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The Prince things of himself as a mixture of parts that relate to each other but thinks of Adam Verver as a simple being, wholly himself. This thread is for discussing passages about that.
Starting in first few pages, with the colored drops into the element in which the Prince now floated, there are many passing and extended metaphors about water; I'm going to gather some of those under this thread.
I’m not sure if I should be posting this here since the sub isn't that active. Anyway, I've gone back to reading TGB and recalled the conversations I had with people here regarding James' style in this book. I remember /u/Earthsophagus saying something like we, the readers, are at the mercy of James. The moment we take on the task of reading the book, we’re reliant on the whims of the narrative voice – we try to imagine what is being shown and we try to guess at what is obscured or is being referred to in a roundabout way.
I’ve also mentioned when I started reading the book that I thought of the Prince as a character with not much power or control (yet). Maggie, Fanny, Charlotte, Adam seem to wield more power or have more of a presence than he does. They either know more or have the material means of control. Chapters 15 and 16 change all of that in my opinion.
Fanny Assingham starts to feel guilt and is trying to connect the dots. Her experience, I thought, mirrors the reader’s experience that I described earlier. It seems that in Chapter 15, she’s at the mercy of the Prince for information, whereas during their first encounter in the book, the Prince claims he's reliant on her for guidance.
There were moments, positively, still beyond this, when, with the meeting of their eyes, something as yet unnamable came out for her in his look, when something strange and subtle and at variance with his words, something that GAVE THEM AWAY, glimmered deep down, as an appeal, almost an incredible one, to her finer comprehension. What, inconceivably, was it like? Wasn't it, however gross, such a rendering of anything so occult, fairly like a quintessential wink, a hint of the possibility of their REALLY treating their subject--of course on some better occasion--and thereby, as well, finding it much more interesting?
I feel like this describes what the reader’s (or at the very least, my) experience is like. Sometimes I think I’m finally getting the hang of this style, that I see what is being obscured through the things that are shown. I feel elated when there are finally concrete things or a spark of emotion, a chance to get to “really treating the subject” as Mrs. Assingham says.
Meanwhile too, however, and unmistakably, the real treatment of their subject did, at a given moment, sound. This was when he proceeded, with just the same perfect possession of his thought--on the manner of which he couldn't have improved--to complete his successful simile by another, in fact by just the supreme touch, the touch for which it had till now been waiting.
This paragraph, which is also from the same moment, adds to that feeling of being at the mercy now of someone who holds the knowledge. Someone who has the capability to dispense the truth of the situation (the truth that Mrs. Assingham hopes isn’t real because she had not expected the Prince to be the "shaky" one) but without first giving a performance of talking around the subject.
As with Charlotte just before, she was embarrassed by the difference between what she took in and what she could say, what she felt and what she could show.
Mrs. Assingham, in contrast, can’t be as eloquent.
It seems that Mrs. Assingham likes being the person who knows the facts. There are two instances where James ironically makes her over-analyzing of private lives look methodical and scientific from Chapter 15 and Chapter 16 (her conversation with her husband):
The crystal flask of her innermost attention really received it on the spot, and she had even already the vision of how, in the snug laboratory of her afterthought, she should be able chemically to analyse it.
She tried in fact to corner him, to pack him insistently down, in the truth of his plain vision, the very plainness of which was its value; for so recorded, she felt, none of it would escape--she should have it at hand for reference.
Still with the last quote, it seems as if the Colonel is more objective in his "plain vision." He only sees and takes in what's visible and the machinations behind them (such as Mrs. Assingham's involvement) don't matter.
Statements were too much like theories, in which one lost one's way; he only knew what he said, and what he said represented the limited vibration of which his confirmed old toughness had been capable.
He also refuses to actually state what he thinks because any statement from him is an interpretation of the fact, much like how any act of representing anything is just an interpretation and not in any way equivalent to the thing itself.
The season was, in local parlance, “on,” the elements were assembled; the big windy hotel, the draughty social hall, swarmed with “types,” in Charlotte’s constant phrase, and resounded with a din in which the wild music of gilded and befrogged bands, Croatian, Dalmatian, Carpathian, violently exotic and nostalgic, was distinguished as struggling against the perpetual popping of corks.
This was one of my favorite chapters possibly because it's one of the clearest chapters I've read so far in this book. It actually says things and shows things, especially relating to the dynamic between Charlotte and Adam Verver. That last bit in the paragraph I posted I thought was great. I think it evokes sounds and images because of the rhymes, as the part "Croatian, Dalmatian, Carpathian" sounds rather brisk and excitable and is sandwiched between "wild music" and "struggling against perpetual popping of corks."
A fun date chapter (as fun as James can be).
Also, since James mentions "local parlance" here, it reminded me of one of the lectures he gave at Bryn Mawr, "The Question of Our Speech" where he talks about the importance of language to American culture and where he advocates proper speech, and decries the vulgar and slovenly use of it (such as "Yeah" and "Yep"). Maybe that says something about his poetics?
I liked the passage where the prince is described as a great Palladian church that had suddenly been dropped into the public square. I find that interesting because the Prince has so far not really been a remarkable character. When he is first introduced, we know that he was "bought" by the Ververs for his title and considered a "morceau du musee." He almost seems to be at the mercy of Fanny Assingham and Charlotte, both of whom seem to know more about his own situation than he does. Now he's a Palladian church, a giant roadblock in the middle of a piazza, this new focal point in the representation of the lives of the Ververs that Adam Verver is getting used to, no longer as "ominous."
He was never even yet sure of how, at this, that or the other point, he would strike them; they felt remarkably, so often, things he hadn't meant, and missed not less remarkably, and not less often, things he had.
His "curves" apparently were important because they had been unexpected, or, still more, unconceived; whereas when one had always, as in his relegated old world, taken curves, and in much greater quantities too, for granted, one was no more surprised at the resulting feasibility of intercourse than one was surprised at being upstairs in a house that had a staircase.
I'm not really at all sure what these "curves" are, especially in relation to the old world. I'm supposing it's about aesthetic qualities. Verver finds the Prince pleasing enough for what he stands for and sees only his surface qualities. I think what they mean by "angularities" might be roughness, coarseness, and other imperfections. In the old world, what the Prince represents is rather commonplace - something with a lot of history behind it, done by the old masters, recalling perfection of form and symmetry. Thus, I guess this makes him more agreeable to the Ververs and conversations among them more "feasible" even though they don't really get to the root of the matter.
I find Adam Verver interesting. At first he's introduced as someone who doesn't give into moments of egoism much and cares about his obligations but he also doesn't seem like he is firmly grounded in reality either. He doesn't see what's in front of him as they are but processes them into ideals, art forms, metaphors, and so on. He fears mistakes and doesn't really know how to let loose, so to speak (with his "imitations of depravity" and "artlessly artful interludes"). He likes having an intentionality to his actions and is conscious of the images he projects to others, I suppose.
Variety of imagination--what is that but fatal, in the world of affairs, unless so disciplined as not to be distinguished from monotony? Mr. Verver then, for a fresh, full period, a period betraying, extraordinarily, no wasted year, had been inscrutably monotonous behind an iridescent cloud. The cloud was his native envelope--the soft looseness, so to say, of his temper and tone, not directly expressive enough, no doubt, to figure an amplitude of folds, but of a quality unmistakable for sensitive feelers. He was still reduced, in fine, to getting his rare moments with himself by feigning a cynicism.
I don't think we've seen anything comical and someone actually feeling unsettled until this chapter where Adam Verver tries to escape into the billiard room.
It was not easy for him, in spite of accumulations fondly and funnily regarded as of systematic practice, not now to be ashamed.
Wouldn't she rather, as emphasising their communion, accept and in a manner exploit the anomaly, treat it perhaps as romantic or possibly even as comic?--show at least that they needn't mind even though the vast table, draped in brown holland, thrust itself between them as an expanse of desert sand. She couldn't cross the desert, but she could, and did, beautifully get round it; so that for him to convert it into an obstacle he would have had to cause himself, as in some childish game or unbecoming romp, to be pursued, to be genially hunted.
...there loomed before him--for the mere moment-- the prospect of her fairly proposing that they should knock about the balls. That danger certainly, it struck him, he should manage in some way to deal with. Why too, for that matter, had he need of defences, material or other?--how was it a question of dangers really to be called such? The deep danger, the only one that made him, as an idea, positively turn cold, would have been the possibility of her seeking him in marriage, of her bringing up between them that terrible issue.
"Does one make a present," she asked, "of an object that contains, to one's knowledge, a flaw?"
"Well, if one knows of it one has only to mention it. The good faith," the man smiled, "is always there."
"And leave the person to whom one gives the thing, you mean, to discover it?"
"He wouldn't discover it--if you're speaking of a gentleman."
"I'm not speaking of anyone in particular," Charlotte said.
"Well, whoever it might be. He might know--and he might try. But he wouldn't find."
Why might gentlemen not be able to discover a flaw in the bowl? Is this why Maggie Verver is the "main character"? (And why James prefers innocent heroines rather than gentlemen as his usual protagonist?) Well, perhaps I read too much into that, but I found this chapter quite exciting. I thought that the prince walked out the door because the other two were rather more comfortable in "duplicity" than he was. Seemed like Charlotte and the shopkeeper were more on the same wavelength than Charlotte and the Prince in their speaking the same veiled language.
Spoilers for all of Chapter XI
Up til the beginning of this chapter, there's been hardly any "action" - a walk in the park, a couple conversations, the shopping trip, a half-conscious ducking into the billiard room to avoid Rance. 25% in, that's about it. There was a wedding, and a childbirth, but those aren't interesting enough to earn a place in the story when we're delving into the wellspring of Verver's habits of mind.
Now things start to move. Charlotte gets invited to Fawns, Rance and the Lutches beat it. First the Prince decides he wants to go to Rome. This seems like an act just to move the plot and there's some language about how it's hardly blameworthy for a Roman to want to visit Rome (like James is trying to pull a fast one). Alone at Fawns with Charlotte, there's clear sign of infatuation. Then out of the blue there's all this hoopla about Verver fiddling with cigars. Messing around with a tangible thing in an actual place! It's the functional analog of creeping up on a Nazi stronghold in an Allistair MacLean novel, the pace is quickening!
In his midnight walk in a sleeveless cape, puffing cigars,
He thought, in a loose, an almost agitated order,
AN ALMOST AGITATED ORDER . . . this is too too .... too much to take all at once, I'll continue this thought later.
These chapters were hard. After they're over the story races along in a relative manner of speaking, but here the story just stops. Ch VII is about Rance & Lutches (Rancid & Clutches I think are intended.) Ch VIII about how Adam came to his present interests, and the "supreme idea.... striking deep, under everything, in the warm, rich earth."
Remarkable parts were the discovery of his talent for acquiring good antiquities with the comparison to Keats's Chapman's Homer & the drawn-out simile-like comparison of Maggie's marriage to a giant "Palladian church, say -- something with a grand architectural front" is plopped down in a small town square -- I picture James as he wrote that thinking: "no one will accuse me of stealing this conceit from another writer" - crazy elaborate comparative passage.
Anyway - these chapters were hard for me, I had to read VII twice to get the basic sense of it. They are not novel-like -- it is as if essays, or analysis, is dumped into the middle of the story -- like a big-ass church on a quite village green....
This thread for a few misc notes on these chapters. I'll post them as separate responses to allow separate follow-up.
I'm not a big fan of schedules -- this is a book to savor, read in bursts, re-read as you go -- but I do think it might make have a recurring twice-a-week "Where are you at" thread. Something like "Describe where your at and in reasonably spoiler free language if there are any remarkable scenes/passages that pop to mind."
I think Squire H. & I both want this to be casual but seriously focused on the book, and serious but not Academic to the point of losing a lay reader.
I think it would be good if several of us mentioned this group in bi-weekly literature "what are you reading" - I'm not a big fan of that sub, but that particular thread is the best thing on reddit for me.
I think some kind of statement should welcome new readers - that we encourage, want, react to their comments on parts we've already read.
It would be nice to have links to the text in the side bar - I can't find anything more useful than gutenberg, which is only one link per Part -- no chapter links. It would be nice to have chapter links. (I suppose we could make it, the Gutenberg copies are free for any use whatsoever, I think is the wording).
If you go to amazaon, choose kindle store, search for Golden Bowl, and go to the very end of the search results, you come to a remarkably peculiar piece of fetish literature.
Happy Bowling! Is anyone else here in the U.S. Midwest & bracing for a snowy start of the week?
In the discussion earlier SquireHaligast wrote:
I am really loving the pace of his scenes. I guess his style is sort of the extreme limit of the traditional third person narration that can be reached before falling into the stream of conciousness of the modernists.
I agree, the way the narrative works is similar to first person. By having such worked-out conceits in the trains of thought as this, the mental existence of the character is emphatically asserted. I'm thinking of things like this:
It had but sweetened the waters in which he now floated, tinted them as by the action of some essence, poured from a gold-topped phial, for making one's bath aromatic. No one before him, never—not even the infamous Pope—had so sat up to his neck in such a bath. . . . This was the element that bore him up and into which Maggie scattered, on occasion, her exquisite colouring drops. . . . They were of the colour of her innocence,
These things, the motives of such people, were obscure—a little alarmingly so; they contributed to that element of the impenetrable which alone slightly qualified his sense of his good fortune. He remembered to have read, as a boy, a wonderful tale [in which Gordon Pym] ... found at a given moment before him a thickness of white air that was like a dazzling curtain of light, concealing as darkness conceals, yet of the colour of milk or of snow. There were moments when he felt his own boat move upon some such mystery. The state of mind of his new friends, including Mrs. Assingham herself, had resemblances to a great white curtain. He had never known curtains but as purple even to blackness—but as producing where they hung a darkness intended and ominous. ....
So much fiction concentrates on story - things happening in the external world, or dialog between two characters, but other writers don't attribute such elaborate thoughts to characters. I think this makes the Prince (the only character who's thoughts I've seen this way so far) seem a deeper, more involved person than characters in other fiction. It also makes the progression of thought seem deliberate, artificial, arranged, created.
Making use then of clumsy terms of excess, the face was too narrow and too long, the eyes not large, and the mouth, on the other hand, by no means small, with substance in its lips and a slight, the very slightest, tendency to protrusion in the solid teeth, otherwise indeed well arrayed and flashingly white. But it was, strangely, as a cluster of possessions of his own that these things, in Charlotte Stant, now affected him; items in a full list, items recognised, each of them, as if, for the long interval, they had been "stored" wrapped up, numbered, put away in a cabinet. While she faced Mrs. Assingham the door of the cabinet had opened of itself; he took the relics out, one by one, and it was more and more, each instant, as if she were giving him time. He saw again that her thick hair was, vulgarly speaking, brown, but that there was a shade of tawny autumn leaf in it, for "appreciation"—a colour indescribable and of which he had known no other case, something that gave her at moments the sylvan head of a huntress. He saw the sleeves of her jacket drawn to her wrists, but he again made out the free arms within them to be of the completely rounded, the polished slimness that Florentine sculptors, in the great time, had loved, and of which the apparent firmness is expressed in their old silver and old bronze. He knew her narrow hands, he knew her long fingers and the shape and colour of her finger-nails, he knew her special beauty of movement and line when she turned her back, and the perfect working of all her main attachments, that of some wonderful finished instrument, something intently made for exhibition, for a prize. He knew above all the extraordinary fineness of her flexible waist, the stem of an expanded flower, which gave her a likeness also to some long, loose silk purse, well filled with gold pieces, but having been passed, empty, through a finger-ring that held it together. It was as if, before she turned to him, he had weighed the whole thing in his open palm and even heard a little the chink of the metal. When she did turn to him it was to recognise with her eyes what he might have been doing. She made no circumstance of thus coming upon him, save so far as the intelligence in her face could at any moment make a circumstance of almost anything. If when she moved off she looked like a huntress, she looked when she came nearer like his notion, perhaps not wholly correct, of a muse. But what she said was simply: "You see you're not rid of me. How is dear Maggie?"
It was this, precisely, that had set the Prince to think. The things, or many of them, that had made Mr. Verver what he was seemed practically to bring a charge of waste against the other things that, with the other people known to the young man, had failed of such a result. "Why, his 'form,'" he had returned, "might have made one doubt."
"Father's form?" She hadn't seen it. "It strikes me he hasn't got any."
"He hasn't got mine—he hasn't even got yours."
"Thank you for 'even'!" the girl had laughed at him. "Oh, yours, my dear, is tremendous. But your father has his own. I've made that out. So don't doubt it. It's where it has brought him out—that's the point."
I don't follow this bit of banter - can someone paraphrase what Prince and Maggie are saying about Mr. Verver?
I haven't read TGB. Usually I avoid learning the plot of novels before I read them, but my sense is to discuss freely we should not worry much about spoilers, or discussing criticism that gives away plot points. I think implicit in the first few paragraphs is the likelihood that the Prince won't be a great son in law (his priority) or husband from the POV of girlie & her dad -- & if I learn that he resembles "the monster" or is adulterer or murders his father in law or squanders the fortune - that won't diminish the sentence-by-sentence action in the thoughts James is dwelling on.
So I'd say put something like "Spoilers thru middle of part II" or something and we should all resign ourselves to knowing the ending (if there is in fact any action to know) before we get to the end.
Hello and welcome everybody to the literary event of the year so far, the reddit group read of Henry James' late masterpiece The Golden Bowl. I have cheated and gone ahead and read through book one. Having done that, I'd like to let you guys catch up and I suppose just see what are some of your all's initial impressions. I envision this post as a sort of stem cell thread from which other posts will differentiate as topics are elaborated upon. I sort of just wanted to get this rolling so I apologize that this isn't the most structured or well thought out first post. Perhaps a good starting point would be a look at the introductions to two editions, one by Gore Vidal and another by Denis Donaghue that includes some interesting discussion between Henry and his brother about his late style. Gimme just a few and I'll try to find a link to these online if I can. ...

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(Fargo, ND) -- North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong was asked if Governor Doug Burgum should continue his campaign for the republican nomination for president.
"I think Doug gets to decide however long he's going. I think his voice and what he's talking about is important, from somebody who believes that the federal government is not a cure to everything that ails the average American, in fact I think quite the opposite. He has made the single best case for the Tenth Amendment of any of the candidates. So the longer that he can continue to make that case, and hopefully it resonates with anybody it can, the better off I think we are as a country.
Armstrong was asked the question in light of the fact that Governor Burgum did not qualify to take the stage in Wednesday night's primary debate in Miami.
Burgum did not meet a minimum necessary threshold in national polling to participate in the debate.
Despite that, Burgum tells WDAY Radio that his campaign will continue.
Armstrong appeared on the Flag's "What's on Your Mind".

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Have you ever thought about visiting Barcelona’s cemeteries to get away from the tourist masses in the city centre? These places do not only represent the death, but are also a unique place to enjoy the silence, learn about the history of the city and discover some splendid architecture! On Sunday morning, the two biggest cemeteries offer free guided tours.
Cemetery of Poblenou
Outside the city walls, the cemetery of Poblenou (also called the “General Cemetery of Barcelona”, the “Old Cemetry” or the “Cemetery of the East”) is the oldest one. It was constructed in 1775 because the little cemeteries in the various districts could not expand any further. In 1813, this cemetery was destroyed by Napoleonic troops, but was reconstructed by the Italian architect Antonio Ginesi in neoclassic style in 1819. His idea was to create a cemetery without social class distinctions, but the rich showed off anyway with their elaborated mausoleums.
The Kiss of Death (Source: http://forum.goregrish.com/threads/gore-in-art.17883/)
Due to the epidemics of cholera and typhus at the beginning of the 19th century, the cemetery had reached its full capacity already in 1821. A second section was created, separated from the first section by a chapel, where you can find the mausoleums of the bourgeoisie with the most beautiful funeral sculptures. There is a third section, where you can find the famous sculpture “The Kiss of Death” and the little grave of el “Santet” (Catalan for “little saint”), an extremely friendly boy from the neighbourhood who died at a very young age.
Cemetery of Montjuic
The cemetery of Montjuic, officially called the “Cemetery of the South-West”, was created in 1883 because the cemetery of Poblenou had reached its full capacity and represents therefore a more recent history. Due to the industrial growth and the demographic boom of Barcelona’s population, the demand for burial places grew rapidly. On the hill of Montjuic, 56 hectares are now used as a burial place. Not only can you discover the art movements and history of Barcelona from the 20th century, you can also enjoy a wonderful view of the city and the sea.
The cemetery offers three different routes: an artistic one, an historic one and a combined one. The artistic route will show you 40 graves with a high artistic value; the historic route will guide you along 48 graves of famous people, such as the artist Joan Miró, the FC Barcelona founder Joan Gamper and the architect Ildefons Cerdà. Furthermore, the mass grave “Fossar dela Pedrera”, where more than 4,000 victims of the Civil War are buried, is impressive. In total, there are more than 15,000 graves, mausoleums and cremation ashes.
Cemetery of Montjuic (Source: http://barcelonaaaaa.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/montjuic-cedwin-winkels.jpg)

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Five men have been arrested after a baby girl and her mother were struck by a car while on the pavement.
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The 17-year-old who won over Murdoch with a hot news app
Published: 12 December 2012
Nick D’Aloisio has a good reason for arriving late for this interview. The 17-year-old app developer, who counts Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi, Stephen Fry and Yoko Ono as investors, had to see his headmaster, to give an update on how his business has been doing, after taking leave of absence from King’s College School in Wimbledon in the summer.
D’Aloisio is the founder of Summly, the app that summarises news stories in just two or three sentences. While news organisations struggle to make mobile work — Rupert Murdoch has just closed his iPad paper The Daily — Summly has had a remarkable start since launching on November 1.
Half a million people have downloaded the free iPhone app and they have read 30 million summaries, or “Summlys”, helping it to reach the top of the Apple app store in dozens of countries, including Britain. Now he is planning an app for Android phones, versions in four other languages, and a Summly version of Wikipedia.
D’Aloisio believes Summly suits the mobile age when we want quick, concise news. He has created a computer algorithm that picks the best stories from across the web, summarises them automatically, and then displays them by category. “From start to finish, there’s no human interaction,” he says proudly, although news feeds can be personalised by subject matter. Each Summly fits neatly on the phone’s screen in under 400 characters — he likens it to a series of playing cards.
Some users may want to read more, in which case the app lets you see the full version from the website of the news source — mainly trusted news organisations. “Not one publisher has said, ‘get our stuff off your app.’”
The user swipes to switch between stories, rather than clicking, on the touchscreen. “We wanted to make sure the user interface was beautiful.”
D’Aloisio is “not a news junkie”. Before Summly, he got news mainly from Twitter and tech blogs. He hardly bothered with TV or a newspaper.
He felt the established ways of ordering information on the web had become out-dated, 15 years after the rise of desktop computers. Google, Yahoo, Bing, Facebook and even Twitter are stuck in a mindset where the user clicks on a weblink or URL and has to go on another page for more information.
“They are companies that are showing URLs and not a lot of content. There is so much long-form content and Summly is trying to make sense of that with an algorithm that aids you. I envisage a mobile search engine and you just get summaries. A summary is a form of content.”
He adds: “No-one’s cracked mobile yet.” Apps such as The Daily have gone wrong by trying to create their own news stories in a mobile format. “It doesn’t work because you’re competing with established news organisations that have been around for 100 years.”
As he talks fluently in his small office with five staff, based near Old Street roundabout in east London, it’s hard to believe he is 17.
D’Aloisio doesn’t sound nerdy despite lapses into jargon. His banker father and lawyer mother are Australian “ex-pats” with no background in technology.
He was born in London but lived in Oz until the age of seven. He learnt computer code at 12 and began making apps early, in 2008. The turning-point came in July 2011 when Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s investment firm, Horizon Ventures, spotted one of D’Aloisio’s earlier apps. After an initial call, Horizon suggested meeting and D’Aloisio replied it had to be “before or after school”. The company hadn’t known his age.
Horizon provided not only investment but also contacts such as Osborne & Partners, a London PR and advisory firm. This opened doors for D’Aloisio but “a lot of people latched onto the concept — I didn’t need to persuade them”.
Stephen Fry got in touch through Twitter. Rupert Murdoch, whom he’s met several times, is “pretty chilled — he wasn’t intimidating”. Sir Jonathan Ive and Apple have provided advice on design. Troy Carter, Lady Gaga’s manager, and Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher are investors. D’Aloisio also knows Yahoo boss Marisa Meyer and has met Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
Is there anyone he hasn’t met? “Obama,” he replies, grinning.
D’Aloisio has surrounded himself with older, experienced people such as Bart Swanson, Summly’s chairman. “I don’t have a co-founder. I’d be an idiot if I didn’t try to get people to help me.”
Summly has raised about $1.5 million (£900,000) and signed an agreement with Murdoch’s News Corporation, with plans to make The Times available, despite its internet pay wall.
D’Aloisio talks in dollars because he sees Silicon Valley as key. California’s Stanford Research Institute helped to develop his algorithm, using “natural language processing” to make sense of words in a news story. The not-for-profit research institute has a stake in Summly, which was a UK company but has now been incorporated in the US state of Delaware.
He still wants the main office to be in London and hopes to study philosophy at Oxford University. But despite the Government’s efforts to promote the area around Old Street as “Tech City”, he says “it does feel different in the Valley” as there’s more energy and it is easy to bump into the right people.
Being in London still has advantages. “There hasn’t been a person as young as me to come out of the Valley — the youngest people are not coming out of the Valley, they’re coming out of Europe and Israel,” he claims, comparing himself to the teenage Russian founder of video website ChatRoulette.
D’Aloisio’s rise has been aided by some slick PR — Summly uses at least two agencies. He has been dubbed “the next Mark Zuckerberg” and this week won a Spirit of London award, set up by the Damilola Taylor Trust, to recognise young Londoners.
For now, Summly makes no money and the focus is on winning more users. A subscription model and advertising are both options for the future.
He owns a majority stake. “A lot of the investors who have approached us see this as turning into a $1 billion company. I’m not so sure. It could go very big or it could not. Whether it could turn into a company that goes public is another matter.”
Yes, this schoolboy has, unprompted, mentioned a stock market float.
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If you do any baking at all, you know just about every recipe calls for vanilla extract. And you’re probably aware that those little bottles of extract are pretty expensive. I’m guessing you didn’t know that you can easily make really good homemade vanilla extract with just two ingredients.
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These are vanilla beans. They are the long, thin pods that are used to create that amazing fragrance and give a depth of flavor to baked goods.
What are vanilla beans
Vanilla beans are actually the pods that grow on a vine-like vanilla orchid plant. The scientific name is Vanilla planifola and it is the only fruit-producing orchid.
The vines, that can get to 300-feet in length, grow up trees and produce beautiful flowers along with these long pods.
Incredibly, vanilla orchids can only be grown 10-20 degrees North or South of the equator. Therefore, most plants are grown in Madagascar, Mexico, Indonesia, and Tahiti, with Madagascar producing about 80 per cent of the world’s natural vanilla.
Vanilla is a labor intensive crop
Part of the reason vanilla is so expensive is that it is such a labor intensive crop. It is one of the world’s most expensive spices after saffron, and the process is done entirely by hand.
Precise pollination requirements
To produce the fruit, the orchid flowers are hand-pollinated at a specific time of the day. Timing is critical since the flowers are open only during a short flowering period.
It is just a matter of hours on a single day. That’s how long the plant flowers for, and it’s a critical window in which the crop must be pollinated to ensure it produces beans.
Orchid pollination discovery
In nature, pollination requires a visit from a melipona bee or long beaked hummingbird. But back in the 19th century, a 12-year old slave boy named Edmond Albius made a discovery.
In 1841, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably that revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla and making it possible to grow vanilla beans away from their native Mexico.
His technique involved using a thin stick or blade of grass and a simple thumb movement. Using the stick or blade of grass, lifting the rostellum, the flap that separates the male anther from the female stigma, and then, with the thumb, smearing the sticky pollen from the anther over the stigma.
This manual pollination method is still used today, as nearly all vanilla is pollinated by hand.
Harvesting vanilla bean pods
The pods, also called beans, though they are not beans at all, are ready to be hand-harvested nine months after pollination, or four to six months after the fruit appears on the vines, when the tip starts turning yellow.
The fruit is not permitted to fully-ripen since this will cause the beans to split and lose its value. The pods are green and nearly odorless when individually picked.
The process continues as the vanilla pods are blanched in boiling water, sweated for a couple of days and dried for weeks to bring out the natural flavors.
A few notes about making you own vanilla extract
- Since all the flavor comes from the vanilla, there is no need for expensive vodka. You can successfully use inexpensive vodka when making vanilla extract.
- You can also substitute bourbon or rum for slightly different flavor, but since vodka is flavorless, it offers the cleanest flavor.
- It is easy to replenish your vanilla supply. Simply add additional vodka and vanilla beans to the jar and you will always have a supply of perfect vanilla extract.
- Whichever spirit you choose, use approximately 8 ounces of at least 70-proof alcohol per 4–6 vanilla beans. This is the same standards issued by the FDA.
- Feel free to experiment with the amount of vanilla beans used for your vanilla extract to achieve your desired flavor preference. Finding out what you like best may take a few batches.
- Homemade vanilla extract makes a great gift for anyone that likes to bake.
- It is common for homemade vanilla extract to be lighter in color and more transparent than what you might purchase. The vanilla extract is just as flavorful (if not more) than store-bought, even if the color isn’t as deep.
- Do not be concerned your extract has become moldy if the vanilla beans develop a thin coating of whitish fur. It is just some of the natural sugar in the bean that has begun to crystalize and it doesn’t change the flavor or quality in any way.
- After about six months of steeping, there’s usually very little change in the strength of the extract, even if the bean is still in the bottle. Your vanilla extract will usually retain its flavor for at least a year.
How to make homemade vanilla extract
With a few fresh vanilla beans, some inexpensive vodka, a glass container, and a lot of patience, you can make homemade vanilla that is full of flavor, and perfect for all of your baking needs.
When making my vanilla extract, I purchased bean pods from Amazon and also used up some pods I had in the cupboard from Home Goods. The pods from Home Goods were older and less plump than the fresh ones from Amazon. When using older beans that feel slightly stiff or look dry, they might not have as much flavor. Just add an extra bean pod to the jar to compensate for this.
Cutting the vanilla beans
Cut 4–6 fresh vanilla beans open lengthwise, scooping out the seeds. Cut down the center of each vanilla bean to within an inch or so of the end. You can make this cut with the tip of a sharp knife but I find it easier using kitchen sheers.
Once the bean is cut and opened, the tiny seeds inside are exposed. This is called “vanilla caviar” because it is the richest, most flavorful part of the bean.
You can decide if you want your finished extract to include the seeds or have a clearer appearance without them. Personally, I like the seeds. It is like seeing the vanilla seeds when eating Breyers vanilla ice cream 🙂
To make extract clearer, scrape out the tiny seeds after you’ve split the beans lengthwise and use the seeds for other recipes. If you remove the seeds, the vanilla extract will take longer to infuse. You can also strain out the seeds after the extract have been infused.
Place the vanilla beans into the jar(s), cutting as needed to fit. Pour the vodka over the vanilla beans making sure the pods are completely submerged.
Since I plan to use the vanilla extract as gifts, I used several fancy-shaped bottles, a recycled maple syrup bottle, and a swing-top bottle. If you are making the extract for yourself, you might just use a large Mason jar.
A small funnel is helpful when using little jars with a narrow opening.
Secure the bottles with their lids, give a gentle shake and let the magic begin.
Store the bottles of vanilla extract in a cool (not the refrigerator), dark place as you wait for the flavor to develop. Each day for the first week, give the bottles a gentle shake. After that, try and give the bottles a shake once a week. This is how my vanilla extract looked after three days.
Be patient and allow the extract to infuse and the flavor to develop. Extract made from vanilla beans with their seeds will be ready in about one month. If you have removed the seeds, the extract will need at least three months to infuse. When ready, you will notice the sweet, floral vanilla fragrance.
Add a pretty ribbon to the bottle and you have a lovely gift. Remove the beans if gifting the bottle so the recipient isn’t responsible for refilling with more alcohol. If the vanilla isn’t fully infused, gift with the beans in the bottle and tell the gift recipient to remove the beans once he/she begins using the vanilla.
Homemade Vanilla Extract
What you will need
- 5-6 vanilla beans or your preference. (The general ratio is to use 3 to 5 vanilla beans per 8 ounces of alcohol and multiply accordingly if making more extract.)
- 1 cup (8 ounces; 240ml) 80 proof vodka
- Glass bottle or jar with a tight fitting lid
Using a sharp knife or a pair of kitchen shears, slit the vanilla beans so the seeds are exposed, cutting to within an inch of the end so the beans aren’t completely split in half.
If needed, cut the beans into smaller pieces to fit your bottle.
Place beans into a clean bottle or jar.
Pour the vodka into the bottle, using a funnel to help, fully covering the bean pods.
Attach the lid and give the bottle a few shakes.
Store the vanilla in a cool, dark place.
Shake once a day for the first week and then about once per week after that. Vanilla can be ready to use in about 8 weeks, but for the best flavor, allow at least 6 months. For optimal flavor wait even longer.
Unused aged vanilla extract (with the beans fully submerged) will last several years. If it still smells good, it’s still good to use!
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The flight dynamics of insects and birds has long fascinated the aerospace engineering community and for good reason. The complexity and high variety of insect and bird flight mechanisms means that there are numerous, highly optimized ways of flight that engineering is still unable to reproduce. However, as aerospace research continues to advance into uncharted territory, so does our understanding of these problems. One such group is the Experimental Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory within the University of Southampton, led by Professor Ganapathisubramani. Within this group, attention to bat-inspired wing design has been pursued by Robert Bleischwitz, a PhD researcher, who has been conducting ground-breaking research in this field and who had this to say about his work:
"The increasing interest in small scale Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) turned the attention of our research community to the development of flexible, biologically inspired membrane wings known from bats. In order to understand the dynamics of bat flight, which is a complex Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) phenomenon, an experimental wind tunnel study was conducted at the University of Southampton. This study needed to simultaneously capture loads, wing deformations as well the flow dynamics in high speed. While the loads where measured using load cells instrumentation, the wing displacements and flow characteristics needed to be investigated using non-intrusive, full-field measurement techniques. 3D Digital Image Correlation (3D-DIC) was used to capture the deformation of the wing with 0.1 mm resolution and Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry (TR-PIV) was used to measure the flow evolution at a high sampling rate of 800 Hz. The optical measurement system from LaVision (consisting of both FlowMaster and StrainMaster modules) allowed seamless integration of the two DIC cameras and LED lamps along with the two PIV cameras and a high power laser. Moreover, the added benefits of using this LaVison equipment, such as blue LED lamps and green laser, allowed for simultaneous measurements to be performed because it was possible to separate the respective wavelengths for the two systems. The full concerto was managed from a highly accurate high-speed controller which was triggered externally, thus making it possible to achieve synchronized measurements.
The knowledge of all three measurement techniques allowed to find clear answers on the highly dynamic FSI coupling effects and the source of the physical problem. The benefit of capturing the Fluid-Structure Interactions became also useful in combining similar high-speed experiments of the membrane with different PIV based flow-planes. So we were running the same membrane wing case with two different PIV-setups (one planar streamwise plane, one stereo-spanwise) independently on different days. Later, we were able to extract the DIC based membrane information as guiding master, allowing to phase-average the different PIV-planes into one cycle, thus reconstructing a full image of the phenomenon under investigation. Due to the high dynamic resolution (high signal to noise ratio) of cameras, we were able to identify membrane induced flow oscillation even in the wake one chord behind the wings trailing edge. As a result, we are capable to tell what kind of wing has what kind of frequency footprint from the wake only. And, we know how the structures with this frequency content look like. POD analysis on membrane and flow were critical to identify the main frequency components of the wing deformation and their relation to the flow evolution."


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GIS Solutions launches an education data platform website called Schoolhound.
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Filmed by Joseph Merrill. Edited By Harry McKenzie. Skateboarding by Russ Heideman, Phil Tithecott, Harry McKenzie, Liam Radnor, Isaac Bentley Toon and George Rowe.


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Various members of staff were wearing masks improperly below the nose or not wearing masks all together. I have noticed these violations on 3 separate occasions over the past month. Employees in the deli and restocking shelves are particularly egregious.
I left a complaint, by phone, with an assistant manager two weeks ago. Though the assistant manager tersely said she resolve the issue, it has not been resolved and if anything worsened. She was also quite rude to me.
Reprimand management for not properly dealing the issue. Ensure ALL team members wear masks properly particularly those in the deli. I have seen numerous deli members not wearing mask at all.

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Details on four new Samsung Android smartphones have emerged ahead of their official MWC 2011 debut, the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, Fit S5670, Gio S5660 and Mini S5570. Of the four, the Ace is the best specified, with a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, 800MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera and WiFi b/g/n according to its recently posted product page.
Video demo of the Galaxy Ace after the cut
According to the Korea IT Times, the Ace S5830 is available in Russia now, with Europe, India and China next. However, UK carrier Three has already announced that it will be offering the Ace shortly; they also put together the demo video you can see below.
The Fit S5670, meanwhile, has a 3.31-inch QVGA display, 5-megapixel camera and a 600MHz processor; the Gio S5660 is slightly smaller, with a 3.2-inch HVGA display. Finally, the Mini S5570 gets a dinky 3.14-inch QVGA display and 600MHz processor as well.
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The Florida Marlins' regulars scored in each of their first three innings to take a 5-1 lead, then held on for a 6-3 decision over the Cardinals in both teams' official Grapefruit League opener.
Right fielder Lance Berkman cracked an opposite-field home run off Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez and later added a single.
The Cardinals got within 5-3 in the fifth inning when left fielder Adron Chambers and infielder Daniel Descalso contributed RBI singles.
Lefthanded starter Raul Valdes endured two tough innings as the Marlins reached him for four runs on five hits. Bryan Augenstein followed and allowed a single run in the third inning.
Three of the first five hitters to face Valdes peppered three first-inning hits past third baseman Allen Craig. Marlins third baseman Matt Dominguez capped the scoring off Valdes with a towering two-run, second-inning home run to left field.
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Channel 4’s recent programme on Sri Lanka broadcast recently in England. As noted here,
… the team making a documentary for Channel 4 was ordered to leave Sri Lanka’s embattled Jaffna peninsula on the orders of the country’s military [even though] reporter Sandra Jordan, camerawoman Siobhan Sinnerton and producer Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai had received permission from defence authorities in Colombo before flying into Jaffna.
It was not clear why the Channel 4 crew were made to leave, but the private Daily Mirror newspaper quoted a military official as saying they were sent back for their own safety.
“Around 100,000 British tourists holiday in Sri Lanka every year, but thanks to a clampdown on the international media, few realise that away from its famous beaches, a new chapter in the country’s 30-year civil war has opened, in which innocent civilians are paying a bloody price.”


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LAHORE: A district and session judge suspended on Saturday the execution of a mentally-challenged prisoner, who was scheduled to be hanged on November 7 in Lahore Central Jail.
District and Session Judge Abid Hussain Qureshi ordered the jail superintendent to submit a comprehensive report, along with medical record and latest status of the prisoner, Saleem Ahmed, by November 8.
The convict, Ahmed, had killed his sister, Nasim Begum, on July 22, 2001, for refusing to give him pocket money. She was the mother of three children.
The complainant, Raja Javaid Akhtar, who is the husband of the deceased, had stated in the FIR registered at the North Cantt police station that the accused (his brother-in-law) used to visit his home to get pocket money from his sister, Nasim. “He killed my wife when she refused to give him money.”
Police submitted a challan in the court and declared him guilty.
During the trial, the prosecution produced as many as 10 prosecution witnesses. While the accused, denied allegations of his involvement in the murder.
Ahmed said: “The complainant, in connivance with the police, got me implicated in the murder case just to usurp my share in the property of my late father.
I am innocent and mentally unstable. Prosecution witnesses deposed against me because they are closely related with the complainant. “
The counsel for the accused contended that the accused, owner of a commercial property, was implicated in a forged case. “The complainant is greedy this is why he implicated him in a false case.”
The counsel contended that the complainant was not witness to the incident as he was sitting in the drawing room while the killing took place in the bedroom. He argued that if he had been there, he would have shifted his injured wife to a hospital.
While the counsel for the complainant maintained that the accused had killed the deceased and the weapon used in the murder was recovered from his possession.
According to him, medical evidence also corroborated prosecution’s case.
The accused, he said, was liable to be awarded capital punishment.
However, the judge awarded the accused death sentence and directed him to pay Rs100,000 as compensation to legal heirs of the deceased.
According to a statement issued by the Justice Project Pakistan (a human rights organisation that provides free legal representation to most vulnerable Pakistani prisoners facing harshest punishments), the investigating officer testified that a neighbour told him about Ahmed’s mental illness. Even the trial court noticed on several occasions that he was ‘talking insanely and did not have any orientation.’
However, the Lahore Mental Hospital declared him “fit to stand trial” in 2002.
He was sentenced to death in 2004. Since then Ahmed has been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness by the Punjab Institute of Mental Health and has been on anti-psychotic drugs since 2013. He remained in psychiatric cells of the jail, having spent nearly 14 years on death row..
Published in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2017.
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- Boeing completed the deliveries of the 22 AH64-E Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters to India
- India is one of 17 nations to select the Apache and has the most advanced variant
- India has deployed AH64-E Apache and Chinook in Ladakh
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the delivery of all new AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook military helicopters today. The final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters were handed over to the IAF at Air Force Station, Hindon.
Earlier in March, Boeing had handed over the last five of 15 CH-47F (I) Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to the IAF, read a statement.
India is one of 17 nations to select the Apache and has opted for the most advanced version of the attack helicopter. The variant ordered by the IAF is also operational in the United States and many other nations.
IAF had ordered 22 AH-64E Apache
The attack helicopter is highly suited for reconnaissance, security, peacekeeping operations, and lethal attack in various environments and conditions.
Twenty defence forces around the world have bought Chinooks. Considered the world’s most reliable and efficient heavy-lift helicopter, Chinook can operate in any kind of climatic conditions including altitude.
The Ministry of Defence had finalised its order with Boeing for the production, training and support of 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47F (I) Chinook helicopters in September 2015.
Apache, Chinook deployed in Ladakh
Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa had called Chinook a national asset which would greatly bolster the heavy-lift capabilities of the air force with quick deployment of men and material whenever needed.
The contract between India and the US was signed for the acquisition of six Apaches for the Indian Army during US President Donald Trump’s visit to New Delhi.
During border tensions between India and China, the IAF had to deploy its assets including Apache and Chinook at forward bases in Ladakh. While Apache tracked and monitored the movement of Chinese troops, Chinook played a critical role in the movement of men and equipment at the icy heights of Ladakh.


Huawei Honor Bee Review : Value for Money
A Budget Android Phone
Huawei Honor Bee is a low budget android smartphone. One can get it under Rs..5000. The company has announced this India exclusive phone on May this year. It became available since then.
Like the Mi brand of Xiaomi, Huawei is also trying to create a popular brand named “honor”. There are other phones of the series too, like Honor 6, Honor 3X Pro etc.
I am going to give you an unbiased review of that phone. It will help you to decide whether to buy this phone or not. Let us know more about this phone.
The phone has a 4.5 inch display. The screen resolution is 480 x 854 pixels. The OS of the phone is Android 4.4 (KitKat). The CPU of "Honor Bee" is a 1.2 GHz Quadcore. The phone has 1 GB RAM to run smoothly. The internal memory of this device is 8 GB which is not 100% available to the user. There are two cameras in the phone. The primary camera is about 8 Mega Pixels and the secondary camera is 2 MP. It supports 2 SIMS and 3G connectivity. In the next sections of this hub we will know more about these features.
Rating of Huawei Honor Bee
Design, Look and Feel
The length of the phone is 5.29 inches and the width is 2.63 inches (134.3 mm and 66.7 mm in SI units). It makes the phone perfectly easy o hold. It is thin; the thickness is just 10 mm. The edges of the phone are curved. Honor Bee looks like a well built handset. This phone does not look like a cheap device. It never feels heavy or awkward in the hand.
The capacitive buttons below the screen are responsive, but not back-lit. The power button and the volume button are chrome coated. The micro USB port is on the top as well as the 3.5 mm jack.
Huawei Honor Bee sports a 4.5 inch display. With a screen resolution of 480 x 854, it has an average pixel density of 217. The display supports multi touch with two fingers only.
It offers decent viewing angles. The colour reproduction is good. It has also sharp contrast ratio and so images look crisp on it. But the problem with it is that it is very glossy. So, it reflects sunlight too much. That makes it too difficult to read in direct sunlight. The screen is also a fingerprint magnet.
As we already know, Huawei Honor Bee possessed an 8 MP rear camera. We must admit that the quality of this camera is far better than expected from a sub 5000 phone. The auto focus camera snaps nice looking photos in daylight.
But, of course, the low light photography is not that good. It cannot focus well when the light is not sufficient. Low light photos come with a lot of noise. There is a dual LED flash to help you during the night photography.This phone offers full HD videography options. But this 1080P videos are not very detailed. The audio capturing of the videos is very good though.The front facing secondary camera does what it is made for. It takes good selfies. It is also passable for video chats.
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OS and UI
Huawei Honor Bee is an Android KitKat device. The company has promised to upgrade the OS very soon. It will offer over the air update for existing customer if they wish to move to Android 5 Lollipop. There is the Huawei made Emoticon UI 3.0 on top of the original Android. That UI is simple, but user friendly. That simplicity makes it run smooth without any lag.
Emoticon 3.0 does not have a separate app drawer. All the apps are on the home screen. You can arrange these apps in folders if you wish. There are many customizable themes and widgets to give your phone a special look according to your personal preference.
The phone is loaded with many required apps like Gmail, ContactSync, CalendarSync, Talk, Drive,Hangouts, Talk, Drive, Google+, Maps, Street View,YouTube, Google PlayStore, Google PlayGames, Google PlayBooks, Google Pla yMovies, NewsStand, Google Play Music, Widevine etc.
Honor Bee has a Quad core Cortex A7 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz. The GPU of this phone is a Mali 400 MP2. All these are on a Spreadtrum SC7731 chipset. We also know that the phone has 1GB RAM.
The performance of this device is smooth. You will not notice any lag during normal operations. You should not expect super fast performance though at that price level. You can play casual games like Temple Run or Subway Surfers without any perceptible lag. Even Asphalt 8 runs well in high settings.
It supports two mini SIMs. Both these SIM cards support 3G (21 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA). The call quality is good. It also supports EDGE and GPRS Class 12. You can get everything which a standard smartphone should have.
It has a 1730 mAh battery. It is not enough for very long time operation. According to users, it lasts 5 to 6 hours of heavy use. But if used nominally, the phone will remain on for a day or more. There is also a power saving mode which will cost you speed, but it will make the battery last for 1.5 days or more.
It can be said that Huawei Honor Bee is a good phone at low price. It is available online at a very low price of Rs 4499. If your budget does not exceed Rs 5000 thousand limit, then we will definitely recommend this phone for you.
The main competitors of this phone are Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (price Rs 6990), Micromax Unite 2 A106 (price is Rs 5499), Sony Xperia E1 Dual (price Rs 7000). Among these, only Unite 2 A106 comes very close to it at price point. Features and specifications of these phones are similar.
In short, I can say that the positive things about this phone are its look, built and performance. The camera quality is also good. The negative points of it are its not that good battery life and the outdated Android version. An update from the company will make the phone better.


Grant County hosts West Virginia Board of Education Meeting
Petersburg High School in Grant County was host to some special guests on Wednesday. The West Virginia Board of Education conducted routine business in the school's media center.
Twice a year, the board meets outside of its home location in Charleston. Grant County was one of two school systems chosen to host the board members.
"We're very proud and humbled that they are here," said Doug Lambert, Superintendent of Grant County Schools. "It gives the Board an opportunity to see what's happening in the field, and it gives us locally, an opportunity to see what occurs at a state board meeting."
The meeting kicked off with a spotlight on Grant County Schools by Lambert, and continued with discussion of legislation and policy updates about the State's education system.
"I'm very pleased with the product we have here in Grant County, and of course, in the tri-county area with Grant, Hardy, and Pendleton," said Lambert.


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The Daily Star
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WEST ONEONTA —Visitation for Michael A. Swiderski, 45, of West Oneonta who passed away Dec. 7, 2013, will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta. A funeral mass will be held at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta.
Michael is survived by his two beloved children, Andrew and Jamie and their mother, Michelle Shultis-Swiderski of Schenevus. He also leaves behind his mother, Janis Swiderski of Largo, Fla.; his sister, Emilia Borelli; her husband, Nicholas and their son, Cooper; his sister, Dr. Marianne Soden and her son, Justin.
As Mike used to ring the bell on his front porch to call the boys home for dinner, we now are hearing a ringing bell in heaven for our son, father, brother and friend.
In honor of Michael who had the biggest heart in the world and in lieu of flowers, please take care of your hearts and get yourself checked today.
His full obituary may be viewed at www.thedailystar.com/obituaries/x601931564/Michael-A-Swiderski.
Condolences may be made online at www.grummonsfuneralhome.com.


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The R&B singer Lloyd has just come out with his latest single “Caramel”–– a smooth dedication to a love that anyone can feel familiar with. The song comes out to cause some waves about his upcoming EP Tru, which is set to include 11-tracks. With the release of this formidable collection, Lloyd has stated how this is only a taste of his studio album Out My Window, currently in the works.
The song “Caramel” has a relaxed yet upbeat foundation with sweet synthesizers overlaying the scene. Lloyd’s vocals come in smooth as caramel and leave a silk-ring in the ear with each listen. With much more set to come from the artist, this release has only begun to peak interests.
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Contemporary choreographer Hillel Kogan works at the crossroads of dance and theatre. His pieces combine movement, text, and occasional found objects/sounds into a multilayered visual language that intelligently and whimsically navigates itself between subtle and more explicit commentary on the world of dance, popular culture, and contemporary society.
Kogan’s focal points of inquiry are recognizable, almost archetypical, ‘people of dance’: contemporary choreographers struggling with the creative process (What Now), dancers reflecting on dance (Dancer is the Answer), an Arab dancer and symbolic ‘Other’ in an ‘Israeli’ dance piece (We Love Arabs), and a ‘swan-like’ young female dancer working with a mature male choreographer (The Swan and the Pimp). These ‘Everymen’ (or women) move and think in the present while constantly encountering their danced heritage and various cultural icons – be it Jazz music, Hummus, the Star of David or Baguettes.
These artifacts serve Kogan’s practice of uncovering the ideological within the aesthetic, acknowledging hierarchies of age, gender, and ethnicity that exist, and eventually dominate, the realms of dance and culture. These systems of power are used – and abused – in the works, only to be deconstructed through theatrical and literary mechanisms, such as irony and parody, estrangement, and intertextuality, in order to question their validity as standards and criteria for dancing, and creating, in present times.
Consequently, Hillel Kogan’s works expose dance as not only an artistic language, but a locus for constructing meaning, defining categories, and establishing norms, within which the dancing body – always conflicted in one way or another – raises, in its very presence, reflections on what is considered proper, beautiful, cool, interesting – in dance and society. This unique form of danced-discourse that Kogan has developed embodies his self-reflexive position, best described as meta-dance: the exploration of identifiable artistic codes, visual images or theatrical conventions as a channel for critical contemplation on the craft of the choreographer, the nuances of the creative process, and the relationship between performance and spectator – always based on traditional, more orthodox, expectations.


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Detention cells are police sites that hold pending accused offenders who are awaiting trial. In most cases, these trials are adjourned which prevents its final ruling, resulting in congestion at these sites. Being a temporary detention cell, it is usually disorganized and inmates (even the wrongfully accused) are almost completely neglected in inhumane conditions. We visit these sites and provide food, provisions as well as evangelism to uplift their spirits.


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Amble through the old town with the scent of spices filling the air...With its endless array of high-quality hotels and lodges, decent restaurants like Tamarind and beach bars galore, Mombasa is far and away the most developed spot on the Kenyan coast.
Due to its energetic, busy feel, and the fact that it’s still a huge trading port, many tourists choose not to stay in Mombasa and instead use it as a hopping off point for the various other options on the Kenyan coast. That said, the beaches here are as golden and glistening as anywhere else on the coast, and the old town, with its narrow cobbled streets and the scent of spices wafting through the air, is well worth experiencing.
Given that Mombasa has been ruled by the Portuguese, Arabs and the British, there are a number of fascinating historical ruins worth seeing here, such as Fort Jesus, and a wealth of Portuguese and Islamic architecture dotted around town. There’s also a snazzy new luxury yacht marina for the millionaires interested in visiting in style…

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Fabien Prioville graduated at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine (CNDC) in Angers. He later worked with Édouard Lock and his company ‘La La La Human Steps’ in Canada before he joined Philippe Blanchard in Stockholm. In 1999 he became a member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, performed the repertories such as Cafe Müller. He also performed in the movies from Pedro Almodovar’s Talk to Her (2002), and Wim Wender’s Pina (2011).
Since 2006 he has been working as a freelance dancer and choreographer, and worked together with Josef Nadj and Davis Freeman, Louise Lecavalier, Shutaro Oku, Hauschka, Tetro +A, Chris Cutler, Michiel van Erp, among others. His various commissioned works brought him to New York’s Juilliard School as well as Japan with: Tokyo Festival, Theater Group En, Dance Dance Asian, Ballet-NOAH. Further more: Perth Australia, Tanztheater Regensburg, Tanztheater Bielefeld Germany, I.T.A Amsterdam, Holland Dance Festival Den Haag, Attakkalari Biennial Bangalore India, Bolivia, Montreal Canada, Mali, CDC La Termitière Burkina Faso. ADAF Festival Athens, Super 24 with Oschool Singapore. He is invited internationally to give workshops and coaching to emerging artists.
In the project MARTA, we have been supporting Fabian in development of his project Alpha, to be premiered in NRW Forum in August 2021 as part of the exhibition Welcome to Paradise.
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Hello my friends, I hope you’re all doing great today! So my daughter Alyssa is turning 15 and we are planning a small get together with family and friends. She is super excited and cannot wait to have her friends and family celebrate with her. For her Quinceanera, we are planning a beautiful event at a local hall and we (my hubby, kids, sister and myself) are DIY’ing most of her party decor. I created a video tutorial on how I made her Capias (Pin-On Favors).
I hope I have inspired you and if you decide to recreate any of my DIY projects, make sure to tag me on Instagram @hipncreative so I can see your work. I love seeing others recreate my work and will leave a encouraging comment! And if you’re not on Instagram just send me a pic via my email address!
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Hey guys, today is a beautiful day and I feel so happy! Why you wonder? Because I finally got my Quartz Countertop Installed! It has been such a long a torturous time working on this kitchen. We have had a lot of set backs and many frustrating moments. When my husband and I first started this project we were thinking about how beautiful the kitchen would be and how great it will be to have all this extra space and function. So today I though I’d share with you some sneaky pics of our beautiful countertops.
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I love my planner, I love decorating it, writing down my schedule for the week and I also love adding my adorable stickers, washi and more to my planner. When I sit down to plan for the week, I like to have my planner supply on hand and ready for use. I used to have my stickers in a binder and that worked for a small time but I found myself not placing my stickers back in the binder. I just never liked it, it wasn’t for me. I didn’t like that my stickers would fly out of the page protectors or the fact that to keep them in place I had to use my paper clips.
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So today I’m sharing my third Moana Inspired birthday project; my DIY Moana Boat and Oar. If you haven’t seen my other two Moana party decor/props you can check it out here and here.
We wanted to create a prop for the family to take fun photos with the kids. This project was a bit time consuming but the end result was well worth it.
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Amid ongoing negotiations in Washington since the expiration of key relief programs, 89% of voters say that America needs another coronavirus economic aid package, according to the latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor.
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor, released on August 18, 2020, reveals voter concerns on a range of complex policy challenges surrounding the pandemic, reopening schools and vaccine availability.
The growing cost of prescription drugs presents a significant challenge to the quality and affordability of healthcare in the United States.
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor, released on July 7, 2020, reveals timely data about Americans’ deep concerns about the health and economic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
One issue that most lawmakers and voters agree on is that our tax system needs reform.
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor, released on June 4, 2020, reveals how the coronavirus pandemic continues to have significant financial and economic impacts across wide swaths of American society.
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is financially impacting the vast majority of Americans, and there is broad-based support for federal response measures.
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Hungary and China set up new visa policy for travelers
Under a new program, business travelers will be able to get their visa within one working day. Tourist visa approval will take just two days.
The Hungarian government has announced a new visa policy that will help Hungarian and Chinese business people traveling between the two countries.
Under the new program, business travelers will be able to get their visa within one working day, according to CRJ English today.
Meanwhile, the step includes provisions for allowing tourists to have their visa applications processed within two days.
The new policy is part of a series of agreements between the two foreign ministries as part of a working group set up to coordinate policy through the "Belt and Road" initative.
Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affiars and Trade, says the "Belt and Road" program fits in well with Hungary's development policies.
"The Hungarian government initiated in 2010 a policy to develop and open up to the East. This policy combines really well with China's "One Belt One Road" initiative - these two policies are complementary," minister Szijjártó said.
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While the prior two trading weeks were the worst two-week stretch in months, the bulls finally managed to push back with some conviction. Today’s 0.90% gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was its best single day in almost four months. It closed at 21,899.89 … back within sight and reach of the record highs it hit three weeks ago.
A handful of stocks were moving in the other direction though — in spades. Leading that bearish charge were Baozun Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BZUN), Momo Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:MOMO) and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY).
Here’s what upended each one.
Coty Inc (COTY)
Cosmetics and fragrance company Coty may have driven more sales than expected last quarter, boosted by its recent acquisition of brands formerly owned by Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Its fiscal fourth-quarter profits still came up short of estimates though, sending COTY to a whopping loss of 9.4%.
For the period ending June, Coty turned $2.24 billion worth of revenue into a loss of 41 cents per share; on an operating basis the company broke even. While analysts were only calling for a top line of $2.17 billion, those same analysts were expecting earnings of 9 cents per share of COTY.
Its Covergirl line was notable weak point last quarter, and expenses were greater than had been anticipated.
Momo Inc (ADR) (MOMO)
As much pain as Coty dished out to shareholders today, China’s Momo managed to dish out more.
MOMO isn’t a recognized name in the western world, but in eastern Asia it’s quite the rage. It operates a social networking site that’s built from the ground up to work on mobile devices. It boasts just a little less more than 90 million monthly users, which isn’t a lot compared to the likes of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). But, it’s growing fast.
It’s just not growing fast enough to suit MOMO shareholders … at least not as of last quarter. Although Q2’s top line of $312.2 million more than doubled that of the same quarter a year earlier and topped estimates, the market’s valuation may have been tacitly pricing in even better results. MOMO shares are priced at 34.3 times their trailing earnings and 9.5 times their trailing sales, which which is frothy by any stretch of the imagination.
MOMO lost 20.1% of its value on Tuesday as the market right-priced the stock in the shadow of its earnings report.
Baozun Inc (ADR) (BZUN)
Finally, while things were bad for Coty on Tuesday and even worse for Momo, they were downright awful for Chinese retailing consultant/service provider Baozun. BZUN fell a stunning 24.2% today after reporting second-quarter numbers that didn’t meet estimates. Earnings of 8 cents per share (well, ADR) fell short of the 10 cents per share the pros were modeling.
No, the punishment didn’t fit the crime. Although Baozun missed its profit estimates, it wasn’t a gaping shortfall and it’s still profitable. That’s more than too many other companies can say. Driving the bulk of the setback is largely the stock’s doubling since the end of April.
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Glass Axis is breaking grounds on their new home in Franklinton. Making moves down to Franklinton in the near future, they will need all the help they can get, so don’t forget to keep in touch and volunteer! Check out the full story below!
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COLUMBUS, OH 6/10/14 – “Make it happen!”
That was how Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman said he responded when he heard Glass Axis, a non-profit art center in Grandview, was considering moving to the Franklinton section of the city.
Coleman joined approximately 75 dignitaries, artists, and members of the arts community Tuesday to celebrate the ground-breaking ceremony at the art center’s soon-to-be new location: 610 W. Town St.
But there were no shovels, no dirt, and no actual breaking of ground. Instead, the mayor used a glass hammer and nails, forged by Shawn Everett, the group’s facilities manager and member artist, to affix the official Glass Axis logo to a pedestal. “Since we are an organization of artists, you really wouldn’t expect us to show up with a shovel and a pile of dirt anyway,” said Rex Brown, executive director of Glass Axis. “We decided to begin the transformation of Franklinton into an arts creative neighborhood, and this fits exactly into our original concept,” the mayor added.
Glass Axis provides artists, students, and community members with the tools necessary to create innovative glass-blowing works while learning, sharing, and teaching.Member artists have access to affordable cold, warm, and hot glass facilities plus studio, exhibition, education, outreach, and income-producing opportunities all under one roof. “This will allow us to be in a location where we can be a better service to the community and (provide) better access to our facility for tourists and tourism,” said Brown. “So we’ll be able to create jobs, improve the Franklinton community, and promote tourism in Ohio.”
“This is a huge jump forward for all of Franklinton,” acclaimed Jim Sweeney, executive director of the Franklinton Development Association. “Bringing a well-established, highly professional arts organization like Glass Axis to our community is really going to help spur revitalization.”
Sweeney explained that because Glass Axis is one of the art leaders in Columbus, Franklinton will benefit simply from its proximity. “Everybody else wants to be closer to them.”
Alex Bandar, founder and chief executive officer of the Columbus Idea Foundry on West State St., echoed Sweeney’s sentiment.
“Glass Axis has been a pillar in the creative Columbus community for the last quarter century, and the fact that they’re coming down to Franklinton shows that there is a gravity that is really being built here that’s attracting other arts groups, other entrepreneurs, and other artists,” he stated.
“We love our neighbors,” exclaimed Brown. “We are going to have partnerships with all of them, and we will welcome any newcomers to this area just as much as the established members have welcomed us.” He said he has already contacted several Franklinton Arts District members concerning partnerships, and thanked Brioso Coffee, which provided free coffee to the gathering and will operate a coffee shop in the art center’s gallery when it formerly opens in the late fall, for becoming Glass Axis’s first formal new partnership. Brown added that in addition to providing jobs and improving communities, organizations like Glass Axis promote tourism.
“That’s where this organization’s really going to shine,” he said. “We’re on a major street, we have windows that are going to look right into our glass-blowing studios, and we have a curriculum of first-experience classes that are just made for people that are visiting Columbus.
“There’s over a dozen different classes that we offer for somebody with no experience blowing glass, and our instructors will help them through that process,” said Brown. “We are proud to be part of the revitalization of East Franklinton. Mayor Coleman has the right idea by establishing an arts area and letting everyone else fill in and complete the picture.”
“I’m excited about Glass Axis,” Coleman exclaimed. “When you want to find the future, you follow artists. If you want to know what tomorrow is going to look like, then you follow the thinkers. When you want to get a glimpse of the greatness of what the future will be, then you follow those who have imagination. That’s how you make communities.
“This is a neighborhood that will be composed of people with great imagination,” the mayor continued. “This is a community that will be composed of a people that will be able to create a future for a city: jobs, opportunity, and quality of life. And that’s what Franklinton’s all about. That’s why I’m proud to be here once again with all you great folks that we will follow into the future with your thinking, your imagination, your creativity, and your artistic gifts.”
The mayor explained he committed himself to revitalizing Franklinton several years ago because “it was where the city was founded. At the time it was forgotten, abandoned, and very few had interest in it. I put a steak in the ground and said: ‘We’re going to bring this area back because it’s the heart, the beginning of the city.’ We owe an obligation to the past and to those who follow us to make sure that Franklinton is the great place that it can be by spending the resources and focusing on development to make a place that is attractive to work, to create, and to live, all in this neighborhood.
“In five years, maybe sooner, this neighborhood will be teeming and beaming with people that live here as well as come here to visit,” he said. Glass Axis and other members of the arts community just might make that happen.
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