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How more and more Indian students and professionals are choosing Canada over the US
Though the 1,86,267 Indian students enrolled in US campuses in 2016-17 still outnumber the 1,00,000 studying in Canada, the latter is showing a significant rise in numbers.
According to the annual Open Doors report on international education released in November by the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, and the US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the enrolment of new Indian students in US campuses remained almost flat in 2016-17, just 1.3% higher than the previous year. Over 500 American colleges and universities reported an average decrease of 7% in the number of newly enrolled students.
Though the 1,86,267 Indian students enrolled in US campuses in 2016-17 still outnumber the 1,00,000 studying in Canada, the latter is showing a significant rise in numbers. In 2016, 52,870 Indian study-permit holders went to Canada, but in 2017 the figure is already 54,425 (till October). On the other hand, the number of fresh visas (for those wishing to study in the issued to students in India was 62,537 in 2016-drop of 16.4% over the previous year.
One of the important attractions of Canada for students is the fact it is 30-40% cheaper the US, even at top universities and colleges. Besides, Trump’s stance on immigration and concerns over racist incidents are taking the shine off US campuses.
Optional practical training (OPT), a programme that allows Indian students to remain in the US after they finish their education, is facing difficulties as the H-1B work visa comes under a cloud. Employers in Canada, on other hand, are wooing Indian students studying in Canada especially those in STEM fields (science, tech, engineering, mathematics). Canada’s express entry system, in fact, creates a pathway for skilled Indians to get fast-track permanent resident status and then citizenship. For Indian students with degrees from Canadian institutions, the road to PR is even faster under the Canadian Experience Class.
Sources: High Commission of Canada and US Embassy, New Delhi


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Ultimately, the objective is to integrate the useful number of sensors quickly and efficiently into a design without having to design a use-case specific circuit. Finally, a passthrough is connected to each node without a sensor. The passthrough allows the transmission of current and data between segments.
Given the above, consider a body as a series of limb cylinders. We can examine how this body in space interacts with the world around it perpetually and in real time, as Cipher Mesh core technology allows us to monitor multiple metrics simultaneously, on the same system clock. A variety of monitoring applications are presented, which have relevant suites of monitored variables.
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Zambia national team interim coach Aggrey Chiyangi has named a 24 man squad for preparations ahead of the CHAN 2020 final round qualifier match against Eswatini.
Chiyangi has drafted new players to the squad to join the core of the 2019 COSAFA Cup-winning squad. Red Arrows duo of George Simbayambaya and Paul Katema together with Kabwe Warriors Akakulubelwa Mwachiaba and Mufulira Wanderers Nchimunya Munene have all been handed call ups.
Some players from Zanaco and Zesco United have been excused from this week's camp due to their club participation in CAF games. Zambia will be away to eSwatini on 20 September for the final qualifying round for Cameroon 2020 CHAN.
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When Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are captured by the Vietcong, they are forced to play Russian Roulette by their brutal captors, who make bets on their survival. The experience of capture leaves them with terrible physical and spiritual wounds, and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfill an old promise to one of his friends, he makes an unexpected, horrific discovery.
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The first hour is absolutely horrible and gives us what has to be one of the longest wedding scenes of all time, and depicts the trios lifes before they head out to war. I mean the act has some great characterization of the friends, but this examination just becomes too overdeveloped, resulting in the narrative being bloated. The second act, chronicles the story of the trio during Vietnam, and is brilliant in its brutal horror of the conflict. Then the third act deals with their return and how irrevocably damaged they have become by the experience.
The Deer Hunter would have been a better film, just for starters, if director Michael Cimino. had chopped the first hour down to thirty minutes, and had given some of this extra time to the final hour to portray a more evaluation of the characters as a result of the war, which is the most interesting and compelling
Despite this the film is brilliantly acted, especially Christopher Walken’s performance who is simply untouchable. It is spectacularly well made, and some scenes will stay with you a long, long time, namely the unnerving Russian roulette moment.

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The COVID-19 mass vaccination site at the Kern County Fairgrounds is accepting appointments for Wednesday, Feb. 3 through Saturday, Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at this location, call 661-868-0165. Based on California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan, those eligible for a vaccine must fall in a group in Phase 1A, or be healthcare workers or 65 years of age and older.
Right now, the vaccination site is only doing walk-up appointments and is administering an average of 500 doses per day, “which we are prepared to increase based upon vaccine allotment from the state,” the department said in a news release.
For residents who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairgrounds:
Approximately one week prior to when your second dose is due, you will receive a phone call from Kern Public Health to schedule your visit at the phone number you provided when you scheduled your original appointment.
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Residents are urged to continue practicing healthy habits when in public after receiving two doses of the COVID-19. Not enough information is currently available to say if or when CDC will stop recommending that people wear masks and avoid close contact with others to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
For more information, visit our website at https://kernpublichealth.com/coronavirus-vaccine/ for current vaccination information and resources. Additionally, an interactive map is available identifying other community providers who are currently offering vaccinations.
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The hunt for where our money went continues here in Part 2:
10 – Flood relief package – $6 billion
I bet you forgot about this one and had no idea it actually cost this much. Remember when the Queensland government thought it would be smart to be the only state without natural disaster insurance and then the Queensland floods happened – and then when Anna Bligh cried? I would have cried too if I had been so utterly negligent.
It’s interesting that people have been jailed for stealing bread – yet when a State Premier is grossly negligent in protecting the State’s interests to the tune of needing $6 billion in ‘disaster relief’, absolutely nothing happens.
9 – Clean energy finance – $10 billion
Gillard set up a system where the government would provide finance to anyone that wanted to generate ‘clean’ energy. There was just one catch – a real bank must have refused to finance the project. In other words, all you had to do was show that your project commercially stunk like these ones.
Sounds like something we all would spend $10 billion on.
8 – ‘Irregular’ maritime arrivals – $10 billion
Rudd and Gillard thought it would be wise to dismantle a functional border protection scheme, to the point of having to process around 50,000 boat arrivals at a cost of around $200,000 each. That’s just the processing cost and does not include ongoing welfare and integration costs.
Tens of thousands still remain unprocessed and at large in the community. In April 2015, the figure was around 30,000.
Meanwhile, real refugees who really needed our help were left to continue wasting away in camps. Brilliant.
7 – Health ‘reform’ – $17 billion
Remember when Rudd said he was going to ‘take over’ our hospitals? As with all things that Rudd had great ideas on, it went about as well as space suit flatulence.
The federal government paying health handouts to the states and territories is nothing new. In Howard’s last year, ‘health care agreements’ (as they were then called) amounted to around $8.8 billion. In 2015-16, the amount is scheduled to be $16.4 billion.
Instead of increasing state government assistance in line with revenue or inflation (i.e. increasing at 3-4% per annum), Rudd and Gillard tried to ‘take over’ and increased spending by 7% per annum – a difference of $17.1 billion.
Of itself, there’s nothing wrong with spending more money on health. Indeed, it should be the number one priority. However, throwing this kind of money to achieve the exact same outcome as before – albeit with a 400%+ and $2 billion more expensive administration – is unforgivable.
6 – Education ‘revolution’ – $20 billion
You cannot walk past a local primary school without seeing the impact of the $16 billion ‘building the education revolution’ debacle. If a school didn’t have a school hall but desperately needed more classrooms or education materials, it had to build a school hall (using union approved labour). If a school already had a school hall, it had to build another school hall (using union approved labour). If a school already had two school halls, it had to build another school hall (using union approved labour). And so forth. What would a school’s principal and management committee have known about what their school really needed anyway?
Also included was the ‘digital education revolution’ which cost $2 billion. What you think of this policy depends on your thoughts about spending $2 billion on trying giving a laptop to every year 9-12 child in high school (I say ‘trying’ for obvious reasons).
There was also a $1.3 billion ‘national school pride’ program thrown in for good measure. I can only imagine the extra pride you must have been feeling in our schools since this initiative.
I’m no education expert, so I’m going to break with my usual practice of ignoring academics for a brief moment and give a couple of them the last word:
“Since 2007, schools around the country are quite recognisably the same institutions,” he tells Inquirer. “We have not improved the nation’s scores in terms of NAPLAN and we have gone backwards in terms of PISA (OECD tests). There has not been an education revolution. There is no question about it.”
“I drive past too many schools where new classrooms look too much like the old classrooms – factory-style, reflecting mass-production technology – that will be obsolete within a very short time and probably run-down,” he says.
“It was good to see that money was provided to schools, but it wasn’t a revolution because there was no significant change in the way we think about teaching and learning in this century,” he says.
“BER was a good example of the lack of deep thinking about the kind of education system we want. It was simply providing schools a narrow range of facilities without any talk of learning in the 21st century. I think if it was genuinely part of the education revolution there would have been more thinking about the connection between the building and teaching.”
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Pelosi calls AOC’s progressive wing ‘like, five people’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi characterized the more progressive wing of House Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, as “like, five people” that do not represent all progressives, including herself — adding that freshmen Democrats “know that we have to hold the center.”
Pelosi’s comments minimizing the influence of Ocasio-Cortez and other House progressives builds on her previous downplaying of their policy proposals, such as her criticism of Medicare-for-all and hesitation to endorse the Green New Deal.
During an interview that aired Sunday on “60 Minutes,” CBS’s Lesley Stahl began a question to Pelosi, saying, “You have these wings — AOC, and her group on one side–“
“That’s, like, five people,” Pelosi replied.
Stahl said that “the progressive group is more than five,” to which Pelosi responded, “Well, the progressive — I’m a progressive. Yeah.”
Stahl pointed to some progressives’ support for replacing the Affordable Care Act with Medicare-for-all, a policy backed by some 2020 Democrats that, in some proposals, would eliminate private insurance.
“Well, Affordable Care Act is better than Medicare, there’s no question about that,” Pelosi said. “The Affordable Care Act benefits are better. Medicare doesn’t have a catastrophic plan. So if you want Medicare for all, you’re gonna have to change Medicare and let’s take a look at that.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s office declined to comment to CNN about Pelosi’s remark.
In another part of the interview with Stahl on whether she could unite the party’s factions, Pelosi said that “by and large, whatever orientation they came to Congress with, they know that we have to hold the center. That we have to be, go down the mainstream.”
Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez have had a varying relationship since the Bronx congresswoman was elected last November. Ocasio-Cortez backed Pelosi for speaker, and the two lined-up on the same side last month of an intra-caucus debate over a Republican amendment tucked into a gun control bill that would alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement of undocumented immigrants’ attempts to purchase firearms.
The two also posed for pictures together when the hosts of Netflix reality makeover show Queer Eye came to Capitol Hill earlier this month, with Pelosi telling the group, “feel free to let us know when you want @RepAOC <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>& me to fill in next.”/ppBut Pelosi has also taken several thinly-veiled jabs at Ocasio-Cortez — and her strong social media following of more than 9.3 million on Twitter./pp”While there are people who have a large number of Twitter followers, what’s important is that we have large numbers of votes on the floor of the House,” a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/politics/nancy-pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter/index.html” target=”_blank”Pelosi told USA Today/a earlier this month./ppThe speaker has also been dismissive of Ocasio-Cortez’s legislation combating climate change, the Green New Deal./pp”It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive. The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?” a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/index.html” target=”_blank”Pelosi told Politico/a./ppemThis story has been updated to reflect a response from Ocasio-Cortez’s office./em/ppCNN’s Ashley Killough contributed to this report./p


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This week, the mayor's office and the Portland Development Commission presented the city's three-year status report (PDF) on the economic development plan Mayor Sam Adams kicked off in 2009.
The report paints a rather rosy picture of the city, especially given the recent report of Portland having the highest underemployment rate in the country among its young, college-educated residents.
But some things definitely shine through: Portland is on a better path to recovery than the rest of the country. Since we bottomed-out in 2009, the county has added 15,000 jobs. We were uh, grim and glib about those prospects back in 2009, so this is something of a surprise. Of course, the whole country is doing better than we feared it would back then.
On the other hand, rent has increased about 10 percent in that time and median income is down. All in all, it's hard to discern whether life is actually easier overall for Portlanders now than it was in 2009, but certainly many more of us are back to work.

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New Delhi, NFAPost: Harley-Davidson, Inc. (“Harley-Davidson”) announced that as part of The Rewire, an overhaul of its operating model and market structure, the company is changing its business model in India and evaluating options to continue to serve its customers.
Harley-Davidson plans to close its manufacturing facility in Bawal and significantly reduce the size of its sales office in Gurgaon. The company is communicating with its customers in India and will keep them updated on future support. The Harley-Davidson dealer network will continue to serve customers through the contract term.
These actions are aligned with The Rewire which is planned to continue through the end of 2020, leading to The Hardwire, a new strategic plan for 2021-2025 aimed at building desirability for the Harley-Davidson brand and products.
Iconic American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Motor Co decision to exit India comes after 11 years of operations. The India exit of the company comes as part of a global restructuring plan. In India, the world’s largest and most price-sensitive two-wheeler market, it struggled with sharply declining production and sales.
Indian production volume fell from 11,753 units in FY16 to 4,533 units in FY20 and sales declined from 4,708 units to 2,470 units during the same period. The company’s bad performance in India could be blamed on high prices and the wrong product and marketing strategy, said people close to the company.
“The India action will include an associated workforce reduction of approximately 70 employees,” the company said in a regulatory document filed in the US. In a statement issued locally, the company said it is shutting down its manufacturing plant in Bawal, Haryana, and is significantly reducing the size of its sales office in Gurgaon. The Harley-Davidson dealer network will continue to serve customers through the contract term.
The bike maker, which sold 13 models in India with a starting price of ₹4.69 lakh, currently has 33 dealerships in the country. The company said it has more than 25,000 bike owners in India.


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EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg will add their voices to a chorus of international support for the landmark 2015 accord that saw Tehran abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for the lifting of punishing sanctions.
Power utilities, tech start-ups and oil majors are fighting to establish themselves as the dominant players in the fast-growing business of charging stations “ but advances in electric vehicles means where they build them is changing.
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Jean-Yves Le Drian called the situation following a string of missile tests by Pyongyang "extremely serious" and urged the reclusive state to turn to dialogue to ease spiralling tensions.
In a BSE filing today, Suven Life said it has been granted "one process patent from Europe, one process patent from Japan and one process patent from New Zealand corresponding to the New Chemical Entities (NCEs) which are for the treatment of disorders associated with Neurodegenerative diseases".
The company is yet to see any impact of Brexit on tech spends and is witnessing a broad-based growth across sectors in Europe, a market that accounts for over 22 per cent of its revenues.
The ECB may launch so-called ownership-control procedures to scrutinise both Qatar's royal family and China's HNA, which each owns just under 10 percent of the shares of Germany's flagship lender.
North America and Europe account for over 70 per cent of the company's revenue from pharmaceuticals business.
Tata Communications announced the launch of three new nodes for its IZO Private Cloud service to support enterprises' hybrid cloud adoption while ensuring regulatory compliance.
PM Modi’s Europe tour is an attempt to deepen cooperation at a time when Donald Trump’s politics have alienated several European leaders
The countries, including India, were hit by what is believed to be the biggest-ever recorded cyberattack on Friday with investigators looking for those behind the hack that affected systems at banks, hospitals and government agencies globally, media reports said.
Weeks after delivering its first A321neo, upgraded with new engines, the planemaker has already begun talking to suppliers about enhanced versions called A321neo-plus and, most recently, A321neo-plus-plus, people familiar with the matter said.
Voters will decide whether to back a pro-EU centrist newcomer, a scandal-ridden veteran conservative who wants to slash public spending, a far-left eurosceptic admirer of Fidel Castro or to appoint France's first woman president who would shut borders and ditch the euro.
The announcement today comes on the eve of the Shanghai auto show, which showcases industry efforts to create electric models with consumer appeal. General Motors Co.'s Buick unit and Ford Motor Co. also have announced new electric vehicles for China this year.
The German-born executive told Reuters in an interview he was far from bored after five years in the job, during which the company has gone through sweeping governance changes as well as a reorganisation whose final step was approved on Wednesday.
"Our main global macro outlook still maintains that recession is more likely than not in the near future (12 to 18 months) based on the global credit impulse having peaked simultaneously with global inflation," Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank, said.
The said facility is built over 72 hectares and the company is investing euro 475 million.
The pledges are the result of a business review at the Anglo Dutch consumer goods maker undertaken following the unsolicited $143 billion bid by the U.S. rival, which Unilever bluntly rejected.
The value of the LTA is approximately euro 4 million per annum.
"The TAL BRABO now complies with essential requirements relevant to European health, safety and environmental legislation, permitting export of the TAL BRABO Robot to customers in Europe," Tata Motors said in a statement.
There was no definitive confirmation that Credit Suisse was the main target of the fraud investigations, run by at least four European countries and Canberra and apparently involving hundreds of suspects.
The decision, announced by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on its website, is the latest blow for India's drug-testing industry, which has run into a series of problems with international regulators in recent year
Global healthcare company Mylan has inked a settlement pack with Genentech and Roche in relation to patents for cancer drug Herceptin (Trastuzumab).
The Street may see volatility ahead of exit polls that will be announced later in the day. On the international front, all eyes are on the US Federal Reserve that which may raise rates due to strong private payrolls. Dr Reddy's will be on investors' radar after it received 13 observations for its unit by the US drug regulator.


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Karl Lagerfeld delivered the ultimate (re)boot for our fall ’17 shoe-drobe.
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COLUMBIA — When was the last time you looked over during church service and saw a dog sitting on the pew next to you?
During the anniversary week of St. Francis of Assisi's death on Oct. 3, 1226, two Columbia churches dedicated portions of their services to bless congregation members' animals and offer thanks for their companionship.
Calvary Episcopal invited pets to the Wednesday evening eucharist, or Lord's Supper. The pets were then escorted into the courtyard for a time of prayer in which praise was offered to God for the blessed animals. Five dogs, a cat and a snail named Gary after the snail on "Spongebob Squarepants," were there to receive blessings.
On Sunday, Missouri United Methodist Church held pet blessing in its courtyard facing Ninth Street. After singing hymns and reading passages from Genesis and Isaiah, pets paraded down the courtyard with their owners and lined up to be blessed by Pastor Jim Bryan.

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Tomorrow I send my Bear off to kindergarten. I’m okay. He’s ready; excited even. The thing I’m struggling with is TRUSTING people. I met his teacher; she’s lovely and I trust her. It’s everyone else in the world. Since he was 16 months old, Bear has been with the same sitter. She has taught him so much and treated him so well. She’s become family and he has had so much fun there. He will still be with her before and after school, on vacations and days off. But tomorrow I have to hand my Bear over to so many people I don’t know, and trust that they will treat him well. Bus driver, lunch ladies, other teachers, other kids.
He’s my heart, guys. He’s the most special person in my world. He’s my Bear, my Toodles, my snoogle bunch, my sunshine, my peanut bear, my Trouble Tornado. I love him more than all the stars in the sky. I know I can’t protect him from everything and I shouldn’t. He has to learn to navigate this world and all the not-so-good things that may happen in it. But this is the first time I’m really sending him out into the world, and I know he’s ready, I know he’s excited. It’s all me that’s not ready, but here we go…. tomorrow morning we will watch him get on the bus and go off to start his new adventure.

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Pinxton Porcelain was founded on land at the head of the Cromford Canal, rented from the Reverend D'Ewes Coke's third son who went into business with the businessman and porcelain painter William Billingsley. Billingsley who had been trained at the Derby works is now renowned for the quality of his porcelain painting particularly his flower painting but he was also interested in perfecting a porcelain recipe which it is thought he obtained from Zachariah Boreman. Billingsley eventually left Pinxton and briefly set up a decorating shop in Mansfield where he decorated imported porcelain and pottery including some Pinxton porcelain. John Coke continued the business from 1799 to 1806, even taking in Henry Banks as a partner from 1801 to 1802. After John Coke married in 1806, John Cutts carried on until finally closing the factory in 1813.
Coke married Susanna Wilmot in April 1806 and although the porcelain business continued under John Cutts who had been decorating manager until 1813, Coke's interest moved to his coal mining business in Pinxton and he moved his family home to Debdale Hall.
There is continued interest in Pinxton Porcelain and a group was formed in 1996 of people interested in this factory and its wares. The society has published a number of publications and organised exhibitions. The cabaret teapot illustrated was made at the Pinxton Porcelain factory and shows Brookhill Hall which was a home of John Coke. This cabaret teapot is part of the collection of Pinxton porcelain at Derby Museum, England. The standard reference books on the products of the Pinxton china factory are Pinxton Porcelain 1795–1813 and the Porcelain of Mansfield and Brampton-in-Torksey by C Barry Sheppard and The patterns and shapes of the Pinxton china factory 1796 to 1813 by N.D. Gent.
The standard reference book on the products of the Pinxton Porcelain factory is The patterns and shapes of the Pinxton China factory 1796 to 1813 by N.D.Gent published in 1996

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Harpreet A De Singh appointed CEO of Alliance Air; becomes first woman to head an Indian air carrier
Harpreet was also the first woman to be appointed as a commercial pilot by Indian Airlines. She, however, had to give up her flying job due to health issues
As per the order, a list will be drawn based on suitability, efficiency, competence and quality of performance as well the current health of the employee
Infosys had agreed to pay Bansal a severance amount of Rs 17.38 crore or 24 months of salary, but the company suspended payments after he got Rs 5 crore as co-founder NR Narayana Murthy and others objected to the package as excessive
Air India says Rajiv Bansal takes charge as chairman and managing director; Ashwani Lohani completes his one-year tenure last week
Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal on Monday took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of disinvestment-bound Air India
Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani says speculations of co-founders' role in whistleblower complaints appalling
Infosys on Wednesday said speculations of co-founders and former employees being involved in the recent whistleblower allegations were "appalling" and seem to be aimed at tarnishing the image of some of "the most accomplished and respected individuals"
IT major Infosys has settled with Sebi a case of alleged disclosure lapses regarding severance payment made to its former chief financial officer Rajiv Bansal
New-age savvy: Digital acceleration at Infosys, TCS shows India's software giants are finding their mojo again
A combination of growth in digital segments and a lower attrition would help Infosys retain its image as an admired institution.
Infosys says 'will comply' with arbitration award to pay former chief financial officer Rajiv Bansal
Infosys had lost the arbitration over the severance package to Rajiv Bansal and had been asked to pay outstanding amount of Rs 12.17 crore with interest.
Infosys ex-CFO Rajiv Bansal files caveat in civil court against IT firm over Rs 12.17 crore severance package
Rajiv Bansal filed caveat in civil court after an arbitral tribunal directed Infosys to pay him outstanding severance package amount of Rs 12.17 crore with interest
Infosys loses arbitration case over severance package to ex-CFO Rajiv Bansal; asked to pay Rs 12.17 crore with interest
Bansal's severance payout has been one of the issues that Infosys founders had raised to allege governance lapses at the Bengaluru-based firm.
On 18 August, Ranganath, fondly known as Ranga, who has been working with Infosys for close to two decades, resigned in a surprise move that raises questions about stability at the country's second largest IT services firm.
Narayana Murthy's comments assume significance given the protracted stand-off in the past between him and the previous Infosys management over issues of corporate governance and severance package doled out to former executives like Rajiv Bansal
Infosys may deny severance pay to former CFO Rajiv Bansal over data deletion that 'caused financial loss'
Infosys believes former CFO Rajiv Bansal's actions will influence the final verdict in a dispute over his severance package.
Infosys: It's high time former execs, board stopped public spats, allowed company to focus on strategy, feel experts
The Board should not respond to comments, be it from its co-founders or past employees, in public
Air India new CMD Pradeep Singh Kharola takes charge amid talks of divestment of ailing national carrier
Air India is staying afloat on taxpayers' money as a result the government has decided on selling stake in the airline
Infosys' former chief financial officer Mohandas Pai says settlement move with SEBI 'perfectly fine'
Infosys' move to settle with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) the alleged disclosure lapses involving a severance pact is "perfectly fine", the company's former chief financial officer, TV Mohandas Pai, said. He disagreed with the whistleblower who has reportedly asked the market regulator SEBI to prosecute the IT giant's management and the Board.
Infosys' new CEO Salil Parekh is a good fit, but questions loom on strategy amid disruptive technological change
Narayan Murthy has not been effusive in his early welcome for Salil Parekh. For Parekh, this might contain a watch-your-step message.
With so many questions and few answers, what will the appointment of yet another bureaucrat as Air India CMD do? Won’t his hands be tied to the eventual fate of the disinvestment process, hindering day-to-day decision making?
Pradeep Singh Kharola would replace Rajiv Bansal who has been serving as interim CMD of Air India for a little over three months


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The Emergency Room “Surprise Bill”
How surprise bills hurt patients. By Christopher Moriates, M.D.
Posted December 1, 2016
The rapidly rising costs of insurance premiums emerged as a dominant focus after the presidential election. However, there is another major problem in the health care financing infrastructure that does not seem to get enough policy discussion – “surprise bills” sent directly to patients following care by physicians who may be working at an in-network facility but who are not actually in the patient’s insurance network.
Imagine going to your local emergency room, knowing that the hospital is considered in-network by your insurance company, then a few weeks later receiving a bill for thousands of dollars to pay the out-of-network physician. You might think it was a mistake. You would be wrong.
Hospitals generally contract with a group of emergency physicians to staff their emergency departments and also contract with insurance companies to provide in-network coverage in their emergency departments. The emergency physicians themselves, however, contract individually with the insurance companies, resulting in gaps of in-network coverage where the emergency room itself is covered, but the physician providing care is not. Patients only discover this gap by receiving a bill for the care provided by the out-of-network emergency physician.
According to one study, 22 percent – more than 1 in 5 – of emergency department visits at an in-network facility involved out-of-network physicians. In McAllen, Texas, 89 percent received “surprise bills.” In other places, such as South Bend, Indiana, almost nobody received surprise bills.
In 2014, Texas studied this problem, finding that among the three largest health insurers by market share in the state, between 41 and 68 percent of dollars billed at in-network facilities were billed as out-of-network emergency room physician services. In addition, between 21 and 59 percent of in-network hospitals had NO in-network emergency room physicians, meaning that for some insured patients in Texas, a visit to more than half of the emergency rooms in their network would likely result in a bill for out-of-network care.
But before we start laying all of the blame at the feet of emergency physicians, emergency room departments are required by law to see and treat everybody in need, thanks to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which guarantees access to emergency medical care, but not specifically requiring insurers to pay for that care. Insurers know this, thus making it difficult for emergency physicians to negotiate effectively with insurers. The concern is that without the option of “balance billing,” these physicians will be subjected to increasingly predatory pricing from insurance companies who will hold all of the leverage.
But bankrupting patients cannot be the solution. That is unacceptable and should not be tolerated.
Insurers point the finger at physicians and hospitals, while physicians point it right back at insurers. While there is not just one villain here who can take all of the blame, there is also a lack of heroes in this story.
Out-of-network emergency department billing is not a problem that can be solved on its own, or by any one group within the health care financial system. This is the type of problem that requires policy.
A recent New York Times article pointed to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin who introduced legislation in 2015 to help address the issue but was met with indifference from his colleagues, despite Texas’ being one of the worst offending states. It is up to all of us to now replace that apathy with a distinct call to arms that catches the attention of our representatives.
California has already passed a bipartisan bill to protect patients against surprise out-of-network medical bills. Patients who receive care from in-network facilities in that state would only have to pay in-network cost sharing. A few other states, such as Florida, have similar laws.
Texas allows patients to participate in a mediation process to reduce balance bills by working with physicians and insurers, but the process is limited to certain types of bills and plan types, and the billed amount must exceed $500 per provider to be eligible. The system is underutilized and does not protect patients as well as it could.
Texans cannot remain at risk of unexpectedly getting stuck with a surprise out-of-network physician bill after visiting an emergency department. This threat should now be considered an emergency.
Christopher Moriates, M.D., is the assistant dean for health care value at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. Victoria Valencia, MPH, is the assistant director for health care value at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Latitude: 53.7626 / 53°45'45"N
Longitude: -1.7631 / 1°45'47"W
OS Eastings: 415716
OS Northings: 429610
OS Grid: SE157296
Mapcode National: GBR JGX.ZR
Mapcode Global: WHC9G.WPMC
Entry Name: 24, Coll Place Bd6
Listing Date: 21 December 1977
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1133233
English Heritage Legacy ID: 336321
Location: Bradford, BD6
Electoral Ward/Division: Wibsey
Built-Up Area: Bradford
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Low Moor
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
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Early C19 single-storey "low house". Sandstone "brick" with stone slate roof,
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Halifax coach Richard Marshall has a key decision to make at hooker ahead of Saturday night’s pivotal Championship date at Featherstone Rovers (6.0).
Fax are down to just one specialist number nine - the former Rovers player Ben Kaye - following Keith Holden’s decision to quit the club and the ankle injury suffered by Kaye’s regular partner Ryan Maneely.
Kaye played 80 minutes in last weekend’s 32-6 win at Workington, but Marshall must now decide whether he can do the same in a fifth-versus-sixth contest that could prove crucial in both clubs’ hunt for a top four finish.
“The big question this week will be at hooker,” said Marshall, who could turn to the versatile Ben Johnston - half back and full back in recent weeks - to offer his side a different attacking threat.
“Ben did well at Workington, but he wasn’t really tested in the same way he would be on Saturday night.
“Johnston’s not a specialist hooker, but he can play there and we could do some work round the ruck with him because he has some different attributes to Ben.
“It’s a big game, an important game, and we want to make sure we take the right team on the day.
“I don’t know about it being make or break for the top four; we’re possibly already relying on other results even if we were to win all our games.
“But if we’re going to take that next step and start picking off those teams above us, this would be a good place to start.”
If Johnston was used at hooker, it would open the door for the on loan Widnes stand off Danny Craven, who missed Workington with a shoulder problem, to return the side.
There could also be a comeback for centre Steve Tyrer, who has missed the last two games through suspension.
“Danny will be available and Steve’s free to play again, so we’ll have to consider how to best utilise those two,” said Marshall, who said forwards Adam Tangata and Andy Bracek were both likely to keep their places in the side after solid efforts at Derwent Park.
Fax’s Tuesday night training session this week had a different look about it, with Marshall opening the doors to around a dozen of Calderdale’s amateur coaches.
“We had 10 or 12 guys come down from the local clubs, mainly open age coaches,” said Marshall.
“They watched the training session and sat in on the video review and I did a bit of a Q and A with them.
“It was good; I enjoyed it and hopefully they benefited from it as well.”


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SENEGALESE Muslim clerics, led by Grand Khalifah Tijjani Ahmed Ibrahim Inyass, were at the Presidential Villa on Saturday at the invitation of President Goodluck Jonathan to join him in praying for God’s intervention in the insecurity situation in the country.
The clerics had come to the country for a programme in Gombe but the president requested them to visit him before they returned to Senegal.
Grand Khalifah Tijjani is the son of Shehu Ibrahim Inyass, the late founder of the Tijjaniyas Muslim sect.
With Khalifah Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani Inyass were Tijjani Awwalu, Muhammadau Makky Inyass, Mansur Inyass, Ahmed Tijjani Inyass, Bashir Inyass, Inyass Mustapha Inyass, Abdulahi Muhammad Maigemu, Ibrahim Dahiru Bauchi and Aliyu Ibrahim.
Spokesman of the group that came to the Villa, Ahmed Tijjani Sani Anwalu, told State House correspondents after the meeting which took place at the First Lady’s Wing, that their presence at the Presidential Villa was historic and in line with the precedence set by the founder of the sect.
He recalled that Shehu Ibrahim Inyass had similarly visited former Heads of State, Generals Aguiyi Ironsi and Yakubu Gowon when they were at the helms of the nation’s affair.
According to him, they were in the Villa with a message for all Muslims and non-Muslims to come together to pray for peaceful co-existence and for an end to the security situation in the country.
He said: “It is a historic visit because it has been done by his (Grand Khalifah’s) father with the then president, General Yakubu Gowon and General Aguiyi Ironsi. So, the history is repeating itself and we came for the Maulud of Ibrahim Inyass Gombe and on his way going home, the president requested for a courtesy visit and Shehu granted that.”
On whether they raised any issue of concern with the president, the spokesperson said: “We want to put ourselves together, all Muslims and non-Muslims, for peaceful co- existence and prayers so that we can all fight the insecurity in this country.
“The main purpose of coming here is part of the prayers for peace in this country.”
Also present at the meeting were Vice President Namadi Sambo; Jones Arogbofa, Chief of Staff to the President; Mohammed Abubakar Kachalla, Deputy Chief of Staff; Bukar Goni Aji, Head of Service; ministers including Mohammed Adoke (Attorney-General and Minister of Justice); Bala Mohammed (Federal Capital Territory); Zainab Maina (Women Affairs); Idris Umar (Transport); Khaliru Alhassan (Minister of State Health); Asmau Mohammed (Minister of State for Agriculture) and Dr. Reuben Abati (Special Adviser on Media and Publicity), among others.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadou Keita of Mali was also at the Presidential Villa on Saturday to discuss with Jonathan on how to deal with the insurgency in parts of the country.
He told State House correspondents after the meeting that he was in Abuja to discuss with Jonathan on the way forward in the fight against Boko Haram.
He said: “I have come to meet my brother on the issue of insecurity to see what we can do. That is why I’m here this morning.
“I came to meet my brother. I’m also grateful to him and Nigerian people for their warmth reception since I came into Abuja and good luck to Nigerians.”


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AUSTINTOWN Officials explain petition details
One candidate is seeking the removal of another candidate from the ballot.
By DAVID SKOLNICK
VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER
AUSTINTOWN -- When it comes to the validity of a person's printed signature on a candidate's nominating petition, the law is pretty cut and dry, says an Ohio Secretary of State spokesman and the head of the Mahoning County Board of Elections.
Unless a person has first printed his or her signature on his or her voter registration card, a printed signature is not valid on nominating petitions, said Carlo LoParo of the secretary of state's office and Mark Munroe, Mahoning elections board chairman.
But that didn't stop the board's three other members, over Munroe's objections, from allowing the printed signature of Ashley Jenkins of Huntmere Avenue on the nominating petition of Linda Marie Roca, an Austintown township trustee candidate, to be counted as valid.
A 1992 Ohio Supreme Court decision states that a candidate must sign their name, not print it, for it to be considered a valid signature on nominating petitions. There is only one exemption -- if that person printed their signature on their voter registration card, LoParo said.
If the board had ruled that Jenkins' printed signature wasn't valid, Roca would have fallen short by one signature from having the 25 needed to stay on the ballot, and thus would have been disqualified.
Jenkins signed her name on her voter registration card, which she submitted to the elections board last year.
"We had to disqualify that signature," Munroe said. "What we did is completely contrary to law. I'm really quite frustrated by the whole board."
Despite the problem, there is nothing the local elections board or the secretary of state can do now, LoParo said.
After the election board certifies candidates, they cannot be removed from the ballot less than 50 days before the election, he said. That deadline passed Monday.
The only remedy is for someone to file a lawsuit against the elections board to get the signature disqualified, which would get Roca off the ballot, LoParo added.
That is what Lisa Oles, another Austintown township trustee candidate, did Wednesday. Oles filed a claim in the 7th District Court of Appeals against the elections board seeking the disqualification of Jenkins' signature from Roca's petition.
After being told of the Ohio Supreme Court ruling, Robert Wasko and Michael Morley, elections board directors who voted to permit the Jenkins' signature, said they have no regrets about their decision.
"I think it's important that we, as board members, do our best to protect the voters and to keep people on the ballots rather than find ways to keep them off," Morley said.
"As long as someone would appear before us [as Jenkins did] and testify that it's their signature, who am I to say it isn't?" Wasko added.
It's statements like that that concern Munroe, however.
"I get very nervous when the board exercises too much discretion, particularly when the law is clear," he said. "When the board picks and chooses where they are lenient, it takes us back to a time when you got on or off the ballot based on who you knew."
This is the second controversial issue the local elections board has had in recent weeks regarding the eligibility of candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Democrat Clarence Boles, who is running for Youngstown City Council's 6th Ward seat, filed a lawsuit last month against the board saying it erred when it didn't remove his Republican opponent, JoAnn Collier, from the ballot.
Collier withdrew as a Democratic candidate for the seat, and refiled as a Republican, something the secretary of state's office said should not have been permitted.


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Despite the rising salience of missile threats, current air and missile defense forces are far too susceptible to suppression. Today’s U.S. air and missile defense (AMD) force lacks the depth, capacity, and operational flexibility to simultaneously perform both missions. Discussions about improving AMD usually revolve around improvements to the capability and capacity of interceptors or sensors. Rather than simply doing more of the same, the joint integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) efforts might be well served by new or reinvigorated operational concepts, here discussed collectively as “Distributed Defense.”
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You might feel bad about having to leave your pet rats in their cage for a big part of the day. Or you might just want to see how happy your pet rats can be by free-roaming! But there are a few things that you should know before you open up the cage.
You can let your pet rats roam free in your room safely. Firstly, you must rat-proof the division you want your pet rats to roam free, and then you need to supervise while you’re letting your pet rats out of their cage.
But how exactly can you keep it a safe experience to let your pet rat roam free in your room?
What Do You Need To Let Your Pet Rat Free Roam?
Before letting your pet rats roam free, it’s important to decide where their cage is going to be, or where you want them to roam.
Their cage could be in an area where you spend most of your time.
However, some people prefer to have a specific room for their pet rats.
If you go with the second option, then it’s very simple. That whole room can serve as their own playground. Just be sure there are no cables around, any dangerous objects, or even crawling spaces that they shouldn’t get into.
Generally, if you have a specific room for your pet rats, the place should be mostly safe for them.
Take the opportunity and add toys, digging boxes, and other puzzles so they can entertain themselves.
Even if it’s their own room, you need to supervise them. So whenever you want them to roam about, be sure you’ll be present.
Join them in their activities even, this is a very good opportunity to teach them a few tricks!
On the other hand, if you want them to roam in the same room you spend most of your time in, you should create a safe perimeter for them.
For example, you can create a perimeter around their cage. This space can be as big or as small as you want.
You can even use a pet playpen, that you can find on Amazon.
It’s very common to use these to create a playground for pet rats.
They are very easy to use and you can connect several panels to make the playground walls as tall as or as big as you need.
This is especially useful when you have escape artists that will try to jump or climb out of their safe area!
Create A Safe Area For Your Pet Rat
Once you set up a perimeter, be sure that it’s 100% safe for your ratties.
Check if any electrical cables pass through the area.
If they do, move them out of the perimeter.
If there are any electrical sockets in the area, be sure to cover them. You can use some cardboard or even those electrical socket protectors, so your pet rats can’t reach those and get any crazy ideas.
Make sure that there are no plants in the area, as well as any object that isn’t proper for a pet rat.
Finally, try to maintain the area clean. Remember that pet rats are very sensitive and dusty environments can be harmful to them.
Once everything is ready, all you have to do is add some toys so they can play around!
As always be sure you’re in the room whenever you want them to roam about free.
Even if they have a safe perimeter, your pet rats can manage to escape that space, and they will find new, hard-to-reach places to hide in or even chew on something they shouldn’t.
I always recommend having a safe perimeter for your pet rats, instead of just letting them roam about any room since it’s very hard to make sure everything is safe for them.
Pet rats are very cunning and they will definitely find a cable, a plant, or an object to chew on or even get into some furniture.
Even if you’re sure it was impossible to fit into or reach!
This way, your ratties have a specific place for them to play and explore in while keeping you company.
Do Rats Need To Free Roam Every Day?
Although not 100% necessary, it’s definitely good for them.
It’s good for their physical and mental health, but it will also reinforce their bond with you.
Even if their cage is big, like the ones we recommend here, it’s limited. Pet rats have lots of energy and need proper space to exercise.
Not only that, but it’s good to stimulate them with toys and puzzles which need more space.
It’s a bit like us, we do not like to be cooped up inside our homes the whole day. Sometimes we might think we do. But after some time we realize it’s not good for us and go get some fresh air from time to time.
For pet rats, it’s the same. It’s a matter of changing scenery for a bit and exercising their bodies and minds.
It’s actually recommended for them to have 1 to 2 hours of free time out of their cage!
Try to set up a schedule, where you’re relatively free.
You do not need to interact with them the whole time while they’re roaming and playing about.
As long as you can check on them, to be sure they don’t escape or get into some mischief, they can entertain themselves.
For example, our girls have a nice big perimeter where they can roam about freely for most of the day.
While we’re working they’re either inside their cages or exploring the space outside.
From time to time, it’s nice to take a bit of a break and play with them!
If you want your ratties to have a happy and active life, it’s good to let them out of their cage often in a safe space, filled with fun activities for them.
Should You Let Your Rats Free Roam On Your Entire House?
You can let your pet rats free-roam throughout your entire house as long as you keep an eye on them.
And even if you’re supervising them, first, be sure to rat-proof your rooms so they don’t get into a difficult-to-reach nook or cranny.
Again, you might think that the sofa is safe, but believe me, your pet rats will find a way to get inside of it, even if that means chewing through the fabric!
You can use cardboard or pieces of clothes you don’t use anymore to fill up gaps under the furniture, so your pet rats can’t reach them, for example.
If you have any plants, be sure they’re in places that are hard to reach.
Most plants are toxic for pet rats, and due to their curious nature, they will investigate them if the opportunity arises.
Not only that but follow the tips we’ve mentioned above so you don’t have any accidents with electrical wires or messy rooms!
As long as you always know where your ratties are, they will love to be free to explore the whole house.
Just look here how happy a pet rat can be by free-roaming an entire house (supervised!)
It’s an adorable sight to behold, and quite worth the hassle of rat-proofing and preparing everything for free roams.
Tips For Free-Roaming Time For Pet Rats
We’ve mentioned before that it’s good to have a specific perimeter set up for your pet rats, but what should you do with that perimeter?
Aside from making sure it’s safe for your pet rats, be sure to fill it with fun activities for them.
Their cage should always be on reach so they can go back to it whenever they want. Be it either to rest, eat, drink, or even go to the bathroom.
You can also set up some extra litter boxes around if their playground is big. This way, they always have someplace to go besides the cage.
In the summertime, you can add a box of water so they can fish peas or other treats out of it.
Digging boxes are also a good activity for pet rats that tend to be too messy to have inside their cage.
So take the chance to bring one to their playground from time to time.
You can set up obstacle courses as well, it will both exercise their body and brain!
Other than that, be sure the perimeter or room is safe and is very hard for them to escape. Be sure to close the door, for example, so they can’t leave the room.
If the door has some space between the floor and the end of the door, use some fabric or cardboard, so your pet rats can’t fit through that gap.
The same goes for the panels if you decide to build up a perimeter. Pet rats are very small and will fit almost any gap, so be sure to close everything as much as possible.
On rare occasions, your pet rat might also escape while free-roaming, but don’t worry! This can happen and there are solutions to this. So be sure to check this article: Your Pet Rat Escape? Here’s What To Do!
And of course, join in the fun. Play with your ratties and join them on their playground!
They will welcome your company and love having one more friend to play with.


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Designed by Robert Hirschfield Architects
From the architects:
Robert Hirschfield Architects has designed an elegant new-build family home in Mill Hill, North London, offering a dynamic and contemporary take on the classic Arts & Crafts style.
The architectural language and spatial configuration of the home takes inspiration from the local surroundings, where a complex topography provided a strong position from which to start designing.
The intricate detailing and geometry of the exterior take inspiration from several Arts and Crafts houses which surround the site, translating this classic style in contemporary fashion through the use of vertical hanging tiles, roofs with low eaves, dormer windows, gable roofs and part-rendered elevations.
Detailing is purposefully minimal and clinical, using a handmade linear brick at the base of the building to not only provide a more contemporary interpretation of brickwork, but to also bring a higher element of craft and quality to the project.
A central gable provides a clear way-finding to the front door and, at either side, the building line is then set back, responding to the existing footprint and neighbouring buildings.
“One of the biggest challenges of the project was rationalising the significant change in level from the street to the rear garden,” says practice director Robert Hirschfield.


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This ring has so much personality...where to begin! Her intricately designed surface with a silver paisley and rose gold floral motif is irresistible. She comes to us with a solid .925 sterling silver base that's plated with 14k rose gold. You may want to try to stack her with other rings, but Paisley Bloom stands beautifully on her own.
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Sorat Hotel Cottbus is a 4-story hotel in the heart of Cottbus at a close proximity to EuroSpeedway Lausitz and Muskauer Park offering 98 contemporary rooms.
The hotel is in the good location steps away from a tower and a theater. The property is set within 1 km distance from Cottbus city center.
This family hotel boasts close proximity to a river and parks.
Sorat Hotel Cottbus lies within 80 minutes’ drive to Dresden airport.
Business one-bedroom apartment, comfort room and standard twin room have elegant décor along with a minibar, a work desk, a laptop safe, a phone and free wireless internet. Some rooms at Sorat Hotel Cottbus have a view over the garden. The rooms feature an electric kettle, a dishwasher and coffee/tea makers as well as en suite bathrooms with a bathtub, bath sheets and a hairdryer.
Eat & Drink
Breakfast is served in the lobby each morning. Guests are invited to the Lobby bar to unwind with a drink. Located in an exhibition area, Kartoffelkiste Inh. Ernst Schlodder and Conditorei & Cafe Lauterbach serve a wide range of meals.
The hotel offers a buffet breakfast at the price of EUR 13 per person per night.
There are bicycle and car rental services on site.
Sorat Hotel Cottbus offers video games and board games for guests travelling with children.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
public parking is possible on site at EUR 9 per day.

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Looking around you, it looks like all of your happily-taken friends are on cloud nine, right? The Joneses are expecting twins. The Robertsons are sending their oldest off to college. And the Smiths are giddily announcing on Facebook that they’re taking an ahhh-mazing vacation to Hawaii next month.
Meanwhile, you and your partner suffer in silence. The two of you have settled into a comforting if not admittedly boring routine in the middle of solidifying your life together. And while the flames of passion haven’t fizzled out completely, they’ve diminished to a dull burn. You’re haunted with the question that plagues so many other couples: Are you as happy as everyone else? And, perhaps an even scarier question, what does that mean if you’re not?
We dug into the most compelling studies out there to answer the question you’ve always secretly wondered but were afraid to ask: How do you stack up against other happy couples? And we came up with some surprising results to help you put your own relationship into perspective. After all, happiness is relative and “happy couples” are not always as they seem.
Cheaters Are Happy In Their Relationships (Really)
We hate to break it to you, but keeping your partner happy at home doesn’t make your life together affair-proof. In fact, most self-admitted cheaters surprisingly described themselves as “happy” in their relationships. According to a study by Rutgers University, 56 percent of married men who had affairs said they were happy in their marriages, nonetheless.
Happy Couples Fight Regularly
Or more specifically, couples who have one healthy argument a week. A study out of Florida State University found that couples who made a habit of having “angry but honest” conversations were happier in the long run. (Still, that doesn’t mean you should rant like a sailor. Out of 100,000 people surveyed for The Normal Bar, 90% of the happiest individuals have never cursed at their partners.)
Childless Couples Are Happier
No kids? No problem. As a childless couple, you’re probably happier for it! While parents are stressed out and more sleep-deprived, a study by the Open University in England found that childless couples were happier in their romantic relationships. They claim it’s because childless couples put more time into working on their relationships than parenting couples. Imagine a romantic getaway without three kids in tow? (Sounds like happiness to me.)
To read the rest of the story, head over to YourTango!
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MILLION DOLLAR ARM – The Review
Disney’s MILLION DOLLAR ARM might not bat 1000, but it’s certainly a high hitter that will leave you entertained and inspired.
MILLION DOLLAR ARM tells the true story of sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm). With his career going south he takes a shot in the dark and travels to India in the hopes of finding a cricket pitcher with MLB potential by holding a contest called “The Million Dollar Arm.” After discovering two young athletes with potential, Dinesh (Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma), he brings them back to the Los Angeles to begin training for a MLB tryout. Things, however, don’t always go according to plan. The boys have never lived outside of their small village, so JB is forced to take them in and care for them, shaking up his bachelor lifestyle. With the help of his guest house tenant Brenda (Lake Bell), the boys learn the fundamentals of baseball, and JB gets a lesson in teamwork, family, and love.
First off, I’m glad that they cast an actual baseball / sports fan as JB Bernstein. Jon Hamm’s knowledge of the game, although not showcased enough, made for a convincing portrayal of the sports agent. We all know that Hamm can play the asshole rather well, as showcased in his portrayal of Don Draper on AMC’s ‘Mad Men’ and as Bernstein in this film, but he also shows audiences JB’s warm, fun-loving side, which I’m sure was difficult to pull off. It’s hard to make a character likable after they are presented as a jerk, especially when that jerk is crying all over his expensive suit while driving around in a Porsche, but somehow Hamm does it. The only thing about his performance that I found somewhat unlikeable for this St. Louis Cardinals fan was seeing Hamm in a Los Angeles Dodgers hat (See photo at top of this article). I had to tell myself “It’s just a movie! It’s just a movie!” I kid. Well, kind of… Cards fan for life!
Jon Hamm is complimented on-screen by the hilarious Lake Bell. The two have an incredible chemistry, and are no strangers to working with one another (You can catch Hamm guest starring on Adult Swim’s ‘Children’s Hospital’). Bell shows us more than just laughs as the goofy, somewhat annoying Brenda in the film. She also shows heart. I can’t wait to see her in different types of roles. Also, it would be pretty cool to see the two of them do a ‘Thrilling Adventure Hour’ together, because their ‘back and fourth’ is hilarious.
Rounding out the cast are Suraj Sharma (LIFE OF PI) and Madhur Mittal (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE). The two do an incredible job of playing Rinku and Dinesh, who went on to become pitchers for the Pittsburgh Pirates. One of my big problems with this film was how little they focused on the story of the boys. I know that the film is more focused on Bernstein, but I would have liked for them to have delved deeper into these characters. They left their families, and went from poverty to a life of luxury. This had to be an incredibly difficult adventure to go on. I would have liked them to showcase more of that! We’ve already seen that Sharma and Mittal are incredible actors, why not give them a chance to really shine? They didn’t utilize their talents nearly enough, which is disappointing.
The overall feel of the film had a bit of that ‘made-for-tv” vibe. If you were alive during the 80’s and 90’s you know what I’m talking about. Disney has had a long run of making TV Disney Channel Original Movies revolving around sports such as DOUBLE TEAMED, BRINK!, RIP GIRLS and MOTORCROSSED. MILLION DOLLAR ARM shows a glimmer of the same wholesome, inspirational beat that it showcases in all of their films. Is it cheesy and predictable? Yes. Does it still warm your heart? You bet. I would have liked for things to be shaken up a bit, but hey… it’s based on a true story. There isn’t going to be some crazy M. Night Shyamalan twist. Sorry folks.
The best sports movies are really just movies about people living their lives. MILLION DOLLAR ARM does a pretty decent job of pulling this off with likable characters in a PG version of this story. I’m sure that there is a ton to this story that we don’t know, but hey, it’s Disney. It’s refreshing to see a movie that kept families in mind while making it, because I’m willing to bet that this film could have easily been made with a PG-13, or even an R rating.
Despite the predictability, and the lack of character development for Sharma and Mittal’s characters, MILLION DOLLAR ARM is a family friendly film that is worth a trip to the theaters.
OVERALL RATING : 3.75 out of 5 stars
MILLION DOLLAR ARM swings into theaters May 16

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Hi Collective, welcome to our first blog post, exciting! I wanted to say a big thank you for being here, reading this blog and giving my little business some love and support, it means the world to me and it’s truly appreciated!
I first had the idea to start a home candle based business when myself and my fiancé were planning our 2019 wedding, I loved the idea of ‘scenting our wedding day’ and began looking in to different ways to achieve it. I stumbled across youtube videos on candle making and instantly fell in love with the idea!. For months I researched the process, different combinations of waxes, wicks, oils and containers, chatted to other amazing candle makers (which by the way we‘re called Chandler’s which I love this being a big Friends fan!) I decided on vegetable soy wax for a number of reasons which I’ll put in another blog, but the biggest being it’s vegan friendly, sustainable and much cleaner burning than some of its wax counterparts.
We moved in to our new home at the end of 2018 and I began making and testing various candle recipes, and this is where the first fragrance Lime, Mandarin & Basil was born! Now whenever I smell this scent it always takes me back to that time and I love it! From there on our other Signature Collection scents were made and brought to life. I’m super proud to say everything is made, mixed, packaged and poured by hand at home by myself, allowing me to make sure every small batch made is of the highest quality for you.
Ive still not gotten around to making a scent for our wedding day, but I do plan to when I find the time!
Thanks for sticking around to read our story, this is just the beginning of a fantastic journey, I can’t wait to see what the future holds for our collective! Carol X


Software Categories > Bridge Design
- ABD-Automated Bridge Design - Computer service for bridge designers using ABD bridge design software. The software can handle several standard types of superstructures, substructures, and foundation types. Submit your bridge design parameters and receive analysis and design report that can be directly used for detailing.
- ABD-Loads - Bridge loading software that calculates reactions, moment and shear envelopes for all standard AASHTO loadings and over 200 other predefined truck loadings.
- ABD-Slab - Bridge slab design software for beam/girder type bridges in accordance with the AASHTO LRFD code.
- BRASS Suite - Suite of programs for Bridge Rating and Analysis of Structural Systems known as BRASS includes the following programs: (1) BRASS-GIRDER, BRASS-GIRDER(LRFD) - systems for the analysis and rating of highway bridge girders; (2) BRASS-PIER, BRASS-PIER(LRFD) - analysis and design of reinforced concrete bridge piers; (3) BRASS-CULVERT - analysis and design of reinforced concrete box culverts; (4) BRASS-POLE - analysis of cantilever sign, luminaire and signal support structures; (5) BRASS-SPLICE - design of field splices for rolled beam or welded plate steel girders; (6) BRASS-TRUSS - analysis and load rating of simple or continuous truss or girder bridges; (7) BRASS-PAD - design and analysis of elastomeric bridge bearings; (8) BRASS-DIST - calculates wheel load distribution factors.
- BRIDG - Rating and analysis of highway bridges per AASHTO and WSDOT (LRFR) specifications.
- BRIGADE - Suite of finite element analysis tools for the field of structural and civil engineering. BRIGADE/Standard is program for three-dimensional analysis of bridge structures. BRIDAGE/Plus is general purpose finite element program. BRIGADE/Hacon is a finite element program for simulations of temperature and stress development in hardening concrete.
- Consys - Live load and static analysis for single-span and multi-span bridges.
- FB-MultiPier - The FB-MultiPier analysis program is a nonlinear finite element analysis program capable of analyzing multiple bridge pier structures interconnected by bridge spans. The full structure can be subject to a full array AASHTO load types in a static analysis or time varying load functions in a dynamic analysis. Each pier structure is composed of pier columns and cap supported on a pile cap and piles/shafts with nonlinear soil. This analysis program couples nonlinear structural finite element analysis with nonlinear static soil models for axial, lateral and torsional soil behavior to provide a robust system of analysis for coupled bridge pier structures and foundation systems. FB-MultiPier performs the generation of the finite element model internally given the geometric definition of the structure and foundation system as input graphically by the designer. This allows the engineer to work directly with the design parameters and lessens the bookkeeping necessary to create and interpret a model.
- LUSAS Bridge - Finite element analysis software for the design, analysis and load rating / assessment of bridge types. Software in available in 3 software levels with software options available to extend analysis capabilities to allow Vehicle Load Optimisation, Fast Multifrontal Solvers, Interactive Modal Dynamic Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Thermal / Field Analysis, Heat of Hydration Analysis, Rail Track Analysis
- Leap Bridge Software Suite - (1) Geomath - parametric bridge layout and design. (2) Conspan - precast/prestressed bridge beam analysis and design. (3) RCPier - reinforced concrete substructure analysis and design. (4) Conbox - CIP reinforced or post-tensioned box girder and slab bridge design. (5) Consplice - spliced precast/prestressed bridge girder analysis and design. (6) Consys 2000 - LRFD and AASHTO Standard live load and static load analysis.
- MERLIN-DASH - Design and analysis of straight steel and reinforced concrete girder bridges.
- Opis - Bridge design software
- PENNDOT LRFD and Engineering Programs - Suite of command line programs for bridge design and analysis, with text input and output files. Includes: (1) ENGASST - Engineering Assistant; ABLRFD - LRFD Abutment and Retaining Wall Analysis and Design; BPLRFD - LRFD Bearing Pad Design and Analysis; BXLRFD - LRFD Box Culvert Design and Rating; FBLRFD - LRFD Floorbeam Analysis and Rating; PAPIER - Pennsylvania Pier Analysis; PSLRFD - LRFD Prestressed Concrete Girder Design and Rating; SPLRFD - LRFD Steel Girder Splice Design and Analysis; STLRFD - LRFD Steel Girder Design and Rating; ABUT5 -Abutment and Retaining Wall; ARCH - Arch Analysis and Design; BAR7 - Bridge Analysis and Rating; BOX5 - Box Culvert Design and Rating; BRGEO - Bridge Geometry; BSP - Beam Section Properties; CAMBR - Field Check of Camber; CBA - Continuous Beam Analysis; CLLMR - Comparison of Live Load Moments and Reactions; GRPRO - Grade Profile; HGEO - Horizontal Geometry; PS3 - Prestressed Concrete Girder; SIGN - Sign Structure Analysis.
- QConBridge - Live load analysis program for continuous bridge frames.
- SAM Integrated Bridge Design Software - Specialized bridge design software for medium span bridges that integrates code checking with analysis. Contains modules for section properties, differential temperature analysis of any section, design and assess of concrete sections, torsion and shear calculations for any section, and thermal cracking of concrete sections.
- TRAP - Truss rating and analysis program.
- Virtis - Bridge load rating program.


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Who wouldn’t like to slip into the shoes of an adventurous archaeologist? Secret Trail enables you to do just that! Combine your way through the grid packed with gemstones and track down the profitable winning symbols.
Secret Trail online is a match-three game. Instead of reels there are seven rows and eight columns full of symbols. The game grid features two kinds of symbols: colourful gemstone symbols and other winning symbols, such as the fearless Adventurer (yields the highest winnings), the cunning Adventuress (yields the second highest winnings), the Biplane, the Crocodile and the Black Panther. Unlike in other games, here you can create special symbols yourself, providing suitable symbols fall into the grid from above. And that’s when Secret Trail online really comes into its own, for the special symbols you make ramp up your chances of winning!
Get at least three same-coloured symbols side by side by switching the position of two adjacent symbols. Simply click on the symbols you want to switch to move them. The matching symbols will then explode and new symbols will fall into the grid from above. After each move in the game, a winning symbol might drop into the grid. You can collect these symbols (like the Black Panther) by getting them to the bottom of the screen or blowing them up with the help of the special symbols. Moreover, in Secret Trail online it can rain gemstones. If three gemstone symbols of the same colour form a vertical or horizontal line, they will disappear and leave behind winnings. Manage to get four or five matching symbols in the right positions, and they’ll disappear and yield a special symbol for you to play with.
With a little luck in Secret Trail, you can create your own special symbols.
Special Cross Symbol
All you need for this special symbol in Secret Trail online are four matching gemstones side by side in a vertical or horizontal line. You will be able to tell the difference between the special symbol and a regular symbol by its golden edge. Such a symbol increases your chances of winning significantly. If it appears next to two or more same-coloured symbols, it will explode and take with it the whole row or column to trigger a shower of winnings for your account. Cross symbols can be combined if you exchange them for other special symbols.
Special Bomb Symbol
If you position five matching symbols side by side in an L or T shape, they will disappear and leave behind a special Bomb symbol. This can be moved only one position, but in all four directions to positions that can be occupied by regular and special symbols. When the Bomb explodes, it can take up to twelve surrounding symbols with it. Bomb symbols can also be combined if you manage to switch their place with that of another special symbol.
Special Bell Symbol
Get five like symbols in a row, either horizontally or vertically. These symbols will then disappear and leave you with a special Bell symbol. Just like with the special Bomb symbol, the Bell can take out other symbols when it switches places with a regular symbol. All of the symbols of the same colour as the special Bell symbol will then detonate. And if you manage to combine the Bell with other Bells, you’ll trigger an extra special effect.
Got a question? Want to play a round without staking real money? No problem – that’s what the tutorial is for. Once you’ve learnt the rules, you’ll have the chance to play a round of Secret Trail online free of charge.
Crosses, Bombs and Bells might not sound like the right ingredients for an exotic adventure, but that’s exactly what awaits you in Secret Trail online! Just like in other match-three titles, your challenge in Secret Trail is to line up matching symbols side by side. But that’s not all, for in this game you can create up to three special symbols (the Cross, Bomb and Bell) by making clever moves! Moreover, the game is packed with colourful gemstone symbols that are there for the sole purpose of boosting your gaming balance big time.

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Recalls of five different food products today will affect fans of fancy cheese and chicken.
Raw sheep's milk cheese Perail de Brebis has been recalled by company Le Marche Francais, because of a risk of salmonella and listeria.
The recall affects customers in Wellington and the South Island and there have been no reports of illness.
The recalled cheese has a batch number 203, with a best before date of August 31. It is sold in a 150g individually wrapped package.
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The cheese has been sold in Fresh Choice Merivale in Christchurch, Fresh Choice Nelson, Fresh Choice Roslyn in Dunedin, Moore Wilson in Wellington and the delicatessen market at Le Marche Francais in Wellington.
And WeightWatchers and Kaweka Foods Co. brand chicken meals have also been recalled due to a choking risk presented by possible chicken bone fragments in four products with a best before date of between September 26, 2016 to February 14, 2017.
These are Kaweka Food Co. butter chicken with rice 350g, Kaweka Food Co. Thai chicken with rice 350g, Kaweka Food Co. apricot chicken with couscous 250g and Weight Watchers Thai green chicken curry 350g.
These products are sold in major supermarkets and food retail outlets throughout New Zealand.
All affected products can be returned to the retailer for a full refund.
The recalls do not affect any other products by WeightWatchers, Kaweka Foods Co. or Le Marche Francais.

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British photographer Trevor Goldsmith has a natural, contemporary style of wedding photojournalism and the kind of friendly personality that puts his wedding couples at ease - an ideal combination for capturing the best images on the big day.
Past clients Erin and Joey are featured in this gallery, and describe in their own words their experience with Trevor as their wedding photographer. Visit our website to learn more about Trevor and to check availability for your wedding date.
"My husband and I (really just me) spent months searching for the perfect photographer to capture the most important moment of our lives together. This was one element of my wedding, where I didn't want to go wrong. I didn't mind spending a little more time or money on photography, seeing as this would be the only physical reminder of our wedding in the years to come! Finding the absolute PERFECT photographer was crucial!
I spent my fair share of time blog stalking several websites of various photographers in the state of Florida. It is even safe to say that I ventured outside to other states such as North Carolina, New York and Georgia. After speaking with countless numbers over the phone, I still wasn't satisfied with what I had found. It was hard enough planning a destination wedding and doing everything over the internet and phone, but then I stumbled upon Trevors Blog. I was truly amazed how similar his style of photography was to my own. Trevor seemed to be the one that I was looking for all along, and after I talked with him, I was even more assured that he was the perfect photographer to capture our wedding!
The attention that Trevor gave us, even before the day of the wedding, along with his extreme attention to detail, allowed for us to be ourselves and feel extremely comfortable the day of. To be honest, aside from our formal shots, neither my husband nor I can recall a time when we looked up and saw Trevor; he is a true chameleon, yet his pictures were absolutely storybook. Trevor captured every single moment of our wedding and reception as if he were telling a story; even the moments that we never would have noticed or have been there to see!
For us, it was very important to have the traditional family portraits, along with the fun shots that are full of energy and surprise. We got them all (literally thousands) and we owe it to Trevor! I couldn't have been happier with my choice and would recommend Trevor Goldsmith to anyone out there who wants everlasting memories".
Thank you so much for everything!
Erin & Joey