Ride-hailing platform Uber has started a pilot in Gurgaon to let commuters book bus tickets on the Uber app. This is a part of the company’s strategy to provide multi-modal urban transportation services, and addresses the mobility needs of consumers seeking lower price points, Nitish Bhushan, director of central operations at Uber India, told Pranav Mukul in an interview. Edited excerpts:
What is the big picture strategy of getting into buses?
Obviously Uber is associated just with cabs, but our vision is to be the platform for any kind of transportation, and address all use-cases and all price points and also do this ideally in a way in which we can move more people in fewer vehicles.
This is the first-of-its-kind partnership that we’re doing. We’ve tied up with GMCBL to start buses on two routes. These Gurugaman buses are actually their buses but they will be available on the Uber app. These two routes have been identified based on years of demand pattern data that we have so this is an example of demand responsive public transportation instead of static public transportation, in which routes are fixed without much data and they remain static for years. For consumer, they get the affordability of public transportation along with the convenience and safety, which technology can deliver.
What kind of customer would typically go for this kind of a service? If one is already an Uber user for cabs or autos, how likely is he to be a bus customer?
Firstly, we don’t think that people who are currently using cabs or autos will not move to buses. If planned properly, there is no reason why people who can afford cabs will not move to a bus. Buses have their own advantage — most importantly the fact that it is more affordable but also they can be more efficient.
By marketing this to existing Uber users, we believe that there will be a lot of people who would want to move to public transportation. We also think that there is a segment of people who are today not on Uber, or not using Uber frequently — because for them price points of UberGo may not be something they can use on an everyday basis, and are currently using public transport or personal vehicles — and would want to shift to public transportation powered by Uber.
Is this like a stepping stone for users into the Uber experience that leads them to other products?
We’ve been on this multi-modal journey for a while now. Uber started not just as a cab service but as a luxury cab service and then we got hatchbacks and sedans, then we launched inter-city services, autos, rentals. So from that standpoint, we see that most of our high-engagement users are taking trips across modes. Of course as we bring price points down — and buses is a way for us to do that — then, yes, they can choose whatever mode works best for them, and people end up choosing the mode on the basis of use-case rather than just affordability.
It sounds like the entry-level Netflix mobile-only plan…
We will keep exploring ways to bring price points down. We have to be able to address the mobility needs of everybody, and part of how to do it is to bring price points down. It’s also about use cases, whether it is short trips, whether you want to keep a car for a longer time.
How have you arrived at the Rs 7/km fare for the bus routes?
The rates have been set by Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Ltd (GMCBL ) based on their current offerings. We are obviously the technology provider so there is a commercial arrangement as well. But this is a pilot so all of these things will become critical as we take it to many more routes, and to other providers in the country. Right now, for the purpose of this pilot, honestly it’s not so important.
Are you talking to any other service providers across the country for this kind of an arrangement?
We can’t go into that but we are in active conversations of course. This is so unique that we are really hopeful that if this is successful, other public city bus providers will see this to be very relevant. I don’t think this has been done before — routes can change based on demand pattern, and consumers can see all the safety and convenience features. HCV (heavy commercial vehicle) is a very important part of our agenda globally as well as in India. HCV as a service is live for us in Cairo and is working really well. We have invested a lot in engineering capacities in India to build this. Overall, providing high-capacity vehicles and buses is a big part of our game plan in India, including a model like this where we don’t necessarily have to onboard new buses but cover a city’s existing buses.
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How much is this dependent on service providers earmarking capacity that is available exclusively on Uber? Is it possible to plug in to existing bus networks?
It is interesting, and I’m sure models can be tweaked. It really depends on what happens in this pilot. We believe that the value-add that Uber is doing right now is pre-booked seats. And that is only possible if the entire demand is being generated by Uber. We are confident in our ability to generate this demand. But that demand is being generated based on a certain value proposition being given to the consumer and pre-booked seats is a part of that.
So why haven’t you attempted this with private bus operators?
We already have a B2B shuttle service, which we launched in September 2021. We saw huge interest as people were looking for safe ways to go to work. We launched it in seven cities. We will continue to explore this model as well — using existing fleets that are there in the market, including private fleets and bringing them on Uber and exposing them to Uber user base. That is going to be a part of our plan. We are focussed on B2B services as well. The Cairo model is actually working on that. The way we are running shuttle buses in Cairo is exactly what you’re referring to.


Memorial Bridge will be closed beginning Friday at 9 pm through Monday at 5 am to allow construction crews to complete work started last weekend.
Crews were unable to complete repairs last weekend due to sustained high, fast water in the Potomac River, according to the National Park Service.
During this weekend’s closure, barges will be moved to the base of the bridge on the Potomac River so workers can install pilings through holes in the bridge deck. The pilings will anchor support systems for the bridge during the rehabilitation process.
The next full weekend closure is tentatively scheduled for November 2018, NPS said.


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What message should I convey at Parent-Teacher Conferences?
We all know how important strong, healthy relationships are between school and home and that children, parents, and teachers all benefit when these relationships are positive and productive. Parent Teacher Conferences offer a chance for the child, parent, and teacher to develop a shared plan. So, what message should we attempt to convey at parent-teacher conferences? I would suggest that the goal is to let parents know we are:
Positive and Caring: We want parents to know that we care about their child… as a unique individual. We see their child’s strengths and believe in their ability to succeed. To that end, we purposefully share more strengths and celebrations than we do challenges and frustrations. Strive for a 4:1 ratio.
Competent and Prepared: We also know that all children can learn, but they don’t all learn the same. We want parents to know we are working hard to bring out the best in their child. When we share struggles and challenges, we come prepared with solutions or at least questions. Consider using the Parent Teacher Checklist to guide your preparation.
Open and Collaborative: Ultimately, we want parents to understand that we are all partners in helping this unique child learn and grow.
Ask questions to listen. Seek to understand.
Take a team approach.
Finally, remember that parents bring their own history to a parent-teacher conference. Some have never been to one… or have had bad experiences… some have language barriers… or cultural barriers… and some aren’t sure how to help their child or how to respond to a teacher’s concerns about their child.
That said, we help set the tone and when we strive to convey the right message, we also help them see how they can work with us to help their child.

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Southwest Florida Congressman Greg Steube, who was badly injured during a 25-foot fall from a ladder last month, is thanking healthcare workers who took care of him following the incident.
The 17th District Republican congressman was hospitalized with serious injuries for four days.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Florida Congressman Greg Steube recovering after fall from ladder
He is now able to begin making public appearances with the use of crutches to get around.
On January 18, Steube was trimming bushes destroyed by Hurricane Ian when he fell off his ladder. He was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s trauma unit, suffering from a concussion, contusions, a torn ligament and a fractured pelvis.
He offered his first sit-down one on one interview with NBC2 Chief Political Correspondent Dave Elias.
Dave: Back on January 18, we were getting text messages that the congressman had fallen from a ladder. What happened? Do you know?
Steube: I was just doing some work around the property, which wasn’t unusual for me to do. I had the extension ladder about 25 feet up and was trimming a very large limb on an oak tree. The limb snapped… hit the extension ladder, which actually shot me up into the air. The Amazon driver who witnessed the whole thing said I didn’t get knocked down — I got knocked up into the air. He saw me floating in the air and then I went down.
Dave: Did you know you were badly injured? I’m sure?
Steube: I can’t remember because of the concussion. I think this is a blessing too because I don’t want to have to relive that, especially a fall from that height. The chainsaw was operating the entire time.
Dave: After an incident like this some people re-examine their life and take a second look at things. Is there anything that has changed your perception?
Steube: It definitely makes you focus on what’s important in life. Doing the things you want to do and doing things that perceivably don’t matter.
Dave: I bet some of the things that happen in Washington D.C. seem a bit trivial?
Steube: I think it’s a good point you bring up! There were quite a few Democrats who reached out to me. I think one of the things this is going to cause me to do is reach out to some of those people and build those relationships across the aisle. One, because I think our country needs that, and two, because people who went out of their way to reach out to you… and it was actually quite frankly surprising.
Dave: When you do get back to work, I think you said in March. Are there any priorities you have? Perhaps one is to figure out what we’re shooting out of the skies?
Steube: We don’t have a lot of questions answered right now, some of which need to be answered in a classified environment. We have bits and pieces on a timeline, but we don’t know details on the surveillance abilities of this yet. I think we will soon.
The congressman did sustain contusions to his lungs. For that reason, he can’t fly until March 1. At that time, he said he’ll be able to start making trips to D.C. and it will be back to business as usual.


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Description: Huntingfield Arms
Date Listed: 25 October 1951
English Heritage Building ID: 286119
OS Grid Reference: TM3434473561
OS Grid Coordinates: 634344, 273561
Latitude/Longitude: 52.3101, 1.4364
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TM 37 SW HUNTINGFIELD THE STREET
8/100 Huntingfield Arms
Public house. Late C18. L shape plan. Colourwashed brick, roof of glazed
black pantiles. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay facade: 2-light and 3-light
mullion and transom casement windows, flat brick arches; doorway with 6-panel
door (the upper 2 panels glazed), pilasters, frieze and cornice. Above the
doorway is a large, segmental-headed inn sign, painted on boards, depicting
the coat of arms of the Huntingfield family. Wooden eaves modillion cornice.
Symmetrical 3-bay right hand return front.
Listing NGR: TM3434473561
Source: English Heritage
Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

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Lost Item No.: 1064978 - Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, US
Contact the Owner:
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, ORD, Illinois, US, (CHI, Orchard Place)
Monday, January 11, 2016
White cardboard tube, about 24" long, with blue strap. Dan Estep's name on it. Contains a painting inside wrapped in rosin paper and t-shirts.

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Drob Sarma is a popular Bulgarian dish made of liver.
1 kg chicken livers
1 cup rice
3 cups water
2 bunches of spring onions, finely chopped
1 cup yoghurt
2 tbs flour
Sunflower oil for cooking
spices: vegetable boullion, cumin, pepper, salt.
Bring the water to a boil and dissolve the vegetable boullion in it, add the rice and cook according to directions. Saute the chicken livers in a large pan with the sunflower oil for about 3 minutes or until no longer pink. Add the spring onions, pepper, salt and cumin, saute for 1 more minute. Combine the cooked rice into the pan with the chicken livers, then transfer to a large, shallow baking dish and bake in a moderate oven for one-half hour. Beat the eggs and flour into the yoghurt, pour on top of the rice and liver and bake for another 10-15 minutes until brown on top.
Delicious served with a generous dollop of fresh cold yoghurt on the side.
Special Thanks to www.abvg.net

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Mars cancels tour
Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has been forced to cancel his forthcoming Australian and New Zealand promo tour, where he was due to promote the release of his new album, Unorthodox Jukebox, out next month.
Mars has been suffering from a throat infection that has become progressively worse over the past few weeks.
After his performance on Saturday Night Live in the US, he was advised to go on "vocal rest", which has forced him postpone his upcoming tours and performances.
An apologetic Mars tweeted yesterday morning: "Australia and New Zealand I'm pushing my trip back because when I come I wanna come correct. I'm planning the tour as we speak. Love Yall (sic)."
Mars was due to perform on Seven's smash-hit talent show The X Factor next week.
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Today it’s becoming more common to work from home. But just because you have a home office space doesn’t mean you can deduct expenses associated with it.
If you’re an employee, your use of your home office must be for your employer’s convenience, not just your own. If you’re self-employed, generally your home office must be your principal place of business, though there are exceptions.
Whether you’re an employee or self-employed, the space must be used regularly (not just occasionally) and exclusively for business purposes. If, for example, your home office is also a guest bedroom or your children do their homework there, you can’t deduct the expenses associated with that space.
A valuable break
If you are eligible, the home office deduction can be a valuable tax break. You may be able to deduct a portion of your mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, utilities and certain other expenses, as well as the depreciation allocable to the office space.
Or you can take the simpler “safe harbor” deduction in lieu of calculating, allocating and substantiating actual expenses. The safe harbor deduction is capped at $1,500 per year, based on $5 per square foot up to a maximum of 300 square feet.
For employees, home office expenses are a miscellaneous itemized deduction. This means you’ll enjoy a tax benefit only if these expenses plus your other miscellaneous itemized expenses exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income (AGI).
If, however, you’re self-employed, you can deduct eligible home office expenses against your self-employment income.
Finally, be aware that we’ve covered only a few of the rules and limits here. If you think you may be eligible for the home office deduction, contact us for more information.


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Pet Of The Week: Packer
Every Wednesday we bring you The Pet Of The Week from LoneStar Animal Sanctuary. This week's pet is Packer, a chihuahua mix.
Packer is two and half years old. He has a very sweet personality, which makes him a little skiddish at first. He plays well with other dogs and does well with children over 5.
You will quickly fall in love with his adorable over bite and toothy smile.
Packer is looking for his forever home.
Lonestar animal sanctuary has a few requirements before adopting:
You must be 21 years of age or older.
The legal adopter must complete the application. We do not adopt animals as Gifts, as Surprises, or by Proxy.
Your entire household (including children and dogs) must come to Lone Star Sanctuary for a supervised Meet-And-Greet with the animal you would like to adopt.
A mandatory 24-hour "consideration period" must precede every adoption.
Adopted dogs must have access to an adequate, fenced-in yard.
Cats must be adopted as indoor pets.
Large-breed dogs require a house with a private, fenced-in yard; and may not be adopted into apartments or mobile-homes.
If you rent, you must provide a copy of your lease agreement stating that pets are allowed, and you must provide proof that all applicable pet deposits have been paid.
You must provide proof of address to adopt a young cat before spay/neuter, and you must return the cat to Lone Star Sanctuary for Animals for its spay/neuter appointment.
Lone Star Sanctuary for Animals is unable to adopt outside the Midland - Odessa - Big Spring area, due to our logistical capabilities.
You must agree to provide regular veterinary care for the animal and keep it up to date on vaccinations and registration.
An adoption donation of $100.00 is required for each animal, unless that animal or the adopter qualifies for one of our special adoption programs.
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Punchihewa v. Abeywardena
SUPREME COURTAMERASINGHE, J.,
DHEERARATNE, J. ANDWADUGODAPITIYA, J.
S.C. APPEAL NO. 152/97
A. NO. 216/87 (F)
C. COLOMBO NO. 14126/LJUNE 12. 1998
JULY 13. 1998
Vindicatory suit – Abatement of previous action on the same cause without noticeto plaintiff – Plea of res judicata – Sustainability of the plea.
The original plaintiff filed an action in 1980 against the original defendant seekinga declaration of title to the land in dispute, for ejectment and damages. Thedefendant pleaded that the plaintiff could not have maintained the actionin as much as the order of abatement dated 9. 1. 76 entered in case No. 296ED in the Magistrate's Court of Colombo instituted under the Administration ofJustice Law between the same parties and on the same cause of action operatedas res judicata.
The purported order of abatement entered in case No. 296 ED had been madeby Court ex more motu without any notice to the plaintiff or his registered Attorneyon record. As such that order is a nullity and the plea of res judicata fails.
Cases referred to:
Fernando v. Peiris (1897) 3 NLR 77.
Cave & Co. v. Erskine (1902) 6 NLR 338.
Allahakoon v. Wickramasinghe (1908) Appeal Court Reports 8.
Lorensu Appuhamy v. Paaris (1908) 11 NLR 202.
Suppramaniam v. Symons (1915) 18 NLR 229.
Muttucumarasmy v. Sathasivam (1951) 53 NLR 97.
Bank of Ceylon v. Liverpool Marine & General Insurance Co., Ltd. (1962)66 NLR 472.
Nagappan v. Lankabarana Estate Ltd. (1971) 75 NLR 488.
Sri Lanka Law Reports
 1 Sri LR.
APPEAL from the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
Faiz Musthapha PC for appellant.
Bimal Rajapakse with Ms. Damayanthi de Silva for respondent.
Cur. adv. vult.
July 30. 1998.
The original plaintiff filed this action on 22nd January, 1980, againstthe original defendant, seeking a declaration of title for the land calledlot CG in Plan No. 4082 made by H. W. Fernando, Licensed Surveyor,bearing assessment No. 4/40, Polhengoda Road, Colombo, in extent10.02 perches and for damages. If I may give some more particularsof the plaint at this stage, no value of the land was mentioned althougha declaration of title was asked for; the quantum of damages men-tioned was Rs. 38,000; and the action was valued at Rs. 38,000.The original defendant, resisted the action inter alia on the basis thatthe original plaintiff could not have had and maintained the action,inasmuch as the order of abatement entered in case No. 296 EDin the Magistrate's Court of Colombo, between the same parties, andon the same cause of action, operated as res judicata.
The learned District Judge held against the defendant on the pleaof res judicata on the basis that the action filed in the Magistrate'sCourt was a nullity, as the Magistrate's Court had no jurisdiction tohear that case and that "that Court had jurisdiction only if the valueof the land was below Rs. 1,500". The Court of Appeal affirmed thatjudgment for a different reason; it held that in the earlier action''presumably'' no relief had been sought for declaration of title andejectment, but only for damages in a sum of Rs. 300 and thereforethe plea failed. The only matter for determination before us in thisappeal is whether the plea of res judicata should have been upheld. I
I shall now turn to the previous case No. 296 ED. The plaint inthat case dated 28. 2. 75, was filed in the Magistrate's Court of
Punchihewa v. Abeywardena (Dheeraralne, J.)
Colombo on 5th March 1975. At that time the Administration of JusticeLaw (AJL) No. 44 of 1973 was fully in operation, section 52 of thatlaw having come into operation on 15. 11. 73 by virtue of the orderpublished in the Gazette No. 85/7 of 16. 11. 73, and other sectionsof the law having come into operation on 1. 1. 74 by virtue of theorder published in the Gazette No. 94/11 of 28. 12. 73. By section30 of that law, the Magistrate's court was granted exclusive originaljurisdiction to hear and determine all actions, proceedings or mattersin which the debt, damage, demand or claim, or the value of themovable or immovable property or the particular share, right or interestin dispute or the land to be partitioned or sold does not exceed onethousand five hundred rupees. No new civil procedure was introducedby that law. Therefore when the plaint was filed in the case No. 296ED in the Magistrate's court, it had to conform to requisites specifiedin the Civil Procedure Code.
It was in those circumstances that a plaint in the nature of a regularaction (as opposed to summary) was filed. Para 2 of that plaint averredhow the plaintiff became the owner of the property. The schedule tothe plaint described the land in the identical manner in which it wasdescribed in the present action. No value of the land was mentionedlike in the present action too. The prayer to the plaint in para (a)specifically asked for that the plaintiff be declared owner of the land;para (b) for the ejectment of the defendant, his servants and thoseholding under her; and para (c) for damages at the rate of Rs. 100from 5. 12. 74 until the defendant was ejected. Thus it is quite manifestthat the cause of action impleaded in each case is identical.
According to the Journal Entry of that case dated 21. 11. 75,summons had been served on the defendant; her attorney filed a proxyon her behalf and the court fixed 9. 1. 76 as the date to file heranswer. Meanwhlile, the AJL (Amendment) Law No. 25 of 1975 waspassed, the date of operation of which by Gazette No. 129/5 dated29. 12. 75 was fixed as 1. 1. 76. By this law the Civil ProcedureCode was repealed and in terms of section 363 (2) of that law "everyaction instituted in the Magistrate's court shall commence andproceed by way of summary procedure".
SriLanka Law Reports
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The Journal Entry of 9. 1. 76 reads that: "The plaintiffs attorney-at-law was informed that he should take necessary steps in termsof sections 673 and 564 of the AJL 25/74°. Section 673 is a referenceto the necessity for the pending cases to conform to the new procedurelaid down in the AJL; and section 564 is a reference to summaryprocedure. The next Journal Entry in case No. 296 ED is undatedaccording to the certified copy of that filed of record and that states:“Although six months have elapsed after the last order was made,the plaintiff has failed to take necessary steps; therefore I quash thecase”.
In Sinhala, the last part of that entry reads “naduwa ahosi karami".The appropriate Sinhala terminology should have been “nadu kruthiyanathara karami”. Whatever the Sinhala words used in that connectionwere, I shall proceed to determine this case, on the basis that theorder made by the Learned Magistrate in that case, purported to beone of "abatement" and that order was referable ot sections 575 and576 (1) of the AJL (Amendment) Law No. 25 of 1975.
Those sections read as follows :
– If a period exceeding six months elapses after the date
of the last entry of an order or proceeding in the recordwithout the plaintiff taking any step to prosecute the actionwhere any such step is necessary, the court may passan order that the action shall abate.
(1) – Where an action abates or is dismissed no fresh action
shall be brought on the same cause of action.
Sections 575 and 576 (1) of the AJL correspond to sections 402and 403 of the CPC respectively. Thus the consequences of enteringorders of abatement are so serious that courts should make suchorders with extreme circumspection. There is no doubt that Judgesowe a duty to expeditiously dispose of matters pending before them,but, equally they owe a duty not to lightly deprive parties of their rightto have access to courts without first giving them adequate prior noticeof such prospective deprivation. In the instant case the orcter ofabatement appears to have been made by court ex mero motu withoutany notice to the plaintiff or his registered attorney on record.
Punchihewa v. Abeywardena (Dheeraraine, J.)
If I may now turn to some of the reported decisions of the SupremeCourt, it was thought at one time, that the consequences of an orderof abatement are so serious, a court should never excercise the powerto make an order of abatement ex mero motu, but only upon anapplication made by the defendant with due notice to the plaintiff. SeeFernando v. Pe/ns*1’; Cave & Co. v. Erskind® and Allahakoon v.Wickramasinghd®. The correctness of that proposition was howeverdoubted later (obiter) in Lorensu Appuhamy v. Paarisl4). The reasonfor such doubt was the absence of any language in section 402 ofthe CPC itself, expressly or impliedly, imposing any such fetter onthe court. In Suppramaniam v. Symons/® it was held that althoughthe court had the power to made an order of abatement ex meromotu it was desirable that a court, before making such order, shouldnotice the parties, as far as it conveniently can, to give them anopportunity of showing cause against the order. This last decision wascited with approval in the two majority judgments (Jayatileke, CJ. andPulle, J.) in Muttucumarasamy v. Sathasivarri® in the case of Bankof Ceylon v. Liverpool Marine & General Insurance Co., Ltd.m andin the case of Nagappan v. Lankabarana Estates Ltd.®
For the above reasons I hold that the purported order of abatemententered in case No. 296 ED, without notice to the plaintiff, is a nullityand the plea of res judicata fails. In view of the conclusion I havereached that the purported order of abatement is a nullity, I need notconsider the further question whether the original plaintiff or thesubstituted plaintiff should have, in terms of either section 576 (2)of the AJL or section 403 of the CPC, moved the Magistrate's courtwithin reasonable time to get the purported order vacated. The Appealis dismissed with costs of this court fixed at Rs. 5,000. In view ofthe long time taken to conclude these proceedings, I make order thatwrit of ejectment shall not be issued against the substituteddefendant till 31. 10. 98 and the plaintiff will be entitled to take outwrit thereafter without notice.
AMERASINGHE, J. – I agree.
WADUGODAPITIYA, J. – agree.

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July 5, 2017
“My mother died of cancer when I was a teenager. At a very young age, I was determined to do something in this field,” said Bethanie Russell, who is among five college undergraduates chosen for a Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) summer internship working in a lab with cancer researchers.
June 28, 2017
Students swap summer break for science
June 19, 2017
The inner ear is lined with two types of hair cells that help us to hear and balance. The cells respond to sound waves for hearing and head and body movement for balance. As we age, the cells are injured or die off, and our hearing and balance suffer as a result.
May 4, 2017
A national organization promoting economic opportunity has ranked Southern Illinois University Carbondale among its top 100 in the country for technology transfer.
May 2, 2017
Center seeks patients, care partners to advance therapies
April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017 – Cells that typically grow in the lining of the uterus can emerge in other places in the abdominal cavity where they don’t belong, resulting in severe pain and infertility.
September 24, 2015
NIH grant to fund researcher development, increase cancer research scope
August 26, 2015
Aug. 26, 2015 - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine researcher Kathleen Campbell, PhD, professor in the Department of Surgery, has secured a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance her decades of research in hearing loss prevention and treatment.
August 5, 2015
SIU Clinical Trial First to Study Use as Dietary Supplement in Ovarian Cancer Survivors

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Suffice it to say that TDE‘s own ScHoolboy Q has been making quite the rounds when it comes to guest features. The Cali emcee was recently featured on XV’s AaaHH! Real Monsters as well as Strong Arm Steady’s Fair Fight and the features don’t stop there. Q was also scooped up by G-Unit representer Lloyd Banks for V6: The Gift track and DJBooth stand out selection, Gettin By. Produced by The Jerm, Gettin By is an aggressive, in-your-face record that seems to fit both lyrical emcees quite well. Although an unexpected pairing both Banks and ScHoolboy Q’s swagger raps mesh well together, thanks in part to Jerm’s foreboding musical backdrop. Banks’ V6: The Gift was released July 24, and is available for free download and stream.
Written by Danielle H. on 07/25/12
First DJ Booth Appearance:
"You Don't Know ft. 50 Cent, Ca$his & Lloyd Banks" (2006)
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Globe Sedge can be identified as a perennial grassy weed with densely tufted stems. It features smooth, flat blades that are very dense and bright green in color. This lawn weed sprouts a seed head that branches at the top of the stem, producing seeds in loose, globe-like clusters. Globe Sedge produces seeds from summer into early fall.
This perennial grassy weed prefers moist to dry sandy habitats and commonly occurs in home lawns. Globe Sedge thrives throughout much of the southeastern and parts of the western United States. These perennial grassy weeds can germinate and spread from seeds, but they also produce a root structure (tubers, bulbs or corms) that can birth new weeds from your lawn's surface (using stolons) or from underground (using rhizomes). Perennial grassy weeds live two or more years and have a deeper root structure that can give rise to new weeds—even if you no longer see the weeds in your lawn.
Cultural weed control methods—such as hand-pulling lawn weeds or proper watering and mowing—are not the best method for combating Globe Sedge in your lawn or landscaping. For effective weed removal, professionally selected and applied weed control treatments are your best bet for eradication.

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Part II: Building the Forge Body
With my burners done, tested, and working, I moved on to the fabricating the forge body. The body holds the burners and retains heat for efficient heating of metal work. It also holds a majority of the plumbing that routes propane from the tank to the burners.
Forge Body Preparation
The tank was covered in old red paint that was covered in gunk. So I used a stripping wheel on my angle grinder and stripped it down to bare metal.
I then found the center of the face and used a drafting compass to draw an arc that left a hair over 2″ of material around the opening (because I later put in 2 inches of insulation). I added the thickness of the firebrick to the 2″ to determine where to put the flat base of the opening.
Once it was laid out, I patiently used my angle grinder with a cutoff wheel to open it up. Slow and steady wins the race here.
Prep for Burner Mount Collars
With the main openings done, I moved onto the holes for the burner mount collars. The collars are made of 2″ diameter schedule 80 pipe, 3″ long that I was able to get from a good friend. I used the collars outer diameter to determine the size of hole saw I would need and then used the hole saw to cut the holes.
The holes are 15° off of top dead center, and for two important reasons. First is, when its cooling off, the heat doesn’t shoot straight up the burner tube and damage the brass accelerator assembly (the fuel only ignites in the nozzle during normal operation). Second, it helps create a swirling action inside the forge to help circulate the heat.
Making the Burner Mount Collars
The easiest way to get the screws 120° apart was to take a piece of graph paper and wrap it around the pipe. I then put a mark at every 1/3 of the way across it, wrapped it back around the pipe and transferred my lines. I measured about 3/4″ to an inch down from one end and drilled and tapped for set screws. Then, it was time to test fit it. I had to use a file to finesse the opening for a snug fit, better to have to remove material than add (its a bit easier to add material back when you’re working with metal than with wood).
Mounting the Burner Mount Collars
With the collars done and ready to weld, guess what I did next… I welded them to the body. I used a burner and placed it in the collar and let the end of the burner rest on the firebrick that had a 2×4 under it. This helps ensure that when I go to weld it, it is aligned so the burner will point toward the center of the forge.
Fabricating Proper Footing for the Forge Body
The original footing on the tank was a thin flat bar that was welded to one end on the bottom, not very stable, and would have the forge a little to close to the bench for comfort. So I got some 3/4″ square tubing and made some simple legs. I am glad I had the foresight (for once) to add the 1/4″ holes in the base of the legs for mounting — they came in quite handy when I build a cart for it.
These level out the forge and lift it up a bit. Keep in mind, the forge gets well over 1500°F on the inside, and about 300°F on the outside even with the special insulation. The base of the legs barely gets over 100°F after extended use which is a lot better considering it sits on a wooden cart.
Mounting Plate for the Gas Plumbing
Yet again, I didn’t take enough pictures while I was building it (sorry). I used more of the square tube and some 2″ wide steel plate for the mount. This holds the plumbing for the gas, but being about 3″ away from the main body, it (like the legs) barely gets over 100°F during sustained operation.
The plumbing was probably the single most expensive part of the build, I spent about $100 on brass fittings and couplings. I used refrigerator line to go from the manifold to the burners and for the idler circuit (where you see it loop back on itself). I mounted the assembly to the plate mount using 1/4″ U-bolts and used a piece of PEX pipe between the brass and the U-bolt to protect from wear.
I used a 0-30 PSI propane regulator for a turkey fryer, a basic regulator attached to your grill in your backyard barely runs at 1 PSI and the burners need at least 5 or so PSI to run without stalling (they work based on the venturi effect, the high-speed flow of the propane draws in the air surrounding the slots in the burner).
I procured the valves, glycerin-filled gauge, 0-30 PSI regulator, and 9′ quick disconnect propane hose on Amazon for much cheaper than the store (I saved about 50% on the valves compared to the big box store). I did get the female quick disconnect from the big box store – I got the ‘Industrial’ one since it has a rubber seal on the inside so I mitigate risks of fuel leaks.
Safety Note: TEST your plumbing with COMPRESSED AIR and soapy water around your joints and make sure there are no bubbles. If you have a leak with compressed air, no big deal. And use the gas rated Teflon tape on all the threaded joins.
Tools & Materials Used on the Forge Body
- Flux Core Welder – Flux core welders are one of the cheapest ways to get into welding. Note, this is not the one I have but this should do the trick for this job.
- Benchtop Vise – This is slightly different than mine but you can’t really beat it for the price and surely comes in handy.
- Tap and Die Set – Different than what I have but should be plenty for this project. Its a trusted brand and the price is right.
- DeWalt Angle Grinder – I used this extensively on this project as well as many others.
- Flap Disk for Angle Grinder – Great for powering through the poor welding jobs of mine to make it look nice and clean.
- Angle Grinder Corner-Edging Flap Disc – Same as the above but excels in the corners like where the mount collars meet the body.
- Angle Grinder Cut-off Wheels – I used this to cut open the main openings on the front and back.
- Angle Grinder Wire-Wheel – This removed the old finish on the body in the tight places
- Paint Stripper for Angle Grinder – This removes a bulk of the old finish in a hurry without really damaging the steel below.
- Gas Valves – These ball valves are slightly cheaper than the big box store and have worked well.
- Pressure Gauge – 0-60 PSI Pressure gauge so you know how much pressure is moving through the system.
- 0-30 PSI Propane Regulator – This thing works very well and allows for fine adjustment.
- (Book) Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns – This book was invaluable to me through this process.


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Description for OFF Dankes Road, Phillips, WI 54555
Beautiful secluded 40-acre parcel located off Dankes Rd northwest of Phillips in Price County. The property is predominantly high land with some low land to provide animal cover, and there is heavy sign of animal traffic throughout. This parcel has a nice mixture of hardwoods and softwoods including maple, ash, aspen, balsam, mature cedar, and white pine, and there is a wide ridge area throughout the property. The parcel is in a managed forest land open program, which will help decrease taxes. In addition, you are surrounded by 1000's of acres of land also currently enrolled in MFL-open by Northwoods ATP and also nearby 1000's of acres of public state land, all of which will greatly broaden your area for hunting. Legal access to the property is by an easement off Dankes Road which follows existing logging trails, and Dankes Rd was considered an ATV route as of 7/18/2017. Take a look at this great property today and get yourself ready for the upcoming hunting season!
My Notes for MLS #1705669
- Acreage: 40-80 Acres
- Lot Size: 40000+
- Total Acres: 40
- Type: Land
- Waterfront: No
- Zoning: Agriculture
- Foreclosure: No
- Sale/Rent: For Sale
- Short Sale: No
- Tax Amount: 86
- Managed Forest Land: Yes
- Use: Hunting,Recreational
- Listing Brokerage: RE/MAX NEW HORIZONS REALTY
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Directions to OFF Dankes Road, Phillips, WI 54555
From Phillips, take Hwy 13 N to CTH F W to Dankes Rd on L. Follow easement at the end of Dankes Rd.
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We’re taught from a young age not to interrupt someone. If you have ever experienced what it’s like to be interrupted, and to feel that what you are saying is of little importance, you know that waiting your turn is always the polite thing to do.
Yet, there are times when you can’t help but interject when others are speaking. However, it is possible to give a rude behavior an etiquette-ful spin.
Interruptions are usually deemed a selfish, rude behavior. It doesn’t take much nerve to interrupt someone, it simply takes thoughtlessness. A coworker, lost in their own thoughts, walks into the manager’s office while you are in the middle of a conversation with him and blurts out a question regarding a report received. Your coworker was only thinking of himself, giving no regard to your presence.
Other reasons interruptions occur are:
Interrupting is not always a completely selfish act, though. There are times when a person speaking needs a little help.
Even when it’s for purely selfish reasons, it is possible to interrupt someone in an etiquette-ful manner. Being mindful and aware will help you navigate the conversation and your level of participation in it.
Your awareness of the demeanor of those already in conversation and the status of the conversation itself will guide you. Is the conversation at a point where your interruption won’t be too disruptive? Is the speaker pausing long enough for you to interject? Will your interruption be welcome, or will it appear rude no matter what you say?
Polite interruptions may include:
Remember that a smile and eye contact will help you represent yourself as friendly and sincere. Two important characteristics when you decide to interrupt someone.
We know what it’s like to be interrupted, but no one would like to be known as an interrupter. And then, again, no one would like to be known as a conversation hog. So, we work, etiquette-fully to be considerate and respectful of others and try to catch ourselves and correct ourselves when we are not.


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Back in May, when all of up college hoop heads were looking for something — anything — to write about, ESPN.com’s Myron Medcalf penned a piece on Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg.
Hoiberg had just signed a new contract with the Cyclones, one in which he has a $2 million buyout if he leaves for another college but just a $500,000 buyout if he bolts for the NBA.
I agreed with Medcalf’s premise that Hoiberg’s collegiate buyout was pointless. He’s a native of Ames and a graduate of Iowa State. He’s not leaving that program for another college program. Period.
But Hoiberg is also an NBA guy. He was the assistant GM and the VP of basketball operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves after a ten year NBA career came to an end with open-heart surgery. Eventually, most people believe, he is going to end up back in the NBA somewhere, be it on a bench or in a front office.
With Boston entering full-on rebuilding mode, Doc Rivers has jumped ship and taken the job as the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. On Wednesday, the Boston Globe put out a list of potential replacements for Rivers, and guess who found their way on there:
Fred Hoiberg — Head coach at Iowa State, his alma mater. Played in NBA from 1995-2005, for Indiana (under Larry Brown and Larry Bird), Chicago (under Tim Floyd), and Minnesota (under Kevin McHale). NBA career ended at age 33 after undergoing open-heart surgery. Former vice president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves and also the team’s assistant general manager. Analysis: “The Mayor” is a strong candidate from the college ranks who has NBA experience in several areas. Unclear how his coaching style would translate, but a safe, potentially stable pick.
This doesn’t mean that Hoiberg is going to get the Celtics job, but it is yet another indication that the NBA is probably where his future lies.
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IT BEGINS IN 1854
The History of the Priory Hotel
The History of the Priory Hotel
The Priory Hotel began its existence in 1888 as just that – a priory. The St. Mary’s Priory, to be exact. What is a priory, one might wonder? It is a place where clerics gather and live, communally, like a monastery or convent. In the case of the St. Mary’s Priory, the clerics were Benedictine monks and priests, some of whom lived in residence, some of whom ministered to the adjacent St. Mary’s Church (now our Pittsburgh’s Grand Hall at The Priory), and some of whom would stay between clerical assignments. The St. Vincent’s Arch abbey, located in nearby Latrobe, is the seat of authority for the Benedictine Order in the United States. Many of the Benedictine priests and brothers traveling to Latrobe would rest their heads at the St. Mary’s Priory
The St. Mary's Parish and Church
The St. Mary’s Parish was founded in 1848 by German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants living in a neighborhood then known as “Deutschtown” (or “Germantown”). (Since that time the neighborhood was rechristened as “East Allegheny,” but has recently re-adopted the Deutschtown moniker in commemoration of the area’s German heritage.) St. Mary’s was the first Roman Catholic parish founded in what was then Allegheny City, a city separate and apart from the City of Pittsburgh and which now comprises Pittsburgh’s North Side.
The St. Mary’s Parish was founded in 1848 by German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants living in a neighborhood then known as “Deutschtown” (or “Germantown”).
In 1850, parishioners began to build their own church, a towering edifice build in the Italiante style. They completed the project in 1854, a massive structure with over 10,000 square feet of floor space and space for more than 900 parishioners. Many of the parishioners were Germanic speaking immigrants, and masses were routinely said in German.
Notably lacking in the 1854 design were stained glass windows. These were purposely omitted for fear of vandalism by the infamous Know Nothing Party – a terroristic socio-political organization reminiscent of the 20th Century Ku Klux Klan. One of the main activities of the notorious group was breaking the windows of Catholic churches. The stained glass windows which now grace the Church (Pittsburgh’s Grand Hall at The Priory) were placed in 1912. They were crafted by the Tyrolese Art Glass Company of Innsbruck, Austria, and were lovingly restored in 1995 as part of the Grand Hall renovation project.
In the Path of Progress
In the early 1970’s, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that the route of the long-planned Interstate 279 feeder highway (from downtown Pittsburgh to the northern suburbs) would wind directly through the location of the St. Mary’s Church and Priory (not to mention the school and Lyceum, which were located across Nash Street and which were eventually demolished).
After exhaustive negotiations between the diocese and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and despite St. Mary’s rich history and historic landmark status, it was agreed that the state would pay $1,294,000 for the church and adjacent building, including the priory.
This left the parish in an uncertain state for nearly a decade. It continued to occupy the priory building and church as a tenant, but the flock dwindled for the doomed church. Toward the end, there were only two priests left to occupy the massive priory and the majority of parishioners were single retirees – widows and widowers
On Sunday, September 27, 1981, Father Bede Hasso walked into the first full house the church had seen in years and offered St. Mary’s final mass
The coup de grace came eight years after the state took control of the property. On August 31, 1981, Bishop Vincent M. Leonard issued a decree of suppression of St. Mary’s Church. Four weeks later, on Sunday, September 27, 1981, Father Bede Hasso walked into the first full house the church had seen in years and offered St. Mary’s final mass. The following day the parish, with the remainder of its fold being absorbed into Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, closed forever.
Saved from the Wrecking Ball
Demolition of the St. Mary’s Church and Priory was scheduled to begin in 1982. Until then, the buildings sat hulking and empty. By coincidence another Catholic church, St. Boniface, was also in the way of the planned path of Interstate 279. St. Boniface, located on East Street, perhaps a mile North of The Priory. An active group of St. Boniface congregants and neighborhood activists, through a variety of techniques including lawsuits and protests, eventually succeeded in convincing Penn DOT to reroute the highway and avoid the destruction of St. Boniface (and by happy circumstance, St. Mary’s Church and Priory).
Edward Graf was a business executive and his wife Mary Ann a homemaker when they acquired the church and priory from Penn DOT by auction in 1984. Historic preservationists, the Graf’s knew that they wanted to preserve the properties but did not know what new use was appropriate for them. Eventually, they settled on a hotel for the former monastery, and The Priory opened its doors in November 1986 after more than a year of renovations.
It was not until after the Grafs acquired the properties that Ed Graf learned that his family history was tied up with that of the church. His great grandfather had been married there in 1877, and his father, as well as many of his aunts and uncles, had been baptized and attended school there.
In 2009, the Graf family undertook their most ambitious project yet, the construction of a completely new wing to the existing hotel. After nearly two years of planning and construction, on December 31, 2010, the Priory Hotel opened its new wing, which expanded the property’s capacity by 17 guest rooms to give it a total of 42 - an expansion of more than 70%!

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The Jam Society, Charteris Centre, Edinburgh ***
It is one of those wonderful Fringe experiences you will always remember. The show is from Amsterdam, the five-piece jazz band is great, the mildly inept MC sweet and the bill on their opening night features a delightfully entertaining – if quite high maintainance – glam rock juggler called Idris, interactive musical comedy from Oz in the shape of Grant Buse and the utterly (and literally) enchanting Lucy Hopkins, who turns us all into golden people and then sings I Feel Love.
Shows like this are a reminder that you are in a place for experimentation and fun. There should be many more shows like this here in August. So far I have only found this one, so do try to get down and have a proper Fringey giggle.
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Verzinkerei Würzburg GmbH invested in a completely new self-contained encapsulated pre-treatment line to better keep pace with future environmental requirements while providing better working conditions for the company’s workers.
Scheffer’s built-in and fully automatic conveyor equipment consists of an input and output shuttle that connects the old part of the hall with self-contained pre-treatment, a monorail system with built-in rotating switches, six driving units with a load-bearing capacity of 2x 1,6 tons to each and another shuttle built into the dryer for unmanned production.
This construction even boosted their capacities while driving down throughput times. On top of that, they ramped up the galvanizing quality by renewing the existing top galvanizing trolleys that are now engineered with continuously adjustable lift speeds and vibrators.
„“I’m impressed by the efficiency and reliability of the Scheffer team as well as the cranes they supplied, and I would also like to mention that the quality of galvanising has considerably increased with our new cranes.”
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The European Union criticizes the US
Daily Oklahoman, Feb. 13, 1999
The 15-nation European Union criticized the United States on Thursday
for last week's execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Sean Sellers.
The union regularly denounces human rights violations around the world.
It considers the death penalty a human rights violation but does not
usually comment on individual executions in the United States.
It made an exception in Sellers' case because he was 16 when he killed
his mother, stepfather and a convenience store clerk. Its statement
said the execution was extra shocking since "the United States has not executed a prisoner for a crime committed (at age 16) since 1959."
The statement was issued by Germany, which holds the union's
A dozen European nations due to join the union in the years ahead
The union said the United States signed an international treaty that
forbids executing anyone for crimes committed when they were younger
With its declaration, the union sided with Amnesty International, which has said Sellers' execution was "a further sign of (America's)
selective contempt for the international human-rights standards it so often claims to support."
The United States has exempted itself from the age provision, which the union stated "enshrines the minimum rules for the protection of the right to life... The U.S. reservation is incompatible with the object and the purpose of the (rights) convention and should be withdrawn."
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said Thursday he agreed that
the death penalty is too important to be imposed without considerable
debate. But he said the European Union formed its collective opinion based on its perspective.
"I do know that we probably have more homicides in one year in Muskogee than they do in Germany. It's just a different situation.
"I respect their views, but they aren't going to change mine,"
Before Sellers, the last person to die for crimes committed at age 16
was Leonard M. Shockley, executed in Maryland in 1959.
Sellers, 29, was executed early Feb. 4 for the shooting deaths in 1985
The execution put Oklahoma's Catholic governor, Frank Keating, in
conflict with Pope John Paul II.
Oklahoma City's Catholic archbishop, Eusebius J. Beltran, urged Keating in a Jan. 23 letter to commute Sellers' sentence.
Keating later said the pope was wrong to speak for all Catholics
against the death penalty, prompting Beltran to write a letter criticizing Keating's stance. The letter was read aloud Sunday in many local Catholic churches, including Keating's.
Keating said he skipped the Mass because "I thought it was better for
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New York, N.Y., November 1, 2023 – Sphere Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: SPHR) will host a conference call to discuss results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2023 on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company will issue a press release reporting its results prior to the market opening.
To participate via telephone, please dial 888-800-3155 with the conference ID number 8089430 approximately 10 minutes prior to the call. The call will also be available via webcast at investor.sphereentertainmentco.com under the heading “Events.”
For those who are unable to participate on the conference call, you may access a recording of the call by dialing 800-770-2030 (conference ID number 8089430). The call replay will be available from 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. The webcast replay will be available on the website until Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
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MTT and Yuja Wang – paired with the LSO – that should certainly make for an interesting evening – throw in a programme of Brahms and Nielsen – the perfect mix! Read more
The Berlin Phil – definitely an orchestra that should be on everybody’s to hear list! Even though they have given various concerts in London over the past few years I have been here I have never been lucky enough to snatch up a ticket so a trip to Berlin was the perfect excuse to finally get that tick done! Read more
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are very much one rather interesting orchestra. Why not take the chance to see them again in a programme of Mendelssohn and Berlioz. Read more
When you get told to come along to a free concert – who can say no?!
San Francisco is certainly a name that pops up in concert halls all around the world thanks to Michael Tilson Thomas and the SF Symphony Orchestra – well – on my visit to SF they were on their Asia Tour. With “the big boys” out of town I got the chance to see the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra play and what a treat that was! Read more
Another great little insight into the big, complex structure that is the Royal Opera House… Read more
A lovely litte dose of French half way through the week in cold november – don’t mind that! Read more
Finding myself with a free afternoon I decided to go and see what Royal Festival Hall had to offer as I have neglected this particular venue over the last few months, if not even the last year… Read more
Whilst I normally only write something about concerts I attended in person I will be making one exception for this piece as I strongly believe it deserves this special attention. Read more
Whilst travelling I always try and see some concerts as well and New York City is definitely the place for that!
On my last trip to the Big Apple I already had the chance to see the NY Phil in action and so I was of course keen to find out what they had on the programme – Berlioz’ Les Nuits d’été and Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade – definitely something tickling my musical taste buds! Read more


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Madonna Carpool Karaoke Proves The Material Girl Is Timeless (VIDEO)
Madonna finally joined James Corden for a session of Carpool Karaoke in New York City. I love her!
James and Madonna go for a drive through New York City singing classics from her epic catalog of music, and James learns about Madonna’s relationship with Michael Jackson.
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MADISON, Wis. (2/15/12)--Registration and conference information is now available for the 2012 CUNA National Credit Union Roundtable for Board Leadership, Aug. 10-12 in Chicago, announced the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).
The roundtable brings together leaders from the largest credit unions in the country to discuss economic issues, membership growth strategies and governance regulations that impact the credit union industry.
During the event, attendees will:
- Examine the importance of enterprise-risk management;
- Receive updates on pressing industry topics;
- Learn the latest trends in governance; and
- Engage in facilitated open discussions on key credit union topics.
"The CUNA National Credit Union Roundtable for Board Leadership stands out as the event for board members from top credit unions to connect with their peers," said Todd Spiczenski, CUNA vice president of the center for professional development. "Once a year these board leaders come together to discuss pressing issues, share best practices and learn innovative strategies. Most important, the roundtable fosters an excellent networking environment where credit union directors can comfortably converse about issues of the day."
After the CUNA National Credit Union Roundtable for Board Leadership, is the CUNA Economics & Investments Conference will meet in Chicago on Aug. 12-15. Featuring Bill Hampel, CUNA senior vice president, research & policy analysis department and chief economist, and Mike Schenk, CUNA vice president of economics and statistics, the conference gives credit union professionals an in-depth look at today's national economic landscape and tomorrow's economic future.


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ICASA appoints an acting chairperson
The council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has appointed Dr Keabetswe Modimoeng as acting chairperson, effective 25 March 2019.
In accepting the acting appointment Modimoeng committed to ensuring that ICASA continues to execute its mandate independently and in the public interest: “We are governed by legislation and guided by the public interest mandate and for that we will continue to put the South African public first when taking decisions. We will continue to work closely with all key stakeholders (including government) to ensure that the Authority’s regulatory decisions advance transformation in the ICT sector, support economic growth and unlock opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the digital economy.”
Dr Modimoeng holds MBA and PhD (Management Sciences) degrees. He is a Harvard senior executive fellow and has completed an Executive Development Programme from Wharton University as well as the Africa Director Programme (Stellenbosch).


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Herbal remedy to support healthy digestive function in dogs and cats.
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- Stimulates healthy digestion and assimilation of nutrients
- Promotes a normal appetite and digestive regularity
- Addresses sluggish, weak or feeble digestion
- Encourages healing of inflamed or damaged tissue
- Relieves nausea, gas, bloating and other symptoms of indigestion
- My Dog had the worst gas prior to using this supplement. My husband can no longer blame the dog. **
Prana Pets has delivered an excellent concoction that can be used to treat acute GI disturbances along with chronic bowel diseases like IBD. This can accompany most GI medications and may really improve normalization of GI function. It is a good alternative to Clients that are very holistic and want to avoid drugs.
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kridan parivrtah stribhir
hradinim avisac chucau
upagiyamanah—being sung about; lalitam—very nicely; tatra tatra—here and there; ca—also; gayakaih—by the singers; kridan—playing; parivrtah—surrounded; stribhih—by women; hradinim—in the water of the river; avisat—entered; sucau—when it was too hot.
Many professional singers used to sing about the glories of King Puranjana and his glorious activities. When it was too hot in the summer, he used to enter a reservoir of water. He would surround himself with many women and enjoy their company.
A living being has different activities in different stages of life. One stage is called jagrata, or the life of awakening, and another is called svapna, or the life of dream. Another stage is called susupti, or life in an unconscious state, and still another stage occurs after death. In the previous verse the life of awakening was described; that is, the man and the woman were married and enjoyed life for one hundred years. In this verse life in the dream state is described, for the activities Puranjana accomplished during the day were also reflected at night in the dream state. Puranjana used to live with his wife for sense enjoyment, and at night this very sense enjoyment was appreciated in different ways. A man sleeps very soundly when he is greatly fatigued, and when a rich man is greatly fatigued he goes to his garden house with many female friends and there enters the water and enjoys their company. Such is the tendency of the living entity within this material world. A living entity is never satisfied with a woman unless he is trained in the system of brahmacarya. Generally a manís tendency is to enjoy many women, and even at the very end of life the sex impulse is so strong that even though one is very old he still wants to enjoy the company of young girls. Thus because of the strong sex impulse the living entity becomes more and more involved in this material world.
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Plants Pollinated by Honey Bees Produce Lower-quality Offspring
Dominant in the San Diego region, foreign honey bees visit nearly twice as many flowers as native bees
With a broad mix of plant and animal species, the San Diego region is widely regarded as a global biodiversity hotspot.
As key pollinators, bees play a foundational role in the region’s floral diversity. But not all bees have the same influence on the plants they pollinate, new research from University of California San Diego scientists has revealed. Pollination by honey bees, which are not native to the Americas, produces plant offspring of considerably inferior quality (lower fitness), than offspring resulting from native pollinators, according to the study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study is believed to be the first to directly compare offspring fitness resulting from honey bee pollination with other floral visitors.
Previous research offered evidence that predominantly feral honey bees account for more than 90 percent of the pollinators observed visiting flowers of abundantly blooming native plant species around San Diego. In their new study, School of Biological Sciences recent graduate student Dillon Travis and Professor Joshua Kohn have shown that honey bees visit approximately twice as many flowers on an individual plant before moving to the next plant, compared with native insect visitors. However, this methodical foraging behavior appears to have a detrimental effect on reproduction in the plants they visit because most of the pollen delivered to flowers will come from the same individual plant (known as self-pollination), which can lead to lower-quality offspring.
To gain perspective on the effects of such pollination dominance and propensity to visit multiple flowers on the same plant, the researchers conducted a series of experiments that evaluated the fitness of plant offspring across factors such as seed maturation, germination, survival, growth and reproduction. Using three common plant species from native habitats in San Diego County at locations that included the University of California Natural Reserve System’s Elliott Chaparral and Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserves, the researchers assessed a variety of conditions including natural pollination, no pollination, honey bee pollination, native bee pollination and self- and cross-hand pollination.
Four to six weeks later they collected the seeds from each scenario and compared the fitness of each. Offspring resulting from pollination by native insects (mostly various species of bees), they found, were two- to five-times more fit—characterized as likely to mature into seed, germinate, grow and reproduce—than those resulting from pollination by honey bees. This seems to be the result of higher levels of self-pollen delivered by honey bees, since offspring resulting from hand pollination using pollen from the same individual plant were two- to 10-times less fit than offspring produced using pollen from a different plant of the same species.
“While honey bees are perceived as beautiful mutualists that are helping plants with reproduction, it turns out they may not be as good for plants as many native pollinators,” said Kohn, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution. “We have found that they deliver lower-quality pollen than do native pollinators.”
In a related study (Travis and Kohn, in press), honey bees were shown to visit more flowers per plant than average among other pollinators across 44 different plant species, which included both crop and non-crop plants. So the foraging behavior of honey bees may regularly deliver more self-pollen, resulting in lower quality offspring.
Honey bees are the world’s most frequent floral visitor, accounting for some 13 percent of all global floral visits to native vegetation. They are native to Europe, Western Asia and Africa and were first brought to the Americas in the 17th century. San Diego is regarded as “honey bee heaven” with a higher frequency of floral visits by honey bees than nearly anywhere else in the world. The area also features more than 650 species of native bees and other pollinating insect species that interact with at least 2,400 types of plants, more than any other county in the United States.
“If honey bees generally lower seed fitness of native plants, it could make the native plant community more susceptible to invasion from introduced plant species that do not require insect pollination…” the researchers note in their paper. These introduced plants are often grasses and other invasives that help spread wildfires in these ecosystems.
“People see honey bees as providing a valuable service, which is pollination, but there’s a decent amount of evidence to show that they’re competing with native insects for resources like pollen and nectar,” said Travis, who indicated that honey bees are also known to have viruses that can be transferred to native bees. “Many conservation efforts are focused on saving the honey bee, but they are not in any danger of going extinct. In fact, their numbers have been increasing. The organisms that do need our help are the native plants and bees.”
The study was funded by the Sea and Sage Audubon Society, the Messier Family Fund and a UC Multicampus Research Program grant.
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Michael Connelly reacts to seeing his team's crushed tower during an exercise to test the durability of tower design in an Honors engineering class at at Stoughton High School in Stoughton, Massachusetts on March 20, 2013.
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- Odyssey, Whigfield and the fabulous Rozalla - what a night!
- Artful Dodger, Five & Tinchy Stryder - fantastic performances, thank you!
- Thank you to the amazing Rak-Su for recent private performances for Classique - stunning!
- Ché Chesterman had an amazing performance for a wedding in Santorini, Greece :)
- Lemar wowed at fabulous wedding in Marbella, Spain!
- Lulu knocked it out of the park for recent Awards for 1000 guests, amazing!
- Katie Melua - the voice of an angel - wowed guests at private party, thank you so much
- S Club Party, Five, Big Brovaz, Booty Luv - client blown away - thank you!
- Marti Pellow & Band - incredible performance for private birthday party - thank you!
- Great fun nights with many events recently with Stavros Flatley, Signature & Faces of Disco :)
- International guests were wowed with Sophie Ellis Bextor & Boney M on boat in London!
- Billy Ocean & band were amazing for a private party in Monaco - absolute legend!
- Fab party band e2 wowed at World Gymnastics - amazing performances from everyone on the night!
- Amazing recent events with Jamie Cullum, Nick Grimshaw, Jimmy Carr, Sally Phillips.. Thank you so much
- Boogie Storm had a stunning performance for private party in San Francisco!
- Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - fantastic at private party, thank you!
- Thank you to Vernon Kay, Toby Anstis, Richard & Adam, Joe McElderry, Diversity, Odyssey & more for recent fabulous events for Classique
- Thank you to the wonderful Katherine Jenkins for superb performance at private party in Vienna, amazing!
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Jason has had a successful and varied career, including both acting and a record-breaking solo career in which he made over 13 million sales.
His vocal career began in 1988 when he released `Especially for You` with Kylie Minogue and a debut solo album, `Ten Good Reasons`. Following the release of his second album in 1989, Jason became the biggest selling UK and European artist.
In the same year he was voted Best Male Singer and Britain`s Best Album at the Smash Hits Awards.
Jason has performed internationally to sell-out audiences of thousands and was a finalist in the ITV smash hit I`M A CELBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE.
Jason won a range of awards in Australia during his time as Scott Robinson in Neighbours. These awards included Most Popular Actor and Best New Talent amongst many others.
2015 Jason Donovan enjoyed a weighty performance in 2015 - a lead role in a stage adaptation of The King’s Speech.
He played Lionel Logue, the speech therapist assigned to treat King George VI’s speech impediment before he addresses the empire as war looms. The king will be played by Raymond Coulthard, best known for his roles on Hotel Babylon and Mr Selfridge.
Starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, the 2010 film The King’s Speech became the most successful independent British production ever at the UK box office, and went on to earn £250m worldwide as well as major Oscars for best picture, best actor and best director.
Donovan has long been performing on stage, with lead roles in West End musicals including Sweeney Todd and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; he donned drag for a 2009 production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, before deploying his dancing chops for Strictly Come Dancing, where he came third in 2011.
Jason continued with his brilliant role in 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' - a role he co-shared with Duncan James (from boyband Blue).
2016 Saw Jason took on his first tour in 7 years touring his 5 x platinum and bestselling album of 1989 ‘Ten Good Reasons’.
2017 Jason Donovan treaded the boards once more, playing legendary music mogul Sam Phillips in the box office smash Million Dollar Quartet. The heart throb turned stage star put the songbook down as he embarked on a non-musical role with the production.
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Love him or hate him, it seems as if everybody has an opinion about the brash, opinionated television star.
Canadian viewers likely remember O’Leary from his stint on Dragon’s Den, the hit reality show that saw rich investors put their own hard-earned capital to work in small businesses. O’Leary has since moved on from the show, but he can still be seen on Shark Tank, the U.S. version of the program.
O’Leary has used this exposure to make himself a true financial celebrity. He’s written several books about money. He regularly appears on business television on both sides of the border. He even has a series of ETFs named after him, dubbed O’Shares. Simply put, O’Leary is everywhere.
According to various estimates, O’Leary could be worth as much as $400 million. Even if that’s exaggerated, it’s still pretty obvious he knows a thing or two about making money.
Here are three of O’Leary’s most important investing tips.
Insist on yield
O’Leary has a very simple rule when it comes to investing in stocks. If it doesn’t pay him a dividend, he won’t own it. It’s a rule his mother instilled in him at a young age, telling him it was okay to spend the dividends, but never touch the principal.
One example of a stock O’Leary would likely be interested in is Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX:CU). The company has grown to become Canada’s second-largest utility; it owns power plants, power lines, and natural gas pipelines. Approximately 90% of revenues come from regulated utility assets.
These assets deliver consistently growing earnings, which are passed on to shareholders in the form of an ever-increasing dividend. Since becoming publicly traded in 1972, Canadian Utilities has increased its dividend annually for 44 consecutive years. There’s only one other company in Canada that can beat that streak.
The company is investing billions in long-term growth projects to ensure dividend growth will continue. Between 2016 and 2018 it will invest $5.3 billion in new projects that are slated to add millions to the bottom line.
Embrace the royalty model
During his time on Dragon’s Den, O’Leary wasn’t nearly as aggressive as some of his peers in putting his capital to work. And when he did make an offer, it was often accompanied with a royalty condition. O’Leary wanted to get paid an income stream as well as having an ownership stake.
Investors can put such an investment in their own portfolio by loading up on shares of Alaris Royalty Corp. (TSX:AD), which has investments in 17 different companies yielding an average of about 12% before expenses.
The business model is simple: Alaris finds a deal, raises capital by either issuing shares or borrowing money, and then pays back most of the profits to shareholders in the form of succulent dividends. Shares currently yield 7.2%.
The nice thing about Alaris is the company has a diversified portfolio. Even though it is experiencing some issues with one of its largest partners, it should still be able to generate enough in cash flow to pay dividends. And it’s likely Alaris will get paid back most of what it is owed; it’s only a matter of time.
Besides insisting on yield, O’Leary has another important rule of thumb. Don’t let one stock be more than 5% of your net worth.
We’ve all heard stories of brave investors riding an oversized position in a stock to huge profits. But we never hear of the many others who bet on the wrong horse. The potential for great returns just isn’t worth the extra risk.
Instead, investors should treat investing in the stock market the way O’Leary and the other sharks treat investing in small businesses. It’s best to hold a portfolio of names just in case something bad happens to one or two of them.
“Mr. Wonderful” has plenty of good investing advice that can be applied to your portfolio. Even if you can’t stand his demeanour on television, there’s no arguing with the man’s results.

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Have you done a Google search on this error code? It's not unique to Premiere Elements, and seems to be related to a missing or damaged driver.
What operating system do you have? Have you fully updated it?
What graphics card do you have? Have you manually gone to the ATI or nVidia web site and downloaded the latest drivers for it?
Ways to repair "0xc000007b fix"
With this error, like with most system or application errors, the user is usually given the option to send an error report to the software publisher, which is a good way to help the publisher eliminate such errors in future software versions. For a more immediate fix, advanced PC users may be able to repair the error by manually editing the registry, and others may want to hire a technician to do it for them. However, since any manipulations with the Windows registry always carry a risk of rendering the operating system unbootable, whenever a user is in any doubt of their technical skills or knowledge, they should only use special software that is meant to repair the Windows registry without requiring any special skills from the user.
Safe way to repair the error:
Click here to download the error repair application
Install and launch the application
Click the Scan Now button to detect error causes
Click the Repair All button to fix the error
The same application can be used to run preventative measures to reduce the chance of this or other system errors appearing in the future.
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I have used Photoshop Elements 12 for a few years and decided to upgrade to 14. I had problems with it working on my Laptop in getting it to work with an error message 0xc000007b. Installed, uninstalled, played with Windows 10 dll files, reboots up the roof. I had “Geeks” look at it for 5 days and $99.00 later got it to work on my Laptop. Then I crossed my fingers and tried it on my desktop computer. It installed OK and started up OK. The only problem I now have is with the tab. With Photoshop Elements 12’s button or tab, you see all your editing programs like LR ,PS ,ON1, Topez, and Portrait Professional that you can link to. With the new Photoshop Elements 14 they are not there to link to. Good thing I never uninstalled my “old” Photoshop Elements 12. How can I get the new Photoshop Elements 14 to see all my other software like Photoshop Elements 12 does on the tab. Do I have to uninstall and re-install all my other programs in order to have Photoshop Elements 14 to see them? That’s a lot of sugar for a nickel!
Reinstalling them should correct things.
The programs would install the proper files into Elements program files.


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In a rare Saturday session, Florida’s state legislature briefly accepted and then rejected a measure banning the sale of AR-15 assault rifles — the type of weapon used in the Feb. 14 shooting at a South Florida high school.
While the Senate president ruled that the amendment passed, the body reconsidered the amendment 15 minutes later and overturned it by a margin of 21-17 in a roll call vote, with each “no” vote cast by a Republican. Two Republicans backed the moratorium on the rifle.
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In studying incidents for the purpose of monitoring the genesis, modification, and termination of international norms, there are advantages to having a broadly homogeneous approach. While creative efforts in the genre need not conform to rigid specifications, certain general features would seem indispensable to a systematic study. The pieces included in this volume approach the study of incidents in a comparable fashion: each identifies the problem to be covered and its legal importance, presents a detailed account of the facts of the incident and the claims brought by the participants, analyzes how a complex and frequently unorganized decision process resolved the incident, and finally, appraises the international legal significance and implications of the incident.
The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different
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DeKalb’s financial woes just got a little bit worse.
Declining property values in the county are forcing an additional $25 million deficit in the county’s 2011 budget.
“Our values have fallen greater than we anticipated,” said DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis during a media briefing on May 2. The county’s tax assessor’s office is seeing a 10 percent drop in assessed property values. In preparing the current budget, county officials factored in a 4 percent decrease in property values.
“DeKalb County has been impacted by the recession,” Ellis said. “The value of real estate is falling and local governments like DeKalb County depend primarily on their revenue source.
Ellis said the shortfall would have to be addressed in June when the county Board of Commissioners officially sets the millage rate for property taxes.
Commissioner Jeff Rader has proposed a 3.3-mill tax increase that would bring an additional $51 million in revenue to address the county’s reserves and general budget.
In February, the Board of Commission rejected Ellis’ proposed $563 million budget containing a property tax increase of 2.32-mill, or 12 percent. Instead, the commissioners passed a zero-tax-increase budget that was $33.64 million less than Ellis’ proposal.
Last month, the board authorized county officials to take out a tax anticipation note of up to $150 million to fix a cash flow problem.


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That's usually an artistic difference, rather than a technological one. Today's rendering engines are extremely good, but that's no guarantee the artist will use it in a photo-realistic manner. In fact, while CGI rendering engines have gotten better, moviemakers have trended towards a more stylized look even with live action—such as the dreaded "teal & orange" grading. Ironically, it is the CGI stuff that has realistic light and color, while live action is now filtered to death.
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I believe that. I often find myself yearning for some natural brightness and, heaven forbid, some primary colors in today's sci-fi movies.


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At least two people were killed and more than 100 were injured after two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today.
The blasts, which shattered store fronts and sent smoke pouring into the air by Copley Square, went off almost simultaneously shortly before 3 p.m. and turned a scene of celebration into one of tragedy.
Thousands of people were gathered to watch the race and the area was crowded with runners and spectators.
Photos from the scene showed people being carried away on stretchers and witnesses told reporters that it looked like a “warzone,” with “lots of blood.”
President Obama delivered a statement on Monday evening from the White House:
“The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight, and Michelle and I send out deepest thoughts and prayers to the victims.”
He continued, “We still do not know who did this or why … but make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of (this). We will find out who did this. We will find out why they did this. …. Any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice.”
In the wake of the bombings, Google has set up “Person Finder” to help those trying to find information on friends and family members in Boston.
The Red Cross has also set up a web page where people can register themselves as “safe and well” or search for loved ones.