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Livingliv•ing (liv′ing),USA pronunciation adj.
- having life;
not dead: living persons.
- in actual existence or use;
extant: living languages.
- active or thriving;
strong: a living faith.
- burning or glowing, as a coal.
- flowing freely, as water.
- pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence: living conditions; a living wage.
- of or pertaining to living persons: within living memory.
true to life, as a picture or narrative.
- in its natural state and place;
not uprooted, changed, etc.: living rock.
absolute (used as an intensifier): to scare the living daylights out of someone.
- the act or condition of a person or thing that lives: Living is very expensive these days.
- the means of maintaining life;
livelihood: to earn one's living.
- a particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.
- (used with a pl. v.) living persons collectively (usually prec. by the): glad to be among the living.
- the benefice of a clergyman.
Roomroom (ro̅o̅m, rŏŏm),USA pronunciation n.
- a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts: a dining room.
- rooms, lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building.
- the persons present in a room: The whole room laughed.
- space or extent of space occupied by or available for something: The desk takes up too much room.
- opportunity or scope for something: room for improvement; room for doubt.
- status or a station in life considered as a place: He fought for room at the top.
- capacity: Her brain had no room for trivia.
- a working area cut between pillars.
- to occupy a room or rooms;
Paintpaint (pānt),USA pronunciation n.
- a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- an application of this.
- the dried surface pigment: Don't scuff the paint.
- the solid coloring matter alone;
- facial cosmetics, esp. lipstick, rouge, etc., designed to heighten natural color.
- [Chiefly Western U.S.]a pied, calico, or spotted horse or pony;
- to coat, cover, or decorate (something) with paint: to paint a fence.
- to produce (a picture, design, etc.) in paint: to paint a portrait.
- to represent in paint, as in oils, tempera, or watercolor: to paint an actress as the Muse of tragedy.
- to depict as if by painting;
describe vividly in words: The ads painted the resort as a winter wonderland.
- to color by or as if by painting: Sunset painted the clouds pink.
- to apply a substance to, as a liquid medicine or a cosmetic: to paint a cut with iodine.
- to coat or cover anything with paint.
- to engage in painting as an art: She has begun to paint in her spare time.
- to put on or use facial cosmetics.
- paint the town red, [Informal.]to celebrate boisterously, esp. by making a round of stops at bars and nightclubs. Also, paint the town.
Schemesscheme (skēm),USA pronunciation n., v., schemed, schem•ing.
- a plan, design, or program of action to be followed;
- an underhand plot;
- a visionary or impractical project.
- a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy.
- any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement.
- a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful.
- an analytical or tabular statement.
- a diagram, map, or the like.
- an astrological diagram of the heavens.
- to devise as a scheme;
- to lay schemes;
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TOWN OF BELOIT — Reading a hand-crafted card aloud with a big smile, Dolores Bausum thanked first-grader Sam Dezwarte for his gift.
Bausum, 92, said her entire day was made brighter when a group of students from Powers Elementary School visited Riverside Terrace Assisted Living on Friday to read poems, give Valentine’s Day cards and spread cheer among the residents.
After looking over both sides of Sam’s card, complete with a colorful rocket ship, Bausum offered the student a Valentine’s Day gram in return.
“It gives them a good experience with the older generation, having the kids interacting with the residents,” said Powers first-grade teacher Kelsey Jones, who organized the activity with help from Principal Vickie Smith.
“It kind of gets them out of their comfort zone,” Jones said. “They really enjoy having the kids come in and having visitors. The kids are super friendly and loving towards them.”
Smith said staff at Powers bring students to Riverside Terrace several times each year for various holiday activities. A group of students last visited around Halloween.
“The students, they’re a little shy at first, but then they’re really good at it,” Smith said. “The residents love it.”
Riverside Terrace Activities Coordinator Brooke Monyelle said Friday’s visit was the highlights of the day for the facility’s 49 residents.
“It just warms their hearts. They love interacting with kids, especially on Valentine’s Day. This is special,” Monyelle said.
Glen Lee, a resident, used to work as a janitor in the School District of Beloit. Friday’s visit was a nice callback to his years working at local schools.
“We had a very nice program. It’s nice to be around kids,” Lee said.

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Leonard Cohen was voted the best dressed Montrealer in weekly newspaper, Montreal Mirror's 1997 B.O.M. (Best Of Montreal) awards. Leonard beat two drag queens for the title. For the complete details...
Leonard Cohen fans will be happy to hear that a new album is in the works. While no exact details are available, strong rumours indicate that a new release from Mr. Cohen will be ready in early 1998.


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On November 2, 2011 #occupyoakland called for a General Strike and for the closure of the Port of Oakland. That day, a number of local Food Justice organizations convened at Oscar Grant Plaza, the home of the #occupyoakland encampment, to host a Food Justice Teach In/Eat In. By reaching out to the broader Occupy Movement, these organizations are encouraging others to Occupy the Food System!
During the Teach In/Eat In, author Christopher Cook painted a picture of the inequalities of the industrial food system, highlighted organizations fighting for and creating a more just food system, and suggested actions moving forward.
Organizations involved included Planting Justice, Pesticide Action Network, Food & Water Watch, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Pesticide Watch, Rooted in Community, Bay Localize, People's Grocery, SPROUT Seed Library, Food First, and the California Food and Justice Coalition.
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Recently, the Manga Translation Battle has been gaining attention as a gateway to success for aspiring translators. In this interview series, we’ll talk with previous winners of the contest about their past and what lies ahead for them as manga translators.
One angel, and one demon? Starting Aug. 28, two high-quality figures from the Wonderful Hobby Selection Series, “Colossal Titan Takayuki Takeya Ver.” and “Yamato Kai: Heavy Armament Ver.” are now available for pre-order.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be held from Sept. 18-21 (open to the general public on the 20 and 21).
Collaborative yatsuhashi between virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Shogoin Yatsuhashi Honten, a long-running yatsuhashi company established in 1689, will be sold at the event Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2014 in Osaka to be held on Aug. 30 at Intex Osaka.
Salmon, shrimp, and tuna. These delicious-looking socks designed after sushi are trending!
An interview with Keishi Otomo, the director behind the live-action Rurouni Kenshin film series.
America, France, Italy, Brazil. We met anime and manga fans from around the world!
Cosplay from new anime dominated the scene! We focus on everything cute and sexy we found at this summer’s Comic Market!
Even Ash is surprised! It’s a huge outbreak of Pikachus! Yokohama is dyed yellow!
Let’s take a look at the cosplayers and content that caught our attention at this summer’s Comic Market!
KanColle running popular! The otaku’s poem of summer scenery, one of the largest otaku events in the world - Comic Market 86 has started!
RWBY is an American anime that follows the lives of ultra powerful teenagers training to be the next generation of peacekeepers, or hunters and huntresses.
Introducing an original anime by the wonderful staff who worked on Evangelion, Steins;Gate, and Fire Emblem: Awakening!
Florea Flavia, a Romanian makeup artist who previously went viral for her Female Titan makeup cosplay, is at it again with Colossal Titan makeup!
On Aug. 1, new information was announced regarding the Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary Project which is taking place to celebrate the 15th anniversary since the TV anime Digimon Adventure began airing in 1999.
A life-size version of the popular character Danboard from the huge hit manga Yotsuba&! appears in Akihabara! We bring to you a photo report of Danboard’s slightly shocking cuteness!
“Hatsune Miku is awesome!” - Noritaka Tatehana
Takeru Satoh, who plays Kenshin Himura in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin films, sat for an interview with Tokyo Otaku Mode!
We report on the most interesting company booths from the massive event Wonder Festival 2014 Summer!
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Wacom is currently releasing videos of famous creators in Japan drawing digitally for a digital drawing campaign.
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A new TV anime series is in the works for Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, which has received tremendous support from anime fans. Production on Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid was announced on Aug. 15.
Aug. 19, 2014 01:001
A cafe themed after the Sanrio character My Melody called My Melody Cafe is open now at The Guest Cafe & Diner in Shibuya Parco 1.
Aug. 18, 2014 13:000
Ganba no Bouken, a TV anime series that was broadcasted in a total of 26 episodes in 1975, has now been revived in the form of new video.
Aug. 18, 2014 08:161
The Tsugumori takeoff scene as seen in the sci-fi anime Knights of Sidonia can now be experienced using the latest virtual reality Oculus Rift headset.
Aug. 18, 2014 01:008
On Aug. 11, the newest PV for the PS Vita game The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order, planned to release Oct. 30, was made public by Bandai Namco Games.
Aug. 17, 2014 13:005
The popular Sneaker Bunko light novel The Testament of Sister New Devil is becoming a TV anime to broadcast in 2015.
Aug. 17, 2014 07:004
Ayuko Hatta’s popular manga Okami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji that is currently serializing in the shoujo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret is becoming a TV anime.
Aug. 17, 2014 01:223
A specialty shop for Kuroko’s Basketball, which is picking up attention due to the decision to begin production on Season 3 of the TV anime, will be opening in Shinjuku Marui Annex in Tokyo.
Aug. 16, 2014 13:006
A live-action film adaptation of Io Sakisaka’s bestselling manga Strobe Edge has been announced. The film stars the extremely talented Sota Fukushi and Kasumi Arimura, and it will release in March 2015.


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The importance of Self-Reliance and Resilience
People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules. ~ Wayne Dyer
I believe in Karma
I believe in Karma, it makes sense to me, not just in a meta-physical and spiritual way, but quite simply on physics terms. You see one of Newton’s laws of physics is that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Simply demonstrated, if you create a wave in a puddle, a lake, or even an ocean, the wave, once it reaches the opposite shore will bounce off of that edge and return. So for every wave you push away, you get one coming back at you.
In terms of our lives we must understand that we are constantly creating waves. And quite simply the type of things you push out into the world, are likely to be the types of things that return to you. So if you push out anger, mistrust, dishonesty and pain, what comes back has a tendency to not be pleasant. The opposite of course, if you put forth positivity, kindness, compassion and love, you’re like to get back the same in return.
Now the thing that usually frustrates people in terms of Karma is the time it takes for the wheel to come full circle. People see others who put out so much negativity and then seemingly never suffer the consequences. The timing of Karma can seem fickle, but we must remember it takes time for the waves to return and almost never on our schedule.
And even if you put out good things, it doesn’t mean that your life will always be perfect. Bad things still happen to good people, no matter how kind or wonderful. It’s for that reason that you must learn to be self-reliant and resilient. I recently did a post on the ways to be resilient, so I’ll talk mostly tonight about self-reliance.
What is Self-Reliance?
What I mean by self-reliance, is the ability to handle your own issues and problems and to have the skills to bravely move forward as an independent person. This isn’t to say there aren’t times when we all need help. But it’s really important to have the skills to solve your own problems whenever possible. Like almost every skill, the more you use it, the move confidence you’ll have, the bigger the issues you’ll be able to resolve. At the core of it is your will. You have to willing to be able to try to solve your own issues and problems. If you are unable, then you should reach out to others for help. Too many people assume they are unable and immediately look to others. Of course some of us err the other way as well, never for asking for help even when they should.
Being self-reliant means you think for yourself, you don’t assume that what others say or do is what you should say or do. You make up your own mind, go your own way and be your own person. You take care of your responsibilities and issues, and only when truly necessary do you ask for help. You might ask, why? Why wouldn’t I always rely on the people who care about me to help me with all of my issues, decisions and desires. The answer is simple, they have their own lives as well, and quite frankly if you always need their help eventually you will ask too much. Asking less, and when it’s only truly necessary, will garner goodwill and make people more willing to help when you truly need it.
How do you become more Self-Reliant?
There’s a very good article on self-reliance in Positive Psychology. The article talks about the core ideas of self-reliance as well as the skills needed and how to develop them. The true core of self-reliance comes from knowing yourself and having a true set of ethics and rules that you live by. Possessing, understanding and living by a set of core values gives you a foundation from which to build self-reliance on. As you do that, it will be easier to ask questions like, why does everyone believe that? Why should I? It will give you the foundation and the strength upon which to build an independent, and I believe, a happier life. And I believe this because people who understand and live by a set of core values, who are independent and self-reliant, are less prone to fear and worry. And less fear and worry lead to happier days my friends. ~ Rev Kane

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LONDON — In Britain, there are well over 14,000 real estate offices. In the Mayfair district of London alone, more than 30 agents handle the demands of their wealthy global clients. In Kensington, it is 50-plus. What else could a buyer want? The information is there and the service is free — after all, it is the seller who pays the commission.
But the properties advertised in an estate agent’s window do not tell the complete story. There are more homes and apartments for sale than meet the eye in a sort of “secret” market.
This is where Edo Mapelli Mozzi steps in. Mr. Mozzi offers a service that unlocks the door to properties that are for sale but not on the open market. As he explains: “An estate agent recently drove me around St. George’s Hill,” the gated enclave in Surrey, southwest of London, where properties average 5 million pounds, or $7.7 million. “He told me there were, in theory, only 12 properties on the market, but in fact, he said, he could show me 31.”
Mr. Mozzi, managing director of the London-based buyer’s agency Banda Property, works off market — a low-profile world where money talks but discretion is key.
“Buyers increasingly want privacy, and they want to find a property fast,” said Mr. Mozzi, who began working as a buyer in 2007. “They haven’t got the time to register with several real estate offices, and they don’t want to spend three hours being driven around at the end of the day, peering at properties in the dark.
“Some people are reluctant to let their peers, professional or social, know they are looking for a property, and they don’t want the world to know about their wealth — or lack of it. Operating off market means they do not leave a digital footprint with images in agents’ windows and on property portals.”
How does he work? Mr. Mozzi — who says that Banda bought 63 percent off market in 2014, compared with 44 percent in 2013 — monitors the government-run Land Registry, which records the ownership of land and property in England and Wales, to see what might meet the client’s brief. For example, he can see that a house has been lived in for a certain number of years, consider that it might be coming onto the market and approach the owner.
His 18-member staff keeps tabs on estate agents and property portals to see which of them sold a property some years ago in an area that interests the client. Banda then asks the agent to inquire whether the owners are ready to sell.
What makes the buying agent so sought after is the short supply of properties. Competition in London is fierce; even after a slow year ending in January, prices have risen by 4.6 percent, according to the real estate company Knight Frank. Lonres, an online database of available properties in the city, says properties above £2 million are scarce. Chelsea has an average of only 19 properties on the market per month since August, according to the database; South Kensington has 12; and Notting Hill a mere six.
Banda’s recent successes include helping a family end its 18-month search for an apartment in Kensington.
“They had their eyes on one particular block,” said Mr. Mozzi, who charges 2 percent for finding the most expensive properties, though the rate declines pro rata. “Eventually our search team contacted all of the owners in the building, and a resident who had lived there for more than 20 years said he was ready to sell for £770,000.”
Nearly 80 percent of his clients are Londoners, with a mix of overseas buyers from countries like Italy, Greece and France, but Mr. Mozzi is seeing districts that were not on the radar as recently as three years ago become increasingly attractive. They include Battersea, Camberwell, Clapham to the south of the River Thames, and Kensal Green, north of Notting Hill.
Charles McDowell, one of the first buyer agents based in London, agrees that the market is spreading from the core, pushing out from Mayfair and Knightsbridge to Richmond in Surrey and Brixton.
Mr. McDowell, who charges one and a half percent, insists that the market is still buoyant and has on his books a 4,400-square-foot first-floor apartment in Lennox Gardens, Knightsbridge, with a library and four bedrooms for £25 million and at the lower end, for £2.6 million, a mews house in Earls Court, with two bedrooms and a roof terrace.
Alex Stroud, a former director of the leading British real estate agency Savills, operates as a personal shopper. He concentrates on prime London, such as Mayfair, Kensington, Knightsbridge and Holland Park, and works closely with the agents to identify the properties that best suit his clients.
“It’s staggering how much property is for sale — but how much of it is not very good,” Mr. Stroud said. “It may seem to be in the right location with nice trees and a communal garden, but I know which ones have lifts that don’t work, where the porter is drunk and where the service is poor.
“If I get a call from someone overseas, I can tell them which property will suit them,” he said. “They can’t afford the time to come over and take a taxi to look at several options, but I can find them the place that will suit them.
“Because I know my onions, I can often negotiate a good price. For example I was able to get about £1.5 million off a penthouse in St. James’s Street, SW1, which is an area where prices above £12 million are not unusual.”
Mr. Stroud does not advertise — everything is by word of mouth.
“If you were to register with one of the top real estate agents, I would be told which properties were for sale two or three weeks before you because many of the agents prefer to talk to me first. They know that I know exactly what the buyer is after and that a sale is more or less guaranteed.”
But not always.
“An American buyer I dealt with recently had set her heart on an apartment in 89 Cadogan Gardens, but I told her not to touch it. She complained to me that I had let it go, but I told her that it is built right over the underground and every time a train goes underneath the teacups rattle.”


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Weekend round up January 26th/27th
A massive congratulations to Ciaran Connolly who was crowned All-Ireland Junior High Jump champion on Sunday in Athlone. Ciaran cleared 1.96m to take gold. Caoimhe Cronin placed 4th in the final of the Junior 200m, Liam Murphy placed 4th in the U23 800m. Cian Gough was also in action in the Junior 3k walk. Full list of results from the championships can be found here: http://live.athleticsireland.ie/menu.html.
Le Chéile athletes were also amongst the 4000 participants in action in the Raheny 5 mile race. Our wheelchair athletes placed very well with Sean McCullagh and Oisin Putt coming home as 3rd and 4th placed men, and Alina Clarke the 3rd placed lady. Also in action on the road were Orlaith Nason, Lorraine Gleeson, Linda Shine, Eimear O’Connor and Brendan Kearney. Results can be found here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/_axa_raheny_5_mile_2019/2807/results.


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Fresh from their appearance at the Tony
Awards, the stars of Spider-Man: Turn Off the
Dark (Reeve Carney as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
and Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane) performed
at the show’s Broadway opening at Foxwoods
Theatre June 14 to an enthusiastic audience that
included—in addition to the show’s own Bono
and The Edge, who composed the music for the
high-flying spectacle—Spike Lee, Matt Damon,
Liam Neeson, Steve Martin, President Bill Clinton
and Julie Taymor, the show’s original director.
Clockwise from top:
Patrick Page, TV
Carpio, Reeve Carney,
Bono and The Edge;
Matt Damon; and
President Bill Clinton.
The Fourth at
On July 4, scores of
new Americans took
the oath of citizenship
at a special ceremony
at Thomas Jefferson’s
beloved hilltop home,
Monticello, in Virginia.
The event was the 49th
Day Celebration and Naturalization
Ceremony to be held at the historic site.
Top: The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg
perform. Bottom: Indian-American Muhtar Kent,
Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Coca-Cola
Company, gave the keynote address.

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TRENTON, N.J. — The Latest on gun control measures in the New Jersey Legislatures (all times local):
New Jersey’s governor is applauding lawmakers for advancing gun control legislation, including a measure to bar so-called ghost guns.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in a statement on Monday praised a Senate committee for advancing a package of gun control bills. Among them was a measure to prohibit the purchase of firearm parts used to make untraceable weapons, or ghost guns.
Murphy stopped short of saying he would sign the measures, but called on the Democrat-led Senate to pass them.
The Assembly already has gun control legislation, but not the ghost gun measure.
The other advancing bills include one that would require background checks for private gun sales and another that would lower the maximum magazine capacity from 15 rounds to 10.
New Jersey lawmakers are advancing a measure to prohibit the purchase of firearms parts used to make untraceable weapons, or so-called ghost guns.
The Democrat-led Senate law and public safety committee approved the measure Monday. The panel is also considering a half-dozen gun-controlled measures that have cleared the Democrat-controlled Assembly.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has said he generally supports measures aimed at tightening the state’s already-strict gun laws.
The ghost-gun bill calls for barring the purchase of separate parts or kits that could be used to manufacture a firearm that cannot be traced by law enforcement.
It is already unlawful to make a handgun, rifle or shotgun without a license, and manufacturing a machine-gun, sawed-off shotgun or assault firearm is also illegal.


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In recent years, Lenovo has been strategically aggressive. With its wealth of financial resources and greater ambitions than its industry peers, it has focused its efforts on directly purchasing existing brands to expand its market share, providing Lenovo with the critical factor for it’s growth leaps, seen in its targeted purchases, ranging from the PC field, servers and to today’s smartphones. The Lenovo Group announced today (January 30th) that it has purchased Motorola Mobility from Google with US$2.9bn, causing yet another large ripple effect in the already highly competitive smartphone market. According to TrendForce’s research, the tech industry innovations in recent years, whether the production chain or key components, are all focused on smartphones, known as most essential tech product for the most consumers. As a result of the explosive shipment growths in smartphones, unprecedented changes have occurred among panels, batteries, core processors as well as DRAM and NAND Flash components.
However, smartphones will eventually reach the product maturation period, starting from 2014, TrendForce projects that, while the total shipment will continue to grow, reaching 1.157bn phones, its 2013 to 2014 YoY would fall from 33.5% to 22.44%. The market has begun to exhibit a gradual slow down. And yet, Lenovo’s market share is increasing, going against the grain of the current market trend, and it has a projected growth leap and breakthrough in 2014. In fact, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Lenovo will dominate smartphone market share. Armed with each brand’s software and hardware advantages and regional dominance, TrendForce believes that as Lenovo and Moto join forces, it will bring propel Lenovo’s shipment growth beyond what the two brands would be able to accomplish individually in 2014. Further more, it will bring about the following advantages and changes to the current Lenovo Group:
1. Boosting the IPR: Moto’s greatest strength is not in its smartphone shipment volume, instead, it is the years of patent development that began from its featurephone era. It is precisely for this reason that Google (at the time) and today’s Lenovo both vied for Moto. When Google made the earlier purchase of Moto with US$12.5bn, it has significantly strengthened its company’s patent database in the field of Telecommunications Patents and Signal Processing. Lenovo is considered a latecomer in the smartphone field, and the majority of the Moto’s patents remain to be owned by Google. Even though Lenovo only obtained approximately 2,000 patents through this purchase, it can quickly strengthen its technical ability in telecommunications, which can help the company avoid potential financial losses through lawsuits filed by competitors when Lenovo’s smartphone shipments begin to soar.
2. Propelling the Europe and U.S. Market Expansion: While Lenovo is a leading brand in China, due to its image as a state-owned enterprise, it needs to acquire other brands to further its foreign market expansion and brand identity. Not unlike its strategy when promoting its PCs to Europe, the U.S. and Japan through IBM and NEC, where it was able to leap from being a Chinese brand to sharing the No.1 rank with HP in merely two years, a similar strategy has been replicated in the servers and smartphones divisions. By purchasing the IBM servers division, it was able to skip the lengthy learning curve and directly jump from producing low-end to high-end products. In the smartphones field, since Moto has lost its brand luster, it has limited contribution towards Lenovo’s actual mobile phone shipment growth, but it is deemed beneficial in strengthening the brand identity in the European and American markets.
3. Strengthening the group’s Bargaining Power: The most critical factor for getting ahead of fellow smartphone and server competitors is by getting access to lower production costs than the industry peers. Thus, under the premise that ASP (average selling price) will inevitably fall over time, cutting production costs becomes the key to maintaining profit. Moto is the first smartphone brand that Lenovo has purchased, and it is expected that this deal would strengthen Lenovo and Google’s relationship, and it is believed that this is only Lenovo’s first strategic step in seeking to become a global brand. If there are no other surprises in store, this strategic model is expected to continue, and through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company’s bargaining power when purchasing components will significantly increase.


The city's Department of Investigation has concluded in a report that Ralph J. Lamberti, now the Borough President of Staten Island, engaged in a conflict of interest when he helped a former business partner who was seeking to develop a shopping center on city-owned land, according to members of the Koch administration.
At the time of the purported conflict three years ago, Mr. Lamberti was deputy borough president.
The report, which is to be released today, is to be referred to District Attorney William L. Murphy of Staten Island for possible prosecution, administration officials said.
In a statement issued by his office, Mr. Lamberti said: ''We're in the process of reviewing the draft document issued by the Department of Investigation. Our initial review indicates the report is inaccurate, incomplete, and its conclusions therefore are unfounded and untrue.'' The statement said Mr. Lamberti ''will have a more complete response'' today ''after further review.''
Response Not Yet in Report
Rachel Gordon, an assistant commissioner of investigation, and Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr., the Koch administration's Corporation Counsel, confirmed that as of yesterday afternoon the report had been completed in draft form - which means that it did not yet contain Mr. Lamberti's response - and that it was referred to Mr. Lamberti and Mayor Koch earlier this week.
Miss Gordon and Mr. Schwarz, as well as Mr. Koch, who has endorsed Mr. Lamberti's bid for election this year, declined to discuss the report until it has been made public and Mr. Lamberti has issued a full response.
''We think,'' Mr. Schwarz said, ''as a matter of principle, we've got to keep with the rule that people have got to be given an opportunity to respond.''
The Investigation Department began its inquiry in mid-April, at Mr. Lamberti's request, after accounts in The Daily News questioned his role in the development of the shopping center in Charleston, on the west shore of Staten Island.
Mr. Lamberti said during an interview in April that he had met with city officials to expedite the project for Sanford Nalitt, a developer and longtime friend. At the time of those meetings in 1982, the two were partners in a separate land venture, and Mr. Lamberti was a deputy to his predecessor as borough president, Anthony R. Gaeta.
Mr. Gaeta resigned last fall from the borough presidency, and Mr. Lamberti was selected by City Council members from Staten Island to fill out his term, which expires in November.
Mr. Lamberti said in the April interview that he would have intervened with city officials for any other developer planning a project that would benefit Staten Island and that he did not believe that either his friendship or business relationship with Mr. Nalitt made for a conflict.
The city's code of ethics bars an official from using his position for personal gain or the gain of a partner.
At about the same time that Mr. Nalitt was seeking to build the shopping center, he and Mr. Lamberti were partners in the purchase of seven acres on Todt Hill, a neighborhood that includes some of Staten Island's most expensive homes. They bought the land from the Pious Society of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo with the idea of building new houses there.
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Mr. Lamberti maintained that he informed Mr. Gaeta of his $35,000 investment in the Todt Hill real-estate deal and cleared it with the city's Board of Ethics. He more than doubled his initial investment by selling his interest in the project to Mr. Nalitt, he said, though he declined to provide specific figures.
The Borough President said that he could have earned far more had he remained a partner in the venture but that he did not because a city agency, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, decided to give landmark status to some of the structures on the Todt Hill property. Efforts to build there would therefore have required the developers to deal with the commission.
He added that Mr. Gaeta did not want him involved in seeking city approval and that he agreed.
During that period, Mr. Lamberti and Mr. Gaeta met with Koch administration officials and urged them to sell some city-owned property on Staten Island so that Mr. Nalitt could build the shopping center in Charleston.
''We were not lobbying for Nalitt, we were supporting economic development on Staten Island,'' he said. ''We forwarded the request as we had done for other developers.''
The administration officials refused to sell the land outright and instead asked that potential developers submit formal proposals. According to Mr. Lamberti, only Mr. Nalitt bid for the property, offering to pay $1.7 million for 50 acres of city land.
Mr. Lamberti said in April that since the proposed land sale required approval from the Board of Estimate, he would excuse himself when the board voted. The matter has not yet come before the board, which is made up of the five borough presidents, the Mayor, the City Comptroller and the City Council President.


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‘But the test does not make allowances for good agents who perhaps don’t have the academic experience to pass this sort of paper, which is very complicated and not particularly relevant to the day-to-day workings of an agent.
ILL-INFORMED: Arguably agents advise and manage situations where there is a huge amount of responsibility that affects people’s lives, livelihood and welfare. As such is it reasonable to make allowances for those who don’t have ‘academic experience’ in a role where specific knowledge is necessary?
I accept that for those with learning difficulties, allowances may be made in terms of additional time or the facilitation of an audible exam (or similar assistance), but to rule out the viability of a professional exam on competence and knowledge of regulatory matters is misguided. Should the same exception be made for lawyers, bank managers, financial advisers?

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Kuriaki Grouliou, who is from Athens, Greece, makes wearable art in a myriad of styles, using different materials.
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Over dinner, Kuriaki Grouliou mentioned that she made and sold jewellery. She had just arrived together with her family in Sweden from Athens, Greece. My eyes lit at that information. She wondered if I wanted to see what she had made. The resounding answer from my side was, yes! Or, nαί, in Greek. She then pulled out several nondescript boxes. Carefully unlidding them one by one, the boxes spilled a burst of colours in miniature designs. She began showing me a variety items, not just jewellery but cufflinks, hair pieces, headbands, etc. I took my time to go through her hand crafted pieces, marvelling at the exquisite detail all made in less than 2×2 cm of space. I asked her what inspired her to create such beautiful, wearable pieces of art.
Inspiration for Kuriaki comes from almost anywhere and anyone. Her own life story is inspiration to some pieces as well. She has a neice who was both ambivalent and excited to be on a swing, the result of which was that the little girl would span her hands wide, holding on tight to the swing ropes. This, Kuriaki captured in miniature claywork, a perfect windowsill adornment. There is also a series of what I would call storyboard earrings and rings that appear in my favourite colours of winter-silver and the deep blue of lapis lazuli.
She plans to showcase her handicraft at the Gothenburg Christmas market at Haga that runs between 25 Nov. to 17 Dec. 2017. I brightened at the thought of Christmas around the corner, and told her that I would certainly be at the Haga julmarknad Göteborg, and looked forward this year to see her art be part of the Christmas cheer and spirit.
Trying on a crocheted necklace, by Kuriaki Grouliou.
Inspiration for Kuriaki Grouliou could come from anything, anywhere. In this case, her own life events of moving to Sweden inspired her to produce a set of storyboard earrings. For the first time in her miniature art, she said she had used dark blue hues and deep forest greens. In Greece, colours were brighter, bright pinks, yellows and turquoise.
One of my favourite pieces in Kuriaki Grouliou’s miniature art collection. A love narrative in a ring.
Girl on a swing by the window, by Kurkiari Grouliou. The little girl on the swing was inspired by Kuriaki’s own niece, who was both ambivalent and excited at the same time to be on a swing when she got the opportunity.
I’m wearing a crochet ring and earrings in tribal motif in clay, by Kuriaki Grouliou.


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Ridley's physical appearance is noted for having a large head and relatively small body, in which his detractors sometime referred to him as "the troll". He was also known for the colorful bow ties he worn, a surprisingly beautiful wife, and his ability to play pool. He was famous for his mini-lectures due to his voice being smooth and cultured.


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“Women no longer cry, women bill”says the new Shakira song produced by Gonzalo Julián Conde, known worldwide as Bizarrap. And it is that this young man of only 24 years reached the musical peak with his mixes and compositions that attract world-class artists such as the Colombian, who has recently separated from the former Barcelona soccer player in Spain: Gerard Piqué.
with synthesizers, Bizarrap and Shakira searched for a sound linked to the decade of the 80s and a variation of tempos that go from four fours to six eighths in seconds.demonstrating that the Barranquillera also knows how to improvise on the fly.
The launch of this session, with the classic blue tone in its videos and the singers in front of the microphone in a closed frame, has become a viral success that people have classified as the shooting of 2023, where he tells Piqué: “A wolf like me is not for beginners” and in the background part of the melody of his song she wolf.
What are the shooters?
These fights, without a doubt, are supremely juicy for the press and, intentionally or not, make noise for those involved. This is not new. It has happened on many occasions in the world hip hopreggaeton and even pop.
The diss tracks became popular in the hip hop from the 90’s A more or less literal translation would be something like: insult song. However, in the world of urban music in Spanish, these songs that are intended to verbally attack opponents are known as ‘tiraderas’.
Santiago Cembranoauthor of books The time of rap here Y Rappa Rulesexplains to diners that he hip hop It was born as a ritualization of violence in “fucked up” contexts like the Bronx (New York) in the 70s. There were fights between gangs that cost lives and this music was a way to face each other without the need for violence”.
He also explains that it is an almost sporting practice: “In basketball or soccer, you have to defeat your opponent no matter what and leave him on the ground. Metaphorically, of course. In it hip hop the idea is to insult, humiliate, destroy the other, take away their credibility. That lends itself to chaos.”
There is for a while
“The shootings will never end, I think. If it comes from the Spanish Golden Age, when Góngora and Quevedo fought with sonnets, I don’t think it will change now. If words are his tools, he uses them to attack and defend himself”, concludes Cembrano.
There are no examples only in the world of hip hop. It has also happened in rock and in the popgenerally. And in reggaeton, of course, where there are several famous cases involving singers like Arcangel, Daddy Yankee, Tempo and now J Balvin.
Right now there is a fight between the Puerto Rican reggaeton singers Rauw Alejandro and Jhey Cortez. And the list in this genre is long. So, for now, we put five historical examples of dumps.
1. Lennon vs. McCartney
They were, according to many, the two beatles more important. They changed popular music together and traveled the globe playing and singing alongside George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
However, their rivalry was revealed in many ways when the band broke up. In 1971 Paul McCartney released Too Many People, a song with hints towards John Lennon. And Lennon responded with How Do You Sleep? Same year.
This is an iconic example because it happened with two great figures of culture pop who also belonged to the same group, one of the most influential of the 20th century. With The Beatles, who somehow ushered in global music consumption, the diss tracks.
2. Tupac Shakur vs. Notorious BIG
In it hip hop there has always been a constant bid between the west coast and the east coast of the United States.
Dr. Dre and the Wu-Tang Clan are a good example of that rivalry between both coasts. However, the greatest sample of this tough competition was embodied by 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) and Biggie (Notorious BIG), two of the greatest legends of the gender in English from the 1990s.
It was a misunderstanding: 2Pac seemed to understand that the song Who Shot Ya? (1995), by Biggie, was directed at him and he responded with all his artillery in several songs. The most notable was Hit ‘Em Upwhich came out the following year.
3. Jay-Z vs. nas
Another of the most famous shootings, already around the 2000s, was when the famous rapper Jay-Z threw punches at Nas in takeover. In that song, which is considered by some to be the diss largest in history Jay-Z also mentions other rappers: some in a good way and some not.
Nas replied with etheranother classic in this subgenre of hip hop. His first verse is “Fuck Jay-Z”, and he doesn’t stop from then on. She insults him in so many ways.
4. Pusha vs. Drake
Around the same time, a battle began that featured nothing more and nothing less than Drake. His fight with the American Pusha T was very famous because it meant that someone with the fame of the Canadian got into that plan.
The dispute began in the early 2000s, but since 2013 it has not stopped and includes intimate revelations, political comparisons, racial issues, and legal charges. From then until just a few months ago, the feud raged with various part-and-part response songs.
5. Taylor Swift vs. Kanye
To give another example that goes beyond the hip hopLet’s talk about the rivalry between singer Taylor Swift and rapper Kanye West. It all started when Kanye rudely interrupted Swift in her speech when she received the award for best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards.in 2009.
He got on stage, took the microphone from her, and said that Beyoncé had done a better job. The following year she apologized, but the singer sang a hint of her in her song. innocent. Everything calmed down for a while, but in 2016 West dedicated a degrading and misogynistic verse to him in the song Famous.
After this, other tiraderas have been read in songs, videos and statements. In 2020, the tension also took on a political hue and has not yet been fully resolved.
6. Resident vs. J Balvin
The song BZRP Music Sessions #49which was released by the Puerto Rican rapper Residente with the Argentine producer Bizarrap, shoots directly at the Colombian J Balvin.
In his verses, Resident calls Balvin a racist, insults him, accuses him of not having talent, of not writing his own songs, of being a liar and even messes with his dad.
But what did the Colombian do to the Puerto Rican to make him so angry with him? It all started when in September 2021 J Balvin encouraged reggaeton fans to boycott the Latin Grammys through his Twitter because, according to him, they had received very few nominations.
Residente was annoyed by the claim and recorded a video complaining and comparing Balvin’s music with hot dogs: industrial and cheap.
The paisa responded by launching a clothing line with hot dogs, but he did not say much more and only later spoke of the episode in interviews. and said that he considered the rapper as a friend, and that, although they might not be again, they could reconcile.
Months passed, the matter seemed forgotten, but then Residente took advantage of his session with the viral Argentine producer Bizarrap to dispatch himself against the man from Antioquia.
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The consent forms have been counted and we are pleased to report that more than two-thirds of all CBC pensioners have given their approval for the sharing of pension surplus. While there are still forms coming in that will be counted, as of today 8,922 said yes and only 55 said no. This is a major accomplishment. A direct appeal was made to all pensioners, deferred pensioners and those receiving survivor benefits to support the payout. And the two-thirds support moves us one step closer to finally receiving our fair share.
CBC retirees were asked to give their consent to the distribution of nearly $130 million to more than 20,000 pensioners and employees. The consent triggers a series of important actions.
In the coming days the CBC will seek approval from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI/the regulator) to remove the funds from the pension plan in order to begin distribution. In the meantime, all pension contributors will receive a “second notice” from the CBC inviting anyone with concerns about the payout to contact OSFI directly. Those who wish to do so will be given 30 days to write to the regulator.
Assuming OSFI then grants its approval, there will be another 40-day period before distribution of the funds can begin. Until we reach this stage in the process, it is impossible to give a firm date as to when we might finally receive a payment.
We hope to have more information in the coming days and will keep you informed.


Hilly terrain, diverse populations and a famous lake make Echo Park one of the "10 Great Neighborhoods for 2008," the American
Planning Association announced Wednesday.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti stood next to Echo Park Lake to accept the recognition. The APA cited the annual Lotus Festival, craftsman-style homes and parks as reasons for bestowing the honor on Echo Park.
"Echo Park is one of the brightest lights in a city full of stars and a city of angels -- a neighborhood that prides itself on its ethnic and
cultural heritage, its strong backbone of civic engagement," Villaraigosa said.
Garcetti said Echo Park is a model for other neighborhoods.
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"A neighborhood where I can go out for a walk, I can climb the 231 stairs next to my house and be right in Elysian Park," Garcetti said.
"I have a wonderful picture of my grandmother as a teenager with her friends, sitting by the bridge over there between the island and the mainland. For three generations my family has either lived, worked or played here in Echo
Echo Park was the only California neighborhood named by the American Planning Association. Santa Monica Beach was named one of the "10 Great Public Spaces."


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Region de Murcia International Airport (IATA code: RMU and OACI code: LEMI), also known popularly as Murcia-Corvera Airport or Murcia Airport, is located in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, between the towns of Corvera and Valladolises, located 25 kilometers south of Murcia city, and 25 kilometers north of Cartagena city.
The airport is owned by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. However, the management, operation, maintenance and conservation of the airport is carried out by the company Aena SME, S.A by means of a concession contract.
The airport is scheduled to open on January 15, 2019, and was built in order to replace the Murcia-San Javier airport, an airport also located in the same region but smaller and that had practically reached the limit of its operational capacity.
The airport is closed at night, both in winter and in summer, from 10.30pm to 07.30pm.
The traffic of the airport is mainly international, being its main destinations the United Kingdom, with a very high percentage of passengers, and Norway. Due to this great influx of international traffic, the labeling of the airport is available in Spanish, German and English.
The airport has the capacity to manage 2,030 passengers per hour, with a maximum of 3.5 million passengers per year in 23,000 operations per year.
Information and contact
Murcia Airport (RMU)- Región de Murcia Airport (Corvera)
Address: Avenida de España nº 101 || 30154, Valladolises y Lo Jurado (Murcia).
Phone numbers: (+34) 91 321 10 00
AENA (Information and customer service)
Phone numbers: (+34) 91 321 10 00 / 902 404 704
Lost and found
The lost property office of the passenger Terminal is located on level 0, check-in hall.
Lost objects in the aircraft
Lost in the aircraft facilities objects need be claimed at the airline, or their handling company. Handling companies:
Menzies: 968 172 081.
Ryanair: 00 44 871 246 0011.
Swissport Handling: 667 545 032.
Contact for people with hearing and/or speech impairment
Aena has an information and customer service line for passengers with hearing and/or speech impairment. If you are interested in this service you can access the instructions for downloading the free software required to use it from your mobile phone:
Access to instructions (Telesor ToMobile).
Once installed, you can ring the following numbers for any queries and/or to request assistance in Spanish airports:
(+34) 902 404 704 / (+34) 91 321 10 00 (outside Spain, or if you can not ring 902 lines)
The service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Inquirys and claims
By email to [email protected].
The airport has the IATA code: RMU and the ICAO code: LEMI.
The Murcia airport currently has a single runway heading 05/23, de 3000x45 meters long (98433x148 feet) at an elevation of 193 meters above sea level. The runway is equipped with ILS / DME CAT I precision instruments for poor visibility approaches, and non-precision support instruments DVOR/DME.
The airport has a single passenger terminal building with two floors and a cargo terminal.
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The Recursive takes immense pleasure in presenting an all-encompassing report ever done on the state of AI in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, marking a significant milestone in the realm of artificial intelligence.
“The Recursive CEE AI Report is the first of its kind extensive mapping of the AI innovation ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe. Our key objective is to point out the strengths and opportunities CEE can leverage to improve its competitiveness on the global map, but we have also observed the bears on the road and potential threats that the region needs to mitigate to realise its full potential as an AI power hub,” remarked Zornitsa Stoilova, Editor-in-Chief at The Recursive and one of the report’s authors.
Legacy of Innovation
Long before the recent worldwide surge in AI prominence, the CEE region had already birthed some of Europe’s most iconic AI enterprises. Names like UiPath, Rimac Automobili, SEON, Causaly, Infermedica, Silent Eight, and Dronamics are not merely tales of success but serve as a testament to the region’s innovation potential and technological prowess, which it has generously bestowed upon the world.
At present, the CEE region boasts a staggering count of over 900 AI startups. The report’s data indicates a significant shift from sporadic success stories to a more systematic and replicable model of achievement. In line with this evolving trend, over 75 AI companies from the region have collectively secured funding exceeding $10 million, with 24 AI startups successfully raising $50 million or more.
Focus on Industries
The healthcare and life sciences sector emerges as the focal point for AI innovation in the CEE region. With a substantial cohort of over 150 companies actively engaged in developing AI tools, this sector has collectively attracted nearly $600 million in funding, excluding exceptional outliers. The applications span a wide spectrum, encompassing diagnosis and therapy, optimisation of medical data and process management, patient care enhancement, advancement in research and drug development, and the empowerment of patients to proactively manage their well-being.
Other industries experiencing noteworthy AI activity include finance, marketing, sales, customer service, and a noticeable uptick in cybersecurity.
The past three years have proven pivotal for AI enterprises in the CEE region, with an astounding total funding surpassing $4.2 billion—an unprecedented surge, surpassing all previous historical funding combined. However, a substantial gap still exists between startups that secure seed funding and those that progress to Series A.
On a positive note, the region boasts over 120 venture capital firms actively investing in AI startups, albeit with fewer than 30% specialising in AI or deep tech. The presence of top-tier international investors, such as Sequoia Capital, Accel, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dawn Capital, and Atomico, participating in local startup investments, has been consistently on the rise, underlining the region’s growing appeal in the global AI landscape.


During November 7-9, the 20th
Africa Com 2017 was held at CTICC in South Africa.
As a professional end-to-end solutions provider for global new media, SDMC Technology Co., Ltd participated in this event again and demonstrated its latest set-top boxes.
At the exhibition, SDMC showcased 4K HDR TV Box DV8219 powered by Android TV to exhibitors from all over the world,
The following features aroused the enthusiastic response of broadcasting and telecom operators.
* Endless original content including Google Play, YouTube, Sling and Hulu, etc.
* Customize UI for Android TV
* Prioritizes Operator content, channels, and recommendations
* Provides maintenance-free Android TV Platform and cost-saving solution to operators.
* Ultra security Playready and Widewine DRM
* Intelligent and efficient voice search function
In addition, SDMC’s OTT+4G-LTE STB, OTT/IPTV STB and OTT +DVB Hybrid STB, has attracted lots of exhibitors to come to consult. SDMC also show to all that how the XMediaTV platform helps operators build the OTT TV ecosystem.
With the vision of "providing world’s leading new media end-to-end solutions, becoming the first-class operator for cloud value-added services", SDMC will play an important part of the digital video industry in Africa.


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The Illustrious Dead - The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army
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More informationIn a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling author Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world.
In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth. No army could stand against his impeccably trained, brilliantly led forces, and his continued sweep across Europe seemed inevitable. Early that year, bolstered by his successes, Napoleon turned his attentions toward Moscow, helming the largest invasion in human history. Surely, Tsar Alexander's outnumbered troops would crumble against this mighty force.
But another powerful and ancient enemy awaited Napoleon's men in the Russian steppes. Virulent and swift, this microscopic foe would bring the emperor to his knees.
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About Elite Music Academy
Located in the heart of East York, Elite Music Academy opened its doors in 2001 as a friendly community music school and instrument shop. Today, we have grown into one of the most influential music schools in Toronto, offering a broad selection of music lessons taught by experienced teachers.
Our facility includes three permanent locations near Pape and Woodbine subway stations and across Shops at Donmills with plenty of free parking. In addition, we’ve been running our music theatre classes and Summer camps, in different parts of the city through some great rehearsal spaces.
From the day we opened, our community spirit and great deals on instruments made Elite Music a beloved part of the neighbourhood. But it’s our commitment to quality music education that makes our music school a true Toronto success story. Despite a faculty of over 50 of the city’s best music teachers, lesson coordinators, and instrument specialists, you’ll still find the same family atmosphere that made us successful from day one.
Have an instrument you want to learn? Looking for a school with great teachers and a proven track record? Contact Elite Music Academy today and start making music!


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CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – Officials gave a first look Thursday at what may become the master plan for Coastal Carolina University's campus.
None of it is set in stone, but the master plan included expansions to the HTC Center and Brooks Stadium, and a new parking garage, among other projects.
It's basically a blueprint of how CCU will evolve in the coming years. The plans accommodate CCU's student body from right at 10,000 currently to 12,500.
The master plan embraces the idea university leaders have pushed, which is for the campus to become more walkable.
As CCU grows, leaders want to preserve the greenery. So, rather than tear down trees and wildlife, the plans call for the demolition of several existing parking lots and then develop the property into new academic buildings.
In place of those lots is the possibility for a parking garage on the outside ring of campus.
The plan also outlines the intent to have some sort of gateway leading into campus.
In addition to expanding the HTC Center and Brooks Stadium, the university would move and build a new track and soccer complex across U.S. 501.
"The future of Coastal Carolina University exists in those documents," said Martha Hunn, CCU spokesperson. "These are our guidelines for how we're going to grow. So everything we do here will relate to those plans and it's very exciting. When you look at those, you kind of see the crystal ball of the future of the university."
On Thursday, CCU's Board of Trustees discussed whether or not to approve the master plan. Since members only received it within the last few days, they tabled the vote to have more time to study it.


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Ireland flanker Dan Leavy is set to make his first appearance of the season when Leinster host Edinburgh tomorrow.
The back row injured his sternum on the summer tour to Australia and subsequently had a shoulder problem but has proved his fitness to Leo Cullen and is on the bench for the Guinness Pro14 Conference B clash (7.35pm).
Captain Johnny Sexton leads the team on the occasion of his 150th cap for the province, with Luke McGrath in the number nine jersey.
Fergus McFadden comes in at 14 and James Lowe starts on the opposite wing.
Leinster: Jordan Larmour, Fergus McFadden, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe, Johnny Sexton (capt), Luke McGrath; Cian Healy, James Tracy, Michael Bent, Devin Toner, James Ryan, Max Deegan, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.
Replacements: Seán Cronin, Peter Dooley, Tadhg Furlong, Mick Kearney, Dan Leavy, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ross Byrne, Joe Tomane.
Back row Robin Copeland is set to make his Connacht debut as Andy Friend’s side take on Scarlets in the Sportsground on Saturday (5.15pm).
Copeland’s inclusion is one of six changes to the Connacht side that lost to Edinburgh last weekend.
Ireland centre Bundee Aki is also included in the starting XV having come off the bench in Murrayfield to make his first appearance of the season.
Head coach Andy Friend said: "We have been really impressed with Robin in the pre-season both on and off the field.
"His energy and maturity have been a big addition to the wider group.
"He played 40 minutes for the Eagles side last weekend and he came through that okay after a niggly injury, so he is good to go for Scarlets"
Connacht: Tiernan O’Halloran, Cian Kelleher, Tom Farrell, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy, Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion; Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham, Gavin Thornbury, Quinn Roux, Sean O’Brien, Jarrad Butler, Robin Copeland.
Replacements: Tom McCartney, Peter McCabe, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Ultan Dillane, Colby Fainga’a, Caolin Blade, Craig Ronaldson, Niyi Adeolokun.
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The Kickstarter for the Pathologic remake is going well enough that developer Ice-Pick Lodge now feels comfortable adding a few stretch goals. Each of them will allow the team to deepen the experience by expanding existing areas or adding brand new ones, some of which promise to lead to some very bizarre places.
Despite Pathologic's infamous oddness , the update announcing the stretch goals is almost disappointingly normal. "As is stated in 'Risks and Challenges,' we do have investments that would allow us to make Pathologic in any case, and this whole Kickstarter is like a huge stretch goal for us. The pitch says the money we ask for is what we need to make a perfect game, and that's true," the studio wrote. "Still, we have more ideas that we believe will fit Pathologic. They're mostly non-essential, but Pathologic is a game about different points of view—and these ideas would allow us to bring even more angles to look at the events of the game from."
The new goals start at $300,000 for "The Town Extended," which will add more content to the town in which the game is based, and go all the way up to $500,000 for "A Small Prequel," planned as a single-day story that will outline some of the events that led up to the game. Despite being a stretch goal, the studio said the prequel won't be Kickstarter-exclusive, nor will it feature the playable characters from the main game. "The whole point of the prequel is to show you the things that the main trio would never be able to see and learn," it wrote. "But you will."
With 17 days left on the clock, the Pathologic Kickstarter has brought in roughly $220,000, putting it well on its way to the $250,000 goal. The campaign comes to an end on October 7.

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Barth syndrome stalks young patients, weakening heart and skeletal muscles, stunting growth and shortening their lives. University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues have now discovered a promising solution: a gene replacement therapy that delivered significant improvement in mice.
The researchers tested a trio of promoters — genetic “cues” that initiate the expression of a gene’s DNA sequence. In Barth syndrome patients, mutations in a specific gene deprive the heart and skeletal muscles of the ability to efficiently perform their highly energetic functions. One of the promoters tested, known as Des, was particularly effective at providing the necessary levels of gene expression and improving heart and skeletal muscle function in both young and adult Barth mice. The findings were published recently in an online version of the journal Human Gene Therapy.
It is the first time that a potential treatment has been shown to normalize many aspects of Barth syndrome, said Christina A. Pacak, Ph.D., a pediatrics researcher in the UF College of Medicine. Barth syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder that affects about one in 300,000 people worldwide, according to the National Institutes of Health. In addition to enlarging and weakening the heart and diminishing muscles used for movement, it also reduces white blood cells and patients’ height. Read more...
Part of BSF's mission is to encourage research and researchers to better understand Barth syndrome and to help discover and clinically test specific treatments or find a cure. The BSF Research Grant Program has been doing this since 2002 by offering "seed" grants to researchers with the hope that the results from these seed grants will garner additional support from major funding institutions like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others. The list of funding opportunities is compiled to help our research community members advance towards our common goal.
Barth Syndrome Journal Volume 18 Issue 2
Thanks to you, BSF achieved the distinction of being a Great Nonprofit in 2018 for the 7th year in a row!
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The Barth Syndrome Foundation, Inc. (BSF) and its international affiliates announce the availability of funding for basic science and clinical research on the natural history, biochemical basis, and treatment of Barth syndrome. There are two basic categories: IDEA grants for 1-2 years and DEVELOPMENT grants for 2-3 years with budgetary maximums of US $50,000 or $100,000, respectively. Although BSF will consider any research proposal related to Barth syndrome, it is particularly interested in supporting research in the areas identified by REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFAs) that are posted on its website. RFAs for work in clinical/scientific areas that BSF considers to be high priority areas of investigation may have increased budgetary maximums and other requirements (see the BSF website for details about any RFAs). Applications responding to RFAs will be given preferential consideration in the BSF Research Grant Program.
BSF's Research Grant Program now requires all applicants to be independent investigators (e.g., faculty appointment). Postdoctoral fellows cannot apply. BSF allows young, non-tenured investigators to include in their submitted budget up to 75% of the total grant amount as PI salary. In addition, for those clinical applications where volunteers must travel to a clinical research site, these travel expenses will be handled separately and will be excluded from the budget maximums mentioned above. We encourage independent investigators at all professional levels to submit their best ideas. There are no geographical limitations to this funding.
The deadline for submission of the completed research grant application is October 31, 2018, and grants will be awarded in late February, 2019. The deadline for the one-page "Letter of Intent," if applicable, is September 21, 2018.
William Blair, an investment bank and asset management firm based in Chicago, ran a short feature about Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) in their quarterly newsletter, Client Focus. The recent issue was recently released and highlights BSF connecting affected individuals around the world and their families to create a virtual community and supportive environment of those living with Barth syndrome. It’s a beautiful testament about the power of community, near and far, made possible through social media.
Alignment around a cause is the most enduring and powerful level of alignment. As Steve McCurdy was telling me about the most recent Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) conference, the power of a compelling cause to make people put aside any petty jealousies and conflicts was clear. This permeates everything about BSF from its strategy and culture to organization and ecosystem and what they do. Learn more...
Multi-scale Modeling of Inherited Pediatric Cardiomyopathies
William Pu, MD, a Scientific and Medical Advisory Board member of BSF and Kit Parker, PhD are Principal Faculty members at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), and they have joined together to make laboratory heart models more physiologically relevant to patients with heart disease. Barth syndrome is one of the three heart disease models chosen to be developed. Drs. Parker and Pu are collaborating using a prestigious Research Project Cooperative Agreement from the NIH (“Multi-scale modeling of inherited pediatric cardiomyopathies”—UG3HL141798) to make a 3-dimensional actively-beating model of the heart ventricle using induced pluripotent stem cells as starting material. This work continues the “heart on a chip” model that both researchers published upon in 2014. Congratulations to both Drs. Parker and Pu for receiving this prestigious NIH award! Their proof-of-concept study of the technology has just been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, and disease models, including Barth syndrome, based on patient cells are in the works.
Are you participating in the TAZPOWER trial using Barth syndrome treatment injections developed by Stealth BioTherapeutics? If so, you and your caregiver or someone close to you are invited to participate in another study sponsored by Stealth.
This is a quick, in-home study that gives people with Barth syndrome and their caregivers/observers the opportunity to explain any ways in which patient functioning and lifestyle may have changed during the TAZPOWER trial in their own words. Patients and their caregivers/observers will simply download an app on their phone and use that app to video record an interview about the way patients felt and functioned during the trial. The answers provided will be combined with the data captured during the trial to develop a full picture of the treatment’s impact on the patients’ lives.
The following is a summary of a live presentation offered to the Barth syndrome patient and family community on March 21, 2018. Stealth BioTherapeutics’ CEO Reenie McCarthy and Chief Clinical Development Officer Jim Carr, Pharm.D., presented an update on Stealth’s clinical trials in mitochondrial disorders and Barth syndrome and answered questions from the community.
This summary and the content within is provided for reference purposes and for the intended audience only. Such reproductions and copies are authorized only when provided directly to the intended audience recipient by Stealth. This summary and the content within does not intend to provide or substitute for medical advice. Please seek the advice of your physician about treatments which may be appropriate for you or your family member.
Volume 18, Issue 1 of the Barth Syndrome Journal is now available online for download.
BSF is pleased to announce that the agenda for the Family Sessions of the 9th International Scientific, Medical & Family Conference is now available online.
BSF is pleased to announce that the agenda for the Science & Medicine Sessions of the 9th International Scientific, Medical & Family Conference is now available online.
In BSF's 2017 Annual Report, you will find the myriad ways in which your donations benefit Barth syndrome patients and families throughout the world.
In 2017, BSF reached a milestone when we awarded our 100th research grant. To date, the Foundation has awarded grants totaling $4.5 million. This dollar amount, however, pales in comparison to the volume of follow-on funding that has been generated from our “seed donations.” For example, on page 7, you will read that Dr. William Pu was recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that effectively quintupled BSF’s initial donation for his research.
The year 2017 marked the Barth syndrome community’s entrance into the realm of clinical trials. In April, BSF began involvement in its first pharmaceutical clinical trial, called TAZPOWER. This trial, for the compound Elamipretide, is expected to be completed within the next year. A second clinical trial – the CARDIOMAN study for the pharmaceutical Bezafibrate – is anticipated to begin in the United Kingdom soon (see page 6).
Shelley Bowen’s tireless efforts to spread awareness and to educate Barth syndrome
The deadline for Poster abstract submissions to the 9th International Scientific, Medical & Family Conference on Barth Syndrome is May 15, 2018. Scholarship applications and Poster travel stipend applications are also due on May 15, 2018. If you are interested in attending, please contact Matthew Toth, PhD, BSF Science Director (firstname.lastname@example.org) for more information. Please remember that four poster presenters will be chosen to speak at the Friday sessions of SciMed.
This database includes mutations and variants even when they are repeated. However, they must be present in unrelated families. The aim is to provide information to physicians as to whether or not a mutation found in a patient has been seen before in other affected individuals. The database is also used by researchers. Mutations and variants listed come from the literature, from direct submission by laboratories, and from direct submission by affected families. Pathogenicity of many of the mutations is confirmed by monolysocardiolipin/cardiolipin assay; mRNA study has characterized some of the splicing variants; large evolutionary alignments provide information about amino acid conservation; family information regarding de novo mutations is included; the functional effects of human TAZ mutations modeled in yeast are included. There are links to the PubMed abstracts of references.
The Barth Syndrome Foundation recently announced awardees from its 2017 grant cycle. Miriam Greenberg, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University and a resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, received a one-year, $50,000 grant for the project, "Cardiolipin activates pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) - a potential new target for treatment of Barth syndrome."
...Greenberg and her team will test the hypothesis that cardiolipin (CL) deficiency results in a deviation of the metabolic pathway for energy production, specifically due to decreased activity of the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH).
"We aim to reveal a new direction for BTHS treatment based on activation of PDH and/or supplementation of deficient metabolites," said Greenberg. "The outcome of our study may reveal a new direction for Barth syndrome treatment based on activation of PDH and/or supplementation of deficient metabolites."
With the completion of the 2017 Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) Research Grant Cycle, 16 annual award cycles have committed a total of US $4.5 million to this important effort through 104 research grants to 60 principal investigators around the world. As with all BSF grant cycles, the projects from the 2017 cycle that were accepted by BSF were actually awarded the following year, thus being included in 2018 fiscal year expenses. BSF, with the advice of its international Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, and with support from international affiliates, awarded four research projects. BSF is very happy to be able to support these grant recipients.
Steve McCurdy, the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Barth Syndrome Foundation, speaks with Shannon Hogan and explains what Barth Syndrome is.
A young Genesee County teen born with a rare genetic condition will be a special guest at an upcoming NHL game. Devin, a 13-year-old boy from Burton, was born with Barth syndrome. The genetic condition affects about 200 people worldwide. The disease causes an enlarged and weakened heart, muscle weakness, recurrent infections, and small stature, and frequently results in fatal infection or heart failure by age three. Devin underwent a successful heart transplant at 9-weeks-old.
The New York Islanders will host the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, Feb. 9 at their second "Barth Night" hosted by the New York Islanders, where hockey fans will learn about Barth syndrome and how they can help. Devin will get to ride the Zamboni and drop the ceremonial puck. He'll also be featured in a video shown on the scoreboard during the game.
"Devin absolutely LOVES hockey," said Nicole, Devin's mother. "He can't play due to his Barth syndrome, but he loves to watch and talk about hockey. This game is all he's talked about for weeks."
Devin's family and friends are hosting a watch party at Sharky's Sports Bar in Burton beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are just $10 and include pizza and pop. Proceeds will go to the Barth Syndrome Foundation.
REGISTER NOW for BSF’s 9th International Scientific, Medical & Family Conference, "Power Up!," scheduled for July 16-21, 2018, in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This will again be the world's largest gathering of Barth syndrome researchers, clinicians and families.
ALL attendees must register with BSF.
This conference brings affected families, research scientists, and clinicians together in one place at one time for a dual track meeting. The Barth Syndrome Foundation and our affiliates in Canada, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom firmly believe that while each of these groups can make some progress in their individual efforts, together, we are so much more powerful.
Don't miss out on this important event. Follow the link to REGISTER NOW! The link to make hotel reservations is also on the page. Book early to secure your sleeping room!
We look forward to seeing everyone in July!
The Barth Syndrome Foundation is soliciting speaker abstracts for the Scientific and Medical Sessions of the 9th International Scientific, Medical & Family Conference on Barth Syndrome to be held on July 16-21, 2018 at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida. The SciMed sessions will take place on Thursday and Friday, July 19th and 20th, and presentations should cover clinical and scientific areas directly related to Barth syndrome. Invited speakers will have ~ 30 minutes to present. The deadline for Speaker Abstract submission is March 1, 2018.
The Barth Syndrome Foundation 2018 Scientific and Medical Conference Organizing Committee (COC), comprised of members of the Barth Syndrome Foundation International Scientific & Medical Advisory Board, invites the submission of abstracts for poster presentations related to the scientific and/or clinical aspects of Barth syndrome. The deadline for Poster Abstract submission is May 15, 2018.
The Barth Syndrome Foundation offers a limited number of travel scholarships for qualifying physicians, clinical residents/ fellows/students, nurses, and other allied health professionals to help defray the cost of attending the 2018 Conference. This program is designed to encourage medical practitioners to increase their knowledge about and improve their care of Barth syndrome individuals. The deadline for Scholarship Application submission is May 15, 2018.
The Barth Syndrome Journal Volume 17 Issue 2 is now available online.
Clinical Aspects (Hilary Vernon, MD), Cardiolipin (Michael Schlame, MD), and Molecular Physiology of Barth Syndrome (William T. Pu, PhD)
It is estimated that fewer than 10 patients are diagnosed with Barth Syndrome (BS) in the US every year. Abnormalities of CL have been linked to many common diseases, however BS remains the only mendelian disorder. This X-linked disorder is caused by pathogenic variants among the tafazzin (TAZ) gene. Among various clinically significant findings from three research labs focused on BS, Michael Schlame’s lab found the drug Resveratrol (RSV) able to stabilize cardiolipin (CL) in BS patients. RSV has also been known to improve fatty acid oxidation and respiratory chain defects. Research presented by William Pu further suggested that excess ROS generated in BS could describe calcium abnormalities that relate to cardiomyopathy/arrhythmias frequently observed in patients. Notable research presented by Hilary Vernon included vast biochemical analysis, such as how CL levels serves as a significant indicator of phenotype severity. The combined ideas represent a comprehensive review in which BS may present, further offering various promising methods of treatment and diagnosis. An overarching idea found from BS research explains how chemical equilibrium ultimately regulates what inside a cell is made. Specific examples include CL levels, phospholipid stability, etc. Presenter Michael Schlame elaborated on this finding, concluding his research efforts reject the theory behind enzyme supplementation therapy. Notable explanation for this theory followed how when fundamental equilibrium within relative cellular processes is not ideal, an unstable structure will be unable to respond appropriately to supplementation.
By Angela Corcelli, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Differently from the previous meetings, this time I shared the responsibility of the meeting organization not only with Michael Schlame (NY) and Simona Lobasso (Bari), but also with Peter Buetikofer professor in Bern. Peter is strongly interested in cardiolipin and its role in Trypanosoma brucei, the human parasite responsible for African trypanosomes, or sleeping sickness. The parasite is carried by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa.
About the location of this edition, as said before the choice of Martina Franca was made by taking in consideration the beauty of the town and of the country around and also in the light of passion of my friend Michael for the donkeys of Martina Franca, kind of mascot. I personally found the town very charming.
In this meeting, various aspects of physiopathology of different tissues and organs have been considered and examined through a kind of filter that allows to highlight the role of lipids in cell physiology.
Stealth BioTherapeutics (Stealth), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat mitochondrial dysfunction, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Stealth's investigational drug candidate, elamipretide, for the treatment of patients with primary mitochondrial myopathy (PMM).

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On the heels of a diarrhoea outbreak in Sambalpur’s Hirakud, the special medical team from Bhubaneswar will inspect the water purification system in the town on Monday.
The medical team is scheduled to collect samples of drinking water from the purification centre and send it to the lab for test.
As per reports, the cumulative figure of diarrhoea-infected patients in Hirakud reached 172 on Monday. With no substantial increase in new patients in Hirakud Hospital, it may be said that the diarrhoea situation is gradually coming under control.
Doctor Pravas Debta from Sambalpur, who had come to Hirakud four days back, also got infected with diarrhoea after consuming water here.
Speaking to OTV, Debta said, “I came here (Hirakud) for some work. But after a few days, I felt something wrong in my abdomen. I had all the symptoms of diarrhoea. I got admitted to the hospital for two days and recovered.”
“After recovery, I came to the hospital to speak with other patients and they all had the same symptoms like lose motion, vomiting and rapid dehydration,” Debta said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the state government is yet to make any statement on the source of contamination. However, the ground reality indicated leaked and damaged pipes laid by the Public Health Department (PHD) to be the primary reason behind in the outbreak.
A social worker in Hirakud said, “The PHD authorities should know about the damaged pipes and repair them accordingly. But they evidently failed to provide safe drinking water to us. But I would like to thank the Health Department and the doctors here who treated the patients who came in large numbers in this small CHC.”


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The accentuated degradation of agricultural lands as a result of deep erosion processes is the main problem identified in abandoned agricultural lands under the rainfall intensities, increasing number of hot days, indirectly under the impact processes derived from them (soil erosion, vegetation drying, etc.), as well as inadequate or poor management policies implemented by local authorities. The present study aims to develop and present a methodology based on GIS spatial analysis to choose the best hydro-amelioration solution for the arrangement of a complex ravine that negatively affects the entire agroecological area in its immediate vicinity. The proposed model is developed on spatial databases obtained based on UAV flights, the simulation of flow rate values and the establishment of three hydraulic analysis models through the HEC-RAS software with the main purpose of evaluating the results and databases, in order to identify the best implementing model for the stabilization and reduction in erosion within the analysed area. The comparative analysis of the three analysed scenarios highlighted the fact that a dam-type structure with overflow represents the best hydro-ameliorative solution to be implemented in the present study. The accuracy of the obtained results highlights the usefulness of developing GIS models of transdisciplinary spatial analysis to identify optimal solutions that can be implemented in territories with similar characteristics. View Full-Text

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Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress Steering Committee on Saturday asked Vijayawada Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal to resign from the Lok Sabha for being ignorant of the processes of how laws are enacted and implemented in the country. Rajagopal had earlier described the Presidential assent to Clause 14F deletion as unconstitutional.
Speaking to media at the Legislative Assembly Media Point, Steering Committee spokesperson Gandra Venkataramana Reddy said that Rajagopal should be aware of legal processes before making any comments. He said that the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution, as required by law, in 2010 requesting the centre to repeal the clause 14F and the centre acted upon this request of the house and took measures to repeal the controversial clause. Now criticizing the President’s assent to the repealing of the clause is insult to both the AP Assembly and the centre, he said.
The Steering committee spokesperson said that the announcement of the Union Home Minister on December 9, 2009 about initiating process for formation of separate Telangana was sabotaged by the Seemandhra leaders and likewise they were planning to stop repealing of clause 14-F.
Venkataramana Reddy said the Steering Committee would meet on Sunday morning at the residence of K Kesava Rao MP in Hyderabad to chalk out the plan of action for the separate Telangana movement.
Condemning the statement of YSR Congress party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu who had alleged involvement of Congress party president Sonia Gandhi in 2G Spectrum case, Gandra Venkataramana Reddy said that before opening his mouth he should have noticed the High Court orders in the case relating to assets of YS Jaganmohan Reddy. (INN)