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Tech Giant Apple has increased the cost of apps for its iOS running iPhone and iPad devices by an average rate of 17.5 per cent.
The company cited fluctuations in exchange rates between the dollar and other currencies as a key reason for the price bump.
This means that the minimum price for an app will increase from 59p to 69p. Other apps which sell for above the minimum rate have also seen a price increase with some of the top-end apps increasing in cost by as much as 20 per cent.
The news comes just as Switzerland, Australia and Japan have all seen a reduction in the cost of apps in Apples App Store.


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February 12, 2011
Hamill called in today to report that the team is hunkered down at C2 after carrying to High Camp yesterday. They took a "weather rest day" today and are optimistic the storm will die down tomorrow. If the storm dies down they'll make the move to HC tomorrow and summit on Monday, weather permitting.
Time will tell.
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I have a confession to make. As a child I loved chicken nuggets. I loved McDonald's wide array of dipping sauces, and my sister and I would have lengthy discussions about which were the best ones. They were a special treat that we enjoyed.
As an adult, I look back and realize that much of what I loved about chicken nuggets (and, for all I know, they were a different product then what are now served) was not any potential protein fillers and chemicals that could have been laced into our meal. But rather I loved what most kids love – mild chicken meals that fulfilled my protein needs, served with a sweet flavorful sauce. A homemade version would have been just as lovely.
In fact, I think that chicken nuggets, even in their fakest forms, are tapping into a child's innate need of high-quality protein and delicious food. And that's why I hate it when kid-friendly foods aren't fulfilling their biological purpose, but are instead filled with garbage. The child picking out chicken nuggets for a school lunch isn't making that decision based on a need for sugar, soy, and chemicals, but rather a need for good food that those little nuggets of hopefully-real-food should be meeting.
Monica Eng from the podcast, Chew the Fat, of WBEZ in Chicago has been trying to find out from the Chicago public schools what's really in their chicken nuggets. The school claimed that information wasn't available from their food suppliers, but when the station finally filed a Freedom of Information Act request, she got the information she asked for. Unsurprisingly, the chicken nugget was mostly … not chicken.
Here's the list of the chicken filling (but not the coating): Textured soy protein concentrate, isolated soy protein, brown sugar, salt, onion powder, maltodextrin, silicon dioxide, citric acid, potassium chloride, sodium phosphates, and chicken. I love how chicken is kind of thrown in at the end, almost like an afterthought.
I have two problems with this. First, and most importantly, children eating a lot of chicken nuggets that are soy-based have the potential to be harmed by it. This is obviously a controversial topic, but I personally don't think that soy should be eaten in large amounts, but take the stance that soy should be eaten in moderation in fermented form. And the second problem I have with this is the food deception. A child who thinks he's being served a chicken dish should be served a chicken dish. Not a soy dish with a little chicken mixed in. It rubs me the wrong way.
Do you have a problem with your children being fed soy-based dishes when they are served "chicken"?
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December 14, 2018 update:
Demolition is getting underway to raze the old Holiday Inn hotel, making way for the construction of the new Village at Worthington Square. Building owners were working to shut off all utilities and prep the building for demolition, which is expected to begin the week of December 17th. The west wings will be demolished first, with the remaining front restaurant and ballroom scheduled for mid-January demolition. Debris and the foundation will then be removed, with final site clean-up and grading completed by late winter to early spring 2019.
February 26, 2018 update:
At its February 22, 2018 meeting, the Worthington Architectural Review Board (ARB) approved the site plan and architecture for redevelopment of the current Holiday Inn site. The ARB approved the plans submitted by property owner, the Witness Group, after a few modifications were made to the architecture of the two adjacent office buildings, and additional landscaping and screening was added to help screen the property from neighbors. Next, the Witness Group will be required to go to the Board of Zoning appeals to request variances for height, setback and parking.
The plans included findings of the completed traffic and stormwater studies. The traffic study has been approved by the City Engineer and the City's traffic consultant (Carpenter Marty), who have concluded no negative traffic impact would result from this development. The stormwater study has also been reviewed by the City Engineer and stormwater consultants (ms Consultants) and meets all stormwater standards and requirements.
2/22/2018 Meeting Agenda and Materials
2/22/2018 Meeting Presentation
Final Traffic Study
The project includes one hotel with 111 rooms at four stories in height. The site plan also includes four buildings along West Wilson Bridge Road that range from 6,700 to 13,600 square feet and range from one to two stories in height. These are a mix of commercial and office space. Another building at the corner of High Street and Caren Ave is approximately 11,000 square feet. It will come back to the ARB at a future date for review. The site plan also shows a proposed alignment of the drives with the Shops at Worthington Place.
The Witness Group, has been working with the City over the past year on the redevelopment of the site to provide a mix of uses that would complement the Wilson Bridge Corridor.
Previous meeting materials
11/9/17 Meeting Agenda and Materials
10/12/2017 ARB meeting - includes updated site plan
12/8/16 Architectural renderings and site plan
12/8/16 meeting agenda packet
11/10/16 Architectural renderings and site plan
11/10/16 meeting agenda packet
10/13/16 meeting agenda
6/23/16 ARB presentation
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3/10/16 ARB presentation
2/4/16 Town Hall Presentation
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Experience the thrill of Slitter.io game today
Have you experienced the fun and thrill of Slitter.io game yet? If your answer is a no, you must download it today and start playing. It is a fun game. You won't get bored.
Sliter.io game is the most amazing and wonderful game in the online gaming world today. In the slither.io game players control a snake, or a worm like avatar. It is one of the most popular multiplayer online games for young children and adults as well.
The game became popular in a short interval of time
Slitter.io game was released on March 25, 2016 and in the very short span of a time it became a huge and a popular name among players in the whole globe. Every player wants to make the biggest snake of all time and hit the leader board. Basically each and every player playing the game wants to ensure that he/she is the winner.
You begin as a tiny snake
At the beginning of the game, the players find the snake in a very small and cute size. With the consumption of the multi-colored pellets of other players, you will grow. The multi-colored pellets will show automatically on the screen of the game. The slither.io game is mainly about snake and how it eats other players' pellets and turn into a long and huge snake.
Compete with other real time opponents online
It is a multiplayer game after all. So, you can play against other players online and make the biggest snake record. The most important fact about the game which every player should remember while playing the game is that if your snake head touches another player snake, your snake will explode and the game will end, but if others snake run into you then their snakes will explode and you can eat their remains.
Download the game today and start playing
Slitter.io is an awesome game with the combination of different colors of the snake. It is very easy and simple to control, just you have to control mouse and press the space bar to play the game smoothly and easily. If still you haven't experienced Slither.io game, then download it now and have a most great and fun time.


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Mozilla's annual global festival known as the MozFest is dedicated to building a pathway to the future of the open Web. Once every year, passionate technologists, educators and creators unite to brainstorm innovative solutions for the Web's most pressing issues. Topics like privacy, ethics, literacy and economy on the Web are discussed, debated over and solutions are created for the same.
MozFest 2016 was a diverse, highly interactive event which, I am sure is safe to say, had more in store than its participants had imagined. The festival kicked off on 28th October 2016, a Friday evening with a science fair, where attendees could stroll around and check out presentations on inspiring ideas and projects, many of which were developed at previous MozFests. The weekend was filled with participant-led sessions that generally ran between one and three hours.
Sessions were organised into spaces — physical and thematic learning hubs based around a broad topic, like science, art, or journalism. Ongoing, interactive experiences were woven between spaces, connecting thematic threads and allowing participants to explore topics in a self-directed way.
Some people chose to enjoy MozFest by completely immersing themselves in a single space, while others liked to roam around the venue. Both options were equally welcome.
The festival wrapped on Sunday evening with a demo party, where we showcased and celebrated what we had built together.
I was invited by Mozilla Foundation to talk in the "Demystify the Web" space. This was my first trip abroad and it gave me a great sense of pride and self-esteem as I was one of the youngest and the only Indian participant at the fest. I would like to share my session here.
Let's start with the basics. What are Mozilla Clubs?
Mozilla Clubs are a global network of community members that share Mozilla's mission to ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Mozilla provides free training and resources to help clubs succeed and grow digital literacy in community spaces.
Mozilla Clubs are a unique and personal way to teach the Web in local communities. They are made up of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible, so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of the digital world.
As successful and united as the clubs have been in the past operational years, there is always a flip side to the coin and our duty is to reduce the probability of the flip side turning upward. Let us discuss the problems one by one:
- Feedback: Mozillians are good at hosting Mozilla events and have contributed highly towards their local communities in the past. Pos these events, we have an event report which is submitted by the Club Captains. However, the question remains: do we actually analyse what went wrong or could have been better in the last event and what can be done to kerb these shortcomings in the next one? Firstly, we don't have parameters for the feedback. Feedback should be much more categorised. If wifi was used, was it good? If a guest had come, did we take his/her feedback? Did the volunteers know what they were doing or as there chaos till the last minute? Approaching the event as a trial-and-error experiment can be a way to improve any and every event. Clubs don't do this but should definitely keep it in mind.
- Incentives and recruitment: In Kenya, incentive and recruiting in Mozilla clubs are rampant and encouraged amongst its members. They try to come up with solutions to problems or situations in Kenya with the help of corporates. This was also spoken about in Mozfest 2016. This is a groundbreaking situation where community leaders have joined hands with money building giants to come up with something better for the society. This is unlike several other countries where open source communities and corporated are yet to bury the dagger between them.
- India has the maximum number of Mozilla contributors in the world. However, most clubs have low growth which means that we stop at a point and do not reach out to the remote areas where the reach of the open web source and localisation is important. For instance, West Bengal doesn't reach out to Sikkim or the other North Eastern states though Bengal has a thriving Mozilla club! Thus, we have missed out on a great opportunity to collaborate with the culturally rich hilly regions of our country. This is, unfortunately, a global problem and seeks immediate attention.
- Leadership and mentorship: Mozilla clubs were never meant to be "led" by a particular individual. It is a group effort and everyone in a club can contribute towards and lead various projects according to their interests. It's not just the club captain who has to lead. Club captains ensure the smooth running of the club. However, only the continuous efforts, enthusiasm and foresightedness of the entire club will lead to its success!
There are 1000 different problems and most of them have the commonest of solutions. One solution that I strongly suggest is the localisation of teaching kits. Every Mozillian should get a chance to introduce new teaching kits. Here's why. Suppose that student from Kenya and Bangladesh are comfortable being taught the same thing in two different ways owing to their lifestyle, language and culture. Localisation of language is working well at the moment. However, I suggest that the entire teaching kit needs to be localised for max results. Steps on how to prepare a teaching kit must be made available for Mozillians so that each and every member of the world's largest open source community is equipped to create a teaching kit most suitable for his/her community.
My plan for the following one year until Mozfest 2017 is to look back, introspect and run again. In technical terms, I plan on 6 months of ideation and building of new ideas and prototypes and follow it with 6 months of teaching and activism.
I don't say it will be easy, I just hope it will be worth it.


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While charging along at 85 mph with a particularly poker-faced Porsche engineer riding shotgun, traffic begins to cluster on the horizon. Not willing to risk our seven-figure prototype, I gently roll off the accelerator, at which point a funny thing happens: Without warning, the tachometer needle dies, unceremoniously plunging to zero RPM. The supercharged, 3.0-liter V6 ahead of us has gone stone dead, yet our Porsche Cayenne continues to waft along unruffled. We are coasting along on the Autobahn, with only a modest bit of wind noise and tire roar as our soundtrack.
Just as quickly as it began to appear, Stuttgart's traffic thins, and after gliding along for perhaps 15 or 20 seconds -- losing remarkably little velocity -- I ease back onto the throttle, at which point the rev counter jumps back to life just as quickly as it had extinguished, and the Cayenne sashays back up to 95 mph before I slot in amongst slower traffic in the right lane. Beyond the tachometer's telltale drop and jump, there is exactly no indication that the engine momentarily packed it up just seconds before. My copilot, Dr. Michael Leiters, project manager for Porsche's Cayenne Hybrid, allows himself a brief smile.
Far from indicating a mechanical defect, we've just witnessed what our Deutsche companion refers to as "segeln" -- sailing -- a fuel saving maneuver that Porsche says other automakers have written off as impossible at roadway speeds without jolting disruptions. Yet beyond the tach needle's machinations, there has been no drama whatsoever: no untoward thwack in the back, no expensive-sounding noises, no head toss, no coffee spilled, just seamlessly reintroduced acceleration. The gas pedal simply called upon the engine again and the electric motor restarted it in a flawless, 300-millisecond passing of the power baton. Remarkable stuff.
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Our travel and lodging for this media event was provided by the manufacturer.
Porsche Comes Through In The Clutch
Unlike any other gas-electric system currently on the market, our Cayenne S Hybrid tester has an additional mechanical clutch that decouples the engine entirely, temporarily removing it from the driveline equation. Doing so means the V6 is not a source of parasitic drag, and the modestly-sized 52-hp electric motor can nudge the Cayenne gently along as it does its inertial thing unencumbered. What is "modestly-sized," exactly? Porsche says the complete hybrid module – including the electric motor and the additional clutch – is just 5.8-inches long.
The German automaker figures this electronically-orchestrated party trick will save them a couple of percentage points when it comes to fuel consumption, but we reckon that the gains could be substantially greater under the right conditions – a drive route incorporating long downhill grades, say. If one lives in a mountainous area like Denver, Colorado, it's theoretically possible to start the Cayenne's ball rolling, and then coast all the way down to the base of a slope – a run that can sometimes last for many miles – without using a drop of fuel and without resorting to tactics like shifting into neutral to avoid engine braking.
In fact, using the brakes to slow one's descent will store energy in the nickel-metal hydride battery pack thanks to regenerative braking technology, so theoretically the entire descent could result in a net-energy gain. If you're particularly delicate with the throttle, this sub-cargo-floor mounted battery pack should allow for slow-speed electric-only running for up to 1.2 miles, but in practice we found this harder to do than with other gas-electric systems we've experienced.
Porsche's so-called "Hybrid Manager" is no small achievement – this bit of hardware supervises all major systems (engine, electric motor, transmission, battery, etc.), and reacts by issuing any of 20,000 data instructions, as compared to a traditional ECU that requires only 6,000 commands. Porsche notes that the 'sailing' capability can be activated at speeds of up to 86 mph (far faster than that of other hybrid systems), making it a viable energy-saving partner for both city and highway duties.
Gearing Up
Unlike most hybrids, Porsche says the production hybrid Cayenne will eschew use of a continuously-variable transmission unit in favor of a more conventional eight-speed gearbox from Japanese supplier Aisin, albeit one with an electrically-driven oil pump. Why no CVT? Officials explain that while this Cayenne is a hybrid, it is first and foremost a Porsche, and CVTs generally fail to deliver the sort of driving enjoyment that a conventional Tiptronic can. Despite their many advancements over the past few years (including the institution of paddleshifters with artificially preset ratios to preserve the mental "shifting" experience), we agree wholeheartedly.
Our tester's powertrain suffers no "stretched rubberband" moments that are the hallmark of most CVTs, and it was all the better for it. Unusually, top speed is reached in sixth, with the seventh and eighth cogs reserved as fuel-savers. It's that top gear that allows the Cayenne to "sail" at 86 mph with the engine shut off and the electric motor coaxing it along. We inquired as to the viability of a dual-clutch transmission like the PDK, but were told that fitting one would be tremendously difficult, so for now, Tiptronic it is.
In nearly every other area of operation, our prototype parallel hybrid functions in an almost indistinguishable manner versus a traditional gasoline-powered Cayenne. The combustion engine has been borrowed from Audi, with a belt-driven Roots-type supercharger nestled between its directly injected cylinders. So equipped, the engine generates 333 hp and 324 pound-feet of torque. Unlike in other gas-only Audi applications, the air-conditioning compressor and electrohydraulic steering pump are powered by the battery pack. For its part, the electric motor adds up to 221 pound-feet of torque. Combined, Porsche figures the two power sources are good for 374 bhp and 405 lb-ft of torque at just 1,500 rpm.
As part of its energy-saving regimen, the hybrid will be the first Cayenne to utilize electrohydraulic power steering. Porsche says it consumes 93% less energy than its conventional hydraulic counterpart, and in our limited drive time, it managed to deliver good accuracy, although we wouldn't mind it if Porsche dialed in a skosh more weight at highway speeds.
By The Numbers
While final fuel economy testing has yet to be completed, Porsche expects the powertrain to deliver performance akin to that of the V8 Cayenne while sipping fuel like a four-cylinder. 0-62 mph checks in at a conservatively-estimated 6.8 seconds, and top speed is limited to 133 mph. Even towing capacity and off-road ability is said to be unchanged. What is different, however, is miles-per-gallon and C02 output -- the latter figure being of great importance to those living under the various Byzantine emissions-based tax structures that govern most European nations. Porsche's new hybrid drivetrain sips fuel to the tune of 8.9 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (62 miles) traveled when measured on the New European Driving Cycle (around 26 mpg U.S.), equal to C02 emissions of less than 210 grams-per-kilometer. That's an improvement of more than 25% over the V6 Cayenne, and the production vehicle is expected to be ULEV II compliant when it comes to North America.
While other automakers have elected to play up their vehicle's hybrid credentials, it is likely that Porsche will choose a more restrained route when the Cayenne Hybrid reaches production. The massive hybrid decals that run along the bottom of the bodysides won't be a mandatory "feature" as they are on General Motors' GMT900 SUV hybrids, and Stuttgart has not yet determined how it will badge the vehicle. Inside, Porsche has also resisted going the "Greener Than Thou" route with lots of fancy fonts and gimmicky display graphics like wilting digital flower petals. No games. No "monkey cinema" as Dr. Leiters refers to it. Oh, there's a screen that can be summoned on the navigation system which details where energy is being routed and a small in-cluster indicator, but Porsche assumes that you'll ignore these after you get used to hybrid driving. In stereotypically Germanic fashion, this Cayenne is all business.
Why Not The Diesel?
Despite much purist hand-wringing upon its introduction, the Cayenne has been the linchpin in Porsche's product portfolio since going on sale in 2002, particularly in the States. And although officials aren't talking model-mix projections, this gas-electric model figures to be an especially important offering in hybrid-happy America. For the moment, Porsche says it has no plans to bring over its excellent new Cayenne diesel, a powertrain whose great slugs of torque and excellent highway fuel economy is perhaps better suited to typical U.S. driving patterns (hybrids are most effective when poking along in thick urban traffic, where slow-speed trundling from bottleneck-to-bottleneck can often be conducted purely on electric power, but fewer Americans live in and around major city centers compared to their European counterparts). Despite this, America's appetite for diesels is still dwarfed by that of Europe, and with inflated fuel prices (versus gasoline) and soot-spewing memories of diesels past, it is likely that Rudolph Diesel's combustion cocktail will remain second fiddle to hybrids for some time.
Pricing also figures to be something of a sticky wicket, as all of the requisite hybrid R&D and associated hardware figures to add something on the order of $15,000 per unit (Porsche will not disclose projected sales volumes). That's a premium far too great for customers to absorb – even with the possibility of tax breaks. In light of this cost barrier, we expect for the Cayenne hybrid to sticker for something well north of a conventional V8 S model, ($60,215), perhaps along the lines of $67-70k, albeit with additional standard equipment to soften the blow. Given that performance is similar to the V8 engine and that fuel economy and emissions are markedly superior, this figures to be a reasonable surcharge for affluent folks eager to play the "green card."
What's Missing?
Porsche says that their hybrid system is "only about 90% of the way there," although at first blush, it's already so polished that we struggle to think where a 10% improvement could come from. If we have any reservations with this setup, it's a sin by omission -– a lack of noise. The inherently quiet nature of a parallel hybrid ignores the important aural performance link that Porsche has worked hard to establish with its vehicles and with the Cayenne in particular. Remember the commercial with the new owner revving his Cayenne Turbo in his driveway? How about the more recent and altogether fabulous Cayenne GTS "bloodlines" spot? While the 3.0-liter V6 in the Cayenne Hybrid S is a very good engine, it isn't terribly special sounding, and at points it makes no noise at all. What's more, we suspect that the consternation surrounding the pedestrian safety risks associated with silent-running hybrids and electrics will only grow when more vehicles reach elevated speeds.
While we could go on about other key aspects of this Cayenne – the handling, ride and interior -- our drive was limited in time and scope, meaning that beyond concentrating on the hybrid powertrain, we didn't have much time to assess the total driving experience. Not that this is a real problem, as it's all likely to change appreciably the time the Cayenne Hybrid comes to market.
How's that? Although officials would say little that wasn't non-committal, we know that the next-generation Cayenne is well along in development, and it is poised for release sometime after the Panamera launches, likely in 2010 as a 2011 model. As Porsche is smart enough not to bother with the expense of fitting and certifying a brand-new drivetrain for a vehicle that's about to go off the market, we can reasonably surmise that the hybrid hardware we sampled will arrive underneath new sheetmetal, bringing with it a different driving experience.
Making Sense Out Of A Topsy-Turvy World
If nothing else, our stint with the Cayenne Hybrid S served to reinforce that we live in interesting times. General Motors, once the world's largest automotive power, is on the brink of bankruptcy. Hyundai, a Korean company, are the orchestrators of this year's reigning North American Car of the Year – a rear-drive luxury sedan, no less. And we've just driven an electrified Porsche truck whose raison d'être is better fuel economy and lower emissions.
Say what you will about Porsche bringing the Cayenne to market in the first place, but having driven damn near every derivation of the vehicle ever sold in the States, this author can say it remains a startlingly omniscient piece of machinery capable of just about anything -– and now, a remarkably green performance. While the looks of the Cayenne and its button-crammed interior have yet to grow on us, its performance on the street and on Porsche's balance sheet has proven to be nothing to sneeze at. The model line's 250,000 unit sales history has given Porsche the development dollars to continue advancing enthusiast-oriented models like the 911 and Boxster, while allowing it to become one of the world's most profitable and powerful automakers. If Porsche has to add a little green to its otherwise blue blood to keep churning out 911 GT2s and Cayman S coupes, so be it – the Cayenne Hybrid S has a lot to recommend it.


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Winifred & Penelope's Playful Scandi Space
Name: Winifred (2.5) & Penelope (1)
Location: Portland, Oregon
My daughter's room is heavily influenced by Scandinavian design, vintage finds, and a bit of whimsy. It's designed to clean up fast and look playful and fun even after a full day of play where all the toys are scattered across the room. The room has a few fun DIYs and a lot of IKEA.
Source List:
- The wall decals are from Made of Sundays
- The play kitchen was a DIY from an A Beautiful Mess tutorial
- The peacock fan chair is Vintage so is the little white stool with the gold tipped legs (both are from vintage pink here in Portland) as is the magazine stand we used to hold books.
- Yellow baskets are from Target
- Toddler Bed is from IKEA
- Crib is from Walmart
- Pear print is from Fine Little Day
Thanks, Ali! Readers, visit her blog, Ali Lanenga.


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What to Eat to Ensure Healthy Hair
Just like your skin, the condition of your hair constitute the outward sign of your inside health. The cells which make up each strand of your hair need a regular supply of important nutrients. each perfect balance of the vitamins and minerals below will supply your hair with all it requires to remain healthy, shiny, strong, and lustrous.
Since hair is made up of protein, you need to assure you have sufficient protein in your dietary plan for making your hair healthy and strong. If you are not including sufficient protein your dietary plan, your hair is likely to get dry, weak, and brittle. So low a protein intake may lead to hair loss and even baldness. You need to include chicken, fish, turkey, eggs, and dairy products as the perfect powerhouse of protein along with your vegetarian sources.
Iron is indeed an important mineral for hair and small amount of iron denotes the major cause of serious hair loss. Hair follicle and its root are fed by nutrient rich blood. As iron levels decrease below certain extent, you are likely to experience anemia. That will seriously disrupts the nutrients distribution to the hair follicle, which eventually will affect your hair growth and may lead to shedding. Animal based products such as chicken, read meat, and fish provide sufficient iron with high bioavailability, which means that iron is available to our body.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is important in the absorption of iron so you need to include foods with vitamin C, in conjunction with foods packed with iron. Vitamin C also contains antioxidant. The best powerhouses of vitamin C include blueberries, blackcurrants, guava, broccoli, oranges, kiwi, papaya, sweet potatoes, and strawberries. Vitamin C is important in the production of collage which strengthens capillaries supplying the hair shafts.
The omega-3 fatty acids are indeed important for our body cannot produce them on its own, and thus has to be derived from our daily diet. Omega-3s are present in the cells which line the scalp and provide oils for keeping our scalp and hair well hydrated. You need to look out for oily fish such as herring, salmon, mackerel, and trout, and plant sources which include pumpkin, avocado, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds.
Vitamin A
Vitamin is required by our body to generate sebum which is an oily substance made by our hairs' sebaceous glands and supplies natural conditioner for our scalp. Without sufficient sebum, we will experience itchy scalp and dry hair. You should include animal products and yellow or orange colored veggies that are high in bet-carotene such as pumpkin, carrot, and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin E
The sun exerts damaging impact on our hair just like it may damage our skin. Therefore, you need to ensure you eat foods that are rich in vitamin E so as to ensure your hair protection. Nuts can be perfect powerhouse for vitamin E, which also provides selenium and zinc. Therefore, make sure that you include them in your dietary plan.ensure healthy hair , Healthy Hair , how to ensure healthy hair


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As promised last month, Verizon opened up pre-orders for the CDMA iPhone 4 to its existing customers early this morning. Early reviews of the Verizon iPhone 4 began appearing last night as well, with most indicating that call connectivity and quality to be much better on America's largest CDMA network though data speeds are still faster on AT&T's GSM network.
Have you been thinking about getting a Verizon iPhone 4? If so but you're not yet fully convinced, you may want to check how good Verizon's coverage is in the areas where you'll spend the most time. Developer Two Steps Beyond makes this easy with its Coverage? app that will show network coverage information for the four largest cellular carriers in the U.S. overlaid on a map.
Coverage? uses your iPhone's or iPad's GPS receiver to locate where you are and you can then select the overlays of your choice to show you the areas covered by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Of course, you can also pan around the map to look at other areas to check coverage. Toggles at the bottom change the coverage maps to show the 2G, 3G, and 4G networks of each respective carrier as well as where you're roaming off-network.
While you can zoom in to see more detailed coverage information for an area, seeing street-level coverage detail isn't possible. The app's description notes that including this level of detail would negatively affect the app's footprint:
We can only include so much map detail in an app small enough to be downloaded wirelessly! The goal of Coverage is to give you a high level coverage overview – not neighborhood level detail or local maps around your home/office. Coverage will tell you what cities, towns, highways and counties have the best chance of a solid signal as you travel, and it works even when you are offline.
Despite the lack of street-level detail, Coverage? can still give you a good idea if Verizon or any of the other carriers included cover the areas where you live, work, and travel to most often. Of course, you could also just go to the web site of each respective carrier to view their online coverage maps but having an on-device app that provides these maps in one place that you can carry with you is easier if you need to reference them often.
Two Steps Beyond created a video describing what prompted the creation of the app and demonstrating how it can be used:
Coverage? is a universal app that works on both the iPad and iPhone though it does require iOS 4.2 and thus won't work on the first-generation iPhone. Two Steps Beyond plans to add higher resolution coverage maps and the ability for users to collect and report their own coverage data in future updates.
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On July 1, 2015 new certification requirements for Cook County alcohol servers will go into effect, requiring all alcohol servers in Cook County to obtain B.A.S.S.E.T. certification. This is important legislation that will improve industry standards and we want to make sure you have all the information you need to prepare. We also talked with three prominent Chicago restaurant and bar operators and IRA members to get their takeaways – Kevin Vaughan of Vaughan Hospitality Group (Emerald Loop Bar & Grill, Mystic Celt and others), Carmen Rossi of Hubbard Inn, and Sam Sanchez of Samco Enterprises (John Barleycorn, Moe's Cantina and others).
The acronym B.A.S.S.E.T. stands for "Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Educational Training". Approved B.A.S.S.E.T. programs provide the knowledge and techniques critical to responsible alcohol service, which reduces the incidence of DUIs, alcohol related fatalities, underage drinking, and sales to minors. The programs also educate business owners and staff on dram shop insurance, state and local laws pertaining to the sale of alcohol, and how to create safer communities and business establishments where alcohol is served.
"Ultimately, this certification is about education and making sure your staff understands the effects of alcohol on the body. We are a service industry, but that doesn't mean we have to over serve our guests," Sanchez says.
As the B.A.S.S.E.T. certificate is an employee-owned credential, employers are not required to pay for an employee's time or expense to take the training. The certificate is valid for three years and transferrable between employers, which makes employees who have the B.A.S.S.E.T. certificate more marketable to potential employers, helping to secure jobs now and in the future.
"It is great that the legislation puts responsibility for getting the certification on the servers and that the certification is transferrable. I think that mandating the training sends a strong message to servers that responsible service of alcohol is a skill and that it must be taken seriously," Vaughan says.
This new bill amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934 and provides for a consistent, county-wide standard for the education and training.
"This legislation is a quality example showcasing the importance of balancing the relationship between government and private business," says Rossi. The bill sets minimum program requirements for training providers that are based on job task analysis and industry best practices in instructional design and exam development. The result is a program that clearly identifies the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to responsibly serve alcoholic beverages. "This improves our ability to be responsible servers of alcohol and will help our employees make good, informed decisions," explains Vaughan.
In order to ensure that operators have ample time to come into compliance without penalty, enforcement of the law will be limited to education and notification through December 2015 and enforcement will not begin until January 1, 2016.
All of the standards set forth ultimately promote responsible alcohol service that protects both business owners and consumers. "By being proactive business owners when it comes to education, safety, and health - the hospitality industry can only win," advocates Rossi.
The restaurant industry in Illinois is one of our state's main economic engines, generating more than $23 billion into Illinois' economy. It is responsible for over 529,000 jobs statewide. In many instances, the culinary and hospitality industry is operating under archaic and restrictive laws that do not reflect the needs and current practices of today's businesses.
One of the central issues discussed during the IRA's Springfield Lobby Day on March 11 was the Culinary and Hospitality Modernization Act. This legislation, with an amendment pending, seeks to help Illinois compete with global tourism destinations like Florida and California by enacting policies that will help grow our dynamic culinary and hospitality industry. The bill is sponsored by pragmatic leaders on both sides of the aisle in Springfield – Representatives Sara Feigenholtz and Ron Sandack.
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We look forward to continue working with all stakeholders and supporters of this legislation, including the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association, the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois, and the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild.
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- The traveler will incur and report actual travel expenses in a responsible and ethical manner.
- The traveler will make choices that demonstrate good stewardship of university resources; spending decisions will not be extravagant or lavish.
- Travel expenses must be considered ordinary and necessary to accomplish the official business purpose of the trip.
- Travel expenses considered by the IRS to be taxable income to the traveler will not be reimbursed (limited exceptions may apply); refer to IRS Publication 463
- Transportation expenses will generally be reimbursed based on the most economical and commonly used mode of conveyance taking the most direct route, unless otherwise justified.
- Travel expenses will be reviewed and approved/denied in accordance with university policy and campus business practices; refer to UC Policy G-28
Business Purpose
- Provide a clear and thorough business purpose for all segments of your trip. You should always be able to explain how the university benefited from any expense it paid.
- A good way to explain the business purpose is to answer who, what, where, when and why. You don't need to include confidential details, such as donor names, but you should give some specifics (example: Donor meeting on October 1 in Dallas, TX to discuss potential gifts for undergraduate scholarships.) You do not need to submit back-up support for reimbursement, but it's a good idea to keep agendas and other documentation for your records or if required by your funding source.
Business and Personal Travel Combined
- Under no circumstances should personal travel expenses be charged to, or temporarily funded by, the university.
- Domestic trips must be considered entirely business related for reimbursement; expenses related to personal side trips will not be paid by the university. For international travel, a trip is considered entirely business if at least one of the following tests is met: 1) the traveler did not have control over arranging the trip; 2) vacation was not a major consideration; 3) the time outside the U.S. was 7 consecutive days or fewer; 4) if more than 7 days, less than 25% time was spent on personal activities. If a trip is determined to be primarily personal, airfare/transportation costs will not be reimbursed. The university will only pay for expenses necessary to carry out the business activity.
Paying for Others
- Generally this is not allowed, except on supervised groups or co-travelers sharing a room. If the only available option is to pay for someone else, provide a statement with your reimbursement request explaining the special circumstances.
- Each university traveler should pay for his/her own expenses and submit an individual reimbursement request.
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- Only your business-related airfare can be directly charged (i.e., directly billed) to the university. You can charge your airfare directly to the university by using the Direct Bill process and booking through Connexxus.
Airfare Guidelines
- Tickets classified as economy/coach class are allowed, including economy-premium, -plus, -elite or similar label. When combining a personal trip with a business trip, your entire airline ticket will need to be paid personally (cannot be charged on a Direct Bill ID). Be sure to obtain a comparable airfare at the time of booking using the dates you would have traveled if strictly on business.
- Ancillary fees charged by airlines (i.e., seat assignment, excess baggage) are reimbursable with a reasonable business-related justification.
Business or First Class Airfare Tickets
- These higher priced tickets are generally not allowed. With additional documentation and approval, the following special circumstances may be considered:
- Business- or first-class is the only service offered between two points
- Provide written statement explaining circumstances
- The use of coach-class would be more expensive or time-consuming
- Provide written statement explaining circumstances
- An itinerary involves overnight travel without an opportunity for normal rest before commencing business
- Provide written statement explaining circumstances
- The advantages of business- or first-class are necessary to reasonably accommodate a disability or medical need
- Provide written statement from a doctor clearly explaining the specific accommodation(s) required that necessitate higher-class amenities; do not include a diagnosis.
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Car Rental and Ground Transportation
- You can rent up to an intermediate size car. If larger than intermediate size is used, provide a business justification. If the justification is missing or insufficient, an exceptional approval will be required or the expense may be non-reimbursable.
- Rent through Connexxus so your reservation is on a UC negotiated contract. You'll be eligible for discounts and other benefits, and for rental in the U.S. and Canada, automatically covered by UC's rental car insurance.
- A detailed receipt is required for reimbursement.
- If driving your personal vehicle, you may be reimbursed the standard per-mile rate based on the most direct route. To determine the number of miles, use an online mapping tool (MapQuest or Google Maps). The standard mileage rate includes fuel, as well as wear-and-tear on the vehicle.
- If you choose to drive to a destination normally traveled to via air, pre-approval should be sought and a written statement explaining the circumstances will be expected for reimbursement. You will be reimbursed the lesser of mileage based on the most direct route or an amount equal to the cost of flying coach/economy with advance booking.
- When driving between locations, you are expected to travel more than 300 miles/day in order to claim expenses for overnight lodging and meals.
- The traveler must be at least 40 miles from the headquarter location or home, whichever is closer, to be reimbursed for an overnight stay, unless the stay is required to meet a business need (i.e., an event coordinator must be onsite for late night / early morning set-up).
- The receipt must be itemized (room, tax, service, and any other charges listed separately).
- Daily lodging limits for domestic trips under 30 days is set at a $275 room rate, excluding taxes and fees. A traveler who is required to attend a conference where the prearranged conference lodging rate exceeds the $275 per night maximum may stay at the conference hotel without exceptional approval with an explanation and documentation provided with the reimbursement request. Otherwise, when the traveler is unable to secure lodging at $275 per night or less, the traveler must submit additional documentation such as a price comparison within proximity of the meeting location that supports the higher lodging rate and exceptional approval is required.
Travel Packages / Bundled Reservations
- Travel packages typically do not provide sufficient receipt detail to satisfy reimbursement requirements.
- Do not book a package that bundles airfare, hotel, car rental and/or other trip expenses unless you confirm beforehand that an itemized receipt for each type of expense will be provided.
Cancellation and Change Fees
- If you are unable to honor a reservation, you are responsible for canceling the reservation in compliance with the cancellation terms established by the hotel, airline, etc.
- You must immediately return any refundable deposits or unused transportation tickets to the university.
- Charges or lost refunds resulting from failure to cancel reservations will not be reimbursed unless you can show that such failure was the result of circumstances beyond your control.
- When you personally purchase a ticket, cancel appropriately, and hold the airline credit, you will be reimbursed:
- After the 12 month credit period if not used for personal or business travel, or by exceptional approval
- You will need to provide documentation showing that the credit expired
- Change fees may be reimbursable if you can document a legitimate business need for the change or you can show that the need was the result of circumstances beyond your control.
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Meals and Incidentals Expenses (M&IE)
- If a trip is less than 24 hours, meals are not reimbursable, unless there was a need for an overnight stay.
- When traveling within the continental U.S., the daily limit is $62. This limit is not a per diem. Only actual expenses can be reimbursed.
- The daily per diem limit when traveling internationally or offshore U.S. varies by location and is based on the U.S. State Department per diem rates.
- Incidentals include tips for baggage handlers, hotel housekeeping and similar services.
- M&IE does not include miscellaneous business expenses, such as internet access or copy services, which may be claimed separately.
- Receipts are needed for any expense of $75 or more. Some fund sources may require receipts regardless of dollar amount. For guidance on additional restrictions, contact your research administrator or department business officer.
Reporting Travel Expenses
- Keep track of your business-related expenses and only claim reimbursement for the actual amount spent.
- International trips and domestic travel more than 30 days may be reimbursed on a flat-rate per diem based on actuals and not to exceed the U.S. State Department rates for the location.
- A Travel Expense and Reimbursement Request shall be used to account for all travel advances and expenses incurred in connection with official university travel.
- A travel expense report must be processed after EACH trip, even if no reimbursement is due to the traveler (e.g., the only expense was airfare paid with a Direct Bill ID).
- Reimbursement requests must be submitted within 45 days of the end of a trip unless there is recurrent local travel, in which case vouchers may be aggregated and submitted monthly. When a trip lasts more than 90 days, the traveler must submit a quarterly report of expenditures. Expense reports submitted late may still be paid with appropriate approvals; the amount of the payment may be reported as taxable income.
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- Submit itemized receipts for all airfare, car rentals, domestic U.S. lodging, and conference registration regardless of dollar amount, or any other single expense of $75 or more. Some fund sources may require receipts regardless of dollar amount. For guidance on additional restrictions, contact your research administrator or department business officer.
- A valid receipt contains payee's name, amount, date, place, identification of what was purchased and proof of payment.
- If you lost a business receipt and have exhausted all efforts to obtain a copy from the merchant, provide an explanation with your reimbursement request including the details of the purchase and your declaration that the amount claimed is the amount actually paid by you and that you have not and will not seek reimbursement from any other source. A copy of a credit card statement can substantiate that you made the purchase, but does not provide the details of what was purchased, so does not serve as a stand-alone receipt replacement.
- Auditors expect to see receipts to support the payment of a business expense; if a payment is not proven to be business related, it may be disallowed for reimbursement or reported as taxable. It is always in the traveler's best interest to keep records of expenses incurred and reimbursed.
Entertaining While Traveling
- For a breakdown of per-person entertainment meal reimbursement limits, check out the Entertain While on Travel Status page. Must comply with the UC Entertainment Policy (BFB-79).
- Be prepared to provide the business purpose of the event and the names and affiliations of guests.
- If spouses attended, exceptional approval is required.
Extended Travel
- Special considerations apply to extended travel. If the travel is planned to be more than 30 days, consult the policy for guidelines on how to handle expenses.


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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Posted by Netty Herawaty
This post about my third week activity in Malang. The goal of our roadshow is not only to survey how many school which have implemented Java or JENI, but also we introduce one of Meruvian program named jTechnopreneur. jTechnopreneur or Java Technopreneur is a technopreneurship program to create an entrepreneur base on technology. By this program we expect every graduate have a high entrepreneur soul to compete in global market.
jTechnopreneur contains of 4 program in one packet that called jTechnopreneur 4 in 1. They're Internship, Scholarship, Career Opportunity and Technopreneurship. Second grade of vocational high school student will be an internship student in Meruvian for 1 year then after they graduate they will be recruited to work in Meruvian and at the same time they get a scholarship 100% free in Gunadarma University
Not only the teachers or students, but also the parent of students have to know the program. So we invited the parent and introduced about this jTechnopreneur program


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Harriet Tubman
Imagining A LifeBook - 2007
"I am at peace with God and all mankind."
--Harriet Tubman to Mary Talbert, on the occasion of their last visit, 1913
Now, from the award-winning novelist and biographer, an astonishing reimagining of the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman--the "Moses of Her People."
During her lifetime Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave, lumberjack, laundress, raid leader, nurse, fund-raiser, cook, intelligence gatherer, Underground Railroad organizer, and abolitionist. She was known both as Moses and as General Tubman.
In Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life , Beverly Lowry goes beyond the familiar tales to create a portrait of Tubman in lively imagined vignettes that, as Lowry writes, "catch her on the fly" and portray her life as she herself might have presented it. Lowry offers readers an intimate look at Tubman's early life firsthand: her birth as Araminta Ross in 1822 in Dorchester, Maryl∧ the harsh treatment she experienced growing up--including being struck with a two-pound iron when she was twelve years old; and her triumphant escape from slavery as a young woman and rebirth as Harriet Tubman. We travel with Tubman along the treacherous route of the Underground Railroad and hear of her friendships with Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and other abolitionists. We accompany her to the battlefields of the Civil War, where she worked as a nurse and a cook and earned the name General Tubman, join her on slave-freeing raids in the heart of the Confederacy, and share her horror and sorrow as she witnesses the massacre of Colonel Shaw and the black soldiers of the 54th Regiment at Fort Wagner.
Integrating extensive research and interviews with scholars and historians into a stunningly rich and mesmerizing chronicle, Lowry brings Tubman to life as never before.
With 62 photographs, illustrations, and maps
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As I sit here I start thinking – thinking, thinking, without blinking
Can Dragon's fly?
I think they can
Though I hear they flew off to Neverland.
Butter's fly-
This I know
They flutter sweetly to and fro.
Butters practice pure persistence
Shimmering in and out of existence
Transforming, shaping and flying high
Then, so softly, landing by
Dragons too, fly about, wings humming in and out
Not as dainty as the Butter,
Who so sweetly flits and flutters
Dragons' zipper all around - Is it lost or is it found?
What of Dragons and of Butters? Do they dazzle one another?
In this life they may well do and in the next they must do too
They join together in their chorus
Wafting gently through the forest
Singing softly, by the by, a sweet silken lullaby
Here on earth, within my mind they dazzle me every time.
My eyes are open. my book is read
But of them, what can be said?
Can they see me – are they blind?
Are they weary of mankind?
Imagination sparked by fire, igniting passion and desire
I'm captivated; mesmerized
And if I were to surmise, I do believe they're in disguise
Those fluttering, floating, fleeting flies
These two creatures do bemuse
A quiet question to amuse –
What if fairy tales were true?
I believe.
Do you?


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Ok, so probably not... but we've definitely been waiting for it. After six months of searching and hoping and praying... WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!
Here it is! I know... we don't love the arches either, but eh, give a little/take a little.
Here is our kitchen.. it is so spacious, I hardly know what to do with all the room.
The family room...
... and the itty bitty backyard for our itty bitty someday-son to play in!
The whole process has been eye-opening and we have learned a ton about being home owners! So far...
1. Picking out paint is a lot harder than you'd think (so is taping off a house)
2. Doorknobs- such an under appreciated necessity- and quite the chunk of change too!
3. Plumbers have a hard job!
4. No wonder they have stores like Home Depot and Lowes
5. Our families are the greatest blessings we have!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP!
Just some pictures of the painting process..
The "color inspiration" as they say on HGTV
We'll wow you with some before and after pictures someday when we get things put away and decorated :)
Ok, so probably not... but we've definitely been waiting for it. After six months of searching and hoping and praying... WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!
We are so lucky that our wonderful sister Mary came to visit us last weekend! It was a blast to have her here and it gave us the perfect excuse to get away and do something FUN!!
Hyrum and I have been planning on celebrating our one year anniversary for some time now (since June actually.. four months late isn't SO bad, right?) and we decided that we would treat ourselves to a musical- one of the great perks of living in a big city. Well it just so happens that Mary loves musicals too, and that she had never seen The Lion King (which was our show of choice).. PERFECT!! So we surprised Mary (with some help!) and went to the show. It was so good! We all did admit that it loses a little of the effect when the man behind you starts quoting the words a half second before the performers...buuuut I guess that's what you get when you buy the cheap tickets, right? (Luckily he only did it a couple times!)
Cute Siblings..
Nothing like a first anniversary picture when your big and pregnant!
We also spent the weekend trying our luck at the slots...
...and trying out new paint colors for our HOUSE! (House, you say? I know.. that post should have come first.. but we have a house!! and it's wonderful! and I will post about it so soon.)
Thank you SO much for coming Mary! It meant so much to us, and we loved the company. Next time we'll be coming up to see YOU with our little guy in tow! woo!


text: seabie 0 Posted May 13, 2018 Before asking my question I just want to say thank you to Ron and others in this thread, there is a ton of great questions and answers (just read the whole sticky thread). I applied Gloss Coat for the first time this past Friday after a half day of prep on the car. After application I waited an hour, applied OptiSeal, then let the car sit in the garage overnight (16 hours total). I had a 2 hour road trip the next day and against my better judgement I took the freshly coated car (the car looked absolutely stunning). Weather forecast was sunny but with it warming up in the Midwest the bugs were around during the morning drive I accumulated my share of bug guts. On the drive home I drove through some light rain. So my question: I know the instructions say 8 hours no water, 7 days until soap. ONR is not soap; safe to do a light ONR wash or should I wait and leave the car dirty until 7 days pass? Thanks again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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i didn't have time to snap any photos of what i worked on today but i have these from a few days ago and had to share them with you all. this is one of our kitties, besos. her name is kisses in spanish. she loves to be right next to me when i am working. she spends a lot of time on my shoulders. but here she is, relaxing just inches from me on my 'good things' book which i was jotting in just moments before!
how adorable is this?
now this is too much because this is my chair - you may recall i recovered it earlier this year and posted about it here - and she takes over the second i stand up to get something across the room. and what do i do? i come back and finish up my project standing up. !!! we have one nutty household. today was a truly nice day. i hope you can say the same.
sweet dreams, everyone. thanks for stopping by. until tomorrow. happiness to you. from me. with heart. ox joon


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For the frequent floaters among us, there is a condition we all know and loathe….. we call it PCD or Post Cruise Depression. It usually sets in around 7am on the morning you return to work following a cruise vacation. The symptoms are an overwhelming sense of dread regarding the job that allows you to pay for your cruises, a temptation to call in sick or take a mental health day from the office, and the most pronounced symptom of all – furiously reading live posts on Cruise Critic or blog posts from other frequent floaters who are currently enjoying their cruises.
After 10+ years of frequent floating I have come to know this condition called PCD. I think it was actually worse in the early years. One could be tempted to say that I have just become accustomed to it after so many cruises. There could be a bit of truth to that, but I think the more I have cruised, the more I look forward to my next cruise no matter the ship or the itinerary. On the other hand, years of frequent floating have taught me that it is always best to have another cruise booked to help control PCD. The only sure-bet cure for PCD is this…..
That's just a list of cruises under what the frequent flyers among us will recognize as the "my trips" tab of your favorite airline's website. 🙂 Yes, the best cure I know for PCD is not merely to have your next cruise booked, but your next four.
-MJ, March 24, 2014


text: Muzaic plays today at amphitheater PLYMOUTH -- Presented by Encore Performing Arts as part of its Music in the Park summer series, the band Muzaic will perform at 7 p.m. today at Young Amphitheater. Muzaic hails from Bloomington, Ind. and includes two band members from Plymouth -- Brett Holcomb and Henry Muelhausen. The band describes its unique sound as a "mosaic of music" including jazz, rock and funk. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. The concert will take place rain or shine. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for students in grades kindergarten to 12, and are available at Life Enrichment Center, Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, A.S.K. for Flowers, Plymouth Park Department, Community Hospital of Bremen or at the gate. For information, call (574) 935-4987, or visit www. encoreperformingarts.org. Director to discuss filmmaking at library LAPORTE -- Meet and talk with director John Hancock from 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 12 at LaPorte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave. Director of "Bang the Drum Slowly," "Prancer," "A Piece of Eden" and other films, Hancock will talk about moviemaking, working with Hollywood stars and finding inspiration. In addition, community members who worked with Hancock will be on hand to share memories. The library also is sponsoring the "Express Yourself" filmmaking contest for teens. Submit up to two films directed and edited by ages 11-19 and up to 10 minutes in length to the library by Oct. 1. The Express Yourself Teen Film Festival will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at the library. To learn more, call (219) 362-6156. Register for Art Beat online or obtain form SOUTH BEND -- Area artists, musicians and performers can register for the fourth annual Art Beat, from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7 in downtown South Bend. Art Beat showcases the area's talent, including local performing, visual and culinary artists, and raises awareness about the roles that downtown organizations and businesses play in the promotion and success of the arts. This edition of Art Beat will have six sites -- three on the east bank of the St. Joseph River and three on the west side -- to enable artists and area businesses to display their wares for education, entertainment and sale. Register by July 15 to be listed in the official program or no later than Aug. 25 at Art Beat's Web site: www. artbeatsouthbend.org, or pick up a registration form at any of the St. Joseph County Public Library locations. Engler to direct Lakeland Youth Chorale Classic Arts Programs Inc. has announced that Dawn Engler will be the new director of Lakeland Youth Chorale. Engler holds a bachelor's degree in music education from Grace College. Although her first love is flute, she has participated in and directed both children's and adult choirs over the years. Engler also maintains a private music studio and provides flute lessons to students of all ages. She currently performs locally with the Gentle Winds Trio and Warsaw Symphony Orchestra. Lakeland Youth Chorale (LYC) is a performing group of Classic Arts Programs Inc. (CAP) created to complement the school systems' music programs by offering more intensive educational music instruction to gifted child singers ages 6-13 in Kosciusko County, and through instruction and performance, to develop poise, character and the continued love of music and culture. LYC was formed seven years ago by Classic Arts Programs as a way to reach and develop child singers for lifelong singing enjoyment. LYC recently held auditions for its upcoming performing season. Call Engler at (574) 268-9484 for more information about LYC or to schedule a private audition for your child. Classic Arts Programs, a not-for-profit organization, has served the community for more than 15 years. Visit CAP at www.classic-artsprograms.com or call (574) 372-9905 for more information.


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Third string quarterback Colt McCoy led the Washington Redskins to a shock primetime win over the Dallas Cowboys last night. Washington upset the Cowboys 20-17 thanks to an overtime field goal and with Dallas QB Tony Romo re-injuring his back it was a bad night all round for the famous franchise.
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Marammat mukaddar ki kar de maula!
26! Yes 26! This is the count of how many times I have listened to this song since morning today and that too in continuation, i.e., no other songs in between :D. No, this does not mean I was having an off [oh how I wish :-( ] or I didn't have any work today. Yes, but this definitely means that I didn't have much meetings or presentations today and most of the time I actually spent on my desk. For a change it was really good to have a day like this and after a long time I did have the luxury to plug in my music player in my ears today. Wow I enjoyed listening to this song again & again. I am referring to the song "maula mere maula" from Delhi 6! I think it's simply outstanding and brilliant! Not only the music but even lyrics is sooo good. One of the lines of this song reads something like:
"Daraare daraare hain maathe pe maula,
Marammat mukaddar ki kar de o maula"
Isn't it a lovely line and can I say relatable too :-)? In one word if I have to say, I will say this song is ADDICTIVE. After quite some time I have got this crazy for any song, few months back I was having these symptoms for "Baawra Man" from hazaaro kwahishen aisi. In fact yesterday while driving to office, the only song which played in our car was maula mere maula, and I played it for so many times that finally N had asked me, "can we please change the track now"? I also like "Masakkali, Matakkali" a lot but as of now its "Maula" song which is on my head. A.R. Rahman as usual has done a magical work & he creates his magic yet again with this movie! And the singers Kailash Kher, Javed Ali (Maula song) & Mohit Chauhan (Masakkali song) have definitely sung these songs brilliantly. Now I'm waiting for this movie to release, till then it will be "Maula mere maula" & "Masakkali, Matakkali" in my car as well ipod continuously :-)
Stampede of price driven promotions
IPL is back with yet another marketing gimmick
Last year we did see the birth and rise of one of the greatest marketing phenomenon in sports marketing in India, yes of course I am referring to IPL'2008. More than cricket, it was this whole business and marketing angle to it which made it so popular. Cricket combined with entertainment and that too Bollywood, what more do you need to create pull in Indian market? After all cricket and Bollywood are like two religions in India. Read More At Marketing Chit-Chat...
Chandni Chowk to China: Don't watch even if it comes for FREE!
Rather I would simply tell you 5 reasons as to why NOT to watch this movie even if someone is offering you a free ticket:
- It's one of the most moronic movies I would have ever seen in my life.
- Even if you have slightest positive feeling for Deepika Padukone and her acting skills, you should not watch this movie as suddenly you will find yourself hating her. You keep on wondering, "why on earth did she decide to work in this movie"?
- Dialogues of the movie have to be definitely awarded as one the worst dialogues ever written. I'm wondering what could have been the quantum of pegs which the dialogue writer would have taken before writing the dialogues of CC2C? 15 or 17 or more???
- After seeing Mithun Chakravarty's kicks on Akshay and its after-effects, you will lose your all knowledge and belief on Newton's gravitational laws and other such theories which you would have acquired by working hard in your childhood days. Trust me even Rajnikanth's stunts look more believable as compared to the ones shown in this movie!
- Story is not story at all, rather it looks like a spoof of all masala movies of yesteryears – twins getting separated in childhood, heroine looking for her lost twin, godfather of the hero killed publicly in the mid of a village by goondas and people standing mum, heroine trying to take revenge of her father's death, hero building body and learning action stunts to fight with bad men and hero-heroine singing songs by flying in air, no not in a plane but in an umbrella! Yes song placements were horrible; it can easily become case study for aspiring film makers to learn "where NOT to place songs in a film"
Need I say anything more? I think you would have got my TRUE feeling about this movie by now. These are my personal views and you are free to differ from mine but personally speaking I will NOT recommend this movie to anyone at all.
Other Details of the movie:
- Duration of the movie: Close to 3 hours
- Best to watch it with: Someone with whom you want to take some revenge, get him a ticket and make sure he can't come out in between :-)
- Cast: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey, Mithun Chakravarty
- Director: Nikhil Advani
- My Rating: - (minus) 5 / 5 (Hopelessly Pathetic)
Screw it, Let's do it!
Last year one resolution which I tried to fulfill to a large extent was getting back to my reading habit again. Once a voracious reader, my reading habit has almost gone to nil since the day I started working. With other priorities and absolute paucity of time, I hardly managed to read much book in last 3-4 years. So, in 2008 one of my resolutions was to get back to reading books. I knew I couldn't get back to my old count of reading which was almost a book every week, so I thought of setting a reasonable target of 1 book every month :-). Well, I didn't accomplish it fully but still I'm happy as I managed to read 10 books – 7 fiction & 3 business in 2008 as against only 2 books in 2007 :-(. And the good thing was whatever I read turned out to be good or you can say that I only went for popular and positive review books. I just thought to share my views on some of those books and recommend it to my blog readers as these are really good reads as per me.
One of the books which I read last year and really liked was "Screw it, Let's do it" by Sir Richard Branson. Though I am not much of a motivational or gyaan book loving person but still I liked it. In fact I liked it a lot! It's a quick read, engaging from start to end and very-very positive. It stirs your mind & leaves a very different kind of impact on you. You just keep on thinking, "oh all this happened to Richard Branson before he became Sir Branson??? Though I was very much aware of the story of his life but still reading it again in this book was a very nice experience. I got so impressed with this book that I gifted it to two of my close friends who are into entrepreneurial ventures. I think this book is a must for all those who are working in some start-ups, or are entrepreneurs or are planning to start something on their own. And yeah number of pages are quite less, so you can finish it off quickly. I have already rated this book 5/5 on many book sites :-)
Myspace's new marketing / engagement strategy: Black CurtainNow this is one such marketing cum engagement initiative which I'm sure can't be missed. Myspace has launched this initiative known as "Black Curtain India" where its Indian users get to watch new releases for free and that too before the public release of the film! Read More At Marketing Chit-Chat...
Thanks Nautankey!
Got this from Nautankey almost three weeks back but since I was travelling that time, hence did not get the chance to put it up here and then got tied up in work rut. Decided to put it now as today seems to be a horrible day for me, so thought an award even if its a virtual one may cheer up my day :-).
Nautankey – thanks, thanks & more thanks for giving this to me…such sweet stuffs really bring a smile on my face and it keeps me motivated to somehow find time to do more and more blogging despite my horribly packed work schedule these days.
Now the rules:
- Display the Award in your page - done with a big smile :-)
- Award them to your favorite commentators
- Ask them to forward it to their favorite commentators
- And don't forget to link their page to their names
Now I need to give it to my favorite commentators… Waise toh I love all my commentators who take time to visit my blog and express their thought on my posts (big THANKS to all of you :-)) but this award I would like to give it to all my old blogger friends who started comment on my blog loooong back on my O3 blog, who always commented with a genuine heart and intention of encouargement & healthy interaction on my blog. Initially when I started writing in 2003, I never expected comments and interaction from so many people but there are these people who were always there to read my posts and whose comments really encouraged me to write more and more and before I could have realized they made blogging an addiction for me instead of just another hobby :-)
So, here goes my list:
- My first few names is a list of those people who are not bloggers but still do take time to always read my posts and give their critical inputs (mostly negatives :-( but those negatives always help me to improve further :-)). I am not mentioning their names as they don't have any blog to be linked to, but I'm sure they know who am I referring to :-)
- Tanvi: My childhood and best friend. Though she is not a regular blogger but she is the most regular reader and commentator of my blog since my 1st post which is as old as 2003.
- Meher: She is one of the most regular and sweetest commentator from my O3 days and yeah she is always there to read my blogs and comment on it :D. I wanted to link her O3 blog but she does not use it anymore hence linking it to blogspot one.
- Savy: For all her intellectual inputs and thoughts expressed on my blog and yeah she was one of the initial few who always used to tell me to write more and more.
- Niceguy251: For all his sweet interactions on my blog.
Clap, clap clap for all of you and cheers to all my the readers of my blog :D !


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Our New Moon of September 5, 2013 lies in sidereal Leo, at the Hind of the Lion. The New Moon conjoins Chort and Zosma of Leo, Suhail Velorum of Argo Navis, and it lies under the auspices of Mizar of the Great Bear. This area of the zodiac is about creative motive, that which is behind and driving our creative expressions. It is also of global-level grand spectacle, often time of a diversionary nature created by world powers with hidden agenda. At a personal level, it invites us to look beyond these diversionary smoke screens and to attune to and act upon more transcendent evolutionary currents guiding our lives. Mizar is of fiery energy that must express in a grand way. It is also conducive for developing new creative projects, and the preparatory work behind those projects, especially those intended for public presentation, or in the case of world affairs, events of a grand scale.
This lunar cycle engages a crescendo of intensity, much like a massive wave starting to build in the ocean, one leading into the November pivotal point in the Uranus-Pluto Square, which in turn leads into a greater turning in April of 2014, due in part to the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto-Retrograde Mars Grand Square occurring then. Actions taken now, over these immediate few months, both personally and globally, can be critical, as they set up significant currents that can define our course over many years ahead….
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