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How often do two people who have been watching a film look upon each other breathless and transfixed at the end? I had seen Yi Yi, Edward Yang's 1999 film, but as is often true with any pleasure, I had to share the experience with someone and so a week after seeing it I played the DVD for a friend. For a second time I was crushed, weeping at many of the same scenes, yet finding different shadings in the various plots and subplots. It's the story of birth and death in an extended family, but it is much more.
The film is set in Taipei, and its opening piano music set over a wedding reception makes one think it may be a Taiwanese Terms of Endearment. To some extent this is true, but people coming into this film won't be overwhelmed by the star power of the American film, though a few of Yi Yi's actors are famous in the East. If all the players are strangers and to some extent the culture (the island of Taiwan has a checkered history, being thrown back and forth between Chinese and Japanese rule), audience identification can be purer. If given, trust won't be tainted by the accuracy of marketing to the right demographic. So who is Yi Yi aimed at? Yang's film is directed to the humanists and to the people who have loved life and hated it—people who have tried to do their best and ever endeavor to know themselves better.


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Every Hertfordshire wedding photographer should work on being able to create a shot list. This is the best way for you as a Hertfordshire wedding photographer to make sure that you do not end up missing out on any important moments that you need to document during the wedding. The wedding prep work and details that every wedding photographer goes through before the actual wedding photo shoot can be extremely grueling and it is something that can really be swamped with details. It can be very easy to miss out or completely forget a few important things and you cannot afford to have memory lapses when it comes to things like those. Your clients are going to be looking for those missing photos and this is something that they might end up holding against you. You cannot afford to risk your name and you profession that way.
Create a shot list
Keep the list close to you all throughout the time that you are shooting the wedding. This way, you will be able to cross things off of that said list as you go along and you will not have to worry about it at all. Sit the couple down so that you can talk about the things that need to be on the list. You can add in a few items of your own as well if you think that it is something that will turn out to be quite helpful in the coverage of the wedding. There have been countless clients and wedding photographers who have argued over things like these and you should just downright avoid it altogether if you can help it.
Find a photo coordinator
A photo coordinator is someone who can really help out in making your job as a Hertfordshire wedding photographer easier and should be actively pursued and pitched to the clients. Here's the thing, most of the weddings are pretty huge. They involve huge groups of people with most of them being close friends and relatives. Being the wedding photographer means being the professional who takes care of the photo coverage. It also means that you are someone from the outside trying to get a look of what's inside. Even if you go ahead and attend the rehearsal, it would be next to impossible for you to get to know and familiarize yourself with everybody on the guest list, no matter how good your memory might turn out to be at times and this is something that you should seriously prepare for as much as possible. Get a photo coordinator, preferably someone close to the couple who can identify with friends and with the family, to direct things for you. This will minimize most of the things that you need to work on and this will allow you to focus more on what you really need to do which is to focus more on the job of shooting pictures.
Scout the location.
You should know what you're in for as a Hertfordshire wedding photographer. You will only be able to better acquaint yourself to the wedding venue if you have actually been there in the first place. Visit the location and try to reel in some practice shots if you can.

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The most powerful ability a human being possesses is the ability to focus on one thing for an extended period of time.
Unfortunately, we live in the age of multitasking and distraction.
I think you all know what multitasking is. You probably know how horrible it is. If not, read this article.
We're going to focus here on eliminating distraction.
To have clean focus, you can't have anything else taking away your attention from what you are working on. Some of these can include…
– External things like TV, email, Facebook, friends in the room, construction outside, etc.
– Internal things like internal butterflies, thoughts, emotions, etc.
Now, I think it is a silly goal to eliminate all of these things at all times.
That said, you need to be aware of when these things come up and determine whether or not they are seriously holding you back.
The more important the project, the more disciplined you need to be in keeping those distractions out. Here are some ways to do this:
1. Manipulate or change your working environment. Remember, the place you work should ideally be both inspiring and free of distraction.
2. Physically center yourself by taking three deep breaths (Deep breaths go all the way down to the stomach). While breathing, simultaneously feel the breath going through your nose, filling your stomach and notice your peripheral vision.
3. Mentally center yourself by accepting everything exactly as it is, detatching from the past and future, and release your identification with your identity.
4. Emotionally center yourself by visualizing that tension, anxiety and pressure exits your body as you exhale. Imagine opening your chest and heart.
These may seem a little wierd, but give them a try. If they work, keep doing them. If they don't, discard.


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I have an inground pool with cement block walls. I want to attach wall foam to the walls and I'm not sure what the best way is to secure it to the walls. I don't think adhesive spray will work or duct tape. Some mentioned liquid nails, but I'm sure about that either. The walls are pretty dry but porous. Any help would appreciated
Attaching wall foam to a cement block wall inground pool
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I have tried lots of different types of spray adhesive . I have used it on a product called insul-wall the same idea as the foam but more like a thin solar blanket material with a tinfoil side. Try to find lapage 77 super spray adhesive. spray it on both sides let it tack up for a couple of minutes then press together. If This spray adhesive dosen't work no spray adhesive will. In Canada it is available at home depot.
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I spend most of my time reviewing core PC components like hard drives, motherboards, chipsets, sound cards, and power supply units. Each product category is filled with interesting options, and while some are considerably more compelling than others, at the end of the day I'm still dealing with variations on the same basic themes. Every so often, though, a product arrives at The Benchmarking Sweatshop that defies conventional classification. The latest such example is Thermaltake's A2413 7" embedded LCD displaya novel device dripping with potential for PC and automobile enthusiasts alike.
Tech journalists are infamous for over-using car analogies, and I'm just as guilty as most, if not more so after years of mainlining Top Gear episodes. But it's not entirely unreasonable to equate PCs with automobiles. Indeed, the two practically share floor space at the Consumer Electronics Show. The latest and greatest cars are becoming more PC-like, too, most recently integrating GPS and multimedia playback capabilities. Heck, you can even get Google Local Search in a BMW now.
More relevant today is the fact that PC and automotive industries both have strong enthusiast communitiesright down to forums littered with rabid fanboys. You may not be able to build your own car as easily as slapping together PC parts, but both camps are teeming with DIY hobbyists eager to get their hands dirty. The intersection of these camps is, of course, the car PC.
I've seen numerous car PC implementations over the years, from laptops crudely stuffed under passenger seats to slickly-embedded systems molded seamlessly into instrument consoles. These days, the hardware side of the equation should be easy enough to solve. You can pick up a Mini-ITX board with an Intel Atom processor for around $90. Add a stick of memory, a mobile hard drive, and a tiny enclosure, and you're all set... except for one thing: the display.
Displays small enough for a car's cabin aren't exactly common, but they can be found online for around $100. The problem is integrating these bare displays into dashboards not designed to accommodate auxiliary screens. Thermaltake's A2413 neatly avoids the issue by packing a retractable LCD that slides neatly into standard 7" automotive deck bays.
When its screen is retracted, the A2413 looks rather unassuming. That's a good thing, because the faceplate isn't removable. You don't want anything too flashy peeking out that might attract a quick smash and grab.
Of course, we should note that Thermaltake isn't necessarily targeting the A2413 at the automotive world. Quite the contrary, in fact. It's being pushed as an accessory for the PC crowd. PCs generally lack 7" drive bays, but Thermaltake has added some 7" bays to its Mozart TX, SwordM, and LAN Box enclosures. The A2413 is a PC product too, then, just as long as your PC resides in one of a handful of Thermaltake enclosures.
But back to the device, and the litany of buttons along the front of the unit. You won't need to worry about many of these, since they're mostly used to control the on-screen display.
Do pay attention to the eject button, though. It's used to deploy the LCD display, which slides out and tilts up, as illustrated above.
The motor that extends and tilts the screen could stand to be quieter, but it gets the job done, deploying the screen in about five seconds. From there, it takes an additional five-or-so seconds for the screen to actually light up. Apparently, it needs to warm up, or something.
As for the screen, it measures seven inches diagonally with a wide aspect ratio. The screen has a maximum display resolution of 1024x768at least that's the highest resolution it will accept from a video inputbut it only has 800x480 pixels, just like the Eee PC 700 series. A 1024x768 desktop nicely fills the A2413's display, but without enough pixels to properly display that resolution, text is quite difficult to read, even if you're up close.
If you're going to be running a 10-foot user interface like Vista's integrated media center application, resolution won't be an issue. Having support for higher input resolutions is nice for apps that don't play nicely at 800x480, and you can always run the native resolution if you need legible text.


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OS : MRS.LAAD GOVERNOR!!!! (By Annu1) (Thanked: 25 times)
arnav and khushi go to their room..
khushi is crying...
arnav "khushi look..everything is gonna be fine..u have to believe me.."
khushi "arnav ji..di aisa soch bhi kaise sakti hain..ki hum hum..unke sath aisa.."
arnav (lump in his throat) "thik waise hi jaise maine soch liya tha"
he looked at her guiltily..
arnav "i am so.."
khushi "nahi arnavji...apko ye kehne ki zarurat nahi hai..hum samajh sakte hain"
arnav (a lil smile on his face) "oh yes..khushi kumari gupta singh raizada sab samajh sakti hain.."(he said a lil teasingly)
khushi came close to him and hit him on his chest lightly..
arnav "aaaoo"
khushi "hume maaf kar dijiye...woh galti se ..hum aisa karna nahi chahte the"
arnav "exactly khushi mai bhi tumse yei kehna chahta hoon...(he said pleading forgiveness)..
he continued "aur koi baat nahi..mujhe itna dard nahi hua..aur sabse badhkar ab hum saath hain..."
khushi "exactly arnavji hum bhi apse yei kehna chahte hain.."she said mimicing him..
both of them smiled looking at each other..
arnav moved forward and hugged her..
she hugged him tightly too...
khushi :arnavji..hum apke ghao saaf kar dete hain.."
she went to the cupboard and brought a first aid box and some towels..
continuously saying something.."apko pata hai apke peeche..."
arnav looked around...he missed it so much..and then at khushi..he missed her the most..
he was staring at her..
she came up to him..
khushi "baithiye"
arnav "huh?"
khushi realised that arnav wasnt listening and she just pushed him slightly so dat he was seated on the recliner...
she cleaned the wound with the cotton...
arnav moved away coz it was hurting..
khushi "sorry sorry.."
she bent down and blowed slowly from her mouth near his left eye...
khushi "ab behtar hai?"
arnav could not stop looking at her..
he held her and made her sit beside him on the recliner..
khushi busy showing off her medical expertise..
khushi "arnavji??ab thik hai??"
arnav "nahi..yahan dard hain.."(he said pointing his finger towards his forehead)
khushi blowed slightly..
and though arnav wasnt really hurt there..he felt better..
then he took his finger to the right eye and khushi repeated her action..
arnav was definitely enjoying it..
khushi "ap thik hain?"
he then took his fingers close to his lips and said "ab yahan?"
khushi moved closer to his lips..and they stood there so close..
khushi realised what arnav was actually upto and that made her blush red..
she looked down..and tried to move away...
but arnav held her ...he made her look up..
arnav "khushi do not ever do dat to me again"
khushi shocked "kya?"
arnav "tumhe pata hai maine tumhe waha dekha aur mujhe laga ki tum..tum.."
khushi "hum itne jaldi thodi na marne wale hain"
even she mentioning her death made arnav shiver..
khushi "arnavji hum thik hain...sab thik hai..ap chinta mat kariye..aur pata hai usse badi baat kya hai ki ap thik hain..ap ghar pe hain..ap soch bhi nahi sakte ki pichle kuch din humne kaise kaate hain..iss kamre me..apke bina..hum boht dar gaye the..."
arnav "tum dar gai thi???tum???khushi tumne mujhe apni parwah kiye bina bachaya hai..mujhe nai pata tha that my wife is so brave...mujhe toh laga khushi kumari gupta sirf betuki baaten karke mera sar dukha sakti hai.."
khushi "hawww..yane apka hamari baaton se sar dukhta hai..aur haan hamara naam mrs.arnav singh raizada hai"(she said getting all angry flaring her nose)
arnav moved towards her "haan woh toh mai dekh hi raha hoon...ki mere gusse ki adat ab tumhe lag gai hai.."
they both chuckled..
she moved away..
arnav "khushi tumhe ek zaruri baat bolun?"
khushi nodded a yes..
"tum boht sundar ho.."
khushi smiled.."arnav ji..hum usse bhi zaruri baat bolen..??"
arnav "haan.."
khushi "apko nahane ki zarurat hai"
she started laughing..
arnav "oh really?"
khushi "haan..aur towel wahan rakha hai"she said pointing at it..
arnav got frustrated took the towel and muttered "mrs.laad governor" and left to take a bath..
khushi smiled and said "aaah!!akhir kar..hamare laad governor ghar wapas aa gaye"


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We consider two scenarios with:
The link to the CalcHEP model files: SMRS_CH
The link to the MadGraph 5 (UFO) model files: SMRS_UFO
The detailed description of the model parameters, couplings and vertices are included in the following pdf file: kkgrav.pdf
The Calchep implementation supports only unitary gauge so that user has to remember to force the CalcHEP to use the unitary gauge.
The link to the MadGraph 5 (UFO) model files: SMRS-left_UFO
The implementation is verified to reproduce the analytical results given in [2] as well as theoretical predictions for the various angular distributions of the decay products of the KK graviton. Please see the pdf file above for more details.


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• 2017/09/28 – Eligo secures $20M round of funding from Khosla Ventures & Seventure (press release)
• 2017/06/10 – Eligo is selected as a 2017 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum
• 2017/03/20 – Eligo presents at the 19th Annual Superbugs & Superdrugs, London
• 2017/03/05 – Eligo presents at SACHS 10th European Life Science CEO Forum, Zurich
• 2017/01/15 – Xavier Duportet, Eligo's CEO, is selected among the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Science & Healthcare
• 2016/09/20 – Eligo Bioscience is awarded two highly-selective grants by the French National Research Agency
• 2016/05/31 – JP Lehner, former Chief Medical Officer at Sanofi, joins Eligo Bioscience
Eligo Bioscience is proud to welcome Jean-Pierre Lehner as a new board member. Jean-Pierre Lehner, M.D., used to serve as the Senior Vice-President, Chief Medical Officer from 2009 to 2015 and before that Senior Vice President, Medical & Regulatory Affairs at Sanofi.
• 2016/01/05 – Dr. Antoine Decrulle and Erica Lieberman join the team as the fourth and fifth research scientists
• 2015/12/05 – Dr. Jesús Férnandez Rodríguez joins the team as the third research scientist
• 2015/07/08 – Eligo closes a €2M seed-funding round with Seventure Partners
Eligo Bioscience, a spin-off from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Rockefeller University, announced today it received an investment of €2m in a seed round financing from Seventure, one of Europe's leaders in financing innovation and visionary investor in the microbiome field since 2008.
• 2015/02/09 – Eligo is a laureate of the Tremplin Entreprises 2015 edition
Eligo Bioscience is laureate of the national startup competition Tremplin Entreprises organised by ESSEC and the French Senate and received € 5,000 in non-dilutive funding.
• 2014/07/17 – Eligo is a laureate of the Concours National de Création d'Entreprises Innovantes
Eligo is a laureate of the French national startup competition (Emergence category) and receives €31,000 in non-dilutive funding.
• 2014/06/08 – Eligo is a laureate of the Worldwide Innovation Challenge
Eligo Bioscience (previously PhageX) is one of 19 biotech projects selected among 630 candidates for the first phase of the Worldwide Innovation Competition and received €200,000 in non-dilutive funding.
Recently launched by the French Government, this competition aims to finance the most promising international companies in 7 industrial sectors.


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Fat Joe offered 100K for live concert broadcast?
by Mark Thomas
Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writer
Social networking company Social networking company Xumanii is offering the emcee up at least $100k for the rights to broadcast a live stream of his next performance.
Even though his latest album The Darkside: Volume 1 has had lackluster sales(though critically acclaimed), Xumanii still believes Joe can bring an audience, and is guaranteeing at least 100K in ticket sales if the rapper signs on.
If Joe signs on, Xumanii will stream his concert worldwide, with 'tickets' to view sold at $10 a pop. Xumanii guarantees at least 10,000 viewers, even without the help of a sponsorship, and believes that with a sponsorship that number could double if not even greater.
As of today, Joe has not yet officially signed on for this deal, but it is believed that he will.


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Bigg Boss 9 Prince Nora Romantic Date Priya Rishabh Fight 18 Dec 2015 Written Updates :- Its 10th week in the controversial Bigg Boss house where we have a new captain Prince Narula as he defeated Rishabh in a task in the previous episode now its time for 68th day of BB9 where a lot of drama, romance and fights have happened all of which will play a crucial role in the coming evictions of the show.
On day 68 Bigg Boss gave a task where all the girls of the house to impress Captain Prince Narula and we will reveal who wins date with Prince task of Bigg Boss 9 also what happened on day 68 in BB9 :
Bigg Boss 9 Day 68 Happenings
On day 68 in Bigg Boss 9 housemates wake up on morning song Chal Chhaiya chhaiya from Dil Se
Early in the morning Mandana and Gizele had a conversation in the garden area where Mandy told Gizele that she don't like when she talks with the members of the cool group.
Priya told Rochelle and Kishwer in a conversation that Mandana is faking her friendship with Gizele as she only wants to get footage out of it as she knows that Gizele is going to get evicted very soon.
Later in the day Rishabh and Priya had a fight in the kitchen where Priya confronts Rishabh about why he was being so rude to her in the past few days to which he replied that you gave my protein and jacket to Bigg Boss as a punishment when you were captain which I didn't like. Priya said that my suitcase is also gone so what.
Bigg Boss shows inmates their stuff which different captains have given to bigg boss as punishment to inmates, now inmates have chance to get it back. Bigg boss ask captain Prince who deserve to get his/her most? Prince says Priya doesnt have her bag as i gave it away earlier so she is taking clothes from others so i wanna give her name.
Bigg Boss ask him to give two more names, Prince gives Rishab and Kishwar's name. bigg Boss ask Priya, Rishab and Kishwar to go to double trouble room.
In double trouble room Bigg Boss gave them 4 options which are as follows :
1. if one of them presses the button then he or she will get stuff back while other two will not get it.
2. if two of them presses the button then the one who didnt press button will get things.
3. if three of them presses the button then they will not get their things back and also each of them will have to give one more thing.
4. if none of them presses button then they will not get anything and one more inmate will have to give his/her whole stuff to bigg boss too
Rishab, Priya and Kishwar comes back in lounge, bigg boss says in double trouble room Priya and Kishwar pressed buttons so they will not get their things and Rishab didnt press button so Rishab will get his stuff from store room. Rishab comes in store room and takes his protein shake
Kishwar says to Priya that I thought you would not press button and Rishab would do it so you will get your bag, Priya says I am not concerned about my bag that much
Bigg Boss introduces a task where all the girls in the house have to impress Captain Prince and whoever wins will go on a romantic date with him
Nora Fatehi wins Date with Prince Task
After the task Priya and Manadana had a fight in the kitchen over cooking and later Rishabh involves himself in the brawl as Mandana doesn't wants Priya to help her in making the food
Stay tuned with us for more Bigg Boss 9 updates


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A world's fair, world fair, world expo, universal exposition, or international exposition (sometimes expo or Expo for short) is a large international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world. The most recent international exhibition, Expo 2017, was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. Dubai, UAE has been selected to host WORLD EXPO 2020. Osaka, Japan has been selected to host World Expo 2025.
Since the 1928 Convention Relating to International Exhibitions came into force, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE; English: International Bureau of Exhibitions) has served as an international sanctioning body for world's fairs. Four types of international exhibition are organised under the auspices of the BIE: World Expos, Specialized Expos, Horticultural Expos (regulated by the International Association of Horticultural Producers) and the Triennale di Milano. Depending on their category, international exhibitions may last from three weeks to six months.
World's fairs originated in the French tradition of national exhibitions, a tradition that culminated with the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 held in Paris. This fair was followed by other national exhibitions in continental Europe and the United Kingdom.
The best-known 'first World Expo' was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations". The Great Exhibition, as it is often called, was an idea of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, and is usually considered to be the first international exhibition of manufactured products. It influenced the development of several aspects of society, including art-and-design education, international trade and relations, and tourism.[1] These events have resulted in a remarkable form of Prince Albert's life history, one that continues to be reflected in London architecture in a number of ways, including in the Albert Memorial later erected to the Prince. This expo was the most obvious precedent for the many international exhibitions, later called world's fairs, that have continued to be held to the present time.
Since their inception in 1851, the character of World Expos has evolved. Three eras can be distinguished: the era of industrialization, the era of cultural exchange, and the era of nation branding.[2]
The first era could be called the era of "industrialization" and covered, roughly, the period from 1800 to 1938. In these days, world expositions were especially focused on trade, and were famous for the display of technological inventions and advancements. World expositions were the platforms where the state-of-the-art in science and technology from around the world were brought together. The world expositions of 1851 London, 1853 New York, 1862 London, 1876 Philadelphia, 1889 Paris, 1893 Chicago, 1897 Brussels, 1900 Paris, 1901 Buffalo, 1904 St. Louis, 1915 San Francisco, and 1933-34 Chicago were landmarks in this respect.[] Inventions such as the telephone were first presented during this era. An important part of the image of world's fairs stems from this first era.
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair diverged from the original focus of the world's fair expositions. From then on, world's fairs adopted specific cultural themes; they forecast a better future for society. Technological innovations were no longer the primary exhibits at fairs. The theme of the 1939 fair was "Building the World of Tomorrow"; at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, it was "Peace Through Understanding"; at the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal, it was "Man and His World". The fairs encouraged effective intercultural communication for the exchange of innovation.
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal was promoted under the name Expo 67. Event organizers retired the term world's fair in favor of Expo. (The Montreal Expos, a former Major League Baseball team, was named for the 1967 fair.)[3]
From World Expo 88 in Brisbane onwards, countries started to use expos more widely and more strongly as a platform to improve their national images through their pavilions. Finland, Japan, Canada, France, and Spain are cases in point. A large study by Tjaco Walvis called "Expo 2000 Hanover in Numbers" showed that improving national image was the primary participation goal for 73% of the countries at Expo 2000.[] In a world where a strong national image is a key asset, pavilions became advertising campaigns, and the Expo a vehicle for "nation branding". Apart from cultural and symbolic reasons, organizing countries (and the cities and regions hosting them) also utilize the world exposition to brand themselves. According to branding expert Wally Olins, Spain used Expo '92 and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in the same year to underline its new position as a modern and democratic country and present itself as a prominent member of the European Union and the global community.[]
At Expo 2000 Hannover, where countries created their own architecture, the average pavilion investment was about EUR12 million.[4] Given these costs, governments are sometimes hesitant to participate, because benefits are often assumed not to outweigh the costs. Tangible effects are difficult to measure, but an independent study for the Dutch pavilion at Expo 2000 estimated that the pavilion (which cost around EUR35 million) generated around EUR350 million of potential revenues for the Dutch economy. It also identified several key success factors for world-exposition pavilions in general.[5]
Presently, there are two types of international exhibition: World Expos (formally known as International Registered Exhibitions) and Specialised Expos (formally known as International Recognised Exhibitions).[6] World Expos, previously known as universal expositions, are the biggest category events. At World Expos, participants generally build their own pavilions. They are therefore the most extravagant and most expensive expos. Their duration may be between six weeks and six months. Since 1995, the interval between two World Expos has been at least five years. The latest World Expo Expo 2015 was held in Milan, Italy, from 1 May to 31 October 2015.
Specialized Expos are smaller in scope and investments and generally shorter in duration; between three weeks and three months. Previously, these Expos were called Special Exhibitions or International Specialized Exhibitions but these terms are no longer used officially. Their total surface area must not exceed 25 ha and organizers must build pavilions for the participating states, free of rent, charges, taxes and expenses. The largest country pavilions may not exceed 1,000 m2. Only one Specialised Expo can be held between two World Expos.[7]
An additional two types of international exhibition may be recognized by the BIE: horticultural exhibitions, which are joint BIE and AIPH-sanctioned 'garden' fairs in which participants present gardens and garden pavilions; and the semi-regular Milan Triennial (not always held every third year) art and design exhibition, held in Milan, Italy, with the BIE granting official international exhibition status to 14 editions of the Triennale between 1996 and 2016.[8]
World Expos (formally known as International Registered Exhibitions) encompass universal themes that affect the full gamut of human experience, and international and corporate participants are required to adhere to the theme in their representations. Registered expositions are held every 5 years because they are more expensive as they require total design of pavilion buildings from the ground up. As a result, nations compete for the most outstanding or memorable structure--recent examples include Japan, France, Morocco, and Spain at Expo '92. Recent Registered Expositions include Brussels Expo '58, Montreal Expo 67, Vancouver Expo 86, Osaka Expo '70, and Seville Expo '92. Sometimes prefabricated structures are also used to minimize costs for developing countries or for countries from a geographical block to share space (i.e. Plaza of the Americas at Seville '92).
The only Registered (Universal) exposition to be held without BIE approval was the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.[9] The sanctioning organization at Paris denied them "official" status because its president, Robert Moses, did not comply with BIE rules in place at the time, namely the one limiting the duration for universal expositions to six months only. The two World's Fairs in New York (1939-40 and 1964-65) and the Century of Progress in Chicago (1934-1935) have the distinction of being the only two-year world expositions in history.[] The Fair proceeded without BIE approval and turned to tourism and trade organizations to host national pavilions in lieu of official government sponsorship. However, a large number of countries did participate in the world's fair including several newly independent African and Asian states.[10]
Frederick Pittera, a producer of international fairs and exhibitions and author of the history of world's fairs in the Encyclopædia Britannica and Compton Encyclopedia, was commissioned by Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. of New York City in 1959 to prepare the first feasibility studies for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Pittera was joined in his study by Austrian architect Victor Gruen (Inventor of the 'Shopping Mall'). The Eisenhower Commission ultimately awarded the world's fair bid to New York City against several major U.S. cities.[11]
In the 21st century the BIE has moved to sanction expos only every five years; following the numerous expos of the 1980s and 1990s, some see this as a means to cut down potential expenditure by participating nations. The move was also seen by some as an attempt to avoid conflicting with the Summer Olympics. The rule may apply to all expos, or it may end up that universal expositions will be restricted to every five years or so, with international or specialized expositions in the in-between years for countries wishing to celebrate a special event.
Specialized Expos (formally known as International Recognized Exhibitions) are usually united by a precise theme -- such as 'Future Energy' (Expo 2017 Astana), 'The Living Ocean and Cost' (Expo 2012 Yeosu, or 'Leisure in the Age of Technology' (Brisbane, Expo '88). Such themes are more specific than the wider scope of world expositions.
The Specialized Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, popularly known as Expo '85 was held in the city of Tsukuba located near Tokyo. This Exposition is more formally known as "The International Science Technology Exposition".
Specialized Expos are usually smaller in scale and cheaper to run for the host committee and participants because the architectural fees are lower and they only have to customize pavilion space provided free of charge from the Organiser, usually with the prefabricated structure already completed. Countries then have the option of 'adding' their own colours, design etc. to the outside of the prefabricated structure and filling in the inside with their own content.
List of official world expositions (Universal and International/Specialised) according to the Bureau International des Expositions.[12]
|Name of Exposition
|04/1851 - 10/1851
|The Great Exhibition
|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|World Expo
|Industry of all Nations
|05/1855 - 11/1855
|Exhibition Universelle / Paris International
|World Expo
|Agriculture, Industry and Art
|05/1862 - 11/1862
|International Exhibition
|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|World Expo
|Industry and Arts
|04/1867 - 11/1867
|Exposition Universelle / Paris International
|World Expo
|Agriculture, Industry and Arts
|05/1873 - 10/1873
|Weltausstellung 1873 Wien / Austrian International Exposition
|World Expo
|Culture and Education
|05/1876 - 11/1876
|Centennial Exposition
|United States
|World Expo
|Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine
|05/1878 - 11/1878
|Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition
|World Expo
|New Technologies
|10/1880 - 04/1881
|Melbourne International Exhibition
|Australia (colony of Victoria)
|World Expo
|Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industrial Products of all Nations
|04/1888 - 12/1888
|Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
|World Expo
|Fine and Industrial Arts
|05/1889 - 10/1889
|Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition
|World Expo
|French Revolution
|05/1893 - 10/1893
|World's Columbian Exposition
|United States
|World Expo
|Discovery of America
|05/1897 - 11/1897
|Brussels International Exposition
|World Expo
|Modern Life
|04/1900 - 11/1900
|Paris International
|World Expo
|19th Century: an overview
|04/1904 - 12/1904
|Louisiana Purchase
|United States
|St. Louis
|World Expo
|Louisiana Purchase
|04/1905 - 11/1905
|Liège International (1905)
|World Expo
|Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of independence
|04/1906 - 11/1906
|Milan International
|World Expo
|04/1910 - 11/1910
|Brussels International Exhibition
|World Expo
|Works of Art and Science, Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations
|04/1913 - 11/1913
|Exposition universelle et international / Ghent International Exposition
|World Expo
|Peace, Industry and Art
|02/1915 - 12/1915
|Panama-Pacific International Exposition
|United States
|San Francisco
|World Expo
|Inauguration of the Panama Canal
|05/1929 - 01/1930
|Barcelona International Exposition
|World Expo
|Arts, Industry and Sport
|05/1933 - 10/1934
|Century of Progress
|United States
|World Expo
|The independence among Industry and scientific research
|04/1935 - 11/1935
|Brussels International Exposition
|World Expo
|05/1936 - 06/1936
|Specialised Expo
|05/1937 - 11/1937
|Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne / Paris International Exposition
|World Expo
|Arts and Technology in modern life
|05/1938 - 05/1938
|Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
|Specialised Expo
|04/1939 - 10/1940
|New York World's Fair
|United States
|New York City
|World Expo
|Building The World of Tomorrow
|05/1939 - 09/1939
|Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)
|Specialised Expo
|Art of Water
|07/1947 - 08/1947
|International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
|Specialised Expo
|Urbanism and Housing
|07/1949 - 08/1949
|Universal Sport Exhibition (1949)
|Specialised Expo
|Sport and physical culture
|09/1949 - 10/1949
|The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat in Lyon
|Specialised Expo
|Rural Habitat
|12/1949 - 06/1950
|Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince
|World Expo
|The festival of Peace
|04/1951 - 05/1951
|The International Textile Exhibition
|Specialised Expo
|07/1953 - 10/1953
|Specialised Expo
|09/1953 - 10/1953
|Conquest of the Desert (exhibition)
|Specialised Expo
|Conquest of the Desert
|05/1954 - 10/1954
|The International Exhibition of Navigation (1954)
|Specialised Expo
|05/1955 - 06/1955
|The International Expo of Sport (1955)
|Specialised Expo
|06/1955 - 08/1955
|Helsingborg exhibition 1955
|Specialised Expo
|Modern Man in the Environment
|05/1956 - 06/1956
|Exhibition of citriculture
|Beit Dagan
|Specialised Expo
|07/1957 - 09/1957
|Specialised Expo
|Reconstruction of Hansa District
|07/1958 - 09/1958
|Brussels World's Fair
|World Expo
|A World View: A New Humanism
|05/1961 - 10/1961
|Expo 61
|Specialised Expo
|Celebration of centennial of Italian unity
|04/1962 - 10/1962
|Century 21 Exposition
|United States
|World Expo
|Man in the Space Age
|04/1964 - 10/1965
|1964 New York World's Fair
|United States
|New York
|World Expo
|Peace Through Understanding
|06/1965 - 10/1965
|Specialised Expo
|04/1967 - 10/1967
|Expo '67
|World Expo
|Man and His World
|04/1968 - 10/1968
|HemisFair '68
|United States
|San Antonio
|Specialised Expo
|Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas
|03/1970 - 09/1970
|Expo '70
|World Expo
|Progress and Harmony for Mankind
|08/1971 - 09/1971
|Expo 71
|Specialised Expo
|The Hunt through the World
|05/1974 - 11/1974
|Expo '74
|United States
|Specialised Expo
|Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment
|07/1975 - 01/1976
|Expo '75
|Specialised Expo
|The Sea We would like to See
|06/1981 - 07/1981
|Expo 81
|Specialised Expo
|05/1982 - 10/1982
|1982 World's Fair
|United States
|Specialised Expo
|Energy Turns the World
|05/1984 - 11/1984
|1984 World's Fair
|United States
|New Orleans
|Specialised Expo
|The World of Rivers- Fresh Water as a source of life
|03/1985 - 09/1985
|1985 World's Fair
|Specialised Expo
|Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home
|11/1985 - 11/1985
|Expo 85
|Specialised Expo
|05/1986 - 10/1986
|Expo '86
|Specialised Expo
|Transportation and Communication: World in Motion - World in Touch
|04/1988 - 10/1988
|Expo '88
|Specialised Expo
|Leisure in the Age of Technology
|06/1991 - 07/1991
|Expo 91
|Specialised Expo
|The activity of young people in the service of a World of Peace
|04/1992 - 10/1992
|Expo '92
|World Expo
|The Era of Discovery
|05/1992 - 08/1992
|Expo Colombo '92
|Specialised Expo
|Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea
|08/1993 - 11/1993
|Expo '93
|South Korea
|Specialised Expo
|The Challenge of a New Road of Development
|05/1998 - 09/1998
|Expo '98
|Specialised Expo
|The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future
|06/2000 - 10/2000
|Expo 2000
|World Expo
|Man, Nature, Technology
|03/2005 - 09/2005
|Expo 2005
|World Expo
|Nature's Wisdom
|06/2008 - 09/2008
|Expo 2008
|Specialised Expo
|Water and Sustainable development
|05/2010 - 10/2010
|Expo 2010
|World Expo
|Better City, Better Life
|05/2012 - 08/2012
|Expo 2012
|South Korea
|Specialised Expo
|The Living Ocean and Coast
|05/2015 - 10/2015
|Expo 2015
|World Expo
|Feeding the planet, Energy for life
|06/2017 - 09/2017
|Expo 2017
|Specialised Expo
|Future Energy
The majority of the structures are temporary and are dismantled after the fair closes. Landmark towers from several fairs are notable exceptions. By far the most famous of these is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Exposition Universelle (1889). Although it is now the most recognized symbol of its host city Paris, a number of influential contemporary critics opposed its construction, and there were demands for it to be dismantled after the fair's conclusion.[14]
Other major structures that were held over from these fairs:
Some world's fair sites became (or reverted to) parks incorporating some of the expo elements, such as:
Some pavilions have been moved overseas intact:
The Brussels Expo '58 relocated many pavilions within Belgium: the pavilion of Jacques Chocolats moved to the town of Diest to house the new town swimming pool. Another pavilion was relocated to Willebroek and has been used as dance hall Carré[25] ever since. One smaller pavilion still stands on the boulevard towards the Atomium: the restaurant "Salon 58" in the pavilion of Comptoir Tuilier.
Many exhibitions and rides created by Walt Disney and his WED Enterprises company for the 1964 New York World's Fair (which was held over into 1965) were moved to Disneyland after the closing of the Fair. Many of the rides, including "it's a small world", and "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", as well as the building that housed the Carousel of Progress are still in operation.
Disney had contributed so many exhibits to the New York fair in part because the corporation had originally envisioned a "permanent World's Fair" at the Flushing site. That concept instead came to fruition with the Disney theme park Epcot, an extension of the Walt Disney World Resort, near Orlando, Florida. Epcot has many of the characteristics of a typical universal exposition: national pavilions, as well as exhibits concerning technology and/or the future, along with more typical amusement park rides. Meanwhile, several of the 1964 attractions, relocated to Disneyland, have been duplicated at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Occasionally other bits and pieces of the fairs remain. In the New York City subway system, signs directing people to Flushing Meadows, Queens remain from the 1964-65 event. In the Montreal subway at least one tile artwork of its theme, "Man and His World", remains. Also, a seemingly endless supply of souvenir items from fair visits can be found, and in the United States, at least, can often be bought at garage or estate sales. Many of these events also produced postage stamps and commemorative coins. The 1904 Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in conjunction with the 1904 St. Louis fair, although no particular tie-in seems to have been made. The Exposition Universelle (1900) Paris was also loosely tied to the Olympic Games.
Expo 2020 will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as a Registered Exposition.
The bidding process for this larger sized exposition formally began in 2011, with four cities being selected to participate in the final round of votes:
Other participating cities and countries that were not selected for the final voting process to host Expo 2020, or did not submit bids for consideration by the BIE:
Expo 2023 will be held at the Argentine capital and will have a theme of "Science, Innovation, Art and Creativity for Human Development. Creative Industries in Digital Convergence".
Four countries had submitted bids to host Specialised Expo 2022/23:
At the end of the project examination phase, BIE Member States voted for Buenos Aires as the host city of Expo 2022/23 via a secret ballot at the BIE General Assembly, held in November 2017.[48]
Expo 2025 will be held at the Japanese city of Osaka and will have a theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives!".
Four countries had submitted bids to host World Expo 2025:
Osaka made its official bid for the Expo on 24 April 2017[49] with the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives".[50]
The Azerbaijani capital entered its candidacy before the deadline[51] under the theme "Human Capital".
The French capital was the first to declare its candidacy,[52] under the theme "Sharing our Knowledge, Caring for our Planet".[53] The candidacy was withdrawn in January 2018 due to budget constraints.[54]
The Russian city entered its candidacy on 22 May 2017[52] under the theme "Changing world: inclusive innovation is for our children and future generations".
At the end of the project examination phase, BIE Member States voted for Osaka as the host city of Expo 2025 via a secret ballot at the BIE General Assembly, held in November 2018.
Due to the U.S. government's withdrawing its membership in the BIE from 2002 to 2017,[55]Worlds Fair USA is the first private Worlds Fair effort in history.[56] Worlds Fair USA is organizing a series of mini-World's Fairs around the country called World's Fair Nano in cities like San Francisco[57] and New York City[58] in order to build excitement for the six month World's Fair, which Worlds Fair USA hopes to organize within the decade.[when?]
The Los Angeles World's Fair is another non-BIE effort.[59]
The BIE, since 1959 [60] grants recognition to the International Horticultural Exhibitions (Category A1) approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) subject to it meeting certain criteria including being approved by the BIE general assembly.[61]
International Horticultural Exhibitions (upcoming in italics):
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Granted, this is coming from Entertainment Weekly, not Cahiers du Cinema, so it's probably unnecessary to get oneself too worked up over their choices.
Here they are (ranked in order of "Greatness"):
1. Steven Spielberg
2. Peter Jackson
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Steven Soderbergh
6. Ridley Scott
7. Quentin Tarantino
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10. Joel and Ethan Coen
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13. Tim Burton
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16. Zack Snyder
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18. Danny Boyle
19. Clint Eastwood
20. Ron Howard
21. Ang Lee
22. Paul Thomas Anderson
23. Paul Greengrass
24. Pedro Almodóvar
25. Jon Favreau
My immediate reactions? Predominantly American, unfortunately... after all, the article doesn't say that it's a list of the 25 greatest active American directors. Did the folks at EW who put this thing together do much research, or did they just pluck the most obvious names - especially those who have made studio films in recent years?
Also, not a single woman on this list. It's still very much a man's world. I'd argue in favor of a Claire Denis over Jon Favreau, for example. There's Catherine Breillat, Mira Nair, even Sofia Coppola. Granted her last film was 2006's Marie Antoinette, but here's a woman with a vision, and 3 films with much critical acclaim accompanying them.
And of course, very few minorities, save for the likes of Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro.
I'd take Spike Lee over Darren Aronofsky and... Zack Snyder??? What has he done to warrant a ranking? 300? Dawn of The Dead? Both decent efforts, but compared to Spike's 24-year-old oeuvre? He's certainly had his share of misses, but, Spike's overall body of work impresses.
To rank Almodovar 24th, beneath a select group of directors still in career diapers, still discovering their individual voices, is blasphemous! I like Aronofsky, but his resume includes 2 films that play more like graduate thesis films in Pi and Requiem For A Dream, a third film, while ambitious, was a failure (IMHO) in The Fountain, and his last effort, the supposed comeback for Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) - I think his most mature film to date. The kid's got potential, but, he doesn't belong on this list... not yet.
Jon Favreau? Judd Apatow?
Christopher Nolan impressed us with Memento and the last 2 Batman movies, but he doesn't belong in the top 10. Where are David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook, David Lynch, Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Wong Kar-Wai, Roman Polanski, Mike Leigh, Alfonso Cuaron...? They all fit the criteria, and are all "active."
Brad Bird? I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting at the moment.
Anyway... as I said, it is Entertainment Weekly, otherwise known as EW, as in ewwwww :o)
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text: Americans deeply split over politics By Ralph Z. Hallow THE WASHINGTON TIMES Americans are as deeply divided over party, ideology and values as they are over the legitimacy of the presidency of George W. Bush, a new poll shows. The splits are so profound that Mr. Bush and his Democratic challenger might as well be campaigning in two different, but parallel, worlds, said John Zogby, who conducted the survey for the O'Leary Report, published by political analyst Bradley S. O'Leary. The survey also found that the most important "gender" gap is not between male and female voters, but between married women and single women, Mr. Zogby said. "That gap is enormous married and single voters live not on different planets, but different solar systems, when it comes to their politics and values," Mr. Zogby said. "Republicans have a problem with single voters, especially single women. The Democrats' problem is with married people, especially married women." Among other survey findings, married voters approved of the Bush tax cuts by a margin of more than 2-to-1 51 percent of married voters said the tax cuts were a good idea and 20 percent said they were a bad idea. By comparison, single voters said the tax cuts were bad by a 34 percent to 25 percent margin. The Dec. 15 to 19 survey compares the views of 1,200 likely voters on abortion, same-sex "marriage," religion, gun rights, tax cuts, Social Security reform and other issues. The results highlight the division of views between the 30 so-called "red states" won by Mr. Bush in 2000 and the "blue states" (20 states and the District) carried by Democrat Al Gore. The views in the red states and blue states are so divergent that they can be considered as two nations, Mr. O'Leary said at yesterday's press briefing with Mr. Zogby. Mr. O'Leary said the poll revealed the most meaningful divisions emerged not in the usual geographic categories of East, Midwest, West and South familiar to political strategists and the press, but in groupings he called "precincts," where there are concentrations of voters who share the same social and economic interests and the same values. "Within this poll, we identified 10 very important social and economic precincts that deliver money, votes and volunteers in the presidential election and live within the blue and red states," Mr. O'Leary said. "We identify the issues that divide these precincts. The results demonstrate that each of these precincts split the American electorate almost evenly, or at worst between 42 [percent] and 52 percent." "The poll is an attempt to get at the core of this division," says Mr. Zogby. "We see significant demographic and ideological differences between ... blue and red states. The blue states have fewer Republicans, 55- to 69-year-olds (the most conservative age group), rural dwellers, conservatives, born-again Christians, daily or weekly attendees at a place of worship, local sports fans, gun owners, investors, military veterans and married voters." "These differences portend a harder sell for Republican candidates [in blue states]," Mr. Zogby said. "On the other hand, red states have fewer younger voters, single voters, college graduates, liberals, Catholics and Jews, union members, and non-prayers. In short, the two regions think and vote differently because they are different." In red states, he noted, 62 percent of voters said Mr. Bush is the legitimate president, while 32 percent said the election was stolen from Mr. Gore. link


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Posts tagged 'Barley'
Today is a big day in my life. It's huge. It's wonderful. It's one of the best days of the year.
Why, you might be asking?
No, it's not my birthday, anniversary or Christmas.
It is the day that BIG BROTHER 12 PREMIERES!
Since the American version began in 2000, I have not missed a season. The only season I didn't watch was the one they had in the winter when the writer's strike was going on. Something about watching BB when it was snowing out just didn't feel right. For me, summer is now epitomized by spending three nights a week on my couch, in front of the tube, watching other people's drama. It drives my husband nuts, although every year – amidst his complaints – he ends up getting sucked into the drama too. It is magnetic that way!
So please, bear with me, if this journal becomes less about frugality and healthy living and more about the televised antics of reality star wannabes 🙂
To kick off this most glorious day, I had yet another Barley Bowl!
I could get used to this.
- 3/4 cup cooked pearl barley, cooled in the fridge
- 1/2 cup plain non-fat yogurt
- 4 strawberries, sliced
- 2 apricots, sliced
- 1 giant spoonful of peanut butter
- Sprinkle of cinnamon
Almost exactly the same as yesterday's, minus blueberries.
Why is nut butter so powerful?
Also: why doesn't my iPhone camera have a zoom lens?
I am now going to pretend to work when all I can think about is the drama-filled summer to come!
Sugar Crisp Reinvented
Remember this cereal?
It's the first thing I thought of when I cooked up some barley last night for breakfast this morning. Once cooked, barley looks just like a non-puffed version of Sugar Crisp!
I searched the Internet high and low (well, really, I gave up after 2 minutes because if the Internet can't give me what I want in 2 minutes flat, I give up. I'm the MTV generation after all!) but I couldn't find out if Sugar Crisp really IS made of barley. I am going to pretend that it is.
But, yes! I cooked up some barley last night for today's breakfast. I bought organic barley in bulk from the Big Carrot on Friday with the intention of using some as a breakfast cereal. I had seen it featured as a breakfast item on Peanut Butter Fingers and it always looked really tasty. I am here to confirm that it is!
For one cup of cooked pearl barley (the type with the hull removed) here are some stats:
- 193 calories
- 0.7 grams of fat
- 6 grams of fibre
- 3.5 grams of protein
- 12% of your RDA of iron
Pretty good, eh? What makes it even better is that it has a great texture! It is dense and chewy which is the way I like my food 😉 I love my bulgur and quinoa (you know I do!), but this grain is particularly satisfying.
I cooked up 1/2 cup of barley with 1.5 cups of water. I let it simmer on the stove until the barley absorbed the water which took about 20 minutes. I just put it in some tupperware, put it in the fridge, and scooped out 3/4 of a cup this morning. And this is what I made:
Ta da!
- 3/4 cup cooked pearl barley
- 1/2 cup plain non-fat yogurt
- 2 sliced apricots
- 4 sliced strawberries
- Small handful of blueberries
- 1 spoonful of peanut butter
- Sprinkle of cinnamon
Loved this! I guess I used about 5 or 10 cents worth of barley for this breakfast, too, which makes it very – you guessed it – FRUGAL 🙂


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See The Wyoming Top Alcohol Funny Car [PHOTOS]
Kris and Kevin Hool brought their K&K Motorsports Wyoming themed Top Alcohol Funny Car by the studio this morning to show it off, before heading out for their first run of the year.
The paint job on the car was done by Chris Ramirez of RR/C Collision in Casper and the art work really makes the car stand out. The paint job is really going to pop when it gets a chance to run under the lights later in the NHRA series.
Monday, the team heads down to Houston, TX for their first race of the year on the NHRA Lucas Oil racing circuit.
If you'd like to help Kris and Kevin and sponsor K&K Motorsports on their 3014 race season - go to CWYO.net for more info and you will also find links to help out.
We want to say Thanks to Kris and Kevin for bringing it by to show it off and we wish them the best of luck on the 2014 circuit!!


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5 Secrets To Grilling The Perfect Steak
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Appearnce: This odd, Red-skinned Hobgoblins are armed to the teeth, and ready to rumble. He cackles with mamiacal glee as he unlimbers his Dagger and prepares to attack. Though bestial in appearance, and Viscious in battle; there is a strange aura of good humor; like all of it's ferocity is a part of a joke that you just aren't in on.
Can summon: 5/day.
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LE Outsider (Goblinoid, Fire), Bipedal.
BAB: 1 (M + 2/R+4).Dagger d4+1/19-20×2, Firebolt d6/x2 (R-Touch!)
Feats (1): Toughness, Weapons Focus: Magic Rays.
Skills: Perception +3, Stealth +5.
Equipment: Dagger.
Fiendish: Resist Cold, and Fire 5; Smite Good 1/day (1 dmg), SR 7.
Fire Subtype: Can survive on the Elemental Plane of Fire, Immune to Fire, Vulnurable to Cold.
Cantrips: Disrupt Undead*, Spark, Flare, Dancing Lights, Prestidigitation.
Spells, 1st (4/day): Absorb Flames**, Burning Hands.
Bloodlie Arcana: Convert Energy damage to Fire.
Fire Ray: May shoot a Fire Bolt that does d6 Damge 3/day.
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The Mets have many concerns. One of their biggest problems is the inability to evaluate their own personnel in a timely fashion.
There is too much paralysis by analysis. After watching the Mets strike out 61 times in their first homestand, the most through six games in team history, it is time for the front office to make some decisions.
Such is the case with first base.
Ike Davis has four hits in his last six at-bats, over a span of three games, including the walk-off pinch-hit grand slam Saturday. Davis had two of the Mets' four hits Sunday in their agonizing 2-1 loss to the Reds at Citi Field.
They are 2-4 and head out on a nine-game trip to Atlanta, Anaheim and Arizona.
Naturally, since Davis is hot, he will not be in the starting lineup come Tuesday when the Mets face the Braves.
That's because the Mets have an evaluation plan, and part of that plan is play Lucas Duda to get a read on him. Duda will start Tuesday.
That the Mets don't have a final read on Duda and Davis in Year Four of the Sandy Alderson Regime is hard to comprehend.
Davis has more than 1,700 plate appearances in the majors, Duda is closing in on 1,300. Make a decision and if that decision is to go with Duda, trade Davis.
"The Mets are afraid they are going to get burned on a Davis trade,'' a scout said at the game. "They can't think like that. They have to have the courage of their convictions and make a trade.''
All true.
"A team must be able to scout its own talent and must know its own organization better than any other team, that's the most important aspect of scouting,'' added the NL scout.
It sure is.
The Mets are afraid they will make the wrong decision, so they put off making a decision.
When Terry Collins was asked after the loss if Duda is going to play the entire Braves series, he answered, "If I had the whole lineup for the rest of the year, I'd give it to you today. But I don't. He's going to play Tuesday.''
Collins avoided answering the question because he doesn't have the answer. Those decisions haven't been passed along. That's the way of the baseball world.
So, while Davis was coming off one of the most dramatic hits of his career and then doubled to left off Alfredo Simon in the second and scored on Juan Lagares' single for the Mets' only run and then added a hard single in the seventh on Sunday, he is back on the bench Tuesday.
The other Mets hit was a double in the third by Eric Young Jr. That was it for the Mets' offense.
Come Tuesday, Davis, who is hitting .500 so far, told The Post he will go with the flow: "Just grind it out. Same stuff.''
Same stuff with the Mets, different season.
Both Duda and Davis will hit in Anaheim because of the DH.
The front office has not been able to settle on the best bullpen arms and that has cost the team as well. Some of the better arms are in Las Vegas.
The Mets have hit into some hard luck, too. Young catcher Travis d'Arnaud is still looking for his first hit of the season. He ripped a line drive to deep left that was caught for the second out of the seventh, a ball that looked like it had a shot at going out.
Every decision a front office makes is not going to be a home run.
If the Mets trade Davis, it could come back to haunt them, but those things happen in the game. If it were me, I'd stick with Davis and hope for the best, but if Duda is your man, Alderson needs to do what is right and make a deal and move on and let the chips fall where they may.
Make a decision and have the guts to stick with it.


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An Article Address by Azim Premji in the 'Shaping Young Minds Program' (SYMP) organized by AIMA in collaboration with the Bombay Management Association (BMA) in Mumbai on 'My Lessons in Life'.
I am very happy to be here with you. It is always wonderful to be with young people. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper and finally salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have learnt along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you plan your own career and life.
The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, 'Forget about hopping. You are, anyway good at it. Concentrate on swimming.' They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses.
The second lesson I have learnt is that a rupee earned is of far more value than five found. My friend was sharing with me, the story of his eight year-old niece. She would always complain about the breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally, my friend took the child to a supermarket and brought one of those ready-to-cook cereal packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour water in the dish. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious? The difference was that she had cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our own rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of 'come easy, go easy'. I guess we only know the value of what we have, if we have struggled to earn it.
The third lesson I have learnt is, in Cricket, no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure. And if you do encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or anyone else for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share in the problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you lose, do not 'lose the lesson'.
The fourth lesson I have learnt, is the importance of humility. Sometimes, when you get so much in life, you really start wondering, whether you deserve all of it. We have so much to be grateful for. Our parents, our teachers and our seniors, have done so much for us, that we can never repay them. Many people focus on the shortcomings, because obviously, no one can be perfect. But it is important to first acknowledge, what we have received. Nothing in life is permanent, but when a relationship ends, rather than becoming bitter, we must learn to savor the memory, of the good things, while they lasted.
The fifth lesson I learnt is, that we must always strive for excellence. One way of achieving excellence, is by looking at those better than ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. But excellence cannot be imposed from the outside. We must also feel the need from within. It must involve not only our mind, but also our heart and soul. Excellence is not an act, but a habit. I remember the inspiring lines of a poem, which says that your reach must always exceed your grasp. That is heaven on earth. Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.
The sixth lesson I have learnt is, never give up in the face of adversity. It comes on you, suddenly without warning.. Always keep in mind, that it is only the test of fire, that makes fine steel. A friend of mine shared this incident with me. His eight-year old daughter was struggling away at a jigsaw puzzle. She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally, it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, "Look, why don't you just give up? I don't think you will complete it tonight. Look at it another day." The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes, "But, dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just got to put them together!" If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem into its perspective.
The seventh lesson I have learnt is, that while you must be open to change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhiji often said, "You must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze." Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and humility have survived for generations. At the end of the day, it is values that define a person more than the achievements. Do not be tempted by short cuts. The short cut can make you lose your way and end up becoming the longest way to the destination.
And the final lesson I learnt is, that we must have faith in our own ideas even if everyone tells us that we are wrong. There was once a newspaper vendor who had a rude customer. Every morning, the Customer would walk by, refuse to return the greeting, grab the paper off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick up the money, smile politely and say, 'Thank you, Sir.' One day, the vendor's assistant asked him, "Why are you always so polite with him when he is so rude to you? Why don't you throw the newspaper at him when he comes back tomorrow?" The vendor smiled and replied, "He can't help being rude and I can't help being polite. Why should I let his rude behavior dictate my politeness? "
"My Lessons in Life....by Azim Premji"
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ICPCE 2018 : International Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Education
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Call For Papers
In their aim to disseminate innovative research and best practices in psychology, counselling and education, Psychreg and New Era University jointly host the 1st International Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Education (ICPCE 2018), to be held in Quezon City, Philippines on August 3–5, 2018.
The theme of the ICPE 2018 is: 'Preparing Psychologists, Counsellors, and Educators for the Contemporary Trends of the 21st Century'.
Join us as we explore the intimately intertwined relationships of psychology, counselling and education. Indeed, these three allied disciplines have never faced greater challenges than in the current environment. It is our hope that through collective efforts, we can arm ourselves with essential information so that as psychologists, counsellors, and educators we will be better able to maximise the opportunities for change and improvement as they are presented.
We are seeking submissions for paper presentations that meet the following criteria:
Offers relevant perspectives on the application of psychology, counselling and educational principles to contemporary challenges of the 21st century
Hinged on a robust and richly-described empirical study (qualitative, quantitative or both), or those that incorporate rigorous theoretical analysis
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The conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of Psychreg Journal of Psychology.
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Humanity in War Frontline Photography since 1860
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HUMANITY IN WAR is a photographic record of warfare over the last 150 years. From the American Civil War to the conflicts of the early twenty-first century, the photographer has been a constant presence, preserving moments of courage, dignity, defiance and hope amidst pain and suffering. The exhibition also traces the evolution of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since its inception. Finally, it aspires to remind all of us of the importance of exercising humanity.
"Like the Red Cross, photography had its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century. The immediacy of the new medium enabled it to depict the nature of warfare as never before: its brutality and the suffering it inflicted, on both combatants and civilians."
Jakob Kellenberger, President, ICRC
This photo exhibition is enriched with video collations of images taken by five of the world's top war photographers, from the VII Photo agency, James Nachtwey, Ron Haviv, Christopher Morris, Franco Pagetti and Antonin Kratochvil. They depict the reality and brutality of armed conflict today, but they also show that even in the darkest hours of despair there is a sense of hope and pride.
"When people are suffering, it doesn't mean they don't express dignity. When people are afraid, it doesn't mean they lack courage. When people are in pain, it doesn't mean they don't have hope," said James Nachtwey.
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Edmonton (March 8, 2017) Alberta Party Opposition Leader Greg Clark released the following statement on International Women's Day:
"Thank you Mr. Speaker, it's an honour to speak on International Women's Day.
Yesterday my staff and I were talking about the controversies spurred by the reprehensible "red pill" anti-feminist ideology. And of course I was shocked by the entire idea. I have to admit I was shocked to hear about the ingrained sexism that women on my own staff have faced in the recent past.
I was told that in a previous role, one of my staff was told she wasn't capable of being on the communications team because women "disrupt the morale" of the men. Or of being encouraged to run for secretary, not VP because "women are better organized". Or being called "sweetie" or "darling" in a board meeting. Or being told she was only hired in a senior role because the boss wanted to "get it wet".
If that makes you uncomfortable, it should. These sound like stories from 40 years ago, but they're stories from two years ago. This is what many women in Alberta struggle with every day.
Recently, I was asked if I'm a feminist.
Well, I was raised by a strong single mother. My wife is a smart, strong leader who makes a difference every day. I'm a father of two intelligent daughters who deserve to grow up a world where they don't worry about sexual assault or domestic violence, and have exactly the same opportunities as any man.
So yes, I'm a feminist.
The real question is who's not a feminist.
But despite the challenges that persist in our society, I am encouraged by the work I see women doing every day to strive for equality even in situations where some want them to fail.
Today, Daughters of the Vote sat in the House of Commons. These inspiring young women refuse to go unheard, and I hope they continue to inspire other young women to become involved in their communities. And I want to recognize the countless women who live their own quiet activism every day, shaping communities and making change.
And so I have hope. Hope that we will become more aware of the work still to be done to create a truly equal society.
I have hope that the next generation of young women will live in a world where opportunities are limited only by their capabilities and desires, not by their gender.
I hope to be able to work alongside the strong women in my life, both personally and professionally, and with all of you, to create a better world for all our daughters.
If we call out sexism when we see it, if we seek to create opportunities for women to take on leadership roles in elected office, in senior staff positions, in business and in community, we will be taking concrete steps towards building a truly equal society.
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The action comedy came in second to Toy Story 3, which netted $13 million (via L.A. Times).
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Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev has welcomed the failure of her country's controversial candidate for the Oscars to win a nomination, having called the film "Foxtrot" an insult to the military.
"I think the decision saved us from bitter disappointment and prevented an untruthful worldwide representation of the Israeli army," she told army radio on Tuesday evening after the announcement of nominees.
The surreal and complex "Foxtrot" by director Samuel Maoz won Israel's best film award in September, making it the country's pick for the Academy Awards.
But with its occasionally harsh view of the Israeli military it brought down the wrath of right-wing firebrand Regev, despite winning the Grand Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.
A record 92 countries submitted films for the best foreign-language Oscar and "Foxtrot" failed to make the final five nominee list.
Regev, who acknowledges not having seen Foxtrot, says her ire is not based on artistic criteria but on Israel's image abroad.
"A film which shows Israeli army soldiers in a deceptive manner as murderers and harms the good name of the Israel Defence Forces is not fitting to represent Israel," she said.
Regev, who belongs to what is seen as Israel's most right-wing government ever, is no stranger to controversy and has repeatedly clashed with the largely left-leaning cultural elite.
They have accused her of seeking to muzzle them, including by promoting a bill to cut subsidies to cultural institutions deemed not "loyal" to the state.
She was not invited to September's Ophir Awards -- Israel's version of the Oscars -- where "Foxtrot" won the best picture prize.
She instead appeared live on her Facebook page to criticise the movie and members of Israel's Film and Television Academy.
In 2016 she was booed on arrival at a cultural conference and hit back from the podium.
"As the famous Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu once said: 'Cut the bullshit,'" she snapped.
She raised hackles earlier this week after posting a video clip of herself with supporters of Beitar Jerusalem football club at a game against an Arab team where Beitar fans reportedly were singing "torch their village".
Beitar, the only team in the Israeli league that has never had an Arab Muslim player, is known for its anti-Arab chants and often violent ultra-nationalist Jewish fans.
Regev said that from where she stood at Monday's game against Sakhnin it was impossible to make out anything beyond what was said by those immediately next to her and she heard no offensives remarks.
"I didn't hear what was sung," she said in the army radio interview.
"There were thousands of people there. I only heard those who were next to me who didn't do anything (wrong)."