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SatLink Launches New DTH Platform to Africa on Astra 4A
Apr 19, 2009 – SatLink Communications has announced that it has acquired its own capacity covering sub-Saharan Africa on ASTRA's Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite located at 5° East. The MCPC platform is for DTH broadcasters aiming to cover the region.
News categories: SatLink, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Satellite, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
GlobeCast launches new African DTH distribution platform on Astra 4A
Mar 3, 2009 – GlobeCast has announced that its African DTH platform has successfully started transmissions on SES ASTRA's Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite. African broadcaster VoxAfrica is one of the first channels to sign up for the new platform.
News categories: GlobeCast, VoxAfrica, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Satellite, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Africa's GTV goes into liquidation
Jan 30, 2009 – Gateway Broadcast Services, supplier of the GTV satellite service to subscribers across Africa over the last 2 years, has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to liquidate the Company.
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Gateway Chooses NDS Content Protection for New African DTH Service
Feb 26, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by Gateway Communications to provide a security system, featuring its VideoGuard® conditional access (CA), for GTV its newly created satellite TV service for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Sam is Co-Director of UNM Opera's The Magic Flute. Sam, a member of the Voice Faculty at the University of New Mexico, attended Del Norte in the '70s.
Active in opera, oratorio, and art song, Sam Shepperson has been a soloist with such groups as the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Symphony, the Orchestra of Santa Fe, the Colorado Opera Festival, Opera Southwest, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and has performed the role of Ben Budge in the Santa Fe Opera's production of The Beggar's Opera. He has also sung numerous roles for the UNM Opera Theatre.
For several years, Mr. Shepperson toured a production for the Santa Fe Opera outreach program. His opera resume includes such roles as Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Pedrillo in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Leo in Regina, Lindoro in The Italian Girl in Algiers, Camille in The Merry Widow, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Dr Caius in Falstaff, Goro in Madama Butterfly, and Little Bat in Susannah.
For more information on the Opera The Magic Flute, See the article in the Albuquerque Journal's Venue.


The West Gate Tunnel Project has undergone an extensive and robust planning assessment process, including through an Environment Effects Statement (EES), a requirement of the Minister for Planning under the Environment Effects Act 1978.
The assessment report has been considered by decision makers and necessary changes were made to key approvals documents. Planning and environmental approvals are now in place.
Information in the EES will help answer your questions about how the project could affect the environment, and what we're doing to manage impacts during construction and when the road opens.
An EES is a well-established process and the most comprehensive and transparent way for a project's impacts to be considered. The EES has been undertaken by the West Gate Tunnel Authority (formerly the Western Distributor Authority). The EES process is managed by the Victorian Government's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) on behalf of the Minister for Planning.
The EES for the West Gate Tunnel Project assessed potential impacts in 17 areas including but not limited to transport, air quality, noise, landscape and visual amenity, vibration, business, ecology, social and human health.
A draft Planning Scheme Amendment and Works Approval application were also exhibited alongside the EES and are being progressed. Find out more about key approvals.
The EES, draft Planning Scheme Amendment, Works Approval application and public submissions were presented to an Inquiry and Advisory Committee (IAC) appointed by the Minister for Planning. Public hearings concluded on Tuesday 19 September 2017.
The IAC considered all submissions and prepared a report to the Minister for Planning on the EES, draft Planning Scheme Amendment and the Works Approval application.
We undertook a comprehensive engagement program in the development of the EES, draft Planning Scheme Amendment and Works Approval application, with input from stakeholders and the community.
Community members and stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on the EES, draft Planning Scheme Amendment and Works Approval application from Monday 29 May to Monday 10 July 2017. Formal submissions were invited during this time.
During this six-week public exhibition period, the EES and all attachments were available to view online and at 14 temporary displays and 13 information sessions held across the project corridor and regional areas. Specialists who prepared the EES attended the information sessions to talk to community members and answer questions.
Public submissions were considered by the Inquiry and Advisory Committee (IAC) and the Minister for Planning. Stakeholders and community members also had the opportunity to present to the IAC at public hearings, which were held for over five weeks and concluded on Tuesday 19 September 2017.
The full set of West Gate Tunnel EES documentation is available online.
The EES is presented through four volumes of information and is supported by a number of attachments and maps. Volume 1 covers the West Gate Tunnel Project and the EES assessment while volumes 2, 3 and 4 look at the project's effects by location – making it easier to find and read the information relevant to you.
As the EES documentation is extensive, a summary report has been made available to help draw out key information and give readers a broad overview of the project, its potential effects and how impacts are proposed to be managed. Download the summary report here.
In the EES, information is divided by location and by theme.
For a step-by-step guide on navigating the EES, download the EES Overview (PDF, 1MB).
A draft Planning Scheme Amendment and Works Approval application are also part of the key approvals. Find out more.


Jordans is a leading cereal brand in the UK and around the world but was new to the Australian market, launching in 2014. With no brand presence or personality in Australia, AC Agency created a campaign which needed to engage with consumers, allow them to connect and engage with the brand leading to sales and repeat purchases. AC Agency created the 'Eat Real' campaign in April 2014 together with iconic Australian chef, Bill Granger. This campaign was a grass roots community initiative encouraging people to take action and get back to eat unprocessed natural ingredients. This initiative closely aligned with the Jordans philosophy.
We invited media (traditional, social and bloggers) to attend a launch in the garden.
We introduced Bill Granger as the spokesperson for this three pronged campaign to ensure campaign longevity over a period of one year.
We co-ordinated a media tour with Bill Granger doing media interviews around the country.
We created a social media content calendar and executed it, we managed the sampling agency.
Voted number one in the Cereals category for Product of the Year Awards 2015, the largest consumer survey in Australia with more than 15,000 respondents, Jordans only used PR and sampling to create brand awareness in Australia.


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Small cell antenna installations, similar to the one pictured above, are becoming increasingly popular as cities race to obtain 4G and 5G technology. Courtesy photo
Oceanside approves terms for wireless tech on streetlights
by Samantha Nelson May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 5171
OCEANSIDE — Council approved the template of a license agreement that defines the terms and conditions allowing wireless phone companies to install small cells on city-owned streetlight poles.
At its May 20 meeting, Council adopted a resolution that approves a template Master License Agreement (MLA) for small cell wireless facilities on city-owned streetlight poles within the public right-of-way.
Small cells are a type of wireless facility that uses 4G and 5G technology and increase speed for carrier networks. They are often put on streetlight poles due to their numbers around the city (the city owns 8,000 poles) and because of their data and power connections.
According to city staff, which recommended the resolution's adoption, the template MLA allows the city to process applications from start to finish within the federally mandated timeframes. Recent changes in federal regulations regarding wireless deployments favor such a master agreement, staff explained in its report on the resolution.
The MLA provides the same terms and conditions to all wireless service providers. It also has a goal of bringing all existing small cell facilities under the new program.
Oceanside currently has 60 small cell facilities and 30 wireless communication facilities called "macro-sites" on poles all within the public right-of-way.
The template MLA does not authorize the installation or construction of any small cells. Those facilities will still need to be approved by the city's engineering division for compliance to conditions.
The template requires small cells to have radiofrequency emissions compliance reports that demonstrate each facility complies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. It also sets a "safe harbor" fee of $270 per small cell attachment to each city-owned infrastructure on top of permitting fees.
The FCC mandates that small wireless facilities can be mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height including their antennas or on structures that are no more than 10% taller than other adjacent structures. The facilities also cannot extend existing structures on which they are mounted to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 105, whichever is greater.
Staff hired Telecom Law Firm to assist in drafting the template MLA.
Attorney Michael Johnston from the firm explained to Council additional requirements and limitations for cities that recent FCC orders dictate.
The city cannot prohibit wireless services or wireless facilities, discriminate between service providers that are functionally the same, or regulate based on environmental effects from radiofrequency emissions as long as the facilities comply with FCC regulations regarding emissions.
The FCC orders also require the city act on a wireless application within a reasonable time and must issue a written decision.
"It basically says the city cannot say no and deny access for an indefinite period of time for wireless providers," Johnston said. "You have to accept that application and you can't use what you normally use to study the issue, which is a temporary moratorium."
Council received several comments from the public, many of which expressed opposition to the template and to increased 5G services in the city.
Suzanne Hume, founder of local organization CleanEarth4Kids.org, wants to keep small cells out of residential areas, parks, schools and high-risk fire areas like the city of Encinitas.
In November 2019, Encinitas City Council amended its 5G wireless policy to exclude cell towers from going up in residential areas, parks and high-risk fire hazard areas. The towers also cannot be installed within 500 feet of daycare centers, schools or homes that are not in residential zones.
Johnston explained the difference between what Encinitas did to the template MLA.
"Encinitas adopted a regulatory policy that regulated location and design of wireless facilities in the right-of-way," Johnston said. "This is just a master license agreement that identifies terms and conditions for access to city poles."
Johnston also noted that what Encinitas did is a risky move legally for cities.
Oceanside City Council approved the resolution 4-1 with Councilmember Esther Sanchez opposed.
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Samantha Nelson covers Oceanside, Camp Pendleton and the decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. She earned her journalism degree from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and has previously reported for The Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio, and USA Today in McLean, Virginia. For story tips and ideas, contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @samm1son
Theron May 31, 2020 at 12:45 pm
No 5G please!
Steve Maschue May 30, 2020 at 9:55 am
We need a good 5G system throughout Oceanside. It will revolutionize the City's infrastructure.
G. McAUliffe May 29, 2020 at 10:20 pm
Do not want cell towers in residential areas
Carl Akin May 29, 2020 at 10:29 am
Samantha,
Is there a publicly available copy of the MLA? What else did they agree too in the MLA?
Nick May 29, 2020 at 12:38 am
We don't want 5G in Oceanside.
Jason May 31, 2020 at 1:19 pm
Speak for yourself.


Some things that you might believe make selling easier actually make it far more difficult.
You might believe that lowering your price makes it easier for your client to choose you over your competitors. But lowering your price lowers the perception of value that you are creating and makes it more likely that your client chooses a competitor with a lower price.
Why? Because you commoditized yourself and made price the issue instead of value.
You might believe that allowing your prospect to control "the process" makes you a better salesperson, that by following their commands you are demonstrating what kind of partner you will be, and that doing so increases the likelihood that you are chosen. But allowing your client to control the process eliminates many of the steps you need to take to both create value and position yourself to win.
Why? Because not asking for the commitments you need eliminates your ability to create value and makes you transactional.
You might believe that not telling your prospective client just how difficult it is going to be to get the result they want, that their own constraints (including under-investing) are the root cause of their problems, and that it is going to take more time, more effort, and more money will make it easier for you to win their business. Maybe it will; but what then will you be charged with?
If you want to be a consultative salesperson, a trusted advisor, and a Level 4 Value Creator, then you have to tell the truth. It's your truthfulness, your candor, and your willingness to help come up with ideas that can help that makes you worth buying from. Avoiding the difficult conversations makes you something less, someone less, someone selling transactionally.
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Title: Little Dorrit
Author: Dickens, Charles
Dickens, C. (n.d.). Little Dorrit. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/
Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being read as a whole. But, as it is not unreasonable to suppose that I may have held its threads with a more continuous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished.
CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun and Shadow 2. Fellow Travellers 3. Home 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream 5. Family Affairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing the whole Science of Government 11. Let Loose 12. Bleeding Heart Yard 13. Patriarchal 14. Little Dorrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disappearance 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming 30. The Word of a Gentleman 31. Spirit 32. More Fortune-Telling


Soon you can control your phone by rubbing your jean. I'm Bridget Carey this is your Cnet update. Google teased us that it would have a wearable that would knock our socks off, and it turns out they really meant socks. One of Google's more exploratory divisions is working on smart clothing as a way to control your gadgets with the everyday fabrics you wear. Now, Google isn't gluing on a touch screen to a shirt. This goes way beyond that. Google created its own conductive yarn to be woven into any fabric so it looks like normal yarn, but it senses touch, and it can respond to precise gestures. The real challenge was to get conductive yarn that would withstand the process of making clothes, including stretching and heating, and it had to get it all controlled with a tiny chip that you can tuck away unseen. In an example, we saw this fabric put into a designer jacket And it could be programmed to make a phone call by simply swiping your finger across the sleeve. This is called Project Jacquard, and Google is working with Levi's to produce some of the first pieces of clothing to move this beyond a novelty and in to something realistic. One of the motivations for creating Smart Fabric is the fact that our screens Are getting smaller with smart watches. So we need to think of new ways to interact with devices. And a sleeve certainly provides more surface area to touch and scroll. But, there's another angle to solving this problem. And that's creating something that can detect your hand gestures. With project Sole, Google created a tiny radar sensor that can detect the slightest hand motions. So you can move your fingers in certain ways to navigate a screen, it's sensitive enough to let you. Scroll with a roll of your thumb like you were holding an invisible smart phone. Or you can twist your fingers like your rolling an invisible watch dial to set the time. The chip sends out a radar signal and the reflection of the signal changes as the hand moves. So it interprets different poses. Now Google just has to put that in a watch, and you have a way to control it without actually touching it. Let's move on to another site of tech companies trying new things. This time with food, coming soon to a breakfast near you. Amazon flake cereal to be served with cold Amazon milk and a cup of fresh brewed Amazon coffee. That's right. The online store that sells everything wants to sell you its own generic brand of food and household products. The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon's preparing to add several types of grocery items and cleaning products to its generic store brand, called Elements. Amazon launched Elements last year. To sell baby wipes and diapers to Prime members. But the diapers were discontinued less than two months after launching because of complaints. Amazon actually makes a few other cheap tech accessories under the name Amazon Basics including HDMI cords and bluetooth speakers. That's all for this tech news update but there's more at cnet.com. From our studios in New York, I'm Bridget Carey.


Strolling along San Antonio's Marina, the stunning façade of Villa Mercedes is a reminder of times gone by. Offering delicious Mediterranean food, sophisticated cocktails and weekly live music from celebrated flamenco guitarist, Paco Fernandez, it promises all the ingredients for a perfect summer's evening. Keen to sample the latest menu and enjoy the sounds of some Balearic flamenco at its best, we reserved ourselves a table at this treasured spot.
Originally built in 1901, this historic villa is now the home of one of Ibiza's favourite restaurants. The tiered alfresco terrace of this romantic venue is adorned with candlelit tables and surrounded by a secret garden, large chill out area and Moroccan inspired décor. Whether you choose to dine with a frontline view of the stunning marina or opt for a table tucked away on the Balinese inspired terrace, the friendly staff provides a warm and welcoming service to couples, families and larger groups. This beautiful place treats its visitors to a truly authentic Spanish ambience making Villa Mercedes a much sought after destination on the west side of the island.
The enticing cocktail list makes choosing difficult. The frozen 'Coconut Daiquiri' combining rum, coconut water and lime is a refreshing option at any time of the day or night. The Balinese inspired 'East meets West' is a warm and spicy blend of rum, ginger, lemongrass and lime. And for those with classic tastes, we recommend the fresh and fruity 'Passionfruit Mojito', a perfect start to any evening.
The Mediterranean menu comprises a mix of tapas, fresh rice and pasta dishes, sophisticated salads, fresh fish and meaty classics. Embracing the Spanish approach to dining we ordered some sharing starters including a creamy burrata with locally sourced cherry tomatoes, strawberries, basil and pine nuts. This light, fresh dish was balanced perfectly with the Japanese styled red tuna tartar infused with yuzu and served with seaweed toasts. Any visitor to Ibiza knows that no dinner is complete without a platter of light and crispy chipirones, the traditional appetizer of squid served with homemade tartar sauce, or perhaps some succulent crunchy prawns with a sweet chilli dipping sauce. Yes, we were hungry and at risk of peaking too soon!
The stresses of the day had already melted away and Paco Fernandez soon took to the intimate stage to charm diners with his unique fusion of contemporary electronica and the mastery of flamenco guitar. To experience such a performance in this perfect setting is something of a fairytale. Throughout the evening diners were spellbound as the music took us on a musical journey through sultry, mysterious moods to vibrant, energetic beats.
As our main courses arrived to the table our focus momentarily returned to our hungry appetites. Iberian pork loin with sweet potato mash and caramelised apple sauce is understandably a firm favourite on the menu. Thinly sliced pork on the silky smooth potato puree, this speciality dish was exquisite. Another local delicacy of grilled octopus was presented on a bed of smoked white potato with a delicately spiced red mojo. Those looking for a vegetarian option will be delighted with the classic risotto cooked with Gruyere cheese and served with fresh asparagus and lemon zest.
You may not think you have room for dessert until you see other diners around you tucking into the sweet homemade treats. If you struggle to choose, why not leave it to the chef who will put together a stunning selection of puddings to share? Our indulgent platter included lemon curd and cream cheese mousse in a filo pastry, an Argentinean caramel volcano (a warm rich caramel tart with ice-cream accompaniment), red fruit cheesecake and apple strudel. Planning our gym sessions for the following day we washed down our desserts with a glass of local hierbas, locally made especially for the restaurant.
Having enjoyed an incredible dinner we were in no rush to leave so remained seated to join the other appreciative diners in enjoying the remainder of the musical soiree. Vila Mercedes is the venue for other musical events and is also hosting a special dinner on 24th August for the evening of fireworks as part of the fiesta of San Bartolomeu. Booking in advance is recommended!


Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a recent conference that houses for low income earners need to reduce their prices further to between VND2-4 million (US$96-192) a square meter.
Dung told a Construction Ministry conference that there should be government policies and a stable housing supply to enable any low income earners to afford to buy a house on installments, news website VnExpress reported.
He said apartments currently are unaffordable to low income earners in urban areas.
Vietnam's first housing project for low income earners went on sale in Hanoi in September 2010. Each house of between 60 and 80 square meters cost nearly VND9 million a square meter.
Many investors have followed with more projects, but most have complained of a lack of funds and low profits.
There are around ten such housing projects in Hanoi, at around VND10 million per square meter. The houses have not sold well as the target customers have said the prices were beyond their low income, officials said at the conference.
Dung said the government will help bring down the prices by putting land taxes into a fund to help the poor buy homes.
Speakers at the conference showed that the housing area per person in Vietnam has doubled over the past decade to nearly 20 square meters in 2011, but some poor families of five to six members are still sharing six square meter houses.
Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at the conference that Vietnam has raised more than VND12.65 trillion ($607.6 million) in funds for housing projects for poor people.
The government says that homes for poor people should be around 28-60 square meters in size, and should cost between VND25-60 million.


Bianca Valdivia, Advisor is a 17-year-old who has been living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease that forced her to become reliant on oxygen, since she was 11 years old. She recently received a double lung transplant and is doing well with that. She enjoys high school, loves spending time with family and friends, and hopes to visit Paris someday.


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This is an original production drawing from the Walt Disney Studios production of Pinocchio (1940). This drawing features an adorable image of Pinocchio himself, and was created at the studio and used during the production of the film. The image itself measures 3.5" x 3.5" and the drawing is trimmed close to the character image as it was originally owned by a studio inker who had it trimmed down and displayed in a scrapbook. The drawing is in good condition with some adhesive remnants from its scrapbook displaying.


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Spin Thermoelectric Effects in a Strongly Correlated Double Quantum Dot System
Ł. Karwacki
Spin thermoelectric effects through a strongly correlated double quantum dot system embedded in a Aharonov-Bohm ring coupled to two leads with Rashba spin-orbit coupling have been investigated theoretically by means of the finite-U slave-boson technique. This method provides a reliable description of electron transport through quantum dot systems in the low temperature regime T ≪ T_{K}, where T_{K} is the so-called Kondo temperature. Particular emphasis is put on the possibility of the so-called spin Seebeck effect in such a system as a more sensitive probe of the Kondo state.
73.23.-b 73.63.Kv 72.15.Qm 85.35.Ds
72.15.Qm: Scattering mechanisms and Kondo effect(see also 75.20.Hr Local moments in compounds and alloys; Kondo effect, valence fluctuations, heavy fermions in magnetic properties and materials)
85.35.Ds: Quantum interference devices
73.23.-b: Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems
73.63.Kv: Quantum dots
Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań Poland
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Though the global markets for risk assets, such as stocks, commodities and high yield bonds, have rebounded since February 11, our portfolios remain relatively cautiously positioned.
The sharp rally in risk assets has caused many of these markets to go from showing signs of being oversold to being overbought in the short-term. At this time, we think the world has additional risks to absorb in the near-term.
Positive signs in the U.S. labor market and increasing core inflation surveys are likely to motivate the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates again, possibly at its June 14-15 meeting. We think the markets will respond with volatility, as they did after the December rate hike. However, we do not think the Fed will be able to raise interest rates much further, easing some of the potential risks.
Therefore, we remain cautious and our portfolios are positioned more conservatively at this time. Looking ahead, we are starting to see opportunities for investments and anticipate putting some of our defensive capital to work on ideas that we think have more upside potential.
Expected volatility notwithstanding, we are excited about many investment options over the longer-term. Strength in the U.S. labor market can propel the U.S. economy forward despite potential headwinds coming from abroad. As we suggested in our recent commentary, Why 2016 is not 2008, the U.S. economy in general is less reliant on foreign economies than other countries. Consumer spending is the biggest component of the U.S. economy.
The U.S. consumer sector is strong. Jobs growth continues with well-paying jobs in the business and professional services, as well as health care and education areas. These advances should lead to an increase in disposable income and spending, along a healthy savings rate.
Importantly, this resulting income is spreading more broadly today. It is true that the percentage of U.S. households with annual income of $50k-$100k is shrinking, but data shows that this is because more households have moved up in the pay scale range. As the following income distribution graph shows, adjusted for inflation, over the last 40 years the percentage of households earning less than $50k and $50k-$100k per year has decreased, while the percentage of households in the earnings brackets from $100-150k and $150k+ has increased.


Sometimes life feels like a storm. Dark clouds of change appear to threaten serious, lasting devastation. When the storm is real and significant, how do you avoid getting stuck in the debris? How can you accept the pain of what's happening, resist the urge to stay there, and make your way to new territory?
Every one of us experiences pain. It's a requisite part of life. But clinging to that pain – turning it into suffering – is not required. Yet our society has raised it to the level of an art form. Turn on the TV or walk past a rack of magazines and you can't escape suffering. People love problems. They seem mesmerized by their own woes and everyone else's.
When we cling to pain, endlessly turning a painful problem over in our mind, we relive it and breathe new life into it. It starts to take on an energy all its own. Energy drawn away from the healing process feeds the suffering. The pain looms larger in such a myopic view, and we lose perspective.
There has to be a way to say no to suffering, right? Right.
Define yourself in fluid terms. We are all constantly evolving and growing. Define yourself in terms that can withstand change. Defining yourself by possessions, roles, and relationships breeds attachment because loss entails losing not just what you have, but also who you are.
Vocalize your feelings. Feel them, acknowledge them, express them, and then let them naturally transform. Even if you want to dwell in anger, sadness, or frustration—especially if you feel like dwelling—save yourself the pain and commit to working through them.
So if you're experiencing the pain of change, loosen your grip on it. Take a few steps back. The distance will provide a broader view – one that goes beyond the dark clouds and debris. You will be able to see all the way to growth, strength, and development. Little by little, you walk into sunnier days.


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El Templo del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús es un templo de culto católico ubicado en la ciudad de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, construido en la primera mitad del siglo XX en estilo neorrománico, es uno de los principales monumentos arquitectónicos de la ciudad.

Historia
El origen del templo del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús se encuentra íntimamente ligado al retorno al territorio de Chihuahua —en particular a las misiones de la Sierra Tarahumara— de la Compañía de Jesús, expulsada desde 1767. A solicitud del primer obispo de Chihuahua, José de Jesús Ortiz y Rodríguez, los jesuitas retornaron oficialmente al estado el 9 de septiembre de 1900, haciéndose cargo de la parroquia de Sisoguichi el 12 de octubre del mismo año. Debido a la necesidad de contar con una casa y templo en la ciudad de Chihuahua donde se pudieran detener en su traslado a la Tarahumara, los jesuitas solicitaron y obtuvieron del nuevo obispo, Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, el Santuario de Guadalupe, del que tomaron posesión el 30 de julio de 1904, siendo su primer rector el padre Antonio Repiso, S. J.; en 1910 realizaron una remodelación al templo que le dio en gran parte el aspecto que conserva hasta hoy.

Uno de los sacerdotes jesuitas residentes en el Santuario, el padre Pedro Delgado, comenzó a atender a los vecinos de la Colonia Pacífico, ubicada al suroeste de la ciudad y junto a ellos inició en 1909 el proyecto de construcción una capilla al Sagrado Corazón, proyecto para el cual el gobernador Enrique C. Creel donó un terreno de su propiedad ubicado en la esquina de la Av. Penitenciaría —hoy 20 de Noviembre— y calle 26a., el obispo Pérez Gavilán bendijo la primera piedra el 25 de abril de 1909.

El crecimiento poblacional de la zona dio como resultado que pronto la capilla resultara insuficiente, por lo que en 1919 los vecinos convocados por el superior jesuita José María Maya resolvieron la construcción de un nuevo templo más espacioso, para lo que formaron una junta directiva que el 12 de noviembre del mismo año obtuvo el permiso para la construcción de la Secretaría de Gobernación y adquirió el nuevo terreno en la esquina formada por las avenidas 20 de noviembre y Ocampo; formulado el proyecto ya como templo jesuita, fue enviado al superior de la orden en la Ciudad de México, que lo rechazó argumentando que no debía limitarse a una capilla sino a un templo de grandes dimensiones. Para tal efecto se reorganizó la junta directiva a cuyo frente destacaría la señora María Luján de Terrazas, entre otras damas chihuahuenses, que conseguirían la ampliación del terreno inicial por donación realizada por la señora Rosa Terrazas de Muñoz; finalmente, el 31 de agosto de 1921 el tercer Obispo de Chihuahua, Antonio Guízar Valencia, colocó y bendijo la primera piedra y celebró la primera misa en el lugar.

El proyecto arquitectónico del templo, de estilo románico, fue realizado por el ingeniero José R. Argüelles y el ingeniero F. Tribouyet, inicialmente las obras se iniciaron bajo la dirección del ingeniero Enrique Esperón, y a su fallecimiento fue sustituido por los ingenieros Manuel O'Reilly y Carlos Ochoa Arróniz; además la cantería estuvo a cargo del maestro Romualdo González. Los trabajos se suspendieron en 1926 ante el conflicto religioso con el gobierno mexicano que llevaría a la suspensión de cultos desde el 31 de julio de ese año y hasta 1929. A partir de ese año se reiniciaron lentamente los trabajos que se prolongarían a lo largo de treinta años más, en 1931 parte del templo fue habilitada como capilla provisional en la que se inició el culto público a partir del 31 de agosto de ese año y que se consolidaría como la residencia jesuita en Chihuahua al ser devuelto ese mismo año el Santuario de Guadalupe a la jurisdicción diocesana y sobre todo cuando en 1934 se incendió la primitiva capilla de la Calle 26.

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House-Autry stone ground grits, plus sharp cheddar cheese, make a great side for this hearty entrée.
Next, season pork medallions on all sides with salt, garlic powder and pepper, making sure to coat evenly.
Heat a large cast iron skillet over high heat and add oil (do not use a nonstick skillet).
Place pork in skillet and cook on high until golden brown, at least 3 minutes, on first side. Turn pork over, reduce heat to medium, cover and cook until done, about 5-6 minutes. Remove pork from skillet and wrap tightly in plastic wrap on plate to allow the meat to rest.
While pork is resting, melt butter in same pan with drippings over medium-high heat and add flour, stirring to cook for a few minutes. Slowly whisk in the milk until a smooth gravy consistency forms. Keep in skillet.
Cut potatoes into quarters and steam or boil in a saucepan until tender but not completely done. Do not overcook. Remove from heat and drain if necessary.
Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Add leeks. Cook and stir until tender and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.


HomeBlogInterview Questions and AnswersInterview Questions: In what ways do you raise the bar for yourself and others around you?
Interview Questions: In what ways do you raise the bar for yourself and others around you?
Every jobseeker should be able to answer this question. It's a gauge for hiring managers to determine how much of a team player a candidate may be.
Raise the bar for yourself. Before you start raising the bar for others, set the bar first for yourself. This will make the job easier when everyone in the organization knows what to expect.
Learn to communicate. Employees can adapt to change. Success lies in communication. Let your colleagues understand how their efforts will benefit them and the organization. In most cases, colleagues are more than happy to accept the challenge to perform at higher levels.
Support.You now know that to take initiative, you need to set the bar for yourself. But you also need to support the continued growth and development of the team to give them more confidence as they stretch their abilities. This will make your colleagues feel more fulfilled as their skills are sharpened and they develop into more capable employees.
Know your priorities. When it comes to raising the bar, it is important to assess responsibilities and know what comes first. Prioritize.
Reflect from your past experiences. If you're finding it difficult to raise the bar, look back on your own career. Did you have a boss that raised the bar for you? If so, how did he or she do it? Perhaps you can pick up a few tips from that experience to help you plan, focus and prioritize.
Think of the results. Share your experiences with others regarding how your job satisfaction and performance improved with greater challenges. This will be motivation for your employees to strive for themselves.
The tips listed above should help you draft a solid interview answer. Don't forget to be sincere and apply your own experiences.


This morning most of us woke up, showered, brushed our teeth, and drank a cup of coffee. Throughout the day we all drank a few glasses of water and some of us might do a load of laundry before cooking dinner tonight. All of these tasks are things most of us take for granted. We expect water to come out of the tap the second we turn the faucet on and we expect dirty water to go down the drain and disappear, but the reality is, our water infrastructure is struggling. ASCE's 2017 Infrastructure Report Card found that our country's drinking water systems earned a "D" and our wastewater systems earned a "D+." We can hardly imagine a day without access to safe and reliable water systems, yet our water infrastructure network is rated as poor. Without clean water, our health, safety, economy, and environment is at risk.
Americans across the nation know the importance of dependable and up-to-date drinking and wastewater infrastructure systems. In fact, data shows 88% of Americans, in all parties and regions, support increasing federal investment to maintain and rebuild water infrastructure. Today, the federal government honored the wants and needs of the American people with the Senate's passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a bill that authorizes programs and projects designed to improve water infrastructure systems – including our drinking and wastewater networks – throughout the country.
Today, October 10, is the fourth annual "Imagine a Day Without Water," a national day of action to raise awareness about the value of water. From "value of water" themed coffee stands to coloring contests to beach and river cleanups, organizations across the country are participating by educating decision makers and the public and advocating for reinvestment in our water infrastructure systems.
ASCE is a proud advocate of infrastructure investment and participant in "Imagine a Day Without Water." Join the Value of Water and ASCE in the ongoing conversation about investing in our drinking water and wastewater infrastructure networks.


Abstract-This paper considers a novel distributed system for collaborative location-based information generation and sharing which become increasingly popular due to the explosive growth of Internet-capable and location-aware mobile devices. The system consists of a data collector, data contributors, location-based service providers (LBSPs), and system users. The data collec tor gathers reviews about points-of-interest (POls) from data contributors, while LBSPs purchase POI data sets from the data collector and allow users to perform location-based top-k queries which ask for the POls in a certain region and with the highest k ratings for an interested POI attribute. In practice, LBSPs are untrusted and may return fake query results for various bad motives, e.g., in favor of POls willing to pay. This paper presents two novel schemes for users to detect fake top-k query results as an effort to foster the practical deployment and use of the proposed system. The efficacy and efficiency of our schemes are thoroughly analyzed and evaluated. I.


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How Hydraulic Fracturing Works
See how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, releases petroleum or natural gas trapped in shale rock formations.
Earth Science, Geology, Engineering, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography
The video above is from the March 2013 iPad edition of National Geographic magazine.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a drilling method used to extract petroleum (oil) or natural gas from deep in the Earth. In the fracking process, cracks in and below the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure.
Some resources extracted through fracking are called "tight oil" or "tight gas," because these pockets of fossil fuels are tightly trapped in hard shale rock formations. By accessing tight oil and tight gas, the sophisticated technologies used in fracking are rapidly expanding petroleum and natural gas production in the United States.
This video explains the technology of fracking using the example of the Iverson oil well, which drills into the Bakken shale formation near Williston, North Dakota.
A handful of other nations are investing in hydraulic fracturing to extract petroleum and natural gas.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Montney shale formation in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Sichuan basin in China.
Fracking is used to extract petroleum from the Taranaki shale formation in New Zealand.
One of the most active sites of fracking for oil is the Bakken shale formation, stretching from western North Dakota and Montana through the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation in the northern Appalachian Basin, extending through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
One of the first places hydraulic fracturing technology was used was the Barnett shale formation in northern Texas.
Articles & Profiles
National Geographic Magazine: Bakken Shale Oil
National Geographic Magazine: The New Oil Landscape
National Geographic News: The Great Shale Gas Rush
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coal, oil, or natural gas. Fossil fuels formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
process usually used to extract oil and natural gas in which fractures in the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure. Also called hydraulic fracturing.
type of fossil fuel made up mostly of the gas methane.
fossil fuel formed from the remains of ancient organisms. Also called crude oil.
type of sedimentary rock.
knowledgeable or complex.
the science of using tools and complex machines to make human life easier or more profitable.
unconventional gas trapped in impermeable rock formations.
tight oil
petroleum trapped in often-impermeable rock formations.
Caryl-Sue, National Geographic Society
Samantha Zuhlke, National Geographic Society
Coal, one of humankind's earliest fuel sources, is still used today to generate electricity. However, over time, there has been a shift in demand for cheaper and cleaner fuel options, such as the nonrenewable energy source of natural gas, and renewable options like solar power and wind energy. Each energy resource has its advantages and disadvantages. Explore nonrenewable and renewable options with this collection on energy resources.


9 comments to US residential property – a good buy?
RE is the USA is a very 'regional' animal. While you can't give a home away in Las Vegas or Florida, prices in NY have not dropped all that much.
For me, I would see how rental income is holding up & only invest if the rental income could cover my costs. I wouldn't speculate on price appreciation.
Those who have a job, savings, and credit, are not likely to now be laid-off, as the economic cycle has bottomed and is now on the upswing–thus job security and qualifications are not a concern.
Therefore, given the likely inflation rates to come, housing is NOW likely to be the greatest opportunity of a lifetime. The risk/reward ratio screams!
Why part with Rands now when the dollar is so strong? That is the first question. The rest are far more important.
Quite apart from the home loan credit running out soon, the fundamentals of 3 loan types – Alt-A, Option ARM and of course now added to by Prime, are extremely weak, because the economy is very weak, and barely skimming above deflation.
Furthermore, there is a widespread agreement among economists that since the US requires a 6% p.a. GDP growth to start any meaningful job-hiring, the huge social problem of 20 million out of work and the resulting load on the economy is going to take a couple of decades to eliminate even under the best conditions. At the same time, the US will be constrained by debt repayments.
The residential housing resets will carry on until the end of Q1 2012, and will be much bigger and more devastating than sub-prime since the loans are twice the size of those in the sub-prime category.
In addition, this time the big banks especially are in no shape for a repeat crisis – however much new capital they are holding on their books, they still have great sub-prime liabilities hidden. Please tell me how they are going to withstand the next housing downturn that will continue to expand now month after month for a full 25 months?
I am sending you two links here which show the extent of the coming housing storm.
Eric Parks gave the alarm on ALT-A, ARM, and Prime in April 2008, and even warned of Lehman, six months before the crash of October 2008. He also shows how the coming resets are going to come about now, through the whole of 2010, 2011, and Q1 2012. Don't be put off by his political colour, just look at the facts he presents.
2 Then from November 2009 we have a concurring view from PhD John Hussman of Husman Funds, who shows very similar stats as Parks.
Wouldn't the better method be to buy gold, and then when the world economy goes into freefall around the 21st June 2012 you can buy whatever you like?
If you disagree with the picture I have sketched above for you please tell me what it is that you know that I don't know.
I agree with you Paul. We have more foreclosures coming as more arms reset and the commercial real estate problem is just starting The buying opportunity of a lifetime in real estate is 2-3yrs away.
More than any other industry (except banks), the debt problems will keep pressure on pricing. With 1 in 4 U.S. homes in foreclosure or late on paying by at least a month, I'd be amazed if there isn't further downside.
Not knowing the actual inputs to the chart, I'd estimate (just by looking at it) that the home price change is getting a huge boost due to y-o-y price changes…I think if they looked at inventory on the market, the results would be markedly different.
I'm also a tad skeptical that NAR is the source…it's their job to tell everyone that real estate is a great buy.
I'm visiting Palm Spring CA now from Canada.
I have been looking around for real estate and find the values here extraordinary.
There are places in the finest communities in Palm Springs ie homes with mountain vistas, pools, luxed out yards and interiors for $750,000, basically all reduced in price.
In real estate, like in any other asset investment you can never catch the bottom.
But what you have now is the excellent timing of owners of higher value properties that want/need out.
There are so few people with cash in their hands willing to buy that you can offer them substantially below the already reduced price and have a lot of interest.
My suggestion is that if you think RE prices will fall another 25% as Robert Schiller gives as his worst case scenario offer 25% below the market and anticipate the potential decline, but get it while the buyers are desperate.
When you see the values down here you'll flip.
No one can predict the future. If the guys above knew as much as they think they did would they be on this thread now?
It is a pity Superstar did not view the videos I gave the links to. If he had he would instead realise what is in store if he were to move from Canada. It is also obvious from his language that Superstar is Superrich. He reminds me of the cartoon figure Oliver B Bumble to whom money never meant anything because he was a gentleman.
Of course people like Superrich can always buy anything expensive and rationalise away the motive when the purchase turns out to be a waste of money.
He writes: "In real estate, like in any other asset investment you can never catch the bottom." The aphorism 'you can never catch the bottom' is taken out of context. Some people do catch the bottom. Jeffrey Saut caught the bottom of March 2009 to the day, and who told everyone to get into the market. And some time the top and get out in time as many did. These are people who develop a skill for sensing an approaching change of direction.
A lot of people, including Hyman Minsky, have written about the signals that prevail when a top or a bottom is here. The aphorism is used very effectively by traders and is meant to dissuade their collagues from trying to be too precise about the top or bottom, for then one can wait too long, and once the market has turned 90 degrees, it moves fast, and if it is downwards, then it is difficult to achieve a sale, and the saying as difficult 'as catching falling knives' applies.
Property is also a very illiquid investment. When the market turns, it turns fast, and it is more difficult to get a sale without incurring a loss than with perhaps any other type of investment. Of course, superriches can always write off an investment and move elsewhere. But the question was whether the author should part with Rands in exchange for a US property. Superrich evidently has no idea of the Rand purchasing power – Rands are not the same as CAD!
Furthermore, I do not normally hear of rational people buying into a falling market. Warren Buffet does that all the time because he can afford to take a very very long term view of his investments. Even so, he has regretted an investment made in the falling market of November 2008.
But since we know the approaching time period of the first proper bottom of the housing market (2012-2013) then as Big Al in Chicago writes it would be better to wait 2-3 years. When that time comes , if you really want to buy then you could try and bid under the advertised price if you feel the bottom could be close. Letting the property in the meantime is not an option because it would mean a loss.
Also, think a bit more about it. Not only would one have to wait that long before a housing price bottom, that bottom level will also bring about further negative changes in the economy to make living there a negative proposition, and perhaps even more price declines. With a possible future 50 million unemployed, you may not want to live where you have bought a property, if it has become an area of foreclosure. There are already some US suburbs with so many empty houses the local town has decided to raze all of them to dissuade squatters and desperate people from living there.
Superrich refers to Professor Robert Shiller. Shiller could be right when he gives a possible 25% further decline. But he could be wrong and it could be better, or even worse. Shiller is only good on present statistics. He appears incapable of predicting how not only how the economy is going to affect house prices in the next few years but also how sinking house prices are going to affect the economy in the next few years.
The problem with mathematicians like Shiller is that the world could be falling down around their ears and they can think everything is fine just because it looks good on paper. If Superrich weren't so rich he might start using his own brain to make his own decisions about things instead of relying on someone like Shiller who always hedges what he says when he is asked how things will turn out in reality.
Finally Superrich writes: 'No one can predict the future.' Wrong. Everyone can predict the future. The question is with how much probability and accuracy, and with respect to what. If humans could not predict anything they would not have developed to become what they are.
Then there is this strange ending to Superrich's entry. He writes: 'If the guys above knew as much as they think they did would they be on this thread now?' This reveals a static view of knowledge. Knowledge is always changing in the minds of human beings. The interesting task for the individual is to make that change one for the better not keep it the same or worse. Since I can never know everything and am always keen to know more I for one will always be interested in the perceptions of other thinkers.
Besides, life is interesting and productive when one improves one's knowledge and perception of the world despite the simulatenous atrophy that starts from the 24th week of life as a foetus.
A lot of people who write on this site and its threads know a lot. The reason why this site and its threads are so successful is that it allows the exchange of ideas of a lot of thinkers. The alternative is the triumph of atrophy and death.
The low-end houses in the Metro-Detroit, Michigan area look good to me. Good return in the short-term (on rents) and growth in the long-term.
I wouldn't touch high-end property anywhere in the U.S. for 2-3 years. Owners have over-borrowed are will need to unload 2nd homes, etc., eventually.
I do believe the cheap (20-50k brick houses) properties around Detroit have bottomed.
I'm currently moving from California to Michigan, it appears growth will continue to implode in California for the foreseeable future.
I wouldn't view cities that have retained their values (NY, SF) as attractive. Prices will come down as the job markets continue to shrink relative to population.


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Rehabilitating T20
India has to square up to the full breadth of its influence on cricket. IPL 2014 is the place to begin.
Written by Mini Kapoor |
Updated: April 16, 2014 1:47:24 pm
It is in the gradual marginalisation of Test cricket that India remains perplexingly apologetic. It sees itself — and allows others to cast it — as the guilty party in the diminishing of the Test match's centrality. CR Sasikumar
If it's election time in India, the Indian Premier League must be elsewhere. As IPL 2014 gets going in the , in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai, some smart new questions are being asked about cricket and its opportunities to spread its roots. Once elections are over, and security personnel freed up to guard venues and players, the IPL will play out the rest of the season in India. But can the adoption of the UAE as Indian cricket's temporary home hint at a geographical spread of the sport?
It is, of course, interesting that Indian cricket returns to venues abandoned in the aftermath of match-fixing scandals of more than a decade ago, now with a temporary, court-mandated leadership of the BCCI (under Sunil Gavaskar) in response to cricket's current crisis of credibility — and serious allegations about the system being rigged — flowing from N. Srinivasan's reign. But the UAE is no longer just one of the offshore venues it was in the 1980s and 1990s along with Singapore and Toronto. Ever since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in 2009, it is Pakistan's "home" venue, where the Pakistan Cricket Board seeks the guarantee of at least one bilateral series with India in return for finally coming round to okaying the ICC's revamp plan.
In fact, it is the current crisis engulfing Indian cricket that drew Ed Smith, former England Test cricketer and one of the sharpest writers on sport today, into highlighting the need for the game to find new territories in order to recover its balance. In a column for Cricinfo, he considers the proposition that a sport's global popularity may be measured by calculating the total number of participants in a sport (by which I presume he means players and fans) and subtracting those from the sport's biggest territory. So, take away India's numbers, and cricket's claim to being a global sport looks rather feeble. And given the anxiety that Indian cricket's cascading controversies could unsettle the sport everywhere, with India's growing domination and the relative eclipse of cricket in traditional homes like England and the West Indies, he argues: "If cricket had more countries with a huge fan base, there would be a greater democratic equipoise at the game's high table." In other words: "Cricket needs new Indias. Time to take cricket to America and China."
There may be merit in taking off from where Smith leaves his argument. How may we understand the dynamics of a "new India" for cricket? What is it that India did to cricket that we seek a similarly galvanising role for cricket-innocent sport superpowers like America and China?
If the men (women have no power in the sport) who rule Indian cricket have any sense of the historical context for the crisis point they have brought Indian cricket to, they have certainly done a superb job concealing it. In doing so, for reasons of vested interests and intellectual diffidence, they stifle a valid appreciation of how radically India has changed the form and idiom of cricket.
Cricket is so dominated by the narrative of imperial design and the space it inadvertently provided for anti-colonial utterance that it remains apologetic about India's adoption of its abbreviated forms, first one-days and now Twenty20s, as well as its landmark innovations, primarily the IPL. India, beginning with N.K.P. Salve's determination to bring the 1987 World Cup to South Asia, has successfully contested England's, and to an extent Australia's, domination of cricket's administration. It has been cause for great self-congratulation. But this democratisation has not been just about reordering the seating plan at the high table that Smith talks of. The participants (fans and players) that India brings to the game have also reordered — more precisely, giving the BCCI the leverage to reorder — the way cricket is played. It is here, in the gradual marginalisation of Test cricket, that India remains extremely and perplexingly apologetic. It sees itself — and allows others to cast it — as the guilty party in the diminishing of the Test match's centrality.
Having led the broadcast economy of — and disproportionately profited from — abbreviated forms of cricket, India does so without making a case for these forms to be honourable contests of the game's skills, especially T20.
Now, it is blasphemous to make a case for T20 to be about cricketing skills that may matter, and we who watch it do so with a guilty conscience. You know how this breathless argument goes: we don't watch Test matches, we don't take time off our busy schedules to fill stadia and thoughtfully take in the ebb and flow of sub-plots in the five-day narrative; we turn out to watch the frenetic run-chases that separate winners and losers in the course of an afternoon or evening; so what Test matches there are still, are being squeezed into shorter series and out of adequate preparation time; and we feel bad about this, we feel guilty that it's being done in our name, and so we blame the shorter format for luring us away from more worthwhile pleasures.
Of course, this messes up the spectator. But look at what this thought process does to cricket. T20 is presumed to be such a smelly thing that cricket's most popular and most profitable competition, the IPL, is segregated. It has a separated space in the calendar, and a separate rulebook. It is now becoming yet more clear what business and administrative distortions this segregation brought to the IPL. But while the best practices of cricket administration — such as they are — could be kept apart from T20, T20's troubles are corroding the rest of cricket. Look at how, in the shadow of the IPL spot-fixing case, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar retired from the League so softly. Look how Mahendra Singh Dhoni's reputation has come under a cloud. Consider how the command performance by commentators has undermined these once credible analysts, they who once candidly assisted us viewers real-time in making sense of the state of play.
But most of all, look how this silo approach is disallowing T20 from evolving into a contest that players can count, unapologetically, as an honourable pursuit, and which we spectators can watch guilt-free.
Cricket may or may not manage to find new Indias, China and America may or may not deliver enough competent players. But India has to square up to the full breadth of its influence on cricket. Indeed, were new Indias to emerge in cricket, it can be said with certainty that they'll enter the sport with T20. India needs to take charge of rehabilitating the format it's so far been content to lay only commercial claim to.
The writer is a contributing editor for 'The Indian Express'
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Running is something that I liked as a child. I am one of that strange breed who actually enjoyed cross-country at school. But running (in fact all sport) stopped when I left school. I can't say that I've particularly missed it. On the other hand I am quite often tired these days and have got significantly heavier over the past few years. Lack of exercise has got a lot to do with that. My son joined our local running club a couple of years ago and that stirred in me some long-forgotten urge to run. But only enough to make a couple of half-hearted attempts and then give up. Then I heard about this book and ordered it from the library. I started it straightaway and finished it in about two days.
Alexandra Heminsley is a journalist who hadn't done any sport for years and didn't think of herself as an athletic person at all. But she decided that she wanted to run.
That was it, I was going to run round the block. I had high hopes: hopes of the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel and the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms, bored by sanctimonious yoga teachers and intimidated by glossy tennis clubs, I decided it was time to end a lifetime spent believing myself to exist on the outside of sport. I would return powerful and proud, the city still reeling at the sight of my grace and speed on the pavements of Kilburn.
Suffice to say it didn't turn out as she planned. But she didn't give up and by sheer tenacity and perseverance turned herself into a runner.
It's very funny, there's plenty of stuff like the paragraph quoted above. She doesn't mind laughing at herself (she fell down while trying to high-five spectators at her first marathon), and she is honest about her setbacks as well as her successes. It is also quite moving, she writes about how running helped her reconnect with her father with whom she'd had a loving, but quite distant relationship. He had been a keen runner and it gave them a shared interest and something to talk about.
There's lots of practical advice as well; about kit, injuries, what to take to a race. All in all I think it's an ideal book for women who think they might like to run. I found it very inspiring and am running again. Very slowly, and not in daylight - but it's a start.
Sam (Tiny Library) 10 March 2014 at 19:26
I'm the opposite to you - I hated sport of all kind at school but I took up running a few years ago and love it. I really miss it now I'm too pregnant to do it safely.
seagreen reader 10 March 2014 at 20:23
There's probably a pram designed to go running with! You and your baby can go running together.


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Arnold Ipolyi (family name originally Stummer) (20 October 1823 – 2 December 1886) was a Hungarian bishop and historian.

Life
Ipolyi was born in Ipolykeszi, Hungary (currently Kosihy nad Ipľomin, Slovakia). At the age of 13 he entered the ranks of the alumni of the Archdiocese of Esztergom, studied two years in the Emericianum at Pozsony and later at Nagyszombat, and finished at the Pázmáneum at Vienna, where he attended lectures on theology for four years. In 1844 he entered the seminary of Esztergom, took minor orders in 1845, and was ordained priest in 1847. From 1845 to 1847 he acted as tutor in the family of Baron Mednyánszky, was then curate at Komáromszentpéter (German: Komorn-Sankt-Peter), in 1848 preacher at Bratislava, in 1849 spent a short time as tutor in the family of Count Palffy, and became in this year parish priest of Zohor. Even before his ordination he concerned himself with historical and art-historical matters. In 1854 his Ungarische Mythologic came out, as the first-fruit of his work, in which he treats of the ancient religion of Hungary. Although the work won the prize offered by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the author afterwards withdrew it from the press, so that at the present time it is very rare. In 1860 Ipolyi became parish priest at Törökszentmiklós. Accompanied by Franz Kubinyi and Emerich Henszlmann, he made in 1862 a journey to Constantinople, where he discovered the remainder of the library of Matthias Corvinus. In 1863 he was made canon of Eger, and in 1869 director of the Central Ecclesiastical Seminary at Pest; in 1871 he became Bishop of Besztercebánya, and Bishop of Nagyvárad where he died on 2 December later that same year. Ipolyi was member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, as well as a member of different learned Societies at home and abroad. He was one of the founders and at first vice-president, then president of the Hungarian Historical Society. His literary activity extended into the provinces of history, art-history, archaeology, and Christian art. He enriched the Hungarian National Gallery with sixty valuable paintings. He bequeathed to Nagyvárad (today Oradea, Romania) in his will, for the purpose of founding a museum, his collections which had been brought together with a great expert knowledge of art.

Works
Ungarische Mythologic (1854)
Biography of Michael Veresmarti, an author of the seventeenth century (Budapest, 1875)
Codex epistolaris Nicolai Oláh, in the Monumenta Hungariae Historica: Scriptorum, XXV (Budapest, 1876)
Biographie der Christina Nyáry von Bedez (Budapest, 1887), in Hungarian
Historische und kunsthistorische Beschreibung der ungarischen Kronisignien (Budapest, 1886), in Hungarian.

A collection of his lesser works has appeared in five volumes (Budapest, 1887).

Bibliography
SZINNYEY, Leben und Werke ungarischer Schriftsteller, V, 145-158
POR, Leben und Werke A. Ipolyyis, Bischofs von Grosswardein (Presburg, 1886)
memorial oration on Ipolyi by FRAKNOI in Jahrbuch der Ung. Akademie der Wissenschaften, XVII, 1888

External links
Arnold Ipolyi Elementary School in Hungary

 That entry was written by Antal Aldásy.

1823 births
1886 deaths
People from Veľký Krtíš District
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary
19th-century Hungarian historians


Hashtags can help Instagram accounts get more likes, gain more traction, and connect with other like-minded people. No matter what size your account is, using hashtags offers many great benefits as long as you pick the right ones. If you are new to Instagram or still getting a hang of it and are unsure how to choose the best travel hashtags, no worries! With these few tips, you can become a pro travel hashtagger in no time.
Even Cabo has it's own hashtag!
I joined Instagram very late in the game and when I started out, like many other people, I was completely lost. I loved sharing my travel pictures with my friends, but I had no idea what impact hashtags could have on growing an account so most of the time I wound up just throwing in a few hashtags in my captions describing the surroundings. I used a lot of random hashtags like #summer #dog #tbt #sundays #love #beach #happy or whatever else popped into my mind at the moment. Most people on Instagram resort to this which is why millions of photos are tagged under these hashtags, but it's probably one of the worst strategies for growth. Because so many people post under these hashtags, your photo will get lost in the hashtag feed within seconds and you will be lucky to get a few likes out of it. Also, these hashtags don't really have anything to do with travel so you wouldn't be targeting the right audience anyways.
When I started traveling more and wanted to learn how to grow my account, I searched through many articles online hoping to find good travel hashtags. Most of the articles I found would say to use hashtags like #travel #travelgram #instatravel so I tried that for a while. But here's the problem: hashtag #travel has 137 million pictures tagged under it, #travelgram has 29 million photos, and #instatravel has 27 million. How in the world is your photo supposed to stand out between millions of others? Although these hashtags are more relevant to travel than let's say #sun, they are still too large for your photo to get any traction so they won't help too much.
So if all these hashtags are too big or are not relevant to travel, what are the right hashtags? The first step is to understand what niche your travel account falls under. Although travel seems like a pretty narrow category, the key is to find hashtags that are as specific as possible so other like-minded people will find you. For example, a female urban traveler who mostly travels to major cities wouldn't really want to use #mountainlife or #wildernessbabes, but a female that likes rock climbing probably would.
Exercise: I want you to take a few minutes to think about a few things that describe your travel style and write them down. This will help you determine which hashtags are the best for you.
Instagram is built to help you find relevant hashtags. By going to the search bar and typing hashtag #surf we see some other choices come up beside #surf such as #surfphotography, #surflife, or #surfersparadise. These hashtags are still popular, but they are not as big as #surf which has 13 million posts tagged under it so you have a better chance to get noticed and your picture will stick around for longer before getting lost in the feed.
Once you find a relevant hashtag, by clicking on that hashtag Instagram will suggest other relevant hashtags for you to check out. Example by searching #girlslovetravel Instagram will suggest similar hashtags like #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #dametraveler which are all often used by female travel bloggers.
Check out what your competition is using. Once you find other successful accounts in your niche, see what hashtags they are using. Sometimes people hide hashtags in the comment section so make sure to go back to the oldest comments and find out if they are using any hashtags and what they are.
Most brands, travel companies, and feature accounts have their own hashtags that are trending and can drive traffic to your account. For example, outdoors gear company REI has two great hashtags #rei1440project and #optoutside that are highly used by outdoors travelers. What are some companies that you like and would love to be noticed by? Check out their Instagram accounts and see if they have a personalized hashtag listed in the bio section.
One of the most important aspects of choosing the best hashtags to use on Instagram is finding the right sized ones. As we mentioned earlier, hashtag #travel has 137 million photos posted under it so you probably don't want to use it because you will have too much competition. On the other hand hashtag #travelismyjam has only 60 photos posted under it so you don't want to use it either because nobody will see your photos. So when you are searching for good hashtags to use, not only should you try to find hashtags that are relevant to your style, but to your account size as well.
When you search for a hashtag, most will have the "Top 9" pictures in that hashtag featured at the top. Your ultimate goal should be to get into these Top 9's by targeting the right sized hashtags. If you can be featured in a Top 9, every person who searches for that hashtag has a potential to see your photo which can lead to more likes and followers.
The way Instagram chooses photos for this Top 9 is based on how many comments and likes a photo receives compared to other photos under that hashtag. The more your followers are engaged with your account by commenting on and liking your photos, the better your chances of getting into these Top 9's. Before choosing to include a hashtag, check out your competition – go into a specific hashtag and see how many comments and likes the Top 9 have, and compare it to the engagement of your typical post.
Great, Laura! I am ready to find some awesome hashtags, but I still have no clue where to start!
To help you out I have put together a few travel categories with examples of relevant hashtags under those categories. Don't be afraid to experiment when choosing hashtags and switch them up once in a while until you start seeing growth in your likes.
If you have tried all the methods mentioned above, but are still having a hard time figuring out which Instagram hashtags are good for your travel style, try using a hashtag generator app like Focalmark to lead you in the right direction. Focalmark is available for download on iPhones and Androids, but can also be used on a desktop if you like to schedule your posts through a third party app like Hootsuite, Later or Planoly. By selecting a few categories that represent your photo style, Focalmark will come up with 30 creative travel photography hashtags for you within seconds. The best part about this app is that it was designed to stay away from the typical generic hashtags like "follow4follow", "like" or "cute" that won't do much to grow your audience or engagement. By selecting multiple categories that represent your photography style, this app can really narrow down into the best creative hashtags that will represent you and add more likes to your photos.
Are you still having trouble finding the right travel hashtags for you? Leave your IG handle name below and I will be happy to help you out more!
Hi, Andy! Have you tried to use hashtags like #backpackerlife #backpackerstory #backpackersworld #backpacker_photography #solobackpacker? These are all smaller, more niched hashtags that are more focused on backpacking travel. Try to socialize with other people from these hashtags (like, comment) and you might get some more likes and comments back in return. Socializing on the right hashtags is a great way to get more likes, connect with like-minded accounts and grow on Instagram. Hope this helps!
I got started on Instagram even later than you (October this year). Thanks for sharing all of your information! I've been experimenting with different hashtags, times of day, etc. I'll have to try some of your suggestions and think through some new hashtags for me too. Your account (vagablond_laura) was one of the early ones that I found and started following, which then led me to your site!
Thanks for taking the time to check out my account and offering some feedback Laura. I really appreciate it!
Hi, Laura! Good job on the hashtags that you already use on your posts! I noticed that you use a lot of PNW hashtags and that has worked great for me in the past too. In my opinion, it's better to use a smaller targeted hashtag like #pnwisbeautiful that has 118K posts and a small community built around it than like #travel that has 175 million posts under it about various subjects. The narrower and more targeted you can get, the better it is for starting off.
Awesome photos! It looks like you mostly share fashion and makeup style photos so I would focus on finding hashtags in those niches. Whether it's fashion, makeup or travel, I usually like to stick with hashtags that are not too big otherwise your photo gets lost in the hashtag feed between the other millions of photos. Hashtags like #makeupislife #makeupisart #fashionmodels #igmodels would be a few smaller hashtags to start with. Hope this helps!
Glad the post was helpful! All the best wishes with growing your account : ) I would definitely try a few different hashtags and experiment with them until you find ones that work the best. I try to stay away from hashtags that are too big and overcrowded and I usually focus on smaller ones that fit my account style and audience. Good luck!