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The Alpha Hotel was perfect for our needs as we were wanting to stay in the Turreranong area. The hotel room was good size, the staff were friendly and the car park was close by. I would certainly stay at this hotel again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Pretty Average Really"
The room was comfortable enough and of a reasonable size with a reasonable fitout - the cleanliness was not as good as hoped and the mould on the sheer curtain a bit ordinary. The hotel "free" internet was a meagre 15mb which was a letdown compared the free tag on this site. Probably stay elsewhere next time.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Hotel for a wedding"
Considering we only slept in the room I was really impressed with the hotel and the room.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Nice motel but the asphalt in driveway would of been more comfortable to sleep onGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Fits the bill"
Good choice if you are planning to visit Canberra for few days. Not a central location but most landmarks in Canberra are only 20-25 mins aaway.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Basic, standard hotel"
It's just a basic chain hotel, nothing especially good or bad about it. Does what you expect from a chain hotel.Genuine Expedia guest review
It was OK but is it usual to charge a refundable room bond of $100.00? Understandable a CC imprint just in case but,,,I had booked 2 rooms.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
the hotel was under going renovations at the time of my stay, but it was quiet, he staff were friendly, and it was very clean. top notch.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Just wanted a restful night!!!"
ROOM really pleasant, clean and attractive; Large tv great; staff helpful. (Gave me a bowl&spoon for my own muesli!!) The HEATING was difficult as the electric blankets were difficult to understand & switch on, but the staff came to assist me; Also, the air conditioner was hard to turn on and then , I couldnt turn it off and it kept coming on during […] the night, waking me up each time!! The whole point of me staying there was to get a good night's sleep before assisting a sick relative for a week!!!!! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Time to renovate"
The room was reasonable and clean. The bed was very comfortable. There is a tired look about the place outside and in the passageways and it is in need of renovation. It was a good place to stay for our purposes.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
very friendly staff and excellent service. clean bed sheets.Genuine Expedia guest review
Was good overall but hot water ran out after 10 mins. A little dissapointing to be woken before 7am by an extremely loud alarm and not being informed by hotel staff as to why or what was going on?Genuine Expedia guest review
The hotel was good. They were doing renovations so a a big worn down in pool area. The plans look great though. We were awoken to the fire alarm one morning veey early false alarm. No apology or explanation.Genuine Expedia guest review
Never will I star here again. Nothing was up to scratch and the service was appalling! Over priced, I could go on for hours....Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Oasis in the ACT"
Great place to stay. Room was spotless and the bed was perfect. It was 39 degrees in Canberra so we spent a lot of time in the pool. Would definitely stay again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Everything it says it is"
This is certainly not the best hotel I have ever stayed in but in terms of price and quality it was as good as its word. Nothing fancy about the place but the rooms were clean and the service was good. There was a large wedding on the night we arrived so the meal service was reduces but there was still a menu that looked fine. Given the proximity to […] a large shopping centre we just went to a local Thai place and got take away - and a bottle of wine from the discount liquor store. We thought we would be in for a noisy night due to the wedding but didn't hear a thing. It is out of the centre of Canberra but is easy to get into and out of if driving. It was only about 20 minutes to get right out of town and onto the highway Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The motel is obviously set up for business travellers. The restaurant was not open on weekends. Otherwise amenities are OK.Genuine Expedia guest review
The comfort , condition and overall service of this Hotel is wonderful. The only complaint that I have is the breakfast. Terrible, Terrible. Hot food was cold and like glue. It seemed that it had been in baymaree for hours on end and they didn't seem to be keeping everything hot. The only good thing was the fresh fruit. The price for full breakfast […] was a bit pricey for the condition of the food. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
accoglienza gradevole,posto molto tranquillo ideale per rilassarsi senza tanta confusioneGenuine Expedia guest review
"Somewhere to stay in Tuggeranong"
09/17/14 Schlepper1939 Lennox Head, Australia
Overall I would class this as a comfortable country hotel. The air conditioner was not working in the first room we were put into so we had to change rooms after unpacking in the first room. Before this was done we were given a heater to use! The room was pleasant enough with a comfortable bed, adequate toiletries and good towels. As we checked in on a Sunday, the restaurant was not open and we were directed to the Viking Club next door. ( Obviously the hotel caters to public servants mainly as the restaurant is only open four nights a week) If you need to be in the Tuggeranong area the hotel is well placed on the edge of the central business district. Being in the ACT, to enter the club you need to actually join as a member but this is no great problem as 12 months membership costs only $3 and you get more than that in discount on your meals and drinks. Staff were both friendly and helpful.
"Clean and Convenient"
09/15/14 Jeanette A Tathra, Australia
The last time I stayed here it was a Country Comfort establishment, and had a tired room with too much light, which resulted in not much sleep. This time under the Alpha guise, it was a lot better. I got a reasonably priced room, with free breakfast, Wi-Fi, movies etc. (not that I did anything but sleep in it). It was pretty clean, the bed comfortable and the shower had wonderful water pressure. I didn't like the fact that it had nice little bottle of conditioners (which I don't use), but no shampoo, so I asked the front desk for some shampoo, and they told me that the body wash doubled as shampoo. I don't like using body wash on my hair as it strips it and leaves it dry and fly-away....(I had no hairspray and I wasn't paying a fortune for some from the reception shop). Over-all - not bad....
"Great start to our holiday"
09/14/14 Kathy G Sydney
I searched online for this hotel as it had a spa room. Not too many of those in Canberra. So I booked it, the price also included a full buffet breakfast. We had no problem with the room except that the spa bubbles didn't work. Unfortunate, however there was a solution. Downstairs there was a communal spa, sauna and gym. But we hadn't included our swimmers, so no go. However the spa was nice as a hot bath anyway. We mentioned this on checkout and a substantial discount was given. The bed was comfy. Lighting was a little dull, but the same as most hotel rooms. The electric blanket was very welcome. We had a south facing view onto the bush and it was lovely to see the kangaroos at dusk and dawn. The room was comfortable. Not completely modern but very adequate. The air con was lovely and warm as we woke up to a 1 degree morning! The 1st floor has lift access if needed. Very large parking area. It was pizza night in the restaurant on the night we stayed so we ordered that and they rang us to pick it up very quickly. We ate in the room at a small, but adequate dining table. The pizza was piping hot and lovely. The receptionist told me the chef makes his own pizza sauce when I mentioned it and you could tell. There was a selection of free movies to enjoy as well. The breakfast the next day was lovely in the small dining area. It was very nicely laid out with a big variety of food from hot dishes to cold meats, pastries, fruits, cereals, yoghurt and juices. I had a lovely cup of coffee and the plates were warm! Lovely to have this and quite rare for most hotels. Back to the coffee. It was from an urn, but very nice, I was very impressed with the breakfast and told the chef so. Staff were very attentive and kept checking the food. The bacon was nice, NOT crappy cafe bacon!
"In a word.........TERRIBLE!!!!"
Single bed, ancient decor, scalding or freezing shower temperature, noisy environment, empty tissue box, no shampoo, mix up with room service order, tasteless scrambled eggs, cereal served with cold milk when hot was requested, no spoon to eat cereal, breakfast served late - all round not good enough.
09/08/14 S S Perth, Australia
I have stayed at this establishment intermittently for 5 years and gradually experienced its demise but gave it one last chance with Alpha. My last experience of weekend 6 and 7 Sept 14 was final straw. On the positive side, the location is fantastic and there is parking and a questionable breakfast. Having experienced this establishment in what I presume was its heyday, I can say that I will never return. My geographical business is in Tuggeranong but in future will cab from the cbd. Rooms - new carpet, very nice smell, rooms adequate at the best, bathroom ... don't spend too much time there just a place to get clean if you can stay in there long enough. Bring your own soap!! Ambience - I should have realised when I checked in that the drunk hooligans in reception was a hint and the 30 mins I waited for check in in their company was not going to be a relaxing weekend. Confirmed when meeting a lad walking down the corridor with a carton of bundy and followed all night with screams and running up and down the corridor. Being a responsible adult and observing several people enjoying a beverage in the foyer we were refused a glass of wine, told they were closed?? No worries a glass of wine from the overpriced minibar will suffice, oh, only beer and cider, well I guess that defines the clientele. Breakfast was interesting to be told that there was no black tea available on the Sat morning and on enquiring told that they couldn't go over the road to buy some as they will reorder on Monday with their supplier but I could have Earl Grey... its all tea. Restaurant was so full couldn't even negotiate to the cold buffet, that is hot buffet that was cold. Day two, Sunday, no tables but given tiny one person table for two half in the foyer, had to remove the cutlery box and put it on the floor to be able to place two plates. Went for a fruit juice, oh none there so waited and waited. Pushed my way through to the service area and dished up my breakfast and returned to my table in the foyer, ground salt on my cold scrambled eggs would be good, oh no salt, same as yesterday but as all the tables full I asked front of house to refill the salt mill, oh horror was the response and I never saw the salt mill again. Determined to enjoy my breakfast I used the pepper mill and with a slight turn released an onslaught of ground white pepper from within the mill onto my harmless scrambled eggs that were expecting a light sprinkle of ground black pepper. In an attempt to enjoy my breakfast I stole a salt mill from another table and the highlight of the weekend was that it worked, of course by that time breakfast was cold and a dead loss. On a positive note, there must have been more voices of complaint to provide black tea, such an unreasonable request, and some liptons appeared in the twinings box the following morning. Unfortunate that the cups were not kept up to speed and waited for a receptacle for my teabag. Incidentally I had gone to the supermarket over the road an bought my own black tea. But, then again, I had to wait for a glass for my fruit juice but given that there wasn't any I might have been unrealistic in my expectations of a full breakfast to the value of around $30. I really want to like this place but it is a dead loss, please please will some responsible hospitality organisation make something of this place. I work in hospitality and would have sacked the lot of them if they worked for me. Star employee - the grey tabby bobtail cat who frequents the smoking area adjacent to the entrance, it displayed a most welcoming demeanour and friendliness which was an inspiration and certainly a role model for staff. Unfortunately on observing staff (eventually) collecting plates from this area the cat was the recipient of hostile intimidation and bullying. Oh dear, this is a riff raff establishment without any pride or care... never again No way back now and never again for me.
"family catch up"
09/06/14 Jane J Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
We travelled to canberra from sydney took 4 hours with a number of stops . My husband had fractured his ankle, so we needed accommodation that could cater crutches, wheelchair etc. We were warmly welcomed andd given helpful information at reception. We took a lift to the next level, were very pleased to see our family room.a main door hides two more doors each a room, one a queen bed, fully equipped, shower and the two teenagers had there own room, two single beds, wirh tv and shower over the bath.. views from room were beautiful, looking towards the brindabella ranges.kangeroos were grazing across the road. The vikings club was next door, which would do a great meal. We did not go there this time. Just a block away were the tuggerarnong shops, dan murphy bottleshop, aldi supermarket all open late and agreat chinese takeaway.
"Enjoyed our stay"
09/05/14 Irene H Sydney, Australia
I accompanied my partner on a business trip and stayed here for 3 days. We found all of the staff very friendly and helpful, I also give top marks for cleanliness and service, we would certainly stay here again in the future and have recommended this hotel to friends and colleagues.
"More than meets the eye"
09/04/14 Damien M Sydney, Australia
We were pleasantly surprised at the warmth and friendliness of this hotel. The accommodation was suitable for our stay and comfortable. Bathrooms are a little dated but very clean. The gym had some new and good equipment and I was glad I could work out on some descent equipment. We loved the view of the mountains from our balcony and seeing the kangaroos in the afternoon and morning. Service at dinner was excellent and the quality of the food and menu choice was great. We were glad we ended up eating in rather than going out.
09/03/14 Michele14850 Sydney, Australia
This hotel has great potential and you can tell its employees are trying very hard, but it lets itself down through inconsistency Check in and out was friendly, the staff encountered during the stay were helpful, cleaning staff are welcoming and attentive.....but the breakfast waitresses were brusque and gave the impression of customers being in their way rather than the reason for them being there in the first place. It was very busy and not everyone is a morning person, but if you choose that line of work then at least pretend to enjoy yourself. The food was very good. The facilities are good and it looks like the building is undergoing work, but the car park is tired. The location is wonderful being opposite a national park, a walk from the town shopping centre centre and an easy and quick drive to the major tourist attractions in Canberra. At the end of the day, I would return to this hotel in the hope the restaurant servers are having a better day.
"Perfect for our family stopover to the snow"
09/03/14 Belinda T
We stayed last week and found this hotel to be perfectly located slightly south of Canberra and an easy access to Monaro Highway to head to the snow. The rooms were comfortable and perfect for our family of 2 adults and 2 children with a queen and 2 single needs. We had dinner at their restaurant the Tinderbox which we really enjoyed and they even have a great kids menu. We enjoyed sitting by the fire for a pre dinner drink. We also had breakfast before taking off early and the Alpha Hotel had a good selection and the buffet suited our family so we could get on the road quickly. We've decided we will return to Alpha Canberra to explore Canberra more with our children and will pack bikes as we saw some fantastic bike paths and parks. There seem to be a lot of attractions and places to visit nearby and we look forward to returning and spending more time there. This hotel offered everything we needed for our family and lovely service as well. Would definitely recommend.
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Bailo didn't name the Chevrolet Cruze Diesel specifically, but that vehicle competes directly against the Nissan Sentra in the compact sedan segment, so it may prove to be a test case in a popularly-priced vehicle.
"We have small diesels ready to go," courtesy of the alliance with Renault, she said, but noted that getting them to meet emissions standards remained expensive.
Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti will offer a V-6 diesel in Europe, courtesy of its platform and powertrain partnership with Mercedes-Benz.
The next Nissan Titan pickup will offer a diesel engine option, courtesy of U.S. maker Cummins, which will be its first diesel offering in the U.S. It also showed the Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept at last week's Chicago Auto Show.
But Bailo noted that with more stringent aftertreatment rules imminent in Europe, the very smallest diesels may no longer be practical.
She said, "1.4 liters is iffy, though 1.6 liters is good" in balancing out money saved in fuel-efficiency improvements with the cost of the more complex aftertreatment required for those engines to comply with upcoming Euro 6 emission standards.
Bailo also cited biofuels, in particular the company's products in Brazil, most of which can run on gasoline, ethanol, or any blend of the two.
That's a technology, of course, that depends on the availability of ethanol--an alternative fuel that has certainly seen its share of controversy in the U.S.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells
In discussing the field of zero-emission vehicles, Bailo was careful to include fuel-cell vehicles powered by hydrogen after leading off with Nissan's battery-electric efforts.
Last year, Nissan joined together with Ford and Mercedes-Benz in a three-way alliance to develop fuel-cell propulsion technology.
Interestingly, the company's alliance partner Renault, the French carmaker that has its own line of battery-electric vehicles, is not part of the fuel-cell partnership--that's a Nissan-only venture.
Bailo argued that zero-emission vehicles in the largest categories, such as pickup trucks or large utility vehicles, would only be possible with fuel-cell electric technology.
Asked about the hurdles to putting those vehicles into mass production, as the Leaf already is, Bailo offered two: the economics of producing the fuel cells themselves, and the need for a presently non-existent hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
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And of those two, she said, the economics of making fuel cells profitably were "the big hurdle" today.
The partnership is spending a great deal of time working to reduce the volume of precious metals used in its fuel cells, she said.
Nissan has learned a lot about chemical reactions in general from the battery development to support its electric vehicle program, Bailo noted, which was information that could be applied to similar challenges in fuel cells as well.
Development work takes place in Vancouver, she said, with Nissan working primarily on the fuel-cell stack itself. But to get hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles into dealerships, "we need a breakthrough on cost," she said--and Bailo declined to provide a date, calling the idea of such a vehicle by 2017 "aggressive."
But no plug-in hybrids
She pointed to Germany, which is now installing a network of hydrogen fueling stations, as a test case for the technology.
"They're game to do it," she said, and all the partners will learn from that experience when Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Honda, and others launch hydrogen vehicles in that country.
Finally, Bailo said, Nissan is not working today on plug-in hybrid vehicles, largely because they're only zero-emission part of the time.
"We don't preclude it someday," she added--but the company feels that the best way to get to vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions is to focus its development efforts on those that are powered entirely by batteries.
Do we believe that? We're not sure; the company showed a tiny range-extending engine for its ZEOD electric race car for Le Mans.
We'll put that one as a "maybe."

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Model # FC-3010 Store SKU # 1001567512
Give a Persian touch to your study space, a bookshelf, office desk or simply your home garden with this cute-looking cherub with chin on his arm. Hand-casted with detail, this polyresin figurine is one of the best decorative items as well as a present that exhibits your affection towards God. This daydreaming unearthly figure adds an exquisite touch to your space. Design: An appealing cherub chin on his arm. Material: High-polymer resin Dimensions: 10.8 _ 7 _ 7.3 Inches Use: Place it anywhere in the home or office to enhance the décor setting. Care Tip: Can be cleaned with a damp piece of cloth.
- Give a Persian touch to your study space, a bookshelf, office desk or simply your home garden with this cute-looking cherub with chin on his arm
- You can place this cute-looking garden figurine of a cherub with wings to bring an appealing touch to your sitting space
- Topped with a small LED bulb, this polyresin carved sculpture works well with solar energy and continuously keeps glowing all day long
- Design: A cherub enclosed within angel wings topped with an LED bulb
- Material: High-polymer resin Dimensions: 10

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Pre-heat the Oven – Adjust the oven rack to the center position and the temperature to 400°F (204°C).
Prepare the Asparagus – Wash and thoroughly dry. Trim off the tough fibrous ends to give about 7-inch long spears. Evenly coat with 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper.
Wrap the Asparagus – Divide the seasoned asparagus into 8 even-sized bundles. Tightly wrap one slice of prosciutto around the center of each bundle. The ham should stick together, but you can secure it with a toothpick if needed.
Brush and Season– Line a baking sheet with foil and place a wire rack on top. Place the wrapped bundles on the wire rack. Brush the prosciutto with some of the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Lightly season with black pepper.
Roast – Cook until the prosciutto gets lightly brown and crisp, and the asparagus is tender, about 13 to 15 minutes.
To Serve – Serve warm topped with some parmesan cheese.
Make-Ahead: The prosciutto-wrapped asparagus can be assembled, covered, and stored in an airtight container up to two days before roasting.
Storing: Cool completely and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Reheating: Loosely cover and reheat on the high setting in the microwave in 15 to 30-second intervals until hot. Alternatively, bake at 350ºF (177ºC) until hot.

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Rajeev Vastra Niketan Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN) or GST Identification Number is 10AEFPP1584F1ZT. Rajeev Vastra Niketan is a Business based in . Rajeev Vastra Niketan was registered on 07-09-2017.
Their GST Registration Status is Active. The main business activities of Rajeev Vastra Niketan is Retail Business.
Rajeev Vastra Niketan's PAN number is AEFPP1584F.
|Legal Name||Chandramani Prasad|
|Trade Name||Rajeev Vastra Niketan|
|PAN||AEFPP1584F (Individual PAN)|
|GSTIN / UIN Status||Active|
|Total No. of Registrations||1|
|Dealer Type (Registration Type)||Regular|
|Entity Type (Constitution of Business)||Proprietorship|
Tax Returns of 10AEFPP1584F1ZT
What is the GST Number of Rajeev Vastra Niketan?
Rajeev Vastra Niketan's GST Number is 10AEFPP1584F1ZT and it is registered in India.
What is the Official Address of GST 10AEFPP1584F1ZT Rajeev Vastra Niketan?
10AEFPP1584F1ZT GST Rajeev Vastra Niketan's official address is 100a,Main road,Khizersarai,Bihar,824233.
What is the State of Jurisdiction of 10AEFPP1584F1ZT GST Number?
10AEFPP1584F1ZT is registered in Bihar State of India.

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BIBA expands its professional indemnity insurance initiative to members
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), has launched a claims and notification advisory service with Flaxman Partners and Hugh James solicitors as part of its professional indemnity (PI) insurance Initiative.
The service offers BIBA members access to expert, independent advice on all issues relating to managing PI claims including handling complaints, notification of claims and dealings with insurers, claimants and third parties. It is aimed at members who do not have the benefit of using a BIBA accredited broker.
Key benefits include free initial consultation and preferential rates for members, timely, expert advice on PI claims matters, guidance on commercial solutions to PI problems, reduced PI claims management costs and avoiding unnecessary litigation which may affect reputation.
Graeme Trudgill, BIBA technical services manager, commented: “This advisory service brings a further enhancement to BIBA’s PI initiative. This is an opportunity for members to obtain specialist advice at a time they will feel most vulnerable. They will have the benefit of someone entirely on their side.”
Roger Flaxman, managing director of Flaxman Partners said: “Dealing with your own PI claims is complex, stressful and costly. We are pleased to be working with BIBA to provide members with this unique service”.
Hugh Price of Hugh James solicitors said: “In this litigious society brokers need someone on their side. There is a common view that in the event of a claim the insurer’s solicitor will give precedence to the interests of the company that has appointed them rather than the policyholder [i.e. the broker]. It is very important that BIBA has offered this support to its members”.

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It’s 2019! Not only is it a new year, it also marks ALMOST a year and a half of being in business! 2018 was a good year for The Collective— so many new faces, returning customers and AMAZING product. But as always, the product, the relationships, the everything just continue to get better and better. The other day I had the opportunity to connect two customers. I always try to introduce my shoppers to each other, as my shop (if you haven’t been here yet) is pretty tiny. They ended up talking with me for quite a bit. The next time one of the customers from that day came in, she was raving about how much she loved the other gal and asked if she could leave her a note, so that I could give it to her new friend. It really made my day, as one of my founding goals for The Collective was to create community. I love clothes, accessories, styling, but really, when it comes down to it, I love people. I love connecting, listening, sharing. And when my customers can feel that love, that energy too, it becomes a pretty special place. Not just a store. It becomes a little bit like home.
Hi all! It's been a while since I wrote one of these! Don't know if you heard, but some of my amazing pieces from my shop were featured in the 1st (hopefully annual) Reeves-Reed Arboretum fashion show! What an opportunity! It was such a honor to see my pieces of art on the gorgeous models! I loved how the host, Lauren Engelke, an NYC-based sustainable fashion stylist, chose models of various ages, shapes and sizes. Such a great message about beauty, sustainability and fashion all in one. Meanwhile, back at that ranch of a store, new arrivals are coming in daily and the quality keeps getting better and better. I love seeing you all either in store or on the 'gram! Thanks again for being such a loyal group of women!
'Tis the season to celebrate what we have. What we are grateful for. What we cherish. This year I have learned so much about what it means to be human. How to be me. Losing a job I loved made me realize how tough I am, how I need to push through the pain in order to feel steady. Losing a lot was scary but pushing through was necessary and makes me ME. I am so grateful for every single thing that got me to this point. Creating my dream job is so rewarding, something I had not expected to do at this point in the game but sometimes life gives you the shove you didn't know you needed. The best part about my job is the people I get to know just by opening up my doors every single morning. The Collective is a collaborative experience. I strive to create not only a beautiful, well-curated store but community as well. The people I know and don't know, who walk through these doors with clothing, stories, accessories, witty things to say ALL make my day. Thank you for coming and celebrating each day with me. Have a merry and bright holiday season.
So I lost my job about a month ago. Right before that was when I was first forming the ideas of my own store. My husband and I would brainstorm different names for the business. It was all a hazy, exciting dream. Now a few weeks later, those initial dreams are becoming a reality. Thought becomes words, words become actions as they say. And it's true. I have always loved creating spaces, art, worlds within them. Currently, I am creating my biggest world to date. It only makes sense that I would create a new space in order to live my life the way I want: creatively, collectively, independently. Lots of quotes and amazing advice has come my way from the very start of this new life I am creating. One that really sticks, one that I've had in my head since I was maybe 8 years old is by hockey all-star Wayne Gretzky: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Seems silly and obvious, but it's true. We can only win and make those "shots" if we ACTUALLY take them. Keep swinging my dears.


Teachers and staff members in the Burlington School District will spend part of the first two days of school learning about ALICE training.
ALICE stands for Alert Lockdown Information Counter and Evacuate. The acronym represents a breakdown of procedures faculty and students can follow to deal with an armed intruder.
The two-hour training will begin for teachers Monday and Tuesday - the first two days of school. Students will be dismissed from class two hours early on those days.
Certified ALICE instructors from the Burlington Police Department will conduct the training.
"They will show videos, and there will be mock training scenarios that simulate an intruder in the building," said Derek Baker, the district's spokesman.
Baker also said the training is designed to make the teachers and staff mentally prepared for an armed intruder.
"The simulations really drive the importance of being mentally prepared," Baker said. "We want our students and staff to be mentally prepared in the unlikely event they would be faced with an intruder or threat in our school buildings."
School officials already have a lockdown plan in place in the event of a shooting incident, but ALICE is more comprehensive, providing training for a variety of scenarios.
In a standard lockdown procedure, teachers typically are instructed to clear students from hallways, lock classroom doors, turn off the lights and tell everyone to keep quiet while staying near the back of the room.
ALICE includes those elements in certain situations, but it also allows faculty, employees and students to make decisions otherwise precluded by the lockdown procedure. For instance, the program allows teachers, upon determining the shooter is in a remote part of the building, to evacuate a classroom as opposed to merely barricading the doors and turning off the lights.
Elementary and middle school staff will be trained over a course of two sessions.
Half of the staff will be trained at 2:15 p.m. Monday at Edward Stone Middle School. The remaining staff will be trained at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at Aldo Leopold Middle School.
There will be a separate training for Burlington High School staff at a later date.


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When Laureli Ivanoff wants a snack, the Inupiaq writer reaches for a bowl of salmon spread. The simple dip of flaked salmon, mayonnaise and “whatever you have in the fridge” hits the spot, whether she’s out hunting with her family or just looking to use up the leftovers from a baked salmon dinner. “It’s just a really easy, efficient, delicious way to enjoy salmon,” she says.
It’s also a perfect dish for sharing. Ivanoff, who has spent her career focusing on the lives of rural Alaskans and Native Alaskans, even set out bowls of it for guests to eat as they arrived at her wedding. “You just put it out with crackers,” she says. “I don’t really know many people who do not enjoy salmon spread.”
That’s true not only where Ivanoff lives—in the 700-resident town of Unalakleet, Alaska, located where the mouth of the Unalakleet River meets the Bering Sea—but also across much of the state. Salmon spread, similar to tuna salad but with an added smokiness, has managed to achieve a certain level of ubiquity, despite the many different communities and food cultures within Alaska. Some grocery stores will make the snack in-house, and many Alaskans also have their own family recipe.
“If you’re going to find a food that sits right at the center of how people eat here, salmon made into a spread is eaten pretty much like across the state in all regions,” says Julia O’Malley, an Anchorage-based journalist, cook and author of The Whale and The Cupcake, a book about Alaska’s foodways. “Smoked salmon spread is the most common thing.”
Of course, there would be no salmon spread without salmon itself. The fish is an Alaskan food staple, one that has been tied to Alaska Native cultures for at least 11,800 years, according to Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game. It plays an especially pivotal role because of its accessibility as a wild protein. As of 2017, a resident of a rural community in Southeast Alaska consumed an average of 75 pounds of salmon annually, while the U.S. national average for annual seafood consumption was less than 15 pounds per person, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
As an “annexed” place distant from the rest of the contiguous United States, as well as other potential trading partners, Alaska’s most important cuisine is wild food, O’Malley says. While residents of Anchorage get most of their food from the grocery store these days, other Alaskans in more remote areas continue to rely heavily on wild proteins, such as moose and seal. This is especially true for Alaska Natives, who base their food culture on the resources that become available with the seasons, according to Ivanoff.
“Fish is one of our staple foods, along with seals and the plants and berries that we harvest,” she says. For Ivanoff, every summer is salmon fishing season. In a good year, she and her extended family are able to catch 15 or 20 king salmon, also known as Chinook salmon, to share among themselves. “I’ve never purchased salmon in my life, and I eat fish every week,” she says.
Even when it’s not fishing season, when the salmon is “the freshest you can get,” Ivanoff is eating the frozen and canned salmon her family has put away from the harvest. It’s a cultural practice, it’s economical, and it tastes better than imported food, she says.
Most households where Ivanoff lives, she says, harvest food like caribou, moose, blueberries and cranberries from the area and preserve them for use year-round—another way Alaskans have adapted to their remote location. Scholars call this practice “provisioning.”
“It’s this idea that people are always stocking up and squirreling away,” O’Malley explains.
In recent generations, preserved goods played an important part of life, even in more accessible parts of Alaska. O’Malley’s parents didn’t have access to fresh vegetables in the winter, and as she was growing up, her family sometimes relied on canned fruits and vegetables. When people in other parts of the country were biting into an apple or peeling an orange, O’Malley was opening a can of fruit cocktail or mandarin oranges.
Today, populated and accessible areas of the state can secure relatively stable flows of fresh produce, but demand for preserved foods hasn’t receded completely.
“That quality of needing to rely on shelf-stable foods, it becomes part of the culture,” O’Malley says. “So even when fresh foods are available, people might still want to eat shelf-stable foods.”
Perhaps nothing captures Alaska’s love for both salmon and preserved foods better than salmon spread served on pilot bread, or dense crackers similar to hardtack biscuits. Alaskans have been eating some form of hardtack since the area’s colonization in the late 19th century. It became especially important to Alaska Natives and those in rural areas, and it has now achieved a status as a “soul food” for some, O’Malley says.
While salmon spread has roots in these longstanding food traditions, it also wouldn’t be possible without more modern additions. Ivanoff points out that her grandmother likely wouldn’t have eaten salmon spread, as she didn’t have access to foods like cream cheese, which is often used as a binder.
Still, the recipe has been around long enough for many to develop their own unique twist on it. Ivanoff, for her part, mixes her salmon with any combination of mayonnaise, cream cheese, pickles, onions, salt and pepper. O’Malley is more partial to cream cheese and sour cream as a base.
Kirsten Dixon is the owner and chef at Tutka Bay Lodge, tucked into the entrance of an ancient glacial fjord in Kachemak Bay, an hourlong flight southwest of Anchorage. She focuses on cooking Alaskan seafood—halibut, cod, rockfish, shrimp and crab are served almost daily at the lodge in dishes like her halibut with rhubarb and ginger and Kachemak Bay seafood chowder. When it comes to salmon spread, she honors the classic dish while also elevating it with complex flavors.
“Looking at old traditional recipes and reinventing them into a lighter, fresher way is important to us,” says Dixon, who has been in the adventure lodge business with her husband for 40 years. Her daughter has also become a chef in the lodge’s kitchen.
Dixon’s preferred recipe starts with flaking kippered, or hot-smoked, salmon into a bowl. Next, she stirs in sour cream and lemon zest. “The lemon brightens up everything, and then the sour cream is just fresh and soft,” she says. “It’s not heavy, like cream cheese is.”
The secret ingredient, for Dixon, is a sprinkle of cardamom, which she says adds a nutmeg-like flavor into the mix. “We picked it up because of the Scandinavian heritage of using that spice [for seafood], and we just love it,” she says.
Of course, however salmon spread is made, its real power lies in how it becomes part of the narrative of a family or a place.
“That’s the important part,” Dixon says. “It’s not whether you use Old Bay spice or whether you use lemon juice, it’s how it makes people feel.”
Kirsten Dixon's Smoked Salmon Cardamom Spread
After 30 years, we still love this recipe. Salmon, cardamom and sour cream are complementary flavors. We like to fill our gruyère cheese puffs with this spread, accompanied by pickled red onion and herbs.
- 1 pound kippered (hot-smoked) salmon
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 lemon
Chop half of the kippered salmon in the bowl of a food processor. Add the sour cream, cardamom and pepper. Grate the zest of lemon into the salmon mixture as well. Process the salmon mixture until it is pureed. Transfer the puree to a large bowl. Coarsely chop the remaining salmon and add it to the puree. Mix well, cover and refrigerate until serving time. (Other flavorings, such as fresh chopped basil, cayenne pepper or sun-dried tomatoes, can be substituted for the cardamom.) Serve a dollop of the spread on your favorite crackers or bread.
Makes 1½ pounds (24 1-ounce servings)


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Shares of luxury department store chain Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) fell 14.8% in the morning session after the company reported fourth-quarter results and provided a full-year earnings forecast that missed analysts' expectations. Full-year revenue guidance was also underwhelming, with sales growth expected in the range of a decline of 2% to an increase of 1%. The weak outlook is likely the culprit driving down the stock price. In addition, the topline growth was weak, with revenue up 2.3% year on year. Management noted, "We continue to see a cautious consumer that is mindful of discretionary purchases in light of inflation, higher interest rates, and the resumption of student loan payments."
On the other hand, revenue, gross margin, and adjusted EPS outperformed Wall Street's estimates during the quarter. Overall, it was a mixed but weaker quarter for the company.
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The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 4 months ago, when the stock dropped 8.8% on the news that the company reported third quarter results with revenue missing analysts' expectations, while its gross merchandise volume ("GMV") fell by 7.1%. Management highlighted "continued uncertainty and softening consumer spend," and the wind-down of Canadian operations also affected sales metrics. Despite operating income and earnings per share (EPS) surpassing expectations, the negative free cash flow, which was below analyst forecasts, contributed to an overall weaker quarter for the company.
To add insult to injury, this weak performance comes in light of some impressive performance in retail. Department store peers like M (Macy's), specialty retailers like GPS (The Gap), and off-price concepts such as ROST (Ross Stores) reported impressive results in the previous two weeks.
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COACHING CONDUCT: Indiana bill aims to fill gap in child seduction laws
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Indiana Representative Maureen Bauer says there’s a gap in current Indiana laws surrounding child seduction. Specially crimes committed by coaches, she says that’s why she has authored a bill hoping to change that.
Rep. Bauer says she was looking for more ways to protect children in our state and she found that there’s some language missing from the Indiana law. She says the current criminal statute on child seduction only applies to childcare workers who are employed by school corporations, charter schools and non-public schools.
HB1228 would expand that statute to include coaches from “youth organizations” that aren’t associated with a school, like club sports, little leagues or anything else.
The bill defines a “coach” as a person who provides supervision in a youth sports organization. If the coach is proved to have committed crimes of child seduction or child exploitation, they would face level 5 or 6 felonies.
“All coaches are in a role of authority, and just knowing this stories happen and there’s situations where coaches are in inappropriate relationships and its not included in our statute,” she said.
Bauer says she’s been working with the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking to help add those protections for children. She says, unfortunately, cases of child seduction and exploitation do happen in the state and she believes this bill will make more stories known.
“We realize there might be more stories out there, but they are going unnoticed,” she said. “It’s important to make this change because all coaches have this position of authority over our children.”
You can read HB1228 in it’s entirety by clicking here.
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Virden Cemetery will have the convenience of a flush toilet and a sink by this summer, if construction goes ahead as planned this spring.
The comfort station will be available to the public who use this beautiful cemetery and for maintenance workers as well.
The Town of Virden manages the cemetery with donations coming in from the Christmas season Memory Tree light-up, from bequeathments, as well as other donations.
Richard Reiner, a member of the Memory Tree Association said it was in 2018 that the Association approached the Town of Virden with a plan for the construction of an 8 x 10 bathroom facility at the cemetery.
It will be fully wheelchair accessible. Although there will be no electrical installation, a skylight panel in the roof will provide natural light for the three-season bathroom.
Freezing temperatures will dictate the dates the bathroom will be open.
With a town water line already available, it is a matter of plumbing into it. The waste will go to a holding tank that is pumped out.
Original tenders for the project were budgeted at $16,000, but that figure is expected to rise slightly with finishing board siding rather than just tin covered walls.


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Two-in-One :: Shirt Dress cum Jacket + Espadrilles
In preparation for the cooler weather settling in, I figured mix and matching old favourites from my current summer wardrobe would help to ease the gradual weather transition.
This outerwear is actually a shirtdress from MANGO that I trended a fair bit over Summer. With cooler evenings and shopping malls that's blasting their air conditiong, this shirtdress served a much needed purpose as an outerwear this period. This look would also be an ideal travel outfit as it's already encompassing 2 looks in 1 outfit. So less to pack and yet looking chic whilst out and about.
Having styled most of my outfits with heels, I wanted a casual take on this look and therefore paired it with these lovely gold pair of espadrilles from Marks & Spencers.
Keeping accessories simple, I opted for my Coach Legacy Flight Crossbody bag in Deep Port, for that touch of colour to brighten up the whole outfit.
Love this new pressie my girlfriend had sent me for my recent birthday. Triangle shaped open cuff bangle and necklace from Hanna Lee. Love, love, love !!
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Necklace & Cuff : Hanna Lee ( similar here)
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A passionate supporter of the writing community, Robin Stratton has been instrumental in helping fellow wordsmiths get their work out there. To that end, she founded both a literary journal, Boston Literary Magazine, and a small press, Big Table Publishing. As a writing coach for 25 years, Robin Stratton is especially well-known in the Boston literary scene, though she’s worked with clients from all over the country. In 2015, she started the Newton Writing and Publishing Center, where she promotes her Big Table Publishing authors as well as other local and national writers. In addition to her work in the literary community, Stratton is also a well-respected writer, having published several novels and books of poetry.
Novels vs. poetry
I never wrote or read poetry until just before I started my magazine; it simply wasn’t a genre that interested me, because I have always been a novelist. But once I tinkered with my first poem and was happy with it, I was hooked. Even though I don’t consider myself a “poet,” I do find that sometimes an event or news article or conversation will trigger a poem, and I can’t wait to sit down and write it. Writing a novel can take years – in my case, sometimes 20 years. But a poem can be done and tweaked and perfected in an hour or two.
I was a novelist struggling to get published long before I was a coach, and I remember writing queries to publishers saying that my book was “pretty much done.” One of the first things I noticed when I started taking on clients was how many of them would use that same phrase! So No. 1 tip: Don’t submit until it’s DONE. “Pretty much done” is never going to be good enough. I also tell my clients to read everything out loud, workshop their writing in a group, and research markets carefully.
As a publisher, I can tell you that nothing is more annoying than getting a query from someone who has obviously not even been to our website. Only submit what a publisher requests – no more and no less. And be ready to submit the whole manuscript if they ask for it. I can’t tell you how many people have submitted a decent proposal and, when I ask to see the rest of it, they admit that it’s not done yet or that they want to go over it one more time.
Writing center inspiration
Writers are inspired when they are in the company of other writers; the energy and enthusiasm makes them want to go home and write. That’s an important part of the center. I have often been called a literary cheerleader, which I love. Of course, seeking (and receiving with an open mind) feedback on your writing is the best thing you can do, but just as important is offering feedback [for others]; often we don’t see the weaknesses in our writing until we see it in someone else’s.
The sad truth about running a small press and a literary magazine is that you don’t exactly get rich doing it, despite the hundreds of hours each month. It’s vital to have lots of projects going all the time, and that cuts back – way back – on my own writing time. Sometimes I’ll head into the dining room at 4 in the afternoon and write for an hour, then write while I eat, and then write for an hour or so afterwards – then go back to my other work.
What she looks for in others’ work
We love narratives with a strong sense of character and are not as interested in descriptive writing. We love feeling as if we are getting to know someone; what drives them to behave in a certain way. We love human dynamics and peering in on people interacting, whether it’s lovers, best friends, or parents and children. We love being surprised by an ending.
Allison Futterman is a freelance writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Nintendo is kicking off the year big with its first Nintendo Direct, officially unveiling the sixth generation of Pokémon. Titled Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, the games will feature full 3D graphics, a combination of old and new monsters, and other new gameplay elements.
During the Nintendo Direct trailer, the starters were unveiled: Chespin, a Grass-type squirrel/chipmunk, Fennekin, a Fire-type fox, and Froakie, a Water-type frog. In addition, the title legendaries were shown, though no names or information were given.
The games’ environments are rendered in vivid, colorful 3D graphics, and battle scenes take on a cel-shaded 3D rendering style with a lot of cinematic flair for attacks.
In a first for the series, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will receive a simultaneous worldwide release on 3DS in October 2013. It looks like the wait won’t be too much longer for the full 3D Pokémon adventure we’ve all wanted for years!

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Chevy Volt: The Car From Atlas Shrugged MotorsIt was this same Forbes magazine that once crowned the Ford Edsel as being one of the "worst cars of all time." But that distinction was handed out mostly because the buying public - and the Forbes critic - considered the car to be really ugly. The Volt isn't ugly (or any uglier than all the other subcompacts coming off the line today). It's just woefully designed, terribly inefficient, unreliable, and expensive as all git out.
Patrick Michaels, Forbes
The Chevrolet Volt is beginning to look like it was manufactured by Atlas Shrugged Motors, where the government mandates everything politically correct, rewards its cronies and produces junk steel.
This is the car that subsidies built. General Motors lobbied for a $7,500 tax refund for all buyers, under the shaky (if not false) promise that it was producing the first all-electric mass-production vehicle.
At least that's what we were once told. Sitting in a Volt that would not start at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, a GM engineer swore to me that the internal combustion engine in the machine only served as a generator, kicking in when the overnight-charged lithium-ion batteries began to run down. GM has continually revised downward its estimates of how far the machine would go before the gas engine fired, and now says 25 to 50 miles.
It turns out that the premium-fuel fired engine does drive the wheels--when the battery is very low or when the vehicle is at most freeway speeds. So the Volt really isn't a pure electric car after all. I'm sure that the people who designed the car knew how it ran, and so did their managers.
Why then the need to keep this so quiet?
... Volt sales are anemic: 326 in December, 321 in January, and 281 in February. GM announced a production run of 100,000 in the first two years. Who is going to buy all these cars? [link]
Is the Chevy Volt on its way to becoming "The Worst Car of All Time"?
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Russians set sights on Alaska tunnel
Friday 06 May 1994
Convinced the two continents must meet at some point, Peter sent Vitus Bering, a Danish captain in the Russian Navy, to find out where. More than two and half centuries after Bering brought back news of sea not land (the strait that would bear his name), Russian and American engineers are lobbying for a tunnel to create the link Peter believed was there all along.
Set up for the task is the Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel and Railroad Group, which links Russian, American and Canadian companies. According to Viktor Razbegin, director of the Russian partner, a tunnel would be about 60 miles long, 23 of this underwater, and the rest burrowed through two islands. (The distance is far less than Captain Bering thought. He sailed the strait in fog and believed North America still hundreds of miles away). 'Investigations have already begun and will go on for two or three years,' said Mr Razbegin yesterday.
A fixed link with Alaska would recreate the Bering land bridge over which Asians crossed to North America 12,000 years ago. The last attempt to do this was in 1905. A US-led group, fired by the idea of a train from New York to Paris, raised dollars 5m ( pounds 3.3m) for the Trans Alaska Siberian Railroad, but the scheme got buried by World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution.
Mr Razbegin says a tunnel is only part of the latest venture, which would include transcontinental railways and united energy systems. The closest existing railway in Russia to the Bering Strait is more than 3,000 miles away, and on the American side, the nearest line is 550 miles to the east.
To lay so much new track and dig a tunnel would take at least 20 years, says Nikolai Grom, chief of the Design and Capital Construction Department of the Railway Ministry.
Even this seems optimistic, although a New York to Paris railway is technically feasible. The biggest obstacle is cost. Russian railways estimate the Bering tunnel price at over pounds 5bn, but this looks suspiciously like the original, and far too optimistic, price tag for Eurotunnel. George Koumal, the American representive of the Interhemispheric consortium has been quoted as putting the cost closer to pounds 25bn.
Chances of getting such a mammoth investment back quickly are nil. More than 75 million passengers crossed the English channel last year by ferry or air along with tens of millions of tonnes of freight, yet there are still doubts about whether Eurotunnel can prosper. Traffic across the Bering Strait is miniscule, and without massive state funding the project will go nowhere.
The most enthusiastic backers, aside from excited engineers, are the governors of Alaska and Chukotka, the Russian and American regions that would benefit most from the influx of cash and an eventual redrawing of global trade routes promised by weather- proof crossing.
'The Russians are excellent at big projects,' governor Walter Hickel told the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce recently. 'They just can't get their potatoes across town.'
But Russia shares some of the same anxieties felt in Britain about the channel tunnel. With Nato creeping up from the west, any hint of greater vulnerability from the east does not please Russia's generals. Some, though, see it the other way round - a first step towards getting Alaska back. The tsar's decision in 1867 to sell Alaska to the United States for dollars 7m is still a sore point, not only with the kooky fringe of Russian nationalism.
Mr Grom warned last week: 'Russia's interests must be securely protected. Unless, that is, we want another Alaska story.'
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The farmers parked their tractors on the side of highways and demanded to exclude agriculture from the WTO agreement and implement a law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP).
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered the invoking of the National Security Act (NSA) against Noor Alam and Javed Siddiqui. The duo is accused of setting on fire some houses of Dalits in the Jaunpur district.
Yesterday, the CM had directed the concerned police officials to book all the accused under the NSA and take action against the Station House Officer (SHO).
He also directed the district officials to provide houses to the Dalits whose houses had been destroyed in the incident. The state government’s social welfare department will also give a compensation of Rs one lakh each.
The incident is of June 9 when a series of houses in the Sarai Khwaja locality had been burnt down following a dispute over plucking mangoes from an orchard.
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Beijing sends a signal with appointment of Huang Hongyuan as chairman of Shanghai Stock Exchange
Huang’s appointment signals Beijing’s commitment to attracting technology companies and broadening links with international markets
Huang, 54, will fill the vacancy left by Wu Qing who became a vice-mayor of Shanghai in January.
The securities regulator said in a statement on Sunday that Huang will carry the rank of vice-minister following the appointment.
Hong Kong stocks sink below key 30,000 level on HSBC decline, trade tensions
Huang’s appointment was announced on Friday during a meeting in which CSRC chairman Liu Shiyu urged exchange officials to make a priority of attracting high-quality companies to list in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
The Shanghai exchange is actively seeking to attract technology companies with valuations of more than US$1 billion – as the central government encourages capital raising activities to help foster growth in the new economy.
On Friday, the CSRC published a draft operating guide for the Chinese Depository Receipt (CDR) mechanism, a move intended to facilitate technology “unicorn” initial public offerings.
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“The role of the stock exchange’s top boss is important now because of the task of luring technology firms,” said Zhou Ling, a fund manager with Shanghai Shiva Investment. “An official with experience in running the exchange is a proper choice.”
Shanghai, Shenzhen exchanges get approval for Bangladesh bourse stake
Previously, Beijing would appoint a senior CSRC official to head the Shanghai exchange, rather than promoting an official from within the managerial ranks of the exchange as chairman.
Huang became executive vice-president of the Shanghai exchange in 2011 before he was nominated president the following year.
Between 1992 and 2011, he served at the CSRC, assuming a number of roles, including director of the risk management office and deputy director of the fund supervision department.
The CSRC did not say who will take up the position vacated by Huang.
Luring unicorns is part of an effort to support transition of the Chinese economy into a sustainable growth model driven by entrepreneurship and consumer spending.
Profit growth at Chinese companies ‘generally strong’ in Q1
Previously, major Chinese technology companies conducted IPOs on overseas markets such as Hong Kong and New York because their ownership structure was not in compliance with mainland requirements.
The Shanghai bourse is also working with its London counterpart to establish a stock connect that will allow investors to trade shares on each other’s markets.


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hehehe amazing man keep going i love your writing style :) your an amazing author keep going and keep it up :) gd luck out there Report Review
I don't care that people don't like Bonnie Wright, I love Ginny and I think that you've done an amazingly fantastic job portraying her here :) Harry is one massive 'thickhead' (my new favourite insult, thanks :P) and it was nice to see you develop the parallels between Lupin/Tonks and Ginny/Harry. I liked the humour even in the midst of a funeral, and you wrote Tonks so brilliantly canon, I applaud you. Tonks is HARD, but this: "Here I think your foot is my pocket, I've no idea how that happened..." it's brilliant. :D
I really really liked this short fic, and I wholeheartedly agree that men are idiots.
PS. your subtitle is genius, I love it :) Report Review
This was good. I really like Tonks and Ginnys talk, and the way you handled Ginnys feelings was brilliant too. And the ending was great, with Ginny seeing the 'real' Harry. Report Review
Creative way on imagining how Harry and Ginny had to put a hold on their relationship. J.K. Rowling made Ginny seem strong and understandable about why they had to stop, but you made Ginny have more of something realistic. She's dying to be with Harry. I read this along with the Podcast, so that was fun! Report Review
I hadn't realized it until now, but there really are a lot of similarities between Remus refusing Tonks and Harry dumping Ginny. I suppose it's not that surprising, as entire books have been written around that theme. Anyway, I really like that you drew the two situations together in such a way that the older ones could give the younger ones some advice and encouragement.
The flow of the story was good. Ginny started off alone and ended alone too, in both cases watching Harry, which brought the story around full circle, so to speak. You had the clumsy Tonks moment, which served as an excuse for the conversation anyway. Tonks seemed in character, with her jokes, but she was the perfect mix of seriousness and light-heartedness. Nice story. Report Review
I was lurking the podcasts and stumbled upon a reading of this fic! I have to say, even though I'm not a huge Harry/Ginny fan - this is an amazing story. I love the way you portrayed Tonks - beaming, happy, wonderful Tonks and her relationship with Lupin. I laughed when she turned her face into his - how did you come up with that? ^_^
Just, this entire one-shot is so moving, so beautiful in a simplistic sort of way. I feel very...at peace..after reading it. I don't know if that makes sense - but that's how I feel. I feel at ease, relaxed. It's a good feeling and this one shot is absolutely phenomenal! :D Report Review
Aw, this was so adorable, yet sad at the same time!! If I didn't know they ended up together, I'd cry.
Love it!! Report Review
Such a gorgeous missing moment! Tonks and Remus were very true to form, particulary Tonks, and Ginny was also very recognisable.
I love Harry and Ginny together, and I hated this moment in the book, even though I understood why Harry did it! I just wanted them to be together!! At least they ended up that way. :)
“I’d do a Disentanglement Charm, but I’ve been a bit under the weather lately, we might both end up naked.”
That was a very Tonks-ish thing to say, and it also made me laugh! :D
10/10 Report Review
this story was amazing and a perfect missing moment, nearly had me in tears :)
Great job darlin!
~Moon~ Report Review
That was the best story i've read yet. i love it so much! 20 out of 10 i give it!! Report Review
Love it!!! Report Review
this is a cool story I frist heard it on the podcasts and loved it you have to rite more!!! (do you belive in the sugar Queen?) Report Review
incredile and i love the banner Report Review
Relationships are such complicated things aren't they? :) I really liked this story. I think you characterized Ginny, Tonks, and Lupin very well. Report Review
this would actually be a good start to a longer story. hope you think about expanding it at some point Report Review
Wow, that is an incrediable story! The imagery and the dialouge is superb - wow! I really love this, and it turns out that I'm a member on an HP fansite called Final Prophecy and we have our own version of the Daily Propet that comes out once a month. I'm a fic niffler for our fanfiction section; this means I find fics that are really good and write up a little piece about them so our readers will have some good stories to read. I was wondering if I could feature your story in our next issue? No personal info will be listed, just your penname and the story name and specifices (genre, etc.) So please let me know if I could feature your story, I have an account here, but you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.org. If not it's perfectly ok and feel free to ask if you have any questions!
CharmedOne Report Review
NOT BAD FOR A START; GINNY SHOULD HAVE KEPT ON GOING. HARRY COULD HAVE HELD OUT HIS HAND. WOULD WANT TO READ MORE. Report Review
It was great! I really liked it! 10/10 =) Report Review
very good. i love how she didnt take another step, today. genius. i also loved that end descirption of harry at the end. grisled and desperate, confused and deafeated. yay! kudos to you! oh, and how tonks turns to lupin and then he says she looks daft, hahaha! anyway... just plain fabu, and cant wait to read more from you.
~windy Report Review
I like this chapter =] I dowloaded it onto my mp3 player...I'm waiting for some more!! update asap!
10/10 Report Review
Wow..the last few lines were beyond amazing...this is a really great one-shot..I'm glad I found it and got the chance to read it :)
-quidditch77 Report Review
this is brilliant! you captured all the characters really well. good work Report Review
I really loved this story. 10/10 for excellent writing. But aw, man, I was hoping you'd reconcile Harry and Ginny at the end! But I guess we can't all hold hands around the campfire everyday.This story is great. Good job! Report Review
It's good!!! keep writing and i'll keep reading!
LupinFan45 Report Review
m two favorite couples!! amazing job! Report Review
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In many homes, dinnertime is the only time during the week that family members are in the same place at the same time and not frantically getting ready to head somewhere. That means how families spend that time together can be incredibly important.
Lynn Barendsen is a project director at Harvard University’s graduate school of education and the executive director of the school’s Family Dinner Project, an initiative that emphasizes the importance of families eating dinner together. Barendsen told HuffPost via email that there’s been copious research that shows regular family meals can lead to healthier eating habits, lower rates of depression and anxiety, higher self-esteem and better vocabularies and grades at school.
So how can families get the best value out of this time together? We asked experts for their advice.
Learn how to actually get the family talking
After a long day, some people in the family ― whether that’s the kids or the caregivers ― might not be enthusiastic about chatting about what happened at school or work or wherever else they spent their day.
To get the conversation flowing, Brad Kennington, faculty member and director of professional relations at the Austin Family Institute in Texas, suggested leaving conversations that might spark conflict (like how messy one of the kids’ rooms is, for example) for another time. The licensed marriage and family therapist said to instead ask specific questions about the kids’ lives.
“If you know what’s going on with your kids, you’re invested, you’re aware, you’re present, you’re showing up,” he told HuffPost. “Ask them movies they want to see, ask them about music or their favorite game and how it’s different from their other games.”
Matt Lundquist, a psychotherapist and the director of Tribeca Therapy in New York, suggested that if the kids don’t seem willing to start up a conversation, it’s just as important for them to see healthy communication between their parents, caregivers or other adult family members.
“There’s a lot of richness with the family coming together as a whole,” he said. “Two parents are talking about their day, and kids are observing it. It’s an opportunity to observe interactions.”
Talia Wagner, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, recommended Table Topics, a company that sells question cards that serve as ice-breakers for family conversations and other events. The Family Dinner Project also offers talking point ideas on its site and social media pages, like the one below:
Pay attention to the details
While chatting out loud can be fun and beneficial for families, Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn, who owns Wilborn Clinical Services and is a visiting assistant professor in the University of New Orleans’ counseling department, noted that parents should pick up on nonverbal cues at the dinner table, too.
“This established time is a time where you’re reading nonverbals, you’re having conversations,” she said. “You might be able to pick up on emotional changes or something that’s different.”
Barendsen noted that minor details like having kids pick the music as the family cooks or cleans up can have a positive effect. Also, consider having themes for dinner for the cuisine or throwing in ideas like having breakfast for dinner.
Take time to figure out how technology fits in your family’s dinnertime
Wagner joked that for many people cellphones are “just a natural extension of [their] hands now.” And by simply putting down the phone or even putting it far away from the dinner space, you’re sending a very clear message.
“You put your phone down, and you’re saying, ‘This is important to me, you’re important to me, what you want to share with me is important,‘” she said. “On so many levels that elevates [kids’] self-worth and self-esteem.”
That isn’t to say technology can’t be helpful during dinner. Kennington said mixing up the family event every so often to include a show can be a great way to then engage with kids about what parts stuck out to them and what roles were relatable to them. Barendsen suggesed incorporating video chat to “eat” with family and friends far away or using a phone to look up the answer to an interesting question or find a funny video for the family to watch together.
Be aware of how you talk about the food on the table
Kennington also specializes in eating disorders, specifically how they affect boys and men. He stressed that it’s crucial for parents to not criticize their bodies in front of their kids, a topic that is commonly brought up in subtle ways during a meal.
“If a parent is criticizing their body, their kid goes, ‘Wow, that’s my gene pool. Is that what I’m going to end up with?’” he said. “Or if they already resemble their parents in body type, they think, ‘If my parents’ bodies are wrong, then my body is wrong and I have to fix this.’”
He encouraged parents to change their vocabulary from designating foods as “good” and “bad” to describing them as “nutritious” and “recreational” and to promote balance in eating habits.
Start out small and don’t be too hard on yourself
Wilborn wants parents to remember that what works around the dinner table for one family might not work for another. Families come in many shapes, sizes and forms, so why would there be one end-all strategy to get the most out of family dinnertime?
It’s also important to note that not every family is in a position to have daily family time together like a sit-down dinner. In that case, make your family time the time that works best for you, whether that’s breakfast, on the weekend, or another time.
“Be flexible with the family you actually have and don’t try to model your family after another,” she said.
Barendsen said at the Family Dinner Project, she and her team stress that it’s OK to not enjoy the picture-perfect home-cooked meal every night together as a family. Take it step by step.
“Pick one thing to work on ― the food, fun or conversation. Work on that until you’re seeing some progress,” she said. “Then choose something else to focus on, as a family.”
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