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Yakov, a shriveled goatherd wrapped in an ancient camouflage coat, tended his meager flock along the road to our first orphanage, and seemed more surprised than flattered at our stop. Our driver, having given too little thought to risking our lives behind the wheel, was sufficiently obliging for several photo stops; besides the goats, we posed with the sign at the outskirts of town, and shot the hamlet church and its ten napiform domes. Thousands of miles from home, but within minutes of our target, I was stalling with the dread of a mourner en route to a funeral visitation, pregnant with purpose, but reluctant to consummate. Conversation sputtered minutes from the orphanage, in a dichotomous aura of anticipation and foreboding. While I'd been to an orphanage before, it was to pick up my own kids, not to see the need.
Outside the institution, gas pipes a foot in diameter skimmed the ground, then rose up, forming an unsightly bridge over the dirt road just beyond. Sheep freely wandered as geese rested warily in the street beside their pond, framed at its far end by a motley village. The orphanage, white and red brick, was the most auspicious building in sight, seducing me with sufficient curb appeal to briefly sweat the ethics of past depictions of orphanages as bastions of hopelessness.
Faith sprinted in, with a swelling group of kids shadowing her, and I had to hustle to avoid being lost in labyrinthine stairwells and halls. Young and old welcomed us unprompted with formal hellos as they saw us. Several paired children, each lugging a handled cardboard box holding a meat carcass, greeted us with a pleasant self-confidence that said they had no inkling how squeamish their burdens made us. I wondered if this friendliness was standard for all visitors, or if it was reserved for those from America, who might get them out.
We'd come to see Alexandra, a retiring thirteen, who'd earlier said she wanted a mom and dad from the Lighthouse Project. I'd seen the results of a hundred orphanage interviews before, but mystique surrounded their creation. Since interviews are the deciding factor in a family's child selection prior to a trip, I always imagined discussions of why we were here, what things we would ask, and what answers would be advantageous, before we rolled.
We invaded Alexandra's room, a spartan space she shared with one mentally impaired girl, at naptime. Underdressed in pajamas, she self-consciously tugged at them in a futile attempt to cover her knees. Faith greeted her, wordlessly turned on her camera, and started questioning. This minute action evoked a barrage of dissonant emotions: relief at the uncoached purity of the interview mingled with horror at the lack of preparation in her appeal for a life, letdown at the loss of the interview's mystery alongside hope in sharing nascent steps toward a future, empathy for her losing battle for modesty but delight at her desire, and prayer for her success with a yearn to flee because of her discomfort. Oddly, the interview dredged up a strong and haunting reminder of the first euthanasia I witnessed as a student, prior to being numbed as a veterinarian. I'd anticipated these seemingly disparate events with dread and awe, but found them disturbingly similar, each process lacking the drama to portend the weight of the result.
The interview lobbed a few softballs as I willed Alexandra to excel. We gleaned that she likes red, roses on bushes, cats and dogs, and pictures of foxes. She does not study English, since her school has no teacher. And that was all: these few, unpretentious words encapsulated a petition I worried couldn't be enough to induce a family to take her. Faith earned a smile when she gave Alexandra a purse, then I awkwardly offered a handful of gum and a hug. Leaving, we popped in to see a boy awaiting his Wisconsin family.
Our whirlwind visit left Elaine and me plenty to ponder on the road to our next stop. In an orphanage with one hundred children, we'd entered two rooms, each housing two children, but focused all effort on one resident. How could the others know that we also cared about them, but that their circumstances would not permit adoption? Did they wonder what heroics garnered Alexandra and the Wisconsin boy American attention? Did Faith's childish shadows pray she might notice them, and lament our determination to visit just two rooms, with hardly a glance their direction? Did Alexandra puzzle why strangers would bounce in, ask a few questions, and go?
How deflating to realize the humble chance we'd given Alexandra was the only glimmer of hope we'd left at her orphanage. Other souls, equally needy and with futures as bleak, were relegated to barely supporting role status, remembered only for the atmosphere of generalized desperation they helped create. In one stop, one orphanage, ten minutes at most, my optimism abandoned me. Our mission would never be fully accomplished.


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LAST week I was lucky enough to be selected to take part in a Twitter tasting - an event I had witnessed several times but never had the chance to take part in. It was organised by Steve Rush from The Whisky Wire and Alasdair Day of Tweeddale and it was a corker of a night. We had four batches to try and everyone involved agreed that all four drams were something special. What made the event so much fun was hearing everyone's opinions. This helped me identify certain tastes and smells I couldn't quite put my finger on and I found it to be an enjoyable and educational evening. Here are my notes from the night and a wee bit about the whiskies themselves.
This was created from one single grain whisky and eight single malts between 10 and 21 years old from the four regions of Scotland: Lowlands, Highlands, Speyside and Islay.
Nose: Initially there's lemons, vanilla, grapefruit, slight smoky peat and a dusting of cocoa powder. But as it settles down, the aromas evolve to reveal raspberry, cinnamon, apples, grass and a biscuity note which brought to mind fig rolls.
Palate: Sweet arrival, with raisins, toffee, dark autumn fruit, cloves, a wee bit of grass and a slight smoky peatiness.
Finish: Fresh ginger, pepper and a hint of spice, while a lovely fruity note runs all the way through.
Tweeddale Batch 2: 12 years old, bottled at 46%
This has the same grain whisky as Batch 1 but this is 15 years old from a sherry butt. The seven single malts used in this blend are also from the same casks as Batch 1 but are between 12 and 21 years old.
Nose: Much richer than Batch 1. Polished wood, raisins, leather and Lockets cough sweets. Blackberry, red and black jelly babies, salt, damp leaves, kiwi and passion fruit, pomegranate, plum jam, slightly earthy, icing sugar, orange, root beer and pencil shavings.
Palate: Sweet, almost jam-like. Toffee, vanilla, rich honey, toffee apples, dry wood, caramel.
Finish: Vanilla and strawberry jam with a wee dab of liquorice.
Tweeddale Batch 3: 13 years old, bottled at 46%
This features the same single grain as before but it's 18 years old from sherry butts. Seven of the single malts used are from the same casks as Batch 1 and 2 but are a year older. The core malt is 14 years old from a different cask.
Nose: Porridge with a swirl of strawberry jam, lots of cinnamon, herbal, butter icing, apples, dried fruits - specifically yogurt-covered banana slices.
Palate: Almost cake-like, with lots of sweet jam, brown sugar, honey, orange and there's a fizzy confectionery note - I'm thinking of a packet of Refreshers.
Finish: Sweet and warming with a biscuity note similar to Ginger Snap biscuits.
Tweeddale Batch 4: 14 years old, bottled at 46%
The single grain here is slightly younger - 16 years old. Seven of the single malts are from the same distilleries and same casks as before. The Lowland malt was matured in an Islay cask.
Nose: Rich and full-bodied with the same lovely fruity jam note as batches 1, 2 and 3. White wine, very floral, malt loaf, ginger ale, raspberry panacotta, pepper, gooseberry, sherbet lemons, sherbet Dib-Dabs and fruit salad chewy sweets.
Palate: Lots of fruity jam again, but it's slightly softer here. Black pepper, blackberry, wine gums and strawberry Chewits.
Finish: Liquorice, lots of autumnal fruits and a hint of spice.
As you can see, all four have a lot going on and they all have a wonderful fruit jam note which is utterly delicious. If I had to pick one, it would have to be Batch 2, but it's a very close call. I was so impressed with the Tweeddale range that I bought a bottle of Batch 3 yesterday which I'll save for a wee while, especially as there are only 300 clanking around the UK - most were sent to the US and Canada.
I would also just like to thank everyone who took part in the Twitter tasting and to Steve and Alasdair for organising the event. If you see a bottle of Tweeddale out in the wild, don't hesitate and buy it straight away.
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Ok seriously Kawika is amazing.
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too fun! i love photographing the wishes. that is a great idea!
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Awww Amy her room is SO cute! I wish I had that room when I was a baby! LOL!! Congrats on having Emree and it was so good to finally see you at church!
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When I went to weatherproof the TNC connectors on the bottom of this unit, I learned something: bring patience ... or heat shrink tubing, a pair of scissors, and a heat gun. I opted for patience, as it was my first time doing this. The connectors on the bottom of the unit are grouped 4 together and leave very little room for weatherproofing and fingers. In retrospect, if I had some tubing and heat gun, it would've taken me 10 minutes tops instead of the 45 per device.
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However, there is absolutely zero support for WDS in the XCS / Xirrus Cloud Management System, leaving you to configure it independently on each array / IAP. Typically that wouldn't be a big deal, oh but it is. The XCS configuration gets pushed to the Xirrus array every time it updates from the cloud, overwriting the config on the array ... without WDS support .. which of course it disables when it writes the config. Luckily a week or two ago Xirrus decided to create "Read Only" configurations on XCS so that config settings wouldn't get overwritten on the array when it pinged the cloud... which is cool, however still pretty sucky because now you can't configure the arrays from the cloud, you can only monitor them .. sad trombone.
So, lesson learned: if you're using WDS on Xirrus, try everything you can NOT to use the WDS (even though its awesome), including pricing out inexpensive bridges like Cambium ePMP or mesh gear so you don't have to lose the ability to config, control, and monitor your arrays from the cloud.
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2 September 2013: The Padstow Midsummer Music event has finally been formally announced by the local Rotary club. This annual fundraiser and summer favourite for those staying in holiday cottages in Padstow, will take place at Prideaux Place on June 21st.
The festivities will start at 6:30 will all the money going towards the Merlin MS Center in Cornwall and also the NSPCC. Anyone in one of the holiday cottages in Padstow looking for something to do for the night should definitely make sure to grab a ticket to this really genuine and fun music event. Bring a picnic and some chairs to make for a lovely evening of music and food as the sun goes down.
The line up this year is one of the best so far. With tribute band, Re-Take That headlining, the evening will start off with the award winning Helston School Jazz Orchestra followed by Shane Solomon supported by Rhythm Roulette.
This event is attended by hundreds of locals and visitors alike who just want to enjoy some good company, good food, and of course, great music. The stunning Prideaux lawns provide a scenic backdrop for this annual event.
Classic Cottages, a company that provides holiday cottages in Padstow, encourages their renters to visit this musical event if just to donate to a good cause. Who wouldn't want to see one of Britain's favourite boy bands come back to life for a night?
To enquire about holiday cottages in Padstow to stay in during this event, contact Classic Cottages at http://www.classic.co.uk or call 01326 555 555.
Classic Cottages offer more than 700 wonderful coastal and countryside holiday cottages to rent in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.
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The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is accepting applications for the position of Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab Faculty Associate (Research Position) in the Department of Defense Analysis (DA). NPS provides graduate education to military officers of the uniformed services, Department of Defense civilians, and members of the international defense community. The DA department offers two graduate curricula, one for the study of special operations and irregular warfare, and the other focusing on joint information operations. The mission of DA is simple: to arm select US and international military professionals and interagency personnel with the critical thinking skills and specialized knowledge that they will need for waging and prevailing in the complex conflicts under way — and those to come.
The CORE Lab is an emerging technologies and methods analytics lab and is broadly sponsored by several supporting agencies. Our mission is to help U.S. and international field operatives develop the skills necessary to fuse and analyze geospatial, cultural, relational, and temporal data in order to gain comprehensive understanding of the operational environment. We are looking for a Faculty Associate to join the CORE Lab team in picturesque Monterey, California, to work under the direction of a faculty member and officer students supporting various projects. The projects are in the areas of counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, organizational and topic mapping, maritime operations, law enforcement, disaster response, and stability and reconstruction operations. The position is based on a one-year contract with one-year extensions contingent upon funding.
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Saadat Manto and Ismat Chughtai are two Urdu Indian writers who have been brushed off in an age of Noble laureates and bestsellers. But not for long as Naseeruddin Shah's Motley group of thespians revive them through a series of shows based on their writings.
Manto Ismat Hazir Hain is a compilation of two short stories by Manto and a short story and essay by Chughtai. With 'obscenity' as its theme, Shah has picked short stories that were most controversial during the time they were published.
Manto's Bu (Odour) borders on erotica as a man's one night stand with a 'bhangan' woman leaves him obsessed with the smell of her body. Neither sweet like attar nor stale like body odour, he tries to find it years later on his own wife.
Titwal Ka Kutta is a tragicomedy about life on both sides of the Indo-Pak border and what happens to a poor dog who dares to love everyone.
Lihaaf (Quilt) is one of Chughtai's finest stories. Maybe because it happens to be true. A little girl learns why her mothers 'sister by name' isn't ruffled up by her husband's blatant homosexuality when she is left in her care for a few days.
Un Byaahataon Ke Naam is based on Ismat's essay on the Lahore High Court summons that accused her and Manto of obscenity. It is a touching, brave and a hilarious account of the torment and discrimination she and Manto faced.
Shah's direction is excellent and he couldn't have picked a better set of actors to play Manto, Chughtai and friends. Not for a minute does it feel like they're just rambling on and about. Their conviction takes the audience on a vivid journey through their recitals, acting out several parts and emotions.
Manto Ismat Haazir Hain is a must watch if you want to journey back in time and rediscover an India that was different, yet so similar to the one we live in today. Courage, not obscenity is what these writers are all about and Motley, as always has picked a winner, niche as it may seem at first.
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The popular third-party Reddit app Reddit has been updated once again for Windows 10 for PC and Mobile. It includes some new image features, the addition of moderator mail to the hamburger menu and more.
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- Swiping on the last/first album image will no longer cause the swipe view to engage
- When zoomed in on an image in a post or in the album viewer, panning the image will no longer cause swipe view or the album's swipe view to engage
- Moderator mail has been added to the hamburger menu and to the inbox dropdown. Only visible/available to mods of reddit obviously. Supports toasts (you will not get duplicates). If you have both new notifications and mod mail, you will receive a toast that says you have "new notifications and moderator mail". If a single mod mail message is received, the username in the title of the toast notification will have [mod] in front of it
- i.reddituploads.com will now display natively as an image instead of in a browser
- Clicking the share button from comments view will now share the permalink to the comments instead of the post content url
Bug fixes
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With just four weeks to go to Melcrum's Social Media Conference, I'm doing a series of interviews with all the speakers and workshop leaders. Earlier on, I interviewed James Bennett, Melcrum's Head of Content, on the benefits of attending the conference. And, I've just interviewed Euan Semple who's our keynote speaker for the event.
As many of you know, Euan's been at the forefront of social communication and technology over the past 10 years or so and is seen as a leading comms consultant in helping organisations get the most out of this wired-up world.
In this interview, Euan talks about the comms revolution and opportunities this brings to organisations in terms of employee engagement and advocacy. He also touches on the need to overcome fears in becoming more open online plus the benefits of fully embracing social media to attract the best talent.
Thanks to Twitter, Euan also answers questions received from @StephenBeynon, @mattoneill, @johnpc and @neil_jenkins.
Tomorrow at 3pm, I'll be interviewing Pete Stevenson, Creative Director at The Edge Picture Company about creating a culture of visual storytelling through the use of corporate video.
If you have any questions, please either comment on this blog or drop me a quick tweet and I'll make sure to put these to Pete.


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Most students know the horror of dropping their smartphone, only to pick it up to find the display shattered. Smartphones take a lot of time and money to replace, meaning it can be hard to find a service that will repair a phone's display quickly that is also close by. Luckily for Seton Hall students, sophomore Andrew Foo has brought his own phone repair business to campus.
Foo has been repairing phones for six months, after being taught by his cousin, who is employed by AT&T. He started learning last spring, as a freshman, and repaired phones throughout the summer, gaining experience.
He knows how to fix screens, as well as various other malfunctioning parts of cell phones. For his on-campus business, he primarily works with screen repairs, repairing iPhones and the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5.
Foo does the repairs mainly at his home in East Hanover, NJ. For an iPhone glass repair it will be about $80, for a Samsung it will be about $200.
"Many people, like myself, drop their phones on a daily basis," Foo said. "Also, accidents do happen so I figured it would be beneficial for both myself and my peers to bring my repair business to Seton Hall. It is convenient for people who dorm as well as commute because they do not need to leave campus in order for their phone to be repaired."
One of the most important factors in whether or not to get a phone screen repaired is the cost, and for college students, cost-effectiveness is always crucial. Foo's prices are comparable to mall boutiques, and he will match a competitor's price if proof can be shown that a store is offering a lower price. Factors such as the make and model of a phone, and the work that needs to be done, all go into determining the price of a repair.
"I had him repair my iPhone 5," junior Garrett Almeida said. "He had to replace the battery as my battery life was barely over an hour. The repair took just about two hours and cost me $20. My battery now lasts the whole day and I couldn't be happier."
Currently, Foo does not have anybody else working with him in his small repair company, but that has not stopped him from having success on his own.
"For a fairly small and new upcoming business, I have had a decent amount of success on and off campus," Foo said. "After officially opening my business up to Seton Hall students a few weeks ago, I have already repaired a few phones and I hope my business will eventually take off within the Seton Hall community."
Foo's work can be found on his Instagram page, @TechMedSHU, and to contact him about a phone repair, he can be reached on his cell phone at (973) 262- 3210.
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The Great Himalayan Ultra Race is the World's highest Ultracycle race. A 600km road race starting and finishing in Leh, Ladhak. Comprising solo and relay team categories, all racers in all categories must have a support vehicle and crew. Solo is a RAAM Qualifier for racers, finishing within the cut-off will qualify for The Race Across America. The Relay team category is RAAM style. The Races are also on the Ultramarathon Cycling (UMCA) calendar.
There is also a shorter distance Tour that will start and finish at Leh, Ladhak and is designed for riders to experience the best part of this fabulous route, and for racers who may want to attempt the Ultra in the following year. The terrain requires support and participants of this category will be provided a shared support/sweep vehicle. The tour is not a race.
Route Recce was conducted by Race Director Divya Tate, Local Logistics Support and Partner – Wasim Bari Zargar of Chasing Himalaya, Greeshma Soley of Rover's Den a hostel in Leh which will be Race Headquarters, Deepak Save of Garage 7 Mumbai and Solo RAAM Finisher Amit Samarth.
Read his Blog Report – https://www.inspire-india.in/amit-samarths-great-himalayan-ride/
Inspire India brings you the world's highest Ultracycle Race… With a start point elevation higher than any point on any Ultracycle Race in the world!
Being a High Altitude Race, all racers will be required (mandatory) to report in Leh between 8-10 days before race start. While this is for us to establish that racers get the bare minimum acclimatization, it is highly recommended that racers arrive 12-14 days in advance to ensure that they acclimatize satisfactorily. This is particularly necessary if racers are flying directly into Leh. Option is to reach Srinagar or Manali and drive to Leh, in order to have a slower transition to high altitude.
Race Details
- Location – Leh
- Distance – 630 km Race & 444 Tour
- Start Date – 1st Sept 2018
- Elevation Gain – 10347 Mts
- Start Elevation – 3500 Mt above sea level
Detailed Event Schedule
- Wed 22nd-Fri 24th Aug – Mandatory Reporting for Racers for Acclimatization
- Tue 28th Aug – Mandatory Reporting for all Crew for Acclimatization
- Fri 31st Aug – Race Inspection
- Sat 1st Sept – Race Start
- Sun 2nd Sept – Mon 3rd Sept – Race Finish
Race Route
600 KM Route Map – https://ridewithgps.com/
Route Details – From Leh to Thiksey (on the Manali Highway) turn, and head back up north-west to Dras (on NH1 to Srinagar) Leh is a well know destination in India and at a height of 3500Mts or 11500 ft will be a high altitude start point. Ladhak the region is a high altitude desert which almost shuts down for over 6 months of the year. The Road to Srinagar is a well maintained and incredibly scenic route, with an elevation gain of 10350 mts and a highest point of 4100 mts at Fotu La. Solo and Relay Team category Race, fully supported by crew and vehicles, time trial style ultra race, similar to The Deccan Cliffhanger by Inspire India
444 KM Route Map – https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27845323
From Leh to Kargil and back on NH1, the Srinagar highway, the 444 KM Tour allows riders to enjoy the most scenic and challenging part of the route. With an elevation gain of 8300 mts and a highest point of 4100 mts at Fotu La. The terrain is remote and demanding, with very little supplies along the route, and must be supported by vehicle.
Format, Categories And Timings
Given the high Altitude of the race the format will be a little different from the usual non-stop time-trial format. There will be a mandatory 3 hour rest halt for all racers and teams at a designated location.
600 KM – SOLO RAAM Qualifier
SOLO is just that…. Solo! Solo racers ride the entire distance, while their crew provides them with full support. Categories and Timings are based on Racing Age and Gender. Racing Age is the age each Racer will turn during the calendar year of the race (year of race minus birth year). Solo Racers at The Great Himalayan Ultra Qualify for The Race Across America if they finish within the RQ timings.
Categories and Timings are based on Racing Age and Gender. Racing Age is the age each Racer will turn during the calendar year of the race (year of race minus birth year). The Ride option is for riders attempting to ride The Great Himalayan Ultra solo, who do not complete within RQ timings. All riders who complete the route within their time limit of 48hrs will receive the Finisher's Award, but will not be qualified for RAAM.
|Solo 600 KM
|Time – Men
|Time – Women
|RQ – Race – 18-49 yrs
|40 Hrs
|42 Hrs
|RQ – Race – over 50
|42 Hrs
|44 Hrs
|Ride – Inspire India Finisher
|48 Hrs
*RQ – Is the RAAM Qualifier timing as listed above.
The team event is a relay, not a peloton of 2, 3 or 4 members. Team members take turns riding, while other/s rest in the support vehicle and move up the road. Teams have the freedom to decide how often you swap riders, how long each member rides and how much distance each covers.
If Rider A is cycling, the support vehicle will position the next rider B, with her/his cycle up the route. B will wait for the A to come right up to that point, and overlap cycles, before starting to ride. A will stop, put bike on car and vehicle will follow B and move up to the next exchange point.
Categories and Timings (Tentative) are based on Team Age and Gender. Team Age is the average racing age of all Team members (total number of years divided by 2,3 or 4 depending on team size). Racing Age is the age each Racer will turn during the calendar year of the race (year of race minus birth year).
- Gender
- All Men
- Mixed – at least 1 member is Male and 1 Female.
- All women
|Relay Teams – 2. 3. 4 persons
|Time – All Men, Mixed
|Time – All Women,
|Race Cut off timings
|18-34 yrs
|38 Hrs
|40 Hrs
|35-49 yrs
|39 Hrs
|41 Hrs
|over 50
|40 Hrs
|42 Hrs
444 KM – 2 Day Tour
A Shorter distance tour called The Himalayan Experience, Leh-Kargil-Leh is designed for riders to experience the best part of this fabulous route, and for racers who may want to attempt the Ultra in the following year. The terrain requires support and participants of this category will be provided a shared support/sweep vehicle. The tour is not a race, but there will be a cut off to ensure safety and a night halt at Kargil. The first and second days' ride will require all participants to have reached Kargil night halt or Leh by 9pm.
There is no relay team category. If racers want to form a group to share support, please drop us an email with details of the all racers.
- All Categories finish under 48 hours
- The Ride and Tour Events are non-competitive.
- All Participants will receive a Medal on completion of the route.
- There are no bicycle categories at this time. Special bikes will be considered and ruled upon by the Race Advisor.
Rules & Regulations
Guiding principles
- Safety of all persons involved
- Running a Clean and Healthy race with a level playing field for all
- Creating a Race of International standards
- Protecting Race integrity and reputation
(The guiding principles will dictate decision making by the Race Committee on any issue not specifically covered in these rules)
All racers, crew and officials will have to be covered by Insurance. Details will be shared shortly.


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All I knew of James Blake before tonight was his hit Limit to Your Love. And that Elektra has a considerable crush on him. So like the loyal wing woman, I joined her at Terminal 5 to see him perform and for a shimmy or two. I'd never been to an electronic show before, and …Read More
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…tried an egg cream
As Rachel and I walked home tonight, we made a stop at Gem Spa, a scruffy bodega in the East Village and just one of the many eateries in the city claiming to sell 'New York's best egg cream'. Even though we have zero experience to draw from, we decided to see what they had. Now, I'm still not …Read More
…rode the Cyclone at Coney Island
New York boasts hundreds of national landmarks – but I never expected to find one among gaudy rides and neon prizes at an amusement park. Today Noah and I jumped on a train to Coney Island, where we headed to the Cyclone, a huge, rickety rollercoaster that was erected in 1927 – and which has landmark …Read More
…sneaked snacks at Smorgasburg
The sun is out, which means one thing in the summer: Time to head to Smorgasburg. Smoragsburg is a huge flea food market held every Saturday in summer along the East River in Williamsburg. There are food stands selling snacks to be enjoyed in the sunshine, while others sell beautiful jars and tins to take away. The …Read More
…took a barre class
I've had a semi energetic week for once and today I decided to keep it up with an exercise class. But come on, it's Friday! I didn't want to be too energetic. I scoured the internet for a low impact, relatively short class and decided to opt for a one-hour barre session – using a …Read More
…went to a Tracey Emin art opening
Before Helen and I headed to the Tracey Emin art opening at the Lehmann Maupin gallery on the Lower East Side, I worried we'd not be able to get in. I envisioned swarms of black-clad waifs with peroxide pixie cuts and piercings lining the streets. And me sticking out like a sore thumb in my summer dress. …Read More
…went to the world's largest bake sale (and broke a world record)
Being back at work for two days is just too much. It's time for some treats. This evening I pegged it up to Grand Central Station (you know how I love my activities there) for the World's Largest Bake Sale – a one-day event organised by celebrity chef Sandra Lee, and co-chaired by other famous foodies, …Read More


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Organization Aspect In Strategic Management Framework
Environment change currently becomes major issue for firms. Firms are forced to take actions in anticipating potential effects–either good or bad–to their operations and eventually their sustainability. Among all resources, people are considered the most important production factor. Dependency on people as production factor, which is structured in an organization, clearly sends us a message that various aspects of organization have to be seriously considered in order to ensure firms' sustainability. Neglecting this aspect and putting ore attention on other production factors such as capital, machineries and other physical things surely will put firms in jeopardy.
Discussion on Organization Aspect in Strategic Management Framework
Jones (2004) defines organization as "a tool used by people to coordinate their actions to obtain something the desire or value–that is, to achieve their goals". Daft (2010) says that "organizations are (1) social entities that (2) are goal-oriented, (3) are designed as deliberately structured and coordinated activity systems, and (4) are linked to the external environment. Daft (2010) further mentions that organizations are made up of people and their relationship with one another to perform essential functions that help attain goals. These definitions are in line with famous statement that often used by Japanese companies, that they build people first before they make products. At this point, it is obvious that organizations, which consist of people, play important –if not central- role in strategic management practices.
People (or human resource) are one of four known main aspects in strategic management beside operation/production, finance and marketing. Richerson et al (2006) mentions that "most of what an organization is and does is a function of the skills that individuals have and the norms and rules individuals use to deal with each other". Lack of attention on organization/human resource issues will deter firms in achieving their goals. Further, resource-based view which appears to provide firms with an approach in facing changing environment does not see that competitive advantage of a firm stems from its market position. Instead, it comes from firm's "ownership and/or employment of difficult-to-replicate knowledge assets" (Teece, 2009). Indirectly, this shows the importance of people as firm's resource since knowledge assets are mainly embedded to people. Teece (2009) further states that "processes of organizational and strategic renewal are essential for the long-term survival of the business firm". Firms need -from time to time- developing their capabilities in finding and identifying new opportunities, developing new knowledge and methods, disseminate them to all related units within organization, develop and produce new products/services and deliver to market.
Main issue in organization/human resource field is whether firms' organizations have the capability in facing future challenge caused by fast-changing environment. Existing capabilities which are derived from their past experience and has proven to support past performance might not work as effective as before. It is, then, obvious that firms' organizations have to possess adaptive capabilities and skills. Facing competition with other firms, Mc Cann (2004) states that "the organization that able to achieve the closest fit or alignment between its larger environment, its overall strategy, and its organizational design would outperform its competitors". Organization needs to build its capability to adapt and fit with changing situation. It needs to be agile and reduce its rigidity. Stick to its main principles is important, but there has to be flexibility in translating them into activities. Principles have to be evaluated periodically, and adjusted when necessary. This does not mean that firms have to change their goals. Instead they have to adjust means in achieving them.
An attribute of an organization which differ it from others is its culture. Jones (2004) defines organizational culture as "the set of shared values and norms that control organizational members' interactions with each other and with suppliers, customers, and other people outside the organization". Organizational culture plays role as guidance for organization members to act and in doing their activities. Barney (2007) states that in order for a firm's culture to provide sustained competitive advantage, three conditions must be met i.e. valuable (i.e. culture must have positive economic consequences), rare (i.e. must have attributes and characteristics that are not common to the culture of a large number of other firms and imperfectly imitable. Since organizational culture is intangible, there is a variation in culture embeddedness in each firm. Some firms have strong organizational culture, while some others are weak.
Sorensen (2002) mentions that "a culture can be considered strong if those norms and values are widely shared and intensely held throughout the organization". Further, it is said that "key consequence of a strong corporate culture is that it increases behavioral consistency across individuals in a firm. Organizational culture is a "social control mechanism". Strong culture is able to enhance the reliability of firm performance under the right environmental conditions.
Sorensen (2002) also states that performance reliability depends on two factors i.e. consistency of a firm in performing its organizational routines and the degree to which those routines are well adapted to changing environmental conditions. Schein (1992) in Sorensen (2002) cited that "culture ultimately reflects the group's effort to cope and learn and its residue of learning processes". In this case culture and learning process are interrelated. Sorensen (2002) hypothesizes that "firms with strong corporate cultures will exhibit more reliable (less variable) performance.
Despite its significant role in ensuring firm's performance, strong culture is not always positively contribute. Strong culture often built on firm's past performance and experience, sometimes for a long period of time. This long-time experience path is then constructed to become firm's culture. This strong base creates strong culture which difficult to change. Sometimes this creates a situation where firm see and analyze current and future changed environment using old and, maybe, obsolete view. Nevertheless, firms with strong culture often come out with better performance compared with firms with weak or without culture, especially if the culture encourage learning process. Thus, the nature of environment change will affect the relationship between culture strength and firm's performance. When the degree of environment change is small or if the change happens gradually in small and predictable, then firm with strong culture (which also translated in organization's routines) is still able to achieve reliable performance by making incremental adjustment.
Sorensen (2002) mentions that "in relatively stable environments, strong-culture organizations should exhibit more reliable performance than organizations with weak cultures, because they are more adapt at refining and improving established competencies". But, in unpredictable and radical environment change, firms are not supposed to do small and gradual adjustment. This incremental adjustment is only beneficial in stable environment, or in a slight-change environment. The organizations have to build their ability to adapt, finding new methods and technologies and new suitable routines. In this situation, organizations with strong culture often find it difficult to fit with exploratory learning process. Sorensen (2002) mentions that this situation occurs because of several factors. Strong-culture organizations may have greater difficulty recognizing the need for change. They also do not have individuals whose beliefs contradict the organization's dominant belief. It is said that "strong-culture organizations should have greater difficulty responding to environmental volatility than weak-culture organizations. Research by Sorensen (2002) concludes that "firms with strong cultures incur a tradeoff with respect to their adaptive ability in the face of environmental change. Strong corporate cultures facilitate reliable performance in relatively stable environments, but as volatility increases, these benefits are dramatically attentuated". Jones (2004) mentions that culture can be a source of resistance to change. Cultures are built "in a series of stable expectations between peoples, so values and norms cause people to behave in predictable ways". If an environmental change occurs and disrupts the agreed values and norms, resistance to change will occur as well.
It is obvious that organization plays significant function in strategic management practices, since firm's strategies are executed through it. In a changing and turbulent environment, firm's organization has to have agility and resilience in order to maintain its competitive advantage which in turn will ensure firm's existence. Firm's organization has to transform itself to become a learning organization, since past experiences, skills and knowledge are vulnerable to become obsolete. Organization needs to find its flexibility and build new fresh capabilities. At this point, corporate culture, which is the "soul" of an organization, takes important role. Firm needs to have a strong-but-flexible culture which able to function as a solid code-of-conduct for the organization, both in a stable or volatile environment. The challenge is how to construct such culture.
- Barney, Jay.B and Clark, Delwyn N. (2007). Resource-Based Theory. Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage. New York. Oxford University Press Inc.
- Daft, Richard L. (2010) Organization Theory and Design 10th ed. Mason. Ohio. Cengage Learning
- Jones, Gareth R. (2004). Organizational Theory, Design, and Change 4th ed. New Jersey. Pearson Education Inc.
- McCann, Joseph (2004). Organizational Effectiveness : Changing Concepts for Changing Environments. Human Resource Planning;27
- Richerson, Peter J., Collins, Dwight, Genet, Russel M. (2006) Why managers need an evolutionary theory of organizations. Strategic Organization. Vol 4(2) : 201 – 211
- Sorensen, Jesper B. (2002). The Strength of Corporate Culture and the Reliability of Firm Preformance. Administrative Science Quarterly 47:70
- Teece. David J. (2009). Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management : Organizing for Innovation and Growth. New York. Oxford University Press. Inc.


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Thank You Veterans Day Quotes, Messages, Images 2017– Veterans Day, the biggest holiday of the United States is said to be one of the most prestigious events of the year. It is the perfect day to honor and thank all the military veterans of the USA who served the country in all wars, particularly living veterans. In the United States, the annual occasion of Veterans Day is observed on November 11th. and today on this special day we are sharing a great collection of Thank you Messages for Veterans and Thank You Quotes For Our Veterans 2017.
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Minor killed in gas cylinder blast
Our correspondent
A six-month old baby girl was killed and three other members of a family were injured as a gas cylinder blasted at Paschim Moishadi village in Sadar upazila early yesterday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akhter Eva, daughter of Nasir Miraz.
Moniruzzaman Manik Patwary, chairman of Moishadi union parishad, said that a fire broke at the house of Nasir early in the morning following the explosion, leaving Sumaiya dead.
Besides, Nasir, his wife Marzana Begum and their son Nayan, 8, were also received burn injuries.
The fire also burned down the house.
2 held at Hili border for intrusion
Dinajpur: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two Bangladeshi men yesterday while they returned from India through Hili border of Dinajpur for their alleged illegal entry into India six years back, reports UNB.
The arrestees were identified as Khairul Islam from Tejgong and Ramjan Sheikh from Mirpur-11 of Dhaka.
The camp commander of Hili, Subedar Abu Naser said they were arrested while entering in Bangladesh after staying illegally in India for last six years.
BGB handed them over to Hakimpur Police Station after filing a case.
Touchstone statue recovered
BOGRA: A touchstone statue of Lord Narayan weighing nearly 12-kg was seized from Ambrail-Gomorta village under Sherpur upazila of the district yesterday noon, reports BSS.
Some workers found the statue and informed the upazila administration when they were digging a pond in the area, said upazila nirbahi officer M Sirajul Islam.
Being informed, a team of the upazila administration with police rushed to the spot and seized the statue worth about Taka 100 crore. The statues will be handed over to the concerned department, the UNO said.
Man arrested with arms
Munshiganj: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday arrested a man along with arms during a drive from Sadar upazila in the district, reports UNB.
The detainee is identified as Md Jahangir Hossain Sarkar, 39, son of Abul Kashem of Maheshpur village of Sadar upazila, Rab said in a press statement.
Acting on a tip-off, Rab members arrested Jahangir and seized a foreign pistol, a short gun, three rounds of bullets and a magazine from his possession.
School student 'kills self'
Chandpur: A minor girl student of primary school allegedly committed suicide after drinking poison in Sener Dighirpar area of Sadar upazila on Monday afternoon, reports UNB.
The deceased is identified as Khadiza Aktar, 11, class V student of Tarpurchandi Government Primary School and daughter of Md Nasir Gazi.
Deceased's brother, Faisal said Khadiza drank poison in the afternoon after returning from school.
The on-duty doctors declared Khadiza dead after taking her to Chandpur General Hospital. Sub-inspector of Chandpur Model Police Station Md Kamal Hossain said the body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.
2 siblings held with yaba tablets
Naogaon: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two siblings along with 13,300 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Borunkandi area in Sadar upazila on early yesterday, reports UNB.
The arrested were identified as Harun-or-Rashid, 33, and his brother Yousuf, 25, sons of late Kofil Uddin of Helenchcha Dangi village in Patnitala upazila of the district. On secret information a team of Rab-5 conducted a drive at the area near Atithi Filling Station around 2 am and arrested them along with 13,300 pieces of Yaba pills, said a press release.
The elite force also recovered four mobile phones, four SIM cards, and cash worth Tk. 12,900 from their possession. A case was filed with Naogaon Sadar Police Station under Narcotics Control Act, said additional SP Md Shamim Hossain, Company Commander of Rab-5.
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Agios Fokas is a tourist resort, organized and developed during the last few years; it is situated at the southern coast of the island, at a distance of 8 kilometers southeastern to the town of Kos. It counts only a few permanent residents.
In fact, the place is less of a real settlement than an extended complex of thinly built tourist construction, starting almost from the town of Kos and ending up at the beach of Thermes, with intervals of fields, very nice and overgrown.
The archaeological evidence shows that the area had been inhabited since prehistoric times. At the nearby settlement of Thermes (some 2 kilometers far away, at the West) you may see the nice small church of Aghios Georgios (St. George). The church is found at a low hill above the thermal springs at the beach, and it is hidden by imposing rocks.


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HOD of Mathematics at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-Madras), M. Thamban Nair will be receiving the B.K. Master Memorial National Higher Educator Excellence Award 2016.
The award has instituted in memory of Uduma Educational Trust Founder-Director and the late B.K. Mohammad Kunhi, for his contribution to higher and professional education.
The award is being presented to Dr Nair by P. Karunakaran MP. Dr Nair, who also hails from Uduma.
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About IIT Madras
IIT Madras is one of the leading public engineering and research institutes of India and was founded in 1959. IIT Madras was recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the GOI and is the third IIT that was established by the Government of India through an Act of the Parliament to boost the research facilities in engineering and technology.
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Located near Guindy National Park, IIT Madras has nearly 550 faculties and houses 8,000 students. It has 1,250 administrative and supporting staff. Three Senate sub-committees that help in academic administration and in the operations of the Institute are -
- The Board of Academic Research,
- The Board of Students
- The Board of Academic Courses
IIT Madras organises several festivals at different times of the year:
- Shaastra - the annual technical festival
Time Period: Second week of January and is the first ISO certified student festival in the world
- Saarang - the annual social and cultural festival
Time Period: Early January. Saarang is the largest student-run fest in India, attracting a whopping 70,000 students and young people from across India!
Other department festivals organised at IIT Madras include:
- Samanvay
- ExeBit
- Biofest
- Mechanica
- Wavez
- CEA Fest
- Amalgam
- Chemclave
- Forays