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Greenville news Madeira Park travel Madeira Floods and Landslides – Violent rainstorms left at least 42 people dead on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Saturday. Interior Minister Rui Pereira said that Lisbon could seek EU help following the disaster. A young man w.The greenville news building was constructed in 1914 and dominated the eastern side of the block of Main Street south of Broad Street. The greenville daily news had been established in 1874 by A.M. Speights.Nanaimo news Weather in Denman Island Holmes disappeared from his family’s secluded home on Denman Mountain in Grahamsville . blue-eyed boy went missing from Long Island, N.Y., leading her mother and father to believe the children were .A mixed bag for ferry customers, with one ship returning to service while another is docked until later this week. BC Ferries.
2000 Census. As of the 2000 united states census, there were 9,400 people, 4,004 households, and 2,690 families residing in the town. The population density was 163.1 people per square mile (63.0/km).
Product Description. How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the ""global family tree"" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. dr. spencer wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists.
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Although the population recorded in the 2011 census was only 10,536, and with a built-up area of just 3.245 square kilometres, Wells has had city status since medieval times, because of the presence of Wells Cathedral.
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PICTURES: Emmaus vs. Liberty in District 11 4A softball Championship game.
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Liberty High School girls softball team begins to celebrate their District 11 4A softball championship victory over Emmaus High School at Patriots Park in Allentown Thursday night. (KEVIN MINGORA / THE MORNING CALL)
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At 18, after watching the movie Ghost World, I decided to start a record collection. I now own hundreds of records and own over 900 cds.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Lately I've been getting into disco. High Energy was the hit from this album and it's good. I've always dealt with shyness so my favorite song was "Shy Guy". There's few songs about the subject. It's pretty catchy too. This is on cd with another one of her albums.


Ecologist Jason Van Weenen says bats in Adelaide's Botanic Park are getting more and more stressed. They're starting to cluster in the trees in large clumps, which signals trouble.
The Australian state of New South Wales has issued a health warning after a summer heat wave hit bat communities hard.
And in the state of South Australia, bats are collapsing from the heat in the capital's Botanic Park, where staff are scrambling to keep them safe and away from visitors.
"As they're getting more and more stressed they start to congregate in the trees in real large clumps, and that's a clear sign that they are in trouble," ecologist Jason Van Weenen said.
Australian media are reporting that stressed out bats are falling out of the trees, or getting tangled up in electricity wires.
Health officials are warning people not to try to help the bats, because of the risk of infection. It's clearly not easy being a bat when the heat is on.


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Cacao nibs are delicious pieces of pure, raw cacao bean that have an intense chocolate flavour and lovely aroma.
Cacao nibs contain a unique composition of nutrients, including vitamin C, the minerals, iron, chromium, manganese, zinc and copper, fibre, omega-6 fatty acids, PEA (phenylethylamine) and a small amount of tryptophan, theobromine, anandamide and theophylline.
These cacao nibs contain around 40% fat content (low compared to other nuts). We only ever use criollo beans. Criollo beans are recognised as the best beans in the world for flavour, consistency and nutrients.

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Part 20: Proper Patching
The correct way to fix rust
Years ago, a lot of "car guys" considered a rust hole repair as juststuffing a news-paper in the hole, smearing a mixed plastic substanceover it, and a close match of rattlecan paint to finish it off.Thankfully, the hobby has forced us to take better care of ourdisappearing autos, and rust repair has definitely been an issue. Rustis a corrosion product primarily consisting of hydrated iron oxide.Whether you live along the coastline, inland, in a large city or smallvillage, rust is a serious problem. All vehicles are subject to at leastone of the following factors: rain, snow, humidity, damp salty air, wetroads, the home garage, atmospheric chemicals, car washing, and so on.All of these considerably accelerate the corrosion of vehicles.Hopefully, everyone has taken the necessary steps to prevent rust fromoccurring on their Mopars, but let's say you have a hole that needsrepaired. Well, we're here to help.
We decided to have Muscle Car Restorations (MCR) in Chippewa Falls,Wisconsin, show us how they would repair a hole in the rearquarter-panel of a car. these guys are so good at what they do we areconfident (with proper care) the rust will not come back. You would needsome pretty extensive tools to properly handle a repair like this. Itemslike an air compressor, welder, and cutting tools are just thebeginning.


This paper provides a proof of concept of an SDN Application to provide QoS for real-time services on SDN networks. Common real-time services are for example VoIP or M2M protocols like OPC UA and MQTT. We provide a proof of concept in the form of a specialized application for SIP traffic. The application lowers the latency and call-setup-time for VoIP calls. The application uses the metering and queueing features of OpenFlow 1.3 to assure high quality of service. The evaluation and optimization of the application is still in progress.


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Genetic susceptibility to methamphetamine use disorder is poorly understood. No twin or adequately powered genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been conducted. However, there are a large number of hypothesis-driven candidate gene association studies, which were systematically reviewed herein. Seventy-six studies were identified, investigating markers of 75 different genes. Allele frequencies, odds ratios, 95 % confidence intervals and power were calculated. Risk of bias was also assessed as a quality measure. Meta-analyses were conducted for gene markers if three or more studies were available. Eleven markers from adequately powered studies were significantly associated with methamphetamine use disorder, with Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) representing promising targets. Limitations of these studies include unclear rationale for candidate gene selection, low power and high risk of bias. Future research should include replications to enable more meta-analyses, well-powered GWASs or whole exome or genome sequencing, as well as twin and family studies to further complement the findings of this review to uncover genetic contributions toward methamphetamine use disorder.
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Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911
Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs.
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Interesting , ' Charlotte replied with a smile , ' why she never said a word . ' ' Did
she not , ' Eduard rejoined while he seemed to retrace his thoughts , “ how very
strange ! ' ” seemed to me , Ethel was falling more and more 152 GROWING.
What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and
Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the
mountains ) ; my letters to Lytton were in part rage and lamentation , and in part a
I am sure that I wanted to be successful in the Ceylon Civil Service , to be thought
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government is spending $2 trillion on federal support through the CARES Act. However, the current form of reporting on government spending is inconsistent, inaccessible and ultimately of limited use.
The promise of applying structured data, tagged in iXBRL, is the ability to leverage machine learning and AI to measure funding and its efficacy. So, when future crises arrive, whether financial, environmental or health-related, our decision on how to allocate resources can be data-driven and evidence-based.
The good news is we are now one major step closer to that capability. That’s because on April 15, 2020, USAFacts made public its first-ever, full-length 10-K tagged in iXBRL. The complicated financial workings of the US public sector have just become more transparent and accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
While public companies are now comfortable publishing 10-Ks and 10-Qs in a machine-readable, iXBRL format, governments have been far slower at reporting their own financials in data rather than documents. The financial activities of governments at all levels— from the federal to the state to small municipal and local governments—have therefore remained murky. Information has been available in PDFs and sometimes in handwritten documents after a one-to-two-year lag.
In collaboration with DFIN and XBRL US, USAFacts is hoping to change all that. USAFacts just completed a ground-breaking project to make government data widely available by presenting its 2019 10-K in a machine-readable format. Specifically, data within the 10-K is being tagged in iXBRL using elements of the US GAAP taxonomy and portions of the demonstration release of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) taxonomy, which was designed exclusively for state and local governments interested in reporting financial data.
“One excellent way to help with credibility and promote data standards projects is to develop pilots or case studies on early adopters,” says Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets at DFIN. “Now that USAFacts has taken this bold first step in demonstrating how government data can be tagged in iXBRL, we are hoping that governments, small and large, will consider doing the same.”
Why Provide Machine-Readable Government Financial Data?When former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer decided to deepen his commitment to philanthropy, he began by researching how the government raises and spends money. He soon realized that this data wasn’t easy to come by. Ballmer hired financial analysts and researchers to gather the data he needed, and then issued a report to share the findings. Out of this undertaking was born USAFacts, a not-for-profit, nonpartisan civic initiative providing comprehensive and understandable government data, including accessible analysis on US spending and outcomes with the goal of grounding public debates in facts. In 2017, USAFacts began publishing a 10-K for government financials— much as public companies have done for decades.
The decision to publish a 10-K for government spending “starts with the belief that government data should be readily accessible to the public,” says Poppy MacDonald, President of USAFacts. Tagging the 10-K in iXBRL, she says, represents a leap forward: “Structured data will improve speed, reliability, and consistency, and make people’s lives easier when it comes to accessing data.” She continues: “The more accessible we can make this information, the better.”


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Bestselling author Gwen Cooper has contributed to Variety, People and Harper’s Bazaar. Her most famous work is the provocative book, “Diary of a South Beach Party Girl”. Here’s what Gwen wrote about my film His Highness Hollywood (available for only $14.99 with free shipping -order now for Christmas):
His Highness Hollywood
Director/Star: Ian Halperin
Retail: $14.99 US
In an era when “undercover journalism” and “gotcha documentary” are so frequently synonymous terms, Ian Halperin’s behind-the-scenes Hollywood dishfest, His Highness Hollywood, is a refreshing—and highly welcome—change of pace. The New York Times best-selling author poses as a gay wannabe actor, who also happens to be “Israeli royalty,” who goes by the moniker “His Highness” and arrives in Hollywood ready for his close-up—and guaranteed stardom. Unlike most undercover expose documentaries, however, there is real humanity in Halperin’s quest to examine the bizarre inner workings and broken dreams that keep the Tinseltown machinery running. Halperin never descends to cheap stunts, eyebrow-waggling innuendo, or the goading of his hapless subjects to ever-greater heights of ludicrousness, unlike so many others of his ilk—including Borat, to which this film will inevitably be compared. The result is a genuinely thoughtful, journalistic, and substantive documentary, one that entertains even as it informs.
The roll call of characters is central-casting colorful: the actress-cum-stripper who takes to the pole when her dreams of stardom (or even a reasonable payday) don’t quite pan out; the strident publicist who takes “His Highness” on as a pet project; the celebrity personal trainer who gives him a body makeover; the fawning retail clerks, casting directors, and questionable nutritionists who can barely contain their glee at the prospect of a new client/protégé who’s genuine “royalty.” Several A-listers make cameo appearances, including Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and George Clooney. Halperin also lands thought-provoking interviews with industry legends including Bill Paxton and Ron Jeremy. He even gets Janice Dickerson herself to photograph him for headshots, with the promise that “we’re going to make magic together!”
Halperin also manages to infiltrate the inner recesses of the Church of Scientology, and do what perhaps no other documentary filmmaker has ever been able to do—get recorded footage of their indoctrination process. The Church assures Halperin in no uncertain terms that, for the right price, they can “cure” him of his homosexuality. These clips, and the bonus Scientology interviews and recordings on the DVD extras, are worth the price of admission all on their own.
For its intelligence, humor, and unflinching candor mixed with surprising warmth, His Highness Hollywood is sure to find a wide, mainstream audience. Recommended for all mainstream and/or mass-market retailers.

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Winner of the Hindu Prize for Fiction, 2015.
A lone hunter, Vilie, sets out to find the river of his dreams: to wrest from its sleeping waters a stone that will give him untold power. It is a dangerous quest, for not only must he overcome unquiet spirits, vengeful sorceresses and daemons of the forest, there are men – armed with guns – on his trail. Easterine Kire’s novel transports the reader to the remote mountains of Nagaland, a place alive with natural wonder and supernatural enchantment. As Vilie treks through the forest on the trail of his dream, we are also swept along in this powerful narrative and walk alongside him in a world where the spirits are every bit as real as men and women, and where danger – or salvation – lies at every turn. Kire’s powerful narrative invites us into the lives and hearts of the people of Nagaland: the rituals and beliefs, their reverence for the land, their close-knit communities – the rhythms of a life lived in harmony with their natural surroundings. It is against this spellbinding backdrop that Kire tells the story of a solitary man driven by the mysterious pull of a dream, who must overcome weretigers and malignant widow-spirits in the search for his heart’s desire.
“...reminiscent of Marquez’s magic realism and Leslie Silko’s Native-American story-telling. At the end, though, this is a Naga story, unmistakably so, in its sense of place, time, and oral traditions.”
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This little poori does not want to be eaten!
Buddhu's mother is too busy wiping his nose to notice that the poori she is cooking is almost burnt.
But is this fearless little poori going to hang around waiting to be eaten? 'Bet you can't catch me!' she taunts and she's off!
Outrunning the farmer and his friends, outwitting the rabbit, and outfoxing the fox, Poori thinks she can never be caught! But can she?
The Magic Key Series
The Magic Key is a series of illustrated folktales retold by India's third President, Dr Zakir Hussain. 'For all children,' he wrote, 'the first books they read are the key to the magic of the world.' Translated into English by the author's great-granddaughter Samina Mishra, these books will delight anyone learning to read for the first time, and are perfect for parents and teachers to read aloud.
Set in late 19th century Assam, The Bronze Sword of Tengphakhri Tehsildar is the heroic tale of a Bodo freedom fighter who was, arguably, the first woman revenue collector in British India. It was Indira Goswami's last work of fiction and this is the first-ever English edition, powerfully and sensitively translated from the Assamese by Aruni Kashyap.
"Indira Goswami is one of the pre-eminent literary figures in India and a woman of remarkable courage and conviction... She has also been an important voice in championing women's causes, and has done much to highlight the plight of widows. [She] is one of those rare figures whose achievements as a writer are closely paralleled by their accomplishments as a social and political activist." - Amitav Ghosh
* WINNER OF THE 2011 ECONOMIST-CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATION *
A brother and sister visit the unique crater-lake that their dead, estranged mother had written to them about in her letters. A middle-class employee's orderly life turns upside down when his employer holds back his cheque without an explanation. The employees of a forgotten outpost in a sun-baked town threaten mass suicide because they have no hope of survival.
Seventeen is a collection of short stories from among more than 100 of Anita Agnihotri's published short fiction. By turn intense, brittle, angry sad and torn apart in conflict, the stories bring out the different faces of human hardship and explore the India that is still largely unknown. Set in metros and villages, in small-town India and in international suburbia, the stories run the gamut of experiences both everyday and extraordinary. From deeply personal relationships against the backremove of turmoil to intensely social truths told through the unique life of individuals, each of these stories is a picture of human fragility. This is literary craftsmanship at its best.
In 2008, when the Azad Foundation, an NGO based in Delhi, began training poor women to become drivers of commercial and private vehicles, most people thought they were somewhat out of touch with reality. Poor, illiterate women, many of them from violent homes, some of them single mothers, others from families and communities which had never allowed women to step out of the home – how could these women take the wheel, drive around in unsafe cities, be confident and competent, earn money? At the time, there was only one known woman auto driver in Delhi. When Azad turned to radio cab companies to suggest they take in women drivers, there wasn’t much interest. Today, more than 300 women drivers have received training from Azad and are on the roads of several cities. Nine years after radio companies turned Azad away, special services or women with women drivers are being introduced within these same companies. In 2015, the Delhi Transport Corporation got its first woman driver, and in 2016, the Delhi Commission for Women recruited 25 women drivers to be part of their women’s helpline. Clearly, things are changing.
Lady Driver maps the journeys of twelve women from poor, marginalized communities who have transformed their lives by taking up the challenge of becoming women drivers. Each story is unique; there’s no Cinderella effect here. Reality does not change overnight. Instead, as the women featured here painstakingly claim a relationship with the road, it translates into claims for identity, for dignity, for a livelihood. Their stories are about beginnings, but have no endings – there is still quite a way to drive. OR – there are many kilometres to drive yet.
In 1970s Karachi, where violence and political and social uncertainty are on the rise, a talented painter, Tahira, tries to hold her life together as it shatters around her. Her marriage is quickly revealed to be a trap from which there appears no escape. Accustomed to the company of her brother Waseem and friends, Andaleep and Safdar, who are activists, writers and thinkers, Tahira struggles to adapt to her new world of stifling conformity and to fight for her identity as a woman and an artist.
Tragedy strikes when her brother and friends are caught up in the cynically repressive regime. Faced with loss and injustice, she embarks upon a series of paintings entitled ‘The Empty Room’, filling the blank canvases with vivid colour and light.
Elegant, poetic, and powerful, The Empty Room is an important addition to contemporary Pakistani literature, a moving portrait of life in Karachi at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, and a powerful meditation on art and the dilemmas faced by women who must find their own creative path in hostile conditions.
"‘Regret is only one kind of torment in a world generous with pain’, writes Sadia Abbas. In her debut novel, regret and pain appear in light, luminous hues as the story of a new nation, struggling to retain its democratic resolve, is enmeshed with the story of a rocky marriage. The courage, wit and capacity for love displayed by the characters are sure to linger long after the last chapter has been read."
— Annie Zaidi, author of Gulab and Love Stories #1-14
"A gripping and wonderfully observed account of domestic life and its many perils in Pakistan's early decades. The portrait of a marriage set in the minefield of an extended family, this novel offers us an extraordinarily nuanced view of a woman's life."
— Faisal Devji, author of The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and The Temptation of Violence
"The personal and the political come together in this tale of a nation and a young, newly-married woman, as they push against horizons, stretch boundaries and make painful self-discoveries."
— Rakhshanda Jalil, writer and translator
Sadia Abbas grew up in Pakistan and Singapore. She received her PhD in English literature from Brown University, and she teaches in the English Department at Rutgers University-Newark. Sadia is Adjunct Professor at the Stavros Niarchos Center for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University. She loves long walks, the Mediterranean and, indiscriminately, all sorts of films.
Published in March of 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel Umrao Jaan Ada created a sensation when it came out, with its candid account of the life of Umrao Jaan, a semi-fictional, possibly real, Lucknow courtesan. Subsequent translations and films based on the book have further extended the fame of both the book and Umrao, the character.
What is less known, however, is that a month after he wrote Umrao Jaan Ada, Ruswa penned a short text, a novella entitled Junun-e-Intezar (The Madness of Waiting, April 1899) in which Umrao avenges herself on her creator, Ruswa, by narrating the story of his life.
Blurring the lines between truth and fiction, narrator and character, this clever narrative strategy gives the courtesan a speaking voice. While Umrao Jaan Ada, continues to evoke interest, this paratext has been completely forgotten. Here, translators and editors Krupa Shandilya and Taimoor Shahid, one a scholar from India and the other from Pakistan, attempt to redress this with their translation of Ruswa's novella and their critical introduction which rethinks Umrao Jaan Ada and the Urdu literary milieu of late nineteenth-century Lucknow.
This book contains both the Urdu text (in facsimile) and its translation for the bilingual reader.
The essay traces the detrimental effects on the health of the people of Nagaland due to excessive militarisation in the region. Ngully puts the idea of 'health' into perspective and examines the implications of the WHO definition, which cites not just physical, but also mental and social well-being as criteria. This is done with regard to the torture, murder, and rape that the Naga people have been subject to in the past years by the security forces, justified under the cover of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
By placing the psychological trauma that the Naga people have faced within a broader context of disorders resulting from large-scale manufactured disasters, Ngully lays emphasis on the scale of tragedy in his homeland. There is a certain universality to the potential effects that such disasters can have on the mental health of survivors, and these can last long into the aftermath. The effect on mental health, then, Ngully argues, is an important component of disaster impact.
The essay also looks at torture as a term used to describe the atrocities being committed by the security forces and briefly draws a picture of its actions, which have effectively led to a war-like situation. Ngully finally concludes with a call to civil society for the various kinds of help that they can extend in order to mitigate the effects of such a crisis.
Srinagar, capital city of the famed 'paradise on earth,' Kashmir. Ailan Gali, a deep, dark narrow lane that lies at its heart, where houses stand on a finger's width of space and lean crookedly against each other, so deep, so narrow, so closely connected that even thieves do not dare enter.
Yet people live and love here, they cling on to their old ways, they share stories and food, joys and sorrows, sufficient unto themselves. But the outside world beckons, youngsters begin to leave, and slowly change makes its way into Ailan Gali only to find its hitherto hidden mirror-image -- the change that has insidiously been working its way into the lives of those who are the gali's permanent residents.
This funny, poignant, evocative story of a Kashmir as yet untouched by violence, but with its shadows looming at the edges, is a classic of Hindi literature, available in English translation for the first time.
"A wise and wonderful insight into modern motherhood"" - Farah Khan.
What do you call a feminist who is a mother? A femimom? A mominist? Or just a confused woman balancing the many roles in her life: working professional, mother, wife, daughter...
Meet Tara Mistri, stay-at-home mom and frustrated architect: a baker of biscuits and maker of bricks.
Inspired by and in total awe of the Salk Institute in California, Tara hankers to replicate its clean lines and perfect symmetry in her own life. But with two small children to look after, her set squares and scales are used for scraping plasticine out of the carpet and her career looks like it may remain on the backburner forever. Then, one day, she is offered a job and finds herself on the horns of a dilemma.
Goaded by her own personal demon — a nagging Yakshi who just won’t let her alone — Tara’s struggle to balance life and love, work and playdoh will have readers nodding in recognition, wincing in sympathy and laughing along with her.
Count Jorge was a fabulously wealthy, devastatingly good-looking socialite, a leading figure in the South American city of San Felice. When he is found brutally stabbed to death, it soon becomes clear that ‘polite’ society in San Felice is anything but.
Is the murder linked to the Indian Ambassador, himself a victim of blackmail? Why is his wife, whom he suspects of having an affair with the Count, so apparently unaffected by his death? Who is the young man with the honey-coloured hair who takes the news, by contrast, so terribly badly? As for the Commissioner of Police, he is trying to decide which discovery is the more problematic: the corpse lying on the bed, or the Ambassador’s daughter’s riding boots lying underneath it.
There’s plenty of intrigue, backstabbing (literal as well as metaphorical), gossip and drama to enjoy in Chandralekha Mehta’s sparkling debut novel.
This delightful folktale from Bhutan is retold by one of the country's leading writers, Kunzang Choden.
One day, a poor young orphan girl finds unexpected riches when she topples down a mousehole and is befriended by its charming occupant. But when a spoilt, rich brat tries to replicate the experience, her gifts are quite the opposite!
Along with Room in Your Heart, these charming picture books will make perfect bedtime reading for youngsters, and are beautifully illustrated with evocative watercolours of the Bhutanese landscapes and people by Pema Tshering.
A heartwarming tale about the importance of kindness.
After the success of her collection The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet, Vandana Singh returns to the short story in Ambiguity Machines. Her deep humanism interplays with her scientific background in stories that consider and celebrate this world and others, with characters who try to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face. An eleventh century poet wakes to find he is an artificially intelligent companion on a starship. A woman of no account has the ability to look into the past. And in 'Requiem,' a major new novella, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance.
Examining the revolutionary potential of speculative fiction, Singh dives deep into the vast strangeness of the universe without and within to explore the ways in which we move through space and time: together, yet always apart.
“A delicate touch and passionately humanist sensibilities sweep through this magnificent collection, which ranges from the near future of our world to eras far away in space and time.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Singh is laying the groundwork attempt to re-write the plots of Chosen Ones, dystopian governments, and self-actualizing hero tropes common to Western literature, where the quest for “the meaning of life” is often seeking a single endpoint, an origin. Singh’s characters wish only to know for the sake of knowing. Life isn’t defined by linear time, it is the richness of experience.”
Vandana Singh was born and raised in New Delhi, and currently lives in the United States near Boston, where she professes physics and writes. Her short stories have appeared in numerous venues and several Best of Year anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. She is the author of the ALA Notable book Younguncle Comes to Town (Young Zubaan/Puffin India, 2004) and a previous short story collection, The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories (Zubaan/Penguin India, 2009).
Rabia is growing up in a conservative community in southern India. One day, she
and her friends sneak off to the pictures. Caught on her return home, Rabia gets a beating from her mother, Zohra, who cries as she beats her daughter into submission. Firdaus is beautiful and of marriageable age. A groom is found for her, a wealthy man who lives abroad. On her wedding night, she takes one look at him and says, 'I’m not going to live with you, don’t touch me!’ Inside their male dominated world, Rabia,
Zohra, Firdaus, and many others make their small rebellions and compromises, friendships are made and broken, families come together and fall apart, and almost imperceptibly change creeps in. Salma’s beautiful, evocative, poetic novel recreates the sometimes suffocating, and sometimes heartbreaking world of Muslim women in southern India. The Hour Past Midnight is translated into English by Lakshmi Holmstrom.
All Mrinalini Singh wants, she has. A loving husband, a competent cook, the vague hope of a book deal one day. But when her old roommate Jahanara accuses her of being selfish, Mrinalini is forced to practise altruism on the nearest available target: her maid’s toddler. All this caring doesn’t come easy, though; and it hardly helps that her husband Siddhartha has quit his lucrative job and acquired parental ambitions. Or that Brajeshwar Jha, her upstairs tenant and literary rival, has not only published his book before Mrinalini, but also lampooned her and Siddhartha in it. Close to Home is a wry look at the small compromises, manipulations and sustained self-delusion of young men and women possessed of good fortune... and only looking for good lives.
Avinuo Kire is a fresh, young voice from Nagaland, in India's northeast.
In "The Power to forgive", the title story of this strong collection. Avinuo Kire tells the moving story of a rape survivor who, at the threshold of a new life, looks back on the incident that has shaped nearly two decades of her life and wonders if she made the right choice.
Called from folk and tribal traditions of Naga life, Kire's stories take us into a world where spirits converse with humans, unsuspecting people are drawn into the movement for Naga independence, a man dies quietly of cancer, a mother wonders if she did the right thing in giving her child a name different from the one she intended...
With insight and compassion, Avinuo Kire draws fine portraits of ordinary people in Naga society.
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Rukmini is married to the District Collector of a small town in Assam, and teaches in the local college. On the surface her life is settled and safe, living in the big beautiful bungalow on the hill above the cremation ground, seemingly untouched by the toil and sufferings of the common folk living 'below’. And yet there is an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty that grips the town each time there is an 'incident’ and this has its repercussions on her life too—for Assam is in the grip of insurgency and it is this thread that runs like a dark river through the novel and forms its plot.
The Assam students’ agitation of the 1970s and 1980s has grown into a full-blown agitation today with kidnappings, extortions, and political instability being the order of the day. The meaninglessness of the violence, the complexities that divide 'them’ and 'us’ and the point at which the two merge are all explored here and the final dénouement is horrifying and yet true–for there can be no other 'end’ to such a tale both in personal and political terms.
Mitra Phukan is a well-known Assamese writer and contributes regularly to prominent English dailies in the North East. She has recently edited a collection of Assamese short stories and published a number of books for children.
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In Suki, fabulist Suniti Namjoshi weaves a delightful tapestry from threads of longing, loss, memory, metaphor, and contemplation. The whole picture is a stunning evocation of the love and friendship shared between S and her Super Cat, Suki, a lilac Burmese. Suki suggests that she could be a goddess, and S her high priestess. S declines, but as they discuss the merits of vegetarianism, or the meaning of happiness, or morality, or just daily life, it soon becomes clear that the bond between them is a deep and complex one. The days of Suki's life are figured as leaves, which fall vividly but irrevocably into time's stream and are recollected with a wild tenderness by the grieving S, who learns through the disciplines of meditation how to lose what is most loved.
This beautiful narrative, both memoir and elegy, offers solace and celebration to everyone who has felt the trust that passes between a person and a beloved creature.
This delicious spread of short stories is now available in a brand new paperback edition as part of Zubaan Classics series to celebrate Zubaan's 10th anniversary.
A young woman, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to 'kill him with kindness' and stuff him with food, another cooks manically, a third helps herself to money and small knick-knacks from her husband's pockets where she finds the different scents of each of the women he has been with... Along with the husband is the ubiquitous mother-in-law who moves into the newly-married couple's bedroom barely a month after they have set up home. Each vignette is, by turns, funny, poignant, macabre - a delicious spread, showcasing Bulbul Sharma's mastery of the stories small actors and the drama of daily life.
"This slim collection of stories is quite like a methodical cook's masala tray, each ingredient and spice in its proper slot - each story retains its unique flavour while contributing to the main dish and the main dish, need we say, is a veritable feast for the senses" -- Kankana Basu, The Hindu
“…the story transcends linguistic and geographical boundaries. It is a story of virtually every Indian home…The discussion -which makes up the Afterword also seeks to put the story in a historical and anthropological perspective which makes Shree’s Mai an academic study.” The Hindu
“…it is eminently readable … The Book Review
“seeks to assert the humanness of mother. Maternalism with a human face, perhaps is feminism for hard times.” The Tribune
Geetanjali Shree is a well-known Hindi novelist and short story writer, who has also written a critical work on Premchand.
Nita Kumar is the author of The Artisans of Banaras: Friends, Brothers and Informants, Lessons from School, and editor of Women as Subjects.
This simple, charming picture book introduces youngsters to the importance of taking care of their own bodies. From simple tips on hygiene to an empowering message of personal safety, Shruti Singhal’s visuals and text provide perfect reading material for talking about health, safety, emotional and physical well-being with very young children.
A great resource for teaching children about good touch/bad touch and consent.
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Employees Amazon Germany went on strike again
Staff members of Amazon Germany staged a daylong strike yesterday, demanding better payments and benefits. Trade Union Verdi called on workers at Amazon’s logistics center in Leipzig to stop working from 12:30 p.m. ET. It’s the second time within a month workers at Amazon’s logistics centers have staged protest against the global internet retailer.
Two weeks ago, around 300 workers from Leipzig and 600 workers form Bad Herzfeld protested against Amazon, demanding for higher basic pay and bigger supplements for night shifts. In total around 9000 people work for Amazon in Germany.
In an official press release, a representative for Verdi said: “We want to show that Amazon is not some kind of idyllic world, but rather a place dominated by great dissatisfaction with working conditions.” The union is looking at a rise in the worker’s wages to at least 10.66 euros per hour in Leipzig and 12.18 euros per hour in Bad Herzfeld. Verdi is, at least for the workers in these two places, seeking a collective agreement, as well as vacation and Christmas bonuses.
Amazon has yet to release an official statement, but already toll the press it pays its employees well enough in comparison to other logistics companies. “The entry wage for an Amazon employee is 9.30 euros an hour, plus bonus, after one year more than 10 euros, and after two years, employees get shares in the company.”

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LMFAO is a love-'em-or-hate-'em act. You either love "Party Rock Anthem" or you hate it with every fiber of your party-rockin' being. You either love "Shots," or you think the devil would play it on loop in hell. LMFAO is that polarizing. The act's newest single, "Sexy and I Know It," is so cringe-t ... More >>
Music biopics Hollywood won't make.
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A binary counter valve is a pressure control valve that is a pulse operated 5/2-way valve. Control signal inlet and outlet ports are alternately used or exhausted and energised. A binary counter valve can be electric actuated or pneumatic actuated.
One switch or button is the way to control electrical or pneumatic actuations with binary counter valves. Actuation of the valve happens using a pulse. When actuation occurs with the control button or switch, the valve will change positions. Controlling the same button or switch returns the valve into the start position.
Controlling a binary counter valve is based on an internally integrated sequence system. Actuation happens with the main spool and two pilot spools fully integrated into an aluminium valve block. No common mechanical parts or ball-point parts are used inside binary counter valves. When properly installed and under the right conditions, the valve can achieve 10 million cycles.
Basic technical information
- Medium – Compressed air, filtered to min, 50μ, lubricated or non-lubricated, dried or non-dried, above drewpoint.
- Air bar – 4 bar – 10 bar.
- Temperature range – 0°C up to 70°C.
- Flow – 460 NI/min.
- Materials used:
- Body – Anodised aluminium.
- Spool – Brass.
- Seals – NBR and PTFE.
- Others – Steel.
- Mounting – Drilled mounting holes on mounting plate, suitable for M4 bolts.
Binary counter valves are suitable for numerous electrical or pneumatic applications. The simple counter control function of the valve, along with proper materials and compact size, makes this binary valve ideal for all industrial applications, especially with the food and transport industries. As a flip-flop type of valve, it can control slides, flaps, doors, and locks for conveyor systems, to name some. For example, a typical transport application would be for controlling a bus door.
Univer, Master Mac 2000, and the AP-500
Univer has developed the AP-500 compact binary counter valve with integrated sequence operation. It is suitable for a wide application in every industry, including the transport and food industries. The AP-500 has proven ideal for controlling slides, flaps, doors, and locks for conveyor systems. This binary counter valve is available for versions in the electrical or pneumatic actuations. The valve’s operation is based on an integrated sequence with no mechanical binary parts involved. This means that friction on the inside of the valve is reduced to almost zero.
Master Mac 2000
For pressure control valve needs such as the binary counter valve, Master Mac 2000 offers the finest brands available, especially with the Univer AP-500. Master Mac 2000 has been a leading distributor of valves and cylinders since 1989. You can contact us at 07 3344 4711, or visit our website at https://mastermac2000.com.au/ for your industrial needs and other enquiries.


Depending on the operating characteristics of electric steam condensing water tube boilers, mainly to properly regulate the drum and induced draft fan. The chamber negative pressure is guaranteed ± (5-10) premise mm water column (water column ≈9.8Pa 1mm) to minimize the amount of the wind, to extend the residence time of the flue gas temperature in the furnace, reduce exhaust gas temperature.
Electric condensing water tube boilers and power consumption advantages and what about the gas boiler: the boiler, it contains content knowledge, there are many, and, associated with difficult problems, but also have a lot, so below, you may wish to adopt a question answer this form, answering questions for everyone, and thus, there is a good learning effect, this also allows us to own, from a new harvest, and to make progress and development. 1.70MW and boiler 100t / h boiler, which is the same as you? This problem, in the boiler manufacturer boiler box appears, is not difficult to answer, so they give specific answers, is: 70MW boiler 100t / h boiler, two boilers, if, from a conceptual point of view, then then, they are the same, because the total for the heat, is the same. However, for the type of boiler, there may not be the same. The former, there may be hot water boiler, while the latter, there may be a steam boiler.
The use of central heating hot water condensing water tube boiler is the best choice for winter heating in northern China. Shanxi Province is located in Chang Darrow Heating Co., Ltd. mainly provides heating and post-service maintenance of heating equipment, heating clients involved in enterprises and institutions, office buildings, residential housing and a variety of commercial and other entertainment venues. With the wide blue sky covered Battle of the project, China's gradual increase in the proportion of heating for cleaning, heating, Ltd. Dalong Chang respond positively to the call of national policy, high pollution intensity wishing previously used, low thermal efficiency of coal-fired boiler to replace the traditional use hot water boiler clean fuel. After comparing many boiler manufacturers, choosing the optimal selection, determined and professional cooperation parties do fast boiler fuel boiler cleaning equipment. Providing a fast side 35 MW gas tube hot water boiler (SZS35-1.6-Y.Q) according to their actual needs.
Henan gas condensing water tube boiler shutdown operation process: 1, electric control box Press Henan gas boiler "shutdown" button; 2, burner servomotor return to the initial position, the throttle valve is fully closed and gas; 3, solenoid valve and gas regulating safety valve is closed, the blower stops rotating; 4, after determining the water temperature is below 50 ℃, stop the circulating pump. 5, closing the manual gas valve; 6, close the water supply valve and return valve; 7, check the gas lines, water lines, air leak valve for leaks; 8, down air switch; 9, when the long-term without cutting Henan power gas-fired boiler. For more information Henan gas boiler: On the protection of Henan gas boiler - safety valve (a)Free Chat
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It’s not the lightest or pimpest, but the XTR works superbly and its relatively cheap cost completes Shimano’s whitewash of the ’09 crank scene.
Rather than going carbon, Shimano use top spec Duralumin alloy. Rectangular proﬁle hollow forged arms are both light and strong, with rigidity rivalling most big downhill sets. It’s also one of the few modern cranks to come in a full range of arm lengths for perfect rider ﬁt.
The thin-wall scooped-back spider is matched with deep, scooped extensions on the arms of the outer chainring, while the titanium middle ring is sandwiched in a composite carrier.
This translates into massive stiffness and lifespan in the most-used gears, and the bearings last for ages too. Nickel-plated alloy inner and outer rings are relatively wear- and rock-resistant compared with cheaper Shimano rings, too.
While other manufacturers have almost caught up with Shimano shifting standards, the way the chain glides up and down on the ramps and pins is still gorgeous.
While they’re slightly heavier than the latest carbon or twin-ring options, the XTR cranks are still well under the 800g mark.
Shimano are the only manufacturer to produce crank arm lengths from 165mm to 180mm, which will please tall or short riders, and considering the overall quality and toughness, price is excellent.
Our only gripes are the unique but ﬁddly bearing preload collar and special bottom bracket installer tool, and the easily scuffable arm. They’re our favourite tough-but-light trail cranks.
|Name||XTR M970 Chainset|
|Description||Integrated design makes installation and adjustments easier than ever / Precision bottom bracket bearings are spaced further apart|
|Chainring Size (No of Teeth)||22 32 44|
|Crank Arm Lengths||165mm 170mm 172.5mm 175mm 177.5mm 180mm|


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Coffee or Tea? Which One is Better for Chronic Disease?
Considering a stop by the corner cafe for a steaming cup of coffee or a spot of tea? Well, now you have a few valid reasons to go ahead and place an order.
Do You Heart Coffee and Tea?
June 2010 Dutch research published online in the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology found that study participants who consumed two to four cups of coffee had a 20 percent lower risk of heart disease than those who drank less than two or more than four cups. For tea, there were even more dramatic numbers: Study participants drinking three to six cups of tea had a 45 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease. Those who drank more than six cups of tea were 36 percent less likely to develop heart disease at all.
Not Just For the Heart
If diabetes is your main concern, coffee and tea may be brewing up positive news, too. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health examined nine separate studies and found a strong correlation between coffee consumption and a substantially lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes. What’s more, a 2006 study discovered that participants who drank at least six cups of green tea or at least three cups of coffee each day were about one-third less likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
“Pouring” Over the Fine Print
Of course, there’s always a catch – especially if you have pre-existing conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. Regular consumption of caffeine, like what’s found in coffee, can increase blood sugar and make it more difficult to control in people with diabetes. In 2007, a small study at Duke University found that participants who had the caffeine equivalent of four cups of coffee experienced an 8% rise in blood sugar. Even worse, caffeine exaggerated the spike in blood sugar after meals. Tea, which has significantly less caffeine than coffee, is a better choice for people with diabetes. Plus, research suggests that the catechins, which are polyphenol antioxidants found in tea – especially green tea – may be a way for people with type 2 diabetes to maintain low hemoglobin A1c levels.
Caution With Your Cuppa
If coffee is your beverage of choice, keep in mind that you may be getting more buzz than you bargain for. Generally speaking, coffee can have 2-3 times the amount of caffeine as tea, and specialty shop coffee can have even more caffeine than regular home brews. It may surprise you to discover that just one large specialty coffee can have about as much caffeine as three cups of the generic low-octane java you can brew up at home.
The Bottom Line
If you are a devotee of coffee, go ahead and enjoy without guilt – but venture to try tea for a drink with benefits and less caffeine. Any way you pour it, four cups of coffee or six-plus cups of tea, the maximum levels mentioned in the studies, is a lot for anyone. Without scientific consensus among studies for how much coffee and tea is safe, it’s best to enjoy coffee and tea in moderation.
Alumni: University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Beth Sumrell Ehrensberger is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Master Degree in Public Health. An experienced nutrition counselor, writer and public speaker, Beth specializes in translating complex nutrition information into practical concepts. Beth was awarded a Nutrition Communications Fellowship to the National Cancer Institute, and has worked on the internationally recognized Nutrition Action Healthletter of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.


"Tell The World: The Very Best Of Ratt" is a career-spanning compilation album featuring twenty tracks from all seven of Ratt's albums, including their quartet of consecutive platinum LPs from the mid-to-late-'80s: Out of the Cellar, Invasion of Your Privacy, Dancing Undercover and Reach for the Sky, plus their 1990 album Detonator and their self titled 1999 album.
"Ratt" is the self-titled sixth studio album by the American glam metal band Ratt. Often referred to as "1999" by fans (partially to avoid confusion with their EP, which was also self-titled), this album saw the band's musical direction shift to a more blues-influenced rock sound and further away from their previous glam metal roots. This is the first studio album to feature bassist Robbie Crane.
Ratt's comeback album Collage finds the Los Angeles hair-metal band acting as if the '90s were the '80s, meaning that they're just turning out the same three-chord, good-time party rock as before. Surprisingly, the band doesn't sound nearly as tired as they did on Detonator, the last album they recorded before breaking up, performing these entirely predictable songs with some passion. That doesn't make Collage a great record, especially since the group fails to write really memorable hooks, but it is competent and fitfully enjoyable and a perfectly respectable comeback effort.
40 soothing ambient grooves. Music inspired and created by Jake Stephenson, David Hendry, Phil Merrall, Simon Williams & Colin James.


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When we first started the DNA Tambo journey we expected we would be the first wool innovators for the region but we were wrong. In Tambo we’ve had to settle for and be grateful for a second place red ribbon.
Sheep and woolgrowing is the glue that binds this tiny central western QLD town so back in 1992 when wool prices had crashed and the district was in the grip of a drought the community of Tambo were challenged to come up with a new industry to sustain the economy of this little town.
The story goes that a brain storming session took place and a workshop developed the idea that Tambo could assist the wool industry, encourage tourists and create employment by making unique teddy bears from wool pelts and stuff them with wool.
Popular opinion said it wouldn’t work, but after many laughs, three women – Mary Sutherland, Charm Ryrie, and Helen Sargood – decided to bite the bullet. After many frustrating months of designing and planning, the first Tambo Teddies were ready for sale in February 1993.
The impact and enthusiasm of the public was overwhelming and the business grew from there to employ over fifteen part time workers.
Tambo Teddies take pride of place in homes all over the world our famous teddy bears have made our little town of Tambo the ‘outback Teddy capital of Australia’.
Although Australian Wool Network does not supply wool or wool pelts for Tambo Teddies we still feel the innovation and community spirit of this wool manufacturing enterprise is something worth sharing.

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