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Winter is official over and the summer has just begun. It means we will need loads of cool treats and more energy will be consumed powering fans, air conditioners and fridges. Some years ago I read about Blackle and their effort to save some energy. Inspired by it I have been using shades of black and charcoal grey for websites I build at work. It is high time my blogs needed a change and if so let the change be green err..black. Yes all three blogs, Anna Parabrahma, Swachchanda and Hridaya Vahini now have a charcoal gray background. Gray is such a beautiful canvas for pictures. You don't spend too much time touching up pics that way.
So here is opening up the blog with a new look and to celebrate it come cool off on a sundae not just any but a Banana split.
It is heavenly to dig into a caramelized banana served with scoops of the trio Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry. Recently I picked up a combo of Vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips and Chocolate ice cream with chocolate cookies. On its own each one was yummy. I did have crimson freshness in the strawberries that gave me the trigger to create this very special dessert. Though the ice cream is bought out, putting it all together is an art. The hot bananas make the ice cream into puddles of gooey goodness if one is not quick to serve. So here is an all important step...
Tip: The Platter or bowl you plan to serve the banana split in should be chilled for couple of hours. This will help keep the ice cream scoops in shape for a little longer.
Serves 2
Vanilla ice cream (mine had chocolate chips in it)
Chocolate ice cream (mine had Chocolate cookies in it)
Strawberry ice cream / or do what I did
1 big banana
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon butter
1 big strawberry
1 teaspoon sugar
1. The platter was in the freezer chilling.
2. Grind the single big strawberry and sugar to get puree. Keep aside.
3. In a non-stick pan add the butter. Peel and cut Banana length wise. This gives the sundae the name Banana split! Sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar on it and roast till slightly caramelized.
Now quickly in the platter scoop out the vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream. What I did was, since I did not have strawberry ice cream, I doled out one more scoop of the vanilla and showered it generously with the strawberry puree.
Next lay the banana next to the triplet ice cream scoops. The hot caramelized bananas get very aromatic and intensify in flavor due to the cooking. Share the platter with family or a dear one. It tastes better.
Traditionally the banana split is also topped with whipped cream, cherries and nuts. I skipped the cream and nuts as I already had chocolate chips and chocolate cookies in the ice cream itself.
The Banana split is not only a visual treat but tastes divine too. Make it when you have kids around and it will be gone in minutes.
Hope you will make it and also do let me know what you think of this new look. I was able to complete the sculpting earlier than I expected.
In this version
1. The header consists of pictures of food I love, is most searched on this blog and which represents my creativity.
2. New pages for...
In this version
1. The header consists of pictures of food I love, is most searched on this blog and which represents my creativity.
2. New pages for...
- Your's lovingly - my first post and welcome note
- Koli Proverbs and Riddles - has moved from the side bar to a page
- I am committed to- has its own page now, these are organizations I feel proud to be associated with and if even a few of my readers think they can share some time, money or interest it will make me happy.
3. Home page will show only the latest post.
4. Below the main post have included The popular posts. Depending on the freshness I would be showing different period ranges.
5. The side bar will continue to have...
- The copyright declaration
- The links to my other blogs with the title of the latest post
- Labels- explore the various categories, there is something for everyone.
6. The footer consists of the
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- Blog archive
- Conexions - These are blogs of people I know in flesh and bone.
- I am on Networked blogs - lets connect up bloggers
- I am on petitchef too - don't know why though
- On Trail - are my valued followers of this blog.


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By Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick and Andrew R.C. Marshall
WASHINGTON/BANGKOK (Reuters) – The United States has decided to remove Thailand from its list of worst human trafficking offenders, officials said, a move that could help smooth relations with Bangkok's military-run government.
The upgrade, confirmed to Reuters by a U.S. official in Washington and a Bangkok-based official from an international organization with direct knowledge of the rankings, would mark a rare boost for U.S.-Thai relations. Ties between the countries have flat-lined since the Thai military seized power in a 2014 coup that Washington strongly condemned.
It also comes as President Barack Obama works to forge a united front among wavering Southeast Asian countries against China's pursuit of its territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Bangkok has protested publicly to Washington that it should be removed from the lowest ranking on the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which is due to be released on Thursday.
The report is expected to cite improvements in Thailand's efforts to combat human trafficking, especially in its vital multibillion-dollar seafood industry, the U.S. official said.
The upgrade would put Thailand on a so-called "Tier 2 Watch List" and remove it from the rating for countries with the worst human-trafficking records, known as Tier 3.
The report organizes countries into tiers based on trafficking records: Tier 1 for nations that meet minimum U.S. standards; Tier 2 for those making significant efforts to meet those standards; Tier 2 "Watch List" for those that deserve special scrutiny; and Tier 3 for countries that are not making significant efforts.
Thailand was downgraded to the lowest ranking in June 2014 just weeks after the military seized power.
Thai officials were incensed last year when Malaysia was upgraded from Tier 3 but Thailand was not, and even human rights advocates agreed that Bangkok had made a greater effort to curb human trafficking than Kuala Lumpur had.
In this year's report, the State Department has opted to keep Malaysia at the higher ranking it received last year, according to the U.S. official.
State Department spokesman John Kirby declined to comment on the tier rankings: "We will not comment on the contents of this year's report until after the report is released," he said.
The junta has repeatedly vowed to crack down on human trafficking, particularly in its multi-billion-dollar seafood industry.
Thailand is the world's third-largest seafood exporter, and much of the labor the fishing industry employs comes from neighboring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Thailand recently reformed its anti-trafficking laws and introduced a system to track fishing vessels, part of what it called "comprehensive and irreversible" measures to clean up its supply chain and curb illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.
But rights groups say millions of migrant workers remain vulnerable to abuse in the fishing sector and other Thai industries. Investigations by news organizations and rights groups have exposed widespread trafficking and abuse, sparking fears of a consumer backlash in the West against Thai-sourced seafood.
The Obama administration has been unsettled by China's warming ties with the Thai junta, which has sought to counterbalance the cooling of its traditionally strong U.S. relationship, U.S. officials say.
A Reuters investigation published last August found that senior diplomats repeatedly overruled the State Department's anti-trafficking unit and inflated the grades of 14 strategically important countries, including Malaysia. The State Department denied any political considerations but U.S. lawmakers raised questions about the report's credibility and called for reforms.
The TIP report matters to Thailand's generals not only because the U.S. appraisal could affect a key industry. The junta, widely criticized at home and struggling to kick-start a sluggish economy, also is keen to boost its record for tackling issues that previous, civilian governments did little about.
(Additional reporting by for Amy Sawitta Lefevre in Bangkok and Patricia Zengerle in Washington; Writing by Matt Spetalnick; editing by Stuart Grudgings.)


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A silk swim swish slides through water
Settling to a sit still for a momentary sigh
Till tail then thrusts inching forward
Flaunting beauty through water
With an unacknowledged triumphant cry.
As the fish meanders, does it find
Aquatic objects
Dancing in pirouettes as they wind
Dizzy in their swirls of activity
That exists and so aptly reflects
The complexity of simplicity's relativity
Do the colored stone
Produces patterns to be known
And reflected upon with revelation
And induce further observation?
Knocking a plastic weed
Already observed from many perspectives
Is its poor memory in a state of recede?
Reveling in stimuli devoured?
Contrast this stillness with the crazy outside
Projected in all of its valor
Amidst the peripheral proceeds.
Are observations selective?
Does the fish snatch serenity out of the incoming hail?
Shadows objects and colors, in grand stampede.
Or is the fish's peace subjective
Defying the scientific objective
Filtering into its mind
The meaning of life unveiled,
Enhancing its perspective on power?
I pray the fish find's its navigational extravaganza interesting
Twisting, turning, answering to its own requesting
Tolerating tank's bubbles that are infesting
The water—bubbles sacrificed for the air's ingesting
The result of human technological investing
In accordance with habitat evolutionary testing
As time goes on never resting
Dispersing thumping bubbles manifesting
A gurgling tickle in the fishes heart, jesting
In much the same way rhyme can be molesting.
The prime
Of time
Is intense
By design.
As intelligence
Sells time's
Great essence
(which is Divine)
Humans dispense
Sad whines
Used to finance
The time's
Into caged confines
Twenty-four hours a day the fish faces time's insistence.
If it gets tired it will face the next seconds' crime
Without the ability to murmur defiance
In mime
Spoken silence
Fish chimes:
"I know I'm
No influence
Can't sense
Time's occurrence
I'm resigned
In truancy
To find
Future persistence
With time's
My credence
Is my spine's
And so does time ticks on
Not getting the fish anywhere
With the absence of change's dare?
Occurrences have lulled around in quietness;
But then stop. Nose nubs against glass. The edge.
There sits a judging human bearing witness
To the fishes nothingness and dredge,
The production-less-ness of its existence,
The meaninglessness of mere subsistence
The fish stares back at this human desire
A flame of possessive fire
And so the fish is overwhelmed as it nears
The bottomless pit of the human eye
That bears the selfishness of death to fear
Greedy, heartbroken and dire– that eye
Of dreams dispersed like water into the wind
Bearing the rage of needs within
Salty, spiteful, smacking with grinning sneer.
At this moment, the fish seizes its immortal right
It thinks about craziness at drunken parties,
About promiscuous sprees and marriage decrees
And the baby that it observed appeared one night.
The fish perceives the human's eternal plight
With tears that if uttered could fill the seas
The inevitability of loneliness summoning their pleas
That are extended to soften life's bitter bite.
Human freedom—both material and intellectual
Might be beyond the realm of the fish's captivity;
But human imprisonment is architectural,
Constructed of obligatory conformity and emotions
That are multi-wired tangles of electrical activity
All based on the premise of monetary devotion.
The potency of a prison will never be deluded,
A psychiatry reserved for the destituted.
Now, in the moment when the fish in the tank
Knows that humans and fish do not differ
It ponders the cage descending from God-given life, a miffer,
Until human takes a net an scoops up the fish's good soul
Deeper into the reality we will call human skank!


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From SIPB Cluedumps
|Date: October 7, 2008, at 4:30 PM
|Presenters: Marc Horowitz (marc)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: How Athena Works (slides)
| Abstract: Athena is a ubiquitous part of the computing infrastructure at MIT, often taken for granted. Its history goes back more than twenty years, encompassing the invention of a number of technologies which are widespread today. However, its development marked a time of rapid change in distributed computing. In some ways, Athena is still well ahead of a typical distributed computing environment.
I will discuss the history of Athena, its notable inventions, and give an overview of each of the network and workstation services which make up Athena today, including Kerberos, AFS, Moira, Hesiod, and the installation and update processes.
|Bio: Marc Horowitz arrived at MIT in 1988, when Athena was still a funded research project. As a Watchmaker (student developer) at Project Athena, he worked on the Kerberos, Zephyr, and Moira projects. Marc was also vice-chairman of the Student Information Processing Board in 1991, and Secretary in 1992. From 1992 to 2000, Marc continued to maintain an informal relationship with Athena, working on commercial versions of technologies born there, especially Kerberos, and participating in follow-on open source development and IETF standards activities. Today, he is Vice President of Engineering at Square Products Corporation, a startup focusing on software for social music listening.
|Date: October 21, 2008, at 4:30 PM
|Presenters: Nelson Elhage (nelhage) and Anders Kaseorg (andersk)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: Understanding Git (slides) (source for slides)
|Abstract: Git is a free software distributed version control system originally written by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It is increasingly commonly used, and learning to use it can be greatly benefited by a little help from those who understand how to use it. This talk will provide a brief tutorial on how to use Git and a technical overview how it works under the covers.
[edit] Technical overview of scripts.mit.edu
|Date: October 28, 2008, at 4:30 PM
|Presenters: Geoffrey Thomas (geofft), Quentin Smith (quentin)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: Technical overview of scripts.mit.edu (slides)
| Abstract: The scripts.mit.edu web script service allows individuals and groups to put CGI scripts (perl, php, python, ruby, scheme, etc) on the web using nothing more than an Athena account. Integrating this functionality with Athena presented certain challenges that had to be overcome before the service could be launched.
In this talk, the SIPB script services' maintainers will describe the design and implementation of the services. This talk is intended to be a technical overview of the internals of the services rather than a gentle introduction to the services (for documentation intended for potential new users, see http://scripts.mit.edu).
Technical documentation about scripts is available at http://scripts.mit.edu/wiki, and the code is available via
[edit] Audio and video compression
|Date: November 6, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Keith Winstein (keithw)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: Slides
| Abstract: Data compression, and audio/video coding. Some intro to information theory, codes, and compression. Then we'll talk about how MP3 and AC3 work, and how MPEG-2, DVDs, Blu-rays, and HDTV work -- including colorspaces, chroma subsampling, Huffman codes, the discrete cosing transform, and the amazing data-saving technique of blurring. I'll do some demos.
Here is the source code to the audio-masking and MPlayer demos.
[edit] General structure of the Linux kernel
|Date: November 11, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Geoffrey Thomas (geofft)
|Location: 4-231
|Abstract: The Linux kernel is the core of a large and complex operating system, and while it's huge, it is well organized in terms of subsystems and layers. In this talk, we will explore the general structure of the Linux kernel and get to know its major subsystems and core interfaces.
|Date: November 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Jeff Arnold (jbarnold), Tim Abbott (tabbott), and Anders Kaseorg (andersk)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: Ksplice technical paper
|Abstract: Ksplice is a new (open source) tool for applying traditional source code patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting. You can use it to keep your server or workstation up-to-date with security patches. This talk will explain how Ksplice works.
|Date: November 25, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Evan Broder (broder)
|Location: 4-231
| Abstract: Pyrex is a programming language developed to aid in creating Python modules. Python provides a C API to write extension modules, which allows writing of functions and datatypes in C. These can then be accessed from Python. It is thus also possible to wrap the functions and datatypes of existing C libraries as Python objects and therefore make them available to Python.
This talk will provide a tutorial introduction to Pyrex and its usage.
All materials from the cluedump are available at http://web.mit.edu/broder/Public/Pyrex
For more information on Pyrex and Cython, see http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/ and http://cython.org/
[edit] Kerberos and Related Technologies
|Date: December 2, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Tom Yu (tlyu)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: slides
|Abstract: Developers from MIT's Kerberos group will give an overview of Kerberos, SASL, GSS-API and related technologies. The talk will focus on what these technologies can do for users and application developers. The talk also describes how Kerberos works over the network enough to explain what its advantages and drawbacks are.
|Bio: Tom Yu is the Development Manager for the MIT Kerberos Consortium. He has a degree in Course XVI (aero/astro), but for some reason persists in working on network security protocols and software. He is an associate member of SIPB and has been working on the MIT implementation of Kerberos since 1993. He is a co-chair of the IETF SASL Working Group and has contributed to the evolution of the Kerberos protocol and the GSS-API within the IETF. In the past, he has also taught SIPB IAP classes about understanding software security vulnerabilities and programming in the PostScript typesetting language.
|Date: December 9, 2008, at 3:30 PM
|Presenters: Greg Price (price) and Evan Broder (broder)
|Location: 4-231
|Notes: slides, website, XVM service
|Abstract: Invirt is the software developed at SIPB to power our XVM virtualization service for the MIT community. In this talk, two Invirt developers explain some of the crazy (awesome?) techniques used inside Invirt to implement its most interesting features.


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- 2 cups dried apricots, chopped
- 1/2 cup dried tart cherries, chopped
- 1/2 cup sake or dry white wine
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 whole star anise
- 1 small bay leaf
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger, peeled and finely grated
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons miso
Recipe Preparation
Combine apricots, cherries, sake or wine, orange juice, lemon juice, and 1 cup water in a large saucepan; let soak for 2 hours.
Place star anise, bay leaf, cinnamon, and ginger in the center of a layer of cheesecloth. Gather up edges; tie with kitchen twine to form a bundle. Add to pan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 30 minutes.
Stir in miso. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thickened, 5–10 minutes. Let cool.


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Central Board of Secondary Education has announced officially the date of AIPMT re-examination. According to the announcement the examination will be re-conducted on July 25 from 10 am t 1 pm.
Candidates will get all the information with respected to the re-test AIPMT 2015 through e-mail and SMS. All necessary details such as examination centre and roll numbers will be sent to the candidates.
No new registrations will be accepted. All the previous applications will exist and students need not re-apply. Fresh admit cards will be issued by the CBSE.
The Supreme Court commanded the CBSE to re-conduct the AIPMT examination on June 19. The board has been instructed to declare the results by August 17. The new academic session was scheduled to begin on August 1 but with the date of exam extended, the academic year is also set to be delayed.
The exam that was earlier scheduled to be held on July 15 will now be held on July 25 due to the appeal of the Board seeking permission for three months to organise the re-examination. It stressed on the fact that it is not feasible to hold the re-test in a short duration of four weeks.


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A Great Road Trip for Every Continent
Those who enjoy driving will love road trips and there is little to worry about as long as you are in good health, have good driving skills and are open to lots of adventure. Driving abroad is challenging, but ultimately rewarding and most pleasurable. Carefully planning your trip, from car selection, to route choice and right through to the preparation, you will need to put in a bit of work before setting off.
Of course, if you are planning a road trip on the other side of the world, you will have to organise a car first and it goes without saying that the purchase of a roadworthy vehicle that is going to go the distance is an absolute prerequisite. You may also like to prepare for the sale of your vehicle at the end of the trip and obviously, insurance is top of the to-do-list for all driving holidays. Depending on the length of your road trip, and, of course, your budget, hiring a car may also be an option.
When you are packing your bag and getting essential supplies together, make sure to include a good map and camera and remember to bring a friend! If you are planning to cover long distances, sharing the driving will allow you to do so and a co-driver can prove invaluable when driving on roads you are not familiar with. Also, make sure to inform someone regularly about your whereabouts, just in case, and most importantly, check out some general information on driving at your destination of choice so that you will know what to expect.
Asia – Khardung Pass, India
People say that driving in India is hugely challenging because of the disregard for traffic laws, but if you are up for a test, the road over Khardung Pass will not disappoint. This road is the highest road in the world, over 3 miles above sea level, and you will find that it is extremely busy. You will encounter horses, camels and tons of people, but this what appears to be chaotic natural beauty will stay with you forever.
Africa – Namibia
Great roads and stunning scenery make Namibia a perfect destination for a family road trip. You can go on a self-drive safari and see wildlife in Etosha National Park and Damaraland and the Sossusvlei sand dunes will take your breath away. The infrastructure is top class and it is a safe place for the whole family. Don't forget to make it all the way to the coastal town of Swakopmund where you can try out some sandboarding, quad biking, hop on a camel or take a boat trip and catch a glimpse of some stunning dolphins.
America – From Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee to Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Thousands of people go on road trips in America and I have just selected one of many great options. The 496 mile long trip along Blue Ridge Parkway connects two National Parks and features stunning views, mountains to hike and historic sites to see. Many people spend several days on this trip and the natural beauty of the flora and fauna are world renowned. Make sure not to plan ahead and book accommodation, let the trip itself guide you. This way, you can spend a little longer whenever you come across something you like and proceed quickly if that's what you prefer.
South America – Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia
If you are up for some 4×4 adventure and don't mind possibly getting lost, the salt flats in southern Bolivia make for a great trip. You will be driving across smooth, snow-white salt flats and driving here most certainly makes for a unique experience. Most tourists end up at the Incahuasi outcropping and enjoy eating at one of few restaurants available in this stunning part of the world.
Europe – Driving along the Ancient Highways in Greece
Regardless of whether you are a sun worshipper or history enthusiast, taking a road trip from Athens along the coast is a great way to do both. Stunning beaches, breathtaking ancient sites, most likely good weather and excellent food along the way will ensure that you will have a great trip. Greek drivers haven't got the best of reputations, but if you come to expect that, your trip won't disappoint. Make sure to allow yourself between five and ten days for the trip.
Australia – Driving Through The Lonely Outback
If you feel like driving through the little populated outback and not encounter a single soul for miles and miles, I would advise you to drive from Darwin to Adelaide. You will drive through mountains and pass through the red rock of the famous central desert and the stunning valleys of the north. This trip is not for the faint hearted, is nearly 3000 km in length but makes for an unforgettable journey, and remember, a kangaroo can cross the road at a moment's notice.
Of great road trips, there are many and this is a minute selection that might just serve to inspire you to consider going on a driving adventure. Driving holidays are unpredictable by nature and that's what makes them so much fun!


text: Fat Brain says, "Where most toy companies are chasing the hot trend, we're establishing entirely new trends by working with brilliant inventors and designers from all over the world. Where many toy companies are churning out disposable, commodity toys, our first priority is safety, quality and value. And while most toy companies are content to regurgitate the same tired licenses, we're working with innovative materials and contemporary designs that will appeal to adults as much as they do to the kids. "


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An Electromagnetic Walk
An Electromagnetic Walk is an installation comprising a series of everyday objects, each one connected to a headset and a control unit.
Manufactured using textile techniques, a fine copper mesh overlaps with the familiar objects creating antennas that can pick up electromagnetic waves present in our daily environment. Amplified and translated as such by the sound, these antennas give us access to a portion of the sound spectrum usually subtracted to the human ear.
During the opening that will take place on Thursday 24 March at 18:30 - and throughout the exhibition - visitors are invited to use these strange artefacts, wearing or handling them, to walk in the street and to capture and collect the various sound sources; they will thus discover its electromagnetic environment by highlighting the extremely dense landscape of electronic tools and electromagnetic fields that surround us.
Claire Williams is working on projects around open source fabric, floss software & hardware, hacked knitting machine, electronic textiles.
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Holmes Report 21 Nov 2011 // 12:00AM GMT
BRUSSELS—Elizabeth Crossick is joining APCO Worldwide as deputy managing director of the Brussels office. In addition to her operational responsibilities, Crossick will work with Paolo Nicoletti, managing director in Brussels, and Michael Burrell, vice chairman of public affairs, Europe, to help expand APCO's public affairs offering in Brussels and across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Crossick is a trained barrister with more than 15 years of public affairs and communication experience in Brussels and London, having established and successfully managed her own consultancy. She previously served as director of government relations and corporate social responsibility at Brown-Forman and spent 10 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer, where she built the firm's public affairs operation in Brussels.
Crossick also worked as a director at the European Policy Centre, a respected Brussels think tank.
Louise Rowntree has also joined APCO as associate manager in the Brussels office. Rowntree is a trained lawyer and previously worked as account director and practice leader, competition and trade, at Hill & Knowlton in Brussels. Earlier in her career, she worked at law firms Holman Fenwick & Willan in Paris and Norton Rose in London and Brussels.


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It's "in out in out shake it all about" in Kattermites Real Australia Party (KRAP). In the morning they got themselves a pro-gay-marriage candidate. In the afternoon they asked him to resign. He refused and said "sack me". The party president said "go": the man himself, Bob Katter, says "stay."
Evidently these clowns don't know their arses from their elbows – unless it's all a publicity stunt. You know, like the one they pulled before the last election, with a bunch of baseball-bat-wielding hoons hoofing about to the tune "Bad Boys."
So in the morning they were in bed with us, and in the arvo they stormed out, but by evening they were snuggling up to us again: glad we got that sorted. No such mealy-mouthed malarky from our old friends at Romanus Púerum Molestatori. Their latest snappy little title for marriage equality is – you'll bust a gut over this one – "sick egalitarianism". Because they prefer a healthy hierarchy that keep us in our place, at the bottom of the heap.
Typical Teutonic efficiency, or just plain common sense? The German Football Association sets up a support group for gay players when they come out.
Sports sociologist, Gunter Pilz, who is leading the group said:"We will prepare an internal guide with the assistance of outside experts. The idea is to help clubs and associations be prepared for a possible outing so they can help provide the best possible assistance."
AFL please copy. While they're doing the headless chook routine over (shock! horror!) drugs in sport they perhaps should also hear about this international campaign, supported by the Football Association and an impressive list of clubs, Football V Homophobia. Follow them @FvHtweets
Premier League and Football League clubs who are supporting Football V Homophobia during February 2013 Annual Action Month are:
- Arsenal
- Aston Villa
- Liverpool
- Norwich City
- West Ham United
- Ipswich Town
- Exeter City
- Gillingham
- Sunderland
- Crystal Palace
Annual Action Month. Makes one proposed Pride Match between a mere two AFL clubs look pretty shabby, doesn't it? And you have to love the name of one club's initiative: Arsenal For Everyone.
There's plenty of arsenals in federal parliament, more than enough to down a motion to congratulate David Cameron on getting same-sex marriage through the House of Commons first reading. But we shouldn't celebrate too hard: this is not marriage equality. It leaves trans and intersex people behind. And the bill still has to get through the committee stages and the House of Lords. Many snares to avoid and amendments to be fought, no doubt.
Any thought that the Vatican line on marriage might be softening a little, after Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia said that countries could find "private law solutions" to protect the rights of unmarried couples, (including gay and lesbian couples), has been firmly squashed.
The Archbishop, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, also said the church should support the repeal of laws that criminalize homosexuality in various countries.
Now he claims he was 'misunderstood' and his comments 'derailed' by the press. His Grace stopped short of saying he'd been 'taken out of context', or that he had 'misspoke', but you get the general idea.
Have a lovely gay weekend.


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Stone analysis is a special test performed to analyze the type of kidney stone and help prevent the recurrence.
There are various chemical and physical techniques available for urinary stone analysis. The correct stone analysis should identify not only all stone components, but also the molecular structure and crystalline forms with exact quantitative determination of each component
Why should we do stone analysis???
Stone analysis using FTIR:
Fourier Transform IR (FTIR) is the most modern and reliable method for analysis of stones.
It is a specific, rapid and versatile method which uses infrared (IR) rays.
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Type of Kidney Stone :
Our patients can avail the Kidney stone analysis facility at Tejnaksh Stone Analysis Lab using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
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Kindly examine the mesh /sieve for any particulates. (Kindly note that stones may be easily visible or as small as grains of sand)
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Refinishing Wood Kitchen Cabinets
10-40 hours
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Refinishing the wooden cabinets in your kitchen can give it a fresh new look. You can bring new life to your old kitchen cabinets for less than it would cost to replace them with these steps.
Step 1 — Remove Cabinet Drawers and Doors
Empty the cabinets and remove the hardware from the fronts of the drawers and doors. Remove the cabinet drawers, writing numbers on masking tape to keep track of their locations. Use a screwdriver to detach the cabinet doors and remove the hinges. Finally, place the cabinet doors and drawers in a clean, dry place to be worked on later.
Step 2 — Repair any Damage
Inspect the cabinets thoroughly for any damages, including scars, nicks, or rot. You can repair these using wood putty or sandpaper. Do this for the drawers and doors too.
Step 3 — Wash the Cabinets
Wash the cabinets, doors, and drawers with warm water and a cleaning solution to remove the grease and grime that has accumulated over the years. Use a mixture of one teaspoon Borax and ¼ cup vinegar to create a paste. Put this on a rag or old toothbrush and rub away any grease or oil stains with it. Rinse with cool water and then cover the countertop with a drop cloth. You'll need it when you sand and stain the cabinets, doors, and drawers.
Step 4 — Sand the Cabinets
Use a light-grit sandpaper to remove any rough spots or debris. Repeat this process for the doors and drawers. When you're all done, clean up with a shop vacuum.
Step 5 — Paint or Stain the Cabinets
Paint or stain the cabinets with the wood stain or paint that you selected. If you decide to paint, use a natural bristle brush. If you decide to stain, use a rag and apply the stain with the grain of the wood. Do this for the cabinets, doors, and drawers, working carefully to ensure that all surfaces are covered completely.
Apply multiple coats of paint or stain. Always wait for the first coat to dry completely before applying the second coat. If you applied stain, wait for it to dry and then apply a polyurethane sealant to protect the wood and bring out the gloss of the cabinets.
Step 6 — Attach the Handles and Hinges
Put the hardware and hinges back on the doors and drawers. Then, put the doors back on the cabinets and replace the drawers and shelves.
Giving you kitchen a makeover doesn't have to cost a fortune. Use these steps to refinish your wood cabinets, and give your kitchen a new look for less!


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If only applying for a job were like online shopping.
Purchase a book on, say, Amazon.com, and the shopper typically receives a bevy of emails from the retailer ensuring that the order has been processed, shipped and delivered — a seamless, informative and, in most cases, efficient process.
When it comes to following up with job applicants, however, the process is anything but, according to a recent study from the Talent Board, a nonprofit organization founded by human resources consultants.
"If candidates ask for one thing, they ask for a follow-up," said Elaine Orler, a founder of the Talent Board.
But when job applicants submit a resume or application online, only 43 percent of employers said they inform candidates of "next steps," according to the Talent Board's annual Candidate Experience survey of nearly 60 recruitment heads of primarily large companies.
The result is what the Talent Board deems a "black hole" effect, where many job candidates are left wondering about the status of their application — or if it was at least properly received and reviewed by a recruiter or hiring manager.
Orler said most employers' feedback ends with that initial "thank you" email, which isn't enough.
"I just got a receipt that I did something, [but] it's not a confirmation that it's taken care of," Orler said. "It's not informative to me. It's just a receipt."
When most employers fail to adequately follow up with candidates, it could leave them with a reduced aspiration to want to work for the company — but it might also hamper their desire for that company's goods or services.
Based on a forthcoming portion of the study, which was previewed in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, the Talent Board determined that on average 8 percent of job candidates leave the applicant experience with enough resentment toward the firm to affect their relationship as customers.
Further, companies run the risk of these discontented candidates sharing their resentment with at least one other person, such as a family member or spouse, the Talent Board said.
For example, a retailer that hires 5,000 people per year and receives 500 resumes per opening — equating to roughly 495,000 rejected candidates a year — could potentially lose 79,200 current or potential customers, according to the Talent Board study.
If the average customer spends roughly $100 a year with the retailer, the study said, annual revenue loss in this example would total $7.92 million.
"As two-way interaction becomes part of how we live our lives now, it's going to be more and more important that the needs of the job seekers are met," said Gerry Crispin, principal and co-founder of recruitment consultancy CareerXroads and one of the contributing authors of the Talent Board study. "And one of the most critical ones is to understand where you are at any point in time in a [recruitment] process."
As a former recruiter, Orler said she understands the challenges that come with trying to accommodate the hundreds of applicants who may apply for a single opening. Often, she added, general screening questions during the online application process don't weed out unqualified candidates electronically. This leaves overwhelmed recruiters in a rut and fielding calls from applicants asking for status updates.
Based on the study's findings, just 14 percent of employers said they electronically push candidates to an exit screen during a general screening process with an explanation that they are not qualified for the position. Moreover, just 11 percent of employers said they did so during a more specific online screening.
Organizations are better off telling candidates up front if they are not qualified — or if the high volume of applicants simply left them off the radar, Orler said.
"There are two basic things every organization can do," she said. "First, there's nothing limiting us from sending a secondary message that says you're still being considered. … The second is, as soon as you're no longer considering additional applicants, communicating that to the pool as well."
Either way, HR departments should consider doing an extensive review of their follow-up procedures, Orler said. As social and new media continue to play an enhanced role in the recruitment process, more leverage will shift to the candidate.
"The economic shift, I think, is really going to play into this," Orler said. "In a recession, candidates can take anything [to get a job]. When we're not in a recession, candidates don't have to take it anymore."
Frank Kalman is an associate editor of Talent Management magazine. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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"Despite the fact that our [Nepalese] community had never met us, they welcomed us in, no questions asked. Now not only did we share a passion for building the school, we also shared meals, dances, conversations (some translated, some practically mimed) and love."
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It seems like Michigan is getting its present this year and in excellent timing. Reports are coming out one by one confirming that the state House of Representatives has already placed their names on a legislative act that will relieve Michigan drivers from the burden of paying costly auto policy rates.
For the last decade, auto insurance premiums in the state have been driving motorists off their budget with amounts that seem to be getting steeper and steeper each year when compared to the US average. According to recent statistics released by the Insurance Information Institute, an average citizen in Michigan spends approximately $2,259 on car insurance premiums while national average stands only at $1,753.
Representative Shanelle Jackson said in a recent interview that the few remaining days of December is going to be a beginning of something great for the state of Michigan and its cities. Representative Jackson said that their efforts of working very hard ensuring that the hard-earned money of citizens is put to good use and safeguarding pocketbooks of consumers has paid off. When asked about how she felt on the changes in Michigan auto insurance, Representative Jackson gave a very positive and happy response, emphasizing how beneficial changes will be particularly in Detroit where the prices that drivers pay for their auto policies are generally very expensive compared to the insurance costs for other suburban motorists.
The vehicle insurance reform or coverage package has been drafted with the intention of creating a ban on the use of a motorist's occupation as a determining factor in premium rate computations. Right now, this bill is waiting to be signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Senate's final approval. If all goes well and this bill successfully passes the last two stages, then drivers are expected to expect a lot of changes in the way their rates will be calculated and in the state car insurance business landscape as a whole. In addition to imposing a ban in the use of insignificant factors in calculating premiums, insurance providers will also be prohibited to sell customer information without customer's consent. It has been reported in Michigan that insurance companies sell consumer data to other agencies and even to telemarketing companies.
Reports say that lobbying of this coverage package has been done chiefly by the Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives. According to Democrat legislators, they all agree that passing this bill will ultimately give way to better rates for consumers and to the abolishment of unfair insurance practices.


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This lesson uses various multimedia resources that I have gathered in an interactive Didapages book entitled British Youth Crime.
The lesson starts with a cover from Time magazine and ends with a series of audio files on the topic.
This book uses three main primary sources:
- a Time cover (UK edition) + an article about this special Time issue from Mail Online
- Data from "Crime in England and Wales, 2007/08 - Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime." -> http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pd...] Home Office statistical bulletin.
I also use these 2 lesson plans (reading comprehension) from Macmillan InsideOut as part of this sequence.
- "Growing Up Unhappy" http://www.macmillanenglish.com/insideout/Resources/elessons/protected/New_elessons_archive_February2009.htm (February 2009 archive)
- Britain and Knife Crime http://www.macmillanenglish.com/insideout/Resources/elessons/protected/New_elessons_archive_2008.htm (November 2008 archive)


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Terry White & Ralph Brennan's newly renovated Brennan's, perfectly packaged in pink, is the ultimate French Quarter setting for weddings and rehearsal dinners. It's complete with lush, green courtyard and outdoor balcony overlooking historic Royal Street.
Chef Slade Rushing's modernized, Creole cuisine, coupled with flawless service and hospitality, is sure to make your big day a cherished memory for years to come!
Size & Capacity
- Cocktail setting accommodate up to 160 guests.
- Seated dinners accommodate up to 110 guests.


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Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez writes a letter addressed to Jack Ma, the chairman and founder of Alibaba.com, regarding the online selling of digitally-made Fake Cigarette Tax stamps being sold on the website.
In his letter, Dominguez appeals for the cooperation of Ma and his staff in Alibaba to stop and ban advertising and selling for fake Cigarette Tax Stamps.
"Advertising and selling of fake Tax Stamps in the open, through your company's web portal, provides so much room and easy access for individuals and entities to evade excise tax on cigarettes in the Philippines," said Dominguez in his letter to Ma.
Dominguez also stated that advertisement and selling of the fake cigarette tax stamps in Alibaba gives easier access to cigarette manufacturers in the Philippines to evade their taxes.
Enclosed in the letter was a screenshot of the webpage in Alibaba.com where the particular advertisement of fake cigarette tax stamps was placed.
"Following the directive of the President (Rodrigo Duterte), the Philippine government, especially through the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC), is very much active in pursuing individuals and entities evading taxes and duties, including excise tax levied on cigarettes," Dominguez added.
The finance chief also emphasized the continuous effort of the present admistration to hunt down tax evaders, including cigarette manufacturers.
"Advertising and selling of fake tax stamps in the open, through your company's web portal, provides so much room and easy access for individuals and entities to evade excise tax on cigarettes in the Philippines," explained Dominguez.
"Consequently, this will make it much more difficult for the said bureaus (BIR and BOC) to curb excise tax evasion and cigarette and fake tax stamps smuggling to our country," he reiterated.
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhai Jianhua was also furnished with the letter.
Earlier this week, President Duterte has ordered the arrest Alexander Wongchuking, owner of Mighty Corporation, one of the country's biggest cigarette manufacturer, for allegedly using fake cigarette tax stamps in their cigarette packs.
This post first appeared on Philippine Latest News, please read the originial post: here


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How to Have Good SEO on Your Website
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Good SEO is not hard to attain…here are a few principles to follow to make sure your site is properly optimized for the search engines. I only concern myself with Google, Yahoo, and MSN, as this is where the bulk of the search traffic is coming from. Make sure to have good unique meta-tags on every page of your site. This is the Title Tag, Keyword Tag, and Description Tag of the HTML that makes up your site. If you site is in PHP or ASP using include files, you can have your site coded to display the article title in those meta fields. You also have the ability to bypass the header include and manually insert meta-tags in any particular page of your site. You should strive to add as much unique content to your site as possible and do so on a daily basis. Using a content management system (CMS) is vital to making daily content publishing a reality for your site. Google especially loves to see fresh new articles and posts about related topics going up frequently. The more frequently you publish, the more frequently the spiders will comeback to grab new content for their database. Republishing articles from other sources is OK but it shouldn't be the bulk of the content being pushed live. Make sure to make a sitemap or using a linking structure so all your pages can be found by the robots and spiders. That's it for now!
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Delusions can come in all forms, and are commonly treated with unnecessary prescription drugs.
Joseph had a son, Mark, who experimented with drugs and alcohol at the age of 19, and was under a lot of stress relating to his upcoming college exams. Mark gradually became more and more delusional, being convinced that the CIA were tailing him and even had microphones hidden under the carpets, and then refusing to sleep for fear of being "taken in the night". Mark's health rapidly deteriorated, and he suffered a breakdown and had to be hospitalized. During the course of his treatment he was given powerful drugs which numbed his mind and finally allowed him to sleep. But, he did not do much else than sleep during this time.
Through correcting what is going on under the surface, relief can occur without taking mind numbing drugs.
After 3 months of hospitalization, Joseph found a physician who was also a naturopath, who advised some testing to see if there were any physical areas that needed correcting, such as blood sugar levels, toxicity, glandular or hormone anomalies, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. When the testing was done, specific problems in all of the above areas were found. With proper rest, proper nutritional correction, and corrective delusion treatment, Mark was able to wean off the medications and gradually regain his strength and mental clarity. His symptoms of delusions abated completely. Now Mark has graduated college and has a family of his own. He steadfastly keeps his diet and sleep patterns in a healthy way and has not relapsed in over 12 years.
Customized counseling, diet, lifestyle changes, nutrition therapies, exercise, and more can help bring your body and mind into balance and relieve delusional symptoms.
These are the kinds of stories that are experienced more commonly than one might expect. However, not all are as fortunate as Mark who was able to recover from his delusional symptoms with the correct help. If one is suffering from such symptoms that are spiralling out of control, it is recommended to contact us for a free consultation to see if the symptoms can be addressed in an effective and safe way. We also offer tapering programs for Clozaril withdrawal and many other drugs. Call the number on this page to find out how we may be able to assist one who seeks the path to sustainable health and wellness.


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RND Enterprise is a premier provider of an array of services including core fiber construction services to a plethora of wholesale/carrier customers along with large enterprises. The company also provides engineering, construction and installation services for web service firms and government organizations as part of our optical transport product offerings.
RND Enterprise is an integral part of RND Groups, which has successfully offered a plethora of services for the last 25 years. The group caters to a blend of technology and innovation - "Technovation" – for creating digital and automated workspaces for all. According to Mr. SP Sharma, the founder and managing director of the group, "to flourish in any field one must deliver products and services completely as per client requirements." RND Enterprise adheres to the same belief too.
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The Boarding Program at Ben Lippen School is a community of students and caring staff who seek to demonstrate the values of respect, responsibility, and integrity. Our ambition is that each student is free to reach his or her potential spiritually, academically, and socially. We endeavor to provide a structured environment of genuine Christian love where students feel deeply cared for and nurtured.
Our boarding program provides a unique experience for students. With so many nationalities represented, our students have the opportunity to learn from other cultures. Because of this advantage, the student of the 21st century will celebrate our global diversity and be equipped to enter a very challenging future. We hope each of our students understands the times and know how they should lead for the future (1 Chronicles 12:32).
Student life at Ben Lippen has a lot to offer. Boarding students enjoy our distinct setting of family-style houses. A loving Christian family dedicated to caring for every student leads each house. There are many opportunities to stay active as well. Whether you enjoy going for a canoe ride in our beautiful pond, going off-campus to shop with friends or playing a pick-up game of basketball after school, there is always a way to interact with others and the world around.
Being part of Ben Lippen means each student is able to encounter the love of Christ in a community. We look forward to what God will do through our students in the future!
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The project work produced reflects the broad range of our students' interests and understanding of design, and of the media through which they communicate. It also reflects the diversity of contemporary audiences.
This well-established and broad-based course aims to encourage your creativity, individuality and personal growth through the study of graphic communication design. The emphasis is on the application of skills to develop ideas and present information in ways that are engaging, meaningful, useful and worthwhile. You will be encouraged to develop your awareness and understanding of the social contexts and environmental responsibilities of design, so that you can identify communication strategies that will enrich people's lives by enabling them to be better informed about the world in which they live. You will learn to engage audiences through imaginative and creative design solutions that may challenge, persuade, shock, provoke, excite and entertain, but always aim to inform.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
The modules introduce you to a variety of historical, theoretical and conceptual issues, and to processes related to the generation, development and production of designed outcomes. Exercises and project work enable you to demonstrate your understanding of some of the basic principles of design, and encourage awareness of their relevance and importance within design and communication.
Year 2 (Credit Level 5)
You will carry out a greater degree of independent study, and support and develop project work with research, analysis and selection. The modules encourage your personal awareness and reflection, and offer you a degree of choice and selection of project options and media outcomes. During the Professional Practice module you can undertake studio placements, and engage with contemporary design practice.
Year 3 (Credit Level 6)
You will have an increased degree of personal choice for the development of independent, high-quality work, demonstrating the higher level challenges of synthesis and innovation. In-depth research and design work will be characterised by your ability to analyse, synthesise and apply creatively what you have learnt during the course. The range of projects undertaken may include: animation and visual narratives; exhibition and installation design, design for screen and interaction; signage, wayfinding, and environmental graphics; and typography and design for print.
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Wooden "Homemade" Kitchen Sign
This wooden "homemade" sign makes the perfect addition to your kitchen backsplash or any other room! The word is laser cut from 1/4" thick wood and hand painted in black. It comes finished and ready to hang with the included 3M strips. This sign measures 18" in width and 7.2" tall. Please handle with care.


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Occasions, Biggin Hill
Occcasions of Biggin Hill is a family run Independent shop providing a huge variety and selection of Greeting Cards, as well as balloons, gifts, gift wrapping and much more for all occasions.
We are a specialist retailer in Greeting Cards and stock the largest selection in Biggin Hill. Being an Independent shop we have the freedom to stock a wide variety of cards and currently have over 30 different suppliers.
We also offer a Balloon Decorating service to the Biggin Hill and surrounding area.
Photo balloons
Personalised photo balloons now available. Create your own balloon, upload your own photo and then collect your inflated helium balloon from our shop. Design your balloon at www.myballoon.com/occasionsofbigginhill
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Sumitomo Realty & Development is planning a 63-meter tall, 18-storey apartment building in Minato's Minami Aoyama address. There will be approximately 115 apartments in total.
The Minami Aoyama 7 Chome Project is scheduled to start construction in April 2019 with completion by late March 2022. It sits on a 1700 sqm block of land fronting onto Roppongi Street and is a 12 minute walk to Omotesando Station and a 17 minute walk to Shibuya Station.
This land was previously home to the Minami Aoyama First Building. The 10-storey office building was built in 1974 and demolished in 2016.
This is one of several apartment projects under construction along this stretch of Roppongi Street. Other projects include the redevelopment of the old Tokiwamatsu House apartment block, as well as two projects by Panasonic Homes.
Minami Aoyama 7-8, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The Daily Engineering & Construction News, October 23, 2018.
The Kentsu Shimbun, October 29, 2018.
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Thibaut Courtois' agent has revealed that he has regular contact with the Real Madrid hierarchy, report ESPN.
Courtois had a season to forget during Chelsea's dismal 2015/16 campaign, but was back to his brilliant best last term. The Belgium international won the Premier League Golden Glove for keeping the most clean-sheets in the division, which is testament to his improvement.
However, despite Courtois seemingly having no reason to depart the champions, who look to have a bright future in store under Antonio Conte's stewardship – it appears as though a move away from Stamford Bridge remains a possiblity.
ESPN quote Courtois' representative Christophe Henrotay, who reveals that he holds frequent talks with Los Blancos:
"I meet regularly with Real Madrid's directors and Thibaut's situation is evaluated. My role is to keep him informed of the situation."
As ESPN report, Courtois' Chelsea deal has just two years left to run. We may well find ourselves in a situation next summer where we are forced to cash-in to avoid losing a world-class player on a free transfer.
Hopefully, it won't come to that, but his agent talking to arguably the biggest club on the planet leaves us Chelsea fans with a right to be anxious.


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Entomosterna ruficollis is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family. It was described by Chemsak & Hovore in 2010. Thank God It's Friday is a common expression. It may also refer to: The Imnaha Guard Station is a rustic cabin located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in western Oregon, United States. It was originally built to house fire crews assigned to patrol the surrounding National Forest. In the 1990s, the United States Forest Service began renting the Imnaha Guard Station to recreational visitors.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Forest Service employees often traveled many miles from local ranger stations to forest work sites. Since the forest road networks were not well developed, getting to a job site meant a long trek, carrying all the equipment need to perform the field work. This made it impractical for employees to make daily round-trips. To facilitate work at remote sites, the Forest Service built guard stations at strategic locations throughout the forest to house fire patrols and project crews.
After World War II, the Forest Service greatly expanded its road network, allowing employees to get to most National Forest areas within a few hours. As a result, guard stations lost their utility. The Forest Service found new uses for some stations, but most were demolished or abandoned. In the 1990s, historic preservation groups with the support of Forest Service employees began pressing National Forest managers to preserve the remaining structures.
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text: Mondulkiri to Ratanakiri(Cambodia) On 21-03-04 I did a 9 hour trip from Sen Monorom in Mondulkiri Province to Banlung in Ratanakiri Province along the old logging road and cow paths route via Kaoh Nhek and Lumphat. This was part of a week long circuit beginning and ending in Sihanoukville and returning from Banlung via Stung Treng and Kratie.I was travelling alone on my Honda XR250cc dirtbike.Here's a few details and suggestions about the Sen Monorom to Banlung road. Distance is approx 190km.The first half to Kaoh Nhek is what you would expect from an abandoned logging road,ie,no maintenance done for quite some time.Lots of holes and ruts from previous rainy seasons,plus rocky areas where you pass through dry river beds,(dry this time of year).Just what you want if you enjoy dirtbike riding. The second half between Kaoh Nhek and Lumphat includes approximately 50km of sandy cow paths.We've had several months of dry weather so this stretch is very churned up.This is slow going and not so much fun.I hit this stretch in the midday heat after already being on rough roads for 4 hours. Near Lumphat,you cross the Tonle Srepok river on a small ferry(3 canoes lashed together with boards across the top).I paid 5000 riel for this crossing,probably too much. After this,you are basically home free.It's just 35km from Lumphat to Banlung on reasonably good dirt roads. Be careful you don't get lost.The cow paths between Kaoh Nhek and Lumphat have some forks and junctions where it is not clear which way to go.Some road maps of Cambodia show a beautiful straight road linking Sen Monorom to Banlung.This simply does not exist.Even the "Gecko"road map,(considered the best),does not show the correct route between Kaoh Nhek and Lumphat. The best solution is to ask the locals and keep reconfirming the route as you go. A good source of info is Mr.Long Vibol who runs Long Vibol Guest House in Sen Monorom tel 012944647.Vibol has done the route himself and gets feed back from moto drivers as well.He drew a rough map for me with village names written in English and Khmer script.He also included approximate distances. Make sure you get the village name pronounciation correct as some people you ask en route may be illiterate.Also learn some simple Khmer phrases for asking directions.I found the villagers in the countryside to be friendly and helpful.They don't put their hand out just for giving advice.However,offering some cigarettes or whatever would go down well when asking directions. Be prepared for problems like getting stranded for a night or breaking down. I took a hammock,mozy net,food/extra water for one night,spare tubes,tyre levers,pump,toolkit,clutch cable,chain joining link,first aid kit,flashlight and compass.Keep well hydrated and buy bottled water wherever possible to keep your supply topped up.Topup with fuel in Kaoh Nhek so you've got plenty in reserve if you take a wrong turn. I went alone but I admit it would be best to travel with someone.Either way,minimize potential problems by being well prepared.It's quite desolate out there and help is several hours away on bad roads if something goes wrong.Cellphones don't work outside of the major towns.I gave Vibol a call when I reached Banlung to let him know I arrived safely and update him on the road conditions. It's a good idea to depart early morning from Sen Monorom and cover as much distance as possible while it's relatively cool. How long does it take??I took 9 hours travelling at a moderate pace with plenty of stops for water and lunch. I heard of one guy doing it in 6 hours on a dirt bike,(pretty serious effort),but most people I talked to did the trip over 2 days with an overnight stop in Kaoh Nhek(only place en route with basic food and accommodation). When to go??Definately the dry season.In the wet season the section between Sen Monorom and Kaoh Nhek would be very slippery and those rivers intersecting the road would be flowing.Perhaps earlier in the dry season(January),the sandy areas would not be so churned up. How hard is it??Over one day it's exhausting but doable if you're reasonably fit.Halfway through the sandy stretch,I met a moto driver coming from Banlung.He was returning to Sen Monorom.The previous day,he and his mate took 2 fully loaded western backpackers from Sen Monorom to Banlung on the back of their 100cc Dailems.I salute them. Whats to see??Not much if you do the trip in one day and you're concentrating on the road.Much of the roadside forest is fairly thin due to the prior logging.Perhaps staying in Kaoh Nhek for a night or two would allow for some exploration away from the main route.I regard the route more of a challenge than a sightseeing trip. Nevertheless,one is rewarded upon arrival in Banlung.The next day I visited the pristine Boeng Yeak Lom crater lake.It's great for swimming and is surrounded by forest.A nice walking trail encircles the lake. If you take the route in the opposite direction,you are equally rewarded in the Sen Monorom area.The impressive Boa Sraa waterfall is 37km out of town on a rough road.The water was still flowing in March and one can cool off in the rock pools below. For pictures,go to: http://www.msnusers.com/motorcyclingSEAsia


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Argo (2012 film)
Argo is a conservative drama based on the true story of the Canadian Caper that occurred during the midst of the Iranian Revolution and the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The film was a financial and critical success, earning several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Film in 2013.
The film begins at the start of the Iranian Hostage Crisis on November 4, 1979. As the American Embassy is being overtaken by a mob of Iranian students, six American diplomats manage to escape the complex, seeking refuge at the Candian Ambassador Ken Taylor's residence, where they would remain for the next 79 days.
In the United States, Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) works with the CIA, the Canadian government, and eventually Hollywood, to devise a plan to rescue the six Americans. The final plan is for Tony to fly to Iran as a Canadian film maker, and for the six Americans to be various staff members for a movie named Argo. In order to carry out the ruse, the CIA financed a fictional movie studio (Studio 6), advertisements were placed in Variety magazine, and even storyboards for the film were created. At the same time, the Iranians have realized they are missing six hostages, and they are weaving together shredded documents from the American embassy, which could expose the six Americans.
Using forged Canadian passports and Visas, Tony and the six Americans manage to get through security, and after nearly being caught, are allowed to board a Swissair jet to Zurich. As the plane begins to taxi, the Iranians realize that the film crew are really the missing six. The plane takes off just as Iranian security is about to stop them from taking off.
Spoilers end here.
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As the years have gone by rhetoric used by politicians has become anemic and dull. Gone are the days of rousing political oratory that would win over the masses when bread and circuses weren't enough. People are now wise enough to know that politicians probably aren't speaking for us, avoid the point and basically chat shit. Due to this, politicians have started to appropriate another form of discourse - pop music. Pop songs have long been used to portray a specific political message - whether it be against the system or not, music has a long and civic-minded history. But does it make sense for MPs to start spitting bars in the Gafs of Parliament? Here we look at some booky uses of lyrics in politics and ponder when it's appropriate to use the Top 40 libretto.
Firstly let's go back to a pre-Brexit Britain, when alongside spending all of his time in PMQ's prioritising a suit and tie over the NHS (missed a potential lyrical trick there with Timberlake's smash hit). David Cameron also found time to quote one of the UK's most seminal bands, The Smiths. In one of his final PMQ's Dodgy Dave quoted lyrics from 'Cemetry Gates' in a misguided jab at Jeremy Corbyn - who instead of "entering the political graveyard" continues to shake the establishment.
Of course, Cameron's intent was to highlight his speech-writing prowess and intelligence, yet this failed on both accounts. Not only did he misquote a song that he was forbidden to like by Johnny Marr "Stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don't," he wrote on Twitter, adding: "I forbid you to like it." He also failed to grasp the irony of using the lyrics of a subversive band to peddle his conservative views.
Way back in 2010, Labour MP Kerry McCarthy asked Cameron which Smith's song he thought the country's student population would be listening to due to Tory policies. He responded by saying that he probably wouldn't be welcomed with 'This Charming Man'...His sardonic retort, showed awareness of his own wrongdoing, yet no remorse. By again trying to approximate a voice that belongs to a demographic that he is evidently failing, the former PM reveals his biggest flaw, his inability to listen.
If we look at the other side of commons it's a different story. Labour MP Sarah Jones demonstrated that using song lyrics in parliament doesn't always have to be a lame grab at the youth vote that actually undercuts any form of urbanitas because of it's complete hypocrisy. In her 'maiden' speech in the House of Lords on July 12th, as she cast off into the choppy waters of British politics, Jones quoted Stormzy, reminding her fellow MPs that, 'You're never too big for the boot'. David Cameron was a Bullington big wig who used the words of a working class band to indemnify his ulterior motives. Jones however, is the first female MP in the Croydon constituency, where Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr is from. She was also voted in on the back of the biggest youth vote turnout in history, a demographic that arguably make up the majority of Stormzy's fanbase. It seems fitting then, for her to use Stormzy's lyrics in her first address; she got into parliament by speaking to the people and by using Stormzy's lyrics she reminds her followers that she speaks for them too.
Music is so often a form of protest, a way of getting a message heard and it shouldn't be appropriated by the very institutions it intends to disrupt. In a time where a song charting at number 3 in the charts is not played on the radio because it criticizes the Prime Minister, we should be more vigilant than ever and not let one of our few forms of protest be diluted by politicians or silenced by corporations.
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Perrie Edwards is smitten, and she doesn't care who knows it.
The Little Mix singer has been tied to soccer player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for months now, and she recently set out to celebrate his birthday with the sweetest Instagram post. But it's the caption that's got everyone saying "aww."
"Happy birthday my love," Perrie Edwards wrote on a photo of Alex smiling with his arms outstretched, looking as though he just woke up. "24! If I can wake up to this for the rest of my life that would be wonderful!" So naturally, many fans are fixated on Perrie's comment and whether it hints that the two are in it for the long haul.
Clearly, it remains to be seen whether or not Perrie really meant anything by the statement, but it's a sweet sentiment nonetheless. Either way, we are so glad to see them happy together, and can only hope that some killer love power ballads are in the process of being inspired right now.
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HSBC said on Monday it was committed to a $6.3 billion takeover of South Korea's No. 6 bank, but warned it would not wait forever for approval of a deal seen as a major test of the country's openness to foreign investors.
A newspaper report the deal might fall through had pushed shares in the target, Korea Exchange Bank, more than 2 percent higher on expectation that if HSBC pulled out there might be a bidding war among domestic banks for KEB.
"HSBC is committed to the acquisition, but we can't wait forever," the bank quoted the head of its South Korean operations, Simon Cooper, as saying. "We are hopeful that the government will take appropriate action."
The London-based bank extended the deadline in April on its offer to buy a majority of KEB from U.S. investment fund Lone Star by three months to the end of July, which awaits South Korean regulatory approval.
Lone Star's PR agency in Seoul and KEB declined to comment.
The new conservative government of President Lee Myung-bak, which took office in February, has made clear it recognizes that the KEB deal will be seen as a litmus test of its pledge to opening up Asia's fourth largest economy far wider to foreign investment.
But the deal has been held up by legal disputes over Lone Star's 2002 KEB purchase and its involvement in controversial decisions by the South Korean bank.
Chairman of the regulatory Financial Services Commission (FSC), Jun Kwang-woo, told reporters in April that the government was studying how to help seal the KEB sale, hoping for a quick resolution.
But he said there was no change to its basic stand that a final decision would have to wait for the legal disputes to be settled in the courts.
Jun is due to meeting financial regulators and executives of European banks on a trip to Paris and London this week.
Earlier, the Financial Times on its Web site (www.ft.com) reported that HSBC may drop out of the delayed KEB purchase if no progress is made within weeks.
"Sentiment is finely balanced but HSBC would likely look ... elsewhere if there is no movement," it quoted an unnamed person familiar with the British bank's thinking as saying.
But some analysts said they expected the deal to go through eventually. "If the deal is pulled, that would not be good for the growth of HSBC's business in Asia," said Y.K. Lee, an analyst of Core Pacific-Yamaichi.


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\t\t"What's your mix?" clothing brand Bayo asked Filipina women in its heavily-lampooned ad campaign<\/a> from last month.<\/div>\t
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\t\tThe ad drew criticism for excluding 100-percent Filipinos, and glorifying the "50-precent Filipina" instead, thereby feeding the beauty industry's obsession with so-called mestizas.<\/div>\t
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\t\tBut as it turns out, all Filipinos are mestizos of a sort—and it comes down to matter of semantics.<\/div>\t
\tApparently, the word "mestizo" has long suffered from widespread misuse, at least according to cultural anthropologist Dr. Fernando Zialcita.<\/div>
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\tTo most Filipinos, "mestizo" refers to fellow Pinoys who are fairer-skinned than others, usually those who are descended from American or European parents or grandparents.<\/div>
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\t"Today of course when you use the term 'mestizo' in the Philippines, you tend to think of somebody who looks white. But originally that was not the way it was used in the Philippines because in the Spanish period, 'mestizo' was also used for Chinese-Filipinos. Mestizo de Sangley, for instance," Zialcita shared. <\/div>
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\t"One thing we should also consider is that being mestizo is a biological and a cultural feeling," Zialcita pointed out.<\/div>
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\t"Part of the origin of the population in the Philippines are from Taiwan, part are from Malaysia, but we cannot interpret this information about the 'closest race,' because there is very little variation," Gonzalez-Martin said.<\/div>
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\t"Biologists and geneticists do not like to say that there is race…race has been linked to dramatic and dark moments in our recent history. We try to prove that from a genetic point of view, races do not exist in the 21st century," Gonzalez-Martin said. –KG, GMA News<\/strong><\/div>


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Samyang 24mm F/1.4 ED AS UMC Lens (Canon Mount)
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Optics of the lens has been constructed based on the system of 13 lenses arranged in 12 groups. It should be noted that 4 lenses has been made of the low-dispersion glass (ED), while two another are aspheric lenses. We have also employed multi-layered and anti-reflective coatings of UMC type adding to the perfect light transmission. Samyang 24 mm F1.4 ED AS UMC has been designed to work with most popular reflex cameras produced by renown manufacturers and equipped with small-image sensors or smaller. The lens will be available with a mount for the following systems: Canon, Four Thirds, Nikon AE, Pentax, Samsung NX and Sony Alpha.
24mm focus is tailor-made for most of the sensors available on the market today. In the case of full-frame cameras, it constitutes a high-quality wide-angle lens perfect for street, landscape and architecture shooting. Whereas photographers using DX sensors will get just perfect lens for the purposes of calmer journalist and landscape photography. The lens attached to Four Thirds cameras will create a universal and bright construction corresponding to the 50mm focus.
The lens should be available for sale by the end of the year or at the beginning of 2012. The exact price will be announced at a later date. Soon, we will be able to present sample photos taken with this sophisticated device.
Model Samyang 24mm 1:1.4 ED AS UMC Lens style wide-angle Focal length 24mm Maximum aperture f/1.4 Angle of view 84 Minimum focusing distance 0,25m Minimum aperture F22 Number of diaphragm blades 8 Auto focus type MF Lens Construction 13 element, 12 groups Filter diameter 77mm Dimensions 48.3mm x 60mm Available mounts Canon, Nikon, KM/Sony, Pentax, 4/3, Samsung NX Dimensions 87,5x83mm Weight ~680g
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Points of Rocks in Sweetwater County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
An Unsolved Mystery
Slade came west as Division Superintendent for Ben Halladay's Overland Mail. In 1862, Slade relocated the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers portion of the mail route to this point, supervising the construction of the stage stations including the Rock Point or Almond Station within sight of this cemetery. Slade's life is recounted in numerous history books and two Hollywood films. He abandoned his job with the Overland Mail Company and turned outlaw. The hard-drinking Slade was lynched in Virginia City, Montana in 1864.
Humorist Mark Twain recounted his meeting with Slade in his classic book, Roughing It,
"He was so friendly an so gentle-spoken that I warmed to him in spite of his awful history. It was hardly possible to realize that this pleasant person was the pitiless scourge of the outlaws, the raw-head-and-bloody-bones the nursing mothers of the mountains terrified
Slade's involvement in the murders near here was never proven. The case remains unsolved. There were no surviving witnesses and the dead have not yielded their secrets.
Erected 2008 by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Communications • Railroads & Streetcars.
Location. 41° 40.626′ N, 108° 47.634′ W. Marker is in Points of Rocks, Wyoming, in Sweetwater County. Marker can be reached from Overland Trail near Black Butte Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Point of Rocks WY 82942, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Point of Rocks (here, next to this marker); Point of Rocks Stage Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); Overland Stage Route (approx. 0.6 miles away); Almond Overland Stage Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); Immigrants (approx. 10.7 miles away); Working in the Mines (approx. 10.7 miles away); Town Development (approx. 10.8 miles away); Opening the Mines (approx. 10.8 miles away).
More about this marker. This maker is located next to the stage robbery victim's cemetery. The cemetery is located on a hill to the west of the Point of Rocks Stage Station.
Additional keywords. outlaws & renegades
Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 536 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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I have developed a webpage on Lodgify for my apartments and now need to migrate my domain over to it. When I attempt to add 2 new "A" records as required I get an error saying "The specified CNAME already exists in the zone" when i have used the Type A. . My guess is its a rookie mistake but could someone be so kind to point that out.
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Improvisation Stories
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Improvisations by their very nature disappear into thin air after their performance. Nevertheless, this page attempts to fill this gap of knowledge slightly with contemporary stories and historical testimonies about improvisers, improvisations and in some cases testimonies of how an improviser might have dealt with his craft.
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Art In Wax : Encaustic Art By Hazel Rayfield
Miniature Mermaids :: Posted by: Hazel on May 25th, 2016
Miniature Mermaids
I painted these three miniature dolls house paintings last week and made a new display in The Gallery as you can see below.
The Gallery is 1:12 scale. Built for me by my very clever husband Adrian.
These three paintings are all new Art In Wax miniatures. Each is an original picture painted in encaustic paint I have layered them on gold card to give a lovely border.
Pearl mermaid (large ) 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches including mounting card
Pearl mermaid 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches including mounting card
Flower mermaid 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches including mounting card
I showed them in my Facebook page on Monday and they are now all sold and on there way to a collector in Hereford UK
Miniature Commissions
If you see a piece of my art is sold, in the group or my website and would like something similar please just ask and I may be able to paint one "just for you"
I paint commissions In my Art In Wax style naturally (I don't do copies) I am an original artist and none of my paintings are the same. Some are of similar subjects but each is a one of a kind original piece of art.
Commissions are not much more expensive than my pictures shown online.
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