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So last August 30, I had the privilege to join my bookish friends and attend the book signing by their “well-recommended” author, Matthew Quick. I have heard of him and his books, but I am yet to read one by him. However, I am familiar with Silver Linings Playbook, which I have watched as a movie adaptation. I wasn’t going to let my chance to meet and have some books signed by this amazing dude pass me by! I knew I had to go!
I arrived at Raffles Makati with two of my friends from my squad at around 6:00AM. We were welcomed by others who spent the night there for they attended the previous day’s signing event as well. We talked about what went down the day before and got settled in to play some UNO. Me and my bookish friends would never let a chance to play this game pass by, you know! After a round or two, people started lining up and as the time of registration came closer, I bought a hardcover copy of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock there at the venue. I was supposed to buy only a Trade Paperback copy so that I could also buy Silver Linings Playbook, but there wasn’t any, so I wasn’t able to purchase and have the latter, signed. *sighs* There were lots of titles available for everyone to purchase! Philippine Literature was the highlight of this event, and so, there were dozens of said books on display for purchase.I’m not gonna lie. The hardcover copies of Love May Fail and The Good Luck of Right Now were tempting! Good thing I didn’t have extra money to buy them, because you can just imagine if I did. Oh, and did I mention that these books are on sale with 20% discount? Yeah, cool, right?
Once I made my purchase, I went back in line to register for the event and claim my festival and signing passes. I was the 12th person in line, and I didn’t even spend the night! I was beyond excited at this point!
I also got to meet Justine of Bookwor Maniac and Jayvee The Misfit Writer again! We’ve been friends online and it’s great seeing my co-blogging friends here at the event! I also got to meet Kate of The Bookaholic Blurbs, Kai of Amaterasu Reads, and Jesselle of The Lifelong Bookworm in real life!! I felt shy about saying hi and introducing myself to them, but I just had to! They are bloggers who I look up to, and they inspire me to do good with what I do here on Book Freak Revelations. 🙂 Unfortunately, I have no photos to prove that this wonderful experience did occur. 😦
Once we got the passes, we went out to eat our late breakfasts and we talked about our plans for the next signing events that we will be attending, mainly #CTCinPH and #KCinPH. (Christine Brae, Tarryn Fisher, Colleen Hoover in PH and Kiera Cass in PH, all hosted by the amazing National Bookstore). Will you guys be there? Be sure to say hi if you are!
We went to Powerbooks Greenbelt next to browse some titles that they have on sale! By the way, did you know that they’re having their annual Power Sale? Discounts of up to 50% off, you guys! I suggest you go now, and haul your books for future signing events! You might also meet your next favorite book! It’s up until September 13! You have exactly 13 days to save up and purchase some great reads! I actually bought a copy of The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher which I will get her to sign this September 13! 🙂
We went back to Raffles afterward to rest, freshen up, and do some last minute outfit changes, and we were finally allowed to enter the ballroom area where the signing was held! Once we were settled, we took the remaining time to take photos. Who was I to say no to pictorials, right?
After tens of thousands of clicks and captures, we then (seriously now) sat and waited in anticipation for Matthew Quick. Thank the Gods for wireless internet connection!
Ms. Yvette of National Bookstore went on stage to introduce Matthew Quick shortly thereafter. Without waiting for anything at all, the program proceeded to the interview with the author, focusing on his stay here in the Philippines, his books, and his literary journey.
(Above photo snagged from NBS’ twitter account) Here are the things I’ve gathered from Ms. Yvette’s interview with the amazing Matthew Quick.:
- Matthew Quick views his characters not as mentally disturbed, but as regular people with problems. He writes more about characters with mental illnesses because it’s dear to his heart and his writing is his way to talk about this endearment.
- For him, Literature is another medium to talk about issues such as mental illnesses, depression, suicide, etc., and that it’s a great way to release tension and to just let everything out.
- His parents are supportive about his writing. They read his books and it actually makes their relationship better. He also mentioned that his Dad also hands out copies of his books to his clients.
- A reason why he loves books and writing is that “We get something in it that we don’t in regular conversation.” He also mentioned that people want to read about secrets, which people don’t usually put on for show.
- Rejections wasn’t a surprise for Matthew because in order to get published, you need to be thick-skinned because it’s hard to do so in the United States. He experienced being rejected 70 times by agents alone. But he believed in something, and so, he kept on pushing until it eventually paid off.
- He also mentioned that “Finding the right agent is like dating. It’s not about how great the date is, but it’s about finding the perfect match.”
- Matthew was a high school English teacher before he became a writer. With his previous job, he felt profoundly sad, trapped, miserable, and he silently resented his students.
- When he finally started writing, he lived with his wife and his in-laws for 3 years and a half. He felt embarrassed about it because “it is shameful in the United States, to make art with no pay.” But, that moment was when he felt like a true writer.
- His wife was very supportive and was always the first one to read his work.
- Mark Wahlberg and Anne Hathaway were originally casted for Pat and Tiffany’s characters respectively in Silver Linings Playbook.
- Matthew’s wife is also a writer who was less popular than him, and it caused tension between them at first.
- His newest book, Love May Fail, is actually about his wife’s publishing experience.
- He wanted to write novels that solely represented him as a person and there was no better way to ensure this than to let his wife read his work and wait for her approval.
- Clouds was the first title Matthew thought of for Silver Linings Playbook. Also, his wife’s comments about said book is that she knows that it WILL be published.
- His writing process involves writing the characters first. For him, it is imperative to start from there and he tries on and writes in different voices or perspectives, but it wasn’t always a success. It’s frustrating to write 40 thousand words and have everything be wrong, and start again from the beginning.
- He reads reviews of his books but even positive reviews don’t make him happy because he feels that reviews aren’t meant to be read by authors, but by other readers. It’s meant to build books up for other people.
- If there’s a movie about his life, it would be about a regular kid in a regular town where everyone doubted the kid’s abilities but turned out to be triumphant in the end.
Matthew also answered some questions from the audience but which I wasn’t able to take note of because my phone’s battery died. *sighs* But after the talk, the signing proper was next! The first 20 in line was called and we all lined up next to the stage.
When it was my turn to have my books signed, I asked Matthew a question:
Me: Hi, Sir! It’s great to meet you today! May I ask a question, though? What genre would you like to write about next and why?
MQ: I’m actually writing a screenplay right now, does that count as a genre?
M: Uhm, I guess? I will wait for updates about that screenplay of yours!
He was wonderful, you guys! He loves his fans and he seems really, genuinely nice! I’m looking forward to reading the books I got which he signed! Oh, and I can’t forget to put this photo here:
Those are my signed books, Matthew’s cute signature, and my Instax photo of me and Matthew Quick! (Special thanks to Sir JB for having steady hands and taking the photo!) I had a fun time with my friends, you guys! I really hope all of you could experience the same joy we did whenever we meet authors!
Again, dozens of thank you notes goes to National Bookstore for bringing Matthew Quick here in the Philippines! I’m so excited to see everyone again in 2 weeks for #CTCinPH!
Were you guys there at #PLF2015? What was your day’s highlight? I really want to know! Let me know down in the comment section down below!

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Bananas are considered as one of the most consumed and cheapest fruits worldwide. They are the fifth most traded agricultural product. The word banana is considered to be of West African origin, perhaps from the Wolof banana, and move into English via Spanish or Portuguese.
There are more than 1,000 bananas varieties which are subdivided into 50 groups produced and consumed locally in the world. Around 5. 6 million hectares of land are dedicated to banana production globally.
Banana productivity levels differ from country to country and from variety to variety. Bananas are mostly grown in more than 150 countries and almost 105 million tonnes of bananas are produced every year.
Bananas are indicative of the growing power of supermarkets along global supply chains and the injustices present in international trade today which include unacceptable working and living conditions for many who grow and harvest the bananas, the suppression of independent trade unions and an unfair sharing of profits along the chain.
It will take you 1.5 years to try all 500 varieties of bananas, eating one a day. Life is like a fruit and each problem is like peels. We can peel our problems very easily like banana peeling. So just smile like a banana. This Feeding Trends article presents you with a list of banana varieties growing across the world.
Here is the list of 30 banana varieties that are cultivated through different countries in the world.
Robusta is the banana variety which belongs to the Cavendish subgroup. This variety of banana is light green and yellow in colour and has a great fragrance and taste. The banana variety is shorter and thick-stemmed. It is grown commercially in Brazil, eastern Australia, Samoa and Fiji. It is one of the very loved banana varieties in the world.
2. Dwarf Cavendish
The Dwarf Cavendish gets its name because of its short stem of 8-10 feet, with broad leaves on short petioles. The banana was first known from China and widely cultivated in the Canary Islands, East Africa and South Africa. It produces large bunches of bananas in every season.
3. Grand Naine
Grand Nain bananas or Chiquita bananas are the banana type of Musa acuminata. The Grand Naine is a high yielding Cavendish banana variety and is very popular. This can be harvested within 12-13 months from the date of planting. The varieties of banana are mostly found in tropical regions of Central America, Africa and India.
Rasthali is the banana variety which is medium tall, commercially grown in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Rasthali unique food quality made it popular and a highly prized species for table purposes. This varieties of bananas are yellowish-green throughout their development, but turn to golden yellow when they are ripened.
5. Vayal Vazhai
Vayal Vazhai variety of banana is a relative of Bluggoe. The plants grow to 10-13 ft, the leaf is light pink and the flower stem may be several feet long. This banana is grown in Hawaii, Cenizo of Central America and the West Indies. The banana is 7-9 inch long and 2 inches thick.
Poovan or Fillbasket is the most important type of banana in India, which constitutes 70% of the total crop. This banana type is commercially grown in Malaya, Thailand and Burma. It carries large, compact bunches of medium size, plump and thin-skinned flavour.
Chengalikodan Nendran Banana or Changalikodan is a banana type which originated and cultivated in Chengazhikodu village of Thrissur district in the Kerala state of India. The average bunch carries 20-25 fruits.
8. Red Banana
the other names for Red Banana are Red Spanish or Lal Kela. Red bananas are varieties of bananas which are reddish-purple in colour. This banana variety is grown in India. This plant is large and it takes 18 months from planting to harvest. The bunch carries 4-7 hands and is 5-7 inches long.
The golden yellow banana that comes with the tint of pale green is known as Karpooravalli. These bananas are considered as one most of the sweetest bananas among all Indian varieties of banana. Karpooravalli is a tall and strong plant, well suited to marginal lands.
Another type of banana is Matti pazham banana which is often found in Tamil Nadu. It is considered as one of the most expensive varieties of bananas. Matti pazham is small in size and oval in shape.
Sannachenkadali. It resembles a red banana with red coloured, petiole and midrib. Sannachenkadali has a medium-sized bunch. It is small, slender and light orange-yellow coloured banana. This plant takes 12 months from planting to harvest.
11. CO 1
CO 1 is a hybrid banana which is made by combining three parents-Lada, Kabali and Musa balbisiana. Thi banana variety is mostly grown in Tamil Nadu, India. This banana is green in colour, taste and suitable for growing in the plains. The crop duration is 14 months.
This banana type is developed by a single plant from AAB subgroup. Udhayam banana is hard, tall, robust and its bunch weight varies 30-35kg. This banana is cylindrical which facilitates packing, loading and transport with minimum damage.
13. Ney Poovan
Ney Poovan is a unique banana variety, which is grown on a large scale especially in Karnataka. It is a slender,medium-tall plant and carries bunch weight of 10-15kg. This banana turns into bright yellow while ripened. It is known for its good quality and non-detaching nature of the fruit.
14. Gros Michel
Gros Michel or Big Mike is a commercial banana cultivated in Taiwan. The plant reaches 10-16 feet. The pseudostem is tint with dark brown, the bunch is long and cylindrical and the fruits are larger than Dwarf.
15. Lady Finger
Ladyfinger bananas or Rasakadali bananas are small in size, thin-skinned and sweet. This banana can grow 4-5 inches in length and light yellow in colour and the bunch weight varies 10-14 hands. The skin is thin and its flesh is sweet.
16. Blue Java
The other names for Blue Java bananas are Ice Cream banana, blue banana or Hawaiian banana. This variety of banana is hard banana known for its sweet aroma, has a consistency like ice-cream and flavours like vanilla. Blue Java bananas can grow at a height of 15-20 feet. The bunches are small and turn yellow when ripened.
Manzano bananas are also called as Apple bananas because of their apple-like flavour. These bananas are short and chubby and have a thick yellow skin that turns completely black when ripened. They are commercially grown in Mexico, Central America and South America.
18. Goldfinger Bananas
The Goldfinger Banana is a banana which is developed in Honduras. This variety of bananas takes a longer time to grow than other bananas and is colder resistant. The banana grows up to 14 feet. Goldfinger is usually grown in North America and Europe.
Orinoco bananas are also called as Horse or Burro. It is medium tall, well-built plant and is hard. It is one of the banana varieties with a thick bunch and each banana is 6 inches long. The Orinoco is delicious in flavour and has a soft texture when ripened. The Orinoco is grown in Southern California.
20. Bhim Col
Bhim Col bananas are also called as Musa balbisiana Colla. This variety of banana is indigenous and grows in tropical countries, often found in Assam. Bhim Kol is tall and well-built, with height up to 7. 5meter. This banana is 5. 4cm thick and turns yellow when ripened.
The Fehi bananas are purple-reddish or reddish-yellow in colour, which is often used for ink and dying. The variety is mostly found in Hawaii. These bananas are 36 inches long and thick-skinned with good flavour. The leaves of Fehi bananas are 20-30 meter wide.
22. Praying Hand
Praying hands bananas are just like two joined hands, to create the appearance of praying hands. In this variety, each hand is made up of 6-7 fruits that are joined together. The bananas skin is thick and can be separated easily when ripened. The varieties of bananas are cultivated in Indonesia and Southern Pacific.
Some people think that this banana has a taste of elaichi because of its name but the Elaichi and Yelakki are given to this variety because of their size and not the flavour. They are much sweeter than any regular banana. They are not even the size of your palm. They are commonly grown in Bengaluru.
The Nanjangud banana is also known as Nanjangud rasabalehannu. This variety is grown in Mysore and Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, India. It is often said that this banana has a unique taste and aroma because of its saline soil.
25. Pisang Raja
Pisang Raja banana is also known as Grindy banana. Pisang Raja is a tall and well-build plant. It can tolerate wind and cold. This banana variety is considered as one of the most delicious bananas. This banana can grow up to 20 feet long and has a bunch that varies 6-7 inches long.
26. Barangan Bananas
Barangan banana is better known as dessert banana. Barangan banana is straight in texture and has a round base. This banana is 11 cm long and has a diameter of 30mm. This variety of banana is slightly yellow in colour and is sweet and seedless. Its skin has a black tint. This banana variety is often found in Indonesia.
Bluggoe banana is better known as Burro banana. This banana is considered as a cooking banana, straight in texture and is dull in colour. This variety of banana is grown in Burma, Thailand, Philippines and Grenada.
28. Dwarf Jamaican
Dwarf Jamaican banana is considered as a very attractive plant which has red and green leaves. The banana is red in colour and is of high quality. This variety of banana is commercially grown in Southern California.
29. Macho Plantain
Macho Plantain is also called Macho banana. This variety of banana is much bigger than other bananas. The banana is yellow-white in colour and has sweeter and softer flesh. This banana is slightly green in colour and is grown in subtropical regions.
This variety resembles a red banana with red coloured, petiole and midrib. Sannachenkadali has a medium-sized bunch. It is small, slender and light orange-yellow coloured banana. This plant takes 12 months from planting to harvest.
Here we come at the end of the list of banana varieties. Banana is one of the most comforting fruits that you can enjoy anywhere and anytime. It is one of the best foods to beat unwanted cravings.
Knowing all these banana varieties, you must be tempted to eat a banana, which is a versatile and healthy fruit. It is rich in potassium, which is essential for maintaining your blood pressure at healthy levels and is a great energy booster.
We generally eat the big, yellow and slightly ripe bananas but there are many varieties of bananas that are found across the world. If you haven’t tasted them then we have given you enough reasons to try them.
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The legal industry, one of the world’s oldest professions, is possibly the industry that produces the most amount of data in a year. If you aren’t aware by now, the legal system is filled with heavy, labor-oriented tasks, with paralegals and researchers scurrying to unearth, index and process information. This also means higher expenses, which are ultimately pushed onto the customer. Furthermore, in understaffed law offices, overworked investigators give cursory attention to each and every client. However, here’s how the introduction of Data Science is going to redefine the legal industry, to help make quick and informed decisions.
Cost & Time Savings
For a fraction of that cost and time, Data Science, coupled with Artificial Intelligence, can be substituted to carry out tedious research, lightening the load of courts and legal firms, and speeding up the judicial process. It has been proven that at times, AI might achieve better results, for clients may be more open talking to a non-judgmental machine, than to a person.
The Way Work Is Done
COVID-19 has also changed the way the world looks at remote work. Before COVID-19 happened, most business owners were not overly enthusiastic about remote work, because they assumed people would not really be working, when they “worked” from home. However, COVID-19 proved the assumption wrong. Employers found that unless the job itself required working onsite, employees worked equally well from their home offices. This situation also includes the legal industry, when suddenly, legal offices are moving to virtual workforces and distance learning. Thus, the traditional legal culture was forcibly reshaped to address needs of the customers. In particular, in-house legal departments of businesses began handling majority of legal work.
This has led to a recalibration of the legal industry, where the heightened collaboration of in-house legal departments of businesses and legal service providers, is resulting in the traditional legal culture morphing into one required by the COVID-19 era of 2020 and beyond. Law firms are slowly imbibing corporate culture, with the core function of lawyers, which is practicing the law, merging with legal services that include engaging technology and understanding the client’s business.

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The Ontario Cannabis Store’s program that allows retailers to order certain products not stocked by the OCS warehouse is finally beginning to gain traction.
In May 2021, Ontario announced that it would be introducing a new “flow-through” program. The program, which allows retailers to order products not stocked in the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) warehouse, has been undergoing a complicated development phase since late last year, with the OCS partnering with a handful of producers and retailers to give the program a kind of test run.
Although the program has only had a maximum of around 50 products available up until now, it will soon have around 150 new products added for retailers to choose from.
The flow-through program will allow retailers to choose selected, non-warehoused products from an OCS catalogue, with the OCS then facilitating the wholesale purchase from LPs, and the shipment to retailers. Products are not stocked by the OCS, but instead “flow through” their warehouse on a demand basis.
The goal is to allow the OCS to offer new SKUs otherwise unavailable in Ontario, and for retailers to try products that have a short shelf life, are slower-moving, or are potentially not carried by their competitors.
The initial intention was to gradually launch the program beginning in September 2021, with products added during the fall and winter. However, this has been repeatedly delayed, apparently due to the complexity of the undertaking, as reported StratCann earlier this year. Ensuring the program can work smoothly is a priority for the provincial retailer.
The platform is expected to be a competitive space, explains Daffyd Roderick, Senior Director, Communications and Social Responsibility at the OCS. The vision, he says, is one where each producer and retailer will have the opportunity to think about their strategies and how they may choose or not choose to leverage the program.
Part of the reason for the delays, continues Roderick, was because of longer than expected lead times with initial orders. The extra time vetting the program has resulted in significant improvements, though, with OCS reporting that they and their producers are now fulfilling ~96% of orders requested from retailers through the flow-through program (compared to ~94% fill-rate trend of stocked SKUs).
While British Columbia recently launched its “direct delivery” program that allows certain BC-grown cannabis products to bypass the provincial warehouse—shipping directly to retailers, and provinces like Saskatchewan and Manitoba have always allowed these types of sales (neither province has a province-run warehouse)—Roderick says he sees flow-through in Ontario as a similar opportunity for retailers in the province to access an even broader range of products.
This range of products is also the largest in Canada, and arguably the world.
According to info from a recent OCS presentation to producers, from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, the number of cannabis SKUs available for sale by OCS grew from around 1,400 to about 2,000. It’s halfway through the current fiscal year and there are already more than 2,500 active cannabis SKUs in the catalogue.
So while a direct delivery system may not be in the plans for Ontario—and would require a policy decision by the Ontario government, not the OCS—Roderick says he sees flow-through as an excellent way to still meet similar needs for unique, niche products to help the nearly 2,000 retailers in Ontario distinguish themselves from each other. But he says there’s the possibility of other unique approaches to distribution in the future.
“There’s a lot of opportunity to bring some different things to market,” says Roderick. “We have the model that we have, and have been very successful in supporting a rapidly-growing marketplace. We’re looking to enable what the next step looks like and do that in a way that makes sense for everybody; the licensed producers, the retailers, and the people of Ontario.”
He also notes that the provincial cannabis distributor has now fully recovered from the cyber attack that occurred in August of this year which impacted the third-party contractor who manages their warehouse. The issue saw orders from the warehouse put on hold for over a week as the OCS took measures to protect their partner’s data and prepare to reboot their distribution system.
“We completely understand how much retailers count on us, we know licensed producers count on us, and we know that cannabis consumers in the legal marketplace…count on us, so this was very much all hands on deck until we were back to normal operations,” he adds.
“We are deeply invested in the success of the cannabis sector. We see it as our role to enable that success by allowing people to have the conditions where they can operate and be successful. That type of disruption doesn’t serve that, so we will look to avoid another one and do what we can to make sure that we’re providing frictionless customer service and, as much as possible, best-in-class wholesale.
“That’s where our focus is continuing to improve. I think everyone in this sector is improving and we’re looking to keep improving, too.”

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One of lately deceased members built our out of sheet steel, installed rollers and they are very structurally sound. On June 21 2013 a mini tornado lifted one of the roofs off a traphouse, tossed it a hundred fee end over end and we had a fairly simple job of straightening one corner because of the material used.
The ones that I have seen,were a 2X4 frame covered with barn roofing tin and the sildes and track were the hardware for a big sliding barn door. I don't think that there is a "sliding trap roof kit". It is a matter of what you can make work. If you know a club that has their trap houses set up with a sliding
roof, go take a good look at one and you will be able to build one. It ain't brain surgery.


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I am currently working on a large project that seeks to explore the immediate impact of the European Reformations: Protestant and Catholic alike, on the reforming processes within the Orthodox Church in the early modern period. Plagued by the same problems that affected the late mediaeval Catholic Church, but devoid of proper educational facilities and handicapped by the archaic structure of decision-making on the top, some Orthodox leaders looked to the West in search of inspiration and examples of church reform. Various attempts at reviving the church and its constituent parts were undertaken between 1551 and 1666, but the end result was eventually to split the heretofore nominally united Eastern Orthodox Church into a number of national churches professing similar dogma, but otherwise grown apart in terms of ecclesiastical organisation and culture.
Parallel to this, a monograph provisionally entitled "The Nuns' Stories", for which I received an award in the 2010 round of the British Academy Small Grants Scheme, is work in progress. Applying comparative historical perspectives through the use of an interdisciplinary methodology and drawing on gender studies and anthropology, the project seeks to fill considerable gaps in the existing knowledge of Eastern Orthodox women's monasteries as important early modern institutions that allowed women a semi-autonomous existence within the patriarchal framework of East Slavic societies. The BA grant made it possible for me to spend a month exploring the rich archival holdings situated in the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine.
I can supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students with research interests in the following areas:
- European Reformations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries;
- Religion and politics in early modern Europe;
- Book and library history, especially the history of the printed book up to 1800;
- Russian and East European history in the early modern period;
- Polish and Ukrainian history.
'"That little golden book": Eastern Slavic translations of the Imitation of Christ, 1628-1799', The Printed Book in Central Europe Conference, 1 July 2017 (UK)
'Brothers and sisters: on the survival of double monasteries in the Eastern Church', Meeting of the Slavonic and Mediaeval Studies Group, 5 November 2016, Oxford (UK)
'Polonisation and all that, or religious identity and cultural change in Ruthenia: the Union of Lublin and the myths of "polonisation"', Culture and union: a comparison of the British/ Irish and the Polish-Lithuanian unions, 1386-1863: an international symposium, The Burn, Edzell, Aberdeenshire, 6 September 2014 (UK)
'Evil women and other women: a case of political witchcraft in early modern Ukraine', Invited lecture, Palacký University, Olomouc, 22 April 2014 (Czech Republic)
'"Revolting sisters": guarding traditional clerical privileges in the late Ukrainian Hetmanate', paper presented to the 45th Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Washington, DC, 24 November 2013 (USA)
'A curious omission? Monasticism and Orthodox reform in the Metropolitanate of Kiev in the seventeenth century', Between religious conflict and reform: new approaches to late medieval and early modern confessional culture in Central European towns, c. 1400-1700. Workshop, Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen, in co-operation with the Palacký University of Olomouc, Czech Republic, 4 October 2013 (UK)
'Earthly mother, holy witch: social perceptions of Maria-Magdalena Mazepa (1687-1707)', paper presented to the 43rd Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Washington, DC, 15 November 2011 (USA)
'A balancing act: the Eastern Orthodox women's monasteries in early modern Ukraine (1566-1786)', Meeting of the Slavonic and Mediaeval Studies Group, 19 March 2011, London (UK)
'A saint or not a saint: A late eighteenth-century life of Peter Mohyla', paper presented to the 41st Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, MA, 13 November 2009 (USA)
'"Calves into oxen"? The dilemmas of Orthodox education in the Ukrainian lands of Poland-Lithuania', Competing for souls: Religion and Education in a multi-confessional society. East Central Europe, 1550-1700: Symposium organised by the Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen, 5 December 2008 (UK)
'A book that never was? Some considerations about the hypothetical publication of Peter Mohyla's translation of the Imitation of Christ', paper presented at the 39th Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New Orleans, LA, 15 November 2007, New Orleans, LA (USA)
'Do books cause revolutions? A problem revisited', paper presented to the History Society, University College Dublin, 4 April 2005, Dublin (Ireland)
'Reformations, reforms, and reformers: Europe in the Confessional Age', Anna Bidder Talk, 3 February 2004, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (UK)
'Latin books and the reform of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church: Two catalogues of books purchased by Peter Mohyla in 1632 and 1633', paper presented at the Maurice Kennedy Research Centre, University College Dublin, 9 April 2003, Dublin (Ireland)
'Ukrainian higher education and libraries: An historical perspective', invited lecture presented to the Essex Branch of the English-Speaking Union, 26 June 2002, Manningtree (UK)
'Latin books and the reform of the Russian Orthodox church: Two catalogues of books purchased by Peter Mohyla in 1632 and 1633', invited lecture presented to the Bibliographical Society, 19 March 2002, London (UK)
'Peter Mohyla and his Kniga dushy narytsaema Zloto', paper presented to the Slavonic and East European Mediaeval Studies Group, 3 November 2001, London (UK)
'The library of the Kiev Academy: the surviving books evidence', paper presented to the Slavonic and East European Mediaeval Studies Group, 15 November 1997, London (UK)
'Seeds "being sown up and down", or A story of a lost library and the perennial Russian question: Who is to blame?', Lucy Tuesdays Seminar, 27 May 2001, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (UK)
'The work of the Ukrainian philosopher Hryhory Skovoroda: The twilight of liberty', paper presented at the Workshop of the Concepts and Symbols Group of the International Society for the Eighteenth-Century Studies, 26 February 1996, Naples (Italy)
'The transformation of a library: The library of the Kiev Mohyla Academy in the eighteenth century and the library of the Kiev Theological Academy', paper presented at the 1995 Congress of the International Society for the Eighteenth-century Studies, 27 July 1995, Münster (Germany)
My doctoral research on the history of the lost library of the Kiev Mohyla Academy, completed in 1999, has led to the publication of a monograph and a number of articles. The Kiev Academy, founded in 1632, was the first educational establishment operating at a university level in the Eastern Orthodox world; prior to the fire that completely destroyed it in 1780, this substantial collection of printed books, comprised almost exclusively of Latin editions, formed an integral part of the Academy's teaching and scholarly ethos. The first comprehensive history of the library ever written, my study also addressed such wider issues as the development of European education, the place of Byzantine heritage in the East Slavic culture of the early modern period, Western influences among the East Slavs prior to the reforms of Peter the Great, the role of the printed book in the transformation of cognitive patterns across Europe from the sixteenth century on, and the interaction of the Western and the Eastern churches in the Reformation era. As a post-doctoral Research Fellow in Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, I published a series of articles on Peter Mohyla, the 'Greek Orthodox' Metropolitan of Kiev (1633-1646), founder of the Kiev Academy and an eminent church reformer, whose work played an important part in the subsequent development of the doctrinal and liturgical thought of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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The traditional red, white and blue of Independence Day mixed with a bit of green July 1-5 in Key West for the 2021 Key Lime Festival, which was back and better than ever after COVID canceled last year’s festival.
The festival featured a scavenger hunt, a sip-and-stroll drink-tasting contest, the World Key West Key Lime Pie-Eating Championship and the Key Lime Pie Drop from the top of the Key West Lighthouse.
Seattle native Nicholas Leura was named the pie-eating champion, devouring a whole pie in 2 minutes, 13.5 seconds.
The 2021 Key Lime Pie Drop Winners were as follows:
Overall Winners — Anna, Audrey and Eden.
Best Creative Design — Brantley Boyett & John Resig
Best Decoration — Abijah
Best Key Lime Theme — Amaline Berlanga
Biggest Flop — Ryan Shewcraft


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Golden Paste Recipe and Amazing Benefits
Turmeric is one of the most biggest tested herbs in the world, which is why we can understand so well the list of incredible health benefits that it can have for your pets!
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- Cooked the tumeric and water on the stove top for around 7 minutes to form a paste like consistency
- Pull the pot off the stove and mix in the rest of the ingredients and stir
Start with a quarter of a teaspoon for little dogs and work up to a teaspoon for bigger dogs. You can feed it to them in their water or their food, once or twice a day. Can keep it in a glass jar for up to 2 weeks.
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22-year-old girl battling for life, SKIMS denies accusation
Srinagar: A family from Srinagar has lodged a case of medical negligence against Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura accusing the hospital staff of infusing blood of wrong group on the patient.
The case has been filed in Soura police station after the distraught family held protest in the premises of SKIMS Soura.
Mir Anjum, 22, resident of Bemina was taken to the institute on March 29 after she passed blood with stool.
The girl is now battling for her life and is on ventilator. Her family accused that she was infused wrong blood group instead of O+ve, following which she went into coma.
“She was admitted to SKIMS on March 29. She was infused blood of a wrong group on Saturday. Her body reacted drastically as her body started shivering and she went into coma immediately. Doctors and the hospital administration are now hushing up the case by refusing her case file,” Mir Asiya, her sister told Kashmir Reader.
The family has filed a complaint in Police Station, Soura asking the police to take strict actions against the hospital staff.
Director SKIMS, Dr Omar Javed Shah has ordered internal inquiry in the case. The probe panel is headed by Medical Superintendent, Dr Farooq A Jan.
The Medical Superintendent, Dr Farooq A Jan refuted the allegations by the family. However, he didn’t deny the ‘anaphylactic reaction’ due to some preservative or reagents in blood or fluids.
“This is not a case of mismatched blood transfusion as we have already ruled out the possibility in our inquiry. There may be some preservative or reagent to which the patient’s body reacted this way. We are investigating further to know the specific cause of her deteriorating condition,” he said.
Dr Jan said the patient had been diagnosed with a liver disease, Hepatic Vein Cavernoma, and was advised blood transfusion.
“The patient received one pint of blood normally on Friday. But, she developed reacted on Sunday after one more pint was infused into her body. We probed the family’s claim but found that wrong blood was not infused,” he said.
“She is getting treatment for anaphylactic reaction and is responding well to the treatment. But, she is little unstable hemodynamically which is why we are monitoring her condition,” the MS added.

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WINDSOR, Ont. -- Backers of a proposed $400-million double-stack Detroit River rail tunnel say they are nearly ready to build — now they just need some government money to do it.
“Funding is critical,” said David Cree, CEO of the Windsor Port Authority, a partner in the project.
“There are likely no issues related to the environmental assessment. We have been very well received politically in both the U.S. and Canada. They see the benefits economically and environmentally. It’s win-win for everybody. We just need the funding.”
Known as the Continental Rail Gateway, the new rail tunnel would replace the existing tube constructed in 1909. Despite its age, the current Windsor-Detroit rail tunnel handles 400,000 rail cars and $22 billion in trade each year.
But it has become too small to handle the growing trend toward larger, double-stack rail cars — many coming from the Port of Montreal. For Windsor-Detroit to develop as a major logistics hub, a larger rail tunnel is essential, the project’s proponents said during a meeting Tuesday with The Star’s editorial board.
Backers of the private project include Borealis Infastructure — a division of the OMERS pension fund, CP Rail and the port authority. They have determined that to get construction started they must secure at least 50 per cent of the costs — $200 million from governments on both sides of the border.
“We do need significant funding from both sides to make this work,” Cree said. “We have had good reception in Ottawa, Washington and Toronto.”
But so far, no dollars.
Rail tunnel officials have hired a lobbyist on the U.S. side to meet individually with politicians and bureaucrats to help secure the funds.
“Theoretically, we’d like $100 million from Canada and $100 million from the U.S,” Cree said
The project’s environmental assessment is on target to be completed in the fall of 2012 and construction could begin almost immediately — if funding can be secured, he said. The rail tunnel will be located next to the current tunnel and take about three years to build.
There are hopes if a new Windsor-Detroit freight rail tunnel gets built, the current tunnel could be converted for passenger trains and create a Quebec City-to-Chicago link.
“Industry always follows infrastructure,” said Marge Byington, executive director of corporate affairs for the rail tunnel project.
“We see this as a great opportunity to create jobs in Windsor and Detroit.”
Should the rail tunnel project win the green light, backers of the project say it will create between 1,700 and 2,200 construction jobs.


Just like any other device or machine, your car also needs a battery to get enough power for proper functioning. Car battery powers its engine, radio, lights, and many other parts, but how it does so? Follow along as we uncover the concepts involved in automotive battery systems and how actually it works.
What’s a Battery?
A battery is simply a device that converts chemical energy into electricity. Basically, a battery is made of cells that contain the actual energy. Cells store chemical energy and convert it into electrical energy when needed. This simple underlying principle is used in almost all types of batteries.
“Related article: Electric Car Batteries – Types, Lifespan, Maintenance and More”
How does a Car Battery work?
Lead-acid (a group of batteries) batteries are used by the vast majority of cars. These batteries fall into the SLI class which stands for “Starting, Lighting, Ignition”. This simply means that SLI batteries not only power the car’s starter motor but also the lighting and ignition systems of the car. A short burst of energy powers the car’s engine and its accessories, right after this small burst the necessary power for the car is supplied by the alternator.
Here is the chemistry involved in car batteries:
- Typically, the SLI battery is composed of 6 cells, each cell delivers 2 volts of electromotive force. These 6 cells are laid out in a series connection, which supplies a total output of 12 volts.
- Each cell of the battery is made of two plates: one is made of lead dioxide and the other of lead.
- The plates of the cells are submerged in Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) electrolyte solution which acts as a catalyst and triggers a chemical reaction between the plates.
- A reaction is triggered on the lead dioxide plate, causing it to produce ions and Lead Sulfate.
- The ions then react with the adjacent plate and produce Hydrogen and Lead Sulfate.
- In the resulting chemical reaction; electrons are produced which race around the cell’s plates and generate electricity.
- The chemical reaction happening inside the battery is entirely reversible. Supplying current to the battery at the right voltage will cause the lead and lead dioxide to form on the plates again (restore back to prior state), and this way you can reuse the battery.
In addition to this 12v battery, an electric car also has a lithium-ion battery pack. The electric vehicle’s battery pack provides the required electrical energy to power its motor.
To sum up, when the battery discharges, the acid reacts with the materials of the plates, changing their surface to lead sulfate. When the battery is recharged, the chemical reaction is reversed: the lead sulfate reforms into lead dioxide and lead. With the plates restored back to their original state, the process may now be repeated.
Over time, the battery’s efficiency will deplete, with most working optimally for about 3-4 years. In addition to this, modern electric cars have lithium-ion and lithium polymer batteries. Tesla recently promised that it will soon have a battery that lasts a million mile for its electric car.


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The Covent Garden property boasts its own private front door entrance, a third bedroom and an eat-in kitchen separate from the reception room
The audience was in uproar after a female performer was stripped naked and molested by army officers
The classical singer opted for a daring backless dress that threatened to reveal a little more than she hoped
The Hollywood actor, who starred in 12 Years A Slave, is one of the stars presenting a gong at the ceremony
The star is set to perform at tonight's ceremony where she has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress gong
Giacomo Puccini's love story, based on the doomed relationship between a poet and his seamstress girlfriend visits the Royal Opera House this spring - tickets are now on sale
Inspiring snaps of the some of the globe's most iconic sights such as the Bird's Nest Stadium in China, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Sydney Opera House in Australia
Chief handicapper Phil Smith says it has been a pleasant change to have owners and trainers asking formore weight for their horses in the Crabbie's Grand National this year.
Across The Bay’s owners are hoping their luck has changed at the third time of asking.
But last year’s winner will have to carry a heavy weight if he’s to follow in Red Rum’s footsteps
AP McCoy will ride the shortest-priced Grand National favourite of modern times when Shutthefrontdoor gives the legendary jockey his final mount in the Aintree spectacular.
The Gone Girl actress recalled the trouble she had with her red carpet gown
Some of the multi-millionaire stars were said to look embarrassed as they were chauffeured to Covent Garden and walked into the Royal Opera House
The awards are now in their 68th year so we decided to break it down into numbers
Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Jake Gyllenhaal and more are up for the coveted award this weekend - heres's everything you need to know
The star admitted he'd had more than a few as he took to the podium to collect Actor of the Year Award at the GQ bash
The 26-year-old singer flashed both her cleavage and lot of thigh as she attended the star-studded event at The Royal Opera House
Hollywood car crash LiLo, 28, wanted to be in the company of admiring males - but probably not her rumoured one-time hook up Jamie Dornan.
Roberto Ruisi has been loaned the rare Stradivarius violin by legendary musician John Ludlow for a series of special performances
Just when you thought you'd seen all the stars you could at the theatre awards, Kate turned up looking all glam - and strangely familiar
The brunette beauty was joined by Diana Vickers, Natalie Gumede, Gemma Arterton and Leigh Zimmerman for the colourful event
Watch all the glitzy action with us as the stars arrive in all their finery at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London
Yes, you did read that right - two robots will be moved around by EE customers
When he was nearly arrested for
being drunk as he staggered across a road, he knew that the agonising
pain had to end and that he would have to undergo an operation
Several of the prominent attendees were confirmed today, with DiCaprio, Bullock and Cooper among them
Unite union secures end to poverty wages at prestigious venue as hourly rate is set to rise from £7 to £8.80
Join Claire Hodgson from just after 7.30am to see who will be up for a gong next month
Kim Cattrall, Helen Mirren, Daniel Radcliffe and Damian Lewis were among the other stars
British-made favourite Les Miserables and Ang Lee’s Life of Pi received nine nominations and won four and two Baftas respectively
Director also paid tribute to "the great" Ian Fleming, who created James Bond

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Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon, his second major trophy
WIMBLEDON, England — Carlos Alcaraz said he wanted another shot at Novak Djokovic. Said it would make winning a Wimbledon championship more special. Well, Alcaraz got his chance to face Djokovic. And he beat him.
Alcaraz put aside a poor start and surged down the stretch to end Djokovic's 34-match winning streak at the All England Club by edging him 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in an engaging, back-and-forth final on Sunday, claiming his first championship at Wimbledon and second Grand Slam trophy overall.
The No. 1-ranked Alcaraz prevented Djokovic from what would have been a record-tying eighth title, and fifth in a row, at the grass-court tournament. Djokovic also was kept from claiming his 24th career major.
Instead of Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, becoming the oldest male champion at Wimbledon in the Open era, Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, became the third-youngest. The age gap between the two was the widest in any men's Slam final since 1974.
So Alcaraz had youth on his side, which he also did, of course, when they met at the French Open last month. That one was extraordinary for two sets before Alcaraz cramped up and faded. This time, he had the stamina and the strokes to get past Djokovic.
Alcaraz is faster and capable of more power — serves topping 130 mph, forehands topping 100 mph — but Djokovic is equipped with an abundance of talents and so much muscle memory. He's been there, and done that, in ways Alcaraz, for now, can only dream of.
But if this victory on a windy and cloudy day at Centre Court, where Djokovic last lost in the 2013 final, was any indication, Alcaraz is on his way to achieving quite a bit himself.
Still, this is all relatively new to him: Djokovic's record 35th Grand Slam final was Alcaraz's second.
Yet it was Alcaraz who won a 32-point, 25-minute mini-masterpiece of a game on the way to taking the third set. And it was Alcaraz who moved out front for good by breaking to go up 2-1 in the fifth with a backhand passing winner. Djokovic, who fell during the point but quickly popped back up, reacted by slamming his racket into the net post, letting go on impact. He destroyed his equipment and earned a code violation from chair umpire Fergus Murphy.
They would play on for another 24 minutes, bringing the total to more than 4 1/2 hours, but Alcaraz never relented, never gave way. And it was Alcaraz, not Djokovic, receiving the trophy in the evening.
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Camfil Farr APC has grown into a global dust collection company over the past five years, with our most dramatic growth in the UK and European industrial markets.
Jonesboro, Ark (PRWEB UK) 7 August 2012
Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global manufacturer of dust and fume collection equipment, has announced plans to open a 40,000 sq. ft. (3,716 sq. meter) facility in the United Kingdom to serve industrial customers throughout the UK and Europe.
Work is already underway for the new plant, which is located in the Birch Business Park in Heywood, Greater Manchester, UK. The facility is expected to open in January 2013. When it is fully operational, Camfil Farr APC expects to employ more than 100 people in engineering, metal fabrication, welding and assembly positions.
“We are making a significant investment in the new UK manufacturing plant to allow us to service our European customer base more effectively,” states Rick Kreczmer, European sales director for Camfil Farr APC. “We will be able to supply products fast while still giving customers exactly what they require for their individual applications: quality dust collection equipment, fabricated to their needs and shipped on time. We intend to meet and exceed customer expectations.”
Company president Lee Morgan adds: “Camfil Farr APC has grown into a global dust collection company over the past five years, with our most dramatic growth in the UK and European industrial markets. This strategically located facility will allow us to be more responsive to customer needs in Europe and to expand our manufacturing capacity to meet both short- and long-term goals.”
Camfil Farr APC makes dust collection equipment that cleans up manufacturing processes for safer, more productive plant environments. Typical applications include laser and plasma cutting, thermal spray operations, welding, pharmaceutical manufacturing, chemical and food processing, and fiberglass manufacturing. Camfil products meet CE, ATEX and other European requirements.
Councillor Peter Williams, Rochdale Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration, said: “This is fantastic news for the borough, and we welcome the expansion from such a high quality investor.
Julie Evans, Business Development Manager, Rochdale Development Agency has been assisting the company to identify property within the borough and will work closely with partners at Employment Links Partnership to assist in the recruitment of new jobs. Camfil Farr APC’s Kreczmer notes: "From the start, we have had a really positive experience in Rochdale borough. The area provides skilled engineers and fabricators that will take our business to a higher level. We look forward to working with local partners to establish our new operations here."
Camfil Farr APC is part of Camfil Farr, the largest air filter manufacturer in the world. To contact the company in the United Kingdom, call +44 1706 238000 or email europe(at)camfilfarrapc(dot)com. For general information, visit http://www.camfilfarrapc.com.


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Angel Locsin has been bestowed the Spirit of Philanthropy Award by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) organization to honor the Filipino actress’ volunteer work in the country.
The “Iba Yan” host shared about receiving the certificate from the Philippine Red Cross in an Instagram post on January 17, 2021, where she wrote her thanks to the non-profit for recognizing her humanitarian activities.
The Philippines’ Angel Locsin, an active advocate of blood donation, has served fellow Filipinos in their times of need through the years by using her platform and the many advocacies she leads.
Locsin was a Forbes Asia Hero of Philanthropy awardee in 2019. Forbes Asia cited the popular Filipino actress for donating a total of 15 million pesos to causes such as educational scholarships for students, supporting the economic and political rights of indigenous people, and ending violence against women and children.
Last year, Angel Locsin together with Filipino celebrity Anne Curtis helped raise funds for coronavirus mass testing in the Philippines.
ABS-CBN actress Angel Locsin also wrapped up her successful #UniTENTweStandPH campaign after raising over 11 million pesos to assist Filipino COVID-19 frontliners and patients by setting up tents outside overcrowded hospitals.
Aside from monetary donations and charity work, Locsin is inspiring many of her millions of followers on social media to give back. She, along with other Filipino celebrities, banded together to seek donations for the victims of Super Typhoon ‘Rolly’ which was the world’s strongest typhoon in 2020.
The known activist, philanthropist, and Gen T list honoree was also seen extending help to disaster victims of the Taal Volcano eruption in January 2020.
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The Elite Bicycle brings together intimate portraits of the world’s greatest bicycle artisans, examining the philosophies, the meticulous workmanship, and the eccentric personalities behind cycling’s most prestigious brands. Their materials and methods could not be more disparate, yet their pursuit is the same: the perfect bicycle.
In chapters featuring some of cycling’s greatest craftspeople, The Elite Bicycle offers up a conversation with the men and women who make the most coveted bicycles. Lavish, oversize photographs and personal interviews invite readers into their workshops to show the melding of old-world craftsmanship with space-age materials in fascinating studios and factories that fabricate superb machines.
The Elite Bicycle is both an homage to the bicycle maker and a collector’s piece in its own right, celebrating the stories behind the greatest bicycles and components in the world.
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The Elite Bicycle: Portraits of Great Marques, Makers, and Designers
Graeme Fife and Gerard Brown with foreword by Sir Paul Smith
Hardcover with jacket. Full-color interior with 250 photographs.
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The Elite Bicycle is one of the finer coffee table books we’ve seen in years. The book profiles some of the world’s greatest (and disappearing) bike artisans with shart portraits, incisive photojournalism, and keen essays.
This beautiful book is all about the bike — in exquisite, intimate, celebratory detail. This beautiful book is all about the bike — in exquisite, intimate, celebratory detail.
While the only way to truly experience the quality and craftsmanship of these components is to ride them, the book gives an effective introduction to many of the brands we often hear about without ever fully appreciating why. After spending a few hours with The Elite Bicycle, you’ll no longer be a just a name-dropper.
What makes The Elite Bicycle so fantastic is not so much what is said about the people and companies themselves, but the insightful, lesser-known tidbits that provide a greater depth of understanding…It’s little gems that are peppered throughout the already rich descriptions of people and place that make the profiles spring to life.
An eccentric and entertaining book, beautifully produced with top-quality photos and amusing but informative text and a foreword by cycling-mad British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith, The Elite Bicycle deserves to find a place on many a cyclist’s bookshelf this holiday season.
The Elite Bicycle delivers something quite different…it’s the sense that you’ve spent an afternoon at the builder or company’s work space, that you’ve seen the work being done and then been left to wander on your own. You could unleash a dozen cycling photographers on the same set of subjects and very few would come up with anything so evocative.
The Elite Bicycle is the kind of glossy hardback you need to chain to the coffee table to avoid it being smuggled out of the house and into someone’s pannier.
Photographs anchor any coffee table book worth its weight, and Gerard Brown’s images are nothing short of amazing. The reader sees not only the detail work of a bicycle, but also the soul behind it.
Cycling photographer Gerard Brown has taken superb photographs in the workshops of framebuilders and component makers that capture the essence of their craft and, surprisingly, show the tools and methods used to make frames and components. Looking through the chapters, one can only be amazed that each framebuilder allowed such access to their operations. I know of no other collection of photos anywhere that shows in such detail the manufacturing processes, tools and techniques as The Elite Bicycle.
With such a roll-call of names, the authors were certainly off to a good start…and they have managed a hugely rewarding and useful guide for any bike enthusiast. One which not only covers some of the technical aspects of production in engaging depth, but also gives great insights into both the personalities and, dare we say it, philosophies behind the storied names we see etched, stickered and pressed onto the various pieces of our machines each time we throw a leg over the bar.

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Is being an absolutely professional lawyer a peril in India?
When an advocate takes an oath before obtaining their license, they promise to
help anybody who is in need for legal support. This statement had a different
reaction to the general public, nowadays it has been seen as a trend that
advocates are being threatened for taking up cases especially criminal ones,
like for example when advocate Deepika Singh was threatened for taking up the
case for the victim in a rape case in Kathua, to an extent of killing her,
advocate Rajeev Dhavan was also threatened for representing the Muslim side in
Babri Masjid land dispute case or usual cases where an advocate represents an
accused but people think they are representing criminals.
In 2020 advocates professionalism is always being questioned for taking up
sensitive cases , however the general public fails to understand that it is
their duty to protect and help people for legal support in court of law, it’s an
oath to be kept at heart, just like doctors take the oath of saving their
patients irrespective of anything, advocates are also supposed to do the same.
In many cases it also the courts who appoint advocates to the accused because
everyone has a right to legal remedy, but people fail to understand that and
think that advocates are nothing but un-true, criminals and immoral beings.
Talking about loss of reputation in advocacy due to representing the other side
is very common in this profession as people think advocates have a choice in
choosing their clients, a professional advocate represents whoever approaches
them and doesn’t discriminate between them, but people think otherwise, by doing
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I find it amusing and also sad to see what politicians are able to “get away with” now that most of the news media have relinquished their role as impartial journalists. The partisan news media have allowed the Obama administration to create and spread the “big lie(s)." Joseph Goebbels would envy the ease at which this has been accomplished.
Liars figure and figures lie. Perhaps this explains how Obama can take a victory lap for signing up 7.1 million for Obamacare without anyone in the media pointing out that as many as 1.5 million have not paid any premiums. There are also an estimated 6 million who lost their insurance because of Obamacare. Those who have not paid and those who lost their insurance total more than the 7.1 million. Yep, that’s worthy of a celebration.
The “official unemployment rate” is yet another example of a big lie that goes unquestioned. Create an environment where people can’t find work so that after they give up trying to find work they are removed from the calculation. This will keep the rate low. Perhaps another celebration is in order for the poor economy that still keeps the unemployment rate so low.
Let’s not forget that Obama promised that people could keep their doctors and insurance. He also said there was “not even a smidgen of evidence” that the IRS was used to target his opposition when Lois Lerner has taken the Fifth. If Obama were treated the same as Chris Christie by the media, perhaps he would not be able to get away with his Orwellian new speak. After all, it’s 2014 and not 1984.


The Ukrainian president has again accused Russian army officers of fighting alongside pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country.
Petro Poroshenko said: "Russian staff officers are taking part in military operations against Ukrainian forces."
The war of words between Kiev and Moscow followed a weekend of intense fighting, in which Ukrainian forces say they inflicted heavy losses on pro-Russian rebels.
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It comes after security was stepped up around the country following the Manchester Arena attack which killed 22 people.
A murderer nicknamed 'Houdini' after escaping the death penalty seven times has been given the lethal injection.
The distress signal sparked a police hunt in the area to find the person or group who made it.


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The UEFA Champions League draw (UCL) took place just a few days ago. Having seen some of the fixtures that will take place in the group stages alone, I think we can all anticipate a very tight contest this year. It looks very exciting and there are more than a few mouthwatering clashes on the cards.
United were drawn into group A and face some fairly tricky opponents. The Reds share a group with SL Benfica, FC Basel and CSKA Moscow. To be brutally honest, United could consider themselves quite fortunate; having avoided the big boys once again. Yes, there will be some tricky games for United but when you look at who teams like Chelsea and Tottenham have in their groups', it's really not that bad.
United can't afford to be complacent, though, and shouldn't underestimate their group-stage opponents. Back in the 2011/12 season, United finished 3rd in their group; finishing behind SL Benfica and FC Basel! They can't let that happen again. Needless to say, United had underestimated their opponents back then. To avoid that this time around, United must be well prepared and wary of their opponents' threats.
Moreover, José will certainly want to make his mark in the UCL once again, having being knocked out in the semi-finals three times in a row with Madrid and in the round-of-16 with Chelsea in his last four encounters. United should be able to get past the group-stages without much hassle, given the quality and depth of their star-studded squad. United should be able to at least reach the quarters or semi-finals if everything goes well. However, with the likes of Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München, PSG, Atlético Madrid etc. out there as well, it won't be an easy task for the lads.
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Master of Science (MS)
Dr. Shyam S. Kurup
Dr. Abdul Jaleel Cheruth
Dr. Amad Mohammed Jamil Al- Azzawi
Moringa peregrina is a native plant in the United Arab Emirates; it is called “Shua”.It is an endangered species with important nutritive and medicinal properties. It shows high adaptability to the arid condition with short germination time after irrigation. Unmanaged grazing and slow regeneration rate after browsing leads to the endangerment of the species causing erosion in biodiversity. One way to protect these rare species is by multiplying the planting material through tissue culture system and re-introducing at the habitat. Micro propagation is an in vitro method used for plant clonal multiplication under controlled condition. This technique allows conserving the genetic characteristics of the plants, which are usually affected by environmental restrictions. In the present study different parts of M. Peregrine, explants will be used for standardizing the mass propagation.
Direct organogenesis of nodal explants collected from the in vitro germinated Seedlings were inoculated in MS media supplemented with different hormone treatment (TDZ, BA and NAA) with several concentrations. Thidiazuron treatment in the media observed to be better than BA and NAA combinations. It has been observed that media supplemented with TDZ 1 µM induced an average of 2.4 axillary shoots per explant. For callusing the results show that MS media supplemented with 2, 4-D 2 μM/l and TDZ 0.5 μM/l found to have the highest callusing percentage and size. The rooting of in vitro developed plantlets obtained from nodal ex plants were induced through media supplemented with BA in combination with NAA and IBA. The number of roots was high in BA and NAA medium compare to BA and IBA. The genetic fidelity of the clones produced from the in vitro protocol was assessed using molecular markers. The similarity index between the progenies and parent was above 94.9%.This shows that in vitro developed plantlets are identical with its mother plant. This will facilitate standardizing future conservation programs to limit the erosion of the genetic biodiversity in Moringa peregrina and similar species.
Al Dhaberi, Salama Mohammed, "In Vitro Re Generation and Marker Assisted Evaluation of Genetic Fidelity In Endangered Tree Species Moringa Peregrina (Forsk) Fiori" (2016). Theses. 453.


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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
If you treat prisoners well, they will be less angry, less inclined to violence inside prison, less likely to provoke violent actions by guards, less likely to have reason to file brutality lawsuits that cost taxpayers a bundle and waste administrators' time. And most important, well-treated prisoners will be less likely to leave prison angrier, more vicious and more inclined to criminal behavior than when they went in.
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.