union (IAU), dedicated to this event.
Circular No. 9194
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
New postal address: Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A.
URL http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
L. Elenin, Lyubertsy, Russia, reports his recovery of P/2006
U1 (cf. IAUC 8763) on images obtained remotely at the ISON-NM
Observatory near Mayhill, NM, USA; his astrometry is provided
below, and the object is described as slightly diffuse with no
visible tail.
2011 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Observer
Jan. 14.51322 14 14 00.58 -21 18 30.4 19.5 Elenin
14.52034 14 14 01.76 -21 18 36.5 19.3 "
14.52751 14 14 02.94 -21 18 43.5 19.7 "
15.46672 14 16 45.65 -21 32 55.8 19.3 "
15.49142 14 16 49.95 -21 33 18.1 19.4 "
15.51633 14 16 54.19 -21 33 41.2 19.1 "
The indicated correction to the prediction by S. Nakano (2010/2011
Comet Handbook) is Delta(T) = +0.24 day. The following improved
elliptical elements by the undersigned are from 360 observations,
2006 Oct. 19-2011 Jan. 15 (mean residual 0″.46).
Epoch = 2011 Apr. 29.0 TT
T = 2011 Apr. 16.08061 TT Peri. = 64.22882
e = 0.8160435 Node = 240.47143 2000.0
q = 0.5108788 AU Incl. = 8.42516
a = 2.7771717 AU n = 0.21296095 P = 4.63 years
(C) Copyright 2011 CBAT
2011 January 17 (9194) Daniel W. E. Green
Observation of P/2004 A1 (LONEOS) comet
The new attempt of observation P/2001 A1 (LONEOS) comet on 2-m FTN (Faulkes Telescope North). We taken 21 exposures by 30 seconds each. After stacking this images we obtain mag. limit about ~22m. The comet was not detected. P/2004 A1 located in very dense field, this factor complicate our surveying. At this time comet have ephemeris magnitude about 20.5m. P/2004 A1 (LONEOS) last observed on August 7 2007.
Another attempt to recovery P/1999 XN120
Within the bounds of ROCOT project, on April 6 and 7, I was obtain observations of the P/1999 XN120 (Catalina). This short-period comet last observed on March 30 2000.
In the field of view I detected new unknown object, which moved parallel to predicted motion of P/1999 XN120 (Catalina). All astrometric measurements from two nights was sended to MPC. After what, I receive answer from B. Marsden:
The observations on the two nights are mutually inconsistent with their being P/1999 XN120.
Proceeding from this opinion letter, I can state a fact what P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) at this time have magnitude less than 22.1m (with predicted magnitude about ~19.3m).
This observations obtained on Tenagra observatory with the 0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien telescope.


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The rooftop of the cowshed, just behind the kitchen garden, protected by the leafy canopy of the gnarled guava tree, is suddenly an oasis of pristine green. What, till very recently, was overwhelmingly red is now a motley throng of greens, every shade of green that an artist's brush could possibly conjure, a frenzied confusion of shoots, leaves and tendrils of the incredibly enterprising pumpkin vine. All that is visible of the pompous red tiles are some tiny flecks of red, playing bo-peep through the canvass of green.
It's unbelievable how in less than a year, the pumpkin seeds that Dada and I, at Grandma's behest, had scattered near the cow-shed one mellow spring afternoon, have gone to conquer the rooftop of the shed.
Manikkaka had lovingly tended them though – watering them religiously every morning and evening, chasing away the birds and squirrels, keeping an alert eye on weeds that threatened to stifle the fledgling shoots as they arrived, guiding the adolescent shoots using wires that he and Dada had brought home from the hardware store, preventing them from going astray.
They are so full of exuberance and life, Grandma would remind us at times, bringing up a vine needs as much love, tenderness and care as it takes to bring up kids.
The vine too had displayed signs of promise right from infancy and in no time had reached the roof of the cowshed.
And then there was no turning back.
The leaves and shoots had conspired to conquer almost every square inch of the red tiled universe.
The fall of communism, Bapi in his usual jest had remarked, looks like the red bastions are finally falling.
And when there's such a prolific abundance of kumro shaak (pumpkin greens), how could Grandma, who adored her greens, leave them alone.
Before long, delectable delicacies, showcasing kumro shaak, ones we could never even imagine were possible to whip up, started showing up for lunch and dinner.
Mourola maach (anchovy-like small freshwater fish) wrapped up in kumro shaak, dipped in batter and deep fried. (Makes me salivate even as I write this 🙂)
Kumro shaak stir-fried with moong dal. Spiked with chillies.
And then my favorite, Grandma's Kumro shaak er chorchori.(Pumpkin greens with mustard and poppy seed paste). Delectable !!!
Kumro shaak er chorchori. Fresh pumpkin greens. The piquant zing of mustard. The earthiness of poppy seed paste. The fire of green chillies. The crunch of fried boris.
This indeed is food heaven !!
|Prep Time
|10 minutes
|Cook Time
|25 minutes
- 4-5 bunches kumro shaak or tender pumpkin greens
- 10-15 bodi or dried lentil dumplings fried
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1/2 tbsp black mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp posto or poppy seeds
- 1 tsp kalonji or nigella seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 6-7 green chilies slit
- 3 tbsp mustard oil
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- salt to taste
- Remove the tender leaves from the stems as shown in the picture. Finely chop the leaves. Keep aside.
- Cut the stems into 2-inch pieces. Keep aside.
- Wash thoroughly, pressure cook the stems and leaves together with a splash of water. 2 whistles, I would reckon. Allow the steam to release on it its own.
- Soak the yellow mustard, black mustard and poppy seeds in warm water for 15 odd minutes. Grind with 3-4 green chilies to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in pan, when smoking hot, throw in the kalonji and the remaining green chilies. Allow them to splutter.
- Gently add the steamed greens and the stems along with the juices to the pan.
- Sprinkle in the salt and turmeric powder, cook till the juices almost dry off.
- Add the mustard-poppy seed paste, give it all a hearty stir. Continue to cook for a further 4-5 minutes.
- Throw in the fried boris, mix gently. Finish with a generous drizzle of mustard oil.
- Serve hot with steamed rice.


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