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HAWLEY HEIGHTS Neighborhood of Miami Florida
Hawley Heights/Howard middle land cost is $565,293, which is more costly than 88.6% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 83.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The normal rental cost in Hawley Heights/Howard is as of now $2,236, in light of NeighborhoodScout’s selective examination. The normal rental expense in this area is higher than 86.5% of the neighborhoods in Florida.
Hawley Heights/Howard is a rural area (in view of populace thickness) situated in Miami, Florida.
Hawley Heights/Howard land is principally comprised of medium estimated (three or four room) to enormous (four, five or more room) single-family homes and apartments. The greater part of the private land is proprietor involved. A significant number of the homes in the Hawley Heights/Howard area are set up however not old, having been worked somewhere in the range of 1970 and 1999. Various homes were likewise worked somewhere in the range of 1940 and 1969.
Land opening in Hawley Heights/Howard are 5.4%, which is lower than one will discover in 71.3% of American areas. Interest for land in Hawley Heights/Howard is better than expected for the U.S., and may flag some interest for either cost increments or new development of private item for this area.
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The manner in which a local looks and feels when you walk or cruise all over it, from its setting, its structures, and its flavor, can have a significant effect. This area has some truly cool things about the manner in which it looks and feels as uncovered by NeighborhoodScout’s selective exploration. This may incorporate anything from the lodging stock to the sorts of families living here to how individuals get around.
Striking and Unique: Diversity
Did you realize that the Hawley Heights/Howard area has more Cuban and Brazilian parentage individuals living in it than almost any neighborhood in America? It’s actual! Truth be told, 29.4% of this current neighborhood’s inhabitants have Cuban family and 3.0% have Brazilian parentage.
Hawley Heights/Howard is additionally beautiful unique phonetically. Altogether, 2.4% of its inhabitants five years of age or more basically communicate in Russian at home. While this may appear to be a little rate, it is higher than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors: Income
How well off an area is, from affluent, to center pay, to low pay is extremely developmental as to the character and character of an area. Similarly significant is the pace of individuals, especially kids, who live beneath the government neediness line. In some rich gated networks, the regions quickly encompassing can have high paces of youth neediness, which shows other social issues. NeighborhoodScout’s investigation uncovers the two parts of pay and destitution for this area.
The neighbors in the Hawley Heights/Howard neighborhood in Miami are upper-center pay, making it a better than expected pay area. NeighborhoodScout’s select examination uncovers that this area has a higher pay than 82.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.2% of the kids here underneath the government neediness line, this area has a higher pace of youth destitution than 54.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: Occupations
How we decide to help a living reflects what our identity is. Every area has an alternate blend of occupations addressed, and together these inform you concerning the area and assist you with comprehension if this area may accommodate your way of life.
In the Hawley Heights/Howard area, 52.5% of the functioning populace is utilized in leader, the executives, and expert occupations. The second most significant word related gathering in this area is deals and administration occupations, from significant deals accounts, to working in drive-through joints, with 20.6% of the occupants utilized. Different occupants here are utilized in administrative, colleague, and technical support occupations (18.5%), and 8.4% in assembling and worker occupations.
The Neighbors: Languages
The dialects verbally expressed by individuals in this area are assorted. These are organized as the dialects individuals specially talk when they are at home with their families. The most well-known language spoken in the Hawley Heights/Howard area is Spanish, spoken by 54.7% of families. Other significant dialects spoken here incorporate English, Russian and Portuguese.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity/Ancestry
Culture is the common scholarly conduct of people groups. Certainly, various nationalities and heritages have diverse social practices, and subsequently, neighborhoods with centralizations of inhabitants of some identities or families will communicate those societies. It is the thing that makes the North End in Boston so amusing to visit for the Italian cafés, bread shops, culture, and engage, and also, why individuals appreciate visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Hawley Heights/Howard neighborhood in Miami, FL, occupants most normally distinguish their identity or parentage as Cuban (29.4%). There are likewise various individuals of South American lineage (11.1%), and inhabitants who report Puerto Rican roots (7.5%), and a portion of the occupants are additionally of German heritage (6.7%), alongside some Asian parentage occupants (4.2%), among others. What’s more, 34.6% of the inhabitants of this area were brought into the world in another country.
Having the chance to Work
How you will function – vehicle, transport, train or different methods – and the amount of your day it takes to do so is an enormous personal satisfaction and monetary issue. Particularly with fuel costs rising and expected to keep doing as such, the length and methods for one’s drive can be a monetary weight. A few areas are actually found so numerous inhabitants need to drive in their own vehicle, others are set up so many stroll to work, or can take a train, transport, or bicycle. The best number of suburbanites in Hawley Heights/Howard area spend somewhere in the range of 30 and 45 minutes driving single direction to work (34.9% of working occupants), which is at or a bit over the normal length of a drive across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most inhabitants (80.1%) drive alone in a private auto to will work. What’s more, a lot likewise carpool with collaborators, companions, or neighbors to will work (13.5%) . In a local like this, as in the greater part of the country, numerous occupants find possessing a vehicle valuable for having the opportunity to work.
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Your most frequently asked questions… answered.
Editor’s notes (2019)
The FAQ and discussion below has been mildly edited to eliminate typos, make it clearer who the authors are and which boats they themselves have (by hull number and boat name if known). Wherever possible alternative (i.e. current) references to products & suppliers are provided.
The bulk of this FAQ was originally generated as a Q&A in the period 2005 – 2015. In this period Lester Helmus acted as a clearing house for questions and responses, but some respondents would also write direct to each other, hence some of the overlapping answers you see in the FAQ. In places there are 2019 and subsequent comments, drawing either on my own experiences, or from other Corbin 39 owners and sources, including our Corbin 39 Group on Facebook. More comments are most welcome and this FAQ will inevitably grow.
We have attempted to contact all contributors to the 2015 version of the FAQ. All responses have been most supportive, thank you. If you are a contributor who has yet to respond please contact us.
As will be apparent there are multiple viewpoints on some topics. Sometimes, but not always, this can be traced to differences in arrangement between the boats of the various authors. Some of the topics raised are not so much a Q&A, as simply being a statement of why a particular owner thought something was a good idea, which of course it may not have been at all. Make your own mind up.
If you have further comments or suggestions on any of these questions, or wish to pose new questions, or describe various issues you have faced and/or overcome, then please contact us either via the Facebook Group or via the Website.
[Remark as of November 2019: Quite a lot of the links to drawings & photos are not yet reinstated due to workload. However I also know quite a few of the relevant images have gone astray. You may find the relevant photos in the individual boat’s entry. Please email us if you have any of the missing photos, drawings, etc.]
a. On my Corbin the Inverter/Charger (Heart Interface 1000 watt) is under the nav table seat. You won’t see much in the photo. I have stainless grilles to assist cooling air flow. The fan comes on occasionally. This location minimizes the wiring distance from the batteries and from the breaker panel. I believe I used #2 gauge wire, actually welding cable. This is not tinned but costs a lot less and I took pains to seal all the ends into the heavy duty lugs(from an electrical supplier) with heatshrink and silicone caulk for the wire ends. I used Ancor lug crimper, p/n 701010, W. Marine 214080, and squeezed it in a vice where possible, otherwise using a heavy C-clamp (tricky as it tends to slip off) inverterundernavseat.jpg. David Salter (s/v #050, Opportunity)
How do I rewire my mast? Can you please help. I am trying to do some rewiring in the mast (Isomat): radar, coax, and a triplex wire for deck and steaming light. Are there internal conduits in the mast that extend below the side exit? Do I need to pull the mast? Gene Stoddard (#158, Swell Dish).
a. All masts are probably different. I have an Isomat clone (Cinkel Canada) and it has 3 extrusions inside the mast, 2 either side near the front and one aft.. They go the full length except that one or two (I forget which) are cut by the upper spreader supports. The extrusions each hold a plastic conduit tube and may be cut at whatever height one desires. I believe the only way to resolve wiring problems is to pull the mast. David Salter (Here’s my mast base, Pic 1) (#050, Opportunity).
b. We had an Isomat mast previously on our Corbin. It had two conduits, one fore and one aft. The wires within our conduits were bound together with cable ties every couple of feet or so. These wires flex snakelike back and forth across the conduit taking up much of the conduit space. We needed to take our mast down to get the wires out of the cable wraps and add another wire in the conduit. We disconnected all the wires, slid the entire bundle out, added a wire, attached it with cable wraps, slid the whole bundle back in, and reconnected everything. It was not as difficult as it sounded, and went quite smoothly. Hope that helps, Stephen Lefneski (#187, Toboggan).
c. I have an Isomat mast which I rewired several years ago. I had no conduits in the mast initially but Isomat sells various size conduits which can be slid up the mast from below into a retainer slot so they are fixed. In order to rewire your mast properly, and certainly to install additional conduits, the mast must be removed and put on sawhorses. Pull out all the old wiring and even remove the mast head temporarily for ease of pulling. Find the supplier of Isomat masts and accessories and purchase the new conduits you need. The conduits can be trimmed at the exact point where wires need to exit such as at the spreaders for spreader lights or radar domes before continuing on the the mast head. I would suggest signal wires be in separate conduits from the power wiring. If you have room in the conduit you might consider a spare wire for some future device or antenna you might want to install. Be sure to file smooth the holes where the wire exits the mast and that the wires are not pinched when exiting. All new wiring should be in double insulated sheaths and be tinned stranded wire of the proper gauge for the devices run. When the wires exit at the spreaders or at mast head they should exit at 90 degrees and make a slight bend down before heading back up again to the device. This will prevent water from entering the mast. Good luck with your rewiring. Jack Verheyden (#127, Kathrian).
d. There is no way you can deal with this mess without pulling the rig. The wires in the conduit will be impossible to pull out or use as pull throughs for new wiring. I rewired Two Pelicans mast down. The reason the wiring exit is higher than the conduit end is to form a drip loop. This exit would be the one to use for all the wiring including the radar if its cable is properly shielded. On deck I would mount an inverted U-shaped stainless steel conduit, one end attached by a flange to the deck where the wiring feeds below, the other end half the length of the U would be where the cables are fed in, then up and over the U and then down. With a suitably sized piece of pipe and a flange welded on the longer end you will have a barrier to sea water going below through the conduit. Plug the pipe after the wires are fed in, either with putty or with a piece of plastic tubing where the wires are fed through, one end inside the mast opening, the other slipped over the inverted shorter end of the conduit. Use the proper sized silvered copper wiring……expensive but a one time fix. Good luck, Jeremy Parrett (#101, Two Pelicans).
e. At the time most Corbins were being built, Isomat spars did not have conduits in them. Instead, they had two internal extruded tracks, similar to the sail track on the aft outside of the mast tube. Isomat would take the appropriate lengths of mast wiring, secure miniature slides every 12 – 18 inches along them, then “hoist” the wiring harness in one of the internal tracks, while fishing wires out of the mast tube at appropriate locations. With more complex wiring harnesses, they would split the bundle into two harnesses and use both internal tracks. There is no way to adjust the wiring on a setup like this unless the mast is unstepped. You may have something that’s been retrofitted, including a conduit (you should be able to see fasteners on the outside of the mast tube used to hold the conduit in place). In some cases, where advanced planning was employed, it may be possible to fish new wires through a conduit while the mast is stepped, but it is always easier while the mast is laid flat. In any event, your biggest issue may be the exit plate on your mast; a non-standard fitting for an Isomat spar and one I’ve never seen before. Good luck, Chris Reynolds, former owner of #083, Tamalmar, Corbin 39 pilothouse cutter.
f. The rewiring of a mast is much, much easier done with the mast down, especially if you are going to replace all the wiring. That being said, many times the wiring is filled with 3M 5200 at the base of the mast to prevent water from entering. To get wires out of 5200 is not an easy task if you don`t have access to it. There are internal conduits but the radar wire was big and often times did not make it inside the conduits. The radar cable usually goes out at the 1st spreader so it is about 20`long. Again, May I suggest that the mast be taken down for re-wiring. Have a wonderful day. Marius Corbin
I am installing an SSB radio in Whaleback and am seeking any assistance regarding the installation of the “counterpoise” grounding system. I am using a 3″ copper foil and would like input from any skipper who has experience with adhesives, connections to tanks, etc. or general feedback on the overall “counterpoise” install. Tim O’Neil (#138, Whaleback) Constitution Marina, Boston
a. A link for some info on SSB, www.yachtwire.com/ssb.pdf . Regards, Frank Bryant
b. For a (SSB Ground Plane) I used 3M 5100 to attach my copper. I was told by a radio man in Seattle that I should shoot for 100 sq.ft. of ground plane. I have 75 sq.ft of 18″ copper foil that is soldered to adjacent copper foil of similar size. I have kept most of this foil below the waterline which is important. I used 3″ foil to connect between my large copper foil area and two 12″x 3″ Dynaplates. I have also incorporated one of my fuel tanks. There are a lot of people that don’t think that is a good idea. Electrolysis can be a problem. I have been told that the signals ??? travel along the service of the foil. People with good radios will keep their foil clean and replace it when corrosion starts to deteriorate it. It’s also important to use 45 and 90 degree folds when changing direction with the 3 ” foil. One should also solder the folded edge. I am not an expert, I do a lot of listening , but I have one of the better radios in a fiberglass boat. I was able to routinely talk to New Zealand from the entire length of the west coast of North America. A good radio is a lot of fun and you are in a position to help others when their radios are not doing the job. There are a large number of radios that will not reach very far. Richard Bacon (s/v #043, Balmacara)
c. Richard, Thanks for your helpful response. Can you advise me regarding the source of your 18″ copper foil? I called the local metal people around Boston to no avail. I was going to try to source copper insect screen next. I was also concerned re the airex core…that it could affect or interfere with counterpoise, but it appears in your case it does not. Again thank you for your response and three cheers for Lester. Best Regards, Tim O’Neil (#138, Whaleback)
d. I got my 18″ foil from an outfit called Pacific Steel. They are located here in Missoula, MT. They ordered it from the west coast. 1 800 446 4766 . I don’t think that the airex is a problem but you can get away from the airex if you get close to the center of the boat where there is no airex. I think the key is to have it below the waterline. R. Bacon (s/v #043, Balmacara).
e. Here is a link to a supplier of copper foil ( SSB Counterpoise ) you may have it already …………. I ordered some myself too. http://www.basiccopper.com/?gclid=CMT5k_2_vJkCFSEgDQodeQhA7A Regards, Frank Bryant.
a. Regarding your earlier request for an AC schematic, I don’t have one and it would be very simple. We have 6 active AC breakers, plus a couple of spares. Each breaker feeds a chain of AC receptacles (one feeds the water heater, not yet commissioned). These are all Pass & Seymour stainless steel, hospital grade (yellow plastic) in plastic housings. I didn’t use a GFI as they are reputed to trip intermittently due to the marine environment. David Salter, (s/v #050, Opportunity)
a. The wiring behind the panel shows a fuse block at the left that has AGC fuses for the light loads of instruments (GPS, Nexus instruments, VHF etc.). The copper strap is the SSB ground connection. I have lots of AGC in-line fuses, all listed now I believe. They protect the light loads of various pieces of equipment that would not be protected by the breaker feeding them. I used white wire for ground as I had lots of it! Almost all the wiring is 12 gauge, to minimize voltage drop. I have “pony panels” in about 7 locations throughout the boat. Each is fed from one breaker and consists of a junction block, e.g. Blue Seas #2408 (W. Marine 214991) or similar. This avoids having all wires go back to the main panel. Each sub circuit has an in-line fuse See Pic. David Salter (s/v #050, Opportunity)
b. The back of the Paneltronics breaker panel (hinged open) shows the AC below with a fibreglass box covering the AC wiring, made by me. The mass of wires is organized (!) with number labels stuck on and covered with clear heat-shrink There are circular wire loops attached to a fixed piece of wood behind the hinge, so that the wire will tend to flex and not fatigue with opening and closing of the panel door. All wire ends are crimped to ring terminals and covered with heat-shrink. I recommend the Ancor ratchet crimper, p/n 702017, $46.99 at W. David Salter (s/v #050, Opportunity)


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NAIROBI, Kenya – Ethiopia’s government on Monday declared an immediate, unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict as Tigray fighters occupied the region’s capital and government soldiers withdrew in a region where hundreds of thousands are suffering the worst the world suffering from famine crisis.
The ceasefire could calm a war that has destabilized Africa’s second most populous country and threatens to do the same in the Horn of Africa, where Ethiopia is considered a key security ally of the West. It comes as the country waits for the results of the national elections, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described as the centerpiece of the reforms that earned him the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
Since the fighting broke out in Tigray in November, Abiy’s transition from peace to warrior has shocked many observers. Since then, the world has struggled to gain access to much of the region and to investigate mounting allegations of atrocities such as gang rape and forced starvation. Thousands of people in the region of 6 million were killed.
Ethiopia’s declaration was circulated by state media shortly after the federal government-appointed interim administration Tigray fled the regional capital Mekele and called for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds so that urgently needed aid can be provided.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that he had spoken to the Prime Minister and “I hope the hostilities will cease effectively.”
Meanwhile, Mekele residents cheered for the first time since the city was captured by Ethiopian troops in late November, and Abiy declared victory over the return of Tigray troops. The Tigray fighters, loyal to the former regional ruling party that dominated the Ethiopian government for years before being sidelined by the new prime minister, undermined the declaration by waging a guerrilla war on the region’s rough terrain.
As Tigray troops occupied the airport and other key positions in Mekele and aired a message urging residents to stop partying and go home, retreating Ethiopian soldiers shot at Mekele University students, killing two and wounding them three, said a nurse at Ayder Hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Ethnic Tigrayans, even those who did not support the former ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front before the war, say they have been severely attacked for alleged links to Tigray fighters. Ethiopia has denied this.
But Abiy in an interview aired last week alarmed observers by recalling that aid to Tigray during the devastating famine in Ethiopia in the 1980s had strengthened the Tigray fighters who eventually overthrew the ruling regime. Something like that will “never happen” now, he said.
Monday’s ceasefire declaration signaled a new approach, at least for a while.
The ceasefire “will allow peasants to cultivate their land, aid groups operate without military movements, and deal with remnants (of Tigray’s former ruling party) seeking peace,” the Ethiopia statement said, adding that efforts to Tigray’s former leader “Justice” continues.
Ethiopia said the ceasefire would last until the end of the crucial planting season in Tigray. The end of the season comes in September. The government ordered all federal and regional authorities to uphold the ceasefire – crucial as authorities and militants from the neighboring Amhara region were accused of the atrocities in western Tigray.
“The government has a responsibility to find a political solution to the problem,” said the head of the interim administration, Abraham Belay, calling for the ceasefire and adding that some elements in Tigray’s former ruling party were willing to work with the federal government.
There was no immediate response from the Tigray fighters with whom Ethiopia had declined to speak. And there was no immediate comment from neighboring Eritrea, whose soldiers were accused by Tigray residents of some of the worst atrocities of the war.
“If Abiy has a serious desire to find a political solution, he must first undo the terrorist labeling against the elected government of Tigray,” said Desta Haileselassie Hagos, who is trying to compile a list of those killed in the war. Abiy must also order the Eritrean soldiers to leave, he said.
Tigray has seen some of the most violent fighting in the conflict in the past few days. International pressure on Ethiopia increased again last week after more than 60 people were killed in a military air strike on a busy market and MSF said three employees were murdered in a separate incident.
Amid the unrest on Monday, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Ethiopian soldiers broke into their office in Mekele and dismantled satellite communications equipment, an act that violated the immunity of the world organization. UNICEF warned last week that at least 33,000 severely malnourished children are “at risk of death” with no more help reaching Tigray’s people.
The United States, Great Britain and Ireland called for an open emergency meeting of the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York. The most powerful body in the United Nations discussed Tigray behind closed doors, but not in an open session. You need the support of nine of the 15 councilors to hold an open session.

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Nuclear weapons are to be stationed in Belarus for the first time in 30 years. What does this step mean for the country and the NPT?
Nuclear weapons could be stationed in Belarus again this year. As Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 25, they are about 10 aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons and an Iskander missile system capable of being armed with nuclear warheads.
He also announced that the construction of a tactical nuclear weapons storage facility in Belarus should be completed by July this year.
Almost 30 years ago, all Soviet nuclear weapons were withdrawn to Russia – not only from Belarus, but also from Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The three states renounced the nuclear weapons that were on their territory and signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In return, they were guaranteed their sovereignty and territorial integrity by the other contracting states, above all the USA and Russia. This “Budapest Memorandum” was agreed at the December 1994 meeting of what was then the CSCE (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, today the OSCE).
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Pavel Podvig from the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva points out that new cooperation between Russia and Belarus in the field of nuclear weapons has been discussed for some time. In February 2022, for example, the constitution in Belarus was amended and the provision on the country’s nuclear-weapon-free status was deleted, “which opened up the legal possibility of stationing nuclear warheads on Belarusian territory,” emphasizes the expert.
According to military expert Alexandr Alesin, “a certain number of nuclear weapons carriers” were being prepared even before Putin made his announcement. He recalls that in Soviet times Belarus was a “nuclear fortress”. Around two-thirds of all Soviet medium- and short-range missiles, including warheads, were located there.
But after all nuclear weapons were withdrawn, ruler Alexander Lukashenko refused to remove the associated infrastructure needed to store and deploy the missiles.
Over time, the facilities fell into disrepair, but Alesin does not rule out the possibility that some are still in a usable condition: “It is possible that one of the more or less preserved facilities will be modernized and adapted so that it can be used as a nuclear weapons storage facility serves.”
SU bombers and Iskander systems
According to Putin, ten aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons have been prepared in Belarus with Russian help, Alesin said. “Most likely, these are SU-24 front-line bombers of Soviet design, originally designed to conduct nuclear strikes with a breakthrough in the air defense system at low altitudes,” the expert said.
According to him, there were 35 such aircraft in Belarus in 2011, some of them bombers, others reconnaissance planes. After the country’s renunciation of nuclear weapons, these aircraft were equipped with radio-electronic equipment and all the means of controlling the weapons necessary for their use.
In 2012, the bombers were decommissioned and then only stored. Some were sold to South Sudan. “But apparently there was a certain amount left, and these planes were modernized by the Russian company Sukhoi,” Alesin said.
In addition, Belarus has Iskander-M complexes, which, due to their technical characteristics, can carry nuclear warheads.
Are existing contracts violated?
Belarus and Russia are contracting parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, i.e. on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. “There is no talk of handing over nuclear weapons to Belarus. The practice of stockpiling nuclear weapons on the territory of another country and training that country’s personnel in how to use them already existed in the United States and NATO in the mid-1960s. It was generally assumed that this practice was not contrary to the Treaty,” explains Pavel Podvig.
The Soviet Union saw it that way too. According to Podvig, NATO continues to do so today. For example, there are American nuclear weapons in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Turkey.
However, the expert points out that since the mid-2010s the Kremlin has changed its position and made it clear that, from the Russian point of view, the stationing of nuclear weapons in other countries and the training of personnel are in conflict with the NPT: “This position was officially confirmed many times. And on March 25, it was declared that Russia would do whatever the US would do and that it would not violate any commitments.”
What risks does Belarus carry?
“This step will not bring additional security to either Belarus or Russia. This is a political signal for a closer union between the states, and it should be perceived as such,” says Podvig. In his opinion, this does not create any new risks: “There will be another nuclear weapons depot and it cannot be ruled out that it will remain empty. Then it will not even be the target of a missile attack or similar actions. One should not dramatize the situation beyond what is necessary.”
Political scientist Artyom Shraibman, on the other hand, believes that Belarus could very well become a target should the war between Russia and Ukraine escalate into a Russia-NATO confrontation.
“It is clear that missiles would fly to tactical nuclear weapons storage sites and Belarusian airfields because planes would take off from them. It is also clear that one would want to hit the missile systems handed over by the Russians. This would pose a danger to the people of the nearby towns, but also to the whole country, depending on how strong the attack would be. That would make Belarus a potential battlefield, that’s the biggest risk,” Shraibman said.
He also notes that nuclear weapons would also create a Russian military base or a new Russian contingent in Belarus. Expanding such a presence would further deepen the military integration between Moscow and Minsk and, as a result, the international isolation of Belarus. “It will then also be more difficult to justify why the sanctions against Belarus should remain weaker than those against Russia,” emphasizes the expert.
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Today was forecasted to be 94 degrees with 98% humidity . . . Yuck . . . Fortunately it was much cooler depending on shade, wind, and altitude. I felt like the karate kid . . . Fleece on . . . Fleece off Darryl-San.
i saw some wildlife including several hundred buffalo in groups of 20 to 60 at a time. No moose or bear. I had visions of goofy tourists poking the grizzly an then rolling up the windows leaving me easy prey!
... short look at the city of Butte, MT. This is a college town and the downtown area is very nice with lots of coffee shops, art and craft stores, lots of Outdoor Companies selling clothing, bikes, kayaks, hiking equipment, selling trips to white water rafting, fishing, skiing and snowboarding is big here with all the mountains, etc. Definitely has a college feel, but also some wonderful old buildings that have been repurposed which ...
... in a little pond while I was riding.
The horses arrived at the cookout tent, but the stagecoach never did--it broke down about a mile from the destination. It turned out that the Asian family from white water rafting was also on the stagecoach. There was a considerable wait before dinner, but it was delicious--steak and salmon.
We headed back to the hotel to pack, while watching the Olympics and sipping beverages.
Today Uncle Pete had a full load of appointments and work to do at Montana Equine so off he went in the morning to work and Jess, Tim and the kids spent the day in and around Bozeman catching up on various little jobs and chores. Odie got another oil change, we shopped for wedding clothes for the kids and just puttered around a variety of stores. Eli and Lily have been diligently saving their pocket money and ...
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‘My father taught me to uphold people’s trust’
- By Enkhnaranjav Tumurbaatar -
- Sep 16,2021
The following interview is with pianist and teacher of the Mongolian State Conservatory G.Oyun-Erdene. She is the youngest daughter of songwriter and colonel L.Gavaasuren, and a teacher, music theorist, writer, and State Honored Artist D.Tsetserleg. Her eldest sister G.Erdenetungalag is a well-known singer, while her younger sister G.Oyuntungalag specializes in drama and directing.
After graduating as a pianist from the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, you started composing music. Do you feel like you have inherited your parents’ talent in music and creativity? What other traits did you get from them?
I think a lot of people around me have shaped me to become who I am today. As Mongolians say, children take after their parents. My parents are honest about everything. People who worked with them know this very well. Like my father, I tend to see the end of whatever I start to do. My father used to stay up all night, writing lyrics and doing his work under a table lamp. He’d go to work in the morning before I woke up. My father has taught me responsibility, honesty and integrity. He taught me that it’s more important to uphold people’s trust than a night’s rest. My eldest sister taught me to do things thoroughly but quickly from from an early age.
Were there any advantageous to having two older sisters?
We taught each other many things. We used to do our housework every week. When I was younger, I actually felt like I was cleaning my sister’s house and tried to finish all the chores before going to bed. My sister used to nag at me, telling me to wash the dishes again. That’s when I started to do things thoroughly so that I wouldn’t have to do it again.
As a kid, I used to clean the classroom before lessons started. The teacher was very happy about that. He would praise, “Our Oyun-Erdene is sincere in everything she does.” Besides my family upbringing, I think my teacher helped me develop a lot of good qualities and abilities.
Why did you become a musician, a pianist at that? Was it your own decision to become a pianist or did your mother or sisters force it on you?
I don’t remember how I told my family that I wanted to major in piano. I only remember sitting for the entrance exam. Of course, my mother, father, and family influenced my decision. My mother, in particular, wanted at least her one daughters to get professional music education. But even as a child, I loved music and art. As I grew up, I fell in love with my profession. There is nothing I can do better than play the piano.
You work with other artists while teaching. Do you enjoy playing solo or with others and why?
-I like both. It’s even more fun to play with other people because it develops creativity. We don’t have many people who watch solo performances, and we don’t have such an atmosphere in the society, so I am working with other musicians and artists to organize concerts and attract listeners and increase their desire to listen to classical music.
I heard that you also sing well. Did you sing at your family’s concert or just play the piano?
My family held a concert in 2018. It was organized on the occasion of International Family Day. I came from Moscow and sang cappella and played music with my sisters. I also performed old Russian songs with my mother, and played the piano with one of my sisters. ,y father recited a poem while I provided piano accompaniment. Well-known artists performed popular songs made by my parents, and my two sisters sang marvelously.
You run your own podcast as well as the “Music Room” on clubhouse. I noticed that you also do humanitarian work. What do you hope to achieve through these activities?
The two years since the outbreak of COVID-19 have been fruitful for me. I came up with many new ideas. I launched the Classica MGL podcast to provide information about the history of world best artists and useful tips to students of vocational schools. However, now it’s not just musicians listening to my podcast but also people with other professions and music enthusiasts. As a musician, I’m not good at speaking out and expressing myself although I wish to be with others, so I decided to learn to speak face to face and work on my weaknesses.
There is also a lack of professional journalists who can talk more deeply with artists. For these reasons, I started doing interviews on the podcast. Our podcast team is gaining experience based on people’s suggestions and requests, and we are gradually improving. It used to be held only among classical music communities, but the “Music Room” on clubhouse includes all kinds of artists. Through it, the “Music Room” has the advantage of promoting and introducing professional artists, giving Mongolians living and working abroad the opportunity to listen to live performances, and giving artists the chance to directly interact with the audience. It’s also a very energetic environment. When people of different professions come together in one “room”, they get to meet new people, create new circles, and gain new creative ideas and energy.
There is another topic that we can’t skip. You demonstrated with other teachers at your school last summer for many days to protect the Mongolian State Conservatory. Can you talk about this?
My parents have never turned a blind eye on injustice. I have always fought against it as well. Many people talk about injustices in the society. Even while living abroad, I used to hear about thieves and swindlers, and various injustices in Mongolia. I was really upset and angry for a long time when I found out that injustice existed at my workplace, especially in the school that I used to go to. When fences of the Mongolian State Conservatory were put up around the school ground and a building was being built, the teachers fought against it, no longer able to endure such injustice.
Throughout July, I worked only to protect my school. Teachers and graduates also demonstrated without sleeping, eating, or meeting their families. As a result, the construction of the new building was stopped.
Your students have successfully participated in international e-competitions. Can tell us about some of the achievements of your students?
My student B.Guen won first prize at the Mozart and International Youth Music Competition. E.Enguun won second place at the Great Master International Piano Competition named after the famous pianist V. Khorovats. I am so proud of them.
My professional teacher Ch.Tungalag gave me an understanding about teaching. I graduated from the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia under the guidance of Honored Cultural Worker of Russia TN Tarnovskaya. My teachers taught me a wide range of skills, including concertmaster skills and various teaching methods. I am always grateful to pianist B.Solongo and State Honored Artist U.Tsetsegmaa, who taught the piano.
Conductor B.Lhagvasuren gave a basic understanding about minority music. I am grateful to my teachers for developing me in many things by giving me a general knowledge of music and the psychology of a musician. I’d like to thank all of my teachers.


Arlington County police are investigating the death of an inmate who was found unconscious in a medical cell at a detention facility early Saturday, officials said.
Edward Straughn was pronounced dead at Virginia Hospital Center about 7:38 a.m. after he was found unresponsive in the cell located near a nursing station at the detention center. Nurses and deputies tried to resuscitate the 53-year-old before he was taken to the hospital, according to a statement released Saturday.
County officials said Straughn had a history of medical problems and was placed in the special cell about 12 hours earlier to serve out a sentence from a trespassing conviction.
When he arrived late Friday, nurses conducted a medical check on Straughn and his vital signs were normal, said Susie Doyle, a spokeswoman for the county government.
The Medical Examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy as part of the investigation.
Straughn is the second detainee to die at the detention facility this year. The first, 48-year-old Anthony Gordon, also suffered from health problems and died in August.


July 16, 2012
Senate Choice on DISCLOSE Act Is Clear: Transparency vs. Secret Political Slush Funds
Will Senate Republicans Again Block Disclosure of Campaign Money?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the DISCLOSE Act (S. 3369) so Americans can learn who is paying for elections. In a letter to senators, Public Citizen urged them to show independence and leadership and “provide the type of full disclosure of independent electioneering that the Supreme Court envisioned and that all Americans deserve.”
“This is a call to Congress that Public Citizen has made repeatedly since the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which opened the floodgates of secret corporate political money,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen. “We repeat it again: Open the books on campaign money.”
Tonight, the Senate will vote on the simple yet critical measure, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), which would bring out of the shadows most secret money that has been flooding U.S. elections.
In the last congressional session, Senate Republicans marched in lock-step with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to filibuster the DISCLOSE Act to death. The measure, whose full name is the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act, fell short of the 60-vote supermajority required to break the filibuster by one vote. Not a single Republican senator voted for disclosure – not even those senators who previously had supported full transparency.
McConnell is on record opposing any disclosure of donors to outside political groups and is whipping his colleagues in the Senate to kill the DISCLOSE Act again.
Also today, Public Citizen sent an email to its members and supporters urging them to contact their senators to find out their position on the DISCLOSE Act. Where the senators stand can be looked up on Public Citizen’s “whip count” page, which will be updated throughout the day as activists report back what they hear from their senators’ staff.
“The public needs to pay attention to which side their senators choose,” said Lisa Gilbert, acting director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. “The vote on the DISCLOSE Act is a clear and simple choice. We will be watching to see which senators support transparency of money in politics and which prefer keeping the flow of campaign cash secret and under the table.”
Meanwhile, groups and activists from all over the nation are calling on Congress to approve the DISCLOSE Act. Many in the blogosphere are joining in a blogothon during the late night vote on Monday and through Tuesday, when the measure is likely to be reconsidered. More than 150 national, state and local organizations have signed on to a coalition letter to the Senate urging approval of the DISCLOSE Act.
“Public Citizen will continue demanding action until Congress finally lifts the veil of secrecy from money in politics,” Holman said.


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Location: Dry grasslands and desert regions of Asia, Afghanistan, India and Iran
Size: 7-11 inches
Lifespan for Females: 7-10 yrs.
Lifespan for Males: 15-25+ yrs.
Adult leopard geckos require an enclosure that is a minimum of 10-20 gallons, but 20 gallons or larger is preferred for a permanent home. Juvenile Leos should be kept in 10 gallons until they are big enough to upgrade.
Leos are SOLITARY animals; housing more than one Leo together, especially males can result in stress and serious or fatal injuries.
Substrate & Decor
Leopard geckos are very curious and lick their surroundings to smell and feel, this makes a non-loose substrate ideal. Some suitable substrates include: reptile carpet, sand mat, large stones, papertowel, newspaper, shelf liner and my personal favourite, ceramic tiles. Their enclosures can be decorated using stones, fake plants, logs and different hides.
Leopard geckos spend most of the day in their hides, as they come out more at night and dusk/dawn. Leos should have the option to choose between a cool hide, a moist hide and a warm hide.
Place a hide on each side of the enclosure, making one a cool hide and one a warm hide. Under the warm hide should be a heat mat on the underside of the tank. The cool hide should be away from any lights or heat source. A moist hide should be made using peat moss or a medium that can be kept moist to aid in shedding. The warm hide/side of the tank should reach temperatures of 88-95f while the cool hide/side should be about room temperature or slightly warmer. The moist hide can be placed in the middle of the tank or closer to the warm side.
Providing your leopard geckos with UVB is not necessary, as they spend most of their days in their hides.
Water & Humidity: A shallow water dish should always be available, as well as a moist hide.
Leopard geckos eat only insects, which include: crickets, superworms, waxworms, mealworms, silkworms and phoenix worms. Juveniles should be fed daily. Adult Leos can skip a few days of feeding. Leos will typically stop eating when they feel they are full. Do not overfeed or provide a constant source of food, this can lead to obesity.
In captivity, bearded leopard geckos often need supplementation. To ensure good health, Leos should have their insects dusted with a multivitamin/calcium supplement a few times a week. Leos should have access to a small bowl of calcium (no vitamin d3 added), they will supplement themselves as needed.
Leopard geckos can become frightened and drop their tail. This is why gentle and careful handling is important. Juveniles should not be handled often. Adult Leos can be handled daily or every other day, but should not be ripped from their enclosure while sleeping or when they are not prepared. Showing your hand first is a good way to prepare them for being picked up.

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Ross Gload was Exhibit A of how red-eye flights got their name.
While unpacking at his locker in the Marlins clubhouse Thursday, Gload's eyes were bloodshot and glassy from lack of sleep.
He had been up since 6 a.m. Wednesday, starting the day as a Royal before being traded and making the overnight flight from Arizona.
"I flew with my 4-month-old son and wife to Atlanta, so there was not a whole lot of comfortable sleeping," Gload said.
This is Gload's second stint with the Marlins, who drafted him in the 13th round in 1997 before trading him to the Cubs in 2000.
Gload, who can play first base and the outfield, will be used primarily as a pinch hitter, which is why he is glad to be back in the National League after spending the past five years in the American League.
"I am more suited to the National League. There is definitely more of an element of be-ready in the National League from the fifth inning on," said Gload, who turns 33 on Sunday.
While Gload is glad to be switching leagues, newly acquired pitcher Hayden Penn is glad for a change of scenery.
Penn was also acquired by the Marlins on Wednesday in a trade with Baltimore, so he had a short journey from Fort Lauderdale.
"I am happy to be here," said Penn, who has been in the Orioles organization since being drafted in 2002. "I think a fresh start will do me a lot of good, and hopefully I can come here and prove it on the field."
Penn, who has been a starter his entire career, will be move to the bullpen.
"It is going to be an adjustment, but I think it is something I can handle," said Penn, 24, who has not pitched in the majors since 2006 because of injuries. "I am going to enjoy it and embrace it."
Marlins pitching coach Mark Wiley has been a fan of Penn's since seeing him pitch in the minors.
"His stuff looks good. There are a few little things we looked at. I think he will be fine," said Wiley, who worked with Penn in the bullpen Thursday.
Sanchez No. 4
Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez filled out his starting rotation Thursday, saying that Anibal Sanchez will be the fourth starter, followed by Andrew Miller. Gonzalez had previously announced Ricky Nolasco as his Opening Day starter.
Gonzalez said the decision was based on Miller's bullpen experience.
Because of a few early off days, the Marlins will not immediately need a fifth starter, so Miller will start the season as a long reliever until April 15, when he will move into the rotation.
"I am really excited about Miller. It is tempting to put him in the fourth spot and put [Sanchez] in the 'pen. But it is not good for [Sanchez]," Gonzalez said.
Wiley said he has seen a lot of improvement from Sanchez this spring.
"He is back to a rhythm and ability to pound the strike zone with all his pitches. Now he has his good changeup back, and he has that to fall back on," Wiley said.
Ted Hutton can be reached at thutton@SunSentinel.com
Tonight: Blue Jays at Marlins
When/where: 7:05, Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter
Marlins starter: RHP Chris Volstad
Blue Jays starter: RHP Jesse Litsch
Short hops: Andy Gonzalez played shortstop and second Thursday while going 2 for 3 to raise his average to .357. "He is the type of defender we are looking for. That gives us great flexibility off the bench," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Asked if Andy Gonzalez had earned a roster spot, Gonzalez shook his head. The Marlins have 30 players and need to cut five before Opening Day, and Gonzalez said he would like to have the roster set by Saturday.
Thursday's recap: Josh Johnson made his final start of the spring, throwing 68 pitches in four innings, giving up one run on five hits. Johnson said his changeup will be a big pitch for him. "It will cut down on the pitch count and get me deeper into games," Johnson said. Reliever Brian Sanches didn't help his chance of earning a roster spot, as he pitched the ninth and gave up four runs on five hits to take the loss in the Cardinals' 6-3 win.
- Ted Hutton


On the Move, in a Thriving Tech Sector
WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and MacBook Airs and did the job on foot.
Arriving at their new home, they milled about, admiring the water-cooler, and the breath mints in the bathroom, and then got down to work, requiring no more than a power source and a pass code for the Wi-Fi. By the time the two guys from Moishe’s Moving Company arrived with a half-dozen boxes of office sundries, Yipit was back in business. There had already been a staff meeting, conducted while a handyman knelt in the rec room setting up a Ping-Pong table. All told, the move took about 10 minutes.
With a recent $6 million Series-B (or second round) financing deal, and plans to double its workforce in a year, Yipit sits in the mid-to-low range of New York’s thriving tech spectrum, below the behemoths, like AOL and Twitter, and the happily mid-sized, like Foursquare and Gilt Groupe, but above the sort of start-ups that had been their neighbors at General Assembly’s shared tables.
Its place in the world can be roughly inferred from the fact that one of Yipit’s founders, Vinicius Vacanti, recently bought an apartment downtown, outbidding — New York detail — Sarah Jessica Parker’s assistant. Standing recently in his new Silicon Alley office, with its new Xerox copier and new fridge stocked with Sierra Nevada beer, Mr. Vacanti was very much the young businessman, acknowledging, “It’s kind of like we were living with our parents for a while and now we’re on our own.”
According to city officials, high-tech employment in New York is, much like Yipit, on the move, shooting up by 30 percent in the last five years, at a time when overall private-sector employment has decreased. New York recently surpassed Boston in the amount of venture capital invested in Internet start-ups, and lags behind only San Francisco. The vibrant growth has led Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to campaign for a new graduate school of engineering to be built on Roosevelt Island and to the flourishing of a social scene so varied and complex that there are now techie fashion shows, techie reality TV shows, techie entrepreneurs on the Council of Foreign Relations, and techie scalpers hawking tickets outside the New York Tech Meetup, the industry’s premier (and perennially sold-out) monthly event. New York has become a hotbed of such expanding promise that one local company, GroupMe, was founded, developed and eventually sold to Skype for a reported $85 million — all within a year.
It is often said that New York tech companies are not really tech companies in the chip-making Silicon Valley sense of the word, but merely use technology to deliver services in new ways. Yipit, which aggregates and filters daily deals from companies like Groupon and Living Social, delivering only those that subscribers want, fits that mold. It exemplifies what Roger Ehrenberg, a venture capitalist who invested in the company, once called “the kind of applied thinking that is very New York.”
That approach would not have been possible in New York without the radical democratization of technology that has taken place over the last five years. Tools like hosted networks and open-source coding packages have allowed New Yorkers, who have historically left the hard-core engineering to their California peers, to establish themselves online cheaply and, in some cases, within days.
“From a technical perspective, it’s so much easier today to get your Web site or iPhone app running,” said Mr. Vacanti, who professes to have been a relative tech dummy when he started work on Yipit with his partner, Jim Moran. Mr. Moran himself claims that Yipit cut its start-up costs by as much as 90 percent by using pre-written software and by locating itself in the “cloud,” on a free server hosted by Amazon.
In August, Mr. Vacanti, a former investment banker, published a blog post that attracted notice in New York’s chatty tech society. Entitled “Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company,” it described how, late in 2006, while working at the Quadrangle Group, he attended a conference for media moguls and was stunned to find the middle-age executives paying tribute to two men in their 20s: Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, and the sandal-wearing Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
“I was floored,” Mr. Vacanti wrote. “They were building something. They were changing how the world communicated. What was I doing? Could I do what they had done?”
Mr. Vacanti, 30, and Mr. Moran, 29, are part of a wave of New York entrepreneurs who have come to high-tech from high finance. (Mr. Moran once worked at the Blackstone Group.) The perceived demise of Wall Street as a sustainable — and desirable — career path has worked to tech’s advantage, pushing talented young people toward companies like Yipit, where half of the employees used to work for banks.
“It just didn’t feel good when America started looking at Wall Street as the villain,” Mr. Vacanti recently said. “I mean, think about it. No one’s out there saying, ‘Occupy Tech Startups.’ ”
MORE and more these days, New York entrepreneurs, attracted by the industry’s vitality and richness, are coming to the tech sector with little or no experience in technology and, in some cases, with only a vague notion of what they want to achieve. Yipit was born out of just this sort of amorphous desire.
In 2007, at a time when the word “Tumblr” could still call to mind a circus act, Mr. Vacanti and Mr. Moran began to brainstorm plans for a company. They had saved a small stake from their Wall Street jobs and proceeded to consider, then discard, a variety of unworkable ideas. At one point, Yipit was going to sell furniture; at another, it was going to be a reservation service for New York nightclubs. There were brief iterations as a clearinghouse for sample sales and as a Twitter link shortener. Mr. Moran said of this period, “We were burning down our idea pretty much every other week.”
Part of the problem, Mr. Vacanti said, was that the flow of information they were used to in finance — large-cap company market reports, equities analyses — had little relevance in the busy, fleeting, microcosmic world of technology. “The only way to succeed,” he said, “is to notice patterns of success, and then figure out a way to replicate the pattern where no one else has. Unless you’re deep in the start-up community, it’s very hard to come down one day and decide what’s going to work.”
Even their corporate identity — their name, Yipit — was the product of a trial-and-error process, albeit one of a specifically digital sort. Mr. Moran said he and Mr. Vacanti had wanted a name with noun-like solidity but with the snappiness of a verb. “We wanted to be able to say, ‘Something-It!’ ” he said.
The trouble was that neither man knew what that “something” was. So they created a computer program that generated all possible English-language compounds composed of a three-letter, consonant-vowel-consonant prefix and “it.” Yipit, Mr. Moran said, was the only one that was both pronounceable and unclaimed on the Internet’s domain registry.
Last winter, having finally decided that Yipit would be an aggregator and sifter of daily deals, Mr. Vacanti and Mr. Moran moved into General Assembly, renting space in the “dedicated office” area, which is glassed off from the campus-like common room, with its propped-up cardboard cutout of Captain Kirk. General Assembly, the brainchild of four young techie locals, is something like the Deux Magots of the New York tech world: a place where kindred entrepreneurs, between stints of code-writing, can swap aperçus on location-based social gaming or search-engine optimization over fresh cups of gourmet Brazilian coffee.
About six months after they moved in, chance brought Yipit’s founders the only gift a technology entrepreneur really desires: a steady revenue stream. A large daily deal company called one day, asking for information about the kinds of deals most popular with consumers. Because Yipit collects so many deals from so many sources and collates them according to its subscribers’ preferences, the company has a bird’s-eye view of the market. The caller was willing to pay for a glimpse. “We didn’t want to do it at first — it seemed like a distraction,” Mr. Vacanti said. “But now market research is a huge part of our business.”
By focusing on services like this, instead of on hard technology, Yipit is of a piece with New York tech-boom companies of the 1990s, like Doubleclick and Razorfish. Those two online advertising agencies prospered because the advertising industry and its large creative class were already here, and they survived the bust of Internet 1.0 to witness and fertilize the second boom.
“The most important thing a tech ecosystem can have is the first-growth forest underneath to produce the second growth,” said David Rose, a longtime New York angel investor who now runs a company called Gust. “New York didn’t have that until after the post-dotcom nuclear winter of 2001 to 2003.”
It is no surprise that the new boom has coincided with the reign of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is thought of fondly in local tech circles as the city’s oldest start-up guy. Mr. Bloomberg made his first appearance at the Tech Meetup last month, waxing nostalgic about soldering capacitors in his early days at Bloomberg L.P. Although the word “capacitors” drew blank stares from the iPad-toting crowd, the mayor was a hit. He was honored with an unusually long 30-minute speaking slot — which he promptly overran — and with a standing ovation.
ONE night in October, Mr. Vacanti went to watch his soccer team, Soccer 3.1, play on a field in Chinatown. Soccer 3.1 is an all-tech squad. The goalkeeper is a developer for Hashable, which helps manage online relationships. One of the forwards works for Greycroft Partners, the investment firm run by Alan Patricof, a longtime venture capitalist. Mr. Vacanti, with an injured foot in an orthopedic boot, squirmed in the darkness on the sidelines. “It’s killing me not being out there,” he said.
Because of its density and overwhelming youthfulness, Silicon Alley is a subculture as much as it is an industry, and on any given night, postings can be found online for events that range from a happy hour for programming nerds to a live-streamed panel discussion on venture capitalism hosted by Girls in Tech NYC. Last month, Matthew Cavnar, an executive at the e-book company Vook, was hanging out at General Assembly when the news broke that Steve Jobs had died.
“Everybody there was my age or younger,” said Mr. Cavnar, 33. “Everyone was doing their demos and everyone just stopped. There was this long conversation about Steve Jobs. It turned into this experience where you were with your peers, on a Wednesday night, excited at 9 o’clock to be talking about technology.”
For an industry that in the second quarter of this year alone witnessed more than 40 start-up deals valued at nearly $400 million, New York’s tech world projects an aggressively noncorporate public face. Dennis Crowley, a co-founder of Foursquare, recently told an interviewer that he was more interested in building new products than in “monetization.” There is a correlative belief that entrepreneurs and engineers in New York are more like artists than capitalists.
“People here are craftspeople,” said Adam Pritzker, one of the founders of General Assembly. “What this movement is doing is showing people that they aren’t cogs in a larger bureaucracy. It’s reconnecting them with things they make themselves, with craft.”
It is certainly a happy accident that Silicon Alley has located itself in what could be called the “Restoration Hardware district,” a corridor of high-end tool shops and antique-furniture purveyors in the Flatiron neighborhood, where seekers can always find a handmade armoire or a 19th-century awl. The name “General Assembly,” as Mr. Pritzker said, was chosen to reflect an interest in this sort of small-bore, artisanal production.
On the night of Yipit’s big move, General Assembly threw Mr. Vacanti and Mr. Moran a “graduation” party. There were heartfelt speeches about “mutual support” and “reciprocal relationships” and the necessity of finally “leaving the nest.” The founders received a gift bottle of single-malt scotch.
As the digerati stood about, drinking beers from a metal ice bucket, one of them asked Mr. Moran if he had ever felt like giving up. Mr. Moran thought deeply on the subject. Eventually he said that he had, but that the idea of avoiding a return to Wall Street had always managed to sustain him.
“If you ever read an article about an investment banker named Jim Moran cutting mega-deals for some finance firm somewhere, please come find me,” he told the man, “and shoot me.”
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of one of Yipit’s founders. His name is Vinicius Vacanti, not Vacante.


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Club Penguin logo (Wikipedia Commons)
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How to gain a jackhammer in society Penguin
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You’ll then see your penguin actions symbol light up green. Click this, climate click the run icon, and also your penguin will dig far to uncover coins.
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You have the right to keep law this until you’re pretty much bored of doing so. You can additionally dance through the helmet on exterior of the dirt pit however you’ll discover nothing.
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Finally, you can additionally wear a eco-friendly hard hat when digging because that trees. This will, girlfriend guessed it, let girlfriend dig v a eco-friendly jackhammer.

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After years of development, Russia is ready to launch powerful new nukes.
Son of Satan
The Russian military is prepared to launch three tests of its powerful new nuclear weapon, the RS-28 Sarmat, which has earned the nickname "Satan II."
Tests for the new intercontinental ballistic missile will begin within the next few months, military insiders told TASS, a news outlet owned by the Russian government that refers to the weapon as "invulnerable." That's alarming news — while the Sarmat has been under development for years, the fact that it's now ready for test launches brings us into a dangerous new era of ultra-powerful nuclear weapons.
"The first launch of the Sarmat ICBM within the framework of flight development tests will be carried out tentatively in the third quarter of 2021, a field at the Kura testing range on Kamchatka will be a target," a military source told TASS.
The Satan II missile is meant to replace, well, the "Satan," Russia's R-36M2 Voevoda, which were first developed in the 1970s, according to TASS. In other words, Russia's nuclear arsenal is getting a significant upgrade. And if these upcoming tests go well, the Russian military may start to deploy the weapons by the end of next year.
The Sarmat reportedly has a range of 18,000 kilometers — meaning it's just shy of being able to reach anywhere on the Earth — and can carry a payload of up to ten tons. That means the missile is capable of launching multiple warheads and a hypersonic vehicle, making it exceptionally difficult for any of Russia's theoretical targets to detect, let along stop, the nuke before it hits.
Even more alarming is that Russia designed the Satan II specifically to avoid any form of missile defense, according to TASS. That includes both speeding up its acceleration so it can launch itself out of range of defense systems before finding its ultimate trajectory as well as using its extremely long-range to fly over the North or South poles, evading more heavily defended areas.
More on military technology: New Russian Weapon Is Designed To Unleash "Radioactive Tsunamis"
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Charles Rogers, I am trying to spread the message any way I can because I know how you suffered. And I need to in order to move forward to cope with losing you.
So I am at Godwin High School with the student-lead group, “No Eagle Left Behind.” This group is focused on awareness surrounding mental illness, bullying, suicide and addiction. Things have changed so much since your suicide. People are starting to talk. I’ve been at it so long, fought so hard and it’s so bittersweet that it’s after your death.
Check out the video the teens did! Thanks to Alex Chaffee, teen leader and member of the Swift Creek YMCA Leader’s Club for her help in leading the charge on this social media mental illness acceptance and suicide prevention program! And to all the students who stood up against the stigma of mental illness.
I doubt I could have gotten a team of adults to do this video. So who’s gonna erase stigma? High school students like these guys!

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34 MUSC Health employees have tested positive for COVID-19
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The spread of COVID-19 is continuing to impact health care workers internationally, including right here in the Lowcountry.
Representatives of MUSC Health announced that as of Monday, 34 members of the health care system’s workforce in the Charleston area have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In addition, there have been five MUSC Health patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.
"We support our team member's rights to privacy and protection of health information and will not confirm or deny name, role or any other identifying information related to COVID-19 positive cases for our workforce," hospital officials wrote in a statement. "We have internal notification and tracing protocols in place to contact those patients who may have been at high-risk for exposure from a health care provider."
Meanwhile, close to 3,500 patients have now been seen at MUSC Health’s specimen collection site near the Citadel Mall in West Ashley, with 169 of these individuals testing positive for the virus.
According to health officials, the 169 who tested positive includes outpatients.
MUSC Health also revealed Monday that it is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Guard to "plan a MASH-style care facility on campus," which could add roughly 270 beds for novel coronavirus patients who do not need "critical care."
Nearly 130 additional beds could come to a possible ICU space in the Ashley River Tower while the former Children's Hospital could also be used to care for COVID-19 patients, according to MUSC Health.
The health care system says that it has an “adequate” amount of ventilators at the moment, but is asking for community members who have supplies such as N95 masks and thermometers to donate them at MUSC’s North Charleston warehouse. Additional information about donations can be found here.
Copyright 2020 WCSC. All rights reserved.

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2012-04-25 — IceWarp Server version 10.4.0 (Windows) has been released. Version 10.4.0 brings several new feature additions, enhancements to existing features, and a number of bug fixes. It also includes a greatly improved Desktop Client and Outlook Sync Client. This is a major release and we recommend the upgrade to all current customers. For more information on the release please read our What's New and for current administrators our 10.4 Admin Notes.
2011-12-12 — IceWarp Server version 10.3.5 and the Outlook Sync client have been released. Version 10.3.5 is a maintenance release containing important pathces and fixes and we recommend all customers to upgrade to this version as soon as possible.
2011-09-19 — IceWarp Server version 10.3.3 and the Outlook Sync client have been released. Version 10.3.3 is a maintenance release containing pathces and fixes for problems found in the 10.3.2 version.
2011-07-01 — New customer success story: Power Home Remodeling Group Enables Mobile Workforce with IceWarp.
2011-06-27 — New customer success story: IceWarp helps Prairie Grove Telephone Company, a regional telecommunications services provider, to migrate to new virtual environment, plug serious security gaps and greatly improve customer satisfaction.
2011-06-26 — IceWarp, a global provider of unified communications and collaboration solutions, announced today it has been selected as a Red Herring's Top 100 North America Startup, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
2011-06-09 — Latest Aberdeen market report on integrating business communications discusses the challenges organizations face today in evolving their communication and collaboration systems, and the ways they are facing those challenges and succeeding.
2011-05-20 — New Osterman Research whitepaper shows that even small to mid size organization can evolve strategic and agile workflows and drive company innovation through unified communications without it having to be painful.
2011-05-18 — IceWarp selected into prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
2011-05-18 — Industry media recommends IceWarp for small businesses.
2011-04-26 — Click more to read the full article from Robbie Pleasant in which he discusses the pillars of Unified Communications and how IceWarp provides these.
2011-04-25 — Click more to read the full article from Tammy Wolf where she talks about IceWarp and the latest VoIP impact on Unified Communications.
2011-04-25 — Click more to watch Eric Linask interview IceWarp President Ladislav Goc on what sets IceWarp apart from others when talking about security.
2011-04-19 — Click more to read the entire article from UCstrategies.com where Jason Andersson discusses presence with our own President Ladislav Goc and John Cooper.
2011-03-29 — The new IceWarp Server 10.3.0 release brings several new feature additions and enchancements to existing features. It also includes a greatly improved Desktop Client. This is a major release and we recommend the upgrade to all current customers. Read about the new features and increased usability in IceWarp Server 10.3.0


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Prescription drug pricing is complex. SwiftScript is simple. Download your SwiftScript Savings Card and present it to your pharmacist to experience instant savings on your Rx drugs – no forms, reimbursements, or coupon cutting required.

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Dixie Chicks at Philips
Lead singer Natalie Maines, replete in biker-rally chic and massive hair, didn't let a few catcalls at Philips Arena on
Sunday night shut her up.
"While you boo, remember: I have your $65!" Maines quipped to the sold-out, heavily female crowd.
But cheers drowned out hecklers as the trio ran through a spirited 22-song set.
Maines alluded to her much-criticized anti-Bush remarks only peripherally -- midway through the concert, as she encouraged
people to vote. The group then broke into the freedom-of-speech ditty "Truth No. 2," which included images of the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi and anti-Chicks CD-burning rallies, followed by the word "tolerance."
For the rest of the nearly two-hour set, the Chicks barreled through some of their biggest hits, including "Wide Open Spaces,"
"Ready to Run" and the boisterous closer, "Sin Wagon."
A lone protester marched outside Philips with a sign reading, "Chicks: Closet New York Liberals." He said his name was
Gary Edens and that he'd driven up from Jacksonville. "This isn't an issue of free speech," he said. "My beef is they didn't
have the guts to say what they had to say in the United States."
Arguably the biggest country act in recent years, the Dixie Chicks have alienated much of their conservative fan base since
Maines told a London crowd in March that she was "ashamed the president is from Texas."
They are the words that won't go away. After five months, neither country radio nor average fans seem ready to forgive
On Saturday night at Wild Bill's country dance hall in Duluth, even a cover of a Dixie Chicks song (singer Crystal Leigh
began her set with the humorous getting-even number "Goodbye Earl") drew wrath.
"Why is she singing that?" asked Kym Perry, 38, a Lawrenceville real estate agent, shaking her head in disgust.
"Sure Natalie is entitled to her opinion, but we're entitled not to have to listen to her."
Country radio has been even less forgiving: Neither Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM) nor Eagle 106.7 (WYAY-FM) has played a single
Dixie Chicks song since March. Their latest single, "Godspeed," bombed on radio, the first Chicks single not to hit the Billboard
country top 15.
In an e-mail survey of its Kicks listeners last week, two-thirds still didn't want to hear a Chicks song, only slightly
lower than when they were polled in March.
-- Rodney Ho
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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LAISON was established in 2014 based on the belief that clothing should be effortless, elegant, empowering and versatile. Each of LAISON’s collections are a play on the intricate complexities of the modern woman; structured yet gentle, detailed yet effortless, subtle but distinct. The brand has built its own aesthetic through inspired use of elongated silhouettes, relaxed tailoring, quality fabrics and innovative designs. The ready to wear brand marry high standard techniques with elegance, and this is apparent in both LAISON’s designs and constructions. Donning an urban personality, the carefully crafted garments are created with philosophies and processes that run deeper than just following trends. Inspired by qualities beyond fashion; references on books, music, fine arts and the nonchalance of the sunny Californian coast can be found embedded within LAISON’s narratives.
When you think of LAISON, you immediately think of Aurelia and Sharonne. Without the other, it just doesn’t make sense, and stepping into the office, we can feel the dependency and mutual respect between these two important figures. We hear it all the time: friends starting a business together because they know each other so well. And it’s a tale as old as time that businesses started by friends have high risks of breaking up. Like peas in a pod, they gave us identical answers on balancing between friendship and business.
Aurelias and Sharonne are also stern in cutting losses. “When it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. You can’t be too attached with what you make”. There are designs which looks good on paper but don’t quite cut it after production and rather than being attached to these artwork, she knows when to call it quits. At this, Aurelia admits that she has thrown away dozens of designs because, “it just didn’t work”
Their social media does not have a staggering hundred thousand followers, but celebrities on an international level are wearing their clothes, and influencers are asking for endorsements left and right. They don’t approach people, Sharonne stresses. It’s always stockists and influencers who come to them for collaborations.

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The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is searching for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct research in the Field Crops Plant Pathology Program at the West TN Research and Education Center, in Jackson, TN. Research projects will focus on pathogens in soybean, corn, and cotton. The tasks of this position will include but are not limited to:
Conduct independent research in the field, greenhouse, and laboratory settings
Maintain accurate and detailed research operations records
Investigate pathogen populations which may include fungicide sensitivity screening as well as general population genetics using molecular techniques and other associated techniques and tasks
Isolate and maintain fungal cultures
Assist in the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students,
Development of appropriate experiments, collection and analysis of data, interpretation of results, formulation of conclusions, and document in final written form (manuscripts)
The Institute’s four major units are the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary Medicine, UT AgResearch and UT Extension. The Institute contributes to improving the quality of lives and enhancing the agricultural, economic, environmental and social well-being of Tennessee. Our clientele include students, families, farmers, 4-Hers, agribusiness and the general public.

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A polycarbonate thermoplastic plastic candle cup for a tea-light candle is disclosed having raised designs on the interior surface of the cup to increase the surface area on which non-liquid wax adheres, thus providing an improved insulating layer of non-liquid wax between the plastic and the candle flame.
1. A flame-retardant plastic cup for a tea-light candle comprising:
a substantially flat and continuous base and integral sidewall formed of flame-retardant thermoplastic, having interior and exterior surfaces, the interior surface of said base having a centrally located recess for receiving liquid wax therein, said recess having a continuous outer perimeter about the center of said substantially flat and continuous base, and;
wherein the interior surface of said substantially flat and continuous base includes a portion between said outer perimeter and said sidewall, said portion having raised designs for wax adhesion thereon while permitting wax flow to the centrally located recess, said raised designs including at least one discontinuous element oriented in a non-radial direction, and wherein said portion exclusive of said raised designs is substantially flat and continuous.
2. A plastic cup as in claim 1 wherein the interior surface of said sidewall is fluted.
3. A plastic cup as in claim 1 further comprising plastic feet on the exterior surface of said base to allow air flow around the entire exterior surface of said cup.
This invention relates to a novel container made of polycarbonate plastic for ‘tea light’ candles.
‘Tea-light’ candles, used for decorative or votive lighting or as a source of heat for a chafing dish, are candles formed by introducing wax into either metal or flame-resistant plastic cups around a central wick. The typical tea-light candle burns for 4-6 hours in cups of 38 mm (1.5 in.) in diameter and 15 mm (⅝ in.) in height.
The cups, which retain the melted wax as the wick burns, are usually placed in non-flammable glass or ceramic candle holders that are well ventilated to allow heat conducted through the cup to dissipate by convection.
Plastic cups manufactured using injection molding techniques are a low cost alternative to metal cups for the tea-light candle, but plastic has an inherently lower ignition point than metal and conventional plastic cups have been known to ignite.
Plastic candle holders in the prior art, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,759,699 entitled “PLASTIC CUP HOLDER FOR FLAMING CANDLE”, are not directed to tea-light candles where the wax is in direct contact with the cup walls and the cup itself forms part of the candle. The plastic candle holder of the '699 patent is specifically designed to hold a standard wax candle away from the plastic wall and base of the candle holder.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a safer plastic cup for se in tea-light candles.
It is another object of the invention to provide a plastic cup for tea-light candles that can be used with or without a glass or ceramic candle holder.
It is another object of the invention to provide a plastic cup for tea-light candles that may have any one of a variety of decorative shapes and colors.
The present invention is directed to a novel plastic cup for use in tea-light candles. Enhanced safety is achieved by incorporating raised designs into the interior base of the cup to increase the interior surface area of the cup on which an insulating layer of unmelted wax can adhere.
FIG. 1 depicts a schematic view of a tea-light candle using a novel plastic cup.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the the candle cup of the present invention.
FIGS. 3a and 3 b depict the base of the candle cup of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the candle cup of the present invention in which the sidewalls of the cup are fluted.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the candle cup of the present invention in the shape of a hexagon.
FIG. 6. is a schematic view of the candle cup of the present invention in the shape of a square.
FIG. 7. is a schematic view of the candle cup of the present invention in the shape of a star.
Referring to FIG. 1, a novel plastic cup 1 for use with a tea-light candle is depicted. The plastic cup is preferably made of a moldable thermoplastic plastic resin that is suitable for injection molding and exhibits good clarity, heat and ignition resistance, and capable to be modified with respect to color, UV stability and mold release characteristics. The preferred thermoplastic plastic is a polycarbonate, which is commonly sold under several tradenames, including LEXAN®, manufactured by GE Plastics; MAKROLON®, manufactured by Bayer Corporation; and CALIBRE®, manufactured by Dow Chemical Company.
The candle cup 1 of the present invention has a substantially flat and continuous base 2 and integral sidewall 3 forming a container into which wax 8 is introduced around a wick 9 to make a ‘tea-light’ candle. Plastic feet 5 on the bottom external surface 6 of the base 2 allow air flow around the exterior of the cup to cool the tea-light candle by convection.
Referring to FIG. 2, a recess 4 centered in the internal surface 7 of the base 2 collects liquid wax as the candle burns. As the liquid wax concentrates in the recess 4, non-liquid wax adheres to the remaining interior surface area of the base which is relatively cooler. Because the coating of non-liquid wax on the interior surface area of the cup acts as an insulator, it is desirable to maximize the interior surface area in order to keep the temperature of the cup well below the ignition point of the plastic. The present invention is directed to increasing the cooler interior surface area of the cup.
Referring to FIGS. 3a and 3 b, in the candle cup of the present invention, raised designs are molded into the interior surface 7 of the base of the cup to increase the surface area on which the non-liquid wax adheres without blocking the flow of wax in the recess. Two such designs are shown in FIGS. 3a and 3 b respectively, but it will be recognized that virtually an unlimited number of designs may be used with equal effect.
Referring to FIG. 4, in a second embodiment of the present invention, the interior surface area 10 of the cup may be further enlarged by fluting the interior of the sidewall 11 as shown. Other functional designs on the interior sidewall will occur to those skilled in the art.
Injection molding techniques make it possible to produce tea-light candle cups in a wide variety of decorative shapes and sizes. As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, for example, the plastic cups of the present invention may be manufactured in shapes such as the hexagon, square, and star shapes shown and in different sizes. Novelty shapes in the form of particular objects or animals may also be readily manufactured using plastic injection molding techniques.
Using colored polycarbonate plastic resins, the candle cup of the present invention may also be manufactured in a variety of colors to create an artistic tea-light candle.
While the preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated and described, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various modifications and substitutions may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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A native of Nacogdoches, TX, I grew up in a family that loved music. When I was about 15 years old, we formed a country music band, The Rolling River Band. For the next 18 years, we sang and played together. In 1994, I moved to Tennessee in pursuit of the country music dream: Nashville stardom. I signed with 21st Century Records in 1994, & recorded & released nationwide a couple of original songs. In 1996, I was nominated New Male Vocalist of the Year by The Academy of Independent Artists. Having received “Nashville” recognition, 4 major record labels offered to negotiate contracts. I thought I had gotten myself in the position I had always dreamt about. But God had bigger plans.
As I sat in those meetings, I watched broken-heartedly as God closed each door. My dreams of making it big were shattered. In one night, God completely took away all my desire to sing, write, or play an instrument. He showed me who needed to be in control of my life – Him alone! For the next 2 years, I did nothing but study His word and serve Him. In my brokenness, He drew me closer to Him. Proving myself faithful to what His plans were to be for me, He began to open my heart to music once again, this time to serve only Him!
Now back home in the Nacogdoches area, God has given me a new dream: to see others come to Christ by using my talents as a singer & songwriter to open hearts. God has opened new doors of opportunity far beyond anything I could ever have thought possible. In Spring, 2003, I recorded my 1st Christian Country album, Simply Amazing. In May 2004 my first single from that album, He’ll Pick Up the Pieces, reached 45 on the PowerSource Christian Country charts. In Spring 2004, God gave me another opportunity to record a new album project. Come Into My House was released in July 2004. Two singles were released from this project. Brand New Piece of Clay was released in August 2004 and reached #4 on the PowerSource Christian Country charts in the spring of 2005. It remained in the top 100 for 6 months. My newest release, Don’t Throw the Blood Away, was released in January 2005 and is expected to chart well also. In April 2005 I will return to the studio to record a third album project.
I thank God He took me out of the country music field and turned my life around. The rewards of serving my Lord and Savior far outweigh any rewards I could have gained on my own. I pray this letter is received as an encouragement to serve our Lord whole-heartedly with the talents He has given you. May God continue to strengthen each of us as we do His kingdom work.


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Karan Patel and Divyanka Tripathi starrer Yeh Hai Mohabbatein is all set to bid adieu to its audience by the end of this year. But not to worry as the show will be replaced by its spin-off titled Yeh Hai Chahatein which will see Abrar Qazi and Sargun Kaur Luthra in lead roles with Parul Chauhan being the antagonist.
Karan and Divyanka recently shot for the promo of Yeh Hai Chahatein where the two will be seen introducing the new pair to the audience. While Divyanka shared an image with Karan on her Instagram page, the later confirmed the news about the promo shoot by saying, “Yes, we have shot a promo with the female lead of Yeh Hai Chahatein but I can’t reveal the details about the same.”
Earlier, a spin-off of Nakuul Mehta and Surbhi Chandna starrer Ishqbaaz titled Dil Bole Oberoi was also on air but unfortunately, the show did not work well and went off-air soon. On the other hand, serial Kundali Bhagya starring Shraddha Arya and Dheeraj Dhoopar is also a spin-off of Kumkum Bhagya and it is equally popular as its parent show.
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Imagining an Australia built on the brilliance of our people
Higher education and research in Australia is at a cross-road. It is time for us to make choices about what we want for our country and what we want for future generations. Time to make choices about the future of our universities.
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Fee Deregulation Debate
Six months ago Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt delivered a public lecture at University House where he outlined his vision for ANU.
The deregulation debate
Higher education is front and centre in the debate over the Federal Government’s budget. The Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne, has outlined a reform agenda which is probably the most significant in the history of higher education in Australia.
Higher Education Budget 2014
The 2014 Federal Budget has outlined the most sweeping reforms of the Higher Education system in decades.
Excellence through diversity: Funding flexibility the key
As we approach the point where 40 per cent of our young people will have a university education, we need to start asking some hard questions about whether our present higher education system really serves our students and the nation as well as it might.
Australian research and Australia’s future at the cross-roads
We are all aware of the challenging fiscal environment facing Australia and the difficult decisions Treasurer Hockey will need to make in fashioning the upcoming Budget.


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PM Modi lauds great effort to preserve country’s heritage
Ten News Network
New Delhi (25/03/2023): The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi lauded the great effort to preserve country’s heritage. Modi said that we are committed to preserve and beautify the country’s heritage.
Modi was responding to the tweet threads by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, wherein Centre has informed that Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah inaugurated the Vedic Heritage Portal and Kala Vaibhav (virtual museum) at IGNCA campus.
IGNCA Delhi has also informed that the Vedic Heritage Portal has been prepared in Hindi and English languages. Audio and visuals of more than 18 thousand Vedic mantras are available in this.
Responding to the tweet threads by IGNCA Delhi about aforesaid development at the Centre the Prime Minister tweeted;
“बेहतरीन प्रयास! देश की विरासत को संजोने और संवारने के लिए हमारी सरकार प्रतिबद्ध है।”