A landlord and agent who refused to rent to a tenant with disabilities because he had an emotional-support animal have settled with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through a conciliation agreement, according to a release.
The case in San Francisco came to HUD’s attention when an individual with disabilities filed a complaint alleging that he was denied the opportunity to rent an apartment because he had an emotional-support animal.
HUD’s investigation found the landlord and agent were explicitly informed that the prospective tenant’s animal is prescribed by a doctor and allowed under fair housing laws, but they still refused to consider his tenancy because of the animal.
Landlord to pay $9,000
Under the terms of the agreement, the owner will pay the complainant $9,000 and both respondents will attend fair housing training, according to the release.
“Assistance animals provide persons with disabilities with the support they need to not only enjoy their home, but to function in life,” said Anna María Farías, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, in the release. This “agreement reflects HUD’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that housing providers abide by our nation’s fair housing laws.”
The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing providers from denying housing to persons with disabilities and from refusing to make reasonable accommodations in policies or practices, which includes denying assistance-animal requests.


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Every Wednesday, I’m going to take you on a whirlwind adventure of 13 links chronicling the news throughout the geek world I inhabit. Whether it’s movies, music, art, politics, gadgets, science, sports, grammar, or superheroes… nothing’s out of bounds and everything’s interesting.
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In a hard market, not all agents prosper. In fact, looking at our agencies and considering agents in business five years or longer I saw a number that ceased growing or actually went backward. In the face of double-digit rate increase, how is this possible?
The first possibility is that these agencies were not aggressively looking for new customers and were relying solely on rate increases for increased income. You simply cannot do that in a hard market! Customers will shop when their premiums go up! It’s obvious, but unfortunately some agencies fail to increase their marketing efforts in hard markets. BIG mistake.
The second is that a hard market really shows the weakness of an agency with poor retention efforts. A well run agency should have a retention rate of 90% or better because they are selling on something besides price and work hard to take good care of customers. Agencies with lower retention rates in normal times often see their retention plummet during a hard market. This becomes a HUGE double whammy. Think about the math. Rates up 10%. Retention goes from 80% to 70%. What happens to growth?
The third is that average commissions go down! This is because during hard markets companies shrink their underwriting appetites and more business moves to the Excess and Surplus Lines market at lower commission rates. Depending on an agency’s business mix this can be stunningly painful. Consider an agency which writes a lot of restaurants, for example. Say the book is $500,000 total and 50% moves to E&S markets. And assume retention drops from 90% to 80%. The agency is not marketing for new customers and just trying to keep existing ones. Commission was $75,000 at 15%. Now commission averages 12.5%. Once retention is factored in commission on the book drops from $75,000 to 50%. A drop of 33.33%! And NO CHANCE of profit sharing on half the book.
The fourth is that carriers get more aggressive about trimming their agency force to save marketing dollars and agencies with smaller books or marginal loss ratios lose carriers. This inevitably results in a loss of customers and income.
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It was a bitter blow for third placed Tottenham, who will be eight points off top spot if second placed Liverpool, currently level on points with City, win at Manchester United on Sunday.
Pochettino was fuming at full-time, confronting referee Mike Dean and his assistants on the pitch in a lengthy rant that showed his frustration at both Burnley’s first goal and Tottenham’s missed opportunity.
Television pictures seemed to show Pochettino and his assistant Jesus Perez reacting to something said to him by Dean and the Argentine reportedly carried on his finger-pointing protest in the tunnel.
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“I believe before the game that if you want to be a contender you need three points. The emotions, sometimes we find answers and excuses to try to justify the defeat.
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Dean could be seen mouth “go away” as Pochettino stood inches from his face in an incident that is certain to be included in the referee’s report and may earn the Tottenham boss a touchline ban.
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The name of the video controller is iGame GTX680-2G Kudan and the price was not specified, although we guess it will be higher than $499 / 499 Euro.
We also aren't sure why companies seem to be putting that “i” before their product names nowadays. Imitating Apple probably, for better or worse.
We'll get the specs out of the way first: the board is a dual-BIOS beast.
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For the sake of comparison, the reference adapter operates at 1008 MHz and 6,008 MHz, respectively.
Colorful based its monster on the Silver Plated Technology, which gives the PCB (printed circuit board) an 8-phase native VRM and, after installing the Power-kit, an extra six phases.
The power provided by two 8-pin PCI Express connectors is needed to make it work, which means that host PCs will require very powerful PSUs.
For those who want even more info on this matter, the VRM has a modulation range of 0.1MHz to 1.5MHz and is controlled by an uP6208AM PWM chip.
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Finally, there are three sets of accessories to go with the Colorful iGame GTX680-2G Kudan.
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Bike to the Strike: Solidarity Rally for Striking Nabisco/Mondelez Workers
August 21, 2021 at 9:30 am
“Nabisco/Mondelez Workers in North/NE Portland- our neighbors- are striking to defend their wages from exploitive cuts by the corporate managers. Their courage has inspired workers in similar facilities in Virginia & Colorado. The crisis of our democracy is inextricably linked to the decades long attack on unions and union organizing in the United States. Let’s give our middle and working class neighbors a little grease in their drive and show up to support their Community “Solidarity Rally for Striking Nabisco/Mondelez Workers” from 10am to noon this Saturday August 21 (https://www.facebook.com/events/4277727418984786). We’ll meet at the Peninsula Park Gazebo at 9:30. We’ll depart to ride down to the strike site at 100 NE Columbia Blvd at around 9:45.
End location: 100 NE Columbia Blvd”

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The Nabji Trail was created in 2006 in Bhutan’s Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park as the country’s first community-based ecotourism project. The goals of the Nabji Trail were to extend tourism to remote communities in need of socioeconomic opportunities while also building local capacity to manage ecotourism activities and stewarding environmental resources. This study examined participation and governance during the first five years of its operation (2006–2010). Participation in the Nabji Trail ecotourism activities was found to differ between villages comprised of the two key ethnic groups, Monpa and Khengpa. The Monpa villages are located deep within the forest and had relatively few income generating opportunities, low food security and were more willing to engage in Nabji Trail tourism activities than residents from the Khengpa communities. The Khengpa are located closer to the main road and have alternative income generating activities and higher food security. Developing fair and consistent pricing for tourism activities, maintaining stable leadership in “community tourism management committees” and following transparent and democratic processes to allocate “community development funds” were challenges found in all Monpa and Khengpa villages; as a result, ecotourism providers were questioning and even resisting paying 10% of their tourist earnings to community development fund accounts. This paper discusses the factors within and across villages, as well as with national tourist operators, which complicate widespread participation and stable governance, and recommends greater attention be paid to monitoring and backstopping from supra-community collaborators involved in the project.
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The introduction of an English language test for all EU-trained doctors who want to work in Ireland has been dismissed by the Department of Health, the Irish Independent has learned.
The request to introduce the test was made by the Medical Council, the regulatory body for doctors, internal correspondence reveals.
Under an EU directive, all EU-trained doctors who want to register here cannot be subjected to an English language test or clinical skills exam. They can register to work here as long as they provide proof of their qualifications and clean record.
The freedom of movement rules are a cause of increasing concern to medical regulatory authorities around Europe who have lobbied for doctors to be singled out for competency and language tests.
The commission said a review of professional qualifications needed under the freedom of movement directive was under way.
In contrast, all doctors from outside the EU, who want to register to work here, have to undergo screening for language and clinical skills.
Meanwhile, around 40 doctors from Pakistan and India, who applied to work as junior doctors here during a recruitment campaign in May, are still not employed, although they have been in Ireland since early July.
The Medical Council said that 190 doctors have met the requirements for registration.
Some 236 of the candidates passed clinical examinations for jobs where they can work in an Irish hospital under supervision for two years.
However, not all of these are fully registered either because the doctors themselves have not supplied all their documentation or the HSE has failed to provide details of where they will be working and the supervision arrangements they will have.

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The combination of contextual information about the real world (e.g., collected by sensors) with information coming from the virtual world (e.g., the Web 2.0), may represent an enormous enrichment particularly for services organized and provided by agents in ubiquitous environments. To address the challenging need for coordination in such environments, and to provide the user a high-level of service quality, an engineered approach to exploit such information is required. Such an approach should generate added-value by offering means for combining diverse data sources, should allow delivering context-sensitive information and, hence, should promote context-dependent coordination of entities in ubiquitous environments. In this paper, we report the scenario-based analysis of key requirements for ubiquitous environments that we have used as the basis for the design of our proposal. Following, our proposal for the Ubiquitous Coordination Model (UbiCoMo) and its associated infrastructure is detailed. The UbiCoMo model covers an expressive data model based on four-field tuples to represent contextual information, data distribution and management concepts based on tuple spaces, and the integration of coordination patterns to resolve reoccurring coordination problems in ubiquitous scenarios. The UbiCoMo infrastructure integrates the fundamental mechanisms for agent-based coordination in ubiquitous environments, and is well-suited to provide the specific means required to offer high-level services and context-sensitive functionalities. A concrete ubiquitous application, the living diary, is assumed as a case study both to illustrate the requirements analysis and to exemplify the usage and the suitability of UbiCoMo.
A context-sensitive infrastructure for coordinating agents in ubiquitous environments / M., Bortenschlager; Castelli, Gabriella; Rosi, Alberto; Zambonelli, Franco. - In: MULTIAGENT AND GRID SYSTEMS. - ISSN 1574-1702. - STAMPA. - 5:1(2009), pp. 1-18. [10.3233/MGS-2009-0116]
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|Citazione:||A context-sensitive infrastructure for coordinating agents in ubiquitous environments / M., Bortenschlager; Castelli, Gabriella; Rosi, Alberto; Zambonelli, Franco. - In: MULTIAGENT AND GRID SYSTEMS. - ISSN 1574-1702. - STAMPA. - 5:1(2009), pp. 1-18. [10.3233/MGS-2009-0116]|
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Theatre in the Round offers free workshops and seminars with veteran designers, guest artists, and others as part of its mission to develop the theatre arts in the community.
Upcoming events will be offered in lighting, stage managing, sets, props, and more. Details on these events will be posted as they become available.
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As we've seen from countless musical acts and celebrities over the years, talent alone ultimately plays a supporting role in achieving commercial success
Boston (PRWEB) July 15, 2009
The hottest marriage in entertainment these days isn't between Brad and Angelina. It is between bedfellows of an entirely different sort -- music and marketing.
At the core of this union is "Brand The BandTM," a new marketing seminar enabling bands and individual artists of any genre to build their own unique brand identities by understanding and using the same branding, imaging, messaging and naming tools that have long been advertising and marketing industry standards.
The brainchild of Christopher Payne-Taylor, Brand The Band is a crossroads concept at the intersection of Payne-Taylor's 20 years of marketing expertise and his equally enduring personal experience as an original "acoustic garage rock" singer/songwriter. It is this unique duality that he brings to an increasingly impenetrable music industry, helping musicians take a time-tested set of tools from the advertising and marketing world and use them to meet the ever-increasing challenge of achieving stardom.
"As we've seen from countless musical acts and celebrities over the years, talent alone ultimately plays a supporting role in achieving commercial success," Payne-Taylor says. "The most critical asset by far is branding -- that singular quality that defines one's unique, unmistakable persona -- and can be translated into lucrative appeal to mass audiences. My advice to bands and musicians is sure, practice all you want, but without a unique and compelling brand identity your chances of hitting it big are very limited."
While developed specifically for performing musicians, Brand The Band is directly relevant to all key players in the music industry. This includes event producers, record and music management companies, music schools and college degree-granting music programs. "We're talking to retail music stores to host the seminar and even expect DJs to get involved as well," Payne-Taylor says.
Brand The Band seminars are being scheduled around the country, and content has been delivered via podcasts and soon as on-demand webinars. The seminar also is available as a customized onsite and/or distance learning program.
For more information, visit http://www.brandtheband.net. Contact Bill Bradley to schedule an interview with Payne-Taylor:
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The Pikler approach to working with under-threes in care settings and homes was originated in Hungary by Dr Emmi Pikler in the middle of the last century.
The Government has previously said in documents about the 30 hours and the early years national funding formula that providers can charge parents for ‘additional services’.
There are lots of aspects of the current set of challenges for the early years sector that are of great concern, as many of our recent stories and features online and in the magazine illustrate.
Baseline assessment in school Reception classes seems to be a bit like a jack-in-a-box that keeps popping up every time the troublesome creature is pushed back down.
While the early years sector awaits the arrival of Government goodies such as the Workforce Strategy, Tax-free Childcare and the full implementation of the 30 free hours for three- and four-year-olds, Nursery World will be providing plenty to inform and guide practice along the way.


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Chili Rellenos Casserole
This Chili Rellenos Casserole is very easy to prepare and is loaded with flavor. Great for a busy week night, and good enough for company.
Chef John's Turkey Noodle Casserole
This delicious casserole is for leftover leftovers. I don't know about you, but after a few days of eating Thanksgiving leftovers, no matter how tasty they originally were, I want something that makes me forget there's even turkey in it. Since ingredients like garam masala, spicy cheese, and peppers aren't typically used in the meal, they work wonderfully here to disguise the last of a holiday bird.
Hamburger Potato Casserole
This is a recipe that my Grandmother used to keep me and my finicky cousins well fed! It is very kid friendly, and adults like it too!
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
Creamy sauce with a mild cheese flavor baked in with ham and peas. This recipe is really easy and I have never had anyone not like it. Plus it's affordable.
Chili Macaroni Casserole
This is a delicious layered dish of chili and macaroni and cheese, topped with tortilla chips and cheese for a nice crunch. Serve with a dollop of sour cream. My family loves it!
Grandma's Ground Beef Casserole
As the title suggests, this was my Grandmother's recipe. I've tweaked the amount of cheese and sour cream depending on what I've got in the fridge and it always turns out great! My mother has suggested this was made up as a way to use up ingredients in the fridge.
Turkey Tetrazzini II
This is an easy recipe for turkey tetrazzini. Cook time may vary depending upon how soupy or thick you prefer the sauce.
This is a recipe to serve your mother-in-law; we call it a 'bride basic'. It differs from some Chicken Divan recipes because of the curry. Men love this. Wonderful! The ingredients can be 'assembled' and frozen, then baked when you're ready. Serve with rice and a fruit salad, if desired.
Hot Tamale Pie
While this tamale pie has very little to do with its south-of-the-border namesake, it's a really delicious recipe all the same.
Salsa Chicken Rice Casserole
Layers of rice, chicken breast, a creamy soup and salsa mixture and two kinds of cheese add up to a simply yummy salsa casserole! This recipe is a family favorite because it's delicious and easily made with ingredients found in the pantry.
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The inflation print for November is lower than 6.93 percent in November 2020 and within the 4+/-2 percent target range of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (Combined) increased to a three-month high of 4.91 percent in November with food prices rising too, amid indications the excise duty cuts by the Centre and the subsequent cut in levies by states have not provided much relief in tempering headline inflation. Food inflation increased to 1.87 percent in November from 0.85 percent a month ago, data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) Monday showed.
The inflation print for November is lower than 6.93 percent in November 2020 and within the 4+/-2 percent target range of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Core inflation — the non-food, non-fuel inflation component — jumped to a five-month high of 6.08 percent. Moderation in the CPI inflation for fuel and light, paan, tobacco and intoxicants, and miscellaneous items was outpaced by a rise in inflation for food and beverages, housing, clothing, and footwear. Economists said input price pressures and supply-side shortages are pushing up prices at the consumer level and going ahead may further impact demand.
Fuel and light inflation stood at 13.4 percent in November as against 14.4 percent a month ago, while vegetable inflation was recorded at -13.6 percent as against -19.4 percent a month ago. Clothing and footwear inflation was at 7.9 percent in November compared with 7.5 percent a month ago, while transport and communication inflation was at 10.02 percent as against 10.9 percent in October.
Fuel and transport costs remained the main constituents that pushed up inflation in November. “These categories exert cost pressure on various input items. However, the extent to which increased costs are passed on to consumers will depend on the strength of demand in respective product categories. Although not a concern at present, elevated price levels will discomfort consumers when demand levels improve,” said Vivek Rathi, Director – Research, Knight Frank India.
Devendra Kumar Pant, Chief Economist, India Ratings & Research, pointed out that excise relief on petrol and diesel and cut in VAT by most states did not provide much relief to retail inflation. Inflation of both ‘transport and communications’ and ‘fuel and light’ declined in November 2021, but remained double-digit, he said.
According to Pant, inflation of commodities such as health, fuel and light, and transport and communications, has turned structural. “Supply shortages are further aiding higher inflation, which cannot be termed as transitory. Most economic data, be it IIP or inflation, is responding more than the base effect. CPI is likely to remain high till January 2022 and moderate after that. India ratings believe retail inflation is likely to remain in the 4%-6% range most of the time in near future,” he said.
Most economists said RBI would be keeping a close watch on the inflation level but may focus on growth in the next monetary policy review in February 2022. “Considering the high inflationary expectations, RBI will be watchful of the inflation level, and we hope that benign interest rates continue considering capital intensive sectors like real estate are strongly influenced by credit costs at both consumer and developer level,” Rathi said.
“The recent correction in prices of many food items other than tomatoes has provided relief for the inflation trajectory, especially given the unfavorable base effects that lie ahead. In our assessment, as long as the CPI inflation remains within the target of 2-6%, the MPC and RBI will prefer to prioritize growth and maintain policy support to impart durability and sustainability to the recovery. As of now, there isn’t enough evidence on the durability of the growth recovery to confirm that the stance will be changed to neutral in the February 2022 policy review,” Nayar said.
The RBI had kept its key policy rates unchanged in its monetary policy review on December 8. “Recent pro-active supply-side interventions by the government continue to restrain the pass-through of elevated international edible oil prices to domestic retail inflation. Crude prices have seen a significant correction in recent periods. Cost-push pressures from high industrial raw material prices, transportation costs, and global logistics and supply chain bottlenecks continue to impinge on core inflation. The slack in the economy is muting the pass-through of rising input costs to output prices,” the RBI had said. It has projected CPI inflation at 5.3 percent for 2021-22 and at 5.1 percent in Q3; 5.7 percent in Q4 and at 5 percent for the first quarter of the financial year 2022-23.
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Misfits Market is a weekly or bi-weekly ugly produce subscription box. Choose between 2 packages – the Mischief Box, which contains 8-10 pounds of produce for $19 or the Madness Box (what we’re reviewing) that contains 18-20 pounds for $34. Use our link to get 25% OFF your next box. Once subscribed you and whoever signs up with your link will receive 25% off your the following box.
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Our first glimpse inside the Misfits Market Box
Everything that we received in our first May Misfits Market Box. Here is our bounty! 20 pounds of veggies and fruits!
So what is all this stuff?
Parsnips. We thought these were carrots or turnips in the video. Our husband informed us that these were indeed parsnips, a sweeter, drier form of carrots that we’ll be googling recipes for in the near future. We received 6 in total!
We received a pack of organic grape tomatoes. We usually either add these to a salad or to our daughters school lunches because EACH of our kids LOVES tomatoes (which is weird because we ARE NOT the hugest fans).
We received 4 apples. We love the smell of fresh apples.. it’s probably in our top 5 favorite, all time things. We unboxed our subscription this afternoon – as of now (930 pm) there is 1 left. These were a complete hit!
We received 1 bunch of lacinato or curly kale. We love using this in a simple salad with finely diced onion, lemon juice, coarse salt and olive oil!
We received 2 bunches of carrots. Our husband doesn’t like carrots (he also doesn’t like cheese… whatta weirdo) but we’ve found clever ways to use these (shaved into salads and in lunches) that make him happy as well! In carrots defense.. we love love them personally!
We love when we get random greens! This bibb lettuce will be great for a lunchtime salad!
A first in our Misfits Market Box! If you watched the unboxing our daughter was taken aback with, “a real life” eggplant! We can’t wait to fry these up! Eggplant is one of our favorites as we relied on it a lot when we were vegetarians!
In addition to our apples representing the fruit sector we also have 6 beautiful oranges. Seriously, guys is there anything ugly about these vegetables?!
2 zucchinis were also included. These are so versatile, light and a great addition to light summer meals! Love them!
We received a bulb of garlic as well. You can literally never have too much garlic!
To end the fruit segment of this review we received 2 beautiful mangoes. There is nothing more delicious than a juice ripe mango! Love having these around for a fresh dessert!
We received 2 bunches of small radishes. Someone on youtube told us that you can roast these and seriously guys… we’ll never go back. It was absolute magic!
Rounding out this weeks bounty are 4 delicata squash. We have never consumed or prepared these before but are totally up for the challenge. How pretty are they by the way?!
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Presentation: Even though this is an ugly produce subscription we think everything arrived to us perfectly!
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This Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California wall map is printed in complete street detail at a scale of 1 inch = 4,910 feet (mini print). The Thomas Bros. Maps Los Angeles & Orange wall map is printed in color with a UV-resistant ink to help prevent any fading. This wall map has a durable laminate for writing on/wiping off convenience and includes a hanging rail kit for convenient wall mounting.
The Los Angeles & Orange County Wall Map is indexed and compatible with the Thomas Guide for Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Area of Coverage:
- North: To the Los Angeles city limit, San Fernando.
- South: To the Orange/San Diego County Line (on inset map), Newport Beach (on main map).
- East: to Ontario and Corona.
- West: To to the Pacific Ocean, Malibu, Simi Valley.
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Los Angeles & Orange County Wall Map Data & Details:
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- Mileage circles
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Tiruvalla is a town located in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. This place has a religious importance because there are many temples built in this town. Balaji Tours and Travels a leading name under VG groups offers several pilgrimage tour packages. There were many pilgrimage places to visit.
Firstly we take you to Sri Vallabha Maha temple which is also known as Thiruvalla Temple. This temple is oldest and biggest temple in Kerala. There are two important festivals one is Thiru utsavam and other is Uthra Sreebali. During these festivals many pilgrims from all over world comes here and perform group prayers. Another important fact about this temple is that this is only temple where Kathakali dance performance is held on a regular basis. Then we take you Niranam church and Parumala Church. Then we also take you to Paliakkara Church, is first church of Tiruvalla. This church attracts many pilgrims from all over world. We also take you Chakkulatha Kavu Bhagavathi temple.
Then we take you Kaviyoor Mahadeva temple, one of ancient temple in Tiruvalla devoted to lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. This temple was built in 10th century. After then we take you Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church in Tiruvalla also known as an Eastern Oriental Church. This church has its own unique identification as compare to other churches in India.
We at Balajii Tours and travels give you best pilgrimage tour package of Tiruvalla. Our tour package includes hotel rent food and accommodation.
So if want to take a pilgrimage tour package of Tiruvalla, Balaji tours and Travels give you best pilgrimage tour package

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Just 37, Madam N already has eight children and a grandchild. Her third husband, a factory worker, earns $1,400.
The family receives close to $1,400 in monthly cash handouts and vouchers, the bulk of it from the Government.
Factor in medical and education subsidies, and what they get in state aid is considerably more than the money they make from work.
The handouts, the housewife acknowledged, have increased over the years. The state has also exercised flexibility in allowing the large family to live by themselves in a three-room Interim Rental Housing flat, whereas the temporary housing scheme usually requires two families to share a roof.
I chanced upon the former beautician after following her children home one afternoon last month, while wandering along the corridors of their Boon Lay housing block.
Chatting in their cluttered flat as her teenage daughter played on a Samsung tablet, I realised that this family was living proof of the rapid and relatively recent widening of Singapore's social safety nets.
Aid quantums have increased and eligibility criteria relaxed. More help has been targeted to larger families by introducing per capita income criteria to assess financial need.
Families are being judged "case by case" and sometimes, on appeal, rules are bent in their favour. Help has also become more accessible, with far more agencies and offices dispensing state aid than before.
All this is welcome news for the poor in a country long known for its prudent - some would call it tight-fisted - approach to welfare.
But welfare should never undermine the value and rewards of hard work. As social safety nets widen, there is an urgent need to boost the wages of the working poor and help them stay in the workforce and keep their families together as best as they can.
There are 105,000 families with average household incomes of $1,600 per month, including Central Provident Fund contributions.
But let's talk about the good news first. During recent visits to a dozen rental housing estates while working on a special report on the poor, I came across several families like Madam N's who said they were getting more help from the Government than they did before to combat the soaring costs of living.
In Buangkok, there was the mentally ill couple with a nine-year-old daughter who got $800 in cash handouts and vouchers plus food rations from the Government and two religious charities. In Boon Lay, there was the mother of four who had cash handouts and childcare subsidies. In addition, her children received free tuition five days a week and free bus rides to and from school.
Data bears this out too. Payouts from ComCare, the Government's main fund to help the needy, topped $100 million for the first time in the last financial year, more than double the $44.5 million given out just five years ago. The biggest jump was in short-term assistance.
A total of 33,266 individuals and families were helped overall in FY 2012, up from 19,072 just five years ago. Charities have also been doing more.
Indeed, some of what I saw on the ground recently is a far cry from just three to six years ago, when as a community reporter I routinely encountered and wrote about people who did not receive enough financial help because they were not eligible or unaware of where to get it.
Today, there are still some deep pockets of need. Some of the elderly poor - especially those estranged from their families - could do with more help.
Ironically, it's some of the working poor - who are so busy making ends meet that they just don't have the time to appeal for and follow up on available state help - who might be the most in need of help.
Take Madam L, for instance, a 34-year-old single mother from Whampoa who supports four children on her factory worker's take-home pay of $700 - or $140 per head per month.
That's around half the per capita income of Madam N's family, after their welfare payments. Yet, when Madam L applied for social assistance payments, she got only $200 per month.
Then there is Madam K, a 67-year-old school-canteen helper from Lengkok Bahru, who supports a mentally ill daughter on a monthly income of around $700. She is out working 12 hours a day and does not get paid on school holidays. She says she is too exhausted to seek state aid.
Worryingly, despite the tight labour market, the ranks of low-wage workers are on the rise. Last year, there were 114,000 local workers who earned less than $1,000 a month despite working full-time, up by 4,000 from a year earlier.
In fact, between 2007 and last year, real median gross wages declined in eight of the nine major occupational groups, including cleaners and labourers, service and sales workers and clerical support workers. Only plant and machine operators saw a rise in real wages.
Wages of the working poor need to be pushed up to keep them working, and to draw the able-bodied who are staying home to return to work too.
Transport operator SMRT took a bold step last week by announcing a new wage model that could see its local bus drivers earn up to $1,000 more per month. On their part, the People's Action Party town councils have announced a $200 increase in the starting pay of full- time cleaners.
Even more could be done to incentivise work. The Workfare Income Supplement - under which the Government tops up the wages of those earning less than $1,900 a month - is an excellent idea, but much of it is paid into the CPF account. Even after a big hike in the cash component this year, the maximum cash incentive a worker can get works out to less than $120 per month. The cash component could be increased further, especially for those who earn under $1,000 a month.
Better job matching services are also imperative, especially in the tight labour market. An entrepreneur friend who helps to run several restaurants wrote to me a few weeks ago, saying his company wanted to hire a dozen local cleaners at between $1,800 and $2,000 per month for a five-day week and an eight-hour shift. That's more than double the $850 gross median pay of cleaners.
I forwarded the e-mail to a Community Development Council and a voluntary welfare organisation where the needy go to seek job assistance. Both acknowledged my e-mail. The company also advertised for workers but there have not been enough takers so far.
The businessman is beginning to think that some of Singapore's poor, while quick to welcome handouts, have become choosy about jobs.
There is a need to wean young and physically able Singaporeans - including mothers like Madam N - off dependence on welfare and get them back to work.
Childcare subsidies have risen dramatically in recent years. Mothers from low-income families can pay as little as $5 per child in monthly childcare fees. Giving single mothers or those from needy families priority in childcare placements could help them get back to work quickly.
Wider safety nets are a good thing, and they do ease the plight of the poor who struggle daily to make ends meet.
But the hard part, as more is done to help those most in need, is to ensure that access to aid does not dissuade them from making their way back onto the road to self-reliance.
For the young and able in particular, welfare should never be allowed to undermine the rewards of hard work.


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Madam Renards is dedicated to producing and promoting performing arts in the Swindon area.
We offer vital opportunities for local performing artists, by encouraging a supportive performing arts environment in Swindon & producing our own shows.
We challenge our performers and our audience on how they engage with performing art and look to find new audiences by venturing outside of traditional theatres.
Above all we aim to entertain
Matt Fox started writing for the theatre as a teenager when he joined a writer’s group at Plymouth Theatre Royal. Following a degree in English from Royal Holloway and an MA in Professional Writing, he started to write, produce, and (occasionally) direct theatrical productions. He is currently a trustee for music education charity the JTPTrust and writer and producer for Madam Renards. Recent works include the operas Swindon: the Opera (with Betty Roe MBE) & Nights (with Jessie Thompson) , the plays The Life We Lived, To Sleep, One Act Play, Family Play and The Lady Killers Monologue Series, the musicals Madrababes, The Indisposition of David Phillips, The Bridal Ballad and a new adaptation of The Beggar’s Opera (all with Jessie Thompson). All of these pieces have been performed in Swindon and toured to theatres around the UK. Matt’s work is published by Roister Doister Publishing Ltd and Off The Wall Plays in the UK, and JD Drama Publishing in the USA.
Matt has most recently written a new play called ‘The Life We Lived’ which was premiered in January 2016 by Trick of Light Theatre Company.
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Jessie Thompson completed her BMus (hons.) in Music at the University of London in 2004. She is currently a freelance musical director, vocal coach and musical arranger in the Wiltshire area.
Jessie has previously taught with Hackney Musical Development Trust in London, and currently provides private singing lessons to students in Swindon. In addition she is one of the principal tutors for Swindon based vocal education charity the JTPTrust.
In 2011 Jessie created a new adaptation of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera with Matt Fox. Since then Jessie has written the music for a number of new musicals and operas including Nights, Madrababes, The Indisposition of David Phillips & The Bridal Ballad, as well as many choral works including the annually performed Christmas piece The Holly, The Ivy & the Mistletoe.
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Becci Smith is a classical soprano who trained with Janice Thompson
She has been performing in Madam Renards’ productions for several years now and has now begun to take on ‘behind the scenes’ work within in the company, which most recently included assisting with the research for Madam Renards’ 2015 production ‘The Bridal Ballad’.


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December 1st, 2011 #1
My first real thread, yay for me...
It's still a early wip as u see, maybe u guys have some ideas.
Cuz i'm not so sure about the upper left corner, if i should keep it empty or not.
Also can't decide to keep the cat or remove or exchange it with something else .... (penguin ??? idk?!?)
Don't expect a deeper meaning behind this, just wanted to draw someone trapped in stone.
Maybe if I know what to do with the rest of the pic, I get a story together, why the girl is trapped in stone...
Thx for looking and any ideas, comments, critique are welcome!
Hide this ad by registering as a memberDecember 2nd, 2011 #2
Did you sketch out the whole body before painting the parts that stick out of the ground? The girl's hair seems to "balloon" over her head, which I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, and looking at the cat, I would personally have it be as realistic as the woman, instead of a very cartoony cat (and seriously get a ref for that too).
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Thx for the cnc TinyBird!
But nope, the ref I used wasn't covering the whole body, just the upper-part and part of the right knee.
So I had to come up with the rest. I hope the proportions aren't too much off.
About the hair, I wanted to experiment here a bit. So the "balloony" look is kind of intended.
The cat is more a placeholder/reminder for me atm, cuz as I said I'm not sure where to go from here.


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The global agenda for sustainable development includes the alleviation of poverty and hunger by developing sustainable agriculture and food systems. Intensive farming systems and its variations, such as sustainable intensification or ecological intensification, are currently being promoted as technologies that can improve agricultural productivity and reduce environmental impacts. However, these are focused only on per-hectare productivity with growing negative impacts on local culture and the environment. This study identifies the negative impacts of crop- and livestock-based farming systems on the Indo-Gangetic plains, as well as in the USA, China, and South America as an example of key challenges in global agriculture. These impacts are classified into environmental, social, economic, and health impacts. An alternative paradigm is proposed to overcome some of the shortcomings of current global agriculture. This new bottom-up paradigm is based on three indicators that are fundamental to achieve the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of agriculture and food systems. These are divided into technical, geographic, and social indicators and have been analysed for four farming systems—low-input, high-input, organic, and desired farming systems. Seven global geographic regions have been analysed in terms of their socio-economic indicators and status of agriculture in order to develop pathways for the implementation of the new paradigm. The pathway for change suggested in this paper includes a focus on research and training, policy and institutional changes, and an evaluation of the costs and benefits, and changes in production models that consider scale and sustainability metrics and include innovations in consultation with all stakeholders. This new paradigm has the potential to direct global efforts towards more local and regional solutions, which are community driven and constitute a ‘bottom-up’ approach.
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Telling someone to “grow up” is often taken badly. No one likes to be told that they’re acting like a child. But to ‘grow up’ is part of the constantly evolving human condi- tion. We always should be, in a sense, growing up.
Psychologists prefer to call it gaining ‘personal authority’, which means taking charge of your self, your health, your behaviour, your destiny. So rather than relying on the consent or approval of others, or waiting for other people to reveal a pathway forward, you instead understand that the choices you make are your responsibility. You are the gatekeeper to your own life.
For some, this feeling of ultimate freedom over the course of one’s destiny can feel too overwhelming; it’s easier to re- sign yourself to a fate that’s ultimately in another’s hands. Much like a child patiently waits for dinner, or for permission to play outside, you continue to wait for that signal from others, which may or may not ever arrive.
Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre argues that most people never accept this gaping responsibility over the course of their lives, but instead will blame society, religion, luck, parents, and so on when things go wrong. But to do so, argues the philosopher, is to live in “bad faith”. We must, he believes, accept that we have the freedom to choose and direct the course of our lives. To do so is to gain ‘personal authority’, or what’s commonly referred to as ‘growing up’.
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Heavy rain brings relief
HEAVY rains, accompanied by hail and thunderstorms on Sunday evening sparked hopes of an improvement in the dam levels of Nelson Mandela Bay.
This on a weekend in which the Bay remembered the 50th anniversary of the 1968 floods that wreaked havoc in the city.
Welcome rain of about 40mm was measured in the catchment areas, but at time of going to print on Monday, the dam levels were not yet available.
This rain follows on a spike in the use of water in the metro due to the 2018 Isuzu Ironman 70.3 World Championships.
The drought-stricken Nelson Mandela Bay faced tougher water restrictions over the last few months when dam levels dropped to an all-time low of 20% of total combined capacity. This resulted in the daily usage of 50 litres per person per day.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s total combined capacity of water supply dropped to 17.95% as on August 29. The capacity was 18.2% in the previous week.
Approximately 16 000 visitors set foot in the city ahead of the 2018 Isuzu Ironman 70.3 World Championship, to gear up for the triathlon which was held this past Saturday and Sunday.
Nelson Mandela Bay municipal spokesperson, Mthubanzi Mniki, confirmed that the municipality has taken every possible precaution to prevent excessive amounts of water consumption during the Ironman World Championships.
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Argan oil is extracted from the fruit’s kernel of the argan tree (Argania spinosa). Nicknamed the “the tree of life,” this wild, thorny tree grows exclusively in southwestern Morocco. It can grow as high as eight to ten meters and can live up to two hundred years.
Argan oil, due to its high content of vitamin E, is ideal to fight against dryness and skin ageing process. It is perfect also to strengthen the nails thanks to the presence of unsaponifiables.
Very trendy oil in cosmetic products, many laboratories are using this oil for nail and hair cares, but also for creams and lotions. The oil, even expensive, is also used by of soaps manufacturers.
A Argan tree gives 180kg of fruits a year. It takes 30kg of Argan fruits to get 2 kg of Argan kernel which is the minimum quantity of kernel to get 1kg of Argan oil (when the yield can reach 50%).
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Perilla is usually consumed directly in everyday life. The leaves are green (purple coloured if still young age) is used as a complement in salads, this leaves well-known in the culture barbeque in Korea. The seeds can be extracted an oil which is rich in benefits.
Perilla seed oil contains high levels of omega 3 fatty acids that are known to have antiseptic activity and to be effective against the bacteria responsible for acne. capacity is also attributed to this oil to suppress chronic inflammation and itching. Perilla seed oil is particularly suitable for use in a mixture, in facial massage oil, lotion, cream and as part of the scrub salt formulations.
Brazil Nut Oil
The Brazil nut is, in fact, a seed rather than a nut, but popular usage continues to prevail. Nutritionally, Brazil nuts are an excellent source of selenium and a good source of magnesium and thiamine. There are 14% protein, 11% carbohydrates, and 67% fat (1). The fat breakdown is roughly 25% saturated, 41% monounsaturated, and 34% polyunsaturated. The absolute saturated fat content of Brazil nuts is among the highest of all nuts, surpassing even macadamia nuts.
The proteins found in Brazil nuts are very high in sulfur-containing amino acids like cysteine (8%) and methionine (18%) and are also extremely rich in glutamine, glutamic acid, and arginine. The presence of these amino acids enhances the absorption of selenium and other minerals in the nut.
As with most nuts, the Brazil nut is rich in oils, variously reported at 65-70% of seed dry weight. Brazil nut oil is clear yellowish oil, which has a pleasant and sweet smell and taste.
Its texture and aroma gives it great versatility for use in a wide array of innovative personal care products. Brazil Nut Oil's high selenium content offers strong antioxidant properties. When used in personal care products, Brazil Oil hydrates and softens the skin.
Today, Brazil nut oil is used in soaps, shampoos and hair conditioning/repair products. As a hair conditioner it brings shine, silkiness, malleability and softness to hair. It helps renew dry, lifeless hair and split-ends and allows hair to remain soft and silky. It provides stabilising detergent properties and helps clean the hair.
Pomegranate Seed Oil
Pumpkin Seed Oil
Green coffee bean oil
Chia seed oil
Chia seed oil is cold-pressed extracted from the chia seeds commonly referred to as a superfood.
Chia seed oil is an especially great option for vegetarians and vegans to obtain omega-3 fatty acids from a botanical source. It is a popular supplement due to its high level of alpha-Linolenic acid (ALA) which cannot be produced by the body, but must be obtained through the diet alone. Chia seed oil is also used in the food industry as a cooking oil and as a popular ingredient in various salad dressings. In the cosmetic industry chia seed oil is used in body creams and lotions used topically to treat dry skin and promote healthier hair.
The seeds yield 25–30% extractable oil
Prickly Pear Oil
So, we can conclude that the oil content in the prickly seed will be between 5 to 10% according to the cultivar used for the extraction. And finally, we can say that to get 1 kg of oil, between 300 and 500kg of fresh fruits will be needed.
The oil processed from the seeds is characterized by a high degree of unsaturation wherein linoleic acid is the major fatty acid (56.1–77%). Oleic (C18:1) and linoleic (C18:2) acids can count for more than 80%  of the total fatty acids.
The sterol fraction is usually about 1% of TL withβ-sitosterol as sterol marker, representing 72% of the total sterol content in seed oil.


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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Salvation Army is still 40% short of its goal to raise $1.2 million this year. Now, an anonymous donor has offered $15,000 in matching funds if people can donate over the next few days.
The Salvation Army says they still need large size coats and children’s sweaters.
“We’ve had shortages of adult coats, of large coats sizes this year, was very difficult to come by this year,” said Wichita City Commander for the Salvation Army Major Jim Curl.
Along with cash, digital donations or canned foods, they hope the Wichita community will be able to donate one more time before the holiday season ends.
“This way we are able to provide most of the toys and gifts families want, and then, it becomes a gift from their family under the Christmas tree,” added Major Jim Curl.
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We bought individually wrapped rice crispy treats, but you could certainly make homemade rice crispy treats, and then dipped them in blue colored white chocolate. Tada! Look at these cute and easy baby shower treats.
To make these party favors you'll need:
- 16 individually wrapped rice crispy treats
- 1 bag of chocolate melting wafers in desired color
- Small plastic treat bags with ties
- Cute saying printed and cut out, with a hole punched in the corner
- Heat chocolate wafers over low heat. I used my mini crockpot.
- Unwrap the rice crispy treats.
- Dip the treats halfway into warm chocolate, tapping to remove excess chocolate. Place the chocolate dipped treat on parchment paper to harden.
- Once the chocolate is dry/hard, place each treat in a bag and tie off with your cute saying.


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She’s had standout roles in films ranging from I Shot Andy Warhol to Say Anything . . . plus a regular one on “Six Feet Under.” He’s an acclaimed poet who wrote a memoir about his relationship with his homeless father called Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, soon to be a film. Lili Taylor and Nick Flynn are a power couple, and this Thursday, November 13, they’re coming to the University of Vermont for two talks that are free and open to the public. From 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., Taylor will speak about her film career in the Davis Center’s Litvak Ballroom; at 5:30 p.m., Flynn will read his poetry and prose in the Waterman Building’s Memorial Lounge. The talks are sponsored by the English Department’s Writers’ Workshop and Film and Television Studies Program.
English professor and poet Major Jackson says that “Nick and I are old friends . . . We’ve wanted to get [him] at UVM for a while. Since he was coming up, I asked Lili if she was interested.” Film and Television Studies Director Hilary Neroni will conduct a Q&A with Taylor.
This Sunday, November 16, local writers and readers gather to honor the memory of poet Hayden Carruth, who died on September 29 at the age of 87. Though Carruth moved to Syracuse in 1979, he spent the two previous decades in Johnson, and his poetry drew so strongly on the Vermont landscape that, as Paula Routly wrote in a 2002 Seven Days profile, he was often “considered to be the natural, f-word-slinging successor to Robert Frost.”
Wolcott poet David Budbill helped organize the event scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. in the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ College Hall Chapel at 36 College Street in Montpelier. About a dozen poets will read Carruth’s work, and community members are encouraged to bring short poems, too. Music (“Hayden loved jazz and the blues,” says Budbill) and a reception from NECI will round out the celebration of the life of this “tough-bird author,” as The New York Times once called him. For more info, call 828-8556.
Frequent patrons of Burlington’s Grannis Gallery were shocked to find a flyer in their mail earlier this week announcing a going-out-of-business sale. On Tuesday and Wednesday, husband-and-wife co-owners Timothy Grannis and Susan Hurd are offering first-dibs discounts to “friends and valued customers” on nearly $2 million worth of fine designer jewelry, along with “our entire inventory of fine diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires,” reads the flyer. (The sale will be announced to the general public on Thursday.) On Tuesday as the store opened, a line already stretched out the door, Hurd reported. Remarkably, she sounded upbeat. “We’ve been wanting to do this for a long time,” she revealed. Rather than a concession to the recession, she said, the move is about “de-stressing” from the rigors of retail. The business, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, is for sale too, Hurd noted. The gallery, also a bright spot on the monthly art-walk circuit, will be sorely missed, as much for its proprietors and staff as for its beauteous bling.


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" Twice Dead is a 1948 caper surrounding two elderly bachelors, Sydney Wadsworth, founder of an exclusive New York golf club in 1921, and Toby Worthington, his inseparable friend. Discovering a member dead in the golf club locker room, they place him on the golf course to spare the club embarrassment. The police cannot find the body, and class warfare ensues between the club and the community. As amateur detectives, Sydney and Toby dodge the law, face charges of murder, theft, and indecent exposure as they journey to a bizarre rod and gun club in search of a solution.
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Baden, situated in the far south of Germany, just over the Rhine from Alsace, is the warmest wine region in Germany. It is home to grape varieties such as Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Weingut Heitlinger owns 42 hectares of top class vineyards, a significant portion of which is considered as Erste Lagen (Grand Cru) by the VDP association, planted with Riesling and the Pinot Trio (Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc). The Pinot Noir “Königsbecher” Grand Cru is awarded “World’s Top best 10 Pinot”.
What is VDP? The VDP association is the most influential and prestigious wine grower association in Germany. Currently, the VDP has only 197 members, which represent less than 4% of the total wine production in Germany. Regulations set by the VDP members on site selection, yields, and must weights are much higher than those required by the German wine Law.
What is GG (Grosses Gewächs)? Grosses Gewächs: the German classification system similar to "Grand Cru" in France
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Descendants help refurbish monument of Constitution signer
The grave of a Granite Stater who signed the Constitution has been restored.
Nicholas Gilman signed and helped ratify the Constitution, served in the U.S. House of Representatives during the first four Congresses and served in the U.S. Senate until his death in 1814.
He was on his way back home to Exeter after a recess in Washington when he died.
"A man who believed in many things and the power of the government and the power of our Constitution," said Emma Bray, of the American Independence Museum.
The refurbished headstone paying tribute to Gilman was unveiled Sunday in Exeter, and his descendants traveled from as far away as Alaska for the ceremony.
The effort to replace Gilman's old, worn headstone was sparked by family two years ago.
"We're standing there, looking at that stone, saying this -- my daughter said, 'Dad, this can't be left like this,'" said Quentin Gilman.
Family members worked with the cemetery and local American Legion posts to be sure their ancestor is honored properly.
"Helping members of this community and future generations to understand the important contributions this Granite Stater made," U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said.
Over the weekend, a group of authors visited several other patriot graves from across New Hampshire, photographing them for a series of books.
"Typically, we find that about one-third of the patriot graves are in really bad shape," said Lawrence Knorr, publisher of "Graves of our Founders."
Knorr said the Gilman grave would have been one they'd add to their website to be fixed.
"And point out the ones that actually need work and we're looking for folks to adopt those and possibly do some work on them," he said.
Like the authors, the Gilman family said they saw a piece of American history that needed some attention.
"That stone to be there like that was an insult to Exeter, an insult to the state of New Hampshire, an insult to the United States of America, and we've corrected that," Quentin Gilman said.


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TheTravel, “the world’s most interesting site for travel tips, guides, and facts”, has published 20 photos of crumbling resort hotels that were sadly left behind. In this exciting selection of the abandoned hotels from New York to Taiwan, one Croatian ruin found its place. Hotel Belvedere in Dubrovnik first appeared on Pipeaway in January 2018 and earned itself a place number 9 on TheTravel’s top list of crumbling out-of-service resorts.
“There’s something so captivating when it comes to an area that was left behind”, Elias Roberts wrote in his article in November 2018. “Photographers, in particular, have a fascination when it comes to an abandoned area. Seeing nature run its course on a certain area is something to behold. This tends to happen more times than not when a resort is completely abandoned.”
For its 4 million readers, TheTravel highlighted the abandoned resorts from Cuba and Mexico to Egypt. Sometimes people abandoned these places due to a natural disaster such as a hurricane. Sometimes they leave them behind because of the costs of maintaining the location.
Goodbye to King’s Landing Combat Arena
In recent years, Croatian town of Dubrovnik has become popular as one of the filming sites for the planetary popular series “Game of Thrones”. The abandoned Hotel Belvedere was the stage for the legendary battle between Oberyn and The Mountain. However, even that didn’t stop local football fans to repaint the crest of the House of Baratheon which was marking the combat scene. No new promotion could have saved the crumbling hotel screaming for restoration in Croatian touristic jewel.
TheTravel quotes Pipeaway blogger Ivan Kralj on the urban exploration of the site: “After squeezing through the hole in the wall, I started walking carefully. Hallways were cluttered with building material, rods were sticking out of the walls, the floor was getting weaker and seemed unstable. Smashed bathrooms, uprooted tubs, shattered mirrors. The history was silent.”
The writer Elias Roberts concludes that the beachfront location of Hotel Belvedere is breathtaking. But he adds that, inside, “the place is eerie and chilling with the foundation completely falling apart”.
Hotels are not the only part of the travel industry that disappears overnight. Read about the destiny of Nara Dreamland, once a thriving amusement park in Japan!
Abandoned hotels and ghosts of the past
The world is full of hotels that collapsed slower than the businesses which managed them. Typically, like in Hotel Belvedere case, they wait for a new investor to come in with fresh money. This sometimes takes time. In this period nature, nature overtakes these abandoned hotels, frozen between the full use and final demolishment before the resurrection.
Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in New York stopped working in 1986. They finally demolished it only in 2018. In more than three decades, the vegetation was taking over the premises of this former kosher hotel. The grass covered even the pool area!
TheTravel points out to another trend in countries which tried to destimulate international travel of their people. They were hoping to create exotic vacations domestically. Hachijo Royal Hotel Resort in Tokyo, as well as the forgotten resort for the higher class in Russia (not named in TheTravel’s article), are excellent examples of how short-lived were such ideas.
Most of these abandoned hotels now live in the memory of urbex explorers and visitors who eternalized their decay before the final demolishment. UFO-shaped resort buildings in Taiwan and Fallside Inn at Niagara Falls do not exist anymore. It is just a matter of time when the Alps Ski Resort in South Korea will experience the same destiny.
For all the lovers of urban exploration, who can see beyond the shattered glass, mold, rust, and nature taking over, these abandoned hotels are ghosts of the past worth talking to.


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Fried Orange Rice
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First you want to measure your rice, one regular size cup should do for a family of four. Pour into pot, n a tsp of vegetable oil so that it will fry, fry and stir rice until it turns golden brownish n once its stirred n the majority is golden brown...>
Open a can of tomato sauce n pour into a regular size cup,(same one you use for measuring rice) n add some water to fill up the cup, pour it in while rice is frying, n then fill up the same cup of water again n pour it in pot so that it is enough to stop the water from evaporating
Add some Knorr flavor , it sold at any super market, chop some onion up add some to the rice, for more flavor..
Then set on low heat once the rice has boiled from previously pouring water n flavor, add one more full cup of water n set you heat on low so that it can cook, for 30 mins or so n you shall see the rice drained of the water n ready to turn off your heat on the stove
Doesnt have to look like this! Everyones has a different way of making it.. Good luck n hopefully this was helpful enough..
Forgot to mention tht this the Knorr flavor i was talkin about, you dont need much but it goes good with rice


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Watch Sean Bean lay out his plans to stop the Fulham All Stars and reveal which manager he aspires to be like.
Watch Ross McCormack review the Whites' season, and his own, before stating his ambitions for 2015/16.
Have you voted for Fulham's 2014/15 Player of the Season? Watch our players reveal their thoughts.
Watch as Craven Cottage MC Ivan Berry strolls around Bishop's Park on Fans Day, ahead of the match against Middlesbrough.
Watch the Whites' lap of appreciation, as they pay tribute to the Fulham faithful after the win over Middlesbrough.
In the last of our series of short films, Fulham players send their best wishes as Becca starts the final countdown to her run.
Marcus Bettinelli is aiming to fulfil his dream of winning an England cap, having been called up to the Three Lions Under-21 squad.
Watch the action as the Owls and the Whites played out a six-goal thriller at Hillsborough back in October 2000.
The Club is delighted to confirm Jack Grimmer has agreed a new deal, keeping him at Fulham until the summer of 2017.
Join Fulham staff members and be part of our team riding the London to Amsterdam Challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.
South American Youth Championship winner Tiago Casasola discusses victory with 2005 winner Hugo Rodallega.
Sean Kavanagh has signed a new contract with the Club which will see him remain at Fulham until June 2018.
Fulham FC is delighted to announce George Williams has signed a long-term contract extension.
Shaun Hutchinson is pleased to start 2015 with a clean sheet and reveals the Team talked about 'a New Year, new attitude'.
Merry Christmas everyone! The players would like to pass on their Christmas wishes to all Fulham fans, and a ho ho ho!
It's Fulham Secret Santa time! We ask the Whites which present they would buy for which player, and they don't hold back!
The players answer one of the toughest questions of them all - what present would you buy for the Manager this Christmas?
After hearing the Whites' favourite Christmas presents, we now find out the worst gifts to arrive in our players' stockings.
In our next feature, we find out what the best Christmas presents the Whites players have ever received are.
Find out what the Christmas traditions the Whites players have in their households during the festive season.