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- Business Case for Emotional Intelligence
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- Emotional Intelligence: What it is and Why it Matters
- Executives' Emotional Intelligence (mis) Perceptions
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- Johnson & Johnson Leadership Study
- Ontario Principals’ Council Leadership Study
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Ashkanasy, N. M., Zerbe, W. J., & Hartel, C. E. J. (Eds.). (2012). Experiencing and Managing Emotions in the Workplace. Emerald Group Publishing.
This volume contains a further selection of the best papers presented at the Seventh Emonet conference (Montreal, Canada, August 2010), following on from Volume 7 and augmented once again with invited chapters authored by leading scholars in the field. Experiencing and Managing Emotions in the Workplace comprises fourteen chapters arranged in four sections: The experience of emotion; The dynamics of emotion; Regulating emotion; and The emotionally intelligent organization. These encompass a variety of methodological approaches, including qualitative and quantitative research, sourced from research conducted in organizations in the USA, Europe, and Australasia. The volume's secondary theme is 'care and compassion', the theme of the Academy of Management meetings that followed the Emonet conference in Montreal.
This book advances the understanding of the causes and effects of emotions at work and extends existing theories to consider implications for the management of emotions. The international cast of contributors examine the practical issues raised when organizations are studied as places where emotions are aroused, suppressed, used, and avoided. The book also joins the debate on how organizations and individuals ought to manage emotions in the workplace. It is designed for use in any course in which the role of emotions in the workplace is a central concern. Scholars and consultants will also find the book to be an essential resource on this emerging field.
Bar-On, R., Maree, J. G., Elias, M. J. (2007). Educating People to be Emotionally Intelligent. Some of the best known researchers, professors and practitioners worldwide team up in this work to recognize and reflect the rapidly growing global interest in scientifically-based applications of emotional intelligence in education, to show readers the diverse applications of EI, and to guide them in applying what is known about this topic. The breadth of coverage, array of experts, international scope and clear, practical tone of this book will appeal to parents, educators, psychologists, counselors, trainers, and corporate coaches, mental health and human resource practitioners and healthcare providers.
Bar-On, R. & Parker, J. D. A. (Eds.). (2000). The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Development, Assessment, and Application at Home, School and in the Workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
Sweeping in scope and building on eighty years of scientific work, the Handbook of Emotional Intelligence presents information on the most important conceptual models, reviews and evaluates the most valid and reliable methods for assessing emotional intelligence, and offers specific guidelines for applying this important concept in a variety of settings. Reuven Bar-On, the person who coined the term "EQ" and developed the first test of emotional intelligence (the EQ-i), assembled together with James D.A. Parker a brilliant group of researchers, academics and practitioners for this basic and eminently useful publication.
Emotional intelligence has emerged as an area of intense interest in both scientific and lay circles. Yet while much attention has been given to the measurement of "EQ," little has been written about the psychological underpinnings of emotional intelligence. This book fills an important gap in the literature, linking the ideas embodied in the emotional intelligence concept to ongoing research and theoretical work in the field of affect science. Chapters by foremost investigators illuminate the basic processes by which people perceive and appraise emotion, use emotion to facilitate thought, understand and communicate emotion concepts, and manage their own and others' emotions.
The best seller Primal Leadership introduced us to "resonant" leaders--individuals who manage their own and others' emotions in ways that drive success. Leaders everywhere recognized the validity of resonant leadership, but struggled with how to achieve and sustain resonance amid the relentless demands of work and life. Now, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee provide an indispensable guide to overcoming the vicious cycle of stress, sacrifice, and dissonance that afflicts many leaders. Drawing from extensive multidisciplinary research and real-life stories, Resonant Leadership offers a field-tested framework for creating the resonance that fuels great leadership. Rather than constantly sacrificing themselves to workplace demands, leaders can manage the cycle using specific techniques to combat stress, avoid burnout, and renew themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. The book reveals that the path to resonance is through mindfulness, hope, and compassion and shows how intentionally employing these qualities creates effective and enduring leadership. Great leaders are resonant leaders. Resonant Leadership offers the inspiration--and tools--to spark and sustain resonance in ourselves and in those we lead.
We have long been taught that emotions should be felt and expressed in carefully controlled ways, and then only in certain environments and at certain times. This is especially true when at work, particularly when managing others. It is considered terribly unprofessional to express emotion while on the job, and many of us believe that our biggest mistakes and regrets are due to our reactions at those times when our emotions get the better of us. David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey believe that this view of emotion is not correct. The emotion centers of the brain, they argue, are not relegated to a secondary place in our thinking and reasoning, but instead are an integral part of what it means to think, reason, and to be intelligent. In The Emotionally Intelligent Manager, they show that emotion is not just important, but absolutely necessary for us to make good decisions, take action to solve problems, cope with change, and succeed. The authors detail a practical four-part hierarchy of emotional skills: identifying emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions, and managing emotions—and show how we can measure, learn, and develop each skill and employ them in an integrated way to solve our most difficult work-related problems.
Cherniss, C. & Adler, M. (2000). Promoting Emotional Intelligence in Organizations: Making Training in Emotional Intelligence Effective. Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training and Development.
The work of the Consortium now can be found in a new book. Using case-based examples of model programs in emotional intelligence training, the book provides a hands-on and easily accessible methodology for designing training programs in a wide variety of business and organizational settings. The guidelines presented in the book can help human resource development professionals, managers, and consultants to develop their own effective methods for helping people to become more emotionally intelligent and, therefore, more effective.
Cherniss, C., & Goleman, D. (2001). The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select For, Measure, and Improve Emotional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
How does emotional intelligence as a competency go beyond the individual to become something a group or entire organization can build and utilize collectively? Written primarily by members of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO), founded by recognized EI experts Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss, this ground breaking compendium examines the conceptual and strategic issues involved in defining, measuring and promoting EI in organizations. The book's contributing authors share 15 models that have been field-tested and empirically validated in existing organizations. They also detail 22 guidelines for promoting EI and outline a variety of measurement strategies for assessing emotional and social competence in organizations.
The emphasis of the book is applied, in that it provides and contrasts concrete examples of what we do in our interventions in a wide variety of situations. The chapters present descriptions of programs, including specific activities and exercises that influence emotional knowledge and social effectiveness more generally. While practical in its focus, this book also discusses the theoretical bases for these approaches. These are new programs with outcomes that are now beginning to be studied. The book presents the most important and recent research findings that examine the efficacy of these programs.
In this second edition, leaders in the field present the most up-to-date research on the assessment and use of the emotional intelligence construct. Importantly, this edition expands on the previous by providing greater coverage of emotional intelligence interventions. As with the first edition, this second edition is both scientifically rigorous, yet highly readable and accessible to a non-specialist audience. It will therefore be of value to researchers and practitioners in many disciplines beyond social psychology, including areas of basic research, cognition and emotion, organizational selection, organizational training, education, clinical psychology, and development psychology.
David, S. (2016). Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Trive in Work and Life. New York, NY: Avery
The path to personal and professional fulfillment is rarely straight. Ask anyone who has achieved his or her biggest goals or whose relationships thrive and you’ll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who master these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agility—emotional agility.
Emotional agility is a revolutionary, science-based approach that allows us to navigate life’s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are, or what type of personality they have, it is how they navigate their inner world—their thoughts, feelings, and self-talk—that ultimately determines how successful they will become.
Druskat, V. U., Sala, F., & Mount, G. J. (Eds.). (2005). Linking Emotional Intelligence and Performance at Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
In this edited volume, leading edge researchers discuss the link between EI and workplace performance. Contributors from many areas such as social science, management (including organizational practitioners), and psychologists have come together to develop a better understanding of how EI can influence work performance, and whether research supports it. A unique feature of this book is that it integrates the work of social scientists and organizational practitioners. Their mutual interests in EI provide a unique opportunity for basic and applied research and practices to learn from one another in order to continually refine and advance knowledge on EI. The primary audience for this book is researchers, teachers, and students of psychology, management, and organizational behavior. Due to its clear practical applications to the workplace, it will also be of interest to organizational consultants and human resource practitioners.
Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., Kohlrieser, G., Davidson, R., Druskat, V. (2016) Crucial Competence: Building Emotional and Social Leadership
Crucial Competence is a video series featuring exclusively curated conversations led by prominent author and thought leader in emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman. In the series, Daniel Goleman introduces the 12 competency model of emotional intelligence and then explores each competency through interviews with influential leaders in emotional intelligence research. Viewers will gain evidence-based insights into how and why emotional intelligence is essential in a variety of leadership roles, a deeper understanding of the 12 core competencies known to differentiate performance, and specific methods to integrate into your professional life in order to increase self and social awareness, adaptability, collaboration, and effectiveness as a leader.
Goleman, D. (2013). Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. New York: Harper Collins. In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today’s scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention.
Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset. In an era of unstoppable distractions, Goleman persuasively argues that now more than ever we must learn to sharpen focus if we are to survive in a complex world.
Goleman boils down attention research into a threesome: inner, other, and outer focus. Drawing on rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business, he shows why high-achievers need all three kinds of focus, and explains how those who rely on Smart Practices—mindfulness meditation, focused preparation and recovery, positive emotions and connections, and mental “prosthetics” that help them improve habits, add new skills, and sustain greatness—excel while others do not.
Goleman, D. (2011). Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence. More Than Sound; 1st edition. Daniel Goleman's Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author's first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help develop stellar management, performance and innovation. The collection makes available his most sought-after writings in one single volume, including: - Managing With Heart - What Makes a Leader? - Leadership That Gets Results - The Group IQ - Primal Leadership - The Social Brain - The Sweet Spot for Achievement - Developing Emotional Intelligence "I've pulled together more than two decade's worth of my writings that best illustrate EI's positive impact on personal and organizational excellence," Goleman says. "Consider the book your toolbox. Each chapter is a unique and useful device that helps leaders, coaches, human resources officers, managers, and educators to effectively guide and motivate others." 117 Pages with an introduction by the
Goleman, D. (2011). The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights. More Than Sound; 1st edition. Over the last decade and a half there has been a steady stream of new insights that further illuminate the dynamics of emotional intelligence. In this new book, Daniel Goleman explains what we now know about the brain basis of emotional intelligence, in clear and simple terms. This book will deepen your understanding of emotional intelligence and enhance your ability for its application. You will learn the most recent brain findings that explain: -The Big Question being asked, particularly in academic circles: "Is there such an entity as 'emotional intelligence' that differs from IQ?" -The brain's ethical radar -The neural dynamics of creativity -The brain circuitry for drive, persistence, and motivation -The brain states underlying optimal performance, and how to enhance them -The social brain: rapport, resonance, and interpersonal chemistry -Brain 2.0: our brain on the web -The varieties of empathy and key gender differences -The dark side: sociopathy at work -Neural lessons for coaching and enhancing emotional intelligence abilities.
Dr. Goleman's report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"-the rational and the emotional-and how they together shape our destiny. Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart. The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.
Goleman, D. (1998). Working With Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam.
Drawing on his unparalleled access to business leaders around the world, as well as on studies conducted in more than 500 organizations, Goleman reveals the skills that distinguish the star performers in every field. From entry-level jobs to top executive positions, the single most important factor is not IQ, advanced degrees, or technical expertise. It is emotional intelligence. Self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-control; commitment and integrity; the ability to communicate and influence, to initiate and accept change. Goleman demonstrates that these competencies are at a premium in today's job market. The higher up the leadership ladders you go, the more vital all aspects of emotional intelligence become, often determining who is hired and who is fired, who is passed over and who promoted.
Daniel Goleman has written a ground breaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are “wired to connect” and the surprisingly deep impact of our relationships on every aspect of our lives. He explores an emerging new science with startling implications for our interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery: we are designed for sociability, constantly engaged in a “neural ballet” that connects us brain to brain with those around us. And Goleman delivers his most heartening news with powerful conviction: we humans have a built-in bias toward empathy, cooperation, and altruism– provided we develop the social intelligence to nurture these capacities in ourselves and others.
Drawing from decades of analysis within world-class organizations, the authors show that resonant leaders - whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians - excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using EI competencies like empathy and self-awareness. And they employ up to six leadership styles - from visionary to coaching to pacesetting - fluidly interchanging them as the situation demands.
Facilitating effective teamwork across all levels and boundaries is one of the most important issues in our networked world. This work demonstrates how to bring the power of emotional and social intelligence to deliver high performance teamwork through engaging insights, exercises and stories and emphasizes how to create results that are seamless, dynamic, and productive. The book offers practical information and a guide for organizations that need to leverage the power of the emotional and social competencies of their teams. It reveals how individuals, team members, and leaders can take the steps to become more emotionally influential and shows how to put in place the practices and exercises that will help any team grow in emotional intelligence.
This popular second edition provides highly effective experiential learning drawn from real life and supports enhanced emotional intelligence competencies in coaching, team building and organizational development. It includes a cross-reference matrix that maps the 65 exercises to four leading emotional intelligence models. The exercises are designed for coaches and trainers to use with leaders, teams and groups and cover a wide range of the core skills required for developing emotional and social intelligence including assertiveness, empathy, optimism, emotional expression, impulse control and self actualization.
Leading scholars and experienced practitioners came together to create this rich collection of EI knowledge and solutions that provide a solid asset for everyone involved in developing leaders, teams, and organizations. The handbook features case studies, best practices and proven tools that show how emotional and social intelligence is being harnessed to directly improve individual, team and organization effectiveness. Contributions focus on learning hot spots such as leadership, recruitment, conflict resolution, team development and stress management. Organized in four parts the book addresses (1) Coaching: working with leaders and other individuals; (2) Teams, Organizations, and Cultures: working with systems; (3) Multiple Perspectives: combining resources such as the EQi and the MBTI, and Education: addressing the needs of leaders and students.
The Handbook of Emotions comprehensively examines all aspects of emotion and its role in human behavior. This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition now brings readers fully up to date on major theories, findings, methods, and applications. The field's foremost researchers explore how emotion intersects with biology, developmental processes, social behavior, personality, cognition, and physical and mental health. Also presented are state-of-the-science perspectives on specific emotions, such as fear, anger, shame, disgust, positive emotions, and sadness. New topics include emotion regulation, neuroimaging approaches, emotions in psychotherapy, the social functions of emotion, emotional complexity, emotion across the lifespan, transdiagnostic emotional disturbances in psychopathology, and much more.
Bringing together leading international experts from a variety of sub-disciplines, this volume aims to integrate recent research on emotional intelligence. The contributors address a set of focused questions concerning theory, measures, and applications: How does emotional intelligence relate to personality? What is the optimal approach to testing emotional intelligence? How can emotional intelligence be trained? In the final section of the book, the volume editors distill and synthesize the main points made by these experts and set forth an agenda for building a science of emotional intelligence in the future.
Matthews, G., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (2003). Emotional Intelligence Science and Myth. The MIT Press.
This book offers a comprehensive critical review of EI. It examines current thinking on the nature, components, determinants, and consequences of EI, and evaluates the state of the art in EI theory, research, assessment, and applications. It highlights the extent to which empirical evidence supports EI as a valid construct and debunks some of the more extravagant claims that appear in the popular media. Finally, it examines the potential use of EI to guide practical interventions in various clinical, occupational, and educational settings.
McKee, A., Boyatzis, R. E., & Johnston, F. (2008). Becoming a resonant leader: Develop your emotional intelligence, renew your relationships, sustain your effectiveness. Harvard Business School Press.
Reflecting on twenty years of longitudinal research and practical wisdom with executives and leaders around the world, this book is organized around a core of experience-tested exercises. These tools are designed to help articulate strengths and values, craft a plan for intentional change, and create resonance with others. This book is ideal for individuals seeking personal and professional development and for consultants, coaches, teachers, and faculty to use with their clients or students.
Salovey, P., Brackett, M. A., & Mayer, J.D. (Eds.). (2004). Emotional Intelligence: Key Readings on the Mayer and Salovey Model. Natl Professional Resources Inc.
This book of readings, collected and edited by the co-founders of Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Peter Salovey and Dr. John Mayer, introduces the theory, measurement, and applications of the EI ability model. Salovey and Mayer carefully selected their most up-to-date book chapters and peer-reviewed articles to present the transition from origination, development, and present state of Emotional Intelligence.
Shapiro, D. (2016). Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. New York, NY: Viking.
Find out how to successfully resolve your most emotionally charged conflicts. This indispensable guide reveals the five hidden emotional forces that strain your relations and block agreement: vertigo, repetition compulsion, taboos, assault on the sacred, and identity politics. The moment you feel attacked, these forces transform your conflict into an adversarial battle, turning even a straightforward disagreement into an emotional uproar. In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, you will learn a powerful, proven approach to overcome these forces, reconcile your relations, and reach agreement in even your most challenging personal and professional disputes.
Check out our new EVENTS section to find out about the latest conferences and training opportunities involving members of the EI Consortium.
New Video Series From Dr. Daniel Goleman
Dr. Daniel Goleman has released a new video series outlining the 12 competencies of emotional intelligence in Crucial Competence: Building Emotional and Social Leadership. The series features in-depth video interviews with Daniel Goleman, George Kohlrieser, Richard Davidson, Richard Boyatzis, and Vanessa Druskat about how to foster emotionally intelligent leadership skills from an individual and organizational standpoint. It includes research-based evidence to show how EI competences differentiate performance, and specific methods to integrate these findings for effective leadership.
Listen to Consortium member Chuck Wolfe interview some of the thought leaders in emotional intelligence.
Interview with Geetu Bharwaney
Challenges abound and life is stressful for many. So how do we cope? Chuck Wolfe interviews Geetu Bharwaney about her book, Emotional Resilience. Geetu offers research, insights, and most importantly practical tips for helping people bounce back from adversity. Click here to listen to the interview.
Interview with Dr. Helen Riess
Changes in healthcare have led to pressures on providers to spend less time with patients resulting in less time for questions, empathy and compassion. Helen Riess, M.D., a Harvard Medical Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, and Chief Scientist and Chairman of Empathetics, is one person working hard to reverse this trend. Dr. Riess's company teaches empathy to doctors and other healthcare professionals often leading to very positive outcomes. Click here to listen to the interview.
Interview with Dr. Daniel Goleman
Listen to an interview by with Dr. Goleman on his new book Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. In the book Dan helps readers to understand the importance and power of the ability to focus one's attention, will power, and cognitive control in creating life success. Click here to listen to the interview.
Interview with Dr. John Mayer
How Personal Intelligence Shapes Our Lives: A Conversation with John D. Mayer. From picking a life partner, to choosing a career, Jack explains how personal intelligence has a major impact on our ability to make successful decisions. Click here to listen to the interview.
Interview with Dr. Cary Cherniss
Interview with Dr. Marc Brackett
Click HERE to listen to an interview with Dr. Marc Brackett, the newly appointed leader of the Center of Emotional Intelligence which will begin operation at Yale University in April, 2013. In this interview Dr. Brackett shares his vision for the new center.
Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies: Cross Cultural Implications
Continued research on the assessment and development of emotional and social intelligence competencies represents an opportunity to further both theoretical and applied applications of behavioral science to the management of human capital. While the field has continued to expand over the preceding decades, research has often trailed application, especially as it relates to cross-cultural validity. The purpose of this special issue of Cross Cultural Management - An International Journal serves to focus on cultural issues related to applied use of emotional and social intelligence competencies in diverse cultures. Articles in the special issue include data from various countries including India, Peru, China, Italy, Australia, and the United States. Click here to read more.

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In the past, when I would have something I would struggle with, I learned that the internet often has the answer, and there have been quite a few times where I would get an item in the mail, and it would come in pieces that you have to assemble.
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New Delhi and 4 Regional and 28 Zonal offices
CURRENT CHAIRMAN –> V.R BODA
Its objectives include -> To organize, promote and develop marketing, processing and storage of agricultural, horticultural and forest produce, distribution of agricultural machinery, implements and other inputs, undertake inter-state, import and export trade, wholesale or retail as the case may be and to act and assist for technical advice in agricultural, production for the promotion and the working of its members, partners, associates and cooperative marketing, processing and supply societies in India.
One of the Main Objectives include -> Procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Onion from farmers directly and the money after sale would directly be transferred to farmers accounts
Recent events –
- Since 2014 the NAFED was not doing that well financially and was on the verge of closure, mainly due to a low capital base of 250 crore.
- In 2016-2018 the capital base of NAFED was increased to around 42000 crore. Which fuelled the procurement of pulses and oilseeds in 2017-18 to around 31.91 lakh metric tonnes which benefited over 20 lakh farmers
- NAFED registered record numbers on other financial parameters and in 2018-19, it is expected to earn record profit

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Times OOH, a leading Outdoor Advertising agency, has launched a new iconic and premium set of media sites at Mumbai International Airport Terminal T2, enhancing its media offerings for national and global clients. Considering the booming demand for airport advertising from advertisers across categories, the company has upgraded its media offerings at various crucial and strategic locations of T2, Mumbai Airport.
The ultra-high definition and new age technology-led Digital Display sites named ‘Digital Alley’ and ‘Digital Squares’ have been installed at two high impact zones 1) the Arrival Exit Gates and 2) after the security check while heading towards the Security holding area, respectively. Digital Alley and Digital Squares packages include 2 sites impactful assets each, ensuring 100% reach. Both locations have been strategically identified based on passenger movement flow and dwell timings to provide the best exposure to advertisers within the airport.
Times OOH has also introduced four LED lit lightboxes at eye-level in the integrated Departure’s Security Check Level 4. The new impactful sites are part of the ‘Discover’ package.
Furthermore, a new set of media is placed at the Meeters & Greeters area at T2 Arrival; here four large format LED lit lightboxes dropdowns and wall mounted sites offer advertisers larger than life opportunity to reach 100% of arriving passengers and also target the meeters and greeters. According to research the meters and greeters spend close to 30 minutes waiting in this area.
Meta, Intel, and Vivo have made the 1st mover advantage and have become the 1st brands to advertise on these new spectacular sites.
“We are happy to announce the launch of a new set of media at Terminal 2, Mumbai Airport. The new installations have been undertaken considering the increasing demand for airport advertising. Mumbai Airport is notably one of the world’s busiest airports it caters to the most desirable target audience for all premium brand categories along with high dwell time to interact and engage with TG through high-quality new age formats”, articulates Sumit Chadha, Airport Sales Head, Times OOH.
“The recent new media installations are done scientifically understanding the passenger movement and areas where they tend to spend maximum time for various reasons. We ensure that each advertiser that comes on board gets maximum value for the money. We are already receiving a great response from the advertisers as some most reputed brands have already made them a part of their marketing initiatives. We welcome more such brands to come and experience the power of outdoor advertising”, adds Sumit.
Times OOH offers comprehensive media solutions across Airports, Metro, and Street furniture in India and Mauritius.

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Scott Briggs can count on one hand the numbers of times he's beaten Gene Elliott in a golf tournament since the two became friends some 30 years ago.
In fact, Briggs has beaten Elliott, one of the top senior amateur golfers in the world, just once.
So when Briggs found out he was paired with Elliott in the afternoon foursome matches of the 51st Iowa Cup Matches at Spirit Hollow Golf Course on Wednesday afternoon, his confidence level soared. The only thing Briggs was worried about was leaving Elliott in a tough spot in the alternate shot format.
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"I love Scott. We've known each other since we were practically kids. Briggs —this is kind of a home deal for him. It was fun being with him," Elliiott said. "Alternate shot is a difficult format, so par is pretty good. We just tried to make pars. They had a couple missed short ones. Alternate shot is just a survival thing. We just survived, that's all we did.
"It's almost a little more pressure than if you were playing your own ball because you don't want to put him in a bad spot and then he's got a struggle. He doesn't want to do it to me either. We kind of ham and egged it a little bit. It was just survival."
"I've known him since the late 1980s probably. I played with him and Rob Pomerantz in a U.S. Amateur qualifier at Finkbine way back when. I've known him for quite a while. I think I beat him one time in those 30 years in a regular tournament. That was a long time ago, too," Briggs said. "This afternoon I had Gene for my partner. If you're going to have someone on the amateur side to pick, that would be the guy to pick. I hit a couple squirrely shots, but the guys we were playing with missed a couple short putts like we did, so it was just a matter of who missed the fewest. Gene hits the ball spectacularly. I don't know if he missed a shot all afternoon. He's definitely top one or two senior guys in the world, I think.
"I don't get nervous. I just try not to put him in spots that he's never been in. I did do that a couple holes, but he would hit a great chip shot out to four or five feet and then I would miss them. He's got every shot in the book. He just hits every shot so, so solid. He is really, really good. People don't realize how good he is."
Briggs, who works at FunCity and bowled a 300 games this past winter, said he spends almost as much time on the bowling alley as he does on the golf course these days. But when the IGA called and asked him to be on their team this week, he was quick to respond.
"I got asked to play and I'm in the regular division, so I get to play the big-boy tees, which I haven't done for a while. It's a little different. I played all right this morning. I had a couple bad holes. I had a good partner. We just made four straight bogeys on 11, 12, 13 and 14. We lost that match, 2-up," Briggs said. "That was during a tournament, it was called the Three Stooges Tournament. I asked a couple guys to bowl on a Sunday morning. First game right out of the box, I got a lucky strike in the 10th. I threw it wide and it was kind of a light mixer, but the last two were solid strikes. That was my second one. If my dad was still alive he wouldn't believe that I've had two 300 games because he's seen me bowl."
Burlington Golf Club professional Joe Butler had a perfect opening day. He teamed with Stephen Hutton in the four-ball to beat Rob Christensen and Tom Norton, 4&2, then teamed with Bryan Luedtke in the afternoon foursome to beat Joe Bates and Scot Hart, 4&2.
"I had good partners, which always helps. It was a very windy day, very challenging. The course is in good shape. I played two matches against two really nice guys. Both matches were enjoyable and I was lucky enough to come out on top in both of them," Butler said. "It's just great to be with these guys. We host a lot of tournaments for these amateurs and play with the pros. Now they're on our team, so it's a lot more fun that way. There are some really good players, obviously, and they've won a lot of titles themselves. It's fun to compare games with them."
First-year Spirit Hollow professional Brian Lorenz also went 2-0 in his matches for the IPGA team. He teamed with Luedtke in four-ball to beat Brian Allison and John Siela, 3&1, then joined forces with Jeff Smith to beat Christensen and Peterson, 2&1.
"I just tried to make some putts and try not to short-side anybody," Lorenz said. "It's fun. There's a lot of camaraderie. A lot of good golf, too. It's awesome. Nothing but rave reviews of our golf course. It's always nice to have the best of the best here."
IPGA 13 1/2, IGA 6 1/2
Gene Elliott/Ron Peterson (IGA) 5&4 over Aaron Krueger/Chris Black
Chad Callan/Clark Smith (IPGA) 1-up over David Combs/Justin Pansegrau
Sean McCarty/Justin Smool (IPGA) 2-up over Scot Cook/Scott Hart
Stephen Hutton/Joe Butler (IPGA) 4&2 over Rob Christensen/Tom Norton
Brian Lorenz/Bryan Luedtke (IPGA) 3&1 over Brian Allison/John Siela
Tracy Vesy/Ben Montgomery (IPGA) halved with Ethan Mechling/Trent Lindenmann
Matt Engler/Curt Schnell (IPGA) 1-up over Logan Schweinefus/Bret Taylor
John Bermel/Jeff Smith (IPGA) halved with Joe Bates/Terry Cook
Dusty Drenth/Jeff Collett (IGA) 2-up over Chad Proehl/Darin Fisher
Judd Gibb/Jeffrey Schmid (IPGA) 2&1 over Scott Briggs/Wes Buntenbach
Aaron Krueger/John Bermel (IPGA) halved with Brian Allison/Tom Norton
Joe Butler/Bryan Luedtke (IPGA) 4&2 over Joe Bates/Scot Hart
Darin Fisher/Chris Black (IPGA) halved with Bret Taylor/Trent Lindenman
Gene Elliott/Scott Briggs (IGA) 2&1 over Sean McCarty/Curt Schnell
Matt Enger/Ben Montgomery ((IPGA) 2-up over Wes Buntenbach/John Siela
Dusty Drenth/Logan Schweinefus (IGA) 6&5 over Clark Smith/Chad Callan
Jeff Smith/Brian Lorenz (IPGA) 2&1 over Rob Christensen/Ron Peterson
Tracy Vest/Jeffrey Schmid (IPGA) halved with Justin Pansegrau/Jeff Collett
Chad Proehl/Judd Gibb (IPGA) 1-up over Ethan Mechling/David Combs
Stephen Hutton/Justin Smool (IPGA) 1-up over Terry Cook/Scot Cook
THURSDAY'S SINGLES PAIRINGS
8 a.m. — Jim Becker (IGA) vs. Steve Hutton (IPGA). 8:08 a.m. — Scott Briggs (IGA) vs. Judd Gibb (IPGA). 8:16 a.m. — Scot Cook (IGA) vs. Darin Fisher (IPGA). 8:24 a.m. — Terry Cook (IGA) vs. Sean McCarty (IPGA). 8:32 a.m. — Ethan Mechling (IGA) vs. Travy Vest (IPGA). 8:40 a.m. — Rob Christensen (IGA) vs. Jeff Smith (IPGA). 8:48 a.m. — Ron Peterson (IGA) vs. Clark Smith (IPGA). 8:56 a.m. — Bret Taylor (IGA) vs. Aaron Krueger (IPGA). 9:04 a.m. — Trent Lindenman (IGA) vs. Ben Montgomery (IPGA). 9:12 a.m. — David Combs (IGA) vs. Chad Proehl (IPGA).
8 a.m. — Wes Bunterbach (IGA) vs. Jeff Scmid (IPGA). 8:08 a.m — Gene Elliott (IGA) vs. Curt Schnell (IPGA). 8:16 a.m. — Joe Bates (IGA) vs. John Bermel (IPGA). 8:24 a.m. — Scott Hart (IGA) vs. Chris Black (IPGA). 8:32 a.m. — Brian Allison (IGA) vs. Matt Erger (IPGA). 8:40 a.m. — Jeff Collett (IGA) vs. Bryan Luedtke (IPGA). 8:48 a.m. — John Siela (IGA) vs. Chad Callan (IPGA). 8:56 a.m. — Tom Norton (IGA) vs. Joe Butler (IPGA). 9:04 a.m. — Logan Schweinefus (IGA) vs. Justin Smool (IPGA). 9:12 a.m. — Justin Pansegrau (IGA) vs. Brian Lorenz (IPGA).


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Wow looks mean.
I would love this setup for the strip. Are these a off the shelf wheel or custom?
I will answer some of the quetions for Junkie...He's probably drunk out in Florida right now.They are a custom design that Weld has built for the CTS V community. I just received my rears for use at the track and am awaiting the tires to be delivered.
Originally Posted by LSA
+1 for details on the rim/tire setup.
That stance looks awesome!
Edit - I found the rear setup "Weld RTS 17x10's with MT 295/45/17 Street Radials", what size front runners are you running? Any brake modifications?
Here is a link to an CTS V owner's shop who can acquire these:


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Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed an unfamiliar budget for public education in the state – one with actual increases. His 2013-14 spending plan for K-12 schools includes a revision of his plan to reform the state’s convoluted, inequitable school finance system that lawmakers and a coalition of education groups rejected last year. Passing it would be a priority, Brown said.
Brown wants to increase overall spending for K-12 and community colleges in the 2013-14 fiscal year by 5 percent: $2.7 billion, which translates to $337 per student. Total spending would rise to $56.2 billion next year.
That growth in revenue, guaranteed by Proposition 98, together with extra money from the passage of Proposition 30 in November, would be split between continuing to pay off late payments to schools – part of the state’s “wall of debt” that Brown is determined to shrink rapidly – and phasing in a new funding system that would steer more money to low-income students, English learners and a new group: foster-care children.
Brown also wants to shift the responsibility for adult education from K-12 districts to community colleges, with an extra $300 million given to community colleges for that purpose, and to dedicate $450 million in new revenue to school districts and community colleges for energy efficiency projects.
Phase in finance reform
Brown’s finance reforms would direct additional funds to school districts based on their enrollments of English learners and low-income students. The new K-12 finance system, now christened the “local control funding” formula, is similar in major respects to the “weighted student funding” formula that lawmakers shunted aside last year. But since then voters passed Proposition 30, providing more than $2 billion annually to Proposition 98, with forecasts of an economic bounce-back.
Brown administration officials also say they are incorporating some of the criticisms from meetings with district officials and student advocacy groups in November. “Gubernatorial leadership, a better proposal, a better fiscal situation and a communication campaign” where none existed last year convinced State Board of Education President Michael Kirst that this may truly be the year of reform. “A policy window has opened,” said Kirst, who co-wrote the original plan for a weighted formula five years ago.
The goal is a simpler, clearer and more uniform way to fund schools. By eliminating nearly all of the remaining state programs with spending restrictions, called “categoricals,” the new plan would continue the process of transferring power from Sacramento – aka passing the buck – that started four years ago when lawmakers slashed district budgets. Now, Brown wants to make permanent what he calls the “principle of subsidiarity” – giving more authority to those closer to the classroom.
The ultimate authority for spending decisions would be the district office, not the schools, and supplementary dollars would be allocated on the numbers of students in need per district. In a press conference, Brown acknowledged that a new finance system might not please districts that have fared relatively well under quirky, inequitable funding formulas or that educate fewer of the targeted groups of children.
But, quoting Aristotle, he said, “Treating unequals equally is not justice.” The resource needs of students in Compton are not the same as those in Santa Monica, he said, and it is not right, fair and just to fund them similarly. “Suburbanites who can see over the horizon” have an interest in seeing that inequalities are eliminated, he said.
Brown and administration officials reiterated that all districts would be fully repaid money that the state has cut and borrowed from them.
- Deferrals: For five years, the state has been paying districts increasing amounts of money a year late. Last year, the total was $10.4 billion – about 20 percent of the Proposition 98 obligation due them. This forced districts to borrow money, adding expense and creating cash flow problems. This year, the state is repaying $2.2 billion. Brown proposes to pay off an additional $1.8 billion next year and to wipe out the deferrals by 2017-18.
- Budget cuts: Within seven years, when the new funding formulas are fully phased in, Brown is promising to repay districts the 20 percent of the base spending lost since 2008-09 through foregone cost-of-living increases and budget cuts. Districts would be repaid at different rates. Those that receive the least money now, compared with what they would receive under the new formula, would be get more money faster.
As for the Local Community Funding Formula, details and district-by-district allocations, enabling districts to compare how they’d fare under the new system versus the status quo, won’t be available for weeks. However, the budget summary offered highlights and Brown officials added some details in interviews and in a press conference.
Districts currently receive a combination of an unrestricted grant, called the revenue limit, plus categorical grants. Both vary from district to district. Some outdated formulas go back 30 years; others have been frozen and have failed to keep up with student growth and declines.
Under the new formula, districts will receive a base grant plus supplemental dollars based on the number of students who are English learners, in foster care or whose families are low-income. The following figures are preliminary – and will change, as the formula is revised. (It may have already been revised by the time you read this.)
Base grant: It will be equal to the fully repaid revenue limit. Currently, with cuts it’s about $5,500; the target is an average of $6,800 in seven years, according to Nicolas Schweizer of the state Department of Finance. Grades K-3 will continue getting additional money for reducing class sizes but, for now, districts can spend the money as they choose. The same flexibility will apply to career technical education categorical grants, which will be folded into the basic per-student grant for high school grades.
While superintendents have been clamoring for more flexibility, defenders of technical education and Partnership Academies, which prepare students for college and careers, worry that districts might cut funding for the programs. Until the state accountability system is changed, districts will overvalue subjects, like English language arts and math, that are tested, said Fred Jones, who represents a coalition of employers, labor groups and others concerned about career technical education. “The only real assurance we have under the current confines that CTE dollars will be spent on career prep is for those dollars to be limited only to bona fide career prep programs and expenses.”
Supplement dollars: Every low-income and foster care student and students not proficient in English will get an extra 35 percent of the base grant: $2,380, once fully phased in. So, for example, for a district where 25 percent of students are targeted for extra funding, the average per-student funding in seven years would be $7,395 ($6,800 base plus $595 supplement). A district with 50 percent students in need would get $7,990 ($6,800 plus $1,190).
Last year, in the May revision of the budget, Brown was recommending only an extra 20 percent of the base grant.
Concentration factor: Districts where low-income and other students in need comprise over half of the student body will get even more bonus money on top of the supplement, based on the assumption that concentrations of low-income students and English learners pose extra challenges. (Some superintendents and policy advocates dispute this assertion.) This will also be 35 percent. So a district with 75 percent students in need would receive $9,180 per student ($6,800 plus $1,785 supplement plus $595 concentration bonus).
Categorical programs: Districts will continue to receive more than $1 billion in categorical dollars for bus transportation and Target Instruction Improvement Grants, but the amounts will be frozen. Continuing TIIG – once allocated for desegregation programs but now general dollars – is a particular nod to Los Angeles Unified, the biggest beneficiary by far, which has built this money into its current budget for decades.
The new funding system retains separate funding for special education and nutrition programs and after-school programs funded under Proposition 49, which together total about $4 billion.
Accountability: Last year some advocates for low-income students and English learners had criticized Brown’s plan to allocate money to districts rather than to individual schools out of concern that extra dollars might not be spent on those students.
Money will continue to be distributed to a school district’s central office, but Brown would require a District Plan for Student Achievement, in which districts must annually account for how money would be spent on low-income students and English-language learners and document that all students have qualified teachers and sufficient materials. For the first time, districts would also have to demonstrate how they implement Common Core standards and progress made toward career- and college-readiness goals.
Sue Burr, Brown’s chief education adviser, said that the state would not withhold money from districts that are out of compliance. The assumption is that parents and advocacy groups would hold administrators and school board members accountable for how funds are spent. Among the children’s advocates who praised the concept of weighted funding Thursday while cautioning that they need more information was John Affeldt, managing partner at Public Advocates, a nonprofit law firm. “We remain enthusiastic supporters of the concept of spending more on kids who need more resources to get to the same level of achievement,” he said. The requirement for a district accountability plan is “a concept that we and other advocates had pushed for and is a step in the right direction, but we await details.”
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el 10 years ago10 years ago
I am pleased to see that Career Technical Education money did not get forgotten in this go round. Locally, I see relatively strong support for those programs, but the previous proposal had (accidentally?) eliminated that funding which would have made it very difficult to keep the programs. Perhaps more urban districts would see more pressure to put that money into more traditionally academic subjects than we do.
Chris 10 years ago10 years ago
Great that the Gov. included some funding for CTE but do many realize that those dollars are also “Flex” and can be used by districts anyway that want? We all know how that goes.
The ROC/Ps that have been the successfully delivery system for CTE over 45 years are completely eliminated as part of the Gov.’s budget proposal.
John Fensterwald 10 years ago10 years ago
Paul: I doubt whether the state will want to get involved in monitoring how the money for English learners is used at a district or school level, BUT the governor is proposing a 5-year limit in money for ELs, in order to counter the financial disincentives of moving students to English proficiency. This would represent a major change, as you know. Keep in mind that students will get one amount -- an extra 35 percent -- … Read More
Paul: I doubt whether the state will want to get involved in monitoring how the money for English learners is used at a district or school level, BUT the governor is proposing a 5-year limit in money for ELs, in order to counter the financial disincentives of moving students to English proficiency. This would represent a major change, as you know.
Keep in mind that students will get one amount — an extra 35 percent — whether they are EL or low-income; student who are both don’t get double money. However, most English learners are from low-income families and so would continue to qualify for supplemental money after 5 years.
el 10 years ago10 years ago
One of the realities of EL and low income kids is that if they were ever classified that way, they will probably always need more support. For example, it's unlikely that they have a parent who attended college, which means they would benefit from more counseling support. If we have enough money to provide an adequate level of counseling support to all students, this may not matter, but in the resource limited environment we've experienced … Read More
One of the realities of EL and low income kids is that if they were ever classified that way, they will probably always need more support. For example, it’s unlikely that they have a parent who attended college, which means they would benefit from more counseling support. If we have enough money to provide an adequate level of counseling support to all students, this may not matter, but in the resource limited environment we’ve experienced lately, it’s much more apparent.
Paul 10 years ago10 years ago
I will add that last year's and this year's weighted student funding proposals are significant in that they contradict the naive assumption on which the state's anti-tax provisions rest: that population growth and general inflation are the only determinants of growth in state spending. That we have services for English Learners today proves that the scope of government service may increase as a result of societal changes. In a similar vein, accommodating low-income earners recognizes … Read More
I will add that last year’s and this year’s weighted student funding proposals are significant in that they contradict the naive assumption on which the state’s anti-tax provisions rest: that population growth and general inflation are the only determinants of growth in state spending. That we have services for English Learners today proves that the scope of government service may increase as a result of societal changes. In a similar vein, accommodating low-income earners recognizes that a weak economy can increase the demand for government services.
Paul 10 years ago10 years ago
I wonder whether income questionnaires, CELDT tests, and RFEP decision inputs will be audited by the state, or whether the low-income and English Learner categories will be abused, in the same way that the free or reduced-price lunch program has turned into a free-for-all. Short of audits on parents (for income) and districts (for CELDT results), one way to prevent abuse would be to legislate a trajectory, i.e., to clamp a district's year-over-year increases in supplemental … Read More
I wonder whether income questionnaires, CELDT tests, and RFEP decision inputs will be audited by the state, or whether the low-income and English Learner categories will be abused, in the same way that the free or reduced-price lunch program has turned into a free-for-all.
Short of audits on parents (for income) and districts (for CELDT results), one way to prevent abuse would be to legislate a trajectory, i.e., to clamp a district’s year-over-year increases in supplemental and concentration funding.
Except in high-growth areas, of which there are few in California, there should not be substantial increases in the English Learner population from year to year. The low-income population, for its part, will vary everywhere, with the overall economy.
In gentrifying areas, such as San Francisco, the number of English Learners and the number of low-income students will decline over time. It will be interesting to see whether districts admit such declines or try to hide them, holding on to the extra money.
ssy 10 years ago10 years ago
Paul - what do you mean by "free or reduced-price lunch program has turned into a free-for-all"? In my observation of our school district's budget document, the reported number of SES and EL student is quite high for our area, much higher than you would expect based on census data, and based on the median income/housing prices of our area. My hunch is that there is some sort of numbers game going on, … Read More
Paul – what do you mean by “free or reduced-price lunch program has turned into a free-for-all”? In my observation of our school district’s budget document, the reported number of SES and EL student is quite high for our area, much higher than you would expect based on census data, and based on the median income/housing prices of our area. My hunch is that there is some sort of numbers game going on, just enough to not cause alarm but a very conveniently nice number, but this is first time coming across someone saying the same thing. Can you enlighten me?

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Company Secretarial & Governance Market Review: Autumn 2023
With many of you returning to your desks, following what we hope were splendid summer holidays, we thought we’d recap on the developments and insights that have emerged in the governance market these past few months.
The FRC is currently taking on a more active role in monitoring and reinforcing governance reporting standards in various areas, including climate change and sustainability, geopolitical events, and digital security and risk, among others. Whilst the FRC’s focus has traditionally been on listed companies’ reporting, its plans for 2023/24 is also to review a selection of private companies’ annual reports to ensure their compliance with regulatory requirements is on par, given, the enhanced regulatory focus on the largest private companies. But changes are not limited to the private sector, with the Charity Commission also updating its guidance on making charity investments this past August.
And it seems that not only the FRC, but other organisations, including the Investment Association (IA) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have also updated their guidance. Specifically, recommending restraint, sensitivity around executive remuneration and that increases are proportionate to those for the broader workforce, and updating recommendations for the proportion of women Board Directors, women in senior Board positions and members from ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Mandalas Flower Coloring Book
Mandalas are symbolic designs used in rituals and spiritual practices that symbolize many views of the universe. By allowing you to take a break from a busy lifestyle, these potent diagrams can assist you in beginning a spiritual path of self-discovery. By incorporating a wide range of colors into these remarkable designs, you may unwind and get rid of your worries with these Mandalas Flower Coloring Book.
- Color: Black
- Dimensions: 18.5 x 18.5cm
- Pages: 12 Sheet
- Weight: 46g
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Perfect Keepsake: This will create a really great souvenir that you may cherish for many years if you take the time to fill it with lovely drawings. You will absolutely cherish your work on these papers.
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Can Be An Amazing Gift: Adults, professionals, children, and students who are just starting out. Can be gifted to your loved ones and hence, giving them a fantastic painting experience.

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Strathmore inkjet paper iron on sheets
Now artists and crafters can express themselves on fabric without the limitations of traditional transfer sheets.
Image stretches with fabric and feels soft
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Draw or paint directly on transfer sheets with markers, crayons, oil pastels, watercolor and soft watercolor pencils.
Draw directly on transfer sheets with markers.
Use with many fabric types including cotton, synthetics, poly/cotton blends, linen, canvas and denim. The transfer withstands multiple washing cycles and there are no special wash instructions.
The possibilities are endless
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After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, she is ready to take some risks and have a life-changing summer, starting with her Anti-Wallflower List—thirteen items she’s going to check off one by one. She’s looking forward to riding rollercoasters, making her art Instagram public (maybe), and going on an epic road-trip with her best friend.
But when number four on her list goes horribly wrong—revenge on her archrival—she’s certain her summer has gone from charmed to cursed. Instead of a road trip with her best friend, she finds herself stuck in a car with her rival driving to a magical convention. But as they travel down the coast of California, number thirteen on her list—fall in love—may be happening without her realizing it.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Homemade pizza dough is one of those things - once you try it - no other pizza will do, and once you learn how easy it is - you'll be doing it with your eyes shut. When someone suggests ordering pizza for dinner, I dive for the bread flour and rolling pin just to spare myself from the soggy bases, and over-salted, plastic cheese toppings from the local pizzeria. Some people, in childish bouts of spite, will even challenge unsuspecting family members to get their soggy shop made pizza before the pretty homemade pizza is out of the oven. Trust me, they'll lose. I just know these things...
So, with the mercury dropping, get in there and knead some dough. Between the bingo wings workout and a roaring hot oven, you'll be as warm as toast in no time. The lower temperatures are also great for slow yeast development - you'll get so much more flavour if you can let the dough rise slowly. If you don't have the hours required for that, plonk the dough in a warm spot and watch it rise.
The smell of pizza dough is immediately soothing. A sprinkle of dried oregano combined with the fermenting yeast gives off an aroma to ease the mind. If you have the energy, make a double batch and freeze some of the dough before rising, or par-bake the rolled out base for a super quick meal or snack. If you freeze the dough, thaw it out in the fridge overnight in a greased bowl, letting it rise as it thaws.
The understated pizza above is the beauty known as Pizza Bianca. The toppings are nothing more than extra virgin olive oil, a good sea salt and fresh rosemary massaged into the base. I know, I know, it sounds so boring and plain, but think of pretzels, plain potato chips, or fresh focaccia. You can't argue with how those snacks rate in the moreish stakes.
The second pizza is as simple as smearing some fresh pesto over the base, layering some super thinly sliced potatos and some good streaky bacon. I got to use the last of my King Valley Free Range bacon. A quick flourish of grated parmesan and into the oven to crisp and brown. Seriously, that's about 2 minutes worth of effort.
Homemade Pizza Dough
(Makes 2 large pizzas)
3 cups plain flour (bread flour if you have it)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp yeast
1 cup water, at blood temp
1 tab dried oregano (optional)
In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients and bring together into a loose mass. If you have a mixer with a dough hook attachment, get it going on a low speed for about 7-10 minutes. If kneading by hand, you'll need to knead for about 10 minutes. If the dough doesn't come together, add more water, a tablespoon at a time. Dough should form a smooth, elastic ball, leaving the sides of the bowl clean. Press the dough with your finger to see if its ready. It will spring back quickly when it's done.
Take dough out of the bowl and drizzle in a little olive oil. Put the dough back in and turn to coat the ball evenly. Cover with cling wrap and leave in a warm spot for 2 hours or so, until doubled in size. The time it takes will depend on the temperature of your room.
Heat oven to highest heat setting. Punch the dough down and roll out to about 5mm. (It's proper to try to stretch the dough, rather than roll it - I usually roll it to the basic shape and then push it out with my fingertips to reach the edges of the tray.) At this point you can let it rise again (another hour), for a fuller flavoured dough, or you can put your toppings on and cook right away.
Cook for 5 minutes at full heat, then reduce to 190c for remainder of cooking time. About 12 minutes, or until browned and dough is cooked through in the centre.

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For the first time, an exhibition about Giovanni Francesco Barbieri – known as Guercino – one of the main italian baroque painters, has been organized in Japan. It can be considered one of the most complete exhibition ever set up about this artist, with 44 paintings involved, to help japanese people to get even more close to the XVII century italian art. Particularly this artist, who in Japan has not yet achieved the same fame of other old masters as Leonardo or Caravaggio. Fondazione Sorgente Group, which has always been sensitive about the art of this great master from Cento, has enthusiastically agreed to take part of this project, lending one of its masterpieces: “Diana the Huntress” painted by Guercino in 1658 for the earl Fabio Carandini.
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The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers: A Treatise Presenting Conclusions Concerning the Origin and Lives of This Famous Family Derived from Lifelong Study of Their Works and Diligent Research Among Relevant Data from Early to Recent Times, Having As Its Principal Subject Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Renowned Maker of Violins
Chicago: William Lewis & Son, 1949.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.
#1478 of a Limited Edition of 1500 copies.
With a chapter devoted to his (Giovanni's) father Laurentius and mention of descendants recorded as workers in the craft, together with illustrations of characteristic works and a tabulation of examples reputedly authentic.Item #900183
8vo, 1/2 gilt titled and decorated brown leatherette cloth, mauve cloth over boards, gilt decoration and title front board, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 335pp, index, biblio., list of subscribers, fully illus.
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Hannah Brown really screwed up and is rightfully facing backlash from her fellow Bachelor Nation alums and fans alike. In case you missed it, the 25-year-old said the n-word on Instagram Live in May 2020, as she was practicing a TikTok dance and singing along to Dababy’s “Rockstar.” In subsequent clips, it seems like fans must have promptly called her out for it because she giggles an apology of sorts, saying: “I did? I’m so sorry.”
As a former Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars contestant, Hannah’s platform has a lot of reach. Some fans pointed out that she was “just singing along” to the words that are in the song, but let’s just get this out of the way fast: That doesn’t make it acceptable. Hannah should have understood how offensive it is and just how much history and meaning is associated with that word.
It seems that Hannah got the message. She later issued another apology, but that hasn’t stopped Bachelor Nation alums from calling her out.
Hannah B.'s apology for saying the n-word wasn't enough
After saying “sorry” for singing along to Dababy’s “Rockstar” and saying the n-word, Hannah Brown later issued a more lengthy apology. She posted on Instagram Live, via CNN, “I owe you all a major apology. There is no excuse and I will not justify what I said. I have read your messages and seen the hurt I have caused. I own it all. I am terribly sorry and know that whether in public or private, this language is unacceptable. I promise to do better.”
That might be a little too late for some of her Bachelor Nation friends. According to Us Weekly, former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay (pictured right) did not think Hannah’s apology was up to snuff. “It’s easy to make a statement, it’s easy to hide behind words, but when you’re bold enough to say the N-word on camera, on your platform … then you need to be bold enough to use your face on camera and apologize in the same way that you said the word,” Rachel said in a video. “I’m not discrediting the apology, I’m just saying we can’t give people a pass for this. You have to hold people accountable for what they’re doing.”
Rachel wasn’t the only celeb who felt compelled to speak up about the racial slur.
Other Bachelor Nation stars criticized Hannah B
Multiple Bachelor Nation stars called out Hannah Brown for saying the n-word. Tyler Cameron (pictured left), who competed in Hannah’s season of The Bachelorette, wrote on Instagram (via Us Weekly): “We have a long ways to go on this issue and a lot to learn. If you find yourself getting defensive, you are part of the problem. This is not about dragging HB. This is about using your platform for reasons like this. So we can educate those who don’t get it. This is bigger than HB. This is a societal problem.” He added that he doesn’t think Hannah is racist.
Bachelor alum Rebekah “Bekah” Martinez was less kind. She discussed the issue on her Instagram Stories (via E! News) “So no, it’s not cool to just sing along the lyrics of a song especially not ON YOUR PLATFORM WITH MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS?!! smh. it’s 2020. at least make a legitimate apology and acknowledge your behavior.”
Nick Viall said Hannah B’s actions were “deeply disappointing.” Diggy Moreland tweeted: “Watching her get quiet when she approached the N-word in the lyrics tells me she knew she shouldnt have said it. Ive heard more sincere apologies from a box of cereal.”
Former contestant Ashley Spivey also took to Twitter to expand on the situation: “Bachelornation has a racism problem and it’s not just production and contestants — it’s the audience too.”
Bachelor Nation has had other racist incidents
Reality star and attorney Rachel Lindsay was among the first to call out some of the darker sides to Bachelor Nation and its fandom. The first black Bachelorette spoke about her experience reading racist comments from fans. “By not talking about it, I think people feel empowered that they can continue to say certain things to us. If we’re ever going to fix this problem, we have to acknowledge the problem,” she said during Bachelor Peter Weber’s Women Tell All special in 2020 (via The Washington Post).
During the 2020 season, one of Peter’s contestants, Victoria Fuller, was called out for modeling for the Marlin Lives Matter organization and wearing Confederacy-inspired clothes. She has since apologized and said that she doesn’t support the White Lives Matter movement.
Hannah Brown’s controversial TikTok video has become yet another example of the need for serious conversations and serious change. It remains to be seen if she will prove to her more than 2.8 million followers that she really understands the significance of her actions.
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This paper seeks to understand the mechanisms underlying the policies creating incentives for carbon sequestration. The key difficulty in designing carbon policies for forests is to take into account the ephemeral nature of carbon sequestration and to accurately track the carbon flow entering and exiting forests. Among a number of existing payment systems, carbon subsidy-tax system (CST) and carbon rental system are the only two systems which both consider nonpermanence and accurately track the forest carbon flow. In this paper, we derive the optimal conditions for harvests under various carbon policies and simulate the effects in a single region, multi age class timber market model. We find that carbon policy will encourage afforestation if it create additional revenue but the CST and carbon rental system are more effective than the others in extending rotation ages. Another finding is that costs of carbon rental system are much higher than that of CST system although they are efficiently equivalent.


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Golden sunlight in a blue sky
Wow, it’s been a couple of days since my last blogpost! I still had this one in a folder so I figured I could write about it. I’m going to have some more fun with other stuff too so I might just skip some more updates. I’ve been working on a couple of sewing projects and I have a lot more in mind and that’s been taking up a lot of my time. And it’s been very, very warm around here and I try to wear as little make-up on those days as possible.
I made this look with the skirt I was wearing in mind, you can see it at the end of this blogpost. It’s one of my new favourite pieces of clothing lately, I love the fabric and the style. And I hear I have a great butt in it. Can’t tell you much about that myself but hey, I think those are pretty cool compliments lol.
Anyway, the fabric is a bit like taffeta, it shifts colour a bit going from a bit pale yellow to blue so I made a look with gold and blue. I thought it looked quite nice actually.
When I was wearing it, I thought this look was nice but not that very special. But I didn;t see the awesome golden shimmer all over the look, I didn’t see that until I was editting the pictures. 😀
Maybe you could see the golden shine on these pictures but I think it shows best on the pictures with the closed eyes. I like the combination of blue and gold and that day we had a very blue sky, that’s actually what got me this title, I looked outside to think about what to call this and I looked straight into the sun… Lightbulb!
Maybe it’s just me but I think it looks pretty cool. For once the blue eyeliner actually showed up blue, usually it just looks black because it’s so dark, :lol:.
I also made a picture of the skirt otherwise you guys don;t really know what I’m talking about. I think we were going to a party the day I made this look but I don’t really remember very well, oops. You can;t really see the colour shift in this picture but at least you know what I’ve been babbling about. I got this skirt with a huge discount, it was actually about 80 euro’s but I got it for about 20, I think.
I liked this combination, I don’t wear blue as the main colour a lot but I do like it like this. What do you think? And what do you think of the skirt?
Please let me know in the comments 🙂
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Beijing (AFP) - China has banned the harvesting of transplant organs from executed prisoners, a senior official said, but international medical practitioners warn that inmates' body parts may simply be reclassified as "donations" instead.
High demand for organs in China and a chronic shortage of donations mean that death row inmates have been a key source for years, generating heated controversy.
Since the start of this year, authorities have demanded all hospitals stop using organs harvested from executed prisoners, Huang Jiefu, head of the China Organ Donation Committee, reaffirmed on the sidelines of annual legislative meetings underway in Beijing, according to reports.
"China's organ donation industry has entered a new stage of development in which voluntary donation will be the only source of organs," Huang, a former vice health minister, said in an interview with China Business News published Tuesday.
Yet experts have voiced scepticism about the pledge, arguing that organs will continue to be harvested from inmates but that they will now be classified as "donations".
In a letter to The Lancet, a group of five medical professionals from the United States, UK and Australia -- including the executive director of non-profit Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting -- wrote that "current statements from China have a disconcerting sense of deja vu".
"China has avoided the end of use of organs from executed prisoners for a long time, with failed promises dating back to 2008," the five wrote in a letter in this week's issue of the medical journal.
"Additionally, prisoners have been redefined as citizens with the right to donate their organs, but the practice has not stopped," they wrote.
In a separate letter, four specialists from the United States, Germany, and Canada called on China to open its system to international inspections.
"China still uses organs from executed prisoners," they wrote. "The only difference is that these organs are now categorised as voluntarily donated organs from citizens. This change would officially bypass international ethical guidelines, and the unethical practice might never end."
They pointed to an interview last year in which Huang told the Beijing Times that death-row prisoners are still citizens and thus "they also have the right to donate organs".
"We aren't opposed to death row prisoners voluntarily donating their organs. We aren't depriving them of the right to donate," Huang said in the interview, noting that organs obtained from inmates would be entered into China's national voluntary organ donation system.
China banned trading in human organs in 2007, but demand for transplants far exceeds supply in the country of 1.37 billion people, opening the door to forced donations and illegal sales.
Organ donations are not widespread as many Chinese believe they will be reincarnated after death and therefore feel the need to keep a complete body.


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Christmas coleslaw recipe
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The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Christmas coleslaw Recipe. Enjoy our collection of Christmas salad recipes and learn how to make Christmas coleslaw.
With red and green vegetables, this tasty coleslaw adds a festive element to the Christmas table.
1/4 (400g) red cabbage, finely shredded
1 large red capsicum, thinly sliced
1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced
120g snow pea sprouts, trimmed
Creamy orange poppy seed dressing
1/2 cup light sour cream
1/2 cup orange juice
2cm piece ginger, peeled, finely grated
2 teaspoons poppy seeds
Make dressing: Whisk sour cream, orange juice, ginger and poppy seeds in a bowl until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
Combine cabbage, capsicum, onion and snow pea sprouts in a large bowl. Add dressing. Toss well to combine.
Fat saturated 1.70g
Fat Total 3.00g
Carbohydrate sugars -
Carbohydrate Total 6.20g
Dietary Fibre 1.90g
Super Food Ideas - December 2007 , Page 24
Recipe by Anneka Manning
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Codeta in Khayelitsha say they are taking commuter safety seriously by introducing new laws that aim to prevent drivers from working under the influence of substances.
Drivers and taxi bosses will now be fined by the taxi association if they are found smoking and drinking alcohol inside the taxi.
Codeta says a number of accidents are caused by drunk taxi drivers and they plan to punish those who are breaking the law.
“We looked at the accidents taxis are involved in and saw that it is drunk drivers who cause them,” explained Codeta spokesperson Andile Khanyi.
“A driver found drinking and driving will be fined R3000 while an owner committing the same offence will be fined R10 000. Smoking inside a taxi comes with a R500 fine.”
The new Codeta law was tabled and passed last week during a meeting. Khanyi said there were no objections from drivers and owners.
Khanyi says they also discovered that taxi drivers take their vans to parties at night after they transport commuters.
“Most taxi drivers keep taxis overnight, they then use them when they are going to drink alcohol,” he said.
“When that taxi is involved in an accident, it is our organisation that is dragged through the mud.
“We are putting an end to smoking and drinking alcohol while driving by introducing these fines.”
Commuter Asange Mbobi welcomed the new law.
“Taxi drivers attend parties using their work Quantums to a point where they are disrespected by commuters as we know they drink and drive.
“This new law will redeem their dignity and will cut down road accidents as they drive drunk in the mornings.”