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Yule Logs are back again this year at The Goat! Chef Colin Bedford and Fearrington’s cake designer Emma Isakoff thought up some especially delicious flavors to tempt your taste buds this season. Don’t forget the wine. Selections and notes below by Fearrington’s Wine Director Maximilian Kast.
These decadent desserts are $35 each and can be ordered by stopping by or calling The Goat at 919.545.5717. The final day to place a yule log orders is Friday, December 19th. All orders will be available for pick up on Wednesday December 24th from 10am-4pm.
Yule Log Flavors & Wine Pairings
Gingerbread Cake with White Chocolate Espresso Mousse Filling
Broadbent, Rain Water Madeira, Portugal, MV. $11
This wine has caramel, walnut, and gingerbread notes on the nose, with a full-body, balancing sweetness, and a long finish.
White Chocolate Peppermint
Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Peppermint Mousse
Vietti, Moscato d’asti, Piedmont, Italy, 2013 $16
Floral, fruity, light, bubbly, sweet and low in alcohol this wine will bring out the peppermint for a refreshing way to finish any holiday meal.
Orange, Dulce & Cranberry
Orange Cake with Dulce de Leche Filling & Dried Cranberries
Cesar Florido, Moscatel Pasas, Chipiona Spain, MV. $20
The wine has orange peel and blossom aromatics with dried fig, with just the perfect amount of sweetness and acidity, this pairing will put everyone in the holiday spirit in true Dickenson style.
Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream Mousse & Brandied Cherries
D’Oliveiras, Monastrell Dulce, Jumilla, Spain $34
This is one of my favorite dessert wines, it is made from dried Monastrell (Mourvedre) grapes in Jumilla, outside of Valenica, it has ripe dark cherry fruit, fig-pudding, clove and spice notes, perfect for dark chocolate and cherry.


Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Tuesday as the air quality remained in the “very poor” category in several areas of the national capital. (Hindustan Times) The air quality in Delhi, the capital territory of India, is the worst of any major city in the world, according to a WHO survey of 1650 world cities. Air pollution in India is estimated to kill about 2.5 million people every year, and is the fifth largest killer in India. In Delhi, poor air quality irreversibly damages the lungs of 2.2 million or 50 percent of all children. (Wikipedia)
Here is a McGill expert who can comment on this issue:
Dr. Kakali Mukhopadhyay, a Senior Associate (Academic and Research) at the Agricultural Economics Program under the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University, has written extensively about air pollution and health in India.
"While Delhi attracts those seeking jobs, quality education or merely the buzz of the national capital, it carries with it the increasing medical expenses and huge investments in air conditioners and air purifiers. The implications are far fetched, encompassing on economic, social terms and environment terms. The solutions lie not in short term but in long term policies which target the sustainable reduction in pollution levels with improved standard of living for people, maintaining the social and economic equity in the society."
kakali.mukhopadhyay [at] mcgill.ca (English)


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Forty Saints Monastery, Sarandë
|Forty Saints Monastery|
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Albanian: Rrënojat e Manastirit të 40 Shenjtorëve
|Coordinates||39°52′20″N 20°01′10″E / 39.8722222°N 20.019478°ECoordinates: 39°52′20″N 20°01′10″E / 39.8722222°N 20.019478°E|
The monastery dates back to the 6th century AD, and it is thought to have been an important regional pilgrimage site. The second floor of the monastery was destroyed during World War II's Allies bombings.
During the prohibition of religion in Albania, the monastery was declared as a Cultural Monument.
- 40 shenjtoret, zbulohen 6 vaska pagëzimi, befasohen arkeologët, Fatmira Nikolli
- "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Retrieved October 28, 2010.

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2018 international conference on power and energy systems engineering, 2018 international conference, 2018 international conference in Nagoya, 2018 international conference in Japan
IEEE--2018 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2018)--Ei Compendex and Scopus in Nagoya, Japan on September 2018 by IEEE-CPESE 2018. important dates, call for papers, venue, speakers, abstract submission, research paper, paper submission.
5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2018)
September 19-21, 2018
Nagoya University, Japan
Dear Scholars and Researchers,
Warmest Greetings from CPESE 2018!
This is 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering conference committee. We are very pleased to tell you that CPESE 2018 will be held in Nagoya University, Japan during September 19-21, 2018.
Accepted and Registered full papers will be published in Energy Procedia (ISSN: 1876-6102), indexed by Elsevier: SCOPUS, Ei Compendex (CPX).
**CPESE2016 & CPESE2017 papers were indexed by Ei Compendex and Scopus
Full Paper Submission Deadline: May 10, 2018
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Prof. Tony C.Y. Chung(Fellow of IEEE), University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Prof. Hassan Bevrani, University of Kurdistan, Iran
Prof. Toshihisa FUNABASHI, IMaSS, Nagoya University, Japan
Prof. Zhixin Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. Kien Wen Sun, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
September 19, 2018---Registration and Collecting Conference Materials
September 20, 2018---Keynote speech and papers presentations
September 21, 2018---Social Activity (Pending)
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Thematically linked inner plots and outer plots create dynamic stories. An inner plot is also known as the Character Emotional Development (CED) plot. The outer plot is the Dramatic Action (DA) plot. There is another plot category beyond the traditional. The one I’m thinking of lies deeper than the inner plot. I call this critical and overlooked plot the Character Intuition Development (CID) plot.
Character Intuition Development
A hunch, a feeling in your bones, your gut, an inkling and sneaking suspicion are ancient sensations from your spirit’s infinite wisdom attempting to communicate with you. Intuition comes from inside of you but is less of you and more a guide from an energetic force beyond you.
Fantasy and science fiction writers, romance and mystery writers, young adult, picture book writers, thriller and literary writers center outer plots around revenge or redemption, getting the guy or losing the guy, solving a mystery or exploring new lands as shown through the dramatic action. At the same time, the character’s emotional maturity develops through success and failure, changing and transforming. The critical and overlooked plot I haven’t paid much attention to is the journey toward learning to trust one’s intuition.
The Voice of Your Spirit
Of the multitudes of sacred feminine skills and source of power in all people and primarily in women and girls is the power of intuition. Women are endowed with instinct, insight, awareness, sensitivity, perception. Intuition is like a sixth sense beyond the traditional five senses.
The protagonist of your story is often in an environment where she does not hold primary control. One of the most critical skills and abilities available to her is listening to, trusting and heeding her intuition. The trouble is that for so long this collective ancestral legacy of the mothers has been discounted, ridiculed, silenced and repressed. As a result, today intuition goes unheard. Or, if a light does go on, she instantly dismisses her inner voice.
Rational versus Intuitive
In the dark ages, women’s intuition was demonized. Furthermore, at marriage women were separated from their ancestral kinship with the female line to live with the husband’s family. At the same time the scientific model came into the fore. Before long, science, religious and political systems and patriarchy trivialized, scorned, bullied and disrespected a woman’s intuition. Could be the institutions and people feared a woman’s power to read people. Or, the dismissal may simply have arisen because intuition hadn’t yet been proven scientifically.
The Character Intuition Development plot is about reclaiming the matriarchal legacy of knowing.
Stages of Reclamation
Your protagonist is required to accept her inner knowledge without the need for proof or evidence. This evolution is shown scene-by-scene as she comes to know without knowing how.
In the beginning, she overrides her intuition with doubt. Besides, she doesn’t want to appear rude. And so, she surrenders what she instinctively knows to people or beliefs she places above her. By questioning herself and resorting to conscious reasoning and analytical analysis, she loses time.
In the first half of the middle, the more she overthinks and second-guesses herself the greater her peril grows. Her antagonist uses her uncertainty to his advantage.
In the dark half of your story or second half of the middle, she instinctively knows she’s in trouble. But rather than act on instinct and the urgency she feels to run, she simply backs away. Rather than ask questions and do something about all she sees and hears, she ignores the red flags. Instead of acting on what she knows to be true, she wastes precious time rationalizing and telling herself she’s overreacting. Instead of trusting her intuition, she shuts out what she doesn’t want to believe. Afraid of causing a scene, she denys and talks herself out of changing her situation.
Buried from disuse and oppressed beneath all her fears and uncertainty lies her greatest power against her antagonist — the sacred feminine’s intuition, imagination and creativity.
More perceptive of her inner knowing, she becomes more savvy of the light and negative forces within others. Above all, she learns to discriminate people’s energy and take action. As she does, she discovers a force deep within that she invites forward to guide her.
A woman’s ability to listen and follow her intuition may not always keep her safe or prevent more grisly headlines. But now feels like the right time to resurrect the endowment bequeathed us at birth. Celebrate, honor, strengthen nurture and refine your intuition. Write about the power. Infuse your stories with sisterhood. Demonstrate how intuition, creativity and imagination are an endless abundance of deep knowing and power. The pursuit alone is worthy, and perhaps may even save a life…


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Our technology solutions are at the cutting edge of the high-tech fabrication marketplace and are used in a range of demanding and heavily regulated industries. Our success is derived from our ability to listen to the challenges being faced by our customers and turning them into high spec technology solutions.
We have a team of highly skilled professionals throughout our organisation, who are dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality solutions for our customers. Our capabilities include:
- Investment in state-of-the-art design packages that provide customers with cutting edge design processes.
- Provision of both 2D and 3D (AutoCad and SolidWorks) design packages.
- Significant investment in research & development ensuring we deliver innovative solutions.
- Continued investment in ultra-modern hardware and software, enabling all concepts to be ‘Designed for Manufacture’ (DFM).
With the support of ultra-modern hardware and software, our engineering design team possess a wealth of knowledge and experience in manufacturing; allowing us to ensure that all concepts we design are ‘Designed for Manufacture’ (DFM).
- To turn problems into solutions by understanding our customers’ engineering demands.
- Our investment in state-of-the-art design packages provide customers with cutting edge design processes. We are able to offer both 2D and 3D (AutoCad and SolidWorks) design packages through our highly skilled engineers.
Our continuing investment in research and development keeps us at the forefront of our industry and ensures we deliver innovative solutions for our customers. Our supply chain partners operate under NDA, which gives reassurance and security that your projects are handled in a professional manner.
We work on a on a project-oriented basis with a dedicated project manager, responsible for everything from development to design and programming to production. We always like to work directly with you so that we can engineer the best possible solutions to meet your specific needs. This makes it easier for you and ensures that you know exactly who’s on hand to deliver each aspect of your project. This is something that our new customers experience, right from the very first consultation meeting with us.
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Much has been written about Facebook’s new service and its benefits to publishers. Selected content is pre-loaded to devices allowing for much faster page upload speeds once content is clicked on. This means certain content providers benefit from a significant hike in service levels, which should lead to an improved experience for those accessing said content on mobile devices. At the launch of Facebook Instant Articles, there were 9 content partners - The Atlantic, BBC News, Bild, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, National Geographic, NBC News, The New York Times and Spiegel Online.
There has already been a bit of a backlash from advertisers who rightly bemoan that their paid-for-services are now being superseded by another source. In some ways I am entirely in favour of this, as I detest interruptive / interstitial advertising, and would much rather have everything served up on a Native Advertising / Advertorial basis via sponsored articles - which in many ways these are.
The hidden impact of all of this is what it’s doing to the customers’ Data allowances. Most users of 4G are typically on some sort of Data Plan - as am I. I have never been happy that advertisers use up my Data Plan by uploading their unsolicited content and eating away at my allocation - there is a real cost to me for all this loading up of advertising. With Facebook pre-loading content, this is yet more of the same. I would love to know the exact algorithms applied, as Facebook Instant Articles is in effect loading up a load of potentially unsolicited content into your browser or app - much of which you will never choose to access. You are in effect paying a storage / penalty fee for items you might not know or care about - and might never access.
What is slightly more insidious is that this is going directly against Net Neutrality by giving preference to a small number of content providers. You end up with a 2-speed system by the back door - where some content takes the pre-loading express route, while other content is relegated to secondary level. It may just be me, but I seem to have noticed that some images and videos in my Facebook newsfeed are not loading up as quickly as they used to - conceivably because some other content is being pre-loaded preferentially in the background. By specifically discriminating in the preferences of the delivery system, Facebook could have a major impact on Net Neutrality - by allowing the wealthier media owners to relegate smaller content providers to second class status - quite a worrying trend ...


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Wednesday, February 19, The Houston Person Quartet, live in concert, 7:00PM, Tickets – $35. Soulful tenor saxophonist, Houston Person, will lead a talented quartet that includes Grammy award winning pianist, Bill Cunliffe, long time bassist, Richard Simon, and quick handed drummer, Clayton Cameron. Known for his full tone and rock solid playing of blues and ballads, saxophonist Houston Person will perform from the vast selection of great jazz and blues standards, and The Great American Songbook.
Pianist Bill Cunliffe is a multi-talented leader of many jazz ensembles, bassist Richard Simon is a L.A. mainstay performer and educator, and drummer Clayton Cameron is an exceptional player, teacher, and master of the sticks and brushes.
Saxophonist Houston Person has been a performer, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer since the 1960’s. Houston has played or recorded with Don Ellis, Eddie Harris, Cedar Walton, Leo Wright, Etta Jones, Johnny Hammond Smith, Charles Brown, Ron Carter, Bill Charlap, Charles Earland, Lena Horne, Lou Rawls, Janis Siegel, Horace Silver, Dakota Staton, Billy Butler, Don Patterson, Grant Green, Sonny Phillips, Lanny Morgan, Ran Blake, Les McCann, Roger Kellaway, Leon Thomas, Richard Groove Holmes, Ernie Andrews, Gene Ammons, Joey De Francesco, Tiny Grimes, Peter Hand, Johnny Lytle, Randy Johnson, Jimmy Ponder, Charles Kynard, Bernard Purdie, Shirley Scott, Melvin Spark, Warren Vache, Paul Brown and many others. Houston has recorded over 70 albums as a leader, appeared on over 60 recordings as a sideman. and has nearly 950 music credits.
Houston received The Eubie Blake Award in 1982, and was inducted into the South Carolina State College Hall Of Fame in 1999.
Grammy award winning pianist, arranger, and educator, Bill Cunliffe has worked with Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Benny Golson, James Moody, Michael Buble, The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Holly Hoffmann, Mike Wofford, Ray Brown, Joe La Barbera and numerous jazz artists. Bill leads his own trio, big band, latin band, classical-jazz ensembles, and is a soloist with symphony orchestras. Bill has received 5 Grammy nominations, and written and arranged for multiple jazz and classical projects, and film soundtracks. Bill has received numerous awards, winning in 2010, The L.A. Jazz Society composer/arranger award, and has taught music at several schools and music institutes. Bill currently teaches at Cal State Fullerton, at The Skidmore Jazz Institute, and The Vail Jazz Workshop. Bill studied with the great Mary Lou Williams at Duke University, and received his masters degree from Eastman School Of Music. In 1989 Bill won first place in The Thelonious Monk Piano Competition. Bill has recorded 25 albums as
a leader, has written 5 jazz educational books, an has nearly 350 music credits. Bill credits the great Oscar Peterson as his first influence to choose to play jazz music.
Bassist Richard Simon is a veteran musician with decades of experience, dedication, and versatility. Richard was a college English professor who has made a life in jazz, learning from The L.A. Philharmoinic’s Abe Luboff, from jazz legend Red Callender, and from bass virtuoso, John Clayton. Richard has performed for The King Of Thailand, with Buddy Collette, Teddy Edwards, Plas Johnson, Art Hillary, Ernie Andrews, Maxine Weldon, Lorez Alexandria, Sue Raney, Keely Smith, Maria Muldaur, Rosemary Clooney, Dan Barrett, Ed Polcer, Allen Vache, Rebecca Paris, Joe Ascione, Ken Peplowski, Dave Pike, Sam Most, Al Viola, Thurman Green, Allen Jackson, Bobby Bryant, Urbie Green, Ross Tompkins, Joe Beck, and many others. Richard plays all jazz styles: be-bop, mainstream, traditional, and swing. Richard has been the music director for “Jazz America” for 26 years, providing jazz instruction to L.A. area students and young adults. Richard has recorded 3 albums as a leader.
Drummer Clayton Cameron is a dynamic performer and a master of the drumsticks and brushes. Clayton has toured with music greats Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, George Shearing, Joe Pass, and Joe Williams. Clayton has performed with Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Sting, Mariah Carey, Brandy, The Back Street Boys, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Ricky Martin, O.C. Smith, Ernie Andrews, Jimmy Witherspoon, Teddy Edwards, Larry Gales, Gerald Wilson, Kirk Stuart, and many others. Clayton received his music degree from Cal State Northridge University, and currently teaches at U.C.L.A.’s Herb Alpert School Of Music. Clayton has produced a video entitled, “The Living Art Of Brushes, has written a book entitled, “Brushworks”, and has recorded a CD “Here’s To The Messengers: A Tribute To Art Blakey”.

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The start of fall camp every year is usually the pinpojnt date to the start of the season. For nearly a month before the season, the Tigers will hold practices and if there's a season to follow the battles on both sides of the line of scrimmage, it's this year.
LSU reports for fall camp on Aug. 5, with practices set to start on Aug. 6 ahead of the 2021 season. Walkthroughs, meetings, installation will all be important components of fall camp but coach Ed Orgeron said there will be no two a days as the team has showed up in exemplary shape.
The program will have four intrasquad preseason games to prepare for the opener against UCLA and the grind that the 2021 season is sure to bring with it.
"This is about building the foundation of our football team," Orgeron said on Off the Bench. "30 days to get the LSU Tigers ready and when it comes to game week, we're going to focus on the team we're playing, take it one game at a time."
Quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, linebacker and safety are just a few of the positions where there isn't a good sense of who will earn the most playing time come the Sept. 4 start of the season. After an eventful week of SEC media days, where the addition of Texas and Oklahoma wound up stealing the show, the position battles at LSU will be fascinating to watch unfold.
The one message that Orgeron and the coaching staff want to get across to the players is that the depth chart is rarely ever settled. There's always opportunity to earn playing time if the players perform well in practice.
"We tell our guys our depth chart is etched in sand, I wanna see our guys compete," Orgeron said. "Obviously the quarterback position is a big position. But every position I wanna see our guys getting better and competing. Throughout the season, we need everone to battle."

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Crime rates are increasing across the United States. If history is any indication, many policymakers and Americans will look to our prisons and jails in the next few years to stop the crime rise.
But how do we know whether incarceration works as intended?
The existing standard for measuring whether someone is successful after release from prison is recidivism — a simple binary “yes or no” if a person commits another crime after leaving prison. Recidivism is used as a key metric for evaluating the effectiveness of prisons and reentry programs and as a marker of public safety.
The historical emphasis on recidivism among policy analysts, practitioners and scholars stems, at least in part, from a desire to establish a shared indicator of “success.” If you were rearrested, reconvicted or reincarcerated after leaving prison, you failed. If not, you succeeded. But binary measures of post-release success ignore decades of research on how and why individuals actually cease to commit crimes.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently convened an expert committee, on which we served, to study alternative measures of success for the more than 600,000 persons who reenter society each year after leaving prison. The committee consisted of and consulted with research scholars from a variety of disciplines, including practitioners who work with individuals reentering society from prison and with victims of crime, and persons with lived experience of incarceration.
Researchers who study crime know that abandoning a criminal lifestyle is a gradual process that often takes years, and can depend on every aspect of a person’s life — from their health to their housing and family. This process of ending criminal activity is referred to as “desistance.” Like recovery from addiction, illness or disease, desistance can involve relapses.
But binary recidivism measures treat any return to crime as a failure, even if the return occurred in the midst of or even indicated progress toward eventual cessation — such as committing fewer or less serious crimes. For example, an individual who went to prison for a violent crime and is later re-arrested for low-level drug possession could be seen as taking an uneven path toward cessation, rather than pure and simple failure.
To read the full article, click here.

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Over 900m above sea level
ABOUT HILLTOP RESORTS
Where else in Cambodia can you get air as fresh and as clear in as Hilltop-Resorts? With a height of over 900m above sea level, the secluded location invites you particularly for star observation.
The journey to Senmonorom leads through a pristine and mystical rain-forest landscape.
Located on the highest summit in Mondulkiri province. Only 7 kilometers from Sen Monorom the capital city of Mondolkiri and close to Vietnamese border surrounded by rain-forest. Bungalows, Camping, Eco-Lodge, Sports and working farm all gazing over the natural landscape.
In 1960 Mondulkiri was created out of Kratié Province by order of King Norodom Sihanouk. Sen Monorom was set up as the capital in 1962. During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, Mondulkiri was home to three bases of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam which resulted in numerous incursions and bombings by US forces. About 1970 the area fell under Khmer Rougedomination. Subsequently much of the populace was forcibly removed to Koh Nhek (Kaoh Nheaek) district to provide labor for rice growing. Schools, hospitals, even entire villages were destroyed. As many as half of the people in the province died during the forced relocation in the 1970s. The Bunong people appear to have lived in the provincial area for about 2000 years, but there is little documentation until France colonized Cambodia in 1864. Like other people in the province, the Bunong were displaced in the 1970s and only allowed to return to their traditional homeland in the 1980s.


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Within the last few months, gamers have been inundated with titles that offers high octane, adrenaline fueled experiences that have offer fifteen explosions for every bullet fired. For some, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of action in these games and I find it enjoyable when games provide quieter and more subtle experiences. That’s the biggest compliment I can give Bent Spoon Games’ first title, Girl With A Heart Of. Although it isn’t a perfect game, it offered some respite from all the gunfire and explosions that have been assaulting my senses for the past few months.
Girl With A Heart Of is the story of Raven, a young girl who was born without a heart. However, because her birth was foretold by a small cadre of individuals, a wizard was able to fit Raven with a mystical artificial heart. Raven was ignorant of her birth defect until an attack on her underground civilization by the armies of Light injures her mother who, out of fear of dying, tells her daughter the truth. From there, Raven seeks out the wizard who saved her only to discover that he has his own plans for her.
Girl With Heart Of is a two dimensional side scroller with minor adventure game trappings. As you move through the underground world, you'll converse with major NPCs and pick up items that can be used to advance the primary narrative or fulfill requests from various individuals. Completing these tasks is a simple affair and you’ll never have to worry about hitting any particular road blocks such running out of money or solving intense logic puzzles. In fact, there is no currency to manage in this game. If you approach a vendor that is carrying the object you need, simply interacting with them will add the object to your inventory. Later on, you’ll be able to take special jewels to the blacksmith and craft them into items that can be placed in Raven’s heart, granting perks and abilities.
Game progression is handled by going to sleep after you've completed all the tasks asked of you (this gets annoying later on, as the game tells you to keep doing things that you thought you didn’t have to complete). After going to bed, you'll wake up in a dream and prompted to allocate the skill points you’ve acquired that affect certain abilities, leading to better magical effects and dialog options. Conversation plays a big part within the game, as most NPCs will have A LOT to say and all speech is presented as text. This causes some problems when the game displays big blocks of text, bringing the dialog dangerously close to TL;DR territory. While conversing with others, Raven can ask all sorts of questions through a dialog tree and one thing that becomes increasingly noticeable through her interactions is how adult and mature some of Raven's comments and questions are, despite being so young. She doesn’t come off as being “special” or mature for her age, so her emotionally and psychologically deep observations are jarring.
There is a combat element to the game, but the game takes a surprisingly long time to get to it. Through your instructions with the wizard John, he’ll teach you various powers to fight enemies such as an energy bolt and shield power - but these training sequences are drawn out a bit too much. These abilities can also be upgraded when you’ve entered the dream world. When you enter the combat phase of the game, you can shoot various creatures without having to aim because the game will auto target for you, requiring little effort on your part. I was expecting the omnipresent mouse cursor to be of some use here, but just like the rest of the game, it proves to be completely useless (more on that later).
It's hard to look at this game and not say something about its art style, but what it comes down to is that some will like it, others won’t. The game’s visuals resembles someone's personal art project. The visuals aren't BAD, anything can be considered art by anyone, but they’re not on the same level as say, Limbo or Braid. There isn't much going on visually within the game world and people don't look very detailed. On the other hand, major NPCs are given large profile images when you talk with them and more attention is paid to their looks than most other environments. I’m not purposefully knocking the game’s art style, just pointing it out.
What bugged me the most about the character designs was the inconsistency of skin tones. Raven's skin is pale, but her care giver's is a warm pink (not flesh tone pink, actual red mixed with white pink). When talking to someone else, their face was a dull blue. Why is that? Is it supposed to be from lighting? Do these underground beings vary in skin color? Why is this world the way it is?
Again, I don't want to harp on the artwork, as I am sure someone at Bent Spoon put in a lot of time and effort and while it may not win contests, it certainly gives the game a much more personal feel than those that offer art design by committee. It would have been easy to give the game a retro pixel art design, as most indy games tend to do, so I give Bent Spoon credit with rolling with its chosen art design.
The biggest issue I have with Girl With A Heart Of is that its pacing is really slow. There is a lot of conversation to sit through before getting into the game proper and movement throughout the world could really use some sort of fast travel feature. Another curiosity is the inclusion of a mouse cursor that is essentially meaningless. Why have it when you can't do anything with it at all? Why design it in the style of the game when it can only choose dialog options (which you can do with the keyboard anyway) and allocate resources in the character menu? It seems wasteful.
The game's script is also problematic, bogging things down with some needless back story. As I mentioned earlier, the game presents you with big blocks of text quite often and it is really easy to gloss over what could very well be meaningless banter. At times, the dialog attempts to come off as heartfelt and moving, but unfortunately, most of it is unintentionally funny.
Girl With A Heart Of is a decent first game that, sadly, has a number of flaws preventing it from achieving greatness. There are traces of good here, however. For example, I liked how the game switched the concepts of light and dark. Normally, you'd play as the hero of light fighting against the darkness but in Girl With A Heart Of, your dark world is under siege by light. It’s a nice, unique twist. If the dialog had been cleaned up and the pacing quicker, then maybe the game won’t feel like its trudging through five feet of mud. If you enjoy playing and supporting the work of independent developers, then give Girl With A Heart Of a chance. Just keep in mind that it has a number of missteps holding it back.
Librarian by day, Darkstation review editor by night. I've been playing video games since the days of the Commodore 64 and I have no interest in stopping now that I've made it this far.

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Nutrient Spotlight: Theobromine In Cacao
First isolated & discovered in 1841, theobromine is the main psychoactive compound found in cacao. Named after the Latin name of cacao, ‘Theobroma Cacao’, theobromine is a bitter alkaloid, in the methylxanthine class, alongside caffeine.
Pure cacao contains an average of 1-2% by weight theobromine, compared to 0.1-0.3% caffeine, making it the far more significant stimulant in cacao. The darker the chocolate, the higher the theobromine content, so naturally pure cacao is your best source.
As a stimulant, theobromine is far more gentle, without the jitters or crashes that often come with caffeine. Theobromine is primarily focused on the cardiovascular system, instead of the nervous system like caffeine. Because theobromine is less water soluble than caffeine, and more fat soluble, its uptake is slower and lasts longer. It’s like a long and slow burn, compared to a fast & furious one with caffeine. So when you need the extra energy boost, theobromine will give it to you long & steady, without the negative effects associated with caffeine consumption.
In addition to gentler stimulating properties, it’s worth noting that our pure ceremonial cacao still contains all the healthy fats; the cacao butter. The fats help the body absorb the stimulating properties more slowly so that our body can benefit from them over a longer period, with less intensity. Unlike cocoa powder where the cacao butter has been removed, our cacao still contains around 50% butter.
Theobromine’s health benefits focus primarily on the heart, with obvious secondary implications. Theobromine is a vasodilator that expands the blood vessels, which increases blood flow. This can reduce high blood pressure, alleviating related issues. Theobromine is also associated with lowered levels of bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and elevated levels of good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). The combined effect is to reduce the risk of heart-related risks. For example, one study found a reduction in coronary heart disease in those with elevated chocolate consumption.
There is some research that links theobromine to improved mood, but this requires more study to prove a clearer connection, as there are also other compounds in cacao (such as PEA & anandamide) that are mood-enhancing.
A final note is that certain animals, like dogs, process theobromine much more slowly than humans, and are thus more susceptible to theobromine poisoning. This can be fatal in higher doses, so be sure to keep pure cacao away from pets & animals.

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text: Had a great experience this morning at the Marietta Tesla Proving Grounds. I had spent so much time reading hundreds (thousands?) of posts over the last 3 weeks that I felt right at home in the Model S. Looked it over and asked some questions about Frunk crease potentials and rear seat cup holders. Sat in it, and had some queries about voice activated functions and the center console no show. Then drove a Blue on tan Model S 85 with no P no P+, heck not even no air suspension! It was a blast! Loved the torque(almost made me car sick....but in a good way). Liked the handling. Loved the regen braking. It slows down the way manual transmissions do and felt very intuitive to me. My wife needed to reduce the regeneration to feel more at home. We asked Brandon, the TeslaRep if he feels uncomfortable when people take the car out and gun it for all it's worth. He said that the only folks who scare him are the ones who never make it over 45. Our car was programmed to be limited to 80 mph, which was strange but hardly got in the way. Looked at their paint color samples, put together an interior and then asked Brandon what the next step was to order a car. Both he and my wife were taken aback. I guess they expected me to agonize over a Tesla vs a Panamera or vs the new Lexus F series, or maybe a BMW i8. Or possibly they thought I would take a few days or weeks to consider White, Gray or Silver paint with Obeche, Lacewood, or Carbon Fiber trim. Regardless, I finalized a build in 15 minutes, with some great advice from Brandon, and now am looking at a November delivery. For those who like details, I chose a Pearl White over gray and carbon fiber P85+ with dark gray 21" wheels. Such a pretty car....at least on the Tesla display screen. It was simply the best car buying experience I have ever had.

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Tiny ropes of polymer clay are arranged by hand then cut into these Aztec-inspired shapes.
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Please note: These earrings are handmade. There will be variances and even minor flaws. No two pairs are alike! We think this adds to the character and uniqueness of each creation.


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Locarno Film Festival digital experience
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The beginning of 2020 made it clear that the 73rd edition of the festival was at risk. Locarno Film Festival was able to turn the challenge imposed by COVID-19 into an opportunity for improvement, evolving not only the digital experience of its touchpoints but also its offering and the methods of interaction with the public. We helped the Festival strengthen its online presence and give it a long-term perspective, redesigning the entire operating model and digital ecosystem. New service models have also been designed to allow the Festival to be enjoyed both physically and digitally.

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The Love a Face 10K, 5K and Children’s Fun Run will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8 a.m. at the Southwest Williamson County Regional Park located at 3005 CR 175 in Leander, near Sam Bass Road and RM 1431.
Hosted by Facelogic Spa of Round Rock and presented by the Hill Country Circle of Friends, this race will bring hundreds of runners and spectators together to support Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. The new state-of-the-art pediatric medical center opened in July 2007 at Mueller, the new mixed-use urban village in the heart of Austin near I-35 and Airport Boulevard. Dell Children’s provides pediatric health care to all children throughout a 46-county Central Texas region, regardless of their family’s ability to pay.
Cost for participation in the 10K is $35, 5K is $30 and the Children’s Fun Run is $10. Runners can register online until Feb. 19.

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The Moscow company Teana, which produces cosmetics, has launched a new line of products. Thanks to it, it is planned to increase production volumes by 40%. The capital's brand creates over 150 types of products for facial and body skin care. These are creams, peelings, tonics, masks, serums and much more. “There are over 30 enterprises in Moscow that produce cosmetics, perfumes and makeup products. Companies are actively developing, increasing production volumes, as well as expanding their range and developing modern products,” said Vladislav Ovchinsky, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Investment and Industrial Policy. He cited the example of a Moscow enterprise that launched a new line of products and plans to increase production volumes by 40%. The series includes products based on peptides and methylene blue. This substance is necessary for the treatment of skin inflammation. The line will include an essence-tonic, serum and cream-active. According to the founder of the brand, Dmitry Stoforandov, the discovery of new properties of already known ingredients and the adaptation of products taking into account this knowledge is one of the key drivers for the development of the cosmetic market.
The manufacturer actively cooperates with the regions. In addition, it exports products to foreign markets: Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Kuwait. The company's products are presented on marketplaces and in stores of the largest perfume and cosmetic chains.


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Youths in the country have been urged to shun negative actions and other vices that can lead to violent reactions and become agents of peace wherever they find themselves.
The challenge was made yesterday by the convener of the National Youth Peace Summit (NYPS 2019), Akinyemi Olowookere during the 2019 edition of the summit in Bauchi State.
Akinyemi emphasised youths have a lot to contribute in ensuring a peaceful atmosphere in the country.
“As catalysts of social networking and interaction, Nigerian youths have a key role to play in uniting the country and making sure that things work out well. However, it is very disheartening that most of the crimes committed in the country are associated with the youths”
” The tide can still be changed positively with a change of attitude by the youths who are the leaders of tomorrow. NYPS will not relent in its oars in ensuring that youths in the country become peace ambassadors across the country” he said.
In his remarks, Bauchi State Commissioner of Youths and Sports Development commended the convener of the summit saying that it came at a time the country was in search of a way to promote peace among the citizens.
He added that the PDP led administration in the state already has in place various programs targeted at the youths and women in the state stressing that many of the youths have been engaged in various skills acquisition programs to make them employers of labour as well as reduce poverty.
In a goodwill message, Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Sulaiman Adamu commended the organizers of the summit saying that it came at the right time calling on the participants to deliberate objectively and come out with resolutions that will promote peace in the country.
The 2019 edition of the Youth Peace summit is themed: ‘Paving the way for a Violent-Free Nigeria’, it has participants from all the states of the country including the FCT.


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UPDATE 27/11/2021 08:00: One fire engine remains at this incident damping down.
Four fire engines and a high volume pump from Ormskirk, Tarleton, Skelmersdale and Burnley are in attendance at a barn fire on Lowry Hill Lane in Lathom, Ormskirk. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are using three hose reel jets and a mechanical digger to bring the fire under control.
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They moved the fences in and David Wright — the guy considered to be most affected by Citi Field’s dimensions — signed a long term deal. But Kristie Ackert of the Daily News says that free agent hitters are still wary of signing with the Mets because of the ballpark:
Two agents representing players the Mets have talked to this offseason admitted privately that the ballpark’s reputation is something that their clients have had questions about this offseason.
“It’s something that is still in the (players’) heads out there, that it’s a tough park to hit in,” said one agent, who requested anonymity to protect his clients. “They see what David Wright went through there and it makes them a little nervous I think.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/lost-citi-mets-cavernous-park-bad-rep-article-1.1531646#ixzz2m41VvBE8Funny, I figure the Mets not spending any money on anyone and not looking like contenders would scare more guys off, but if they’d rather cite the park than the club who’s to say they’re lying?
- Dustin Pedroia returns to Red Sox starting lineup 2
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- Jose Reyes is on track to be activated Friday 11
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text: This inspired design features hand cut sections of ribbon-striped Sapele veneer, meticulously matched to vary their grain direction and form a dramatic wave pattern. As light reflects off the surface, it creates a shimmering, mesmerizing effect, changing the piano’s color and texture from every angle. Other distinctive design details include elegant Y-shaped legs and a rear leg that curves to mirror the piano’s rim. Reflections truly makes an unforgettable impression. Mr. Schrunk encored Reflections in 2002 with the stunning Reflections in Cardinalwood, which takes its name from the highly prized crimson colored Brazilian cardinal wood from which it is crafted. This artistic masterpiece also features Mr. Schrunk’s gold signature, which he reserves for his finest work.


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And below you can purchase the CD's from itunes or find it on Amazon music, spotify etc.
The below recordings are live and thus might not be technically perfect etc. but we are interested in the Presence of the Lord not perfect performances. Man's performance will not change you but God's presence will .
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Great old song, and awesome singing. Long time no hear. Love what you did with this song. Awesome performance.
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awesome sing...love it...sounds great vilma
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Download Julius 'The Mad Thinker' Live at NiteLite
...and here's that bumpin' NiteLite set from the one and only 'Mad Thinker' in November. Julius took the crowd on an emotional roller coaster and it was amazing ride we won't forget anytime soon. Chicago in tha house!


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Men's Royal Blue Tee with our iconic Large Cartel Baggers Skull.
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This shirt fit my friend amazing. He loves it
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The Internet is constantly growing: the number of nodes is increasing and the achieved data rates become higher and higher. Today\u2019s large backbone networks use optical fibers as transport medium and can reach data rates of up to 10 Gb/s (OC192 lines). This means that the Internet nodes have to process data packets at the same high rate, which poses severe requirements to the employed hardware. The main bottleneck here is given by the memory access delay which limits the amount of memory accesses that can be performed per IP address lookup.
This semester thesis proposes a hardware implementation of a recently published IP address lookup algorithm for employment in backbone Internet routers. The concept of this algorithm is as follows: first, a specialized tree data structure is built by compressing IP address prefixes. Second, the tree is used to perform lookups in order to retrieve the information on which port to forward the incoming packets. Main advantages of this implementation are the low memory requirements to store a forwarding table and the few memory accesses necessary to perform a lookup.
The realized ASIC achieves a rate of 10 to 15 million lookups per second which is sufficient to support more than 1000 networks.


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There are many bridging-the-digital-divide initiatives implemented by various government agencies and non-governmental organisations throughout the world. Numerous studies have been conducted to identify the critical success factors in providing remote and rural communities equitable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Malaysia has its fair share of successes and failures in such initiatives. One such initiative, the eBario Project, which provided ICTs to the rural and remote community in Bario, Borneo Malaysia, has been in operation over the last decade. The project was undertaken by the Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics (CoERI), Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovations, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) with active participation of the local community in Bario. Critical success factors of the eBario Project include the close cooperation between the project initiator and the local community, strong support from the local champions, focus on actual needs and socio-economic goals of the community, and deployment of appropriate technologies to the remote community. Given its relative success, the eBario project has been replicated to four other rural and remote communities in Borneo Malaysia. This paper highlights the approach used in implementing telecentres within these communities and some of the lessons learnt during the replication process. The CoERI Experience provides a useful guide to policy makers, project implementers and researchers who intend to deploy telecentres in rural communities at a larger scale.
Published in Vol. 50 (2012) of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.
|Yeo, Hazis, Zaman, Songan, and Hamid|
|2012 • Borneo • CoERI • eBario • ICT4D • Malaysia • rural • telecenter • UNIMAS|
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When She first told us she was going to have a baby, she already knew you.
She knew your name, she knew what you would look like, and she knew right then, that you would be hers forever.
Saturday mornings, while you were growing inside Her, Sister and I would be hanging out in their bedroom.
They were still half asleep.
We would proclaim how we just knew the baby was going to be a girl.
But, She knew. She always knew.
When She brought you home from the hospital, she was glowing. Beaming with pride. She could not wait to introduce you to us.
So attentive, nurturing, loving.
She was like that with all of us.
She would always sew you the cutest little jumpers. One in particular stands out.
It was red. Not solid, it had monkeys or something on it. She would dress you in it on hot summer days.
No shirt underneath. There was never a need.
Your chunky little thighs would rub together.
You may have had a mullet back then, although I know no one wants to admit that now.
Your school years seem to have flown by.
I remember one day, you came home from school. I believe you rode the bus. She and I were sitting outside in the backyard, out on the deck, waiting for you.
From where I was sitting I had a view of the long driveway.
I saw you walking, a big goofy smile on your face,I looked at Her and said “Here he comes!”
She was then making her way up, out of the lounge chair, so she can greet you and make you a snack.
You were making your way towards me. Big goofy smile still plastered all over your face.
You have something in your hands,
oh is it a gift for me?
Did you make something for me in school?
You come over to me, beaming with pride, you ask me to look.
Of course I do.
The biggest, ugliest frog is looking back at me. I jumped about 12 feet.
She burst out into hysterical laughter.
As did you.
But it was the sound of Love.
I have heard the sound of Love many times over the course of my childhood, our childhood.
But tonight, I heard it again, and it was simply magical.
You are no longer the little boy in the red jumper.
You are no longer the little boy who found such joy in tormenting with frogs.
It had been a few months since She was able to talk to her baby boy.
Her baby boy who is now finishing up his first deployment.
She was able to talk to you tonight. A moment that I know she was looking forward to.
I am on the phone with you.
The plan was to do the conference call, so we could all talk to you at once, catch up on the last five months.
I tell you to hold on while I call Her.
“Hi, it’s me, hold on while will bring him on.”
I switch the call to conference call, all three of us are on.
I do not want to waste whatever time I may have.
“Okay, you guys talk while I call Carolyn and bring her on”
and that is when it happened.
That is when I heard the sound of Love.
You did not know I was listening.
It was not a private moment.
I took the phone away from my ear,
getting ready to call Carolyn
and then I heard it.
Not so much the word, but what was behind the words.
All it was was “Anthony?”
and that was it, the sound of Love.


UK Producer Bleaching Agent Next on Reposition Records
'Mulkul' EP will land on May 4.
UK-based producer Bleaching Agent (a.k.a Al Mathews) will release his new EP Mulkul this May on new London label Reposition Records. The four-track release also features a remix by D-56M (a.k.a Nick Dunton of 65d Mavericks).
Bleaching Agent’s latest 12” follows releases on labels including Mira, Opal Tapes, and Komisch. Matthews is known for his collaborative projects too, from his deranged, progressive Blacknecks duo with Truss, to the techno output of Forward Strategy Group. He also maintains a DJ residency at Body Horror, a Manchester-based gore-themed queer techno/industrial/transgressive performance art night.
Mulkul is the second release of Reposition Records, and follows the debut outing from Belgian producer T-Scale. Formed by London-based DJs and artists Medallion Man and El Prevost, the label explores varying strains of raw, left-field dance music.
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03. Free Fere Fer Fe (D-56M Remix)
04. To Tu Ti Tl H
Mulkul EP will land on May 4 with “Free Fere Fer Fe” streaming in full via the player below.


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We are now completely sold out of our garlic for this season. Looking forward to a bigger and better crop towards the end of 2020!

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from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy. Asher Denburg on the piano.
Created and Directed by Foustene Fortinbras
Produced by Unimagined Films Director: Daniel Stavens Producer: Keelan Brown Writer: Veronica Spadaro Cinematographer: Valerie Pierson Cinematographer: Janine Rupprecht Sound Design: Kevin Aruilio
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The quilling is displayed in a mat brown decorator frame accented with carved swirls and bronze highlights. The art is behind glass to protect it from dust and curious fingers, but can easily be removed if desired. The frame’s easel back makes it easy to display most anywhere.
*Approximate size of quilled cross: 2-3/4” x 4-1/2”
*Size of unframed quilling: 4” x 6”
*Inside frame dimension: 3-1/2" x 5-1/4"
*Outside frame dimension: 7-1/2” x 9-1/2”
I am proud of the quality and originality of my work and sign each piece. As my quilling is often given as a special gift, a professionally printed product tag providing a brief history of quilling is attached.
Faith adds so much to our lives. Let this cross help you celebrate yours and share it with others.
Packaging: This frame is carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sent in a cardboard shipping box.
International customers: Please contact me to discuss shipping costs.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this item.
The art of quilling (also known as paper filigree) was born over 500 years ago when artists discovered that narrow strips of paper could be rolled, scrolled, fluted, and fringed, and then arranged to create beautiful designs. The original tool used to roll the strips of paper and vellum was the quill of a bird feather, giving this art its name.
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GUWAHATI: After Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah revealed that the nexus of a section of the land mafia, advocates, and corrupt government officials involved in using fraudulent means to transfer land ownership in Kamrup (M), another Lat Mandal was arrested on Saturday. The accused is identified as Bapdhan Das (58), Lat Mandal of Revenue Circle, Dispur.
The arrest was made in the Cyber Police Station case (12/23 U/S 120 (B)/419/420 IPC, R/w Sec 66 C/66 D, IT Act) and additional sections (409/468/471 IPC). The case was registered on the complaint filed by Papu Gogoi, Circle Officer, Dispur Revenue Circle.
The Lat Mandal was arrested after interrogation in connection with the scam related to counterfeit land documents.
According to sources, a mutation order passed online in the Dharitree web portal on May 10, 2023, in a mutation case in respect of a sale deed on December 31, 1995, where no offline case record of any notice issued, field verification report by revenue officials, or order of Lat Mandal and Kunungoo were found available in the office of the complainant. Upon inquiry, the Lat Mandal reported that neither field verification nor any report was submitted in respect of the referred mutation case. Therefore, it was suspected that some unscrupulous elements hatched a conspiracy to get the mutation done by resorting to the forgery of documents and unethical means. Then, in this connection, the circle officer filed the complaint at the Cyber Police Station.
In this connection, four people have already been arrested.


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I spent two days in the slums of Mumbai and learned these three things
Having been born and raised in Europe, the life in the slums of Mumbai always seemed a far away mystery.
Ever since I started traveling the world three years ago, I read many travel books and memoirs. One of the best books I’ve read was Shantaram, written by a fugitive who escaped prison in Australia by traveling to India and living in Mumbai for many years. He spent a few years living in the slums of Mumbai and wrote a lot of breath-taking stories about the dwellers’ daily life, relationships with one another and outlook on the life outside.
Ever since I read that book, I wanted to spend at least a few days exploring the very places I had read about and started planning the trip. Eventually I found a guy who was born and raised in the slums and he agreed to show me around for two full days.
We spent all of our time walking to as many places as we could while having quick food-stops on the way. Those days were some of the most interesting and mind-opening days in my life, which made me realize these three things:
The slums of Mumbai are a something one can hardly find elsewhere in the world. They are busy, messy, crowded, yet structured and beautiful in a way. They look chaotic and would not appeal to some young professional couple looking for an ordered environment in which to safely raise their children. It is a common anecdote in Mumbai that bureaucracies cover their mistakes by saying they can’t locate people living in the slums. And yet, these notices are somehow regularly delivered by the postman.
2. Not everyone is living in total poverty
As you would expect, a lot of people are living in poor conditions without running water, electricity, in-house bathrooms and stuff like that. However, it’s not everyone. Most of the slums are technically an illegal settlement, which had been built for the construction workers’ families to live in who were building some fancy buildings nearby. Eventually people had to set off, but most didn’t because they had houses and other possessions they wouldn’t give up. These days quite a few of those people are running their own profitable businesses, have TVs, cars, motorbikes, electricity and sometimes even flats or houses in other areas of Mumbai or India. I personally know people who have created profitable businesses online, but still live in the slums because they had been born and raised there. They even go on vacations!
One of the main things that struck me was how friendly most people were towards me. Most of them wanted to interact with me, ask questions and smile at me. Every time I’d ask whether I could film them, most of them were more than happy to pose for me, some even sang or showcased their rap skills. When I went to a barber to shave my beard, he was very interested in where I came from, why I was walking around the slums, where I’ll be going next and pretty much everything else.
I guess one could expect that people from the slums will be friendly towards a white outsider. However, in quite a few places in India they’ll be interested in you because they want to sell something to you. But in the slums I felt none of that. They simply wanted to interact with me, play games with me and show me their surroundings.
After those few days I felt mentally exhausted from everything that I’ve seen. Some of it felt very weird, some sad, some happy and inspiring. Even though I did find answers to a lot of the questions I had had, I left with even more questions. That’s why I’m sure I’ll definitely be coming back in the future.
By Jacob Laukaitis, a member of the A Plus community


In a thoughtful post this morning Jim Geraghty offered his theory . . .
. . . that most apolitical voters desperately want to avoid concluding that the first African-American President of the United States is a failure, on par with a second term for Jimmy Carter. As a result, they will give Obama until the very last minute to demonstrate an ability to get the job done, to demonstrate that he can generate tangible improvements in their lives. But, if around October 2012, people don’t see tangible improvements in their lives, well . . . the bottom may fall out of his numbers. He’ll still have his loyal base, but the vast majority of independents will decide he just can’t get the job done.
An interesting notion; the entire post merits your attention. As I was reading it earlier today, I recalled a detail Ed Morrissey’s highlighted in his post last Friday on the Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll:
Even with a skewed sample with an eight-point advantage for Democrats, only 27% of men and 32% of women say they will definitely vote for Obama in 2012, and only 31% overall. That’s actually lower than the percentage of women in the sample who are Democrats (37%) and men as well (32%).
. . . .
In comparison, 39% in this skewed sample say they will vote against Obama in 2012, thirteen points higher than the GOP representation in the sample. The same is true in the gender breakdowns, with 38% of men decided against Obama and 36% of women, both higher than those who have decided to vote for Obama, and much higher than Republican representation in the gender demo (27% of men, 26% of women).
This corresponds with other polls I’ve seen showing that more people are definitely intending on voting against the president than for him. And I wonder if part of his campaign strategy is to hike not the numbers of those definitely intending on voting for him, but on those firmly resolved to vote against the Republican nominee, whoever he is.


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the two above are my favourites from yesterdays life drawing class which finishes next week :(
searching yesterday uncovered all these unread books which will be my reward soon :)
all is going quite steadily, I had a lovely day yesterday and visited the gallery where my solo show will be , it is a lovely space and the people who run it are sound.
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‘Be careful’: What Ferrari stunner really means amid McLaren F1 reality check — What we learned
Many expected Red Bull Racing to set the time sheets alight on the second day of testing. Instead the fire it set was internal.
Sergio Pérez’s day had barely got going before a front-right brake fire locked him into his garage.
It was ultimately only a minor delay. His mechanics had the corner changed rapidly, costing him only around half an hour of running. It’s exactly the sort of thing testing is designed to weed out.
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The morning session had only just got going into a rhythm — the cars this year have been metronomically reliable almost without exception — when it was called off with a bang by Formula 1’s old nemesis: a loose drain cover.
A grate had been sucked out of some kerbs in the opening hours of the test and finally freed itself with a little help from Charles Leclerc. Ferrari’s mechanics must’ve had flashbacks to Las Vegas, where a similar accident obliterated Carlos Sainz’s car.
The damage was relatively minor this time, and only a new floor was required — thankfully for both Ferrari and F1 fans, because what we got after the break was certainly interesting.
The repairs SF-24 was quickest by the end of the evening — and it gave us a little hint that maybe it’s packing a bit more of a punch than expected.
Ferrari has felt like it’s within only a few steps of challenging Red Bull Racing ever since it held the lead in both championships early in 2022.
Even last year, as the team slumped down the title order, principal Frédéric Vasseur insisted the car had inherent speed based on its pole-challenging single-lap pace. It was just a matter of taming the nervy car to behave over a race distance.
Day 2 of pre-season testing is a glimmer of hope that the Italian team is on the right course.
Carlos Sainz topped the time sheet after a flurry of low-fuel laps. His 0.7-second advantage — over Sergio Pérez, no less — suggested the SF-24 has lost none of its predecessor’s one-lap performance.
There’s a caveat on Sainz’s time, however. The Spaniard used a softer tyre in the faster evening session to move to the top of the order. The C4 compound — which is too soft to be used at next weekend’s grand prix at this track — is figured to be worth more than half a second.
All other teams bar RB (Daniel Ricciardo) and Williams (Logan Sargeant) used the slower C3 tyre.
Still, the tyre difference probably only brings Sainz to roughly on par with Pérez’s RB20. F1 fans would take that after the concern of day 1.
There’s one other reason to be hopeful about Ferrari.
With basic checks complete from the day before, teams were able to focus more on long-run performance.
A weakness of Ferrari for much of last year, Sainz appeared to put in a very impressive race simulation in the afternoon.
Pérez, conveniently, ran a very similar simulation with the same series of tyre compounds.
Discounting slow laps and pit stops, both drivers completed 52 laps in three stints on the C3, C2 and C1 tyres, the same ones set to be used next weekend.
The comparison had the Ferrari comfortably ahead.
On average the Sainz was 0.9 seconds a lap faster. He completed the 52 laps almost 47 seconds faster than Pérez.
C3 tyre (soft): Sainz 0.450 seconds faster per lap.
C2 tyre (medium): Sainz 0.596 seconds faster per lap.
C1 tyre (hard): 1.714 seconds faster per lap.
Race simulations don’t eliminate every testing variable, but fuel, engine modes and obviously tyre stints are brought at least closer into line.
Sainz’s advantage is too large to really make sense. It’s wildly improbable that the Ferrari could be that much quicker than the Red Bull Racing car, especially considering the year-on-year swing that would be required.
You might also want to be a little cynical and say that Verstappen could have made the difference based on the big gap between him and Pérez last season.
“The first two days went well,” Leclerc said. “However, let’s be careful, because saying that the first two days went well doesn’t mean anything in terms of competitiveness.
“We need to wait and see for that. My initial feeling is Red Bull remains the reference and ahead for now.”
But it’s still a little glimmer of hope that Ferrari could be close enough to make the season more interesting that we were fearing yesterday.
TESTING DAY 2 — TEAMS BY TIME
1. Ferrari (Carlos Sainz): 1m 29.921s (C4 tyre)
2. Red Bull Racing (Sergio Pérez): +0.758s (C3)
3. Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton): +1.145s (C3)
4. McLaren (Lando Norris): +1.335s (C3)
5. RB (Daniel Ricciardo): +1.440s (C4)
6. Aston Martin (Lance Stroll): +2.108s (C3)
7. Alpine (Esteban Ocon): +2.140s (C3)
8. Sauber (Valtteri Bottas): +2.306s (C3)
9. Williams (Logan Sargeant): +2.657s (C4)
10. Haas (Kevin Magnussen): +6.690s (C3)
*Pirelli’s tyre range spans from C1 (hardest, slowest) to C5 (softest, fastest)
BUT NO CONCERNS AT RED BULL RACING
But we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves. Red Bull Racing is still the team to beat, not least based on consensus from the other frontrunning teams.
There are several reasons to think the RB20 is still the quickest car.
First, RBR has a history of not showing its hand in testing until the end of the final day. Call it confidence or call it tactics, it only ever hints at its speed, and often you have to piece together clues based on short runs on the last evening to understand where the car really sits.
Read in conjunction with its advantage at the end of the first day and it’s hard to believe the team would have fallen behind.
Second, while its 2024 car is a major revision on what it’s run for the last two years, it had virtually all last season to perfect it. There are of course no guarantees that successful wind tunnel models translate into the real world, but the risk in making a big change is markedly reduced in this case.
Finally, the team is clearly confident. It completed its full run plan on the first day, and even that brake fire early yesterday couldn’t prevent it from completing another two full grand prix distances.
“I think it is definitely a step forward in the right direction with the car,” Sergio Pérez said after a full day in the RB20.
“We will find out next Sunday,” he added with a smile.
Perhaps the team doesn’t have a massive advantage over the field. but it’s clear we should still expect the RB20 to be the bar, even if we’re tempted to believe it will be only marginal.
McLAREN EARLY DATA SAYS FIELD IS CLOSER
McLaren had a somewhat troubled day on Thursday, with a fuel system issue limiting running in the evening session. Combined with the loss of time in the morning to a red flag for drain repairs, Woking ended up with just 87 laps.
But what we did see from the car was again competitive, with Lando Norris putting the MCL38 in what appears to be the frontrunning pack.
The day was otherwise spent gathering aerodynamic data about the upgraded car, which team boss Andrea Stella said was performing “in line with expectations”.
Teams are constantly monitoring the performance of rival cars. While they can’t know all the variables, the available telemetry information combined with some internal assumptions and what they know about their own cars give them a clearer picture of the shape of the field.
Stella also passed judgement on the frontrunning pack at the end of the second day, and it was both heartening and potentially disappointing.
“Overall I can see that many cars have made a step forward, which is normal,” he said, per Racer.
“I would say the [frontrunning] group was already quite compact last year, and to me it looks even more compact this year. That’s what we have learned from a competitiveness point of view.
“There’s one car that seems to have found a big step. Unfortunately the car that was already the quickest last year.”
You don’t need any guesses to know which team he’s talking about.
In that general leading pack, RB again looked good, although Daniel Ricciardo used that softer C4 tyre to put the car fifth. Correcting for the compound and combined with the first day’s results, that might perhaps put Faenza in the leading midfield group behind the frontrunning teams with Alpine and maybe Aston Martin — though Aston Martin still seems confident of returning to the leading group.
The summary of those assumptions is that — as usual — it’s still to early to be definitive about an order.
TESTING DAY 2 — TEAMS BY DISTANCE
1. Ferrari: 138 laps (747 kilometres)
2. Sauber: 135 laps (731 kilometres)
3. Red Bull Racing: 129 laps (698 kilometres)
4. RB: 128 laps (693 kilometres)
5. Aston Martin: 127 laps (687 kilometres)
6. Haas: 124 laps (671 kilometres)
7. Mercedes: 123 laps (666 kilometres)
8. Williams: 117 laps (633 kilometres)
9. Alpine: 111 laps (601 kilometres)
10. McLaren: 87 laps (471 kilometres)
*One lap of Bahrain is 5.412 kilometres. The Bahrain Grand Prix is 57 laps.