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IBM Lotus Notes is the client of a collaborative client-server platform. IBM Lotus Domino is the application server. Lotus Notes provides integrated collaboration functionality, including email, calendaring, contacts management, to do tracking, instant messaging, an office productivity suite (IBM Lotus Symphony), and access to other Lotus Domino applications and databases.
Whereas typical email applications are programmed to be an email client, Lotus Notes is an application that is part of an application development platform, where mail is just one of many possible applications. Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino have spawned a great deal of third-party software, including applications, add-ins, add-ons, widgets, plug-ins and more, such as document management systems, discussion forums, and numerous other business applications.
Lotus Notes is commonly deployed as an end-user email client in larger organizations, with IBM claiming a cumulative 145 million licenses sold to date.
When an organization employs a Lotus Domino server, it usually also deploys the supplied Lotus Notes client for accessing the IBM supplied Lotus Notes application for email and calendaring but also to use document management and workflow applications. As Lotus Notes is a runtime environment, and the email and calendaring functions in Lotus Notes are simply an application provided by IBM the administrators are free to develop alternate email and calendaring applications. It is also possible to alter, amend or extend the IBM supplied email and calendaring application.
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Love gone wrong in Thailand – another cautionary tale
by Nanthapong Siwilai – TMN Cable TV
A Swiss man has shared his story of love-gone-wrong-in-Thailand to TMN Cable TV in Pattaya. It's a story of riches-to-rags, a story all to common and another cautionary tale of expats seeking love and companionship in the Land of Smiles.
Now Tony Niko, originally from Switzerland, is sweeping up at a temple in Jomtien, south of Pattaya battling to make ends meet each day. But it wasn't always like this.
According to TMN, he used to earn at least 300,000 baht a month running a building extension firm in his home country. He employed 50 people. Then he decided to come to Thailand. He says he was the "' when he met the love of his life on Walking Street, Pattaya (the first of many 'aha' moments in the story).
Her name was Leuchakorn.
The happy couple spent seven years together. As the story goes, Tony bought her a house, a car and a land in Rayong. Tony financed a new laundry business for her as well. Tony told TMN Cable TV that he had a nest egg of 10 million baht in Thailand in the early days. Surely, along with their local businesses, the money would be enough to last.
Then Tony asked her the big question. He proposed to Leuchakorn for the pair to be married and continue living in wedded bliss, Thai-style.
According to the story Leuchakorn then told Tony that she couldn't marry him at the she was going to work 'up country'. The house and land were sold, of course in her name, and then (roll the drums)…
… she vanished.
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And that's about it. Tony says he has nothing left and searched for Leuchakorn for three years, but to no avail.
He says he still loves her and wants to be re-united and continue their life together. For now he lives at a local temple and helps keeping the grounds clean whilst being helped out by some locals who know him.
Tony is now 56 years old, intends to keep living in Thailand and says he has nothing but that he is 'happy'.
SOURCES: TMN Cable News | ThaiVisa
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Pattaya bar ladies use YouTube to make money during pandemic – VIDEO
Can't visit the ladies in Pattaya? Just go to YouTube and type "Pattaya bar live" in the search bar. A number of videos and live streams will come up from various bars in Pattaya. The area was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with a ban on international tourists, battering the local economy that heavily relied on foreign visitors. But it looks like many of the bars, that cater to foreign, male customers, are making money by reaching out to customers who aren't even in Thailand.
Many bars than now stream on YouTube list a link to a PayPal to allow customers to make a donation or buy a drink for one of the female bar staff. Some live stream at the bar, allowing the customers sitting at home in another country to connect with the bar staff, as if they were there.
Sweet Media, an account which started in March, posted a video of a pool party in Pattaya saying "nice to see the girls enjoying getting wet and letting their hair down at the pool party," with a link to donate to the "Next Thai Girls Pool Party fund" and another link to buy a lady a drink for 150 baht.
A Pattaya bar under the YouTube account "S3xy bar soi buakhao" has been live streaming for months. They started with just a few hundred views and now break a thousand. They have chatroom rules: "Be nice to the girls, the bar and all customers past, present and future."
Pattaya's Oh Bar joined YouTube in August. They have live stream videos at the bar as well as pre-recorded videos like "Beer Bar Lady Beach Volleyball." The women didn't play much volleyball and lined up on the beach, each in a different coloured bikini to stretch. They took some shots of holding the ball before passing it around in a circle. Another video is of "Beer Bar Lady Amy" studying English, showing the woman at a desk in her pajamas, flipping through a textbook for 8 minutes.
Oh Bar also did a video asking the bar staff "What type of customer do you like?" Here's what so of the Oh Bar ladies said …
"I like a man who takes care of me. I come to Pattaya to find man who support and marry me."
"I like old man. I think old man makes me good and takes care of me and my family."
"I like warm man. Good style. Takes care of me. Love me and friendly, comfortable… Marry me."
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Pattaya bars making money from live streaming for customers overseas – VIDEO
Since foreign tourists can't visit the bars in Pattaya, some of the bars are live streaming and posting videos online to allow people to chat and connect with the female bar staff, partially making up for revenue lost during the pandemic. The Pattaya News says the chats aren't explicit, just a friendly chat between the bar staff with men who are stuck in other countries and unable to travel to Thailand. Facilities have also been set up so they can send money to the ladies.
Pattaya's Cherry Bar started live streaming on YouTube, asking the viewers to buy drinks for the staff. It's understood the staff get commission when a customer buys a drink for them, much the same as the situation when gentlemen attend the bars in person. There's music, noise, banter, innuendo, short pants, over-priced drinks and too much eye make-up, just like the real thing.
"To buy a drink for the staff, please click this link! 125 baht each, or ring the bell for 900 baht."
Apparently, the live streaming is working. Pattaya News says some bars have made "tens of thousands of US dollars." Some have dedicated audiences. The Cherry Bar's YouTube page started posting videos 3 months ago and has livestreams as well as videos of parties and women pole dancing at other Pattaya bars.
On a video of 2 women pole dancing at Destiny GoGo, a commenter wrote "Can't wait get back Pattaya going to barfine both ladys" (we didn't correct his mistakes) and Cherry Bar responded by saying "The sooner they reopen the airport, the better."
On Pattaya's Walking Street, bars now only have a few customers, mostly retired expats who were living in Thailand long-term, according to Pattaya News. Some foreign expats who frequent the Pattaya bars say they disagree with live streaming and are concerned about being filmed without their permission. Others say the staff are ignoring the customers at the bar and paying more attention to the customers online.
Other businesses in Pattaya have changed since the pandemic. Some are now marketing to a Thai customer base since there has been a ban on international tourists. Hotels that once catered to foreign travellers have been turned into alternative state quarantine facilities for Thais returning home from overseas. The Pattaya News even says some bars used to ban transgender people are now welcoming them.
To watch live streamed videos from Cherry Bar, click on the link here…
SOURCE: Pattaya News
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The Pattaya to Hua Hin bridge. Government discusses 900 billion baht investment.
The government is looking into a so-called "Thai Bridge" that would connect Pattaya to Hua Hin, an estimated 900 billion baht investment. The project would be part of the Eastern Economic Corridor development plan aimed at improving the transportation and infrastructure in Thailand.
The 900 billion baht investment is expected to take 10 years to financially implement, according to chairperson of the government's committee for the Mobilisation of Economic Management Measures, Pailin Chuchottaworn. The Centre for Economic Situation Administration has approved the investment project to move forward with a pre-feasibility study by the EEC's policy committee.
"We have to admit that 900 billion baht is a huge amount of money, but it is reasonable when considering its final results. It is also cheaper than some other mega projects that are currently being accelerated. We also planned to hire local Thai people and buy local materials for the construction to reduce the cost as well."
The bridge would join other mega-projects by the EEC like a high speed rail that will link the major airports in Bangkok… Don Mueang Airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport and U-Tapao Airport (south of Pattaya). The train is expected to travel at 250 kilometres per hour. Another project is the renovation and extension of the U-Tapao International Airport. The EEC says the project will bring in 60 million passengers a year and is expected to be in operation by 2024.
The 80 to 100 kilometre bridge will most likely connect Pattaya to Hua Hin (likely to be just south of Pattaya in Sattahip), but also connect many provinces in the South. The bridge would likely increase tourism in Hua Hin. Pattaya draws in a larger crowd than Hua Hin with 10 times more tourists than the southern district, Pailin says.
The bridge will also need to allow shipping to traverse the Gulf of Thailand to Laem Chabang in Chon Buri.
"In truth, the tourists want to travel to both cities but they choose Pattaya first partly because Chon Buri has more attractions and more convenient transportation options. Many projects are also being built in Chonburi and the EEC in the coming future, such as a three-airport monorail and a city monorail which will potentially attract more travelers to the area, while none of the projects in the other tourist cities in the Gulf of Thailand were discussed."
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The plan to assess mental health of kindergarten caregivers and managers will commence from the beginning of next year (starts March 21, 2015), said Arezoo Zokaeifar, managing director of children and kindergarten affairs, at the Social Welfare Organization (SWO).
The modules for the plan are being developed and will be completed before the end of the calendar year, she said.
The plan envisages mental assessment of kindergarten caregivers and managers twice a year. "If the assessments indicate that a caretaker or manager is not qualified for the job, the SWO will take measures to dismiss them from daycare centers," the official said.
Given the overall impact of caregivers' mental state on different aspects of child development "we want to ensure that they receive positive attention, which is essential for their emotional and social development besides academic progress," ISNA quoted Zokaeifar as saying.
She also pointed to the continuous training programs for caregivers and administrators throughout the year, including primary and supplementary training and refresher courses and said "our main goal is children's integrated and all-round growth in all areas, including physical, psychological and spiritual.
In this regard some important measures have been taken such as "standardization and uniformity of kindergarten educational content."
At present there are 17,000 kindergartens across the country with uniform educational component, including 10 workbooks with religious content.
Effects of Neglect
The impact of neglect on a child may not be apparent at an early stage except in the most extreme cases. However, the effects of neglect are harmful and possibly long-lasting. Its impact can become more severe as a child grows older and can encompass multiple areas, including, cognitive, psychological, emotional and behavioral development; therefore, as many children spend most of their time in daycare centers, the psychological health of caregivers is very important.
Research shows that the first few years of children's lives are crucial and sensitive periods for development. During these years, neural synapses are formed at a very high rate. After the age of 3, synapses start to be "pruned," and certain pathways that are not used may be discarded. Studies supporting the idea of a sensitive developmental period show that maltreated young children and infants suffer from greater developmental disabilities than those children who were maltreated later in childhood.
Adequate Number
In addition to caregivers' health, the adequate number of them in kindergartens is also important to prevent neglect. A caregiver who is responsible for high number of children may not be able to spend adequate time with each of them.
In an ideal kindergarten, caregivers should work with individual children, small groups, and the whole group at different times during the day.
To do this the ratio of caregivers to children shouldn't be high. The ideal ratio is 1:10 for junior children and 1:12 for senior children.
There is no law in the country about the ratio and therefore parents themselves should consider what a suitable ratio is when they enroll their children in daycare centers; by this they can help prevent any adverse impact of caregivers' neglect of their children.


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The P-8A Poseidon, a variant of the Boeing 737 series of airliner, takes over the role of antisubmarine warfare from the P-3 Orion, itself a derivative of an airliner, the Lockheed Electra. The P-8A brings new capabilities, endurance, and crew enhancements to the art form of maritime patrol, surveillance, and reconnaissance. The Poseidon also brings with it weapons such as antiship missiles, mines, torpedoes, and bombs. It can lay down sonobuoys to detect, track, and attack submarines that are quieter, deeper diving, and more stealthy than ever before. The ability to perform search and rescue, assist stranded victims of an incident at sea, and coordinate rescue efforts is unparalleled. The P-8A can connect to tactical networks to relay data it collects, or it can receive information and play a part in a larger operation involving several platforms, from surface ships to aircraft and ground facilities.
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 272 color and b/w photos | 128 pp
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John Gourley is a military veteran with a career as a crash/rescue fire protection specialist with the United States Air Force, and as a civilian working for the US government. His lifelong hobby has been photographing military hardware, from fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to warships, armored vehicles, and spacecraft. John contributes his photos regularly to fellow book authors, as well as magazine and book publishers. He has documented many projects, from the building of new aircraft to the restoration of warbirds. He has written several books on naval vessels.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger Says James Cameron Is Heavily Involved in 'Terminator 6'
Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms James Cameron is very much involved in 'Terminator 6'.
Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed James Cameron, the director of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is still heavily involved in the film series he created.
In an interview to a fan site TheArnoldFans, Arnold revealed despite Cameron's commitments to his other epic franchise, Avatar "control freak" Cameron found time to oversee the filming of the upcoming sixth Terminator series, known as Terminator: Dark Fate.
James Cameroon is heavily involved in direction of latest Terminator movie.
SOURCE: ET News
Arnold said:
"Jim Cameron is right now directing Avatar films, so he's taken on this enormous challenge and he's very busy with that, BUT he's a control freak. As you know, Terminator is kind of his baby; so he does get involved in the filming."
Further, talking about "Terminator 6," which comes out this fall Arnold disclosed Cameron is producing the movie alongside being heavily involved in the making of the film, working closely with director Tim Miller of "Deadpool" fame.
"There were interesting discussions about which direction to go with a certain scene or how the dialogue should finish or what the certain look should be of an individual and all that stuff, so there was a big collaboration between Jim and Tim Miller. I feel it was in good hands with both of them."
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"Terminator 6" a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day will finally see the long-awaited reunion of Schwarzenegger with Linda Hamilton who played Sarah Conor for the first time almost 28 years after they worked together in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
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Praises 'strong turnout' for Kent's Kids Fun Run
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The Kent Park and Recreation Commission and I would like to congratulate the 75 youngsters who participated in the annual Kids Fun Run on Oct. 25.
We are pleased with the strong turnout and appreciate the support of this annual event.
The commission and I wish to extend our thanks to the Kent Pumpkin Run organizers, Housatonic Enterprises and Ed Matson for their support and help in making the Fun Run a success.
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Highways England is to adopt its new asset-led delivery model which it is using in the East Midlands (Area 7) in areas 1, 2, 13 and 14 which are due for renewal. The company will be seeking separate bids for key functions such as design management, routine management and construction work rather than rolling them all into one Asset Support Contract.
Decision making, investment and maintenance plans will be made by Highways England rather than contractors. Area 1 covers Cornwall and Devon; Area 2 is Somerset, Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; Area 3 is Cumbria and parts of Lancashire; and Area 14 is Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and North Yorkshire.
By directly engaging suppliers we will help drive down cost and waste, providing the best possible value for money for taxpayers" - Highways England
"We are tasked with delivering the largest roads investment programme in a generation and in order for us to deliver on such a scale at the same time as maintaining the strategic road network, we have to work in a flexible, responsive and efficient way," said a Highways England spokesperson.
"So we have decided our delivery arrangements need to evolve in some areas, and will therefore be adopting the asset-led delivery model which we are using in the East Midlands (Area 7) in areas 1, 2, 13 and 14."
The ability to plan investment and maintenance in house will enable the organisation to take more ownership of investment decisions, the spokesperson said. "We can also increase our intelligence on local factors that influence where work is needed. By directly engaging suppliers we will help drive down cost and waste, providing the best possible value for money for taxpayers."
The new approach involves four key types of contract:
Ahead of the asset delivery model being adopted in Areas 1 and 2 the organisation is extending the existing asset support contract in Area 1 for three months to align the procurment timetable for the neighbouring regions by July 2017 and combine the deals for design and capital project delivery contracts.
"And following further market engagement we will decide whether to combine any of the other contracts."
Highways England is sticking with Asset Support Contracts for Areas 4 and 12, which are well down the procurement route, with awards imminent.
"However, we are committed to continually driving improvement in how our roads are maintained, improved and operated, and will continue to explore new ways to deliver across the country," Highways England said.
The Highways Agency's shift to government company status prompted a rethink of its maintenance contracting strategy to take more direct ownership of design, maintenance and construction.
The Agency announced in February that it was going to use East Midlands Area 7 as a test bed to take forward a change in the way it worked with its supply chain and separate the way it runs design, routine maintenance and construction in the region.


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• Create a Padlet and explore its potential
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Chapter One: A Day in the Park
One fine bright, sunny day,
in the warm, pleasant month of May,
as I was happily strolling down the street,
happily eating my strawberry flavoured ice cream treat,
I saw a furry white cat,
who was wearing a bright blue hat.
The white cat was with a friend,
a furry grey cat who was very fat.
The white cat stopped to rest on a bench in the park,
which was dark, with her friend the grey cat.
The white cat suddenly jumped up from the bench
and looked around and said,
"Where is my hat?"
The white cat had lost its hat and looked
very sad and very mad.
The grey cat then said,
"Let's go find your hat."
They walked back and forth throughout the park,
when they saw the hat on another cat,
The other cat was a brown cat who was dark,
and who was accompanied by a woman,
who had a hundred cats in the park.
She looked at the grey cat,
and the white cat without the hat,
and said "Come with me and become another
member of my hundred cats."
They all followed the woman with a hundred cats.
Along the way they met an orange and white cat,
who was very big and fat.
The woman with a hundred cats began to talk,
and said to the orange and white cat
"Come with me and my friends for a walk."
They all walked to her huge home,
where cats can easily roam,
and where all the cats were given new hats.
There were now over one hundred cats,
each wearing a new hat,
and each cat with a new hat had its own home,
on a large estate where they could easily roam,
and have plenty of food to eat,
which they all saw as a treat.
So all the cats were happy and content,
and had a life of luxury,
for which they were never meant
Chapter Two: The Woman With a Hundred Cats
The woman with a hundred cats,
had her house invaded one morning,
by a hundred rats.
The cats chased the rats,
and the rats then chased the cats,
and they dirtied up,
a hundred door mats.
At night the house was invaded,
by a hundred bats,
who scared the hundred cats,
and the hundred rats,
and who also dirtied up,
a hundred door mats.
The next morning the house was invaded,
by a hundred gnats,
who scared the hundred cats, the hundred rats,
and the hundred bats.
They all ran from the house,
leaving the woman,
with a hundred door mats.
A hundred pairs of shoes sat,
on the hundred door mats.
The woman cleaned the shoes,
to use in search of,
another hundred cats.


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Even though their breakup was mutual and peaceful, it turns out that the actress was still 'disappointed' by it. As fans know, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin put an end to their relationship in 2014 after being married for a decade!
Earlier today on her Goop podcast, the star just so happened to also celebrate ten years since she started the company and opened up about her and Chris' uncoupling.
Gwyneth Paltrow 'consciously uncoupled' from Chris Martin, but it doesn't mean she was happy about it.
'I think Chris and I are really like-minded. We were disappointed our marriage was not going to work, and we were not going to have the thing where you are married to the parent of your children for the rest of your lives,' the actress told her audience.
The exes share two children together – Moses, 12 and Apple, 14.
Paltrow addressed her controversial decision to refer to the divorce in the split announcement as 'conscious uncoupling' saying she did not regret it.
However, she admitted she does have some regrets.
'I think I have learned so much through this whole process. I think, that sometimes, especially when I look back at some of my most vulnerable moments, I was very earnest and sometimes that is just cringe-worthy. Where you are like, 'Oh, why did I do that?' But this was a time when I was in a lot of pain.'
Since the divorce from Chris Martin, Gwyneth has moved on, and she is now engaged to Brad Falchuk.
Meanwhile, Martin is reportedly dating Dakota Johnson.
When asked about their nearly one-year-long relationship during an interview with Tatler, Dakota responded: 'I'm not going to talk about it. But I am very happy.'


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The Perfect Storm rolls on.
Next stop, Orono.
The 2012 Scarborough field hockey team has erased the heartache of recent early playoff departures by producing a level of dominance this fall so dazzling it is bordering on the historic.
After a 14-0 regular season which featured a jawdropping defensive feat of not a single goal allowed, the Red Storm earned the No. 1 seed and made quick work of No. 8 Thornton Academy (4-0) in the quarterfinals and fourth-ranked Westbrook (3-0, behind goals from Emily Bunting, Elly Walker and Grace Whelan) in the semis to set up a 1 versus 2 showdown against Cheverus Tuesday evening in the Western Class A Final.
Scarborough entered the game having beaten Cheverus in 10 of 11 all-time meetings, including a 4-0 romp at the Stags on Sept. 21. The teams had split two prior playoff meetings.
Tuesday, just 3 minutes, 5 seconds in, Scarborough got the only goal it would need when Bunting scored unassisted.
"An early lead was huge," said Red Storm senior goalie Shannon Hicks. "We were ready to play and it showed by that goal. We kept playing harder and harder and that made Cheverus have to come back."
"You never know how the girls will respond to the crowd, but they came out firing yet again," said Scarborough coach Kerry Mariello. "(Scoring early) is (Emily's) niche. That's her thing now. She's a hard worker."
Considering the Red Storm hadn't given up a single goal all season, even a 1-0 lead was daunting, but when Ali Pelczar converted a penalty stroke 10 minutes later, the lead was insurmountable.
"I haven't taken strokes much," Pelczar said. "I wasn't thinking about it. It was like practice or warming up before a game and I just shot. Karli-An Gilbert and I are the two people who take them. This is the first stroke we've had all year. I wasn't nervous. I always thought I would be, but I didn't think about it. I just took the shot."
To its credit, Cheverus didn't wilt and instead put a lot of pressure on the Scarborough defense, but despite some good looks, couldn't break through.
Then, with 13:11 left in the game, Abby Walker delivered the coup de grace on a rebound and Scarborough went on to a 3-0 victory.
The Red Storm improved to 17-0 on the season, extended its shutout streak to 17 games (further broken down into 1,020 minutes of impenetrable defense), ended the Stags' fine season at 15-2 and set up a delicious Class A state final showdown Saturday versus undefeated, two-time champion Skowhegan at the University of Maine in Orono (6 p.m. start time).
"It feels great," said Pelczar. "I've been wanting this for a couple years since I was a freshman and watched (the 2009) team win (a championship). I wanted to be the one on the field doing it and it feels so awesome."
"We knew Cheverus was going to be a great battle," said Mariello. "They're a great team. We'll take it any way we can. All the girls are hungry. They'll take advantage and execute. We didn't want to have the sting we had in the past."
It didn't come easily, but another shutout was in the books and the Red Storm is now one shutout from tying the 1998 Winslow Black Raiders from right here in Maine for the all-time national record for successive whitewashings in one season.
"I had seven shots against Sanford, but this was a really intense game," said Hicks. "Sometimes I get a little bored, but tonight was a good feeling. A lot of other teams have a couple really, really strong players. We have 11 players at a time who are amazing. No one is better than the other. That's how we've done it."
"The girls maintain a level of stability with their heads," Mariello said. "We expected to get some shots fired at us. We were bound to get some (pressure). We were ready. These girls have challenged themselves. We take it as a compliment to take a challenge and overcome. It's incredible. You can't fathom the fact (the shutout streak has) happened or as a coach think it would. They work double the amount in practice to get to this level. It's a tribute to them."
The stuff of legend
Scarborough now has a chance to not only win a second state championship in its third title game appearance, but to do so by not surrendering a single goal.
Its opponent Saturday won't make it easy, as Skowhegan has outscored its 17 foes this fall by a composite margin of 144-2, including 27-1 in the postseason.
Scarborough played Skowhegan in each of its prior two championship appearances, dropping an agonizing 2-1 overtime decision in the 2008 game and returning the favor by the same score the following year, thanks to Ellie Morin's game winner in OT.
The Red Storm is eager to get back to the pinnacle and to leave its mark as arguably the finest team the state has ever seen.
"We played really, really hard tonight, but that just means we have to play that much harder Saturday," Hicks said. "We're very confident. We have to do what we've been doing, play with our heads, our hearts and our sticks. I know we can do it."
"We have far more depth and balance (than the 2008 and 2009 teams)," Mariello said. "The unity is unexplainable. We'll prepare the girls mentally for Saturday as much as a possible. (Skowhegan puts) their shoes and clothes on the same as our girls. It will be a hell of a game. We'll give them a fight."
Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @foresports.
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Scarborough sophomore Maddie Dobecki handles the ball while being pressured by Cheverus senior Staci Swallow during the Red Storm's 3-0 Western Class A Final victory Tuesday night.
Scarborough senior captains (from left) Grace Whelan, Mikaela Gove, Karli-An Gilbert and Shannon Hicks raise the championship trophy after the Red Storm's victory. Scarborough will battle Skowhegan in the state final Saturday in Orono.
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While it is customary to begin a course with lots of various statements, this one will start with one major question. What is the most important decision a pilot can make? The answer is: When NOT to fly. The explanation for this is simple: If the pilot isn't ready; if the equipment isn't ready; or the conditions are not right than don't fly. While none of us want to say "don't fly" it is the safest thing we can say when conditions are not right no matter if it is remote control or full scale.
Every pilot is responsible for the overall safe operation of his or her aircraft. It is therefore essential that each pilot understands and follows the general safety guidelines established by the AMA as well as familiarizing yourself with local club rules and policies for frequency control, flying, starting, taxiing, spotting, no fly areas and dead line. While it would be impossible to cover rules for every field we will give a generalization of guidelines to follow and questions to ask the local field sponsor or trainer.
The following 10 items are crucial to the safe operation of every flying field and local rules should be obtained for each field you fly at from the safety officer or representative who has them.
Remember that modeling is intended to be fun and entertaining. If you and your flying friends are not having fun... Figure out why and solve it.
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Written By: Matthew Sprosty
On December 12, 1996, a Labrador retriever named Salty was born. By early 1998, Salty was going through five months of vigorous training at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind, seeing eye dog training center, in Yorktown Heights, New York. His destiny was to be a New York City see- ing eye dog, which meant that he needed to get used to the subway system, crowded side- walks, and traffic in the Bronx.
New Recipe: Odd Dog coffee cake
Have you ever noticed this thing online when you are searching for recipes, and now people want to give you their life story beforehand? Like, "oh, did you want to learn how to make a fantastic chicken pot pie? Let me tell you about how I survived horrible working conditions in a third world sausage factory, was an ostracized whistle blower who hijacked a pirate ship with my three kids to be safely reunited with their rugby playing father and now we're all settled in New Zealand, and don't you just love the way the sunlight reflects off my yellow walls in my kitchen?"
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Have we discussed the rules to reading this blog?
There's really only one— you must have a warm (or ice cold) cup of coffee (preferably Odd Dog brand) somewhere within arm's length. That's it. That's all folks. Much like Romance Novels must only be consumed with red wine and a crackling fire, the Odd Dog Blog (which, I just noticed, rhymes) can only be appreciated with the sweet, delicious coffee berry-derived liquid slapping at your tongue, warming (or cooling) your throat, filling your stomach, and revving your engine for the day.
You ever look at the logo for Odd Dog coffee? By now, if you're drinking it, and you're reading this blog, you have probably ordered yourself a bag and gotten your free sticker.
The logo of Odd Dog Coffee, a yellow silhouette of a Jack Russell Terrier named Cody. He is one of the owners oldest and most loyal friends (I imagine.) I share the love of Jack Russell Terriers with Mr. Hancock, as I, too, fell in love with one, a puppy that I purchased from a farm in Southern Ohio back in 2003 when I was in college.
As a cinephile, I fell in love with Jack Russells as their proclivity for training had them as a popular option to be on film and television sets. From Milo in The Mask, Gene Hackman's dog in Crimson Tide, Jack from The Artist, and most notably
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I'm actually writing this as I drink my first ever cup of Odd Dog Coffee. The package came in the mail a couple of days ago, which was two days after I ordered it, and the first thing I noticed was the smell. Dear God, that delicious smell of real, roasted coffee. Not the smell you get when you tear some weird piece of plastic from a rubber can of processed beans that are who-knows-how-old, but the smell


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How many of you remember that question on the driver's license test that talks about which way you are supposed to turn your wheels when you park on a hill? Not very many is seems. On the way up the hill in the bus this morning I was watching the cars parked on the side of the street. About two thirds of them didn't angle their tires at all; of those who did angle their tired, it was split cleanly half and half as to which direction they were turned. What I can't figure out is, of those one sixth of the people who actually had their tired turned the direction they were supposed to, did they actually know what they were doing or did they just get lucky?


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Using MobBridge, publishers can display ads for iOS or Android apps on their website. When users click on these ads, they're taken to a specific landing page containing a QR code to scan for the app. Users can also have a direct link to the app's store page sent to their phone via email for later downloading.
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TBY talks to K. Ekim Alptekin, President of the Turkish-American Business Association (TABA-AmCham), on Turkish-US trade and changing perceptions about Turkey.
BIOGRAPHYK. Ekim Alptekin, President of the Turkish American Business Association (TABA-AmCham), is committed to the chamber's mission of boosting trans-Atlantic trade and bolstering the commercial angle of decades-long Turkish-American partnership. He graduated from the University of Utrecht with a degree in Law and Economics and has worked for various international institutions, notably the US House of Representatives' International Relations Committee and the Netherlands Parliament during the Dutch Presidency of the EU. On the business front, he is the founder and president of EA Aerospace A.Ş, a major shareholder of Eclipse Aerospace; an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based aircraft manufacturer. He is also commercially active in the Real Estate and Entertainment industries through his companies EA Inşaat and OneColony A.Ş., respectively.
Given the size of both the Turkish and US economies, how would you characterize the volume of trade and investment between the two?
The US is the world's largest economy, and Turkey ranks 17th with an aim to enter the top 10 by 2023. With the importance of both economies in mind, the trade flow between the two is nowhere near where you would expect it to be. Although large multinational companies, such as TABA members Honeywell and Motorola, are familiar with the Turkish market, mid-sized companies remain uninformed about the potential that Turkey offers. For example, many US companies are importing products from Mexico, which they are likely to get for a better price and higher quality in Turkey. Although globalization has made the world smaller, we still see a lot of information gaps that prevent the right markets from finding each other. There is unrealized trade potential between many countries, but the commercial component of the Turkish-American relationship is dwarfed by the level of political and military integration between the two countries. We have been talking about developing the potential in our commercial relations for decades now, but we have finally reached a point that the size and quality of our trade is growing and we are seeing more and more bilateral investment. The commitment of the government of Turkey has been an important incentive as well in this regard. Minister of Economy Zafer Çağlayan has identified the US as a key priority, which helps us to create the right level of awareness and infrastructure needed to seize this momentum.
What role is Turkish investment playing in the US?
The US-Turkish economic relationship cannot be described solely by looking at trade flows anymore. Now, we are seeing mutual investments back and forth, and not just in traditional areas such as textiles. For example, Eczacıbaşı has acquired a company in the US called Capintec, which is producing nuclear measurement devices. Sarkuysan, a leading producer of copper wires in Turkey, has established Sark-USA with its headquarters in Albany, New York, and therefore now has a solid base of operation and production in the US. Similarly, there are companies like EA Havacılık that have made successful aerospace investments. These are large Turkish companies moving into the US and making sizeable investments, but there are also many Turkish-American entrepreneurs that have started their own companies in the US. There are a lot of exciting stories there. For example, the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which is involved in the aerospace and defense industry, was founded and is run by a husband and wife team from Turkey who now reside in the US. The company employs more than 3,000 people and has a turnover that surpasses $2 billion. This is an amazing success story. Another example is entrepreneur and philanthropist Yalçin Ayaslı, as well as the popular yogurt company Chobani, which was founded by Hamdi Ulukaya. But there are more success stories that people are unaware of, and they are taking place in aviation, aerospace, defense, and high-technology industries, and this is what is truly exciting me.
To what extent should the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the EU be a priority for Turkey?
I believe it is hugely important, and thankfully the Turkish government has shown early initiative in making sure Turkey is not excluded. We would be wrong to view it as just a free trade agreement (FTA). The likelihood of a transatlantic common market happening between the EU and the US has never been this high, and if realized as envisioned it will undoubtedly have a lot of political effect as well. In a way, I compare it to the Marshall Plan because it could provide the economic spark that Europe needs to lift itself out of its current economic malaise. It is of course hugely important for Turkey as well, because the EU is our largest trading partner. It is important economically, but also politically, because we are invested in the long-term future of the EU. Whether we become an EU member state or not, we want the EU to be a successful political and economic union. As a member of the EU Customs Union and a candidate for membership, Turkey has already harmonized its economic regulations with the EU and would be a logical component of the TTIP. The letter of the Customs Union Treaty requires Turkey to separately negotiate FTAs with third-party countries that the EU signs with. However, I believe the EU has a responsibility toward Turkey to integrate it into the TTIP. To avoid a road accident, relevant Ministers such as Zafer Çağlayan and Minister of EU Affairs Egemen Bağış are taking coordinated steps to ensure parallel negotiations with the US should the EU ignore this responsibility. I think the White House, the Secretary of State, and now the Secretary of Defense all know Turkey very well, and they all understand the strategic importance of the country. My concern is that Turkey needs to invest more time and effort into reaching out to the US Congress. Congress has other reflexes beyond the executive branch, and it has the final say on FTAs. For this reason, I trust that Prime Minister Erdoğan will add Congress to his schedule during any upcoming US visit.
What is the Turkish-American Business Association (TABA-AmCham) doing to influence public opinion and lobby the government in the US?
We have to go beyond just lobbying Washington. We need to be locally present and we need to show the US that we are investors in the country. We create jobs in almost every region, and we do this by buying products and investing in the US. We are buying American products and our members are involved in the local production of jet aircraft and the national space program. We are more active participants in the US economy, and we need to be more actively involved in local US politics. The way to do that is to first make sure that people are aware of what we do, and this starts with engaging opinion and decision makers. With our new initiative in the US, called TABA-USA, we want to approach congressmen and women in their districts and show them that we are their constituents and employers in their district, and support them in their policies, where there is a mutual interest. This is not a political lobbying group. Instead, it is focusing on highlighting the importance of doing business with Turkey and Turkish-Americans at a local level. The group has no partisan agenda and we will not attempt to lobby about any contentious political issues. We already have excellent diplomats such as Namık Tan who can argue those cases in the right corridors. What we are focused on is grassroots educational activities, highlighting the incredible trade and investment opportunities that both nations can find in our respective countries. I think that if Turkey continues its current economic performance, then naturally the biggest question will be whether it can sustain the economic growth it enjoys. Turkey has shown remarkable resilience with regard to the global economic downturn. Clearly we are not entirely unaffected by the global crisis, because we are all on the same plane, but I think we are certainly flying first class. We have better security belts, and things are running more smoothly on our part of the plane. I think that if we can continue to implement a smart and calculated economic policy, our growth will continue for years to come. Furthermore, if we can pull off the new outreach that the Turkish government has initiated on the Kurdish issue, we can finally rid the country of its largest burden. If we are able to solve the issue with the PKK and free our country of terrorism, we will see a real revolution in growth in Turkey, and achieve our targets for 2023.
Guest Speaker
Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Sustainable development is growth that doesn't burden our children or grandchildren. We at the EBRD believe that the current economic crisis is an opportunity for us all to have a close look at the way we manage our resources and build our future. And we are already doing exactly that in Turkey.read article
Volker Hammes, Head of BASF Business Center Turkey, Middle East & North Africa and CEO, BASF Türk
TBY talks to Volker Hammes, Head of BASF Business Center for Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, and CEO of BASF Turk, on Turkey as a regional hub, the investment environment, and the company's role in the country.read article
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Muharrem Dörtkaşlı, President & CEO, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
TBY talks to Muharrem Dörtkaşlı, President & CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), on the development of the company, major projects and accomplishments, and adding higher value-added products to the export list.read article
Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications, Turkey
TBY talks to Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications, on the benefits of high-speed trains, the possibility of becoming a maritime hub, and the importance of civil aviation.read article
Hasan Arat, Chairman, Istanbul 2020 Olympic Bid Committee
TBY talks to Hasan Arat, Chairman of the Istanbul 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, on the city as the perfect candidate for an international event and the importance of better infrastructure and a young demographic as it vies for the prize.read article


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The greatest of all historical mysteries is that of Jesus – was he 'God', or just a man? Did he really exist or is he merely a legend? The evidence in the four gospels is confused and contradictory, the provenance of the gospels themselves shrouded in mystery and open to doubt. We might know the answer to the question of Jesus if we had an earlier gospel of his life, one written by his friends in Israel, in the Aramaic language.
There are rumours that such a gospel once existed, written by a Jew called Matityahu, 'in the Hebrew language', but it hasn't been seen for nearly two thousand years.
The Mystery of the King is the story of the finding of this lost gospel, and of the picture it paints of the real Jesus.
The Mystery of the King is not just another theory about the Jesus puzzle; it is the solution which has put the enigma to rest for all time.


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Multicasting CCTV
Multicast is a technique for one-to-numerous transmission which is regularly sent in IP uses of spilling media. Different viewers can at the same time tap into a solitary transmission from one source, like TV broadcasts.
To profit from Multicast, numerous concurrent perspectives of the same stream are needed. For clients who have different administrators seeing the same live cams, Multicast may be an advantage.
Nonetheless, in most security applications, Network Video Management Systems (NVMS) are utilized to view recorded feature considerably more than live feature, such as surveying feature from a particular date and time, around a caution occasion, or investigating feature as a major aspect of an examination. Since all recorders, including the most progressive multicast-based recorders, are taking into account Unicast feature gushing for playback, there truly is no increase on operation execution by using Multicast system.
To acknowledge huge profits from Multicast transmissions, a multicast-empowered system must be developed to empower single stream replication on the IP system, making it accessible for each client looking to view it.
Multicast stream must be utilized on the Local Area Network. Administrators conveying over a remote association or over the corporate WAN will impart utilizing Unicast stream naturally, and won't pick up from the Multicast ability. Also, IT divisions are watchful about empowering Multicast on their system because of security reasons, also the expense connected with it.
And Unicast?
With Unicast transmission, each client in the system who might want to view feature will get a committed feature stream from the Video Management System (VMS). Contrasted with Multicast transmission, Unicast does use more data transfer capacity; on the other hand, these streams are just needed between the source and the "viewer", and don't influence the whole system (as a Multicast transmission would.)
With VMS usage of cutting edge feature pressure innovation and the capacity to keep up symmetric data transmission administration of feature, clients can oversee different superb feature streams on a Unicast system without the sending of Multicast transmission.
To condense, Multicast transmissions do offer the profit of lower data transfer capacity utilization, yet accompanies higher system development cost. Unicast give cost-reserve funds on the development of Multicast-empowered systems while keeping up ongoing, low inertness, top notch feature with sufficient transfer speed administration for all clients on the system.


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Spanish agency Sanchis y Asociados has expanded its Latin American
network, Hispacom, with last week's opening of a Guatemalan office. The
new operation, Hispacom Guatemala, is a joint venture between Sanchis
and Guatemalan businessman Julio Ligorria and represents Hispacom's
first foray into Central America. Ligorria will head the new operation,
reporting to Sanchis chairman Jose Luis Sanchis. Sanchis said: 'This is
the first office to be opened by the group in central America and will
be followed by El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica in the next two
months.' Hispacom Guatemala, formally opened last Friday, will
specialise in business and political communications.


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I've been building and now ironing out all the problems with my new Ryzen system (specs below) over the last week.
I currently have 2 outstanding issues left which I cannot work out on my own.
Num 1: If I try to overclock my GPU, in any manner with Afterburner or Precision X, my entire windows desktop just freezes as soon as I click the apply button. After about 5 seconds the mouse will move a little bit, but it is laggy, then everything completely freezes again. I have to hard reset to use the computer again. What on earth could that be? the GPU's overclocked fine in my previous PC.
Num 2: 1 of my 2 monitors connected via display port keeps resetting it's color range/format in the Nvidia CP. It keeps trying to default to [CYbCr422], [limited output] after restart or whenever it can. The really strange thing is if I try to change it back to [RGB], [full output] the screen's flash but Nvidia CP resets it back to [CYbCr422] straight after. The only thing that helps is unplugging and replugging the monitor in. I have replaced the cable, swapped cards, swapped monitors but it still does it. I can't work it out?
Thank you for your help,
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Football in Pakistan has seen a sharp decline in the last twelve years. This is because the management committee is plagued by individuals following their personal interests. That fact that the global governing body of football had to step in and sort out the issues created by domestic powers-sharing disputes should be a sharp reminder of how dysfunctional the management of football in Pakistan had become. It should also be a sharp reminder that all those associated with the management in this period are guilty of this decline and need to go.
FIFA has currently appointed a Normalisation Committee to deal with the issues of football in Pakistan and to streamline the management that is not focusing on the growth of the sport. Unsurprising those who stand to lose the most from a neutral arbitration are the ones making the most noise. Faisal Saleh Hayat is one of the members due to which the controversy was sparked and prompted FIFA to take action. Hayat has been religiously opposing the Normalisation Committee, accusing it of being biased and working against the progress and development of the sport in the country. FIFA, however, has decided to go ahead with the Normalisation Committee and entrust the members appointed to do their job.
The government along with members of the PFF have been against the total control of Hayat on the PFF and wanted him removed in the previous elections too. Based on his performance and the ranking of the Pakistani football team, it is best to back the initiative of FIFA and ensure that the Normalisation Committee faces no challenges in the performance of their duty. It is also time that new administration is brought in at the PFF, as new ideas can improve the current set up and improve the chances of growth of Pakistani football players.


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"Wildness" as a metaphor for self-definition of the colonised subject in the Positivist period in Poland
Anna Kołos
This article discusses the question of the Polish nation's self-definition in the Positivist period both in belles-lettres and in journalism, which were dependent to a great extent on the colonial discourse. It is argued that crucial metaphors of "wildness," "savageness" or "backwardness" stem from orientalising labels created by the colonisers. Examination of this issue requires some basic introduction to historical and anthropological ideas which date back to the Age of Enlightenment. The aim of this paper is to shed light – by analysing literature examples such as Ludwik Powidaj, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Maria Konopnicka, Eliza Orzeszkowa and Henryk Sienkiewicz – on the so called "colonial trauma" that has condemned the Polish image to resentful ideology. Furthermore, the paper will provide arguments in favour of subscribing to the postcolonial studies in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Poland, Prussia, Eastern Europe, Ludwik Powidaj, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Maria Konopnicka, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Henryk Sienkiewicz, literature, positivism, postcolonial theory, orientalisation, otherness, wildness, civilisation
DOI: 10.15503/jecs20111-81-95


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Bengal polls: All eyes on Raiganj, Darjeeling in phase 2
In the backdrop of the controversy over the ruling Trinamool Congress roping in Bangladeshi actors for campaigning, three northern West Bengal constituencies, including the keenly-watched Raiganj and Darjeeling, go to the hustings in round two of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.
Jalpaiguri, known for its lush green forests and tea gardens, completes the list of constituencies ready for elections on the morrow, as the Lok Sabha poll caravan climbs up the picturesque eastern Himalayas and then descends to the foothills christened dooars before going further down to the plains, exactly a week after the opening round saw stray violence and allegations of electoral malpractices in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar in the region.
A total of 49,32,346 voters are eligible to express their democratic choice across 5,390 polling stations to decide the fate of 42 candidates in multi-cornered fights mainly involving the Trinamool, BJP, CPI-M and Congress.
The star constituency is the Muslim dominated Raiganj in North Dinajpur district, where sitting MP Mohammad Salim of the CPI-M is taking on former Union Minister and Congress nominee Deepa Dasmunsi, BJP state General Secretary Debasree Chaudhuri and Trinamool candidate Kanaia Lal Agarwal. Ten other candidates, including five Independents, are also in the fray.
Dasmunsi had narrowly lost to Salim five years back, and the tug-of-war between the CPI-M led Left Front and the Congress during their failed seat adjustment talks last month saw much bad blood over the constituency.
Salim, who tops the list among state MPs in terms of MPLAD funds utilisation, said he was striving to keep the focus on development.
"In the last four years, a number of divisive issues were deliberately brought up by the BJP and the Trinamool to disturb peace in the district. Therefore, the question of people's unity and ensuring communal harmony is of utmost importance," Salim said.
For Dasmunsi, it is a fight to retain the country's secular character and pluralism by installing a Congress government. "The Trinamool Congress did not allow setting up of the AIIMS hospital here. We will fulfil the long-cherished dream of the people this time around," she said.
Chaudhuri is banking on the 'large-scale development' initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country.
"People will vote for us on the development mantra. The health infrastructure and rail and road connectivity in the region is languishing. I will work on all these issues if I win," she said.
Trinamool's Agarwal, in the eye of storm after Bangladeshi actor Ferdous Ahmed was seen campaigning for him, has denied any knowledge about the celebrity from the neighbouring nation having been invited to woo voters on his behalf.
The issue got escalated further after a second video surfaced, in which Bangladeshi actor Gazi Abdun Noor was seen campaigning for Trinamool's Lok Sabha candidate for Dum Dum constituency, Sougata Roy, in the company of another party leader Madan Mitra.
The Central government has cancelled Ferdous's visa and blacklisted him, while the BJP has demanded cancellation of Agarwal's candidature and an NIA probe to find out the sponsors who let a foreign national interfere in India's democratic elections to elect the Central government.
In Darjeeling -- famed for its tea, timber and tourism -- BJP's Raju Singh Bisht is taking on Trinamool's Amar Singh Rai, Saman Pathak of the CPI-M and Congress' Sankar Malakar. There are also seven candidates from other registered parties and five Independents in the fray.
The Darjeeling seat was won by the BJP in 2009 and 2014. Union Minister and sitting MP S.S. Ahluwalia has been fielded by the party from South Bengal's Burdwan-Durgapur seat this time.
Having witnessed the often violent agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state since the mid 1980s, this may be the first time in decades that none of the principal contestants are harping on the issue.
The principal hill party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which spearheaded the agitation for years, is a divided house now. While one faction is backing the BJP, the other section is supporting the Trinamool.
In Jalpaiguri, sitting MP Bijoy Chandra Barman is again contesting as a Trinamool candidate. Jayanta Kumar Ray, a medico, is the BJP candidate while the Congress has fielded tea workers' leader Mani Kumar Darnal with the CPI(M) fielding Bhagirath Chandra Roy.
Five candidates from other registered parties and three Independents too are in the fray.
Organised tea garden workers and their dependents form about 40 per cent of the electorate in Jalpaiguri, and enjoy a share of around 50 per cent in the whole Darjeeling constituency, including the hills and plains.
As per the electoral roll, there are 25,22,887 men, 24,09,372 women and 87 registered in the 'other' category for the three constituencies that go to the polls on Thursday.
Jalpaiguri (SC) has 1,868 polling stations, Darjeeling 1,899 and Raiganj 1,623.
According to an analysis done by the West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms, of the 42 candidates, 13 have declared criminal cases against themselves and 14 are crorepatis.
To ensure foolproof security, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 194 companies of central paramilitary forces in the three constituencies.
The subsequent phases of polls in West Bengal will be held on April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19.
The votes will be counted on May 23. IANS


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Meenekshi "Meena" Bose is a Faculty Director for Academic Seminar in the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1993 Forum as a Graduate Student for the Princeton University. The year with the most videos was 2015 with three videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2013 with an average of 566 views per program as a Director for the Center for Study of the Presidency in the Hofstra University. Most appearances with Dan Glickman (2), Martha Joynt Kumar (2).


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The Centre will provide updates on books about federalism and multi-governance experience both in Australia and from other countries, written by distinguished academic visitors to the School of Politics and International Relations. These books will provide new comparative perspectives on what outside scholars find interesting and problematic about federalism here and beyond. The idea is to look beyond Australia, or, to consider Australia in comparative perspective in order to find new questions and renew debate.
Avoiding Governors: Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina
Author/editor: Tracy Beck Fenwick
Year published: 2015
With the goal of showing the effect of domestic factors on the performance of poverty alleviation strategies in Latin America, Tracy Beck Fenwick explores the origins...
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Skull Cave – 16 November 2012
We dip back into the archives for another episode of the Skull Cave – this time from November 2012. This one also features the much-loved quiz.
The Ghost Interviews Graham Nash (1986)
British singer-songwriter Graham Nash (of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame) has released six solo albums throughout the course of his career (the first of which was recently re-issued). Stephen…
The Ghost Interviews Nick Cave (1989)
Can you believe it's been more than 30 years since the release of the Australian film Ghosts... of the Civil Dead?! The intense prison drama stars Nick Cave; he also co-wrote the…
Skull Cave – 1 Feb 2013
No interviews and no quiz during this edition of the Skull Cave – just The Ghost and yet another impeccable selection of tunes for three hours. Enjoy!
Skull Cave – 7 November 2008
The Ghost battled bad weather and chaos on the streets of Melbourne to bring us this edition of the Skull Cave back on 7 November 2008.
Skull Cave – 9 November 2012
Another Skull Cave episode from the vaults, featuring the much loved quiz after 6pm.
The Ghost interviews Jim Carroll (1996)
We pull another one from The Ghost Tapes this week - his interview with American punk, poet and author Jim Carroll in '96, not long after the film version of his memoir The…
Skull Cave – 25 Jan 2013
This episode of the Skull Cave is from 25 January 2013, The Ghost's first show back that year after his summer break.
The Ghost interviews JG Thirlwell (1987)
While in NYC for the New Music Seminar Conference in '87, The Ghost caught up with Melbourne born, New York based artist JG Thirlwell (also known as Foetus, Clint Ruin, Frank Want). Thirlwell…


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Newly described remains of a toothed bird with a 6.4m wingspan is probably the largest flying bird ever. Originally unearthed in 1983 during construction of the Charleston International Airport, Pelagornis sandersi appears to have landed a little early!The bird was twice the size of the modern Royal Albatross and is above what was previously considered the largest size for a flying bird. Using computer models has shown that the extinct animal would have been an efficient glider, but struggled with take off.What interests me about this, is that the bird lived 25-28 million years ago. This is within a time interval of significant ocean current changes and increasing plankton biodiversity; a more productive marine realm appears to have supported larger animals higher up the food chain.
Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20- to 24-foot wingspan, the creature surpassed the previous record holder -- an extinct bird named Argentavis magnificens -- and was twice as big as the royal albatross, the largest flying bird today. Computer simulations show that the bird's long slender wings helped it stay aloft despite its enormous size.


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Space object WT1190F observed on 9 October 2015 with the University of Hawaii 2.2-metre telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
The expected 13 November 2015 re-entry of WT1190F, a suspected rocket body, poses very little risk to anyone but could help scientists improve our understanding of how any object – man-made or natural – interacts with Earth's atmosphere.


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What was the name of this project and why?
The builder Kelly Ritz of Stonebridge Homes named this the Home Sweet Home to reflect its farmhouse style. We featured this show home in the 2014 Clark County Parade of Homes.
What neighborhood was this home in?
The 2014 Parade of Homes show was located at Erickson Farms in Clark County.
What was the demographic of the target buyer?
The Parade of Homes allows home builders to demonstrate the latest in design trends and home technology. This home was staged as a showcase for home buyers who are looking for inspiration for their own homes or for a builder to build their dream home. Because the home was built on land that was previously a farm, the builder wanted to showcase a modern, energy efficient farmhouse with modern conveniences.
The targeted buyer would possibly be young family who wanted a sustainable lifestyle in a modern farmhouse.
Who was the client?
Kelly Ritz of Stonebridge Homes contacted Imagine Home Staging to stage this project. We worked with her on both an award winning Street of Dreams Home in 2012 and a home in the Street of Affordable Dreams.
What challenges did you overcome?
Show homes are always a challenge, as we want to stage to the specific style of the home while also making the home stylish. Staging can't overwhelming the finishes, and must appeal to a very wide audience. Everything in the home must fuel the viewer's desire for new, innovative design ideas and help them visualize their dream home. This not an easy task.
We added a linen colored couch, which added texture and kept the focus on the natural oak floors. Cowhide kept with the theme, and the wood coffee table added warmth and a natural element to room.
What features were you focused on showcasing?
We focused on working with the modern farmhouse style and took a few chances on some of our design choices.
A contemporary cow head on the fireplace in the dining room added a memorable element and fit the style of the home.
We asked Danali Furnishings to make a custom live edge dining table from reclaimed wood for the family kitchen table. This was a huge hit at the show! Danali Furnishings also made some custom bookshelves for the library.
We added personality to each of the kids' rooms. My husband Lenny Shipley, even made a custom headboard for the boys' room out of pallets. We added fishing accessories to complete this room.
For the girls' Jack and Jill bedrooms, we made a curtain rod out of a branch for one room and added ribbons to the drapery panels to each room and decorated them with a vintage farmhouse theme.
We painted the ping pong table orange for the bonus room — a fun punch of color that received a lot of interaction at the show.
For the staircase leading to the bedrooms, we featured photography from Colleen Cahill Studios.
This show home provided fun and challenging work for us. The home was well received and generated a lot of interest. As a result, we had many of inquires about the staging, which lead us to some design work with homeowners. Stonebridge Homes NW builds beautiful and energy efficient homes so it was a pleasure working with them on this project.
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Lenny and Lisa are amazing!!!! Thank you to Imagine Home Staging for creating a gorgeous space that is "picture perfect". True professionals, great to work with and have an amazing gift for design.
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Great people, great furniture, solid service. I've worked with Lenny and Lisa several times and haven't been disappointed yet. I truly believe my properties sell faster because of their staging work.
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