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Falkirk Storytelling Festival takes place from Thursday to Sunday, September 21-24.
Across a range of venues in the heart of the town, it will feature nationally recognised authors along with home-grown literary talent.
It will also have a rare performance by legendary Falkirk singer-songwriter Brian McNeill.
Amongst the authors taking part are top crime writer Christopher Brookmyre, children’s authors Bob Harris, David McPhail, Alan Dapre and Chae Strathie, together with Fergus McNicol and Ronnie Fairweather from Macastory.
Hallglen author Alan Bissett will perform his play the Moira Monologues and Falkirk-based literary collectives The Write Angle, the Rooftop Writers and The Literary Lounge will showcase local talent over the run of the festival.
Falkirk Library and the Howgate will both host Bookbug and AppyPlay events for youngsters, with the shopping centre as the starting point for a Spy Quest treasure hunt.
The interactive game devised by David Goutcher, originally from Kirkintilloch, turns youngsters into mini James Bonds as they work their way through a variety of missions.
The Howgate will also play host to the Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre and a Comic Strip Workshop by John Fardell.
Historian Ian Scott will be appearing to reflect on some of his favourite memory lane articles from The Falkirk Herald.
Margaret Foy from the Howgate said: “We have managed to collect an incredible array of events to suit all tastes and ages. The programme offers an exciting mix of interactive workshops and author events, and it’s great to see local businesses and groups working together to deliver a new festival for the town centre.
“We also have a story writing competition and a book appeal to support rural libraries in Kenya. Books can be dropped off at our help desk until the end of September.”
Brian McNeill, founding member of The Battlefield Band, will be hosting a musician’s workshop on the Saturday, as well as playing a concert in The Faw Kirk that evening. Other folk music events presented by the local folk club will take place on the Thursday and Friday nights.
Gillian Gardner from The Faw Kirk said the initial plan was to hold a book festival but after talking to others realised by working together something bigger could take place.
She said: “This event offers us an opportunity to build on the success of other concerts we’ve hosted here and help to create a positive impact for the town centre.”
Douglas Cameron from Falkirk design agency Eden and one of those involved in setting up the festival said: “This is all about the captivating magic of stories – regardless of whether they are real or imaginary, written, performed, convey in song or spoken word.”
Tickets for events are on sale now via the website www.falkirkstorytelling.com and at the Howgate help desk. Many events are free and these can be reserved from the Howgate and Eventbrite.

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by Craig J. Santucci @NYGiantsRush
Tonight nothing went as planned. As I sit in the back parking lot of a gas station in North Jersey at 3am awaiting a tow truck I keep asking myself how this could have ended differently. My truck transmission is shot, I am two and half hours from home , it will cost $500 to tow, my head is pounding, I’m exhausted, yet all I can think of is how the New York Giants have become one terrible franchise.
Pat Shurmur while a nice guy does not seem to be the right guy for the job. The team looks uninspired, the players rarely perform at a high level and they constantly look out coached or unprepared. Tonight was no different.
Pat Shurmur has had some “brief” success with quarterback Case Keenum and Nick Foles, which was part of the decision to hire him as coach of the New York Giants. Coach up Eli Manning and groom his successor.
So how is this QB guru handling Jones, his young rookie signal caller. In a short period of time we have learned that Daniel Jones is tough; however, we are now seeing a dangerous trend. Jones is taking too many unnecessary shots and the percentage of him making it through the season is small. Even with a handful of slides against Dallas, the rookie QB has been on the run diving head first through and into NFL defenders. One would have to think they are not teaching him or reinforcing how important “sliding” is. This is not Duke football.
For the second time this season Daniel Jones has been the LEAD blocker for a Giants running back. Why would Shurmur let this happen twice, let alone once. This is mind boggling. Against Dallas, Jones took a vicious hit while blocking out front that could easily have ended his season. How does Shurmur let this continue?
The Run, Pass, Option (RPO) is a great weapon if your QB knows how to protect himself. Also, why is it necessary to get the QB out in space, when the team has one of the best backs in the league and he is struggling to get lanes between the tackles. The object should be to get Barkley out and into space and as we saw against Arizona…pull the center and the guard. Every time Jones runs you’re holding our breath, praying he slides to avoid contact. This continues on a weekly basis, yet Shurmur does nothing.
The offense is predictable and unimaginative. This is a 2-7 football team. Now is the time to pull out all the stops and go for it. Where is the roll out to the Tight End? Dallas executed this flawlessly 5 or 6 times on Monday Night Football. When Shurmur finally does pull the trigger on the play, it’s the waning minutes of the game and Ellison drops it.
Pass the sticks:
How many plays do we see that fall short of the 1st down because the routes are too short. Is this the players taking what they can get? Maybe. However, Shurmur needs to ensure the routes are not cut short so Jones and the offense can move the chains. Shurmur needs to coach up Jones to either step up in the pocket and look off to another receiver. How many times did you see Jones force the ball into an underneath route way short of the first down. While Jones is just a rookie…this was supposed to be Shurmur’s expertise.
Shurmur fails to use his talent. For the 5th straight game, Evan Engram had under 55 yards. He is on pace for unremarkable 750 yard | 2 TD season. It is now reported he has an injured foot. It’s clear, Shurmur struggles getting his play makers the ball. Earlier this year he was handing off the ball to Penny instead of Barkley or Gallman.
- Engram: 8 targets |6 receptions | 48 yards
At one point in the game last night, the Cowboys subbed in their “heavy” goal line package. It was an odd subbing situation that the refs let go with out a “delay of game” call. However the entire stadium sat and watched the Cowboys sub in these players. What did the Giants do? Another failed attempt at running right up the gut.
How does ownership continue to get this wrong. How does management not see that these coordinators are not dynamic enough to give this team an edge in today’s NFL. When the refs control the outcome of a game, the home crowd is dominated Cowboys fans chanting “Let’s Go Cowboys” and a black cat dominates the entertainment on the field…it should be easy to see the team is not going in the right direction.


Tick Tock is the first Maxi-Single taken from her forthcoming album Story Tella released this summer.
This release includes Exclusive remixes only available on this EP.
Sylvia Tella is true to form with her strong, soulful vocals and lyrics drawn from life experiences.
released April 27, 2015
All tracks written and produced by Sylvia Tella of Trinity Connections
Track 1. Stone Rootz Band
Robbie Maddix ( Organ ), Carl Robinson ( Drums )
Jervel Johnson ( Bass ) Chris Campbell ( Guitar )
Junior Willocks ( Keys ), Graham Maynard ( Keys ), Hamel Luton ( Bass )
Musicians for tracks 2, 3 and $
All Instruments composed, arranged, played by Robbie Tyndale Productions/
Lawrence Stewart appears courtesy of RoseHill Media Studios, Manchester.
Give Thanks to The Almighty Father Creator
Trinity Connections Production Team
Sonia Caesar ( Manager )
Ladder-Rick ( Producer )
Robbie Tyndale, Sylvia Tella ( Prodduction Managers )
Diligent Fingers ( Visual Director, Bloc2bloc Entertainment )
Photography by Charles Henry - Stewart aka Jakko / Keith Brown
Many thanks to Ladder-Rick, FiveEyes Production Ltd - www.fiveeyes.tv
Sprint Records Sammy Ketter - Sleeve Design by Kevin Mills
Published & Copyright Trinity Connections 2015


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ZURICH, Switzerland: With more than 10,000 unique registrations, the online edition of the 2020 Nobel Biocare Global Symposium, staged by Envista, was not only an extraordinary educational event but also an example of how remote teams can quickly adapt to unprecedented circumstances.
“I was looking forward to meeting our participants in person in Las Vegas; however, when the circumstances changed for all of us, it was more important than ever to turn obstacles into opportunities. I am incredibly grateful to our speakers and impressed by our team, who quickly transformed this year’s symposium into our most successful ever online event,” said Patrik Eriksson, president of Nobel Biocare Systems.
As many healthcare services and dental clinics around the globe have had to reduce the number of patients they treat or shut down temporarily, it became clear to the Nobel Biocare Global Symposium organisers that this was an opportunity to deliver first-class implant treatment educational content for the dental community.
Nobel Biocare has a long tradition of helping dental professionals in their continuous growth. Progressive educational courses and events at any stage of the implantology journey, from novice to expert, are provided through various learning platforms around the world. The comprehensive courses are delivered by industry-leading experts, covering everything, including diagnosis, treatment planning, and surgical and prosthetic processes.
“This digital experience proves that implantology professionals are extremely keen to learn. Maybe we should see it as an advantage that they have the time to attend educational webinars when normally they would be inundated by patient appointments,” commented Dr Alessandro Pozzi, a specialist trainer in digital dentistry solutions, on the currently required shift to online education. “In my own sessions, hundreds of clinicians have been building their skills in the DTX Studio suite implant and prosthetic software and increasing their confidence in its daily use. These are valuable tools for clinicians and hygienists at every level, to treat more patients better,” he added.
“Our mission is to advance side by side with dental professionals” – Irin Maier, director of clinical affairs and education, Nobel Biocare
Looking to the future of dental education after the COVID-19 pandemic, speaker Dr Sascha Jovanovic, who was one of the first to provide Web-based dental training programmes back in 2003, commented: “It is a very tough time, but we will get out of it, and hopefully the world will be a better place. Looking at online education and training, a lot of us will re-evaluate it. We are going to test how much of the training and education, and the transfer of research, will be possible online. I think it’s going to go far. I do webinars, and we have an online education library and use it constantly for our students. I think our world will be different, our training and education will be different and meetings between doctors will be different.”
The previous Global Symposium was held last summer in Madrid in Spain and involved more than 1,000 participants. For the 2020 virtual edition, the programme was shortened and included seven live sessions and several on-demand webinars over two science focus days. Participants had the opportunity to raise questions and further discuss with experts several topics, including guided and navigated treatment planning, implant treatment success in the aesthetic zone, soft-tissue grafting, and management of treatment complications. Thanks to the on-demand viewing functionality, more dental professionals and members of the dental team can benefit from these presentations.
Irin Maier, director of clinical affairs and education at Nobel Biocare, said: “Our mission is to advance side by side with dental professionals. Their interest and their active participation and excellent feedback on clinical and product topics, show that there is growing interest in advancing in the implant treatment journey, and achieve better patient outcomes. The interactive comments and remarks we have received will guide us in our efforts towards continuous improvement, science-based innovations and first-class educational tools.”

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Your stance on Christopher Dorner’s manifesto is relieving to hear – it is unsettling to listen to those dubbing him an “antihero”. On the other hand, what do you think about the way the police force have handled this? Does the obvious lack of “due process” being administered unsettle you?
Christopher Dorner is an antihero. Being an antihero is a bad thing, but the world is full of morally bankrupt fucktards who don’t realize that you’re not supposed to root for antiheroes.
As for the way “the police force” handled this, I don’t even know what you mean. The San Bernadino Sheriffs have nothing to do with the Riverside Police, and the Riverside Police wish they had something to do with the LAPD. There is no singular police force at work here.
There is also no obvious lack of due process. If Dorner had surrendered, he would have received a fair trial. That’s all there is to due process. You’re trying to suggest that Dorner was summarily executed by the San Bernadino Sheriffs Department, and that’s bullshit.
Dorner was never going to surrender. That was the whole point of this very elaborate suicide.


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An “Ugly Week” of CBRM Budget Talks
Cape Breton Regional Councillors will be faced with some tough decisions as formal budget talks, begin this afternoon.
The CBRM is dealing with a 3 million dollar budget shortfall, and councillors will look at what cuts need to be made in order to close the gap, without raising taxes.
On the table is a proposed 200 hour a week reduction in transit, cutting nine crossing guard locations, and closing the satellite citizen service centres.
The eventual loss of a total of 40 jobs through attrition will also be discussed.
At a pre-budget meeting last week, Regional Mayor Cecil Clarke warned that budget deliberations would mark an “ugly week” for the CBRM.
Budget talks start at 2:00, this afternoon at the Civic Centre in Sydney.

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UPDATE II: It’s fair to say that Pujols’ agent walked away from tonight’s meeting happy. Scott Miller of CBSSports.com reports that the Marlins have “boosted” their nine-year offer to the free agent first baseman.
No word on the specific terms, but “one person with knowledge of the talks” said negotiations will likely play out more before a decision is reached. The Marlins’ initial reported offer was said to be for significantly less than the nine-year, $198-210 million deal offered by the Cardinals earlier this year, so this may not mean a lot yet.
UPDATE: Jayson Stark of ESPN.com confirms that the Marlins and Pujols’ agent will indeed meet again tonight.
The Cardinals, too, are due to meet again with Lozano. According to Newsday’s Ken Davidoff, they view the Marlins as a real threat to land the three-time MVP.
St. Louis isn’t known to have made a new offer to Pujols since he turned down a nine-year, $198 million extension in January, and reports indicate that they’re not willing to go much higher now. While $200 million sounds nice, the $22 million per year would put Pujols behind Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Howard, CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Joe Mauer, Johan Santana and Mark Teixeira in terms of annual salary.
Despite having already spent $106 million on Jose Reyes and $27 million on Heath Bell, the Marlins look like legitimate suitors for Pujols. They’d certainly have to eclipse the Cardinals’ offer to have a shot, but as much as Pujols is believed to enjoy playing in St. Louis, he may not take kindly to the perceived lack of respect being displayed in contract negotations. Pujols has never come close to earning what he’s worth, and while it’s true that the Cardinals don’t rake in dollars like the Yankees and Red Sox, they did outbid everyone for a premier talent in Matt Holliday two years ago.
- Jose Reyes is on track to be activated Friday 3
- Dustin Pedroia given cortisone injection for sore left wrist, aiming to return Wednesday 1
- John Farrell to get fined for being critical of instant replay 47
- And That Happened: Monday’s scores and highlights 91
- The Red Sox are still steamed that a PED guy played against them in the playoffs last year (129)
- Doug Glanville’s story about being racially profiled at his own home (124)
- We don’t need to celebrate Barry Bonds, but we should avoid whitewashing baseball history (122)
- Must-Click Link: Yasiel Puig’s harrowing journey to the United States (95)


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Cleansed is set in a
university/concentration camp with episodes in the white
room (the sanatorium), the red room (sports hall), the
black room (the showers/peep booth) etc.
Life is sweet I´ll do my best, moment to
moment, not to betray you Rod not me more like me than I ever was Love me or kill me, Graham I won´t turn away from you If you could change one thing in
your life what would you change? / My life Lots of people know me, they´re
not in love with me
and the rats eat my face Gagging for it/ Begging for it/
Barking for it/ Arching for it/ Aching for it
Cleansed premiered at the Royal Court Theatre,
London on 30 April 1998. Directed by James Macdonald. The
roles were performed by Martin Marquez, Stuart McQuarrie,
James Cunningham, Danny Cerqueira, Suzan Sylvester,
Daniel Evans and Victoria Harwood. Kane says
"almost every line in
Cleansed has more than one meaning... I wanted to stretch
the theatrical language".
For a detailed analysis
of Cleansed click here.
For photos of Cleansed click here.

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In Conversation with Prince Rama Varma
O's second episode of the Verse Series is with Prince Rama Varma, a renowned classical musician. His illustrious career as a musician and a great teacher aside, Prince Varma also manages to find time to write and his writing style reflects a broad spectrum of the society he is part of, where you'll find musings, lessons on music, experiences and encounters and such. And if you wish to explore for yourself, here's a link to some of his writings, which is in the public domain:
For the Verse Series, Prince Varma is being interviewed by noted Bhakti singer Ragini Rainu. She sings Sufi Gurbani and Bhajan. She is a Ganda-bandh Shagird of late Pandit Bhajan Sopori.
Here's a quick look at some of the topics the conversation covers:
Herself a lover of poetry, Ragini finds it particularly remarkable that Prince Varma insists on not only pronouncing the words in all of the compositions accurately, irrespective of the language he sings in, but also that he takes a keen interest in sharing the meaning of the text and context with his audience.
The conversation also explores the genres of books Prince Varma enjoys, as Ragini tries to trace the source of the flair with which Prince Varma shares the meaning of a composition with his audience.
And while at it: of how things stand in the Carnatic music world, today? Does Prince Varma have a favourite raaga or many?
And in the finite time, the conversation manages to also give us an account of his many sides — as an individual, a music lover, a student, a musician, a teacher, an organiser, a revolutionary
... and more as the conversation progresses.
This interview series is an effort at communicating to our viewers about the importance of art disciplines in our life and of the need to challenge academic imperialism, especially for young learners' through meaningful and effective discussions and talks.
As a token of thanks to Prince Rama Varma for taking the time out to speak with us from his busy schedule, we chose Sooraj's work:
Here's a bit about the artist Sooraj: https://www.o-o-o.org/craft-corner
O was set up a year ago to build bridges. It wasn’t a matter of identifying gaps for we know they are there and that the gaps are widening and so it is a matter of addressing these gaps and committing to work towards building bridges. The discussion of decolonising the curriculums isn’t new. In the precolonial India art and science subjects weren’t disconnected. In the post colonial India they are taught to students as two disconnected disciplines. That separation is an outcome of colonisation. Decolonising academia would in that case be the marrying of art and science subjects and not in the scant inclusion of English writers including William Shakespeare in English Language Teaching. West’s limited understanding of the East and the tendency to often assume a moral and academic high-ground to the point of academic imperialism is a definite cause of concern. It is in O’s interest to overcome these barriers in learning and to evolve a level-playing field for all. And at O we emphasise on verse and we begin with young learners.


[HQR05-03] Submerging mechanism of Yokoshima Island, Nagasaki, Japan
Keywords:disappearing islands, coal mining, subsidence, acoustic investigation, leisure-use fish finder, unmanned aerial vehicle
The authors report the Yokoshima island case in Nagasaki, Japan, which is concrete disappearance phenomenon of island with modern records. The island was developed due to coal mining, but consists of Paleogene hard sedimentary rocks. According to the local chronicle, ca 700 people living with various facilities on ~20,000 square meters. The past scenes were recorded as surveyed maps and photos around 1900. The coal mine and facilities were discarded after short operation of 1894-1902. Aerial photographs of the island available after 1947, show the island gradually submerged until at least 1982.
Although it is suspected that extensive coal mining cause subsidence of the island, it is also suspected that a large slow rockslide caused disappearance of island. Because there are many large rockslides on sedimentary rocks around Yokoshima. Local divers witnessed large angular boulders on the sea floor around the island.
This talk shows our investigations and result to clarify the submerging mechanism of the island.


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17 Aug Adapt 2020 Coffee Trends to Benefit Omaha
COVID-19 may have disrupted almost all aspects of life, but it hasn’t stopped Omaha individuals from enjoying their daily coffee. In fact, consumption has increased during the past several months. One thing that is different is that many individuals are purchasing their caffeinated beverages online or via a mobile app while trips to the local cafe have dramatically decreased.
As Omaha employees head back to work, not considering or adapting your office coffee service (OCS) is a missed opportunity to rebuild your workplace community, boost morale, and increase productivity. Why is that you ask? The short answer is that the majority of adults in American drink coffee and all its related beverages each day, and yet only 63 percent of employees who work outside of their home have access to coffee at work.
According to the recently released 2020 National Coffee Data Trends (NCDT) Report, 62 percent of Americans 18 and older drink coffee daily, up five percent from 2015, and the average number of cups consumed by each individual is 3.1 cups—that’s almost 25 ounces per day. But the number of employers who offer OCS in the break room has decreased by five percent compared to 2019.
To compete with off-site menus that offer a wide variety of options which can be ordered via an app or delivered directly to an employee by a food delivery service, facility managers should understand 2020 coffee trends. (One caveat—while these numbers were collected before COVID-19 changed how and where Omaha employees work, the results can still be used to help plan for post-COVID break room services.)
- 56 percent consume gourmet coffee or beverages that are brewed from premium beans
- 53 percent looked for brands that are focused on sustainable farming and Fair Trade practices
- 40 percent of individuals add milk/creamer (any type) plus a sweetener
- 20 percent prefer their coffee black
- Four percent use alternative milks such as soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, oat milk etc.
- Demand for espresso-based beverages including cappuccino, latte, frozen blended, espresso, mocha, macchiato, Americano, and flat white continues to grow
In addition to what Americans want to drink, it is also important to consider what types of beverages each generation prefers especially if your organization employs a variety of individuals. Espresso-based beverages are preferred by 27.5 percent of Americans under the age of 40, while those aged 60+ prefer traditional, non-gourmet coffee. Consumption of coffee was also found to increase as individuals aged. For example, consumption is up 40 percent since 2015 among drinkers age 18 – 24. Whether that is a change in lifestyle or just a desire for more, it’s something to be aware of.
Now’s the time to reassess your OCS and other break room refreshment options. Host Coffee Service can help by creating a customized menu and safely providing your Omaha employees fresh food, snacks and beverages via a micro-market or vending machines. For more information about our refreshment services, please contact us at 800-578-4678. We look forward to helping support your organization.


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Ravin always used dark alleys when he had to take home a huge bribe. He thought he was less conspicuous in dark unlit sub lanes.
He would never receive it in his office, but book three rooms in a hotel on the outskirts of the city in three different names, cancel two at the last moment so as to confuse the anti-corruption officials if they were following him and finally get the bribe in the car park or lift, or in the rest room of a restaurant in the hotel.
Everything went smoothly and the contractor paid him the money in a large suitcase as a favour for approving the bills that did not state the actual costs. The contractor, dressed in a tight blue suit that accentuated his huge belly, invited him for a party and hinted there was a beautiful call girl with an AIDS free certificate waiting for him. Ravin refused; got into the car he rented, removed his wig and glasses, and cleared away from the hotel like a murderer running away from the crime scene.
The night was cool and he whistled a tune while he sped down the smooth roads of suburban Chennai, a large city in the southern part of India. Jenny would be unaware of the bribe money; he never discussed bribes with her. He’d buy her a diamond ring and deposit the remaining amount in a foreign bank in his secret account.
He entered a dark alley, and while he was half way through it, he suddenly felt he was losing control of his vehicle. It slowed down and stopped with a gurgling noise.
He opened the door, and just as he was about to get down the car, he saw the dog. It had sores all over its body, and with a ferocious look, it barked at him.
Ravin retreated inside the car and slammed the door shut. The dog came near the car, sniffed and barked again. More dogs materialized from the darkness. They gathered around the car and as they came closer, Ravin could see that almost all of them had bloody wounds on their bodies.
Ravin realized the reason for the sudden increase in the population of the stray dogs. The Government had issued orders not to kill the stray dogs. Instead the female dogs should be caught, a doctor should do a birth control operation on them and then they should be left free in the streets again. The corporation workers would have found the process very tedious and simply left the dogs to populate.
“No doubt they have rabies,” Ravin said as he sat frozen inside the car.
The man at the rental had cheated him. Ravin was so preoccupied with the bribe money; he didn’t notice the condition of the car. Now he couldn’t contact the rental, or a mechanic, as he never carried a cell phone when he went out to get a bribe.
Ravin counted twenty dogs. Three or four dogs sat before the car, blocking his path, and the others watched the car intently with venomous looks. One dog looked up into the dark sky and howled like a wolf.
Ravin waited. If someone came by, he would ask for help. But, with a sinking feeling, he realized that no one would use this alley at night, fearing robbery.
He switched the headlights on and off so that someone in the buildings surrounding the alley might notice and come for help. But nothing happened.
Ten minutes later, he saw a homeless guy walking in his direction. He was lean, wore a dirty pullover and shorts. The dogs did not react, and behaved as if he were one of them. Ravin noticed that some of them even wagged their tails.
The homeless guy jumped over a dog, came near the car, and tapped on the window. Ravin rolled down the window, and the homeless guy asked, “What happened?”
“I got stuck. Some problems in the car, the bloody dogs won’t let me to get out to find what the problem is.”
The guy laughed and said, “You’re trapped.”
“Yeah, I need your help.”
The guy screwed up his face and looked at him questioningly. Ravin continued, “I’ll give you money. You go and get some food and a fetch a taxi. I’ll throw the food at the dogs to distract them, then I’ll get into the taxi and drive away.”
The guy raised his voice, “What about me? You can’t just leave me here.”
“I’ll give you money or else you can come with me to my home. I’ll give you food, new clothing, and help you find a job.”
“You didn’t tell this at first.”
“Sorry. I’m confused, and I’m tense.”
”Okay, call me Sami. I live in this street.”
Two of the dogs got into fight and tried to bite each other. Their barking reached a crescendo and Sami turned his attention to them and shouted, “Come on, boys. Stop your fight.”
Ravin unzipped a large suitcase he kept by his side, pulled out a bundle of money, and showed it to Sami. “You can have this if you chase the dogs away and help me to find a taxi.”
He looked at the money without interest. “I don’t need that much money. I live a very simple life and wouldn’t know how to stop thieves and burglars from killing me to get it.”
Ravin was losing his patience. “Come on, tell me, what exactly do you want?”
“I need nothing. But I plan to help you without getting anything from you. It’s a one way deal.”
Ravin was happy. “Come on, chase away the dogs.”
Sami sat on the hood of the car and looked at him through the windscreen.
“No, no. You should ask first.”
Ravin was confused. “Hey! I asked you.”
“Ask in a proper way”
“Beg, beg, you foolish rich man.”
“Don’t you know how to beg?”
“No. I never begged in my life.”
“Then learn to beg. Fold your hands across your chest, lower your head and ask what you want.”
Ravin thought for a moment. What was he going to lose by begging to this fool? If he refused, he’d have to wait here until dawn.
Ravin folded his hands across his chest, lowered his head and said, “Go and get a taxi.”
“Don’t you know manners? Don’t you use the word ‘please’?
“Please go and get a taxi.”
“I need a sir.”
“Sir, please go and get a taxi.”
Sami hit the windscreen with his hand and shouted. “I want expression, more expression. Your face looks stone hard. Nobody will help you if you beg like this.”
Ravin softened his face muscle a little and said, “Please go and get a taxi, sir.”
“Correct, you’re onto the exact begging. Okay, I’ll consider your request and decide if I want to help you.”
Ravin uncrossed his hands and looked at Sami expectantly.
Sami though for a moment and said, “You should fill your heart with love, get down from the car, approach the dogs with all your body language showing love, love, love and nothing else. Look at them with pleasing eyes and gently ruffle their furs and all the dogs will be your friends. Then you can walk from this place freely without needing help from anyone.”
Ravin cringed at the thought. “No. I won’t risk my life.”
Sami laughed and said, “I want to repeat what the guy at the rehabilitation centre said to me. Face things in life. Don’t ever try to run away from them.”
Ravin wasn’t convinced. He closed the window and said, “Okay. I don’t need your help. I’ll stay here until dawn.”
Sami drummed on the windscreen with his fingers and climbed to the top of the car. Ravin became restless. This guy is dangerous, he thought. The car began to shake and he heard ‘thud,’ ‘thud’ sounds from the roof of the car. The bastard is dancing. Ravin opened the window an inch and heard Sami singing in a harsh voice.
Ravin switched on and off the car lights again and pressed the horn. It blared continuously, breaking the stillness of the night and making the dogs bark. It was ghastly; the flashing light, the nerve chilling shrilly horn, the deafening sound of bark, and the song in a harsh voice.
The singing stopped and Sami called from the top.
“Can’t you let a man sing?”
“I need help. I want to escape from this hell of a place.”
“Show love to the dogs and escape.”
“No. I don’t have the nerve to do it.”
“You don’t know how to show love? You’re a moron, a robot, a machine.”
Ravin remained silent and Sami resumed his singing and dancing.
Ravin checked the time. It was 12:30, still five hours to kill. He heard a whistle sound and became attentive. A security guard was on prowl!! He flickered the car headlights on and off as he saw a man with a torchlight walking towards him. The dogs turned their attention to the security guard and barked. Ravin rolled down the window and shouted, “Help, help” The security guard stopped, assessed the situation, turned back and walked away.
He heard the Sami laughing from the top of the car.
“Nobody is going to help you.”
“No, he is going to get some help.”
“No, no. No security guard will admit his inability. He’ll simply walk away to a safer place.”
Ravin’s heart sunk. Yes, he was correct. Sami jumped down from the car top and lit a cigarette.
Holding the pack toward Ravin, he said, “Want a cigarette?”
Ravin said, “No.”
Sami asked, “You smoke only costly cigarettes?”
Ravin was irritated and said, “Yeah.”
“Try this one. It’ll be different.”
He came to the window and puffed smoke in Ravin’s face.
“You forget the word, ‘thanks.’ I’m the boss here, know that?”
“Okay. No, thanks.”
“That’s sport,” He continued, “Do you know why I lit a cigarette? To show you I can light the car like I lit the cigarette. Don’t think you can sit safe inside the car and escape in the morning. ”
A shiver ran through Ravin’s body. “Please don’t do anything stupid. I want to live.”
“Then practice love. Come on, come out.”
Ravin moved to the door and opened it slightly.
“Be brave, come on.” Sami encouraged him.
Ravin opened the door further and a bunch of dogs readied themselves and ran towards the car at high speed. Ravin shut the door. “No, I can’t do it. The filthy dogs will bite me.”
“They won’t bite you if you love them.”
“How could I show my love to them? They won’t understand.”
“Express your love through your eyes and your whole body.”
“No. I don’t think I’ll do it.”
“Try again. Come on.”
“I’d be more confident if you stood near the car and controlled the dogs if they made a wrong move.”
“Okay.” He walked over to the car and stood near the door. Ravin opened the door and the dogs ran toward him. Sami raised his hands and stopped them. He said to the dogs, “He’s trying. Let’s give him a chance.”
Ravin moved towards the door, as Sami was standing with his back toward him. Never taking his eyes off the dogs, Ravin reached out and grabbed Sami’s shoulder. When Sami fell down, Ravin went for his neck, but he could only grab a hold of his pullover. While trying to pull him inside the car, Sami shouted, “Come on, dogs.” The dogs sprang at him like horses with warriors and Ravin made a final attempt, but the pullover tore, leaving Sami on the ground. Ravin shut the door; the dogs hit the car and fell down on Sami.
Sami got up and roamed around the car like a wounded animal. He looked inside the car and shouted, “So you planned to kill me. You, cunning rich man! You should be punished.” He punched the windscreen and the glass broke. He cried out in pain as he withdrew his hand, but his face showed a mad glee. He withdrew and walked into the darkness. Ravin waited, Sami didn’t come out, but the car shook and the glass in the door shredded to pieces as large stone hit the car. More stones followed, more glass broke, and Ravin had to sneak under the seat for cover.
The stone throwing stopped after a while and Ravin got out from his hiding place. He felt defenceless as all windows had broken and the dogs had shifted their positions closer to the car. One of the dogs got up on the hood and tried to poke its head inside.
Sami appeared before the car again.
“The dogs are waiting for my instructions. If I say ‘yes’, they’ll move inside and share the car with you.”
“No, please don’t do that.”
“Then come out.”
“Then tell the dogs not to bite me.”
“You come out. You have no choice.”
Ravin opened the door, hesitatingly put his feet on the ground, got out, and stood near the car.
“Come on, walk”
He walked and the dogs followed him.
He stood still.
The dogs sniffed him, licked his feet and one of the dogs put its paws on his back and tried to climb him.
Sami said, “Move.”
Ravin slowly began to walk.
Ravin hesitated and stood still.
“Sit down or the dogs will bite you.”
He sat on the ground. The dogs moved around him in a circle.
“Now put your hands on the ground and move like a dog.”
Ravin placed his hands on the ground and inched forward like a dog.
“Now, wag your tail.”
Ravin shook his butt.
“Correct. Now bark.”
“Now lie down on the ground and sleep.”
Ravin lay down on the ground. The dogs sat near him and he noticed two or three dogs wagging their tails.
Sami walked to his side. “The dogs won’t bite you. You can sleep now.”
Ravin tried not to sleep, but as all the problems had subsided, his reflexes returned to normal and he drifted into deep sleep.
He got up when he felt the heat of sunlight on his body. He checked the time and it was 6.30. He looked around and saw that the place looked different in the morning. Petty shops, godowns and small restaurants lined both sides of the street and people, not dogs, were walking around; they were mostly workers going to the factories for the morning shift. The pickpockets, small thieves, drunkards and bad elements hovered around the street in search of victims. The filthy dogs had retreated to their hiding place.
Sami walked toward him, carrying a glass of steaming coffee in his hand.
“Drink this. The game is over and you’re safe now.”
Ravin took the glass and threw it at Sami’s face.
“How dare you do such a thing to me? Do you think I’m such a fool?”
Sami covered his face with his hands and cried out in pain.
Ravin gave Sami a hard punch in his stomach that made him stagger and fall down on the ground. Ravin spit on his face, kicked his body and Sami rolled over. Some of the pedestrians stopped and watched their fight.
Ravin pulled him up from the ground and slapped him hard on the face.
“Don’t ever try to play your silly game on anyone again?”
He pushed him hard and Sami fell on the ground again. Ravin walked to his car and picked up his suitcase. He marched jauntily towards the main road.
Sami got up and shouted at Ravin. “Hey, rich man. You’re still unsafe. Don’t think the coast is clear.”
Ravin stopped and turned. “If you set the dogs on me, I‘ll run inside any one of the buildings. Don’t make yourself a fool.” Ravin walked on.
Sami whistled and clapped his hands, and when it attracted the attention of some of the seedy looking guys in the street, he pointed at Ravin.
“Hey, guys. That man is a thief. He looted a bank and is carrying the money in his suitcase. Go and get your share.”
They looked uncertainly at Sami.
“Yes, he has a lot of money in that suitcase and it was stolen.”
One of the pedestrians made a move towards Ravin. Others joined him. Ravin started to run. The pedestrians chased him. Finally Ravin was killed in the stampede, scramble and the mad fight for the money before he could reach the main road.

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1 small cauliflower
2 or 3 tbsp olive oil
1 medium red onion – chopped
1 clove of garlic – crushed
500ml vegetable stock
a good pinch of nutmeg
juice of half a lemon
salt & black pepper to taste
Heat the oven to 220 degrees C.
Cut the cauliflower into florets (reserving the stalk and leaves for a mixed vegetable soup)
Toss the florets in olive oil on a baking sheet and lightly sprinkle with salt.
Roast for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
Fry the onion in oil in a large pan on a low heat until soft.
Add the garlic and continue frying for another minute.
Pour in the stock, add the cauliflower to the pan and cook gently for 20 minutes.
Add the nutmeg and a little of the lemon juice and blend until very smooth.
Adjust seasoning and add more lemon juice if needed.
NB If you have lemon juice left over, pour into an ice cube tray and freeze for future use in a recipe or drink.
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSEMKT:RNN) announced that it has been issued a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering RX-21101 for the targeted delivery of docetaxel directly into cancer tumor cells using a nano-polymer conjugate technology.
“We are pleased to expand our intellectual property covering our unique and innovative targeting technologies in preclinical development. RX-21101 is the first proof of concept candidate from our Nano-Polymer-Drug Conjugate Systems (NPDCS). Our nanotechnology drug conjugate candidates address the large and immediate market for widely used chemotherapies, and they are a complement to our portfolio of proprietary compounds currently in clinical development,” commented Rexahn’s CEO, Peter D. Suzdak, Ph.D.
RX-21101 is a nano-polymer conjugate with docetaxel bound to the polymer backbone together with a targeting moiety. The targeting moiety directs the bound drug to the cancer cell, thereby bypassing healthy cells leading to enhanced efficacy with the potential for reduced side effects. Once inside the cancer cell, the complex is metabolized yielding the free anticancer compound. It is the combination of the nano-polymer and the targeting moiety that makes Rexahn’s technology unique and increases the precision of delivery into the cancer cell. RX-21101 has been selected by the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory for its preclinical development program in 2015.
In addition, Rexahn has issued patents covering other nano-polymer conjugate systems including the carboxypropyl-methacrylamide (CPMA) nano-polymer-drug conjugate platform which offers several major advantages over existing drug conjugate systems including the ability to target the delivery of anticancer agents to cancer cells, high water solubility, increased bioavailability and the flexibility to covalently bind multiple structurally diverse classes of compounds to its chemical backbone. Rexahn is actively pursuing other potential drug conjugate candidates with our CPMA platform for the treatment of solid tumors. (Original Source)
Shares of Rexahn are currently trading at $0.173, up $0.003 or 1.76%. RNN has a 1-year high of $0.52 and a 1-year low of $0.16. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $0.22 and its 200-day moving average is $0.26.
On the ratings front, FBR analyst Vernon Bernardino reiterated a Buy rating on RNN, with a price target of $3, in a report issued on October 10. The current price target represents a potential upside of 1664.7% from where the stock is currently trading. According to TipRanks.com, Bernardino has a yearly average loss of -17%, a 22% success rate, and is ranked #4063 out of 4197 analysts.
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It dedicates to the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for cancer and other medical needs. The company currently has three clinical stage oncology candidates, Archexin, RX-3117, and Supinoxin and a robust pipeline of preclinical compounds to treat multiple types of cancer. It has also developed proprietary drug discovery platform technologies in the areas of nano-medicines, 3D gold and times.

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NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH COALITION CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY
(Overland Park, Ks.) – A National Coalition of water safety partners, including the American Red Cross, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA), the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), and the World Waterpark Association (WWA), along with Governors in 45+ states, are working together to promote May as the 20th annual National Water Safety Month.
Since 2003, members of the Coalition have worked to raise awareness and highlight the importance of public education regarding safer practices for kids and adults when they are in and around water of all kinds. The event, celebrated every May by thousands of aquatics facilities, businesses, and professionals, provides educational programming, public service announcements, government proclamations, business promotions, and water safety-themed materials designed to help prevent water-related illnesses, injuries, and fatalities.
"The American Red Cross encourages families to make water safety a priority to build confidence in water, for life," said William D. Ramos, PhD, member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. "Preventing unsupervised access to water, providing constant, active adult supervision in and around the water, and knowing how to swim are critical layers of protection to help prevent drowning."
The National Water Safety Month campaign plays a foundational role in leading the conversation about how to keep families safer in the water. The initiative to strengthen water safety education has led to national media coverage, improved legislation, and critical advocacy efforts throughout the U.S.
"At NRPA, we are proud to support National Water Safety Month and recognize the importance of providing equitable opportunities for all people to learn to swim,” said Julie Boland, NRPA Vice President of Credentialing and Member Operations. “NRPA park and recreation professionals throughout the country provide aquatics at more than 70 percent of agencies in support of this goal.”
The Coalition supports water safety activities throughout the month and during swim season, including:
"The NDPA is thrilled to join the National Water Safety Month Coalition and support this crucial, life-saving work," said Adam Katchmarchi, Ph.D., Executive Director, NDPA. "Our mission has always been to unite all stakeholders to collaborate behind a unified agenda focused on building awareness, advocacy, and education about water safety practices that reduce drowning. National Water Safety Month is a terrific platform to support those goals."
"National Water Safety Month is a great tool for the pool, spa, and hot tub industry to continue the important conversation about best practices for water safety in every environment," said Sabeena Hickman, CAE, President and CEO, PHTA. "PHTA is proud of the work the National Water Safety Coalition has accomplished and is committed to sharing these important messages to keep our children safe through swimming education."
May marks the beginning of swim season as beaches, pools, waterparks, and community center pools begin to open and people begin to spend more time outdoors. The Coalition is determined to increase awareness about vital water safety practices to help keep children and their families safer around all kinds of water. Learning to swim and practicing safe behaviors are critical first steps.
"We've accomplished a great deal since we launched this initiative in 2003. National Water Safety Month is now a major platform that's helped reach millions with important messaging about how to be water aware and the necessary layers of protection involved in keeping families safer around the water," said Rick Root, President of the World Waterpark Association. “But we still have a long way to go because far too many parents and caregivers still don’t understand the risks. We’re grateful for the thousands of members of the aquatics industry that support NWSM by reaching out to their communities to help save lives by sharing these vital water safety messages.”
Parents, educators, and caregivers can find detailed information and free resources in support of National Water Safety Month at www.NationalWaterSafetyMonth.org.
National Water Safety Month is made possible by the National Water Safety Coalition, led by the American Red Cross, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, the National Recreation and Park Association, the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, and the World Waterpark Association. Since 2003, members of the Coalition have worked to raise awareness and promote water safety through educational programs, public service announcements, governmental proclamations, and easy-to-access water safety information and materials. To learn more, visit www.NationalWaterSafetyMonth.org.


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Rape statistics in Nevada, where prostitution is legal in most counties, supports the notion that degradation of prostitutes translates to females writ large: Make it legal and regulate it, like alcohol or strip clubs.
The government appears to be favouring a version of the former, but the long-standing practice of Canadian law, and the approach the Supreme Court seemed to be leaning toward, are closer to the latter.
Who are we, as a society, to judge someone based upon his or her profession? This makes participating in the sex industry the most dangerous job in America. All the court said was that if sex work is regulated, it has to be done in such a way as to make it less dangerous for sex workers.
Prostitution reinforces the darkest attitudes of Capitalism, in which people are reduced to commodities. But the sale of sex has long been entirely legal Prostitution should be legalized in the Canada.
Under the Dutch model, the sale of sex is legal, and government regulates where and how it is sold. Imagine how different prostitution would seem if a portion of its proceeds went to providing child-care support for working parents, or to supplement medical research that helps to cure disease, or to help fund drug rehabilitation programs.
Sexually transmitted infections are statistically lower in areas where prostitution is decriminalized. Prostitutes wait for customers along a road of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on Aug.
Whether prostitution should be vigorously opposed or tacitly accepted is a subject of much debate, and it seems no one policy holds the monopoly on success or failure.
What do the men get out of it?
How about for a pound of her flesh? Legalization circumvents the most dangerous aspects of prostitution. Another example would be very wealthy men. Many are uneducated women working voluntarily to support a drug habit.
There are currently 28 legal brothels in the United States, all of which are in rural counties in Nevada. The only way to oppose such attitudes and realities is to increase legal measures against those who perpetuate the prostitution industry. In spite of their best intentions, illegal brothels still proliferate and prostitutes continue to suffer abuses at the hands of pimps.
One formerly illicit trade gone legal, marijuana, has done wonders for economic and social rejuvenation in Colorado. Selling sex in the Nordic model is legal — but buying it is not.
Prostitution is not a hegemonic practice. But to govern is to choose. When the Netherlands legalized prostitution inone of its main objectives was to curtail human trafficking and criminal prostitution enterprise.
Criminalization of prostitution leaves prostitutes on the fringes of society, making them vulnerable to violence, poverty, and health risks. The old rules were imperfect, but they did function. Case by case consideration would do much to reaffirm a basic truth that seems missing from most discussions of prostitution — the fact that prostitutes are people.
The approach is increasingly popular in Europe, where just this week the European Parliament passed a resolution recommending that all EU countries consider adopting the Nordic model.Should Prostitution Be Legal? Proponents of legalizing prostitution believe it would reduce crime, improve public health, increase tax revenue, help people out of poverty, get.
Nov 05, · Gillian Abel, an associate professor and head of the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand, argues in this Room for Debate piece that prostitution should be legal: Sex work is an occupation that many women voluntarily choose.
Aug 29, · In Germany, where prostitution was legalized inthe industry has exploded. It is estimated that one million men pay to usegirls and women every day.
Sex tourists are pouring in, supporting “ mega-brothels ” up to 12 stories high. Legalized Prostitution Would Be A Substantial Source Of Tax Revenue As long as prostitution remains illegal in the United States, those.
The oldest profession is rigorously recorded in the Bible depicting instances of prostitution by career professionals as well as prostitutes prompted by circumstance. Today, with over 40 million sex workers worldwide, it’s not surprising that every country on the planet has laws governing it.
Whether prostitution should be vigorously opposed.
And if prostitution is a legal profession, it could be taxed! But I believe that the argument for legalizing prostitution goes beyond safety. Women are entitled to .Download


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I’ve been thinking about feeding chickens with the compost pile, that’s why I got the chickens, and have a pretty compact layout that could be used in a small space. Instead of a tractor, as in Geoff Lawton’s video, it’d be a fixed thing, where the food scraps go in on one side and compost comes out the other.
The drawing shows the food coming in to the first area, where the compost pile is first made, and the chickens could roost above it, manuring it through the first week when they sleep. After a week it’d go to the next area, then the next, then the next, and then out of the enclosure.
So the procedure would be: get out the 4-week compost, move the 3-week one there, move the 2-week one, then the 1-week one, then build a new pile.
The whole thing could be enclosed properly to protect the chickens, but the divisions inside would only be about half a meter tall. Those divisions would keep the piles more or less separated, but the chickens would easily move between them.
Each division could be around 2×2 meters, so the whole thing would be 4×4 meters, plus access space on one side. It could be made smaller too, but this sounds decent enough for many, and good enough to start a conversation about it here.

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I am thrilled that my Machine Embroidery "Three Apples" won third place in the Adams County Arts Council Show and that it did so competing against "real" paintings. The exhibit continues till Sunday at Schmucker Gallery on Washington Street, part of the Gettysburg College campus.
I was allowed to choose a summer pendant from Art beads and decided on the Russian Black Onyx Peacock. I thought that I would feature the peacock in a bracelet and surrounded it with a band of peyote stitching in black seed and fringe beads with accents of orange, yellow, lime green and turquoise repeating the colors of the peacock feathers. I also stitched 2 feathers in brick stitch to dangle off of the focal bead. The closure is a vintage German glass button and bead loop. When I use loops as closures, I like to alternate medium and small beads. I feel this enhances the curvature of the loop. Enjoy! Joanne
Disclosure: The Peacock pendant was kindly provided free-of-charge by Artbeads.com, within the frames of Artbeads.com blogging program. The author of this blog has not received any payment from above-mentioned company. The post above represents only personal opinion of the blog author.


As part of MLflow 2’s support for LLMOps, we are excited to introduce the latest updates to support prompt engineering in MLflow 2.7.
Assess LLM project viability with an interactive prompt interface
Prompt engineering is a great way to quickly assess if a use case can be solved with a large language model (LLM). With the new prompt engineering UI in MLflow 2.7, business stakeholders can experiment with various base models, parameters, and prompts to see if outputs are promising enough to start a new project. Simply create a new Blank Experiment or (open an existing one) and click “New Run” to access the interactive prompt engineering tool. Sign up to join the preview here.
Automatically track prompt engineering experiments to build evaluation datasets and identify best model candidates
In the new prompt engineering UI, users can explicitly track an evaluation run by clicking “Create run” to log results to MLflow. This button tracks the set of parameters, base models, and prompts as an MLflow model and outputs are stored in an evaluation table. This table can then be used for manual evaluation, converted to a Delta table for deeper analysis in SQL, or be used as the test dataset in a CI/CD process.
MLflow is always adding more metrics in the MLflow Evaluation API to help you identify the best model candidate for production, now including toxicity and perplexity. Users can use the MLflow Table or Chart view to compare model performances:
Because the set of parameters, prompts, and base models are logged as MLflow models, this means you can deploy a fixed prompt template for a base model with set parameters in batch inference or serve it as an API with Databricks Model Serving. For LangChain users this is especially useful as MLflow comes with model versioning.
Democratize ad-hoc experimentation across your organization with guardrails
The MLflow prompt engineering UI works with any MLflow AI Gateway route. AI Gateway routes allow your organization to centralize governance and policies for SaaS LLMs; for example, you can put OpenAI’s GPT-3.5-turbo behind a Gateway route that manages which users can query the route, provides secure credential management, and provides rate limits. This protects against abuse and gives platform teams confidence to democratize access to LLMs across their org for experimentation.
The MLflow AI Gateway supports OpenAI, Cohere, Anthropic, and Databricks Model Serving endpoints. However, with generalized open source LLMs getting more and more competitive with proprietary generalized LLMs, your organization may want to quickly evaluate and experiment with these open source models. You can now also call MosaicML’s hosted Llama2-70b-chat.
Try MLflow today for your LLM development!
We are working quickly to support and standardize the most common workflows for LLM development in MLflow. Check out this demo notebook to see how to use MLflow for your use cases. For more resources:
- Sign up for the MLflow AI Gateway Preview (includes the prompt engineering UI) here.
- To get started with the prompt engineering UI, simply upgrade your MLflow version (pip install –upgrade mlflow), create an MLflow Experiment, and click “New Run”.
- To evaluate various models on the same set of questions, use the MLflow Evaluation API.
- If there is a SaaS LLM endpoint you want to support in the MLflow AI Gateway, follow the guidelines for contribution on the MLflow repository. We love contributions!


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Mumbai: A week after chief minister
Devendra Fadnavis directed energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to resolve the row over inflated bills
to Adani Electricity’s 40 lakh consumers, no directions have been given yet to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) to investigate the complaints. This is because, only the cabinet
has the powers to give directions to the MERC
, said state officials.
On November 30, Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar
had sought the CM’s intervention on the massive surge in electricity bills, following which Fadnavis had asked Bawankule to investigate the consumers’ grievances. Following the CM’s remarks, Shelar had met Bawankule and energy secretary Arvind Singh. The power regulator had then sought legal opinion of the additional solicitor general on the powers of the energy department to issue directions to the MERC. Then it was specifically opined that only the cabinet has the powers to do so. “Energy department has no powers...The matter will have to be brought before the cabinet and it will give directions to the MERC to probe
into the row over inflated bills,” said a state official.
In a related development, Adani representatives on Wednesday were present before the MERC on receiving a notice. But since the data submitted were inadequate, they have been asked to remain present on Thursday with the entire data on bills. “We will study their data and give directions in a day or two,” an official said.
Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam
wrote to governor Vidyasagar Rao
demanding a judicial probe into MERC’s functioning. “We have reasons to be believe that MERC and Adani have a nexus, as well as power distribution companies in Mumbai... They are working hand in glove and looting consumers,” Nirupam claimed.
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A celebrity that holds their own umbrella! Down-to-earth Melissa McCarthy shelters under giant brolly while filming The Heat
Swanning down the red carpets at premieres and festivals, celebrities have a tendency to forget what their hands were made for as it seems to slip their mind how to hold an umbrella.
However, Melissa McCarthy proved she has no airs or graces by clutching a giant brolly handle on the set of her new film while she and co-star Thomas F. Wilson sheltered beneath it.
The Back-Up Plan star was seen shooting scenes for The Heat - in which she plays a supporting role alongside leading lady Sandra Bullock - at Boston's old Roxbury police station, Massachusetts.
Breaking news... a celebrity that holds their own umbrella! Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy is pictured on the set of new film The Heat with co-star Thomas F. Wilson as they film at Boston's old Roxbury police station
The 41-year-old was make-up free with her hair tied back in a scruffy makeshift do.
She was dressed in simple gold hoop earrings and a green T-shirt with a Pawtucket Red Sox baseball logo in honour of the 1973 team from the city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Melissa seemed in high spirits though and had a permanent smile etched on her face.
Come rain or shine: It seemed the giant brolly was needed to protect from the heat rather than wet conditions
The film, from Bridesmaids and The Office director Paul Feig, follows an FBI agent who teams up with a police officer to take down a Russian mobster.
While she has graced our screens for over a decade as Sookie in Gilmore Girls, and the title character in Mike & Molly, it is her silver screen success which turned her into a household name.
Melissa won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in Bridesmaids.
Sidekick: Bullock's character, Sarah Ashburn, is a longtime by-the-book FBI agent who partners up with a tough Boston cop played by Melissa McCarthy to take down a drug lord
She means business: Sandra Bullock was back on set today, dressed in a suit in character as as FBI agent
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have you guys seen this? It figures that after three S8's I am now swithing to the B7 (arrives in 2 weeks). Still, performance aside, the new Audi looks boring compared to the Alpina.
On this week's episode of Head 2 Head, senior features editor Jonny Lieberman is pitting two luxury tuner limousines, the BMW 7 Series-based Alpina B7 and Audi S8, against one another to see which of the new performance-tuned German luxury flagships is best.
Lieberman starts out by comparing the B7 and the S8 on the track. While on paper 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8's 540 hp and 538 lb-ft of torque of the B7 far outclasses the 512 hp and 479 lb-ft the all-wheel drive S8's 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 produces, the Audi destroyed the Alpina in a straight line, needing 3.5 second to hit 60 mph from a standstill, as opposed to the B7's 4.3 second run.
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Across all mediums, Carrick's work is alive and captivating, both sensual and adventurous all in one.


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EU Referendum: Britain will be forced to join EU Army if ‘Remain Campaign’ wins, says UK Minister
Germany and The Netherlands merge Army and Naval assets to create nucleus of a unified EU Army
According to UK Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt, Britain must join a European Union Army under Brussels’s direct command if the country stays within the EU. The ominous revelation comes as British voters are heading towards a historic ‘in-out’ referendum on June 23. What could only be described as cynical manoeuvring, EU bosses intends to table the plan a day after the British referendum — concealing the totalitarian nature of the ‘European Project’ from the British voters.
Mordaunt made it clear that if her country were to stay in the EU as a result of a “remain vote”, her government would be “powerless” to stop the formation of an EU Army. Furthermore, UK would be “bound to support” and bankroll such an Army under the provisions of existing Lisbon treaty. “As usual with the EU, the plan for this army would see Britain paying highest price and but getting a raw deal. They’ve done that with our budget, I’m not going to let that happen to our armed forces,” Minister Mordaunt told the UK voters.
The preparations for new pan-European Army outside the framework of NATO are long under way. Germany and The Netherlands have reportedly merged their army and naval assets to form a core fighting force that would serve as the basis for a new EU Army. NATO officials had recently accused France of neglecting its commitment to NATO-alliance by diverting resources to build an EU Army.
According to the reports surfacing in British media, the detailed plans for an EU army under the command of unelected Eurocrats was being prepared by none other than EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. London-based newspaper The Express reports:
The [EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini] proposals refer to “permanent structured defence co-operation” powers that allow a group of nine or more EU states to press ahead with plans for a military headquarters.
It follows an agreement by the Germans and Dutch to merge their army and navy to form the nucleus of a single EU military force.
Talks are also ongoing to include the Czechs and under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, signed in 2007 by Gordon Brown, the Anglo-French defence arrangement means that Britain and France would also be obliged to join the EU army.
What stated in 1950s as common European market, promoted by France and Germany, has today taken all the paraphernalia of a nation state with its own parliament, president, central bank, flag and even anthem. A transnational army could give EU Bureaucrats an instrument to enforce it policy on individual member states and rival foreign powers. The unelected commissars in Brussels have long toyed with the idea of an army to enforce their will. Back in 2014, EU President Jean-Claude Juncker saw the prospect of an EU Army as inevitable.
In the very long run, we will need a European army. Because we have to be credible when it comes to foreign policy #wahlarena #withJuncker
— Jean-Claude Juncker (@JunckerEU) May 20, 2014
But don’t expect the mighty EU Army to do the obvious; secure the external borders of the Union against the migrant influx.
European naval ships are already serving as shuttle service for people smugglers by picking up migrants off the boats on the high seas — further encouraging the smugglers to ferry more and more people across the ocean in crumbling and cramped up boats.
EU is doubling down on its disastrous open border policy. Despite stiff opposition from East European countries, Brussels is pushing ahead with the plan to force member states to take in migrants on continuous basis.
With unelected and unaccountable EU High-Commissars showing no intentions of listening to the wishes of European electorates, a British rejection of EU membership at the referendum or ‘Brexit’ could encourage other smaller member states to stand up to the bullies in Brussels.
VIDEO: British MEP Daniel Hannan on why Britain should leave the EU
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So why us the USA still protecting western Europe? The beer can’t be that good.
Hear! Hear ! Daniel Hannan
Mulit-country collectivism is still collectivism. Each country and each person in the collective is required to become the lowest possible denominator to please everyone in the collective.
It is one thing to cooperate. It is another to submit.
He is correct, as usual, but he is mostly arguing facts, which does not seem to be the path to electoral wins these days. On the other hand, he got his best responses when he made a modest appeal to England’s historical characteristics. Like its offspring, America, England’s historical culture may be so diluted by contrary immigrants that its once-great culture is gone for good.
I hope not.
As extremists become more prominent, otherwise complex situations clarify.
Or as Chesty Puller famously said at the Chosin Reservoir in 1950, “We’ve been looking for the enemy for some time now. We’ve finally found him. We’re surrounded. That simplifies things.”
Just watched “Brexit-The Movie” on youtube…. total disconnect of Brussels EU overlords and the people. Technocratic society. One shortcoming of the Brexit campaign is how many Britishers want to have pablum everyday from birth to death and not have to work for it?
I hope the Brits see the position they’re in and decide to pull chalks/pop smoke/make like a newborn.
Who believes that a united EU army would be used in “a neighboring state”? Who believes that a EU army would be used outside Europe?
Oh, they might send the Fighting 515th Belgian Heavy Barber Battalion on a UN mission sometime.
But we all know who will feel the full weight of the EU army: the good people of Europe who, in the future, choose to defy the dictates of Brussels.
If you had a country without borders, without it’s own currency, and somebody else was running it…
Just what would you have?
A state like any of the 50 US States.
I remember a story.
It was about a collective of individule aligned governments, who banded together for mutual objectives.
Something like that.
At a certain point, their differences were at odds, so half of them decided they wanted to pull out.
So, they did. And they started printing their own money and were trying to put things back into order.
Well, the other half needed their resources and they wanted to remain in power…
So then there was this huge war between them.
It seems a long time since the story was told to me, and the story has changed many times since I first heard it.
The new story doesn’t much resemble the old one.
But, they still tell me the North won.
So, I guess we are looking at a lesson to those who for the benefit of security decide the safest choice comes at the mere expense of their Liberty.
EU army would be used to enforce world court rulings especially any related to supposed war crimes by coalition forces in middle east.
There need not be economic or political union for there to be a military cooperation and coordination and treaties.
Organisations like the European Union and dreaded United Nations is dangerous to all nations who take part. Those organisations threaten national sovereignty, and Liberals hate it when individualism exist from any nation. Just a reason they (the left) want to destroy the United States and any other nation that does not want to take part in their central, global government. So my thoughts, the United Kingdom should fight to stay separate, to remain sovereign in their own right!
And this will be just one division of the mighty UN army!
And Poland wasn’t even invaded.
This is too good to pass up.
1. The British will be in charge of the commissary.
2. The Germans will be in charge of military police.
3. The Italians will be in charge of logistics.
4. The French . . .
It’s official, the Brexit vote has now devolved into an IQ test. Those who vote to stay should immediately turn in their brains for they are no longer qualified to think.


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Just capitalism things: PCC employees rallied outside the co-op's downtown location on Monday calling for higher wages, full staffing, and better working conditions, according to the Seattle Times. The wildest detail in this story is the store setting up a food pantry because of the number of workers facing food instability. A grocery store that doesn't pay its workers enough money to buy groceries is one of the worst chef's kisses imaginable.
Meanwhile, federal food funds sunset: Pandemic era federal SNAP benefits ended in February, and about half a million Washingtonians lost access to federal food assistance, according to KING 5. The Washington State Legislature is working on a fix to devote about $28 million to fund food programs in the state.
Supercalifragilisticexpial-Egregious: Despite Seattle's lesser-known paper giving it a ringing endorsement, Washington State House Democrats say the Senate's drug possession bill is a dumb, very bad, no good law. State Representative Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) said the House Democratic Caucus is resistant to increasing penalties and mandatory minimums for drug possession. Because—and let's all say it together this time—drug addiction. Cannot. Be punished. Out of. Someone. Bellingham gets it.
But, if we are worried about fentanyl: Then why not make the strips to test for it legal? A bill in the Washington State Legislature would remove equipment used to test drug purity from the list of illegal drug paraphernalia. The law would allow public health officials to make test strips available to the public, according to the Seattle Times. Not totally clear how many lives it would save, but also, why are these illegal in the first place?
Floating big ideas in District 3: Actor Ry Armstrong is running to represent District 3 voters as the first openly nonbinary person on the Seattle City Council. I don't know how they heard my apocalypse plan was to retrofit a battleship into 2,000 units of shelter and housing, but I'll give them the credit for it. I appreciate them having incredible local politics puns that few people enjoy. This is all via Hannah Krieg:
Actor Ry Armstrong wants to be your City Council Member, District 3. They want to tax big business for carbon emissions, turn a battleship into housing, and set up two new emergency hotlines.https://t.co/oKLG74kAot— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg) March 13, 2023
Ban cars: People are out here driving real wild. Charles Mudede breaks down a few incidents that didn't make the news, but also a woman was killed in Redmond last night in a hit-and-run, according to KIRO. Earlier in the year, I didn't want the Legislature to take my free right turns on red, but now I'm one of those nuts screaming "Twenty is plenty" at passing sedans.
Abortion pill lawsuit: A hearing is scheduled Wednesday in a federal case out of Texas that seeks to prevent the use of the two-drug abortion pill regimen, according to the New York Times. A ruling in favor of removing approval for the regimen would reduce access to abortion even in states without abortion bans.
Meta lays off about 10,000 employees: The cuts amount to about 13% of Meta's workforce, according to the New York Times. In an incredible branding swing, Mark Zuckerberg called 2023 a "year of efficiency." This cut comes just days after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, causing the second-largest bank failure in US history.
Overall, though, things are rebounding? US shares rebounded, according to the BBC. But then Moody's Investor Service switched its outlook for the US banking system from "stable" to "negative." Doesn't sound good. Ugh. Maybe I have to actually listen on my next finance bro date.
The SVB crisis does not yet have the characteristics of a global risk-off shock with the dollar immediately depreciating & most emerging market currencies minimally impacted. Lower expected interest rates in the US driving currency movements. Closely monitoring developments.— Gita Gopinath (@GitaGopinath) March 14, 2023
Inflation lowered compared to last month, but it's up 6% compared to this time last year. According to the Washington Post, "Higher housing costs weighed heavily on the latest figures, contributing to more than 70 percent of the monthly increase." Next week the Fed meets to decide whether to hike interest rates again, but the collapse of a couple banks in recent days may stay their hand.
Biden expands gun background checks: Tuesday, Biden will use an executive order to close a background check loophole for buying guns, according to Politico. The move dodges Congress and will increase the number of gun-sellers who can conduct background checks. The move will also direct the Federal Trade Commission to analyze how gun manufacturers market to minors, which is a report I'm excited to read.
Today, rather than a song, I leave you with a Tweet about a TikTok series:
A lawyer on TikTok is performing a weekly list of recently arrested pedophiles in America simply to point out that it’s all youth pastors and politicians, not drag queens pic.twitter.com/JdsrEIbP8q— Marjorie Gaylor Queen 🏳🌈 (@Tim_Tweeted) March 13, 2023


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Coast student wins Sophia Loren gig
A Sunshine Coast TAFE student photographer's initiative has been rewarded by spending six days with screen legend Sophia Loren on her recent Australian visit.
TAFE Diploma of Photography student, Gavin Keats was appointed as her official photographer at the Italian Australian Film Festival in Sydney.
When Gavin heard that Sophia Loren was coming to Australia he recognised a fantastic opportunity.
The festival was originally scheduled to be held on the Sunshine Coast, so Gavin emailed Ms Loren's agents in Italy and Australia and politely asked if he could be her official photographer for one of his TAFE assignments.
After sending off a brief biography and some examples of his work, Gavin was contacted by Ms Loren's agent in Australia who confirmed that he had been successful.
When the event was moved to Sydney, Gavin said he was still prepared to do the job as long as his expenses were covered.
"I stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel overlooking Sydney Harbour and was chauffer driven to official functions in a Mercedes Benz and a Maserati,' Gavin said.
"We attended the world premiere of Anita and I was given exclusive access to Ms Loren and was the only photographer out of about 60 allowed with her on the red carpet.'
Gavin said one of the highlights of the assignment was being invited to join Ms Loren and her minders at a private function yacht cruise on Sydney Harbour.
"There were times when I knew that Ms Loren was exhausted and her agent would say 'no photo' or 'photo' and I knew there was generally ten or so seconds to compose and take the shot,' Gavin said.
"On the yacht it was clear Sophia wanted a break from photos when she playfully greeted me saying oh Gavin it's you.. I didn't recognise you without your camera.'
At 43 years of age, Gavin said he was looking for a career change when he came to TAFE to study photography.
"I had always been interested in photography so when I decided to become a professional I came to TAFE so I could get an internationally recognised qualification to learn the finer points of the art,' Gavin said.
"So far TAFE has been fantastic and now I am so grateful to think that as a first year student I was able to work with an international star like Sophia Loren.'
"I now have a very impressive portfolio and Ms Loren's people have already asked me if I will do the job for her next year when she returns for the festival.'
Sunshine Coast TAFE Institute Acting Director, Joe Willis said Gavin could look forward to a bright future as a professional photographer.
'We congratulate Gavin for taking the initiative to contact Ms Loren and demonstrating his commitment to rofessionalism as a photographer and as an ambassador for Sunshine Coast TAFE during this assignment,' Mr Willis said.
'Gavin is entitled to feel very proud because he has managed to pull off a major coup that would make other more experienced photographers envious.'