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Itinerary Guide: This Walking Tour in Kyoto Takes You Through a Bamboo Forest
The experience is quite magical!
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Sagano, Arashiyama is one of the most famous spots in Kyoto. It's known for its rich, natural sceneries and beautiful temples surrounded by fresh, green leaves during the summer and red-colored leaves during autumn. Tourists and locals alike can enjoy a leisurely stroll around the area when it's not the autumn season since the place is less likely to be crowded.
In this article, we introduce a walking course from Sagano to Arashiyama, which allows you to admire the bamboo trees of the surrounding area and feel a sense of peace.
11:45 a.m. Ayu no Yado Tsutaya
Ayu no Yado Tsutaya stands on Atago Kodo Street, a road leading to the Atago Mountain. The 400-year-old restaurant lets customers enjoy a casual lunch while relishing the fresh greenery and quietness of Kyoto. Their famous ayu (sweetfish) dish is cooked for several weeks until the bones become soft.
You can enjoy lunch in the Japanese-style room with a refreshing view.
The Ayu Rice Bowl (¥1,620) consists of a whole ayu cooked with soy sauce, sweet sake, and sugar.
This restaurant started out as a tea house that offers ayu and tea to visitors of Atago Mountain during the Edo period (1603-1868).
Ayu no Yado Tsutaya is located at 17 Sagatoriimoto Senno-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 11:30 a.m to 6:30 p.m. Lunch hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Schedules may vary). You may contact them at +81-75-871-3330.
The next spot is a 15-minute walk from this place.
1 p.m. Drop by the Giouji Temple.
Giouji Temple has a beautiful moss garden and has made an appearance in one of Japan's classic pieces of literature called Heike Monogatari. It is known as the temple where Giou ran into after experiencing heartbreak from Taira no Kiyomori, one of the strong warriors in Japanese history.
The colored leaves surrounding this temple is famous for offering comfort to its visitors. Even the view from the frames of the Yoshino window is also beautiful. This window is called "Rainbow Window" because its lattice colors the shadow of the leaves.
The moss garden in the middle of the temple is made up of over 20 kinds of moss.
Inside this hut are five wooden figures. One of them is Taira no Kiyomori.
Giouji Temple is located at 32 Sagatoriimoto Kozaka-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Entrance fee for the Giouji Temple is ¥300, while entrance to both Daikakuji Temple and Giouji Temple is ¥600. You may contact them at +81-75-861-3574.
1:40 p.m. Pay your respects at the Jojakkoji Temple.
Jojakkoji Temple is a Nichiren temple in the middle of the Ogurayama Mountains. Its unique name comes from Buddhist culture. The temple halls with green leaves of maple trees as well as Kyoto City view from the temple's precincts are both stunning.
The south gate of Honkokuji Temple, the main temple of Nichiren, was moved here as Niomon.
The 12-meter-high Tahoto pagoda is surrounded by maple trees.
Jojakkoji Temple is located at 3 Saga Ogurayama Ogura-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The entrance fee for the temple is ¥500. You may contact them at +81-75-861-0435.
The next spot is a five-minute walk from this place.
2:20 p.m. Take photos at the Okochi Sanso Garden.
This place used to be where Denjiro Okochi's, a film actor at the beginning of the Showa period (around 1920s and 1930s), second house was located. Today, the Japanese garden is one of Japan's designated cultural assets.
It took more than 30 years to complete the garden. From here, you can get breathtaking views of Ogurayama, Arashiyama, Hozugawa River, and the towns of Kyoto. Another noteworthy feature of the garden is its central pond.
Walk through the bamboo forest that leads to Okochi Sanso Garden.
There is also an Okochi Sanso Garden Museum within the garden which exhibits panel photographs of Denjiro Okochi.
The garden is on the southern side of Ogurayama Mountain, which was made famous by Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (a popular collection of 100 Japanese classic poems).
Gekkoutei is near the top of the mountain. You can see the town of Kyoto and Hieizan Mountain from this vantage point.
Okochi Sanso Garden is located at 8 Sagaogurayamada Tabuchiyama-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The entrance fee of the garden is ¥1,000, inclusive of matcha confectionery. You may contact them at +81-75-872-2233.
The next spot is a five-minute walk (to the North Gate) from this place.
3:20 p.m. Visit the Tenryuji Temple.
The Tenryuji Temple is the main temple of the Rinzaishu Tenryuji school. It was designated as one of the world's cultural heritage sites. Sogenchi Garden, a garden inside the temple, was also designated as the first historical site of Japan. The Arashiyama view from this place is quite beautiful.
The "Unryuzu" artwork on the ceiling of the ceremony hall is equally amazing. This was painted by the Japanese artist Matazou Kayama.
Sogenchi Garden with the Arashiyama view
"Unryuzu" is a painting of a dragon, looking at eight directions, on 159 hinoki wooden pieces. It is usually open for public viewing on weekends and national holidays, and every day during special exhibitions which are held three times a year.
Tenryuji Temple is located at 68 Saga Tenryuji Susukino Baba-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. The special exhibition of "Unryuzu" is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fee for visiting the garden is ¥500. You'll have to pay an additional ¥300 if you want to see the temple halls and ¥500 for visiting the ceremony hall. You may contact them at +81-75-881-1235.
4 p.m. Hang out at Arashiyama OMOKAGE Terrace.
Arashiyama OMOKAGE Terrace opened on the first floor of Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture. Inside this comfortable café are seats facing the glass window, where you can enjoy dishes by the Kyoto-style French restaurant Gion Okumura. There, you can get a taste of the famous restaurant's cuisine while taking in the garden view.
Okumura Special Beef Stew Rice (¥1,296) consists of rice, meat, and sauce that burst with umami flavors.
From the restaurant, you can enjoy the view of the garden.
Arashiyama OMOKAGE Terrace is located at 11 Saga Tenryuji Susukino Baba-cho, Ukyo District, Kyoto City and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Tuesdays (if the holiday falls on Tuesday, the next day will be closed). You may contact them at +81-75-882-1111 Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture 1/F.
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A Seminar on the topic of "Violation of Human Rights" was organized by the students of the Social Work Department, Lahore College for Women University with the collaboration of the "Jugnu Social Welfare Organization" on 24th March, 2022 at Student Service Center, LCWU.
The purpose of the seminar titled "Violation of Human Rights" was to discuss basic human rights and how they are violated all over the world. The speakers had an interactive session with the students and engaged them by giving a brochure which was comprised of some points from "Khutba Hajjatul Wida" that are directly related to human rights.
The Founder of Jugnu Social Welfare Organization Mr. Obaid ullah was the first guest speaker, he explained the fundamental human rights and told that these rights are inborn and given as a blessing to every human being. And no one has the authority to violate them and if someone still does so, he is accountable for it.
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Q: How do I reduce the size of WSL rootfs? I am using WSL 1. My WSL Ubuntu 18.04 rootfs (C:/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Local/Packages/CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows.../LocalState/rootfs/) size on my C: drive is very large due to duplicated data from a mounted disk drive (M:). I would like to remove the duplicated data without affecting the data that is on my M: drive and without adversely affecting my WSL setup. Ideally, I would also like to avoid duplicating the data to my C: drive in the future so I don't put the extra stress on the SSD.

I have tried to unmount the drive from within WSL using sudo umount /mnt/m, but it did not reduce the size of the rootfs on my C: drive. I am afraid of just deleting the data because it is highly recommended not to modify anything within that rootfs from Windows, and I don't want to mess up the WSL image or the data on my M: drive.

A: TL;DR:
You can safely reduce the size of a WSL instance's rootfs by deleting /mnt/<DRIVE_LETTER>/* from the WSL rootfs after unmounting the underlying disk from within WSL instance. In my case, my WSL instance had a lot of cached data from Windows' M: drive stored in /mnt/m. I cleaned it safely from within the WSL instance by:
sudo umount /mnt/m
rm -rf /mnt/m/*

If you are paranoid, first use mount from within your WSL instance to verify the drive you want to clean. Then after running the unmount command (sudo unmount /mnt/<DRIVE_LETTER>), run mount again and verify the drive no longer appears in the list. Then you can safely proceed to use rm -rf on the files from within the WSL instance to wipe the cached data without affecting the data on the underlying Windows disk.
---- My Findings ----
Looks like WSL 1 uses that rootfs folder as a data cache. I noticed after unmounting my M: drive from within WSL with sudo umount /mnt/m that some of the folders' permissions changed while others didn't (notice the color difference in the below image which was taken after unmounting /mnt/m). The folders whose permissions didn't change are the folders that were taking up space on my Windows' C: drive in that rootfs folder.

My Dropbox folder contributed to 11 GB on my C: drive but takes up much more on my M: drive. Since I knew it was already backed-up on Dropbox's servers, I wiped it from within WSL 1 (after having unmounted /mnt/m from within WSL) with the following: rm -rf /mnt/m/Dropbox then checked and confirmed from Windows with WinDirStat that my C: drive gained 11 GB more free space while my M: drive's Dropbox folder was unaffected. I closed the WSL window and reopened it to trigger auto-mount of my drives. Then checked /mnt/m/Dropbox and it was there with everything again. I unmounted /mnt/m and proceeded to delete everything from within WSL with: rm -rf /mnt/m/*. I double checked my M drive again - all files still there. Then I double checked how WSL behaved by exiting and re-launching it. ls -la /mnt/m showed everything still there. Now my rootfs on C drive is very small... Nice!

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Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران; Artesh) acronymed AJA (Persian: آجا), is the "conventional military of Iran" and part of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The army is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of Iranian state from external and internal threats and to project power. Artesh has its own Joint Staff which coordinates its four separate forces: Ground Force, Air Force, Navy and newly-established Air Defense Base.
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The Iranian Government makes a show of military force on Iran Army Day with parades every 18 April, often demonstrating new defense technologies.
The former Supreme leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini named 18 April as Army Day, calling for military parades to exhibit the nation's military preparedness. The Iranian military honors the country's National Army Day by annual military parading in many cities of Iran every 18th day of April. The biggest march is held in front of the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Iran (/aɪˈræn/ or i/ɪˈrɑːn/;Persian: Irān – ایران [ʔiːˈɾɒːn]), also known as Persia (/ˈpɜːrʒə/ or /ˈpɜːrʃə/), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ایران – Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān [d͡ʒomhuːˌɾije eslɒːˌmije ʔiːˈɾɒːn]), is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia, the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh, and Azerbaijan; with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world. With 78.4 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 17th-most-populous country. It is the only country that has both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline. Iran has long been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz.
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Şiran, also Karaca, is a town and district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is one of the points of passage between Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions of Turkey, in the sense that the western road departing from Erzincan towards the Zigana Pass (the key pass between the two geographies) has its last urban stop in Şiran. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 17,600 of which 8,207 live in the town of Şiran. The district covers an area of 928 km2 (358 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 1,457 m (4,780 ft).
The name comes from Persian and means "the lions", although it is most likely to be an adaptation of the former Greek name of Cheriana (Χερίανα) adopted after the Turkish settlement in the region after and possibly even slightly before the Battle of Manzikert.
Many of the northern villages of the district was home to minority populations of Pontic Greeks until the 1922 Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, constituting the southern fringes of that community's extension. Some among the present population can also trace their roots to Greeks who had converted to Islam until as late as the end of the 19th century, as indicated by the Ottoman census and changed village names (for example, the present village of "Evren" was formerly called "Sefker").
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Persian wine, also called Mey (Persian: می) and Badeh (باده), is a cultural symbol and tradition in Persia, and has a significant presence in Persian mythology, Persian poetry and Persian miniatures.
Recent archaeological research has pushed back the date of the known origin of wine making in Persia far beyond that which writers earlier in the 20th century had envisaged. Excavations at the Godin Tepe site in the Zagros mountains (Badler, 1995; McGovern and Michel, 1995; McGovern, 2003), have revealed pottery vessels dating from c. 3100–2900 BC containing tartaric acid, almost certainly indicating the former presence of wine. Even earlier evidence was found at the site of Hajji Firuz Tepe, also in the Zagros mountains. Here, McGovern et al. (1996) used chemical analyses of the residue of a Neolithic jar dating from as early as 5400–5000 BC to indicate high levels of tartaric acid, again suggesting that the fluid contained therein had been made from grapes.
As book of Immortal Land Persian: سرزمین جاوید or Sar Zamin e Javid] (by Zabihollah Mansoori) says Ramian wines were world-famous in the Parthian Empire. Ramian Wine is now a California wine brand but Shiraz wines are famous across the globe.
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The Pahlavi dynasty (Persian: دودمان پهلوی) was the ruling house of Iran from 1925 until 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and abolished as a result of the Iranian Revolution. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925, a former Brigadier-General of the Persian Cossack Brigade, whose reign lasted until 1941 when he was forced to abdicate by the Allies after the Anglo-Soviet invasion. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.
The Pahlavis came to power after Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last ruler of the Qajar dynasty, proved unable to stop British and Soviet encroachment on Iranian sovereignty, had his position extremely weakened by a military coup, and was removed from power by the parliament while in France. The National Assembly, known as the Majlis, convening as a Constituent Assembly on 12 December 1925, deposed the young Ahmad Shah Qajar, and declared Reza Shah the new monarch of the Imperial State of Persia. In 1935, Reza Shah instructed foreign embassies to call Persia by its ancient name, Iran, so the official name became the Imperial State of Iran (Persian: کشور شاهنشاهی ایران Keshvar-e Shāhanshāhi-ye Irān) since then.
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from unittest.mock import ANY, patch, create_autospec

import pytest

import marge.git
import marge.project
import marge.user
from marge.batch_job import BatchMergeJob, CannotBatch
from marge.gitlab import GET
from marge.job import CannotMerge, MergeJobOptions
from marge.merge_request import MergeRequest
from tests.gitlab_api_mock import MockLab, Ok, commit

class TestBatchJob:
    @pytest.fixture(params=[True, False])
    def fork(self, request):
        return request.param

    @pytest.fixture()
    def mocklab(self, fork):
        return MockLab(fork=fork)

    @pytest.fixture()
    def api(self, mocklab):
        return mocklab.api

    def _mock_merge_request(self, **options):
        return create_autospec(marge.merge_request.MergeRequest, spec_set=True, **options)

    def get_batch_merge_job(self, api, mocklab, **batch_merge_kwargs):
        project_id = mocklab.project_info['id']
        merge_request_iid = mocklab.merge_request_info['iid']

        merge_request = MergeRequest.fetch_by_iid(project_id, merge_request_iid, api)

        params = {
            'api': api,
            'user': marge.user.User.myself(api),
            'project': marge.project.Project.fetch_by_id(project_id, api),
            'repo': create_autospec(marge.git.Repo, spec_set=True),
            'options': MergeJobOptions.default(),
            'merge_requests': [merge_request]
        }
        params.update(batch_merge_kwargs)
        return BatchMergeJob(**params)

    def test_remove_batch_branch(self, api, mocklab):
        repo = create_autospec(marge.git.Repo, spec_set=True)
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab, repo=repo)
        batch_merge_job.remove_batch_branch()
        repo.remove_branch.assert_called_once_with(
            BatchMergeJob.BATCH_BRANCH_NAME,
        )

    def test_close_batch_mr(self, api, mocklab):
        with patch('marge.batch_job.MergeRequest') as mr_class:
            batch_mr = self._mock_merge_request()
            mr_class.search.return_value = [batch_mr]

            batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
            batch_merge_job.close_batch_mr()

            params = {
                'author_id': batch_merge_job._user.id,
                'labels': BatchMergeJob.BATCH_BRANCH_NAME,
                'state': 'opened',
                'order_by': 'created_at',
                'sort': 'desc',
            }
            mr_class.search.assert_called_once_with(
                api=ANY,
                project_id=ANY,
                params=params,
            )
            batch_mr.close.assert_called_once()

    def test_create_batch_mr(self, api, mocklab):
        with patch('marge.batch_job.MergeRequest') as mr_class:
            batch_mr = self._mock_merge_request()
            mr_class.create.return_value = batch_mr

            batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
            target_branch = 'master'
            r_batch_mr = batch_merge_job.create_batch_mr(target_branch)

            params = {
                'source_branch': BatchMergeJob.BATCH_BRANCH_NAME,
                'target_branch': target_branch,
                'title': 'Marge Bot Batch MR - DO NOT TOUCH',
                'labels': BatchMergeJob.BATCH_BRANCH_NAME,
            }
            mr_class.create.assert_called_once_with(
                api=ANY,
                project_id=ANY,
                params=params,
            )
            assert r_batch_mr is batch_mr

    def test_get_mrs_with_common_target_branch(self, api, mocklab):
        master_mrs = [
            self._mock_merge_request(target_branch='master'),
            self._mock_merge_request(target_branch='master'),
        ]
        non_master_mrs = [
            self._mock_merge_request(target_branch='non_master'),
            self._mock_merge_request(target_branch='non_master'),
        ]
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(
            api, mocklab,
            merge_requests=non_master_mrs + master_mrs,
        )
        r_maser_mrs = batch_merge_job.get_mrs_with_common_target_branch('master')
        assert r_maser_mrs == master_mrs

    @patch.object(BatchMergeJob, 'get_mr_ci_status')
    def test_ensure_mergeable_mr_ci_not_ok(self, bmj_get_mr_ci_status, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        bmj_get_mr_ci_status.return_value = 'failed'
        merge_request = self._mock_merge_request(
            assignee_ids=[batch_merge_job._user.id],
            state='opened',
            work_in_progress=False,
            squash=False,
        )
        merge_request.fetch_approvals.return_value.sufficient = True
        with pytest.raises(CannotBatch) as exc_info:
            batch_merge_job.ensure_mergeable_mr(merge_request)

        assert str(exc_info.value) == 'This MR has not passed CI.'

    def test_push_batch(self, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        batch_merge_job.push_batch()
        batch_merge_job._repo.push.assert_called_once_with(
            BatchMergeJob.BATCH_BRANCH_NAME,
            force=True,
        )

    def test_merge_batch(self, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        target_branch = 'master'
        source_branch = mocklab.merge_request_info['source_branch']
        batch_merge_job.merge_batch(target_branch, source_branch, no_ff=False)
        batch_merge_job._repo.fast_forward.assert_called_once_with(
            target_branch,
            source_branch,
        )

    def test_merge_batch_with_no_ff_enabled(self, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        target_branch = 'master'
        source_branch = mocklab.merge_request_info['source_branch']
        batch_merge_job.merge_batch(target_branch, source_branch, no_ff=True)
        batch_merge_job._repo.merge.assert_called_once_with(
            target_branch,
            source_branch,
            '--no-ff'
        )
        batch_merge_job._repo.fast_forward.assert_not_called()

    def test_ensure_mr_not_changed(self, api, mocklab):
        with patch('marge.batch_job.MergeRequest') as mr_class:
            batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
            merge_request = self._mock_merge_request()
            changed_merge_request = self._mock_merge_request()
            mr_class.fetch_by_iid.return_value = changed_merge_request

            with pytest.raises(CannotMerge):
                batch_merge_job.ensure_mr_not_changed(merge_request)

            mr_class.fetch_by_iid.assert_called_once_with(
                merge_request.project_id,
                merge_request.iid,
                batch_merge_job._api,
            )

    def test_fuse_mr_when_target_branch_was_moved(self, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        merge_request = self._mock_merge_request(target_branch='master')
        with pytest.raises(CannotBatch) as exc_info:
            batch_merge_job.accept_mr(merge_request, 'abc')
        assert str(exc_info.value) == 'Someone was naughty and by-passed marge'

    def test_fuse_mr_when_source_branch_was_moved(self, api, mocklab):
        batch_merge_job = self.get_batch_merge_job(api, mocklab)
        merge_request = self._mock_merge_request(
            source_project_id=mocklab.merge_request_info['source_project_id'],
            target_branch='master',
            source_branch=mocklab.merge_request_info['source_branch'],
        )

        api.add_transition(
            GET(
                '/projects/{project_iid}/repository/branches/useless_new_feature'.format(
                    project_iid=mocklab.merge_request_info['source_project_id'],
                ),
            ),
            Ok({'commit': commit(commit_id='abc', status='running')}),
        )

        with pytest.raises(CannotMerge) as exc_info:
            batch_merge_job.accept_mr(merge_request, mocklab.initial_master_sha)

        assert str(exc_info.value) == 'Someone pushed to branch while we were trying to merge'

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The cosmetic surgery for improving the look of drooping eyelids is performed under both local and general anesthesia. The procedure can take between 1-3 hours and involves making incisions in the natural crease of the upper eyelids and below the eyelashes in the lower eyelids. The cosmetic or plastic surgeon then removes any excess skin, fat and muscle and then closes the incisions by placing sutures. At the hands of an experienced plastic or cosmetic surgeon these sutures after healing are virtually invisible. In case fat is to be removed only from under the lower eyelids and no skin is required to be taken out then the incision may be made inside the eyelid and this is called a transconjunctival blepharoplasty.
The eyes would be bandaged after the surgery and would feel swollen and bruised. It is recommended that you lie with your head elevated. To ease the discomfort medication may be prescribed by the surgeon and cold compression used. Once the bandages are removed a mild antiseptic solution could be used to cleanse the area. Also your surgeon may recommend eye drops or ointment to keep the skin from getting dry. Sensitivity to sunlight is common and precautions must be taken to protect the skin.
The stitches would be taken out in about 5-7 days. When going out sun glasses should be worn and a special sun screen for eyes also should be applied. In about 10 days time the patient can go back to his or her normal routine but strenuous activity and exercise should be avoided until advised by the surgeon. Honolulu, Hawaii provides the perfect location for you relax while you recover from the surgery for drooping eyelids.


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Celebrating Margaret Newell Mitchell '47
Margaret Mitchell '47 as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a fundraising skit in 2009. Photo Credit: Jason Koski/Cornell Marketing Group
By AAD Staff March 6, 2018
A champion of planned and estate gifts for Cornell, Margaret Newell Mitchell '47 had a knack for making people laugh, even—or, colleagues would say, especially—about death.
"Undertaker Mitchell is my name, and planning for the end of life is my game," she quipped in a Western-themed skit at the Cornell Annual Funds breakfast in 2011. "Unfortunately, I don't get much repeat business."
For over a decade, Mitchell played a prominent role in the yearly skit held by staff and volunteer fundraisers. From Obi-Wan Kenobi of Star Wars to Little Red Riding Hood to Ginger of Gilligan's Island, she wore each ill-fitting robe, coat, and wig with conviction.
And, at the end of her scene, Mitchell always found a way to sneak in her unofficial tagline about those honored by Cornell as members of the Cayuga Society for including the university in their wills: "You can give away the cow and still keep the milk—until you kick the bucket!"
Mitchell as a doctor in 2001. Photo: Frank DiMeo
Margaret Mitchell '47 in a Western-themed skit, in 1998. Also pictured: Cecily Tatibouet Nisbet '95 Photo: Frank DiMeo
Margaret Mitchell '47 as Little Red Riding Hood in 2005. Also pictured: Rich Glick, staff member.
Margaret Mitchell '47 as Ginger of Gilligan's Island in 2013. Photo: Robert Barker/Cornell Marketing Group
Margaret Mitchell '47 as Martha Van Rensselaer in 2014. Photo: Robert Barker/Cornell Marketing Group
At 92, Mitchell passed away in her sleep on Christmas Day in 2017, but her humor and her passion for Cornell continue to rouse colleagues and friends at the university.
"She would march into a hurricane and keep going straight ahead," said Chip Bryce '81, Cornell's director of Trusts, Estates, and Gift Planning. "She was a force, a complete force."
Bryce credits Mitchell—along with trustees emeriti William Phillips '51 and Robert Cowie '55, MBA '57—for pushing for the creation of Cornell's own legacy-giving recognition circle, the Cayuga Society, in 1993. The three volunteer leaders were also the first members of the society, which is now more than 4,000-strong.
Mitchell, according to Bryce, was the charismatic "aunt next door" who helped raise awareness about the Cayuga Society, even among Cornellians with modest means.
"She emphasized that you don't have to be a multimillionaire to be able to do something good for Cornell, and that really resonated with people," added Brenda Teeter, associate director of Reunion volunteer giving initiatives.
Teeter praised Mitchell's dedication as the co-chair of the Cayuga Society, and also pointed to the different parts of the university she served, including the Cornell University Council, the Cornell Club of Northeastern Ohio, and the Class of 1947. Mitchell was honored with the Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Service Award for her volunteer efforts at Cornell, and she and her husband, William Mitchell, were recognized as Foremost Benefactors for their generosity to the university.
"She really was special," Teeter said. "It goes without saying how much we'll miss her and how much we appreciate all she's done for the university and for her class."
Margaret Mitchell '47 with staff member Margaret Sheehe '08 in 2009.
Born and raised in Westfield, New York, Mitchell grew up during the Great Depression. Her father died when she was 14 years old, leaving her mother as the sole breadwinner. But Mitchell's quick wit and perspicacity opened doors. A valedictorian at her high school, she earned a scholarship to Cornell, where she studied nutrition in the School of Home Economics (now the College of Human Ecology) and graduated, again, as valedictorian.
After Cornell, Mitchell earned a graduate fellowship to Harvard and later became a public health nutritionist for the state of Virginia. She and her husband eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where she helped in the family business and balanced her duties as a mother to five daughters and as a volunteer in the local community and for Cornell.
Meg Weingart '78, one of three daughters who attended Cornell, remembers her mother's frequent and busy visits to Ithaca for council meetings while Weingart was still a student. "I would barely see her," she said, laughing.
Mitchell was a role model for Weingart and her sisters, both for their mother's unflagging volunteer efforts and her philanthropy. "She gave to causes that she thought would make a difference," Weingart said.
At Cornell, these included scholarships and graduate fellowships, particularly in the field of nutrition at the College of Human Ecology. "The generosity of other people made it possible for her to come to Cornell, so she always wanted to give back," Weingart explained.
In tribute, Weingart named a graduate fellowship in nutrition after her mother and also created her own undergraduate scholarship.
Francille Firebaugh, former dean of the college who retired and moved to Columbus, Ohio, has cherished Margaret and William Mitchell for their support as well as their friendship. In particular, Firebaugh and her husband bonded with the Mitchells over the same wedding anniversary, apart from their shared love for Cornell.
"We met for anniversary dinners over the years, whenever we could arrange them. Our conversations always included a 'catch-up' on the College of Human Ecology—especially nutritional science—and Cornell, in general. John and I both greatly miss Margaret," she said.
For Weingart, one of the occasions she misses the most are the skits where her mother would make her legendary appearances.
"To us family members, she was just mom, but she was so much more to many people. She did so many things with her crazy intelligence," she said.
Watching Mitchell on stage always filled Weingart with pride: "I got to say 'That's my mom!' to the people at my table."
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Snapchat offers special filter to unite kids across the country on National Walkout Day
This is what teen activism looks like.
By Petrana Radulovic on March 14, 2018
> Life > Digital Culture
Students across the country participated in National School Walkout Day on Wednesday to protest gun violence -- and a special Snapchat filter has emerged as a big part of their efforts.
SEE ALSO: These images from the National School Walkout are powerful beyond belief
One look at a Snap Map of the east coast (just after 10 am ET, when the walkout began) reveals that, naturally, this day of action is being heavily documented on the social platform.
snapmap national school walkout gun control Credit: mashable screenshot
Many of those posting about the protest are using the special filter, which reads "What ____'s schoolday looks like" (with the space being filled by each city or school's name), and depicts an illustration of protestors and signs.
These filters are not just exclusive to Florida schools. Snapchat created them for use nationwide, as they have done for other major events.
Students across the country are now posting videos and pictures with this filter to unite for their common cause of ending gun violence. And the company, which has had a somewhat tangled history with gun control organizations, told Mashable they were pleased to see so many people using the filter today.
And as the day goes on and protests sweep across the country, more and more cities will have schooldays that look like this.
Generation Z is coming together for the cause that ignites them, using the social tools they've mastered.
This walkout is only one of many protests planned across the country in the upcoming weeks, including the March for Our Lives on March 24th.
UPDATE: March 14, 2018, 12:25 p.m. EDT This article was updated to reflect additional information from Snapchat.
More in Activism, Gun Control, Snapchat
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By Elizabeth de Luna


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ARduino-pH Tracker and screening platform for characterization of recombinant carbonic anhydrase in Escherichia coli
Kao Pang Hsu, Shih I. Tan, Chen Yaw Chiu, Yu Kaung Chang, I. Son Ng
Carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) is an ancient enzyme with zinc ion as its active site, which catalyzes the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to react with water and form bicarbonate ions. Due to its high catalytic efficiency on CO2 assimilation, CA is expected to use for carbon sequestration in industry. However, the protein expression level, thermostability and high-throughput screening of an active CA are still with difficulty. In this study, the CA from Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense (denoted as SyCA) was selected for overexpressed in Escherichia coli by different pET vectors. The enzymatic properties including thermo-stability, pH tolerance, effect of metal ion, and kinetic parameters were characterized through a novel ARduino-pH Tracker (ART) for monitoring online effectively. The SyCA is thermophilic and acidophilic as it maintains 100% activity at 50°C, while the residual activity is 34.8% after heating at 80°C for 150 min and the optimal pH is 3–5. The kinetic analysis by ART system showed that the kcat/Km of free enzyme was 4.4-folds that that of whole cell. On the other hand, the screening platforms as Wilbur–Anderson unit, phenol red indicator and size of colony forming unit have been established to explore CA with higher activity. The high-throughput screening platform is support in direct evolution of CA and further used in the industry.
Biotechnology Progress
https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.2834
10.1002/btpr.2834
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Hsu, K. P., Tan, S. I., Chiu, C. Y., Chang, Y. K., & Ng, I. S. (2019). ARduino-pH Tracker and screening platform for characterization of recombinant carbonic anhydrase in Escherichia coli. Biotechnology Progress, 35(5), [e2834]. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.2834
Hsu, Kao Pang ; Tan, Shih I. ; Chiu, Chen Yaw ; Chang, Yu Kaung ; Ng, I. Son. / ARduino-pH Tracker and screening platform for characterization of recombinant carbonic anhydrase in Escherichia coli. In: Biotechnology Progress. 2019 ; Vol. 35, No. 5.
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Developed Test Cases for Unit, Integration and System Level Testing.
Developed documentation of various natures (User Manuals, Process flows, Deployment Checklists).
Experience in testing UI implementation and utilization of MVC pattern.


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package common

import (
	"reflect"
	"testing"

	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
	"k8s.io/perf-tests/clusterloader2/pkg/measurement"
)

func Test_subtractInitialRestartCounts(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		name        string
		metrics     *systemPodsMetrics
		initMetrics *systemPodsMetrics
		want        *systemPodsMetrics
	}{
		{
			name:        "same-pods-and-containers",
			metrics:     generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 5),
			initMetrics: generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 4),
			want:        generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 1),
		},
		{
			name:        "different-container-names",
			metrics:     generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 5),
			initMetrics: generatePodMetrics("p1", "c2", 4),
			want:        generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 5),
		},
		{
			name:        "different-pod-names",
			metrics:     generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 5),
			initMetrics: generatePodMetrics("p2", "c1", 4),
			want:        generatePodMetrics("p1", "c1", 5),
		},
	}
	for _, tt := range tests {
		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			subtractInitialRestartCounts(tt.metrics, tt.initMetrics)
			if !reflect.DeepEqual(*tt.metrics, *tt.want) {
				t.Errorf("want %v, got %v", *tt.want, *tt.metrics)
			}
		})
	}
}

func Test_validateRestartCounts(t *testing.T) {
	tests := []struct {
		name    string
		metrics *systemPodsMetrics
		config  *measurement.MeasurementConfig
		wantErr bool
	}{
		{
			name:    "check-disabled",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 1),
			config:  buildConfig(t, false, nil),
			wantErr: false,
		},
		{
			name:    "check-enabled-violation",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 1),
			config:  buildConfig(t, true, nil),
			wantErr: true,
		},
		{
			name:    "check-enabled-ok",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 0),
			config:  buildConfig(t, true, nil),
			wantErr: false,
		},
		{
			name:    "override-equal-to-actual-count",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 3),
			config:  buildConfig(t, true, map[string]int{"c": 3}),
			wantErr: false,
		},
		{
			name:    "override-default-used",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 3),
			config:  buildConfig(t, true, map[string]int{"default": 3}),
			wantErr: false,
		},
		{
			name:    "override-default-not-used",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 3),
			config: buildConfig(t, true, map[string]int{
				"default": 5,
				"c":       0,
			}),
			wantErr: true,
		},
		{
			name:    "override-below-actual-count",
			metrics: generatePodMetrics("p", "c", 3),
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Lieutenant Scott Reed, a Human, is currently a Tactical Officer aboard the USS Mercury.
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TMB and Thanachart Bank announce merger plan
Thailand's TMB and Thanachart banks announced Friday that they have signed a non-binding agreement to merge and become the country's sixth largest lender.
According to the statement, TMB will finance the merger through debt and equity. It will issue new shares worth 70 percent of the total deal. 50 to 55 billion baht of the newly-issued shares will be offered to Thanachart Capital and Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia, whereas 40-45 billion baht in shares will be offered to TMB shareholders and may include public offering.
Thanachart Capital holds a 51 percent stake in Thanachart Bank and the rest is held by Nova Scotia Bank.
The merged bank, whose name is yet to be decided, will have combined assets of 1.9 trillion baht, with ten million retail customers, according to TMB.
The planned merger follows government's approval last year of tax incentives for bank mergers to help them better compete with their rivals in the region.
The Thai Finance Ministry holds 25.92 percent stake in the TMB, with Dutch banking group ING holding 25 percent. ING, Thanachart Capital and the Finance Ministry will be major shareholders in the merged bank.
Deputy finance permanent secretary Chumpon Rimsakorn said that the Finance Ministry would invest about 11 billion baht in the new entity and would have the right to acquire shares in case existing shareholders do not exercise their right to subscribe to the new issue.
TMB CEO Mr. Piti Tantakasem said that, after the completion of the merger plan, TMB and Thanachart will begin organizational restructuring, with the approval of the Bank of Thailand, leading to the actual merger process.
He said that TMB would invest 130 billion baht in Thanachart Capital and Bank of Nova Scotia through the issuance of debentures, with the process expected to be completed in December.
Thanachart CEO Praphan Anupong-ongart assured that the merger would not lead to layoffs of staff either bank, but working conditions will have to be changed to suit the new environment.
The two banks now have about 1,000 branches and a combined staff of about 19,000.
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40 weeks!! New travels start tomorrow.
Today is exactly 40 weeks since I first set off on my 100 weeks journey, flying out of Perth for Dubai, with Goal #1 in my sights. It seems such a long time ago now, as I have packed so much in to the weeks since then.
But I can still very clearly remember the sense of apprehension as I set off on that first journey, not really knowing how I would manage, and how things might turn out. I remember that feeling so well, because I am feeling it again now, as I fly out of Perth again tomorrow morning on another seven month journey.
And once again things are only half-planned, and I wonder how it will all work out. And yet although I feel slightly apprehensive, I am very excited too, and looking forward to new travels and adventures, to meeting new people and seeing new places.
I feel that I have sort of settled back into an easy routine here in Perth. I travelled for the first 28 weeks of my 100 weeks, but have had some sort of stable base now for the last 12 weeks, and it is a bit of a challenge to pack my bags and hit the road again.
But it is time to set off once more, first stop France, then England again, and onward from there…. watch this space!
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Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen (born 1951) is a Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of Washington in Seattle, and the author of many works on the history and philosophy of psychiatry, psychoanalysis and hypnosis. Born to Danish parents, he began his studies in France and emigrated to the United States in 1986. His constructivist analysis of the co-production of psychical "facts" emphasises the accuracy of historical accounts of mental disorders.

Borch-Jacobsen is known for his positions in the controversies surrounding psychoanalysis, especially with regard to the 2005 publication of Le Livre noir de la psychanalyse ("The Black Book of Psychoanalysis") to which he was a major contributor. In a review of Borch-Jacobsen's book Folies à plusieurs. De l'hystérie à la dépression ("Many madnesses. From hysteria to depression"), Pierre-Henri Castel calls him "one of the most polemic thinkers with regard to the Freud Wars".

Biography
Borch-Jacobsen studied philosophy with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy, two philosophers close in thought to, and in dialogue with, Jacques Derrida and Jacques Lacan.

In 1981 at the University of Strasbourg he submitted his doctoral dissertation on The Freudian Subject and then began teaching in the department of Psychoanalysis at Vincennes University in Paris, where Jacques Lacan had first made his mark.

In 1986 he emigrated to the United States.

Criticism of psychoanalysis

Hypnosis
In 1983, Borch-Jacobsen participated in a meeting on the subject of hypnosis at the Hôpital Fernand-Widal where he joined such other as Léon Chertok, René Girard and François Roustang in the discussion of hypnosis. The following year, he published with Éric Michaud and Jean-Luc Nancy, Hypnoses. In this book, the authors consider the whole history of therapeutic hypnosis, the psychological or sociological theory becoming suspect to dangerous regressions from intellectual, ethical and political ideas.

On 21 January 1985, he presented a conference paper entitled "L'hypnose dans la psychanalyse" ("Hypnosis in psychoanalysis") to the Society of Psychosomatic Medicine. The text of this paper was then published in collaboration with Chertok in 1987, with replies from many psychoanalysists, philosophers and sociologists, such as Georges Lapassade, Octave Mannoni and Franklin Rausky.

In this paper, Borch-Jacobsen presented evidence that psychoanalytic transference is a form of altered state of consciousness, comparable with those that had existed in the work of psychotherapies which predate psychoanalysis, from Shamanism to the hypnotism of the Nancy School, by way of animal magnetism. He averred that "" ("On Freud's own admission, the phenomenon of transference is nothing other than the resurgence, in the bosom of [psycho]analytical] techniques, of the characteristic relationship (of 'rapport') of hypnosis techniques: dependence, submission, or again... exclusive worship of the doctor"). He emphasised that there is consequently an important risk of suggestion on the part of the psychoanalyst, even more so when the psychoanalyst himself is not conscious of these phenomena.

Borch-Jacobsen then reaffirmed that Sigmund Freud, after having started to use the suggestive hypnotic psychotherapy of Hippolyte Bernheim in 1887, replaced it with the cathartic method in 1899, no longer using hypnosis as a means of direct suggestion, but to bring out suppressed feelings of patients' traumas. After practicing using free association in 1892, Freud totally abandoned hypnosis at the end of 1896. This is explained in the following manner by Chertok: "" ("In his opposition to hypnosis, Freud was known to have founded a scientific psychotherapy, destined, as such, to become the psychotherapy par excellence. The interpretation and awareness thus became the fulcrum of the cure. The affectivity in the new method certainly could not be discounted, but in it one can find it being channelled into transference, and by that, come to be controlled and put it at the service of knowledge. Such was the ambition of the founder of psychoanalysis [Freud], at the turn of the century which was still very much filled with the spirit of Positivism"). It is precisely this posture of Freud's that the consciousness is "dominating" that was put into question by Borch-Jacobsen.

Bertrand Méheust rebuked Borch-Jacobsen for accepting without further discussion a dated view of hypnotherapy, bequeathed by the positivist institutional medicine of the 19th century. Furthermore, he argues that hypnosis follows a state of absolute passivity and therefore hurts well-being, and that hypnosis is induced in someone in which all consciousness is disconnected, a being totally immersed in the inner self, indeed a puppet who thinks and lives totally by the workings of another. He takes sides with Puységur and Deleuze, stating that lucid, magnetic phenomena are assumed to establish a kind of synergy between the higher functions of intelligence and the immediacy of instinct.

The case of Anna O.
In 1996 he completed a treatise on the case of Bertha Pappenheim, "Anna O.", subtitled  ("A 100-year-old mystification"), in which, according to Claude Meyer, he "" ("put an end to one of the founding myths of psychoanalysis"). It is also the opinion of Elizabeth Loentz, who had also written a book on Pappenheim, and Paul Roazen, who considers this work a major stage of university and historiographical work on psychoanalysis, and a fly in the ointment of the "defenders of the status quo".

Publications
  ("The Freudian Subject"), Flammarion, 1982 (revised in  1992).
  (with Éric Michaud and Jean-Luc Nancy), Galilée, 1984.
  ("Hypnosis and psychoanalysis") (with Léon Chertok), Dunod, 1987.
 , ("Lacan, the absolute master"), Stanford University Press, 1991.
  ("The Emotional Tie"), Aubier Montaigne, 1992.
  ("Memoirs of Anna O.: A 100-year old mystery"), 1996.
  ("Many madnesses: from hysteria to depression"), Les Empêcheurs de penser en rond, 2002.
  ("Constructivism and psychoanalysis") (with Bernard Granger, debates with Georges Fischman), Le Cavalier Bleu, 2005.
  ("The Black Book of Psychoanalysis") (with Jean Cottraux, Jacques Van Rillaer, Didier Pleux) (Catherine Meyer, ed.), Les Arènes, 2005.
  ("Freud's dossier. An inquiry on the history of psychoanalysis") (with Sonu Shamdasani), Les Empêcheurs de penser en rond, 2006.
 Making Minds and Madness: From Hysteria To Depression, Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 29, 2009)

Awards
 1987 – Prix de la Psyché (awarded by the )
 1994 – The Salomon Katz Distinguished Lectureship in the Humanities, University of Washington
 1997 – Gradiva Award for Best General Book (awarded by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis).

References

External links
  ("Therapy users and illness producers"), by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen
 A Zero Theory, by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen
 International Network of Freud Critics

French philosophers
French emigrants to the United States
American philosophers
Hypnosis
Constructivism
1951 births
Living people
University of Washington faculty
French male writers


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Q: Laptop time active not right My Windows 10 running laptop says it has been on for 23 days even though I shut it down every time (not just closing the lid, but normally clicking the windows button and shut it down via the on/off menu item).

Why is this? Is this a bad thing and can I change it?
Sometimes I forget to write down when I start working and try to check it there to see how long I've been on, but that doesn't work in the current situation.
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Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, known popularly as the Pink City, is studded with priceless tourist attractions like exquisite places, forts, gardens as well modern shopping malls. One of the most fascinating attractions of this marvellous city is the Jal Mahal – the 'water palace', built right in the charming Man-Sarovar Lake in Jaipur. It is a great architectural marvel, steeped in history, traditions and natural beauty.
The Jal Mahal is a five-storied structure constructed using red sandstone. Remarkably, four of those five floors are under water, when the lake is full. But no water seeps in from outside.
Jal Mahal depicts a combination of traditional Mughal and Rajput styles of architecture. The sand-colored stone walls of the halls of the palace and its reflection stand out from the dark blue lake.
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The Jal palace is a living symbol of the age of the renowned Rajput rulers who promoted art and architecture in a big way. This palace was originally constructed by Maharaja Madho Singh in 1750. It was built to use as a temporary abode for royalty and as a place for his royal guests to stay for a day or two during the duck hunting parties held periodically. Years later, when the palace became old, his son Madho Singh II renovated it enhanced the charm by adding courtyards and other external features. The surrounding lake was a wonderful place to watch different types of birds. Man Sagar Lake itself was formed when the ruler constructed a dam between the two nearby hills.
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The palace has an excellent rooftop garden called Chameli Bagh, which brings together the art tradition of Jaipur city and a number of flowering trees that fills the air with its fragrance.
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Netflix just shelled out a stunning $10 million to obtain the rights to a documentary about the election campaign of Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Genna's sense of direction
I met my wife, Genna, on a blind date, and I soon found out that her best excuse for her sense of direction would have been blindness.
Our first date didn't go that well. At the time, I was an undergrad at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ, working near full time hours to pay for my full time schooling. The date was for a Saturday, the busiest day at the Sears shoe department on Route 1. I was tired, cranky, and sorry I said 'yes' to her good mutual friend about the date. Well, when I picked her up, I saw that she was (and still is) gorgeous. In fact, she still has a friend who, to this day, calls her, truthfully, 'gorgeous'.
That didn't stop me from being a total boor the whole evening. From the wise cracks, unknowingly taking her to dinner at the same place she had lunch earlier, to the unsuccessful liberties I attempted before dropping her off past curfew at the dorm (curfew was still a big thing in those days, and I had to sweet talk the dateless girl on the other side of the locked door), I was not very nice to her.
The next day, the better side of my Gemini nature compelled me to call Genna and apologize. To this day, I don't know why she took my call, but she did, and now we're together 42 years later. Anyway, I told her back then I wanted to make it up to her, to show her I really was a gentleman, and also to unmortify our mutual friend whose idea it was to meet in the first place. I told Genna I had two tickets to "Romeo and Juliet" then the hit date movie of the day playing at the Paris Theatre in New York City. I also told her I had made reservations at Vesuvio, a great Italian restaurant in the late 1960's..
Genna said yes. I found out later that she said yes because I had mentioned Vesuvio, a favorite restaurant of her family, and her father knew the Maitre 'D. So unknowingly, I was back in Genna's good graces, and so far in her father's, whom I hadn't even met yet! Thank you, Vesuvio, in restaurant heaven!
Genna didn't have to give me directions to her house, just the address. Once she gave me that, I was familiar with the neighborhood, having grown up two towns away, but definitely on the other side of the tracks. When I arrived to pick her up, I thought, definitely other side. After some small talk meeting her mother (her father wasn't home yet), we were out the door and into my car. Genna said, " Make a left out of the driveway," which was the opposite way that I thought. We went several blocks, "turn right, turn left," along the way, until we came to a dead end. Lost in her own neighborhood!
I thought to myself, she doesn't get out of the house much. Four or five blocks from her house, and she's LOST!! Genna looked at me sheepishly and seemed to blush the thought "If you forget this, I'll forget the other night."
I was able to back track, and go the way we should have. The dinner and show were terrific, and we hit it off from then on. However, after 42 years, she still gets lost. Its better now with her GPS, but I still get "Where am I?" calls when she is out, and I'm at home.
I've tried to find an explanation why she always gets lost, and I can only come up with a theory. One time she told me her parents, when she was a toddler, would put her in the car and drive around the block, to help her fall asleep. To this day, she gets very sleepy in the car. and closes her eyes quite often. I was always awake in the car as a kid, taking in landmarks, and developing a sense of direction from a young age. She was asleep most of the time in the car, as a youngster, and as an adult, since I do most of the driving.
I've always been able to find her, because, of course, I never want to lose her.
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