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The Benefits of a Third-Person Point of View Writing in third person allows you to illustrate both the characters' views and what is actually happening, letting the reader to easily grasp the difference between opinion and truth and, as a result, include the wider picture inside the tale. A third-person narrative also allows for freedom in storytelling since you are not bound by the constraints of first or second person.
First Person: You are free to tell your story in any way you like, but it must be told in first person. This means that it is told by someone who is involved in the story itself - either a character in the book or even the author themselves. The main disadvantage of using first person is that the reader cannot share the experience of reading the story with the character; instead, they are left watching the action through their own eyes. In addition, using first person can be difficult if you want to show the character's thoughts without making it look like you are just writing random words on paper.
Second Person: Like first person, second person allows the writer to tell a story from a character's point of view, but also gives them the opportunity to talk directly to the reader. Therefore, this type of narrative is useful when you want to communicate something specific to the listener/reader. Some examples could be suggestions, warnings, or instructions. Disadvantages of second person include difficulty maintaining an objective viewpoint and limiting the story to two people.
When writing in the third person, you may swap and modify the perspective based on what you require from the situation. For example, if you require the reader to know something that the characters do not, third person gives you the freedom to do so. You can also make the characters aware of events that are happening away from them by using reported speech or present tense.
The third person allows for greater flexibility when telling a story. You can show different angles of events occurring before someone's eyes without having to switch back and forth between first and third person. This is useful when you want to give the reader more information about what is going on around your main characters.
One of the key benefits of third-person omniscient point of view is that the narrator may freely roam around the storyline of the story and is not locked in one character's point of view. This permits the narrator to provide the readers with numerous points of view throughout the tale, which keeps the story interesting. The third-person narrator can also see and hear what happens at any given moment throughout the entire story.
Another advantage of using third-person omniscient point of view is that it gives the author freedom in how they want to tell a story. For example, if the writer wants to show the difficulties two characters face when trying to overcome their differences, then using third-person point of view allows them to do so without simply telling the reader that these characters get on well together after they resolve their issue. They can also include scenes that only these specific characters would know about. This adds more depth to the story and makes it more realistic.
Finally, using third-person omniscient point of view ensures that your story will be read by a wide audience because it does not focus on just one character. Instead, it is able to give an overall view of what is happening throughout the whole story, which may attract more readers.
There are many stories and books written in the third person. You don't see a character's thoughts and feelings as directly as you would in a first-person narrative, but the narrator frequently explains the primary character's thoughts and feelings about what's going on. This technique allows the author to discuss events without appearing too closely involved in them.
First-person: The story is told from the point of view of one specific character, usually the main character. The reader experiences the story as if they were that character. First-person narratives are common among autobiographical works such as novels and memoirs. First-person narratives can also be found in novels with multiple characters if only one side of their relationship is explored in detail, for example, Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice or Rick in Stephen King's Stand By Me. In science fiction and fantasy stories, first-person narratives can be used to create the illusion that the reader is inside the head of the protagonist while they experience the world around them.
Third-person: A story is told from the perspective of a particular character or characters. Unlike first-person narratives which refer to "I" or "me", all third-person narratives use "he" or "him" or "she" or "her". Third-person narratives are common among articles, non-fiction books, interviews, and reports.
Third-person omniscient tells us what many people in the tale are thinking and feeling; third-person limited tells us what one character in the story is thinking and feeling. That would make it a first-person narrative. Second person invites the reader to feel as if they were actually inside the head of the character reading the story. First-person allows the reader to experience what it is like to be that character.
In "The Three Little Pigs," the story is told in the third-person omniscient point of view. This means that all the characters' thoughts and feelings are revealed to the reader. The only character who does not speak directly to the reader is the Big Bad Wolf. We see his thoughts and feelings through his actions. Since he is responsible for killing three little pigs, he is aware that he has done wrong and feels guilty about it. However, since he is a wolf, he can never show love or kindness to any animal (including the pigs).
In "Charlotte's Web," this point of view is used extensively for each of the main characters. We learn about their thoughts and feelings through their conversations with each other and with Charlotte. There are times when some details are revealed through internal monologues, but these are mostly limited to Charlotte. She is a spider who knows everything that is going on around her webbed home!
Because you are not stuck in the character's brain, third-person restricted point of view can be more beneficial than first-person limited point of view. Third-person stories allow for greater freedom in writing scene transitions because the writer is not confined to only showing what is visible to the protagonist.
First person limits the narrator to being either male or female, but does not limit the story to being told from their perspective. First-person narratives are often written in the present tense, which gives the reader a direct experience of what it is like to be experiencing these events. First-person narratives are also called "I" stories because the narrative focuses on one particular person's experiences. Although other characters may be mentioned, they are not as important to the story as what happens to the protagonist.
Second person takes the form "You" and tells the reader what to think and feel. Second-person narratives are usually written in the past tense and address the reader as "you". These narratives are called "you" stories because the focus is on how someone's life was affected by another person. Other characters are discussed but they are not as important to the story as what happens to the protagonist.

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What are the characteristics of Elizabethan theater?
The main features of an Elizabethan theatre
- The theatre was open and plays had to be performed in daylight.
- A flag would be flown from the top of the theatre to show a play was going to be performed.
- People sat around the stage in galleries.
- The cheapest place was in front of the stage where ordinary people stood.
Why is Dr Faustus a tragedy?
Dr. Faustus is a tragedy because the main character falls as a victim of his own circumstances, and is a victim of himself. In his play ‘Dr Faustus’ Christopher Marlowe presents his main character as a tragic ‘hero’ right from the start – the full title of the play is ‘The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus.
How Doctor Faustus is a tragedy?
Doctor Faustus has elements of both Christian morality and classical tragedy. Faustus’s story is a tragedy in Christian terms, because he gives in to temptation and is damned to hell.
What is the moral lesson of Dr Faustus?
Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus,’ Marlowe teaches us the lesson that life is a straight line, not a circle; if one does not advance, one goes back. Faustus, with his pendular movement goes and returns in an endless move, without hope and direction.
Is Dr Faustus a Renaissance play?
Faustus is a Renaissance tragedy written by the Cambridge scholar Christopher Marlowe. The full title of the play is “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus”. It was adopted from a German story ‘Faust’ translated in English as The English Faust Book.
Is Faustus a morality play?
The general theme of morality play is the struggle of forces of good and evil of the soul of man, and the aim is to teach doctrines and ethics of Christianity. In this sense Doctor Faustus is a morality play to a very great extent. By selling his soul to Lucifer, Faustus lives a blasphemous life full of vain pleasure.
Is Dr Faustus a miracle play?
And here in this drama we find Faustus performing amazing feats of Miracle. The Morality play is really a fusion of the medieval allegory and the religious drama, of the Miracle plays. It developed at the end of the fourteenth century and gained much popularity in the fifteenth century.

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Patriot’s Dream by Barbara Michaels
I’m enjoying my Barbara Michaels binge, but I wish that her writing had been more consistent. Patriot’s Dream is not one of her best. I just read it a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t remember the details very well, so forgive me for any inaccuracies in this review.
Patriot’s Dream was published in 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial, and the story goes something like this: a young teacher is on the cusp of a mental breakdown, and she needs some time off, so she goes to Williamsburg to stay with her elderly aunt and uncle in their historic home. In exchange for the free room and board, she does housework and cooking for them. She starts having vivid dreams about the Revolutionary War. The dreams revolve around some of her ancestors, who once lived in the same house. During her waking hours, she attracts the attention of two suitors. One is nice and boring. The other is mean and less boring. The story moves back and forth between past and present, culminating in a brief meeting of the two timelines and the weak suggestion of reincarnation. In the end, no one element of the story ruined this book, but nothing quite worked either. I struggled to finish it, and I was dissatisfied with the ending.

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A Plan for Change
Launched in 2016, Stonewall Columbus set out on a journey to raise funds that will help revamp our iconic headquarters at The Center on High, helping us evolve our services to better meet the needs of the LGBTQ community. It has been a long journey with many successes, and through a lot of hard work, we are close to meeting our goal. Though, like many fundraising campaigns, the last strides are always the hardest. This means, we still need your help! Find out how you can help support our cause below.
to our goal of $4 million
“Stonewall is the face of the LGBTQ community in Columbus.”
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With your help, we can build a shining beacon that will represent Columbus’ values and be an example for the nation to admire. Stonewall is an essential partner between the greater Columbus area and the LGBTQ community. Your contribution is an investment in the success of our city and a demonstration of your commitment to equality.

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Adding 30 branches a year along with the myriad of new applications that constantly changed the type of traffic on its network, Bendigo Bank made the decision to review Wide Area Network (WAN) costs.
Bendigo Bank's IT infrastructure program manager, Malcolm Loftus, said as the organization continued to grow the type of traffic on the network changed dramatically.
"We had to prioritize traffic and prevent new applications from flooding the network," Loftus said.
As a result the Victorian-based financial services firm deployed NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer for network traffic analysis.
As one of Australia's fastest growing banks, Loftus said the IT team has the challenging task of integrating new branches, many of which are in remote communities with expensive, low-bandwidth network connections.
He said it was a challenge to keep costs competitive.
"This is a priority as the Bendigo works to maximize profits for the local communities that are partners in many branches," Loftus said.
The Bendigo Bank is well known for taking a socially responsible approach to community banking.
For example, it acts as a franchise allowing the community the rights to operate the branch. This allows the local community to have control over capital and ensure more money stays in the district for local investment.
Loftus said the Bendigo frequently rolls out new applications to support additional lines of business, further straining bandwidth and performance.
"Adding new sites and bandwidth-hungry, time-sensitive applications to the network is increasing our capacity needs as well as our responsibility to continue to deliver optimal business services to remote branches," he said.
As a result, the bank implemented NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer to provide traffic visibility across all links to control the effective use of the network.
The new technology is used to monitor application rollouts, establish QoS policies, improve troubleshooting, and distribute bandwidth appropriately to improve application performance and avoid unnecessary WAN costs.
For example, the Bendigo is in the process of rolling out VoIP to major business centres and will use the new technology to monitor the deployment and mitigate any risks.
ReporterAnalyzer basically provides enterprise-wide visibility into the composition of traffic on every link, enabling the Bendigo to determine VoIP's impact on the network and critical business applications, and to adjust QoS policies accordingly.
NetQoS vice president of worldwide sales, Scott Sherwood, said the Bendigo Bank joins more than 50 other global organizations using ReporterAnalyzer to monitor 1,000 or more WAN links.

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I finished Ali Smith’s How to Be Both on December 30th, just in time to land it on my top five favorites of 2014 list. If I hadn’t finished it until January I am certain it would be on my 2015 favorites list. It’s that good. I really loved this book which makes it hard to say anything about it because I just want to gush and squee and say things like, wasn’t that part where George and H held hands in George’s room wonderful? And George’s mother. What do you make of her? Smart for sure. Do you think she was really under surveillance? And who is Lisa? And what about del Cossa being a woman? How awesome is that? And all the art stuff? And all the different ways of “being both” the book mulls over. Oh, oh, and what about the minotaur and labyrinth stuff? And all the stuff about looking and being looked at? Seeing and being seen? Which beginning did you get? The one that begins with del Cossa or the one that starts with George? How do you think which beginning you got affects your experience of the book? Do you wish you could erase it from you mind just long enough to read it with the other beginning and then remember so you can compare?
Got all that? No? Let’s go for coffee and spend the afternoon talking about it. What do you say?
If you haven’t read the book you’ll have no idea why I am burbling on with all these questions and a big desire to chat about them. So, for those who haven’t read it, a little about the book with the hope it will be enough to get you to read it so you can come back and chat and toss out questions of your own.
The book is broken up into two sections, each titled “One.” One section begins with sixteen-year-old George (Georgia but everyone calls her George) on New Year’s Eve just a few months after her mother suddenly died. George’s story moves backward and forward. Backward with flashbacks to conversations with her mother and a trip to Italy they took earlier that year to look at some art and a fresco partially painted by Francescho del Cossa. Forward with her little brother, her father who is drowning his grief in alcohol, George’s new girlfriend H who becomes more than just a friend, and sessions with Mrs. Rock, George’s therapist.
Then there is the other section narrated by del Cossa’s ghost who is called back from the dead it seems by George spending so much time looking at one of del Cossa’s few surviving works. Del Cossa follows George around so George’s story progresses into the future beyond the end of George’s section. We also get del Cossa’s story. The painter turns out to be a woman who has been living disguised as first a boy and then a man since she was a young girl so she could learn painting and become a painter. Her time being the 1460’s she would not have made it as a painter unless everyone thought she was a man. Her father is the one who suggests this not long after her mother dies.
These two sections can be read in either order and in fact, half the books printed have George’s story first and half have del Cossa’s story first. Mine had George coming first. This might seem like some kind of gimmick, but there is a point to be made. What is the point? As George’s mother says:
But which came first? her mother says. The chicken or the egg? The picture underneath or the picture on the surface?
The picture below came first George says. Because it was done first.
But the first thing we see, her mother said, and most times the only thing we see, is the one on the surface. So does that mean it comes first after all?
Or, if you prefer, this is how del Cossa expresses it in her section:
how to tell a story, but tell it more than one way at once, and tell another underneath it up-rising through the skin of it
Whatever section you get first affects the way you see and experience the entire book. It’s like what George says about an element of a painting she and H are looking at:
It is both blatant and invisible. It is subtle and at the same time the most unsubtle thing in the world, so unsubtle it’s subtle. Once you’ve seen it, you can’t not see it.
Once you’ve read the book one way, you can’t unread it and read it a different way.
There is also much playfulness with language throughout the book, puns and words with more than one meaning and it made me want to play along.
In spite of the book being serious with a thick vein of grief running through it, Smith manages to create an overall effect of tenderness and resiliency, almost a lightheartedness. A beautiful book I will not soon forget. Please read it and come have coffee with me so we can talk about it.


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Does anyone have any ideas? The mesh is from a content pack and was already rigged but I am wondering if the mesh is rotated in the wrong direction or something(I don’t know how I would fix that since the mesh is the root of the BP).
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Traditionally, Myanmar tourism is based on culture. Myanmar with its long history, culture and religion has many pagodas, temples and monuments all over the country. In addition, Myanmar is also blessed by nature with natural attractions. There are snow-capped mountains, deep forests, cool and scenic places, long rivers, beautiful lakes, and manu unspoiled beaches and archipelagoes. The different national races and their way of life, traditional arts and crafts offer exotic vistas of the nation while the warm hospitality of Myanmar people world-renowned.
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The local Sierra Club is ratcheting up the pressure to eliminate traditional pesticides on school campuses across the city. Retired educator John Cruickshank (pictured) has told the Charlottesville School Board he has more than 700 names on a petition. Sierra Club members also made a similar presentation during a City Council meeting. They have also focused on pesticide use in the city’s park system. The school board has asked senior staff members to investigate the issue and report back later this year.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" tallied $123 million in ticket sales to score the year's biggest U.S. opening.
The "Roar" hitmaker oins the likes of Madonna, Beyoncé and Prince to perform at the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show.
A student newspaper at UVA reports the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi have vacated their fraternity house.
The Lammily doll wants to show children that average is beautiful.
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*Randy Jackson called the audition the best he’s seen so far this season. Mariah Carey wiped away tears and joined Randy and Keith Urban in a standing ovation – all for Hurricane Katrina survivor Burnell Taylor.
The 19-year-old unemployed New Orleans native – who lost everything during the storm and moved with his family to Baton Rouge in the aftermath – took the stage at the Baton Rouge auditions of “American Idol” and delivered an emotional rendition of Fantasia’s “I’m Here” from Broadway’s “The Color Purple” to close Thursday night’s episode.
“All I can say is somewhere there’s a spotlight right now just waiting for you to walk into it,” Keith Urban said.
“That is what we came for,” Minaj said. “I feel like we’ve been flying all around this country for that. That thing that can’t even be put into words. That thing that gives everybody chills and goosebumps. I’m so happy you did that because that wasn’t even an audition, that was just entertainment for us.”
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Unemployment is bad for your health. It can cause serious, long-term physical and mental health problems, and exacerbate pre-existing conditions. Whilst the harmful effect of unemployment is felt by both genders, there is evidence to suggest that men are overall more likely to suffer adverse health consequences than women. This is particularly evident with those employed in temporary or unstable work, and amongst those men with a lower socioeconomic status.
Not only is poor health a potential outcome of unemployment for men, but it is also a barrier to returning to and staying in work. Employment services in the UK appear to have made few efforts to address this issue, despite potential capacity within the Work Programme to provide specialist health support. As unemployed men are less likely to access health services, new ways to support the health needs of this group are urgently needed if both health and unemployment outcomes are to improve.
Jobcentres must be supported to allow greater action to prevent poor health amongst unemployed men, helping back to work support providers identify men at risk of or already suffering from poor health. Incentivising Work Programme providers to address the health risks of unemployment is also likely to help tackle the situation.
The government must ensure that both preventing ill health and addressing existing health conditions that are barriers to returning to work are priorities within back to work support services.
Furthermore, there is an urgent need for further research in this area; little recent primary research has focused on health and unemployment in the specific context of the UK benefit system, in particular the Work Programme. The impact of changes to the welfare system such as increasing conditionality and payment by results incentive structures should be considered, as to should the health of the unemployed who are not claiming out of work benefit.
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- The introduction of an assessment of barriers to returning to work when an individual claims an out of work benefit could be a useful tool in quickly identifying individuals with current health conditions or who at risk of developing poor health as a result of unemployment. This could help Jobcentre advisors target support at an early stage, and could help prevent health-related ‘churning’ on and off from benefits.
- Work Programme providers need to be given greater incentives and support to tackle the health issues which can prevent returning to work, or develop during a period of unemployment.
- Linking job outcome payments to level of need rather than benefit type (as recommended in both the ACEVO/NCVO and ERSA reports) might be an effective method of encouraging a greater focus on health when the next version of the Work Programme is commissioned in 2015. The level of need could be decided through the use of the assessment tool mentioned previously.
- The government should consider how ill-health in unemployed men could be prevented, and should be a part of back to work support provided through Jobcentre Plus. As this paper demonstrates, not only does unemployment lead to poor health outcomes amongst men, but poor health hinders returning to work. Action to prevent poor health as soon as an individual claims an out of work benefit has the potential to be a cost saving intervention.
- Local government should work in partnership with Jobcentres, health care providers and charities to create a Local Services Framework. This would provide a comprehensive guide to local specialist services available to Jobcentres, and should include organisations able to tackle health related barriers.


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Assignment, contract renewal, performance evaluation or promotion abuse of authority may also include conduct that creates a hostile or offensive work environment which includes, but is not limited to, the use of intimidation, threats, blackmail or coercion harassment, including sexual harassment, is particularly serious. Whilst having clear and visible policies on bullying and harassment is a good starting point, many companies have looked at implementing 'speak-up' systems to encourage employees to raise concerns systems of this type can be useful in raising awareness of unethical conduct at work and it can allow the company to. The employment paper trail: using documentation and performance appraisals to avoid the potholes find out more about this topic, read articles and blogs or research legal issues, cases, and codes on findlawcom.
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Reality: sexual harassment investigations are not kept in employees' personnel files but in a separate filing system myth: my boss never promised me a promotion or good performance evaluation for complying with his sexual wishesbut there was touching and comments made about my body and my. The allegations of sexual assault at uber, vice and the weinstein company shine a light not only on workplace misconduct, but also on the failure of human resources to properly handle these cases.
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Carrasco Continues Late Push For Eclipse Award For Top Apprentice Rider
LAUREL, MD. 11-20-13---With six weeks remaining in the year, apprentice rider Victor Carrasco continues to make a late push for an Eclipse Award.
Wednesday afternoon at Laurel Park, the 21-year-old scored aboard Very Lucky ($6.20-race 6), Olympic Medallist ($175.60-race 7) and Poetry in Notion ($17.60-race 9) to move into sole possession of first place in the fall jockey standings. Carrasco has 32 victories, three more than apprentice Trevor McCarthy.
Carrasco ranks second in North America among bug riders with 175 victories, just four behind south Florida-based Edgard Zayas and is a good bet to be one of the three finalists for the Eclipse Award. After arriving in Maryland from Florida in April, he tied for second in the Pimlico standings and then finished as the runner-up at the Delaware Park meet.
“I am working hard for the Eclipse,” Carrasco said.
In the seventh race, Carrasco guided Olympic Medallist to a front-running score at odds of 86-1. The daughter of Medallist had finished on the board just once in five previous starts. The duo led from start-to-finish and held off Quintile to win by a neck.
“I just tried to put her out front to see what would happen,” added Carrasco. “It worked. She was waiting for the horses to come at her and had enough left.”
Maryland-based apprentice riders have captured nine of the 42 Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Apprentice with Chris McCarron (1974), Ronnie Franklin (1978), Alberto Delgado (1982), Allen Stacy (1986), Kent Desormeaux (1987), Mike Luzzi (1989), Mark Johnston (1990), Jeremy Rose (2001) and Ryan Fogelsonger (2002) all being honored. The last dominating apprentice in the state was Rosie Napravnik, who won 279 races during her bug year (2005-2006).
Also on the Wednesday card, veteran jockey Sheldon Russell rode longshot winners for husband-wife conditioners Jessica and Frannie Campitelli. Russell and Fleet Gold Digger got up in time to take the fourth, a $42,000 optional allowance at odds of 29-1 for Jessica Campitelli. Four races later, he guided 44-1 shot Really Right to a hard-fought score in a $42,000 allowance for Frannie Campitelli.
About Laurel Park
Laurel Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America's top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America's premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.

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This week we catch up with writer, filmmaker and artist, Michelle Paradis, also known as @dreamywalkhome. We talk about colour, confidence and California.
Tell us about you and the journey of how you got to where you are today.
“I am a writer, filmmaker and artist and I grew up in Southern California by the beach. I love being creative and being by the sea. I have a lot of dreams and goals that have come true and a lot that I've had to reassess and many more that I'm still pursuing. My goals and dreams are not rigid destinations."
You’ve recently moved to California. What does a typical day in your life look like now?
“Yes, California has always been my home. I moved to Texas for about a year and a half and am recently back. My day starts with making tea, the ritual of it makes me as happy as the actual drinking part. I love having breakfast al fresco as much as possible so you can usually find me in the garden. The rest of my day has a flow instead of a rigid schedule that usually includes a hike out here in the beautiful peninsula where I live, playing with my sweet pup Ottoline and working on a screenplay.“
We love how you incorporate colour into your looks. What does dressing up do for you and have your feelings towards fashion changed over the years?
“I do love colour! So much has changed in my feelings towards fashion. I definitely used to dress more for others’ approval, which I think was a societal and cultural thing growing up. I grew up in the time before Instagram when shows like the OC and Laguna Beach really popularised one particular look and unfortunately, that look did not include someone like me, an Asian-American who has always leaned towards vintage and feminine styles that make me feel like I am a character in an old film telling a story. It's definitely been a journey to learn to be comfortable in my own skin and to do the inner healing work to understand my own style and wishes are perfectly valid no matter what other people are doing.”
What boosts your confidence or makes you feel good when you need it most?
“A puppy snuggle always feels good. I highly recommend adopting a pup as your new best friend if you have the opportunity to. Also, intentional rest out in nature, disconnected from devices and outside noise. Anytime I'm feeling bad or less confident, I know that I've strayed away from resting in who I am. Taking a walk out in nature almost always does the trick in reconnecting with myself.”
As women, do you think the relationship we have with ourselves is changing? If so, how?
“Absolutely. I think this is a terrific question to think about on an individual, cultural, and societal level. I think we are more conscious than ever that the "norms" and "the way it just is" are not necessarily the only way. I think more than ever, there is a community of healing and conscious thinking and feeling that is happening that allows for a new freedom to become who we are. It's our own our right to be in a kinder relationship with ourselves and to embrace our sovereignty to become whoever we wish, and to do exactly what we wish.”
What have you got coming up this year?
"I'm excited about this new year. I just celebrated my birthday, and it really does feel like a new time for me. I have a goal to hike in as many beautiful places that exist in my peninsula. I have a film script that I'm so proud of, featuring an Asian female lead, that I'm working on developing. And I'm writing another script on the female immigrant experience that I'm so excited about. I can't wait to see where the year will take me.”
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Award-Winning Kenyan top comic Eric Omondi is back with his much-loved ‘How to be’ series. This time, the comedian tackles Congolese musicians.
After days of whetting the appetites of his over 1 million followers on Instagram with pictures of his Congolese persona, Omondi released the webisode earlier this week.
The comedian also did one better by releasing a music video for his Lingala hit ‘Ndombolo ya Muzinga’, a parody of Koffi Olomide’s hit.
READ: Eric Omondi clinches half a million deal
In ‘How to be a Congolese Musician’, the creative comedian absolutely nailed it and even revisited the infamous 2016 incident at the JKIA involving Koffi Olomide and one of his dancers.
According to Eric Omondi, this one is the best one yet. (Source: NairobiWire )
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Several candidates in Kershaw County may be left off the June 12 primary ballot after failing to file their candidacy and economic interest statements on time. The S.C. Supreme Court recently ruled that about 180 candidates across the state are ineligible for the primary election.
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) is offering a heads-up regarding the end-of-year schedule.
Lugoff Elgin's boys' soccer team struggled in their three match-ups last week which capped the regular season.
A former Kershaw County Sheriff's Office deputy has been acting as Bethune's police chief since not long after the late Larry Davis resigned following his diagnosis of terminal cancer in February. Bethune Town Clerk Janice Hunter confirmed former deputy Jimmy Miller is acting as chief on a temporary basis.
Funeral Service for Mr. Adam Davis, Sr., 68; husband of Mrs. Maggie B. Davis, of 717 Chestnut St. in Camden, will be held Thursday, May 10, 2012, 3:00 p.m. at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the cemetery. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Funeral service for Heather N. Branham, 23, of Lugoff, will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Tuesday 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mayor Jeffrey R. Graham, first elected to the city's top leadership post in 2008, has announced his intent to seek a second term as Camden's mayor.
Annie Lee Taylor Bradley, 74, of West Columbia, died Saturday, May 5, 2012. Born in Camden, SC, September 26, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Randall N. and Nettie E. Taylor. Annie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who was known for her sweet smile and sacrificial service to others. She was a member of First Baptist Church of West Columbia.
Kelli Murphy finished third in last weekend's Carolinas Golf Association's seventh annual Vicki DiSantis Girls Championship golf tournament played at the Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte.
There will be a strong North Central presence at this weekend's class A South Carolina State Track and Field Championships to be held at Harry Parone Stadium on the Spring Valley High School campus in northeast Columbia.
For many a year, Lib and Tommy Phillips were fixtures on Lake Wateree, working their family-owned Clearwater Cove Marina and playing host to a wide variety of fishermen and fishing tournaments.
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Columbia invites sporting clay shooters to participate in the sixth Annual McDonald's of Camden Sporting Clays Tournament to be held at Hermitage Farm Shooting Sports in Camden on Saturday, May 19 beginning at noon.
On Saturday, May 12, hounds from fox hunts located in North and South Carolina will be kenneled at Springdale Race Course for the annual Carolinas Hound Show.
"In those days, the people of any means moved from Camden to Kirkwood in early summer and remained to a few heavy frosts," wrote Mrs. Alfred Doby reminisce in 1906.
To commemorate National Preservation Month, the Education Committee of the Camden Historic Landmarks Commission will hold two walking tours this month. The "Walks Through History" will be held May 12 and 26.
WASHINGTON -- Monica Lewinsky is trying to make lemonade out of 16-year-old lemons. Good for her, and good, ultimately, for us.
Regarding the S.C. High School League decision concerning the so called "brawl" after the Camden-Dreher football game, the league has the legal authority to assess such penalties since the schools are, by their own action, voluntary members. And I understand the league's objective of trying to emphasize that such conduct is not acceptable and should be dealt with appropriately.
One of the problems with the expense of health care is the fact that many people tend to use a hospital's emergency room as their primary care facility, going there with normal ailments such as flu and severe colds. Emergency room care is expensive -- too costly to be used in that way. KershawHealth is no different than other hospitals in that regard, and the decision to "split" the emergency department there is a sound one.
The deadline to purchase $20 discount general admission tickets for the 45th annual Marion duPont Scott International Colonial Cup Steeplechase Races is Saturday, Nov. 1.
The Camden High School baseball program will host a fundraising golf tournament at the Camden Country Club on Thursday, Nov. 13.
In May 2008, Nancy Watts, a constable who works for the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), learned she had breast cancer. For many people, a cancer diagnosis is devastating news. It certainly came as a shock to Watts, who is one of the individuals who is tasked with serving civil papers for the KCSO's civil division. Watts' doctor recommended she undergo a mastectomy. Normally, a mastectomy requires the patient be out of work for eight weeks. In Watts' case, she came back after four weeks.
A study from China shows that people are rated as being much more attractive if they do one thing -- and it's something that parents can teach their children to help secure their personal happiness and future success.
A number of Stephanie Cooper's friends think she's crazy -- simply because the 25-year-old already has begun squirreling away money for retirement.
For years, the buzz in higher education has centered on the U.S. News ranking of the best colleges and universities. Ben Miller at the New America Foundation has looked at the best and the worst, ranking the institutions most likely to blow it.
Entrepreneurs are somewhat of a mascot for the U.S. economy -- nothing embodies the American dream more than an entrepreneur. Consequently, we've been trained to think there's a positive correlation between the number of start-ups and the health of the economy. But Daniel Isenberg, professor of entrepreneurship, and Fernando Fabre, president of Endeavor Global, argue otherwise. Real, high impact entrepreneurship comes from "scale-ups" instead. Scale-ups are growing businesses that promote a "long-term entrepreneurship," eventually leading to more innovation and increased economic health. The continued growth of established businesses does more for the economy than a high number of ...
Solving crimes with evidence extracted from smartphones is common.
Women suffer a greater jump in stress when marriage ends, compared to men. And separated and divorced people -- especially women -- are also more likely to report they use drugs and alcohol to relax, according to the recently released Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
This year's midterm election will be the most expensive in history, ringing up a $4 billion tab, according to the Center for Responsive Politics' research site opensecrets.org.
As Common Core curriculum and testing has settled in across participating states, resistance to the high-stakes tests pressuring teachers, administrators and students has intensified. Last week, the Council of Chief State School Officers announced a series of guidelines that it hoped would help ensure that testing was limited and purposeful.
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) and Camden High School will appeal the S.C. High School League's (SCHSL) decision concerning the incident that followed the Camden High-Dreher High football game on Oct. 17.


Partner Eric Tate addresses common employment issues that startups face, referring to the Fyre Festival, in this Bloomberg BNA article, “Pants on Fyre? Festival Workers Left With Empty Pockets.” “It usually takes a fair amount of time before you can get your product perfected, get past the prototype stage to where you can have a marketable product,” he said. “The notion of the startup flaming out is fairly common in the Valley. When that happens, you have issues with people not getting paid.”
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Inglewood, California Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks faces a dilemma that many big city police chiefs face when their officer’s gun down unarmed civilians under dubious circumstances, and those civilians in almost all cases are young African Americans or Latinos. In this case the victim was 19 year-old Michael Byoune. The deep suspicion is that police routinely bend, twist and massage testimony and evidence to whitewash and ultimately exonerate officers. The way to counter that is to conduct a thorough and honest investigation and if the officer(s) are found guilty of wrongdoing impose swift punishment. But that almost always draws loud protests from police unions and some city officials.
The Byoune killing by any standard was a bad shooting. In fact, it evoked instant comparisons to the killing of bride-groom-to-be Sean Bell by NYPD officers in 2007. Bell, as Byoune, was a young African-American male. Bell and Byoune were unarmed. There is no indication that he, as Bell, was involved in any gang or criminal involvement. From tapes and news clips, Inglewood police officers riddled the car that Byoune was in with bullet holes. The car Bell was in was also riddled with gunfire.
The police killings of young blacks such as Bell and Byoune spark momentary outrage and demands for federal or local investigations, and prosecutions of the officers. That presents two problems.
The first is getting police officials to conduct an investigation that’s not weighted heavily toward the police version of the events when there is considerable witness evidence and testimony that contradicts the officer’s version. The second is getting a prosecution and then a conviction of the officers involved. The acquittal of the three NYPD officers charged in the shooting death of Bell was stark proof of that.
The frequent media portrayal of young blacks as crime-prone, drug-dealing gangsters, the gang and murder violence that continues to wrack many black neighborhoods in Los Angeles and other cities and the glorification of the thug lifestyle by many young blacks reinforces negative racial perceptions. This makes many whites, non-blacks, and even many blacks guarded, suspicious and fearful of blacks. It’s still virtually impossible to convince many jurors, that some police lie, beat, maim, and even kill unarmed suspects. That goes for judges too. A New York Supreme Court judge acquitted the officers charged in the Bell shooting.
Since there are no ironclad standards of what is or isn’t acceptable use of force, or what degree of force is excessive, it often comes down to a judgment call by the officer. That creates just enough doubt that if the victim no matter how innocent he may appear to be was not the aggressor, than he at least put up enough resistance to the arrest to justify some use of force to restrain him, or worse the use of deadly force.
The near universal failure of police officials to take punitive action against officers that overuse deadly force almost always starts with the investigation. Eye witnesses are not sworn.
And invariably when evidence contradicts the officers’ version of events, police officials reflexively rely on the testimony of the officers to sustain their version of what happened.
This insures that police officials will rule in nearly every case that the officers did not violate any department policies or procedures on the use of deadly force. Chicago is an immediate and tragic example of that. The past couple years, Chicago police have shot a civilian on average once every 10 days. More than 100 people have been killed in the last decade; 250 others have been injured.
But only a tiny fraction of shootings are ruled unjustified — less than 1 percent, police records and court testimony indicate. The secrecy in which the investigations are conducted and the perfunctory ruling that a shooting was in policy means that it is virtually impossible to determine how many are in fact legitimate. The Chicago police that killed were cleared almost in every case and that pattern is the same in dubious police shootings in other cities.
A fair and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding police killings, and that certainly includes the Byoune killing, must have one aim. That is to find out what went so horribly wrong that police had to resort to gunplay and then insure that there’s no repeat of the tragedy. These are the tough questions that then should be routinely asked in a truly impartial police investigation.
Did the officers give a warning before opening fire? Did they attempt to find out if the victim had a gun or weapon, or even in the case of Byoune was his car a deadly weapon, and was it an actual threat to the officer? Do eyewitnesses corroborate the officer’s version of the shooting?
The Byoune and Bell killings, as well as those of the other young blacks, demand answers, honest answers. Police officials should give them. When they don’t they simply reinforce the suspicion that police rush to judgment to exonerate wrongdoing by their own.
– Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His new book is The Ethnic Presidency:
How Race Decides the Race to the White House (Middle Passage Press, February 2008).

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Police sharpen focus after second fatality on highway
AFTER yet another tragic death on the Pacific Highway police are sharpening their focus.
Despite repeated warnings from Police the holiday road toll continues to rise, with the latest accident at Harwood claiming the life of a female driver.
Acting Inspector Kingsley Chapman reiterated calls to slow down and take care - especially in areas affected by road works - and said accidents such as these had an affect on all emergency services.
"It can be frustrating from a police point of view because we have to deal with such traumatic incidences and it does take a toll on the emergency services involved.”
"It is not pleasant and not something we want to witness each day.”
Insp. Kingsley said police would be targeting high risk areas along the Pacific highway and warned drivers to stick to the reduced speed limits.
"Particularly the area (of roadworks) north of Grafton there will be a heavy police presence.”
"Reduced speed limits are there for a reason, because there is an increased risk.”
The accident at Harwood on Sunday resulted in the death of the female driver of a silver sedan which is believed to have crossed onto the wrong side of the road, colliding with oncoming traffic.
The crash involved three cars and and SUV towing a caravan.
A spokesperson for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service said two helicopters were tasked to the scene due to the number of people injured.
An eight-year-old girl was then flown to Gold Coast University Hospital suffering from "multiple traumatic injuries” and five others were transported by road to Lismore Base hospital with serious injuries.
The crash caused the closure of the Pacific Highway for several hours as officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District and the Crash Investigation Unit launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
As inquiries continued, anyone with information or dashcam footage from the area, is urged to come forward.


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So you've dropped your cable subscription, sold one car, refinanced your house, sold some old clothes on eBay, and now might be thinking, "what else can I do? Everything else is a necessity!"
Have you looked at your grocery spending lately? Yes, it's vital to feed your family and that's definitely not discretionary spending, but do you really need to spend that much? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2006 the average American family (2.5 people) spent $3,417 per year on food prepared at home. This averages to $285 per month or $66 a week. That may not seem like much at first glance but remember, that is $66 per week on food items: fresh produce, meat, dairy, etc. Don't include your household products or dining out when figuring your average spending.
Once you know how much you spend, analyze your shopping habits and see what can be changed. Depending on how much you spend, you can save up to 50% of your weekly grocery spending just by following some simple guidelines.
- Never shop hungry! This may seem like a strange tip, but research shows that individuals will inevitably purchase more than they need when shopping on an empty stomach.
- Make a list. Again, seems basic, but this simple step will save tens of dollars in unneeded food products.
- Shop the deals. Take the time to peruse your local grocery ads before heading to the store. Find out what's on sale and see if you can't match those deals with coupons to save even more money. As a basic rule, see if you can't avoid buying anything unless it's on sale or you have a coupon (other than your basic items such as milk, eggs, bread, etc.).
- Shop at multiple stores. Obviously this needs to be done within reason. If you're spending more on gas than you're saving, cut back on unnecessary trips. However, oftentimes by comparing prices and specials at several different stores, you can save even more. For instance, CVS Pharmacy regularly has milk on sale for $2.69 a gallon, which is much cheaper than you'll get at H.E.B.
- Stock up. When you find a really good deal on something, buy as much as you can! Like I mentioned in my previous article, Stocking the Freezer 101, pretty much anything can be frozen and most foods can be frozen indefinitely. Steaks on sale for $2.88 a pound? Buy four, keep one in the fridge to use that week and freeze the rest.
- Plan your menu after you shop. Planning a menu in general can help you save money, but believe it or not, you can save even more money by planning your menu after you go grocery shopping. If it helps to have an idea beforehand, check the grocery ads, make a list, and then plan a tentative menu based on the list and what you already have at home.
- Avoid over-processed, pre-packaged foods. Sometimes you can find good deals on easy-prep foods, but for the most part you'll save more if you focus on fresh produce, raw meats, basic dairy, bread products, etc. Typically, the fewer the ingredients, the cheaper the product, and it's much healthier as well.
- Don't buy what you don't need. Again, this seems simple enough, but even the most seasoned shoppers fall into the trap of buying something extra just because it appears to be a great deal. Remember, if you don't need it you're not saving money by buying it.
- Freeze leftovers. If you cook too much in a meal, don't throw it out or give it to the dog, freeze it in single portions and save it for a "leftovers" night. This works especially well if you wait a couple of weeks to serve the leftovers because then it feels like a brand new meal (as opposed to serving it two nights later).
- Drink water. Flavored drinks such as soda, juice, and alcoholic beverages are terribly expensive. Drink more water during the day and your grocery bill is sure to drop.
And that's just a few ways to lower your grocery spending. Find out what works for your family and put it into practice!

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Planning Commission, McCathran Hall, Montgomery Municipal Cable Board, Census Liaison, FEMA Floodplain Coordinator
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Assisted by the HPC, the consulting firm of Robinson and Associates recently completed an updated and extended nomination for the Washington Grove Historic District listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This will replace the original 1980 listing....
Meeting of the Planning Commission Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. | McCathran Hall Council Room Remote Access Meeting ID: 781 347 688 Dial In: 301-715-8592 ZOOM VIDEOCONFERENCE: https://zoom.us/j/781347688 Approval of Agenda Building Permit Applications 116...
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Regular Meeting of the Town Council Monday, March 9, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. | McCathran Hall Council Room Call to Order 7:30 Approval of the Agenda // 5 min Public Appearances - Please note the time allowed to speak will be limited to five minutes. // ??? min Approval of...
Next meeting: Monday, March 9, 2020; 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room. The public is invited to attend. Actions at the February meeting include: Acceptance of a bid from Snider & Assoc. for $7,800.00 for plats and boundary marking in the West Woods. Approval of Ord....
Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 10, 2020; 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Meeting Room. The major topic is expected to be follow-up on the evaluations of the proposals received for the West Woods Watershed Study. We also will be discussing coordination with both Montgomery...
UPDATE - 03.13.20 / Because of the threats posed by the COVID-19 virus, the Special Town Meeting scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2020 will be cancelled. It is uncertain when a Special Town Meeting for this purpose can be rescheduled. John G. Compton, Mayor SPECIAL...
Next meeting: Tuesday, March 17, 2020; 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room. All meetings are open to the public.
On Wednesday March 18 there will be a Planning Commission Master Plan work session at 7:30 pm in the Council Room. We will be reviewing/revising MP2020-021920-Working-Draft. On February 19 we accepted changes to Section 8 (Commercial Corner). Some significant changes...
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Last Friday was my two year anniversary with Taylor, and we went to Uchi to celebrate. It was delicious as expected.
The rest of the weekend was filled with hanging out and sports. The hanging out part was good. The sports part was very, very bad. Both the Longhorns and the Cowboys embarrassed themselves for the umpteenth weekend in a row. Sigh...
[this portion was written Monday night]
I have three presentations tomorrow which will wrap up most of my duties for this charity campaign. I'm less nervous than I was about the leadership presentation, but there will be many more people at these presentations. I'm going to prep for the presentation tonight and tomorrow morning, and we'll just see how it goes. I have a presentation at 9:30, 10:30, and 5:00. What sucks is that usually when you make a presentation, you're relieved and done. In my case, I have to make it again two more times. I'm sure it'll be much easier each subsequent time, though.
[this portion was written Wednesday]
Well I'm done with the presentations and they all went well - except for attendance. Not sure what happened this year, but I only talked to about 60 people total across the three meetings. Oh well, it's still an accomplishment, just not as big as I was hoping.
I need some financial advice from my readers. I am almost done with my car payments, and I have two options for what to do with the extra money: put it toward my student loans, or my savings. The typical financial advice that you would receive is to put it toward your loans because of the interest rates. My savings account has an APY of 3%, whereas my student loans have an average rate of about 4.5%. However, I'm hoping to have a solid enough chunk of money saved up in the next one to two years such that I can make a down payment for a house and afford all the necessities involved. I would like to put the extra money all toward my savings, in order to boost that account. Of course, the smart compromise would be to split it up - maybe half and half? All I know is that if I put it all toward my loans, my savings account won't be able to grow as much and I won't be as financially ready in the future for a commitment such as a house.
I wish I knew some financial experts.
Tomorrow I leave for Seattle with the always-beautiful Taylor Yowell. We're going there in part to celebrate our anniversary, but also to visit a good friend who left us for Seattle a couple months ago — Travis, of course. Should be a fun weekend, and relaxing if nothing else. I need the break.

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From the Republic of Ireland's hero one night against Georgia to the court-room the next day - Jeff Hendrick appeared in court yesterday after being charged over an alleged row in Dublin back in 2013.
Hendrick is accused of violent disorder at Harcourt Street on the 12th of October 2013. The court was told that the footballer was arrested at 3.28 am and 18 minutes later the charge was put to him by the station sergeant. Garda Damien Beakey said:
He had no reply to the charge after caution and was given a true copy of the charge.
Judge Anthony Halpin adjourned the case until the 20th of October, when Hendrick will enter a plea. Hendrick will be excused from attending court on that date due to Derby County's game with Blackburn the following day.
The charge sees Hendrick being accused of using, or threatening to use violence, which could cause a person to fear for their safety. There were no injuries reported during the alleged incident.
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News: a transparent computer that allows users to reach "inside" the screen and manipulate content with their hands was unveiled at the TED conference in Los Angeles last week.
Introducing the SpaceTop 3D desktop computer at the TED conference, interaction researcher Jinha Lee explained that enabling humans to physically interact with machines could make computing more intuitive.
"The gap between what the designer thinks and what the computer can do is huge. If you can put your hands inside the computer and handle digital content you can express ideas more completely," he told the BBC.
Working in collaboration with Microsoft and its Kinect technology, Lee developed a system that combines a transparent LCD display with built-in cameras that track gestures and eye movements.
Users place their hands behind the screen to scroll or type just as they would with a normal computer, but they can also raise their hands up to grab and manipulate the virtual 3D elements.
One camera is used to track fingers, recognising gestures like pinching and dragging, while the other camera faces the user and tracks the position of their head to display perspective-corrected 3D graphics.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lee is currently carrying out his compulsory military service in South Korea at electronics firm Samsung, where he is developing television interfaces.
Last month Google released a movie preview of what it would be like to wear its voice-controlled Google Glass headset, while earlier this year we reported on an augmented reality iPad app that allows architects to look inside static architectural models – see all technology news.
Images and movie are by Jinha Lee.


The government had defended the move, citing concerns about addiction. The Revenue Secretary said the industry has stabilised, but it is early to make conclusive remarks.
The Goods and Services Tax Council on Thursday decided to slash the GST rate on 54 services and 29 items, including old and used motor vehicles, public transport buses run on bio-fuels, sugar-boiled confectionery and packaged water, but could not finalise measures for simplification of the GSTN returns.
The much-talked about demand for bringing petroleum products within the ambit of GST did not come up for discussion on Thursday. The issues will be taken up at the next meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told media persons after the GST Council meeting here.
‘Vibhuti’ (sacred ash), parts and accessories for manufacture of hearing aids and de-oiled rice bran have been exempted from GST while all types of old and used motor vehicles other than medium and large cars and SUVs will now attract 12 per cent instead of 28 per cent GST. Old medium and large cars and SUVs will attract 18 per cent instead of 28 per cent.
The rate on sugar-boiled confectionery, drinking water packed in 20 litre bottles, fertiliser-grade phosphoric acid, bio-diesel and drip irrigation system have been reduced from 18 to 12 per cent.
Tamarind kernel powder, mehendi paste in cones and domestic LPG supplied by private distributors will attract a reduced duty of five per cent instead of 18 per cent.
The exemptions from GST will, among other things, now apply to supply of services for providing information under RTI Act, legal services provided to government, local authority, governmental authority and government entity, transportation of goods from India to outside by air and sea, services relating to admission or conduct of examinations provided to all educational institutions, entrance fees for entrance examination and for transportation of students up to higher secondary schools.
GST has been reduced from 18 to 12 per cent on construction of Metro and monorail projects, while on tailoring services it has been brought down from 18 per cent to five per cent. Admission to theme parks, water parks, joy rides, merry-go-rounds, go-carting and ballet will now be taxed at 18 per cent instead of 28 per cent and on common effluent treatment plans services from 18 per cent to 12 per cent.
Jaitley said the decisions on changing the tax rates were taken on the recommendations of the fitment committee and the changes will come into force from January 25.
Talking about simplifying GST return filing, Jaitley said the Group of Ministers under the Council, officials of GST Network and Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Chairman, held a meeting on the issue. Infosys is the service provider of GSTN.
GSTR 3B return filing will continue and all buyers and sellers will continue to load their invoices.
Initially there will be 3B return and the supplier invoice would be adequate. The Council felt that once the GoM, IT Committee and Nandan Nilekani discuss the matter and formalise it, then it will be circulated among the ministers and approval will be taken during the next GST Council meeting.
The next GST Council meeting will be held via video conferencing soon.
The Council also reaffirmed that from January 15 e-way Bill system has started operating on a trial basis. “From February 1 inter-state e-way bill will be necessary. Fifteen states have said that from February 1, intra-state, they will also start e-way bill.”
The Finance Minister said the Council also reviewed GST collections. “So far we have been relying on unilateral declaration of traders itself. It is necessary to bring in some anti-evasion measures.”
He also said that the Composition Scheme was seriously discussed. “Collection was a matter of concern. Seventeen lakh dealers who have registered themselves at 1 per cent have only deposited Rs 307 crore in the first quarter. The scheme has not been enthusiastically responded. Most of the people have registered themselves below Rs 20 lakh. There seemed to be cases of under-declaration.”
He said that of the money collected under Integrated GST, a sum of Rs 35,000 would be provisionally divided between Centre and the states.
Bihar Finance Minister and deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the remaining Rs one lakh crore would be settled on a future date.
On direct collections, Jaitley said the government was way ahead of the direct with taxes growing at 18.7 per cent.
Asked about the Congress demand for inclusion of petroleum products in the GST, the Finance Minister said it did not come up on Thursday. It will be discussed in the next meeting, he added.
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said that when the GST was brought in, there was a lot of hype that it will contribute to growth in GDP and tax collections but after eight months the GDP and revenue collections had actually come down.


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Kott, Tama I. 2004 0-7734-6478-6 202 pages The study of orchestral excerpts is essential for those who aspire to orchestral or teaching positions. This book contains a database of published orchestral excerpt collections for bassoon both in and out of print. The overview provides general information on the compilers or editors, the contents, and other information pertinent to a specific collection. The comparison among three collections (Gumbert, Stadio, Kolbinger and Rindersapcher) illustrates how excerpt collection for bassoon evolved over a one-hundred year publication period. The compilation fills a void in bassoon pedagogy.
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Diane Ives of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writes: "As an epidemiologist who works with older people, I make diet and exercise an important part of my life. I try to eat as healthfully as I can during the workweek, and I stay away from processed foods — I'd rather have something simple and fresh anyway. But on the weekends, when my husband and I entertain, I love to splurge and make desserts. Since they are the first thing people remember about a great dinner, they are definitely worth the effort. The dried-fruit strudel here is a family recipe I learned from my grandfather, but I've simplified it so it can be made quickly with purchased pie crust."
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I think the problem is using pre-made pie dough. I used a thawed single sheet of frozen puff pastry instead, and used dried Montgomery tart cherries. Slashed the top and painted it with egg wash. It was better.
This wasn't my cup of tea, but my husband put it away pretty quickly so I'll give it three forks rather than the two it would have received if I was the only voter. It may reflect my lack of talent but getting the dough into a 16 inch square was tough. Then you're dealing with a pretty thin crust and a pretty dry filling. I may just be more of a brownie girl.

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