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Onion-1 (sliced)
Yellow Bell pepper - 1 (sliced)
Cucumber - 1/2 piece (chopped)
Olive oil - 2 tblspn
Lemon juice- 2 tspn
Pepper-1 tspn
Salt to taste
A few coriander leaves
1.In a large bowl mix together olive oil,onions,cucumber,bell pepper and salt .
2.Microwave it until tender(About 3 to 4 mins)
3.Sprinkle Lemon juice and pepper.Mix well.
4.Garnish with coriander leaves.
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SimplePay provides a number of regular and once-off system items and we strongly advise you to use these wherever possible as they often have special tax treatment and / or reporting requirements.
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Custom Item Setup
All custom items require a Name, which we generally recommend you make as generic as possible so that it can be used for all employees. For example, "Telephone Allowance" is a better name than "John's Telephone Allowance – November 2016".
You will also need to select an Input Type, which tells the system how the item will be added to and used on payslips. The following options are available but not all are applicable to every item type:
- Fixed amount – regular item, which will always have the same amount, irrespective of period or employee
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Knowledge Day is celebrated in Russia ever year on September 1st. It's an important celebration day for Russians. This day marks the end of summer season and the beginning of autumn.
It's in the year 1984, the supreme council of USSR dedicated September 1st as Knowledge Day. The main programs of the day includes school bells ringing by the first grade holder girls sitting on the shoulder of the male student of higher ages to announce the beginning of new academic year.
Knowledge Day 2007 Google Doodle included the bell tied with the red ribbon in it to make it special and beautiful. Knowledge in the power that makes us able to stand for right and good. Google didn't had any crowded decorations it only included a simple bell tied with the red ribbon which replaced the Google logo alphabet 'o'.
A day specially dedicated to understand and importance of knowledge is actually what the day of knowledge. It's the beginning of the new school year. The kids who enter in to the world of knowledge is treated well on the day by teachers and senior students.
Welcome parties and other programs are organized by the school authorities to make the day special for them. In most of the schools the celebrations starts by giving flowers to the new students. On the day students can return to their home after the first day celebrations. It's not a full school day on September 1st. The actual beginning of the daily school routine starts only on September 2nd.
By giving great importance to the first day of school 'The Knowledge Day' Russian government shows how much they value education and knowledge. Proper education should be giving for all kids to make them grow as a good citizen who can be a light to the world.
Today though we claim world is in the state of development there are many places which does not even know what is knowledge and education is. Though both the terms knowledge and education points to the same concept they are not actually same.Knowledge can be acquired by an individual from anything and everything. Education is a medium through which a person get the knowledge to distinguish between right and wrong. Even a small kid can give you great knowledge and the mentality to accept that knowledge will be got only through proper education. So the 'Knowledge Day' pointing to the beginning of education has a great relevance in the life of a man.
Google published a similar doodle on the home page landed on Israel on the same day which included the picture of pencil, notebook and protractor. It shows that Google gives great value to education. In many places September 1st is the day when lot of students starts their educational life. Wishing them a beautiful and bright future is what this doodle mean to Google.
Both the Google doodle released on September 1st in Israel and Russia shows the importance of education and knowledge in the life of common man and it insist the parents to give their children the opportunity to be educated and be good citizens.


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Hope all is well! :)
I've blog spotted some JD card that I would like to share...the first is by Marion Vagg (love her work). She created this card using our Doodle Flowers stamp set (I'm working on a Doodle Flowers II) for the Muse Challenge.
Here's a card by Margaret Dudt using our Life is Good stamp set (which she recently won)...she created a shaker card...too stinkin CUTE!
Have a great day!


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Terrace Suite (Honeymoon Suite)
Loft Suite
Courtyard Suite
Design Studio
Garden Studio
Garden Suite
The Nook Studio
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Things to Do
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Cape Town Big 6
Other Ideas
About Us
Visit Cape Town : Big 6 # 4 – Groot Constantia
Visit Cape Town : Big 6 # 3 - Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
Visit Cape Town : Big 6 # 2 Table Mountain
Visit Cape Town : Big 6 # 1
Chart Farm – synonymous with roses
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Autumn
Chapman's Peak Drive
Grain silos repurposed – Zeitz MOCAA
Our water story
Breakfast in the deep south
A walk to remember
Noordhoek Beach
Slangkop Lighthouse Boardwalk
Fish Hoek Beach
How we got started
Visit the South Peninsula in winter
The Meeting Place
I love my gym
Kakapo - the wreck on Noordhoek Beach
Easy Dig Café
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Breakfast in the deep south
Getting out early is the secret. The day is young. The birds are out getting their worms. Everything is fresh. And, most importantly, the crowds are still in bed!
Breakfast is a great meal to have out. It is healthy as you are getting your protein to set you up for the day. Also, it is better for the budget, as opposed to an evening meal which would possibly include wine. If you are banting, you can enjoy bacon and eggs, mushroom and fried tomato with impunity, and 'sans' guilt.
Noordhoek Farm Village, just 10 minutes drive from African Violet, is a great place to enjoy this treat. You have the choice of two great restaurants – The Food Barn Deli and Cafe Roux.
A little further is distance is Kalk bay. There you have a greater choice in restaurant, and also great food. Facing east you have stunning views of morning sun over the Hottentots Holland Mountains across the sparkling water of the vast bay, and busy activities at Kalk Bay Harbour.
Simon's Town, also located overlooking False Bay, a quaint historic town, offers fabulous options for the first meal of the day. There are award winning restaurants on the main road, as well as those that overlook the harbour basin.
Another option is Scarborough. Again on the coast, but now the west coast, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There you have a choice of three restaurants, and can finish it off with a stroll along the beach.
I can recommend all of these choices.
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He's only in his 20's, but Dan Hegney is already demonstrating the acumen and instinct of a professional with many more years of experience. Negotiating multiple sales in the $2-3 million range, Dan has a very promising career ahead of him. Since starting in real estate in February 2016, he has impressed clients not only with his sale results, but also his exceptional customer service.
Operating well above industry norms, Dan is known for the sound advice he provides, as well as upholding his commitments to remain in regular contact and never hesitate to jump in the car to meet face-to-face.
"Knowledge is power, so I always provide my sellers with as much insight and detailed feedback as possible. I am someone who believes in total transparency," he explains. "I am constantly speaking to people and helping with their situations. It's a pleasure to be able to make a positive difference in the lives of my clients."
Under the mentorship of top real estate agent and Caporn Young CEO Richard Young, Dan has worked on property transactions throughout Shenton Park, Nedlands, and in particular Swanbourne - the suburb where he grew up and attended Scotch College. His high energy level and hardworking nature has put Dan on the path of a long and fulfilling career in real estate.
Thank you to Oonagh Lisle, Dan, Sarah Reed and the rest of the team at Caporn Young for assisting us with the sale of our home in Shenton Park. Oonagh knows everything there is to know about Shenton Park and nothing was too much trouble. Oonagh was always available to answer any queries we had - day or night! Thank you guys for a very successful sale. Best wishes, Craig and Jen
"In the search for a new home we were nervous in making such a large purchase.
So we were very demanding clients. Soliciting Dan on many occasions and in spite of our many requests, he was always very reactive and patient with us.
He was enthusiastic about our project and did everything in his power to satisfy us "the buyers"
His professionalism & his reassuring attitude contributed to us realising our project. And gave us full confidence in dealing with Caporn Young.
For any future purchases or sales we we know we will turn to Dan & CY »
Xavier & Misha
Daniel Hegney was the agent who sold my house in Swanbourne. He used his knowledge of the area and market to value and sell my house for close to the asking price in a set timeframe. His excellent interpersonal, communication & negotiation skills, kept me informed during the selling process. I recommend Daniel Hegney as a selling agent.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) – The man who led efforts to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial says it's time such a wall be built for post-9/11 combat veterans, even though service members are still dying in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jan Scruggs said it would require action from Congress to overturn the Commemorative Works Act, which stipulates that work cannot begin until 10 years after a war has ended.
Scruggs said the law is out of touch with today's conflicts, which do not have clear-cut endings. He points to the recent death of a U.S. soldier fatally wounded in a hostage rescue mission in Iraq last month.
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Aviation police at O'Hare told to stay away from baggage claim incidents
CHICAGO — Aviation police officers at O'Hare airport are reportedly being told to not respond to disturbances in baggage claim.
CNN reports an e-mail was sent out the same day as the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.
The email says the officers will not be dispatched to incidents that are outside secured areas of the airport.
Those officers are not permitted to carry any guns.
A previous CNN investigation found that unarmed aviation officers are trained to run and hide if they confront a gunman.
They also say Chicago is the only city with unarmed officers patrolling major airports.


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Wanted - Council volunteers to run an awesome Star Trek-inspired computer game
Submitted by DC on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 19:28.
We are looking for one or more people who would be interested in helping bring a special group-interactive computer simulation game to Council this year (October 2-4).
Artemis is inspired by the Star Trek TV shows, where up to five players take the roles of officers on the spaceship Atremis. Every officer but the Captain has a touch-screen computer console they use to perform their duties. The Captain gives orders to the other officers. Everything is projected up on a big viewscreen, just like in the Star Trek episodes. It is all controlled by a central server computer.
Here is a link with lots more info:
Here is a link to a whole bunch of videos on YouTube:
Here is what the setup at Council might look like:
We need some volunteers
We need some volunteers to "GM" this game. Don't be intimidated - you can learn in 15 minutes, and we will train you. The game practically runs itself.
The main responsibilities of the GM:
Yes, we really can train you in all this in 15 minutes.
Council GM Goodies
Deadline: Monday, August 31stOur apologies for the tight deadline. We need to make this happen fast so we can get the pre-reg booklet out the door soon.
Please email us at council /at/ swa-gaming.org * with the following info:
Thank you!
* Please replace the /at/ with the typical @ sign. We apologize for this unfortunate but necessary anti-spam measure.
Council GMs - Extension to August 22nd
Submitted by DC on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 23:00.
Hello potential Council Game Masters,
We have passed first deadline posted for GMs to submit events for Council of Five Nations XXXVIII, coming this October 2-4, 2015.
Many thanks to those of you have have already responded. We just shy of 100 events at this point. That is excellent, but we are looking for around 200 this year, to fill up all that extra space we are renting at Proctors.
We still need all kinds of events. The only thing we have totally covered at this point is Pathfinder RPG and RPGA D&D.
We are extending the GM event deadline to August 22nd (five days from now).
For the online event registration form, and full details on what we're looking for, please go to our Council GM registration page:
You can also see more details at our Council of Five Nations general information page on the SWA web site:
We hope to see you all this October!
August Game-a-thon Event Schedule
Submitted by ericpaperman on Sat, 07/25/2015 - 09:51.
Game-a-thon: Saturday, August 8, 2015
We're meeting at Proctors in the Hearst Education Center (a.k.a. the basement area).
The primary entrance to this space is a staircase next to Proctors Box Office.
Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
Evening Session ( 5pm - 10pm+ )
Pathfinder Events
Follow this link to the local Pathfinder's Lodge to see the event schedule and descriptions and sign up to play.
Call for GMs - Council of Five Nations (Oct 2-4, 2015)
Submitted by DC on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 13:56.
Once again, the Council planning machinery is staring up. It's time for our annual "call for events".
We get over 100 volunteer GMs every year, and we love you for it. We look forward to seeing you all again, and we look forward to those of you who are new to GMing for us.
There is a lot of good stuff to share, so here's the Executive Summary:
Please click here to see the full GM invitation.
We look forward to seeing the many of you who volunteer to GM for us each year. We also look forward to events from those of you who are new to GMing for us.
You can always keep up on the latest Council of Five Nations news and updates at the main page here:
Bolt Action Tournament at July Game-a-Thon
Submitted by ericpaperman on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:42.
Get your order dice ready!
June Game-a-thon Event Schedule
Submitted by ericpaperman on Sun, 05/24/2015 - 21:24.
Game-a-thon: Saturday, June 13, 2015
We're meeting at Proctors in the Fenimore Gallery on 2nd floor.
The primary entrance to this space is an elevator next to Proctors Box Office.
Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
Evening Session ( 5pm - 10pm+ )
Pathfinder Events
Follow this link to the local Pathfinder's Lodge to see the event schedule and descriptions and sign up to play.
Bolt Action WW2 at SWA events
Submitted by DC on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 20:07.
Hello SWA members,
I'm a long time SWA member and have recently started playing Bolt Action pretty regularly and would like to start doing Bolt Action events periodically at Game-a-thons.
For those of you who don't know, Bolt Action is a 28mm WWII platoon level skirmish game. It focuses mainly on infantry, with options to take a tank and some some weapons squads or artillery. The game plays fairly quickly and I believe does a great job of balancing historical accuracy with the ability to play pick up games fairly quickly.
There is a budding community here in the Capital Region and close by and I believe that we can get enough people together to play several matches, switching opponents between games. The goal is to generate enough interest and a large enough group to play every few months with possibly a tournament at some point during the year.
I am planning on running a Bolt Action day at the next Gameathon in May. We will have several tables set up and hopefully 8-10 players coming in. The plan is to have 3 games over the two Gameathon slots with a dinner break after the second game. In addition to already established players we will be able to offer demos and full games to those who are interested.
In-between games I will be able to run 15-20 minute demos to show any interested people the mechanics, and if anyone is interested enough I can easily supply a force for someone to play a full game.
Since this requires a little more preparation than a regular Game-a-thon event, I'm writing to find out what kind of interest there is from the SWA community. If you are interested please email me and let me know wether you would like to play or if you were interested in a demo. My Email address is nate /at/ whitchurchphotography /dot/ com, please note that there is no E in whitchurch.
You can learn more about Bolt Action at these sites...
You can see the full Bolt Action product line here:
Read more about the game here:
You can get in on the discussion at the Bolt Action of Albany Facebook page:
Please email me with your level of interest by Sunday, April 26th.


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Vintage footage of Cate Blanchett making an utter fool out of herself on national television is proof, once and for all, that life can get better.
The two-time Oscar winner, all-time goddess and national treasure once appeared on Hey, Hey It's Saturday 's 'Red Faces' segment - a classic piece of Australian TV designed to humiliate aspiring artists.
She and two other guys - who, for all we know, turned out to be Mensa geniuses or Grammy winners - bopped around on stage singing some utterly cringe-worthy song about "weird love".
The performance is believed to have taken part in the 80s while Cate was studying at Melbourne University.
She is the epitome of the awkward arts student - hiding immense talent behind wild hair, a vague look and buttons lining her crotch.
While you may not have been able to tell she was destined for great things, she was certainly willing to do whatever it took to make it happen!
As we know, Cate, 46, went on to become one of the most respected actresses of our generation - proving there is indeed hope for everyone.
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The other day I was standing at the Shampoo rack in Big Bazaar scratching my beard when I stumbled headlong into this rather poor joke. It was so poor that I felt inanely ashamed I possessed the indecency of such an intellect. It was, but, a mere reflection of my frustration and agony.
"What is the difference between a hunter and a day trader? Simple. One shoots at hares and the other hoots at shares."
This story of the aforementioned frustration is almost 23 years ago and actually runs for 23 years in chronology. It started with my Patti. My Patti is a hardcore homeopath - no pills attached. According to her Rapidex English-Tamil-English dictionary, Clinic translated to chemical which in turn translated to evil MNC fluid. She believes that the Earth is a single life-form where we exist symbiotically to preserve each other. This does seem similar to Cameron's blue film - Avatar; but I trust my patti more than than the guy who taught the world that pencil sketching was the way to get into anybody's pants. Her recipe for a hairwash was simple - a sticky, greenish brown and completely vegan sludge.
It can also spook the dickens out of a sloth bear. Twice weekly, I was subjected to a head bath where stinking, green goo irrigated my forehead. Somehow, my hair follicles loved it. They gorged on the green goo and reproduced like the Whores of Babylon. Soon enough, my head was covered with a dense, outgrowth of dark hair. I was happy, my Patti was happy and my friends were green.
And as all good things go, so did my hair. It began the day that my patti found out that she can control me no more. My hormones overran everything on its way including sincere advice and sly referrals to my Dad's pate. All fell on dead hairs. Going on a shampoo spree, I experimented wildly before zeroing in on Pantene since it was the most fragrant smelling and was proven to dispel, nay, eliminate dandruff.
By the time my Patti pointed out the obvious, quite condescendingly, most of my hair had dislodged themselves. I did not believe my Patti, simply because I could not see what she was saying. Only when my friends started pointing and jeering, did I know something was wrong. The very next day I went to an eye doctor.
That I chose to believe I went myopic before I went bald, did me no good. I was still losing hair by the millions. Additionally, I also discovered that my follicles had hit a rough patch and stopped reproducing altogether. It was like China had suddenly discovered birth control. I had to do some damage control immediately. I turned to the only other person whom I knew would empathize. My dad.
He did not. He first proceeded to laugh at my insecurity, delivered a long sermon and finally put forth a juvenile recommendation which was further endorsed by many women of my time. ("juvenile" is not a pun; Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo was, is and always will be juvenile). Them women ooh-ed and aah-ed over the fact that I had started using baby shampoo. Probably, if I had tried I could have scored a few.
But I was more bothered about my hirsute than her suite. Sadly, the approach was effectively ineffective. Its impotence could be matched only by the presence of Badrinath in the CSK team. The amount of shampoo that I used was neither directly or indirectly proportional to anything that even remotely resembled a strand of hair.
I finally came full circle. I mean, my head resembled a full circle. There was nothing there that would encourage a barber to charge me more. There was only one other option that remained. I swallowed my pride and went and bought Meera Herbal Shampoo. It still smelled horrible and was more or less green goo. But at least, I did not go the way of Cho Ramaswamy.
My patti was ecstatic.


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- About 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Of those people, 1 in 7 don't know they are infected.
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Trump bought the well known CIA/Mossad/mob money laundering front Resorts International in 1987.
A few years later the casino was in bigly financial trouble and Trump faced personal bankruptcy owing hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Since then Trump renamed the casino Trump Taj Mahal.
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Just who Trump was laundering money for, we don't know.
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Sailor's Remains Found Inside a Shark
Not exactly something you hear of see everyday, the remains of a missing sailors were found inside of a tiger shark caught just off the coast of Jaws Beach in Bahama, the filming location of one of the Jaws movie sequels.
The remains of an unfortunate 43-year-old sailor were discovered after the shark has burped his foot up. The fisherman who caught the shark, Humphrey Simmons, immediately figured out what was going on and sliced the fish open, discovering the rest of the half-digested sailor.
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After the month-long Olympic break, the Chicago Sky return to Allstate Arena to take on the Atlanta Dream Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT. The Sky currently stands at sixth place with a record of 11-13. With the last ten games honing in, the team is looking to finish the season strong and clinch a playoff spot.
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Scientists have learned that a build-up of amyloid plaque in the brain is neurotoxic (which means it is bad for brain cells) causing brain cells to degenerate and die leading to subsequent memory loss/dementia. We are conducting a study with a medication which blocks the production of new amyloid protein to see if it can reduce the formation of amyloid plaque in the brain and whether it can either stop or slow the loss of memory.
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- Demonstrate a mild level of memory loss when tested
- Have a positive PET (brain scan) for amyloid plaque
- Able to have an MRI scan (that is no metal in your head or upper torso)
- Taking a stable dose of Alzheimer's medications for 3 months or more
- No history of stroke in the past 12 months
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Once the study criteria are met, the patient will receive either the study medication or a placebo for the duration of the 24 month study; neither the patient nor the doctor will know which is assigned. The study medication is a tablet which is taken once a day. During the study, brain MRI scans are done once yearly and a amyloid PET scan is performed at the beginning and end of the study. Once the main study is completed, all patients are then offered real medication (no placebo) until the medication is approved for use on the market. There is no cost to the patient for medical care provided in the study nor for any of the scans, memory testing, or medication.
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We are currently conducting the following study with a medication which seeks to block production of amyloid protein used in forming brain plaque
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Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Cafe
Okay, I lied. One last outing before reading break ends. Trudy's birthday is in 2 days and we celebrated at Theirry's. From their delightfully pretty treats to the design of their ceilings, there are a lot of things I like about this place. I had the regular latte and the tiramisu. It's not a winning combination but I liked each individually very much. The tiramisu was very light and not too sweet. The latte art was average but I liked the flavor as it was rich and perfect for a rainy day.


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Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics staff will be on site at the 2018 American Camp Association National Conference. Come find our booth each day of the conference or attend one of three educational sessions led by Leave No Trace staff including:
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Product/ServicePassion fruit, mange tout peas, chillies
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Employees101 - 500 People
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The company owns and hold title to two agricultural properties with a total of 420 hectares. Passion fruits, mange tout peas, runner beans, maize and chillies are grown commercially. Except for maize, all products are exported. We currently export monthly two tons of passion fruits,30 tons of mange tout peas and runner beans to Europe through a third part due to lack of direct market clients. The chairman of the company is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an experienced farmer
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Item Description: Privately Printed, New York [but London, Martin Secker], 1920. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, UK issue being one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Martin Secker bought 50 sets of sheets from the unsigned American edition, and bound them very much in the Secker style, though the publisher's name does not appear anywhere in the book. The regular trade edition did not appear in England for another two years. Roberts A15b Bound in the publisher¿s brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Top edge of pages stained dark green. Housed in a well fitting 1/2 Brown Morocco Clamshell Box with full gilt spine. This book was at some point an ex-library copy in the least intrusive manner, thus few would consider that status much of a demerit. The spine has the faintest trace that there once was a number. On the title page there is in the center faint remains of a library number of which appears to have been partially removed but still showing some signs of its existence; this is quite inconspicuous. And finally cloth repairs have professionally been made to the spine and lower corner of the rear board, that can easily escape one's notice. From the beauty and rarity of this book. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000130
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Jamaica. It's been in my consciousness only a week.
Kingston. Crushing poverty and immense wealth side by side. A curious mix of classism and racism enthusiastic acceptance of the former, vehement denial of the latter. Houses, shacks, even, fortified by huge gates-iron or wooden, take your pick. Lush greenery…beautiful flowers in February. Beautiful people. Downtown, Parade, the scent of ganja. Rough characters, perhaps rogues (or not), all around, all doing their thing….whatever it is.
Ackees. Coconuts. Ortaniques. Otaheite Apples. Star apples (yum!). Naseberries (yum! yum!) Scotch Bonnets (yum! yum! yum!). Saltfish with yam. Boiled breadfruit. Curried Kidneys (Trinidad-style. "Remember you must burn that curry."). Saltfish fritters. Jerk. June Plum juice. Coconut water. Ginger Beer. Red Stripe. White rum.
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Hello, I am 16 years old and I am 5'4". My dad is 5'7" and my mom is 5'0". Did I have a growth spurt yet? How tall do you think I can be? I don't even have facial hair, it's just peach fuzz and I barely got armpit hair. When I went to the doctors at age 15, they told me I would stop growing at 5'4". Well, I guess that doesn't make any sense because I am 16 years old, and I'm 5'4" right now. Don't I still have many years before I stop growing or did I stop growing at age 16?
You're asking me to make a guess based on almost no information. The minimum height you would have grown is 5'3.5" (the average of your parent's height). So the doctor saying 5'4" was a very safe guess. The little you mention indicates a boy in stage 3, which means you are still growing. If you are in stage 3, the it would be hard for me to guess how much more you will grow since you would still be in the rapid growth phase. When a guy crosses into stage 4, the typical guy grows another 1 to 3 inches.


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|Everything and Nothing|
Before I start this post, please understand that I have been awake now for the passed 8 hours (started writing at ±12PM) (waking time this morning was 03:45AM) so please excuse the grammatical errors.
Yawning, shivering and just about popping with excitement I had made the effort and had woken up for The South African Gautrain's 1st Inaugural Breakfast Run. Upon entering the underground parking of the "soon-to-be" Sandton Gautrain Station, I was surprised to see that the ticket booms were out of order – score – I think to myself as I drive through anticipating and loving the fact that I'm not going to have an additional anus ripped for parking my car at another city transportation hub…(AKA: OR Tambo)!
Diving down into the bellows of the beast that is The Gautrain, I could already feel the atmosphere was peaking as hoards…okay not hoards, but a hefty group of people were huddled – standing in seemingly structured lines – to purchase a ticket from the Ticket Station. Standing in line I could not help but feel as though I was participating in something much bigger and far more important than myself and the personal gain I believe I could extract from this future mode of public transport. I felt as though by forking out that 200 odd bucks (R210.00), I was contributing and giving back to those who have worked tirelessly over the passed months to have this incredible piece of transportation ready for us and our country. I felt as though I was playing my part in "kicking" things off so-to-speak and as I have maintained over the last year or so, my patriotic wings began to flutter with pride!
Of course in true South African style, there we delays and out of the ±8 Pay/Ticket Stations, only two were working – but like we all have learn ed to do – breathe, relax, ask for assistance and suck it up because there is f*ck'all you can do about it!
It's that simple…granted these issues will have to be sorted out in the next few weeks as I'm sure the Gautrain will be become a more widely used mode of transport during the World Cup…! Then again, it really didn't bother me that we were waiting in lines, it's what people do in a government run establishment…no matter how shiny the trinkets might be, in essence it is all government run, pricey, but government run.
Descending into the under-belly that is the Sandton Station I was surprized to see how deep it actually went and how incredibly deep the engineers and construction teams had to build up from…the feat was remarkable and I'm sure will remain one of the greatest engineering achievements of our time! And there she was…shiny…golden…brimming with blue florescents and packed to capacity by the time I descended the 4 flights of escalators! Yes – you heard correctly – 4 flights of escalators…could have been 6…pretty sure it was 4 though! So, I'm going to say it and you can douse as much Train-Envy-Juice as you want at me…I'm saying it…I was fortunate enough to be seated on the First commercial Gautrain ride to OR Tambo International Airport…yes…the first…*does happy dance*
So what does the issue of being on the first one mean anyway you might ask? Well, I was…and you weren't…I think that that substantiates my point further than I can throw you with a stone!
Don't worry, there are no height restrictions for this ride 'Timmy' and you can take as many friends as you like, just make sure you keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times otherwise you might get a booboo… *makes limb removal gesture with other hand*
Under the cover of darkness, we began our journey and I was not surprized that the morning people had already mustered up the courage to "bring the gees (spirit/pride)" on to the train. So, there I was, still on South Africa's first ever commercial Gautrain journey and all I had to share it was my note pad, digital camera and phone – not that I'm wielding the latest smartphone or anything like that, but I was as prepared as I'll ever be. Listening to the train scurry along was so nostalgic of the last time I experienced the – London Underground – oh, and by the way…the London Underground is one of my favourite and most special places to be – I know, strange!
Unfortunately the time we left the Sandton Station didn't allow for much of a view but it was different to see the array of city and town lights from the train as we scuttled to OR Tambo. Upon arriving at OR Tambo – skipping the the two intermediate stops of Malboro and Rhodesfield – it was really interesting to see how they have tucked the Gautrain Station riiiiight at the back of the Airport, specifically the International Terminal.
Breakfast…breakfast was good. Talking sh*t and tweeting where ever possible, it left another surge of anticipation of what it would be like coming back? "Possibly the same, just going the other way", I murmured to myself as I ascended the escalator at OR Tambo (or ORTIA as they say at the Station)…and then it hit me…the sunshine as well as the realization of what I was actually a part of…
Now, I don't mean it in the "Braveheart" terms, so put your blue face paint away and listen up for a second or two. Mr.Mandela has been preaching it for years, the American's way of life is supposedly based on it…truce g-d…I mean, William Wallace died for it…but to my understanding and perception on things…the Gautrain means more than just a mode of transport, it means more than just an engineering achievement, it means more than not having to sit in traffic on the way to the airport…it means more than I realised until on the way back and with the sun in my face, we passed Alexandra Township.
Okay, before you go and grab a tissue…it's not what you think. Looking out over the township I realised that this "Commuters" Rail is for "them" (unintended stereotyping)…those that don't have the luxury of choosing not to 'drive their car to the airport'…I mean…when you think about it, just saying that is such a f*cking luxury on it's own…! Some of the people that reside in that township barely have enough money to put food on their table and here we are, the smug Gautrain Gold Cardinians riding the "Golden Assegai" like it was made for us! It wasn't made for us, it was made for those that cannot afford to ride in a taxi or own a car. This commuting system is to enable "below the line bread winners" the opportunity to find work outside of the decaying epicenter and come back home without having to deal with the dangers of taxi violence and the costs of maintaining a vehicle.
You can agree or disagree with me…either way…this is my take on the much anticipated Gautrain…more than just "Boys and their Trains"…!
Wow– how awesome was that… I share the feeling about the London Tube though – countless hours spent on them for two years. (Nostalgia!)
I am looking forward to pop on the train soon to bring back those memories!
Cool blog :o)
Now i def don't feel bad bout having a vida coffee yesterday and bragging about it…you're rubbing my nose in the fact that you went on the first breakfast run:P Sounds awesome…can't wait to have my turn:)
Aaah Letty, thanks for the comment darling and yes, maybe there was a little nose rubbing, but justified for the Vida-Splurge if you ask me! Regardless of our petty games, the Gautrain is a must-do for anyone living in Joburg-Pretoria-Midrand (eventually) – I believe everyone should experience it, even if it's for a short trip…everyone needs to feel, smell, touch and live the Gautrain for just one stop…it's an incredible thing and it makes me so proud to be a South African and better yet, a Joburgerian!
…Zane was above me while I was writing ok.
May I say, Mr Dickens (above my comment)…CT is awesome and don't make as if you don't stare at the flat mountain in amazement. CT needs no fancy train which Dave would write about and make a heading that smacks you with men-and-their-balls…see, Mr D, even you had to mention your nuts.
Anyway. This is my green monster within spilling out how much I wanted to be on that damn train!
Well done Dave…and I don't mean your presidency speech. Kudos for the enlightenment. Lotsa love. (Bump a toe)
Hey Kay, Thanks for the reply. Enlightening…well…can;t say that that was what I was going for, but I'll take it as a compliment and thank you nevertheless. All in all, I believe the Gautrain is bigger than just Joburg, the sentiment and the effect extends farther than just us Joburgers…it extends to all great cities in South Africa…especially Cape Town! There is no disputing that Cape Town is South Africa's most beautiful City – but – Joburg is getting there and…in my head…the eventual "Metropolitan-styled" direction in which Joburg is headed will change the face of this city for decades to come!
Dude I salute you! That spirit of trying out something because it is there is brilliant!
We can find many reasons to knit-pick why the train is a bad thing but I can promise it will fundamentally change the way that South Africans get around
I am both insanely proud.
And insanely jealous.
I hate you / I love the train.
Go sit in a corner and continue to be smug.
Hope you enjoyed it – I would have given my right nut to be there. But not the plane ticket + train ticket fees to be there.
Its a great start.
Now for something cool in CT besides the bloody mountain…
Thanks man…what I was trying to say was that there is no smugness on my side, I was left with a somewhat "bitter-sweet" after taste and it has stayed with me up until the moment I finished writing this post…weird! In the end, an incredible experience…I pat myself on the back for that…but going forward and having this system properly used and maintained the way it needs to be in order to succeed long term…I don't know…all we have is faith, and I'm already not big on that.
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If you're opening your own auto appearance business, no doubt you plan to make a profit. Knowing how to do a cash flow analysis is an essential skill for every new small business owner; it can be the difference between being able to open a business and being able to stay in business!
Cash flow analysis provides a means for you to conduct a periodic check on your company's financial health. A projected cash flow statement estimates what the stream of money will be in coming months or years, based on a history of sales and expenses. A monthly cash flow statement reveals the current state of affairs.
A cash flow budget is your core tool for maintaining control of company finances. For example, you can show profits in a company, but still be short on cash if a customer is late on payments. While you can usually cut costs, you can't always generate income or sales. You need to know where the money is, where it's going and how to get more when you need it.
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- Cash out - Includes all fixed and variable expenses.
- Ending cash - This is your ending balance. Add starting cash to cash in for total cash, and then subtract cash out.
Let's say you started the month with $3,500. You brought in $2,500 in sales and $500 in paid receivables. You paid out $1,500 in rent, $250 in supplies, and $1,750 for wages and owner's draw - for a total of $3,500 in expenses. Your ending balance is $3,000.
While you did show some sales, your monthly cash flow would be -$500. To survive, you want positive cash flow, which means taking in more than you are spending. Positive cash flow gives you forward motion to build and grow.
Even a small lag in sales or an outstanding bill can make a dramatic impact on cash flow, but you won't know that without your cash flow budget. At the end of every month, compare actual business sales with estimated cash flow and hold them up against your master budget.
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This blog was inspired by others who are writing about their transition out of academia or who have already left and feel a positive transformation. After ten years of academic life while pursuing my PhD and teaching in Higher Education in the UK, I too am part of the growing number of post-PhDs who have decided to find happiness outside of the University walls. This blog charts that journey.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Is there any 'compassion' in academic recruitment?
It's been a pretty busy week here for me. When I first accepted my new job role and discussed things like a proper starting date, I agreed that the week commencing September 24th looked like the best time, even though my family visitors from the USA would still be lingering around the household and leaving mid-week on the Wednesday. In the mean time, I agreed to work a couple of days a week through some of August to try to get my head around the systems, meet people and just settle in to my new work space. All of that felt very nice and cosy. It was great meeting these very welcoming people and I started attending some important meetings and thinking about creative plans for the future. One of my nice colleagues was unfortunately leaving his position at the end of August and I was allocated to picking up on some important jobs that he to leave with me. But of course, some stuff needed sorting when I had to take a couple of weeks off in September when my family members were here visiting. My line manager assured me not to worry and that he would pick them up while I was away. He is a very busy man indeed and when I returned on Monday he had to confess that these issues were still left unresolved and that I would have to attend to them. So, to make a long story short, I have spent the week in a frantic state trying to make sense of a plethora of tasks, sometimes hassling him throughout the days with endless questions of how to do this or that (like getting stuff printed after design, etc.) and other related things. Heavy sigh, I got home on Friday evening, crashed at the kitchen table, relieved to see that my husband got home early and started cooking, and vowed not to challenge myself with much of anything over the weekend. Yes, I know, welcome to the world of the permanent work-force. The summer holidays are now over and it's time to get my head down and get on with things. It'll all fall into place, yes, but 'new' job stuff like remembering what systems to follow for this and that is still to be done via the ways of a learning curve that is frustrating when jobs need to be done yesterday.
What I want to draw attention to now though has been prompted by another post-academic over at Unemployed PhD for Hire, who writes around the topic of academic recruitment and some of the issues that come up when the post advertised actually has someone already working for some time in the role but the role still needs to be advertised. 'WTF' adds some thoughtful points about the prospect of some other star candidate coming along who is great for the job and who will thus shunt the prospects of the hopeful one already in post. Of course, as I've added in comments, there is then the long list of other hopeful applicants who are probably well-qualified, fantastic, strong candidates, who just may not stand a chance because; a: they are not up to 'star' standard yet in their early career status; b: if they are 'as good' a candidate as the one in the role already, then, well, the department will just offer the job to the one they already know rather than rock the boat. Well, why not? It's tough. The problem, as we are all very well aware of by now, is that there are just too many great candidates out there for the few available jobs.
So my question today, after I read 'WTF's' post was, what kind of feedback will these hundreds of hopeful candidates get after forwarding their strong applications? What will these academic employers tell them? Will they just send them the standard response - Sorry, good luck next time? Or should they offer more?
Coincidentally, I have just today come across this article from
The Guardian UK Higher Education Network that asks critically, this very same question about the ethics of academic recruitment. It makes some great, and to us in the post-academic community, obvious points about the over-saturated post-PhD job market. What I would have liked to see noted though is, considering the higher numbers of job-seeking PhDs, a recognition that academic institutions now have a responsibility to provide more advice about legitimate, intellectually stimulating, and well paid careers outside of academia. Sure it would be very nice to see employers think hard about how they can feedback in a supportive way why candidates don't get short listed or offered the job after interview. But most of this difficulty and disappointment relates to larger, structural problems with the institutions who are rewarded (financially) for getting more and more PhD students through to completion, and knowing these PhDs will be struggling to survive in the over-saturated job market.
I am left feeling more and more sceptical about academia and the future of many worthy PhDs. With this in mind, I am not at all sure if there is any 'compassion' left in academia.
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- Anonymous30 September 2012 at 17:41
In my field, the faculty hiring process values "potential" over proven ability. So many of the new faculty get hired very quickly after the PhD without having published much. Because many of them did not have a long struggle through the academic market, they begin to believe that they were hired because they were much more meritorious than the other applicants and consequently have less compassion towards others. What is ironic is that for the vast majority of my fellow classmates that have gotten faculty positions, the main deciding factor has been the political influence and aggressiveness of the advisor.ReplyDelete
That is a useful observation to make about the recruitment process that may often turn to this approach as employers look at the long-term possibilities of candidates. But you are right also in pointing out that it leads the successful ones to believing that they are better than the other sad ones who didn't make it. And then how can recruiters feedback about this kind of thing, that relies of a range of factors? I think this question opens up a big can of worms with no easy resolutions.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 October 2012 at 09:14
There is no compassion and often administrators are hand picking the people they want. I am not sure how those left in academia, particularly those who were adjuncts can live with themselves, but I see it all the time. Basically, the most self-serving people are the ones who remain, neglecting their students to pursue their "research" and pretending to feel sorry for their colleagues when really, they couldn't care less (otherwise, they could consider adjuncts in their collective agreement instead of saying "There's nothing we can do!). But do not worry, that self-serving attitude will eventually destroy the system, and finally the greediest, most self-serving people of all, the university presidents and the corporate shills that are sponsoring them, will find that they are kings and queens of nothing, as anybody who is decent and worthy has left with their good ideas and good intentions years ago. What they now rule is hord of swine--YES, SWINE who do nothing to protest this terrible state of affairs on behalf of their students and their colleagues other than say, "My hands are tied"--(think Nazi Germany! Althought the result is different, the rationale is sooooooooo similar) Let's hope that the university does not actually have to respond to a real crisis, for their have so much blood on their own hands that they are hardly capable of offering a clean one to anyone else.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 October 2012 at 09:34
PS: Hiring for "potential" is another word for cheap and someone with whome the administration feels comfortable. If that new profs thinks the have earned the position, they are deluded and that probably explains the rather unimaginative things these "aspiring scholars" write. In other words, academia really doesn't want a critical voice of a mature scholar, but the managed voice of the young scholar who they can bend to their will. In this sense, it really is a question of narrowing the range of thought rather than opening it up, and the easist way to do this is at the level of recruitment. Any strategy of "an aggressive advisor" usually only works because that "aggressive advisor" follows the party corporate line and tends to reproduce the same scholars and the same discourse that admin finds so ammenable. Basically, if you do academia in good faith, which I think is the case of the majority of adjuncts, you will be penalized period, no matter how good your advisor is. This is why I say academia is made up of clones and drones. And if you are not sure of this, you might ask yourself, at least in the social sciences and the humanities, what truly original thinker has stepped on to the stage in the last 30 years and why is this? Why were people able to put a man on the moon in the 1960s and why have we not even come close to this level of innovotion 50 years later? Basically, what have the clones and drones done to our best thinkers? Has university now been educed to a war of the people with the most publications? 50 articles of the same thing is not a great thinker. It is worker bee doing its worker thing while the Queen (admin) proudly tells the world it has 10 new hives. Seriously, wanting to be part of that is not really thinking. You would be better to join Mensa or other fringe organizations where people really do think instead trying to be like all those wanna bes who are basically great technicians (they have mastered the form of the article, the "right way" of talking), but with really very little substance.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 October 2012 at 09:57
PS. One of my last posts, talking about the absurdity of equating the number of academia articles with intellectual rigor, was removed. I strongly advise all people who are interested in actual thought to join Mensa.ReplyDelete
Thanks Anonymous for your heartfelt response. You make some great points - one in particular - that a list of voluminous publications does not equal innovative thinking or quality of scholarship. I tend to agree also that the 'potential' candidates are probably the early career 'cheap labour ones, not to mention one who fit in with the mould and expectations of the department and who won't rock the boat (of course). So, yes, nice of they land the job, but let's not be fooled into thinking that their job-landing success is related to their high-quality work.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 October 2012 at 12:06
It really is duplicity of the highest order. Even McDonald workers can see the ideology at work with a much greater degree of clarity that an adjunct, and that is because they have not been subjected to the same degree of colonialization. Did you know that they bug entire buildings? I was in ignorance of this fact until the custodian at one of my schools informed me that the head admin was watching us through secret cameras! You see, they know deep down what they are doing is morally reprehensible, but instead of admitting their criminal behavior, they max of their mini-police state. Why do you think they want you to put your lessons on line? To benefit the students? It is a TOTAL mind fuck at every turn and so if people feel helpless as ajuncts, it is probably because the complete control, although it is often unseen, and comes out in the form of regular abuse and the unwillingness of full time faculty to look you in the eye. And of course, this terrible state of affairs is "never anyone's fault." Seriously, the university is just one step away from a prison camp where insurrgents to the state are taken out of commission in the prime of their life and subjected to years of dire povertry, where they will learn through the discipline of pennliness to toe the line. The job "lotter" is no longer for the best thinker, but a) for the most compliant and b) to give the other prisoners false hope that some people actually do "get out"--otherwise, how can their colonial masters keep this fantastic bingo game going? It's the kind of mind fuck that keeps the pigeon pecking for food because they never know when the next meal might come.. "If only I had done this, they say. It's as ridiculous as saying "if only I could have pleased my pimp masters by giving that extra blow job maybe they would have given me a job as pimp master." Huh? You think those guys are going to give up their pimp master status when they have all those slaves giving it away for free? This is why it is so criminal and this is why adjuncts should not feel any regret about leaving. It is really about keeping the corporation flowing smoothly and bringing in record profits--teaching students how to think is just an added bonus (think of how the most recent textbooks are being watered down. Does this not give you some idea of the real purpose of why new "professors" are there?Delete


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