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What's New on Netflix Canada This Week: December 20th, 2019
Published on December 20th, 2019, 5:00 pm EST
Groundhog Day is now available to stream on Netflix Canada
With only a few more days to go till Christmas we can happily report that a further 53 new titles have been added to the Netflix Canada library this week. You'll be spoilt for choice as you and your family settle down for the holidays. Here's what's new on Netflix Canada this week for December 20th, 2019.
In one of his best roles to date, Bill Murray stars in one of the best comedies of the 90s, Groundhog Day. A true classic, the excellent writing from and directing from the late Harold Ramis makes Groundhog Day a real treat.
A selfish and self-centered weatherman, Phil Connors, of a Pennsylvanian news station is sent to the town Punxsutawney to cover the Groundhog Day festivities. Making no secret of his contempt for the 'hicks' of Punxsutawney, he is eager to leave early. But when a snowstorm strands them in the town, Phil awakens to discover that tomorrow hasn't come, and soon finds himself reliving the same day, over and over again.
The past ten years of cinema have been defined by the great number of reboots that beloved franchises have received. One of the better reboots of this era belongs to JJ Abrams' Star Trek. With an excellent cast of actors that have nailed down their characters perfectly, the slight alteration in the new iteration of the classic sci-fi franchise sets itself apart from the original beloved series and movies.
In a tragic turn of events, the Federation starship the USS Kelvin is destroyed after a Romulan ship emerges from a strange wormhole. Onboard was George Kirk, first-officer onboard and father of James Kirk. After sacrificing his life for the sake of his wife and newborn son, George dies while they survive. Years later James grows up to be rebellious, womanizing and incredibly cocky. When reports of the Romulan ship emerges once again, James enlists in the enlists and joins the crew of the USS Enterprise.
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The Witcher has been one of the most highly anticipated Originals in 2019, and considering we've had Stranger Things and The Dark Crystal in the same year, says everything.
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a mutated human with the ability to wield great power. As a Witcher, Geralt travels the sprawling continent, hunting the great number of beasts and paranormal creatures that haunt the landscape, for a price of course. The further Geralt travels, struggling to find his place in the world, he soon learns that the worst monsters are the ones we create.
Here Are All the Latest Additions Added to Netflix Canada This Week
37 New Movies Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Bangistan (2015)
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Being Mrs Elliot (2014)
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
Dirt (2017)
Don 2 (2011)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Falz Experience (2018)
Fukrey (2013)
Game (2011)
Holy Expectations (2019)
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
Hope: One in a Billion (2017)
In Hell (2003)
Isoken (2017)
Iyore (2015)
Jackass 3 (2010)
Karthik Call
ng Karthik (2010)
Lakshya (2004)
Luck by Chance (2009)
PASSENGERS (2008)
Potato Potahto (2017)
R.K. Nagar (2019)
Rock On!! (2008)
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2018)
Talaash (2012)
The First Lady (2015)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
13 New TV Shows Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Agent: Season 1
Cinderella and the Four Knights: Season 1
Cocomong: 2 Seasons
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Crazy, Lovely, Cool: Season 1
Girls und Panzer: Season 1
Homecoming: Season 1
Mr. Selfridge: 4 Seasons
Northern Rescue: Season 1 N
Soundtrack: Season 1 N
Twice Upon A Time: Season 1 N
Ultraviolet: Season 1 N
2 New Documentaries Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
After the Raid (2019) N
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer: Limited Series N
1 New Stand Up Special Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America! (2019) N
1 New Reality Series Added to Netflix Canada This Week:
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars: Season 1
What will you be watching on Netflix Canada this Christmas? Let us know in the comments below!
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There is no doubt that the post 'The Devi of Vedas is Fatima' is hard to digest for people of all faith. A lot many of you may have questions. That is why I am posting a discussion with a Muslim friend (who too is of opinion that Mohammad Alvi is unnecessarily trying to prove a link of Islam with other books) because you too may have the same questions in your hearts. If your questions are different, feel free to write.
MA: Hope you are fine?
Sir I found ur article very interesting.
Can u make it brief in few lines?
What u actually want to say.
MA: Tell me one thing, do you doubt the prophet's tradition about Fatima being part of him and the Quranic ayat about Ahlulbayt being perfectly pure?
Friend: Who the hell I'm to doubt this when Quran is testifying.
MA: Don't you think if it was part of divine plan to make certain beings from noor, He would not have anything to introduce them among the people who were born prior to Mohammad and in divine scriptures and sahifas revealed earlier?
If you have no doubt and if it was part of Divine Plan to create beings who had a link with Divinity as well as mortal human beings, don't you think that God would have tried to introduce them earlier in the previously revealed scriptures and through earlier Prophets?
Friend: Do u believe in Quran?
Friend: Have u read it thoroughly?
Friend: Have u read Quran with translation?
Friend: Haven't u found answer to ur question from Quran then?
MA: Be more elaborate please.
Friend: What u found from Quran as answer to ur question of divine human beings and divinity from earlier scriptures and prophets?
MA: Sorry, I didn't get what you are saying. I found the earlier scriptures perfectly elaborating the content of Quran.
Friend: I'm talking about isn't Quran the final book?
Friend: Isn't it the final testament after which no book will come which is updated and revised edition of all the books came earlier to it?
MA: I have already mentioned to you earlier in my post. Quran says it is the most elaborate part. And you have seen that Quran is also talking about the earlier books to be parts as well.
Friend: Sir I quoted all the relevant ayats there from Quran.
MA: I have also given the response, if you have seen it?
Problem is we always read the books as books of others. If they are calling their books as divine, we must give them a chance that it could be divine. Which we don't do? We consider they have deviated, we consider they are all on the wrong and we are on the right? Aren't all the sects too doing the same? This is our mentality. It is difficult to get an unbiased mind.
Friend: Why all the stuff that came to ur knowledge never came to any alimz mind or aimaa never referred to that what u preach?
Whether they r Christians, Jews, Hindus etc.
Haven't the earlier scriptures been changed?
MA: I am not stating that. I am saying that all scriptures are right, unless we have changed the text, or we have changed the understanding or they are no divine scriptures at all. I am sure you will not dispute that the word of God will not contradict itself.
MA: Where they changed the text, you cannot reach a conclusion. But in cases where they had not changed the text but the understanding, you can reach the intended meaning. That has happened in the case of Vedas.
MA: Probably it was Divine Will that this would happen, I cannot say. But they were not able to understand what the scriptures were saying and concocted their own meanings.
Change can be in the understanding as well.
The books that the God had referred to in Quran got changed. But this was not the case with the books that were not referred to in Quran.
MA: Madam, you were given Quran just 1400 years back. If you see the Muslims as a collective mass, tell me what percentage of them have understood the Quran.
MA: You are doing exactly what others have done. You are trying to read the other scriptures in the light of view that you are on the right and all the rest are wrong.
I'm just asking u whether a divine book should be followed or others which r human made?
MA: You have the original version but what about the understanding. Despite the Quran in the house of each of the Muslims, they don't know the meaning of zulmat, they don't know the meaning of wajhallah, there are so many terms that I have referred to in my reply earlier. They also couldn't find the wives of the prophets who erred and the occasion when it was said to Prophet to deliver what had been told and if he didn't it was akin to him imparting nothing at all.
MA: You seem to have not read the earlier posts.
MA: Did the Quran tell what was prior to Adam? No! Did the Quran tell anything about creation of heaven or earth or of Noor? No! Except a sentence or two.
MA: The more I read Quran the more I get convinced that the Books of the Hindus only define certain hidden mysteries of Quran. So there is no ambiguity.
You have no answers to certain questions that are raised upon reading Quran, but I do have.
Quran itself elaborates its ayat.
MA: You didn't answer any of my questions. If God is omnipresent, all-pervading, closer to the neck, why and where did the Prophet go on the night of meraj?
If the amals of each one of us will be presented on the day of judgment, why did the man in Surah Yasin go to heaven even before azaab came on his clan?
What is meant by zulmat, if by Noor the Prophet and Ahlulbayt are meant?
MA: This is your derived meaning. It is contradictory to noor and you just said that by Noor, Prophet and Ahlulbayt are meant.
You have derived your meanings and feel confident that you know everything.
MA: But you have derived wrong understanding. I also believed in this understanding till I didn't read the other scriptures. But I found better explanation, why should I not read it in future.
You say that the azab of maskh was common till the time of Prophet? You have been a student of history. Give records of one person between Jesus and Prophet when the history was already been written who got converted to monkey from a man.
MA: You have no answer to what is wajhallah. You have no answer to who were the people who were in hell when Prophet was taken on round of hell at the time of meraj. You have no answer to why a seat and throne is mentioned, when God is formless and Non Manifest.
Friend: Ok tell me what u mean by zulmat?
MA: It is divine plan that we have been made equidistant from both Noor and Zulmat. It is not the job of Noor to defeat Zulmat. It is the job of man to defeat Zulmat and go on the path of Noor. It is Noor which will lead us to salvation. Zulmat is the misguiding force that will also lead us astray.
Friend: What u found ?
MA: Noor is the force of guidance created at the beginning. Zulmat had been created simultaneously to misguide. It is power. If that is not so, tell me that if Satan was one who lived among the angels, how did it become so powerful that it is misguiding everybody from east to west. If Satan was a worshipper, who misguided Satan itself? Who misguided the earlier creations when this Satan had not become Satan?
MA: This is again your derived meaning.
Why Zulmat as a contradictory word to Noor in the first place.
When all misguidance is from Satan, who misguided Satan?
Moreover, who misguided the earlier creations about whom angels say that will you create man who will commit bloodshed?
MA: Whoever will refuse God commands will b misguided?
If self misguides then what guides?
Quran says guidance is from Allah. And Prophet Mohammad said that hold on to the rope of Allah. He also said that Ahlulbayt are like an ark of Noah, if you board the ark you will never be misguided.
MA: Non-submission is the end result. Why does a man continue to falter and deviate?
Moreover, what was the purpose of letting loose the Satan if non submission is misguidance in itself.
MA: OK, but if submission means guidance, why create Noor? Tell me the purpose of creation of Noor?
MA: Tell me specifically the purpose of creation of NOOR?
That Noor even descended in human beings.
MA: Kindly explain now the purpose of creation of Noor?
But keep in mind that the converse of Noor is Zulmat, as per Quran.
If Noor descends in human beings, Zulmat also works inside human beings. If Noor guides, Zulmat misguides. It works inside our self only. So you are right it was the self that deviated. But it is the self alone that guides as well.
If there was Satan, justice also demanded that there were the guiding agents. Which were the Noors.
Friend: I will quote Surah Baqra.
I'm just looking relevant ayat.
MA: Madam, it is specifically mentioned that angels said that will you create someone who will create bloodshed on earth. You have not responded who misguided them?
When Satan refused to obey, God said that have you become of the Aalins. It means that there were certain beings about whom Iblis too was aware. And despite knowing about their presence, Iblis used to worship Allah. And God said to angels, you know not what I know. God had not shown promise on the aalins. He had shown promise on the man.
Friend: O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who were before you so that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2). 22. Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allah (in worship) while you know (that He Alone has the right to be worshipped). 23. And if you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (i.e. the Qur'an) to Our slave (Muhammad Peace be upon him ), then produce a Surah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides Allah, if you are truthful. 24. But if you do it not, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers. 25. And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds, that for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every time they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say: "This is what we were provided with before," and they will be given things in resemblance (i.e. in the same form but different in taste) and they shall have therein Azwajun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives), (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.) and they will abide therein forever.
Friend: You have also not mentioned whom did the Prophet went to meet on the night of meraj. Madam, there are such countless verses in Quran and traditions related to arsh and kursi that Ibn Taimiya, considered the originator of Wahabi sect, concluded that God is on the 7th sky and sits on a throne there. You cannot answer this as well without going back to previously revealed scriptures.
Friend: 26. Verily, Allah is not ashamed to set forth a parable even of a mosquito or so much more when it is bigger (or less when it is smaller) than it. And as for those who believe, they know that it is the Truth from their Lord, but as for those who disbelieve, they say: "What did Allah intend by this parable?" By it He misleads many, and many He guides thereby. And He misleads thereby only those who are Al-Fasiqun (the rebellious, disobedient to Allah). 27. Those who break Allah's Covenant after ratifying it, and sever what Allah has ordered to be joined (as regards Allah's Religion of Islamic Monotheism, and to practise its legal laws on the earth and also as regards keeping good relations with kith and kin ), and do mischief on earth, it is they who are the losers. 28. How can you disbelieve in Allah? Seeing that you were dead and He gave you life. Then He will give you death, then again will bring you to life (on the Day of Resurrection) and then unto Him you will return.
30. And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth." They said: "Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that which you do not know.
There is no answer in these lines. I am not disbelieving in Allah, nor in Quran, nor disputing any verse of Quran, nor saying that Mohammad was not the prophet. I am trying to understand Quran. And you have no answers to my questions based on Quran.
You are trying to give an ayat related to fasiqun, but none of my beliefs confirm to that ayat.
. And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam.". And they prostrated except Iblis (Satan), he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah).
MA: He became disbeliever after refusing. Yes he was proud. OK refused to Allah's command. But why have Satan for us? He refused and could have been punished? But why make him a misguiding agent? And why Noor? You have not responded.
Friend: 8. We said: "Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then whenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve.
MA: This shows that Guidance was supposed to come. And it came in the form of Noor. Thus, it confirms God's plan that He doesn't make guidance written on the sky. Nor the guidance comes in self all by itself. But it is sent through Noor. Likewise, misguidance too doesn't appear all by itself. There are misguiding agents for this.
MA: Yes it has charismatic power but still you are not answering to my questions. Why Noor? Why aalin?
MA: Who are the people who went ahead in Surah Waqiyah?
MA: Madam, there are no answers. Half the Muslims concluded that God sits on a throne on the seventh sky and half say that He is all pervading and there is no throne. Both are right yet both are wrong.
Tell me who will be the judges on the Day of Judgment when Quran says that God will be the judge of judges.
Why make Ahlulbayt as pure?
Friend: Sir may I know about u?
MA: And Quran is talking to Mohammad and calls him as Ahlulbayt as well. Can you tell how it is possible?
MA: I am just a normal human being, who tries to read with open mind, without any previous attachments or detachments.
I have spent a good portion of my life trying to understand why God created us. He felt mercy on me and gave answers to my queries.
My question is that if there is name of Makkah in Veda, how did it come in the book when Mohammad had not taken birth. If there are future forecasts of Prophet even bringing back the sun, even then will you not conclude that there was some divine plan at work.
Clearly, the Hindus won't change their books to include the name of Mohammad and Fatima.
In fact some of them tried to hide it as much as possible. And it was Zulmat who never wanted people to come to the path of Noor. That is why when Jesus was saying all his life that the spirit of truth is about to come, within 500 years Zulmat brought changes to such an extent that by the time Mohammad came, people had begun to regard Jesus as son of God.
Now if I prove that name of Mohammad was taken by Jesus as well, and even that of Ali (Ailya) you will not dispute but when I say that name of Mohammad was taken by Vedas, if you dispute this, it speaks of your pre-set mind.
Doesn't the bible even today says that when Jesus was put on cross, he said, O Ailya why have you left me. And bystanders said, he is calling Ailya for help, let us see whether Ailya comes to his help or not? Will you say that the Christians have changed the Bible to include Ailya? No, in fact they have changed the meaning. They say that Ailya is mention of God. Elsewhere they say that Ailya was a previous prophet. Question arises, why would Jesus call a previous prophet who was inferior to him to seek help? Or if Ailya is God, why has this not been used elsewhere? Why not call God Ailya even today?
Fact is that even Buddha foretold of a birth of a child and a torn up wall. Will you say Buddhists changed the teachings to include about Ailya and the torn wall? No, fact is that they didn't understand. How could they have understood when the wall had not been torn and no birth taken place inside Kaaba till then?
Read this… Buddha's dream. Once Gautama (prior to his enlightenment) was asleep in his room when he got up with a shriek. He was crying and tears were rolling down his eyes. Upon hearing his shriek, his minister, who was sleeping nearby, got up from sleep. He asked the prince whether he has seen some dreadful dream. The Prince said that it was a dream itself but something other than a dream. The minister cajoled the prince to recount what he had seen and he said: Minister, you know that I read religious scriptures with great care. And I try to find the puzzles surrounding religions. You also know that I endeavour a lot in worship of Ishwar and go into the forests to see his wonders. Don't ask what happened today. Some Paramatma blessed me today and said that my tapasya has succeeded. Go and recount my name and you will get what you desire. My name is Ailya. If you need to meet me, my house is close is at the Putra sthan, close to the torned wall. You will find me as a child there. But that time is still far away.
Ved Shastri Lala Hargovind in his book Bodha Chamatkar, Omkar Pustkalaya, Kanpur, 1927, published from Saraswati Press, Bombay and Ram Narayan Banarsi's Risala Bodha Gyan states that when Buddha was on his death bed and his favourite pupil Ananda was crying by his side, Buddha said: Dear Ananda, don't cry. Don't lament. I have already told you that it is human nature to leave things dear to him. Anand! Remember that I am not the only Buddha who has come to this world and neither will I be the last of this chain. When the time will come, another Buddha will arrive, who will be the light of the God. He will be pure and reverential and will be given knowledge. He will be famous. One who knows the secrets of the universe! One who will guide the mankind! Teacher of the Jinns and Humans, He will also guide you to the Everlasting Truth that I have shown to you. If my followers are in hundreds, his followers will be in thousands.
He will be known as one who will put an end to the chain of rishis and prophets. On his head, there will be a five-faced crown. That will shine like the sun and the moon. The bigger gem of his is called Ailya. Remember, all these pure beings have taken birth at the beginning, but there is still some time for them to appear. Cruel people will great harm his gems. They will leave no stone unturned to vanquish them. But God will uphold their names, their work and their descendants till the end of the world. Ananda, crores of people like you and me will get tired in his wait. But one who will assist him or his pure companions will be the lucky one. I cannot tell you anything more.
Are all these also not endorsing my understanding of the Vedas?


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Police, Hindu hardliners halt Christian church wedding in India over claims that bride was forcefully converted
Apr 28, 2016, 5:05 pm SGT
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - A group of hardline Hindu activists and police stormed a church in central India and stopped a wedding midway after accusing the pastor of forcefully converting the bride to Christianity, an official said on Thursday (April 28).
As the wedding got underway at the Church of God in India in Madhya Pradesh state, men belonging to the fringe Hindu outfit Bajrang Dal barged in accompanied by the police, who arrested ten people, a church spokesman said.
Right-wing Hindu groups accuse churches and missionaries of targeting tribal people and other poor groups with the aim of converting them to Christianity, claims denied by the clergy.
"They said it is a matter of forceful conversion and arrested the bride, the groom, their parents as well pastors of two churches who were present there," Mr Mariyosh Joseph, a spokesman for the church in Satna district told AFP.
"How can you storm into a religious place and stop a ceremony like this? You will never see such a thing happening at a temple or a mosque," he said.
The area police superintendent said the wedding was stopped because the girl was a Hindu and not yet 18, the legal age for women to marry in India.
"The girl is a Hindu and she is 17. We acted on a complaint made by the bride's uncle. The matter is under investigation," Mr Mithilesh Shukla told AFP.
It comes as India's Christian minority has sounded the alarm over a recent rise in attacks on churches and members of the faith, fuelling tensions over religious freedom in the diverse, secular country.
The Indian Express daily said the couple had converted to Christianity four years ago, but the district authorities were not informed - a crime under state laws.
The church insisted the couple were Christians and accused the the police of "hiding behind excuses" to justify their conduct.
It follows a series of attacks on Christian religious sites. In March, three men were arrested in neighbouring Chhattisgarh state after they vandalised a church during Sunday mass.
Last year, vandals wrapped a dog chain around the neck of a statue of the Virgin Mary in the northern tourist city of Agra.
Priests and other Christian leaders have blamed the attacks on religious hardliners, who they say have become emboldened since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing government swept to power in 2014.
A series of mass conversions of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism, allegedly influenced by Hindu hardliners sometimes promising financial incentives, have also raised concern.
Around 80 per cent of India's 1.2 billion population is Hindu, but it is also home to large numbers of Muslims, Christians and Buddhists.


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OP-ED: India's rise is a reality
Harsh V Pant
Published at 08:12 pm July 4th, 2021
It can't simply be wished away
At the recent celebrations marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping was at his trademark best when he thundered that those who would "dare to bully, oppress, or subjugate China" will "have their heads bashed bloody against the Great Wall of Steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people."
China has made tremendous economic advancements in the last few decades and that is a cause for celebration indeed. China's economic and political rise is the single biggest story of our times, shaping the way we live and conduct inter-state relations. Beijing's imprint is everywhere, in every domain of global politics.
Yet it is also important to recognize the challenges that have come with the rise of China -- structural, institutional, and normative. There is a reason why a large part of the world that had been largely supportive of China's rise for decades is turning against China. The way Covid-19 was handled by China in its initial stages is a story that is yet to see its final chapter being written.
An unsentimental assessment of China's rise and its consequences is the need of the hour. Similarly, an assessment of India and its role in global politics is also necessary at a time when it has become fashionable in several parts of the world to draw false comparisons between India and China.
The tendency to hyper sensationalize China's rise and to dismiss the India story as one with no legs does justice neither to these two great civilizations nor to those who believe in the value of democratic norms.
The stories of the rise of India and China stand on their merits. Both have had their successes and their failures. India cannot be compared to China as China's economic rise began much earlier while India remained a closed economy till the early 1990s.
While China seamlessly used the changing balance of power during the Cold War to its advantage, India continued to talk about non-alignment. But whatever India did, it did in a democratic framework. India's economic reforms program was not a dictate from some party high command but the result of a meticulous process of multi stakeholder engagement. India's choices, therefore, should be understood in this context.
For many, India's inability to tackle the second wave and the media headlines it has generated across the world seems to have dented India's global brand, perhaps forever. But it is equally important to remember where this terrible pandemic originated from.
Even if we keep aside the fact that India managed the first wave much more effectively than some of the most developed nations around the world -- and yet this was never reflected in the global headlines -- India's global brand was never based on its stellar systems and processes.
India's capacity deficit was a reality that was accepted across the world and India's brand, as it evolved over the years, has been about the creativity of Indians to work wonders despite a largely inept and inefficient state apparatus. It is also worth pointing out that the most developed nations continue to struggle in the management of Covid-19.
In comparison, India did much better in the first wave, when it emerged as a provider of global public health and also managed to flatten the second in record time. India has been building its health capacities consistently over the last few months -- first emergency medicines, PPE kits, etc and then vaccines.
And it has done that not only for itself but for its neighbours and friends. For all the purveyors of doom and gloom about the India brand, India's story will be back on track pretty quickly. And that is precisely the reason that powers around the world continue to bet on India.
In the last year and a half, India has weathered the Covid-19 pandemic on the one hand while on the other, it has pushed back against Chinese aggression at the border. New Delhi was at the forefront of mobilizing global opinion in managing the pandemic when most advanced industrial nations, including the US, were busy looking inwards. And New Delhi was busy fighting the Chinese soldiers on the border on its own.
India's pushback against China has been a part of Indian strategic posture for years now. Even when the West was busy cozying up to Beijing, New Delhi was challenging China on multiple fronts. India was the first major nation to openly criticize Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a predatory infrastructure project.
Today New Delhi's critique has become part of global consensus on BRI. The acceptance of the logic of the Indo-Pacific from the West to the East, despite China's strong disapproval, would not have happened without India's enthusiastic response to it. And the emergence of the Quad would have remained a pipedream if New Delhi hadn't clarified its foreign policy choices.
Global pushback against China is the new strategic reality in a world re-defined by Covid-19 and its aftermath. Rise of China remains a work in progress. If China had indeed won its place, its president wouldn't be talking about foreign powers getting "their heads bashed" if they attempt to bully or influence the country.
If China's rise can't be contained, then India's rise will also continue with all the challenges that a democratic nation which is open to the world faces. India and Indian policies can be freely critiqued by its friends and adversaries and Indian leadership won't be talking about "bashing heads."
With all its fumbles and stumbles, a democratic India taking on its due role as a global leader will continue to be one of the most interesting stories of our times. This doesn't mean that China won't rise; it simply means that the two assessments will have to be made differently than is usually the case.
In a world which is increasingly recognizing that no one is safe unless everyone is safe, India's rise will continue to attract global attention even as China continues its ascent.
Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations, Department of Defence Studies, King's College London, United Kingdom.
One million Covishield vaccine doses from India reaches
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Bangladesh set to receive 1 million AstraZeneca Covid jabs from India Saturday
Pandemic slows for sixth week globally


Review: 2013-07-27, some good exchanges and one knockdown in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars. Juan Francisco Estrada (24,2,0, 18 KOs) entered as the No.1 flyweight in the world while the undefeated Milan Melindo (29-0-0, 12 KOs) entered as the No.10. Estrada vs Melindo is valid for the WBO and WBA Super World flyweight titles. Watch the video!


From this year 's MEMORIES IN ROCK 2018 tour, the second day of April 11, when the Russia, Soccer Petersburg show' s performance image appeared!
Like Moscow performance on the first day as well, the second floor seats somewhat steady and good shots centering up from the left backwards, completely captured in the Blu-ray without losing the original full HD resolution 1920 x 1080 quality.
"SOLDIER OF FORTUNE", "MEMMINGEN", "CARRY ON … JON" has appeared instead of "STILL I 'M SAD" released on the first day on this day, and of course this second day is overlooked I can not translate it!


This thesis presents new theorems in homotopy theory, in particular it generalizes a theorem of Saharon Shelah. We employ a technique used by Janusz Pawlikowski to show that certain Peano continua have a least nontrivial homotopy group that is finitely presented or of cardinality continuum. We also use this technique to give some relative consistency results.
Corson, Samuel M., "Applications of Descriptive Set Theory in Homotopy Theory" (2010). All Theses and Dissertations. 2401.


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Here is a youtube video which will guide you through the process of roasting coffee at home in a popcorn popper. There are many methods this is one of the better videos since it explain the various points in roasting when you might consider the coffee ready.
Did you know you can roast your own coffee?
This video shows you just one of many ways. We will post others in the future.
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This photo shows some of our kids at a tutoring session.
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Rees, EL, Sinha, Y, Davies, B and Quin, P (2016) WATCH Scrubs: a video observational study of workplace-based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital. Medical Education, 50 (12). pp. 1195-1199.
Workplace‐based learning remains the cornerstone of clinical training. Teaching in the clinical environment promotes active engagement as trainees are required to combine their competencies (e.g. skills in history taking, examination and clinical reasoning) to determine an appropriate course of action. High‐quality clinical teaching supports and scaffolds trainees' learning in clinical workplaces.
This study aimed to explore the quality of clinical teaching at a large teaching hospital.
A retrospective video observational study of 9 years of workplace‐based learning at Sacred Heart Hospital, a large private teaching hospital, was conducted. Each academic year was observed by one researcher. Clinical teaching encounters were identified and analysed using the Warwick Assessment insTrument for Clinical teacHing (WATCH). Descriptive observation notes were recorded and analysed thematically.
A total of 131 teaching encounters provided by 12 tutors were identified. The 15‐item instrument demonstrated a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89. The hidden curriculum, role modelling and reflection played prominent roles in trainees' personal and professional development.
Trainees' learning in clinical workplaces extends beyond the formal teaching they receive to include the development of professional behaviours through role modelling and reflection on clinical encounters.
This is the peer reviewed version of published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13078. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.


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The 31st Combat Communications Squadron (31 CBCS) was a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.

Mission

History
Lineage.  Constituted as 31 Communications Squadron, Command and activated on 7 Dec 1959.  Organized on 1 Feb 1960.  Inactivated on 1 Oct 1970.  Disbanded on 15 Jun 1983.  Reconstituted and redesignated as 31 Combat Communications Squadron on 15 Jul 1988.  Activated on 22 Jul 1988.
Assignments.  Strategic Air Command, 7 Dec 1959; 1 Communications (later 1 Aerospace Communications) Group, Command, 1 Feb 1960-1 Oct 1970.  3 Combat Communications Group, 22 Jul 1988-.
Stations.  Offutt AFB, NE, 1 Feb 1960-1 Oct 1970.  Tinker AFB, OK, 22 Jul 1988-.

Assignments

Major Command
Air Force Space Command (???- ???)

Wing/Group
 3d Combat Communications Group (???-Present)

Previous designations
 31st Combat Communications Squadron (???-Present)

Bases stationed
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma (???-Present)

Commanders

Lt. Col. William Uhrig (2009-2012)
Lt. Co.  Jeffery Katzman (2012-2013)
Capt. Christopher Abbot (2013-Closure)

Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

References

External links
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma

031
Combat Communications 0031

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Nawa és una de les 31 regions de Costa d'Ivori. Està situada al sud-oest del país, a 480 km d'Abidjan. Està situada en el districte de Sassandra Meridional i la seva capital és la ciutat de Soubré. Nawa va néixer de l'escissió de l'antiga regió de Sassandra Meridional. La seva població estimada el 2015 era d'1.053.084 habitants. La regió té una superfície de 9.193 km².

Situació territorial i regions veïnes
La Nawa està situada al sud-oest de Costa d'Ivori. És fronterera amb les regions de Gbokle i de San-Pédro que estan situades al sud; a l'est hi té les regions de Gôh i de Lôh Guiboua a l'est; al nord és fronterera amb les regions de Guémon i de Sassandra Septentrional i a l'oest fa frontera amb la regió de Cavally.

Departaments i municipis
Els quatre departametns de la Nawa són Soubré (164.000 habitants), Méagui, Gueyo i Buyo. Al mateix temps, té quatre municipis, els homònims i els de Grand-Zattry i de Mayo.

La regió de Nawa està subdividida en deu sots-prefectures: Soubré, Lilyo, Okrouyo, Grand-Zattry, Buyo, Dapéoua, Méagui, Oupoyo, Gueyo i Dabouyo.

Economia
L'agricultura és el sector econòmic més destacat de la regió, fins al punt que és el primer productor nacional de cacau de Costa d'Ivori.

Agricultura
A banda del cultiu del cacau, també cal destacar altres cultius de renda com l'hevea i l'oli de palma. Entre el 2013 i 2014 va produir unes 300.000 tones de cacau (cosa que representà el 20% del total de la nació).

Turisme
Els principals atractius turístics de la Nawa són:
 El Parc Nacional de Taï, reserva de la biosfera i patrimoni de la humanitat.
 El bosc sagrat de Gribouho, a la sots-prefectura d'Okrouyo, que té moltes espècies de primats.
 Les cataractes de la Nawa, al riu Sassandra. Són un lloc de pelegrinatge dels bakoués i un símbol de la regió.
 El llac artificial de Buyo.
 Els ràpids Grah al riu Bakwé.
 Els Monts Trokoï d'Okrouyo.

Cultura

Grups humans
Els krus són els membres del grup humà original de la Nawa. Aquests tenen diversos subgrusp: els Bétés, que són la majoria de la seva població autòctona, els bakoués i els kouziés. Així, també cal esmentar al tribu Nigagba que viu al cantó de Bakoué.

A més a més del membres dels grups autòctons, a la Nawa també hi viuen nombrosos ivorians de la resta del país i immigrants d'altres països de la zona.

Referències

Regions de Costa d'Ivori


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Allopregnanolone: Regenerative therapeutic to restore neurological health
Hernandez, G. D. & Brinton, R. D., Nov 2022, In: Neurobiology of Stress. 21, 100502.
Pregnanolone 100%
Neurosteroids 93%
Chloride Channel Agonists 44%
Neurodegenerative Diseases 40%
Pregnanes 36%
Effects of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaoic acid supplementation on white matter integrity after repetitive sub-concussive head impacts during American football: Exploratory neuroimaging findings from a pilot RCT
Raikes, A. C., Hernandez, G. D., Mullins, V. A., Wang, Y., Lopez, C., Killgore, W. D. S., Chilton, F. H. & Brinton, R. D., Sep 15 2022, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 13, 891531.
Docosahexaenoic Acids 100%
Football 99%
White Matter 77%
Effects of Fish Oil on Biomarkers of Axonal Injury and Inflammation in American Football Players: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Controlled Trial
Mullins, V. A., Graham, S., Cummings, D., Wood, A., Ovando, V., Skulas-Ray, A. C., Polian, D., Wang, Y., Hernandez, G. D., Lopez, C. M., Raikes, A. C., Brinton, R. D. & Chilton, F. H., May 1 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 10, 2139.
Fish Oils 100%
Docosahexaenoic Acids 95%
Exploratory imaging outcomes of a phase 1b/2a clinical trial of allopregnanolone as a regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease: Structural effects and functional connectivity outcomes
Raikes, A. C., Hernandez, G. D., Matthews, D. C., Lukic, A. S., Law, M., Shi, Y., Schneider, L. S. & Brinton, R. D., 2022, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. 8, 1, e12258.
Clinical Trials 45%
Anisotropy 21%
Placebos 17%
Retrospective analysis of phytoSERM for management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms and cognitive decline: A pilot study on pharmacogenomic effects of mitochondrial haplogroup and APOE genotype on therapeutic efficacy
Wang, Y., Hernandez, G., Mack, W. J., Schneider, L. S., Yin, F. & Brinton, R. D., Jan 1 2020, In: Menopause. 27, 1, p. 57-65 9 p.
Hot Flashes 100%
Pharmacogenetics 80%
Genotype 50%
Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of allopregnanolone as a regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease: A single and multiple ascending dose phase 1b/2a clinical trial
Hernandez, G. D., Solinsky, C. M., Mack, W. J., Kono, N., Rodgers, K. E., Wu, C. Y., Mollo, A. R., Lopez, C. M., Pawluczyk, S., Bauer, G., Matthews, D., Shi, Y., Law, M., Rogawski, M. A., Schneider, L. S. & Brinton, R. D., 2020, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. 6, 1, e12107.
Pharmacokinetics 52%
Safety and feasibility of estrogen receptor-β targeted phytoSERM formulation for menopausal symptoms: Phase 1b/2a randomized clinical trial
Schneider, L. S., Hernandez, G., Zhao, L., Franke, A. A., Chen, Y. L., Pawluczyk, S., MacK, W. J. & Brinton, R. D., Aug 1 2019, In: Menopause. 26, 8, p. 874-884 11 p.
Estrogen Receptors 100%
Uterine Hemorrhage 49%
Pharmacokinetics and safety profile of single-dose administration of an estrogen receptor β-selective phytoestrogenic (phytoSERM) formulation in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
Hernandez, G., Zhao, L., Franke, A. A., Chen, Y. L., Mack, W. J., Brinton, R. D. & Schneider, L. S., Feb 1 2018, In: Menopause. 25, 2, p. 191-196 6 p.
Equol 100%
Estrogen Receptors 89%
daidzein 89%
Phytoestrogens 84%
Genistein 75%
A pilot study examining short-term changes in bone mineral density among class 3 obese users of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate
Segall-Gutierrez, P., Agarwal, R., Ge, M., Lopez, C., Hernandez, G. & Stanczyk, F. Z., Jun 2013, In: European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. 18, 3, p. 199-205 7 p.
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate 100%
Bone Density 70%
Spine 51%
Health-related quality of life in women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: The importance of psychosocial context
Munch, S., Korst, L. M., Hernandez, G. D., Romero, R. & Goodwin, T. M., Jan 2011, In: Journal of Perinatology. 31, 1, p. 10-20 11 p.
Hyperemesis Gravidarum 100%
Late pregnancy complications can affect risk estimates of elective induction of labor
Hernandez, G. D., Korst, L. M., Goodwin, T. M., Miller, D. A., Caughey, A. B. & Ouzounian, J. G., Jun 2011, In: Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 24, 6, p. 787-794 8 p.
Induced Labor 100%
Pregnancy Complications 92%
Watchful Waiting 74%
Labor Onset 22%
Pre-pregnancy weight and excess weight gain are risk factors for macrosomia in women with gestational diabetes
Ouzounian, J. G., Hernandez, G. D., Korst, L. M., Montoro, M. M., Battista, L. R., Walden, C. L. & Lee, R. H., Nov 2011, In: Journal of Perinatology. 31, 11, p. 717-721 5 p.
Gestational Diabetes 100%
Weight Gain 81%
Weights and Measures 56%
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Health and Medicine Division 32%


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Tuesday 19 January 2021 / 5:54 pm
Minister Flanagan officially opens Portlaoise Prison Staff Memorial Garden
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Garden remembers all who have served in Portlaoise Prison over the years
Minister welcomes information on the gradual recommencement of prison visits
Minister praises work of staff and prisoners in combating threat of COVID-19
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, has today officially opened the Portlaoise Prison Staff Memorial Garden in a ceremony also attended by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service, Ms Caron McCaffrey, and the Governor of Portlaoise Prison, Mr Ultan Moran.
The Memorial Garden recognises the service and contribution made by the staff of Portlaoise Prison over the years, and in particular in helping preserve the nation's security during the Troubles. The garden includes a plinth and the original bell from the old Portlaoise Prison Church (now demolished). The garden also includes a rockery which includes stone from the former Governor's Residence and another now demolished building from the prison. Construction of the Memorial Garden commenced in 2018 with the metal work and stone work completed by Wheatfield Prison.
Officially opening the garden, Minister Flanagan said:
"This Memorial Garden honours the Irish Prison Service staff who have served over the years in Portlaoise Prison and recognises the unique challenges they have faced, and in particular the part the Prison Service members played and the courage they showed during the most turbulent times of the Troubles, in conjunction with their colleagues from An Garda Síochána and Óglaigh na hÉireann."
"The Irish Prison Service and Portlaoise Prison have always had a huge connect with the community of Co Laois and its surrounding counties and I believe it is very appropriate to recognise this by putting in place a symbol which recognises their contribution to the State. I would hope that this will give the community an opportunity to as they pass in memory of all that have served in Portlaoise Prison."
The Minister has welcomed the announcement by the Irish Prison Service this afternoon of plans for a phased recommencement of physical family visits to prisons, commencing on Monday 20th July 2020.
"It is really important for prisoners and their families that these visits recommence, but only of course when it is safe to do so. I know that the Irish Prison Service has conducted a comprehensive risk assessment and identified the necessary measures to be put in place. This phased, gradual reopening will be kept under constant review, and staff will ensue appropriate social distancing is occurring in both waiting and visiting areas"
The Minister also took the opportunity to thank all Irish Prison Service staff and prisoners for their work to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To date, no prisoner has been infected with COVID-19 and the Irish Prison Service has been internationally recognised for its work in controlling the spread of the virus. The IPS has shared their experience with other countries through the submission of a paper to the World Health Organisation on its approach to the outbreak. 'Establishing prison-led contact tracing to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons in Ireland' was published yesterday, 22 June, in the Journal of Public Health by Oxford University Press.
The Minister added,
"While a very different threat to those that have gone before, our prisons have faced another tremendous challenge in recent months in combatting COVID-19. I want to publicly recognise the outstanding collective efforts that have been made to date by Irish Prison Service staff, management, prisoners and Red Cross Volunteers during the pandemic and thank them for the great work they have done to ensure our prisons continue to operate smoothly. The international recognition of this work is greatly deserved and it is vitally important these efforts should continue in order to maintain this remarkable safety record."
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On Saturday, March 14th, the Miami HEAT Charitable Fund raised over $1,100,000 at its benefit "Black Tie on Ocean Drive" presented by Hublot. This year's gala was hosted at The Betsy-South Beach and featured a performance by seven-time Grammy award winner, Toni Braxton. Team owner Micky Arison, his wife Madeleine, HEAT President Pat Riley, his wife Chris, the 2014-15 Miami HEAT team and Head Coach Erik Spoelstra were in attendance. The gala's cocktail hour was hosted on world-renowned Ocean Drive, which was closed to vehicular traffic. This was the first time the event was hosted in a semi-public venue, which gave HEAT fans the opportunity to see their favorite Miami HEAT players arrive via a red carpet entrance in front of the Betsy. Over 175 guests attended the ultra-exclusive event sporting their elegant Black Tie attire.
Miami HEAT Television Host and Courtside Reporter Jason Jackson conducted a spirited live auction, which included a limited edition Classic Fusion Dwyane Wade HUBLOT timepiece, a VIP, all expenses paid trip to the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend, and a collection of exclusive Miami HEAT Experiences dubbed "My Favorite Things." HEAT President Pat Riley spontaneously pledged a $5,000 donation to the team's Home Strong military initiative and encouraged guests to follow suit. Those impromptu pledges alone raised $75,000. Three additional Dwyane Wade Classic Fusion timepieces, which HUBLOT offered to engrave with "HEAT Lifer," where also auctioned for $30,000 apiece.


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School:Texas Tech University
1 Introduction:
2 Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
3 Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
4 Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function:
5 Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:
6 Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts:
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With over 60 centers and institutes in addition to recently being named a Tier 1 Research Instiution by the Carnegie Foundation, research is strong throughout many departments within Texas Tech University. However, efforts are continuously being made to translate this research and innovation into industry and commerical application. With the recent construction of the Research Park & Innovation Hub, resources are readily available to startups and technology commercialization initiatives. When summed together, these effots result in massive strides forward for the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Texas Tech.
Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Texas Tech University hosts a number of student organizations that promote the concepts and practice of and engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship:
Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship and Entrepreneurship (TTIME) is a student organization for both undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline. This program promotes entrepreneurship through connecting students with innovative faculty mentors, local entrepreneurs, and the resource channels to go from concept to customer.
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) currently hosts Red Raider Startup, an intensive, bi-annual, weekend-long event that exposes students to the science of successfully starting a business. From idea, to market validation, to the investor pitch, students gain invaluable entrepreneurial experience while simultaneously expanding their skill set.The OVPR also hosts the Kinetic accelerator cohort, an annual, semester-long program. Kinetic contains two sections; technology commercialization and student entrepreneurs who are looking thorough mentorship and guidance for their own startup.
The Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group is a student organization from the College of Media and Communications that promotes startup media companies and entrepreneurial projects. They host multiple pitch competitions, speaker series, and events where student entrepreneurs can come together and share ideas and experiences.
Texas Tech also has a chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization, which through the College of Business promotes entrepreneurship.
For those who are interested in a technical entrepreneurial experience, the Software Development Club aims to help members hone their skills and channel it into ways to solve real-world problems. Although being a relatively new organization, the leadership team is making efforts to become an impactful part the entrepreneurship community at Texas Tech.
At the undergraduate level, student innovation is fostered through the many research opportunities. While funding is available for students to travel to conferences to present their research, little assistance is available for student to turn their research into a startup.
Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Faculty's primary responsibility lies in research; however, moderate participation in entrepreneurial endeavors (60/40) should also be encouraged. With extensive dedication to teaching and research responsibilities, faculty can devote upwards of 60 to 80 hours of their time on these two areas.Therefore, expecting them to also chase after companies to buy into their research or consider their patent portfolio should be incentivized for doing extra work.
The Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) does provide a way for research to be patented and commercialized, however, the system doesn't have the best reputation. One professor has had several research discoveries rejected as patents, and within weeks or months of publishing his research large companies came forward to ask him to give a talk on it. So the university missed out on an opportunity because people in the ORC didn't understand the potential value of the research. The old system (according to faculty and staff) didn't include a rigorous enough process for evaluating the value of research. It's currently undergoing changes that were started after new leadership took over.
Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function:
It is the responsibility of the Office of Research Commercialization to recognize when a technology is considered groundbreaking, especially after winning many accolades (i.e. Dr. Harvinder Gill's Pollen and Microneedle patents). Staff should be taught to analyze and interface with faculty regularly following up with faculty on their projects and interest in industry partners. It would help if there were subject matter experts in the office with technical qualifications in the faculty disciplines; be it a PhD in engineering, Biology, Computer Science and MBA and a JD. The staff in the commercialization office needs to be motivated
A relatively new avenue for research commercialization is the Kinetic accelerator. It's run by someone with many years of experience in this field and they specifically encourage students to take on the task of commercializing TTU research and patents.
Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:
There needs to be a reward or incentive for faculty to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. Such a reward could be university sponsored funding for the most innovative technology idea. Also, faculty needs to know their interests will be protected and that the technology will be licensed to qualified personnel or businesses.
Additional resources for building up your startup are available through the OVPR and ORC, including the best mentors available in the area. One of the main facilities is the Innovation Hub at Research Park, where startups can have office space (sometimes free for a limited time).
Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts:
Improvements can be made regarding the establsihment and maitenance of alumni network relations. Whenever new technologies are developed that can interface with industry, it is important to utilize the knowledge and experince of alumni by presenting opportunities,seeking their input, and utilizing their connections to the applicable industry.
Another present insufficiency is the lack of community outreach and involvement. There are several people in the community who are trying to get projects going that will encourage innovation and entrepreneurship, and it would be beneficial to have TTU helping bring these projects forward (either through advice or advertising through the student population). The more intermixing and collaboration between Texas Tech and Lubbock communities, the more robust and profound each entrepreneurship community will be. A notable organzation worth collaboration with is ULabs. Despite being new, the stakeholders involved exercise a passionate vision to make it a permanent feature of the Lubbock community.
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Known by many as a two hit and quit strain, Northern Lights slams the body into a wonderfully numbing, lazy mode. The desire to sit on the couch and listen to the call of munchies may be overwhelming to novice users even in lower doses.
The average negative culprits persist – dry mouth and eyes, dizziness, paranoia and anxiety in higher doses.
Ordered this last night and the delivery was quick and the quality of the flower is top notch. And not much can be said about Northern Lights. A all time classic.
Excellent for chronic back pain and those sleepless nights. 3 hits and you're pretty ripped and trust me couch lock will follow. Awesome !!!
One of my favorites!! Like stated in the review below me, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE for this classic jewel of a strain. Since recreational Cannibis has become legal in Massachusetts, I've managed to grow a few NL autoflowers and currently have 6 growing. Great strain for insomnia!!. It definitely pleases the mind and body.
Love this classic Indica strain, a must try for insomniacs. Now I'm also looking for Northern Lights #5.
Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but – this strain is super-trippy for me. More so than any other strain I've tried. I find it useless for insomnia – the first time I tried it, I vaped right before bed and proceeded to lay there for about 2 hours with my eyes closed experiencing the most amazing colorful animated visual pastel cartoon-like animals and people. However, that was ultra cool, just not at 2 a.m. After that experience I made sure to use this early in the evening when planning to be up awhile.
Perfect Strain! Smells good, tastes good, feels perfect. Yum!
Widely used for stress anxiety, depression, nausea or acute pain, Northern lights give a great sense of euphoria with a relaxed and mellow sensation. The physical experience is more of a comfortable relaxation instead of one that will make you want to "get up and go".
Worked well for my anxiety and depression.
Trying out some Northern Lights for the first time. Smoked a small nug in my glass bubbler and found that it tasted kind of spicey. Left my throat burning slightly in a black pepper sort of way. I can't say I'm hating the effect this strain is having on my throat, but it's sure different. Can't wait to make some canna oil with it because of the flavour. At about ten minutes in I'm feeling pretty mellow but my mind is still a bit foggy; yay Fibro! The cannabis has definitely eased my anxiety and relieved all tension in my body. I'm appreciating the relief from today's wide spread muscle tension pain. It's not a strain that I'd use recreationally but I'm adding Northern Lights to my must have medicinal cannabis strain list. Seems like a good strain for beginners to try.
Invented in the northern adirondacks by one of three renowned grows. Amazing history behind this one. But little is known about it due to the marijuana laws in the area. Sadly the creater of this strain was killed in an accident but his legacy lives on.
i think I'm in-love with this strain. The way it relaxes your mind and then body is out of this world. This is a strain that should be used right before bed. You will have the best sleep of your life.
One of my favs. I have to go with White Widow, Warlock, Harlequin, Gsc, one called Franks gift here.
I thought gorilla glue hit hard! Then I tried two hits of Norther Lights and I am chilled to the max. Woke up feeling a bit groggy though.
Just found this in Peoria AZ. This is my first round, and it is now my go to. I use this in the evening to relax then hit it again at bed time. I am in love.
The following is transcribed from notes made after 3+ months use of this strain. Breeder – Sensi seeds. Linage – Afgani & Thai. (Indica dom 90/10). Strength – Strong variety approx 20 %. Medical/physical benefits – Excellent for IBS or upset stomach, gradual onset, no racy heart. Becomes increasingly strong for 30-40 minutes. Good physical relaxation, narcotic effect. Cerebral effects – Has a distinct psychedelic component (probably from the small percentage of Thai linage) that does not always compliment its physically relaxing traits. Can be a bit overwhelming initially and is not always conducive to immediate relaxation. Sleep – Very good aid to sleep once initial effects have settled down. Appetite – Increase in appetite can be severe and almost uncontrollable. Ideal for patients who need to stimulate appetite. Clarity – Can be fuzzy in a way that is similar to alcohol. Functionality – Very high ceiling but larger doses can cause mild confusion, forgetfulness and clumsiness. Difficult to concentrate on physical tasks, definitely best after a meal rather than when trying to prepare it! Overall – Classic benchmark strain that is a good 'all rounder' but there can be an interference to relaxation from the psychedelic component. Best suited to late evening use when there is nothing demanding to do.


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Promoting Peace and Prosperity Through the United Nations
by Thomas R. Pickering
Editor's note: The author was U.S. Ambassador to the UN 1989-1992.
Franklin Roosevelt knew a good thing when he saw it. In 1943, in the midst of a military campaign for American survival in the Pacific and clawing our way back against Nazi Germany in the Atlantic, Roosevelt put bright people to work to shape what would come next. International cooperation under the League of Nations had twice failed – the U.S. resolved to stay out and the League's weakness led to World War II.
To fix it, Roosevelt took the name for the victory coalition of that great crusade – the United Nations – and fashioned an international organization to promote peace and prosperity through cooperation. Isolationist opposition in the U.S. endured, but many leaders of both parties had the vision and perspicacity to know that friends and allies working together made sense in achieving both objectives. Failure dogged the pursuit, but in Korea, the Gulf, Afghanistan, and the Balkans the organization made a real difference in war and peace.
Americans have now been through four years of disdain and disparagement about the United Nations and the Trump administration's failure to understand or make good use of it. Chinese and Russian opposition did not help. The Biden team comes to power with the challenge – how can we use more effectively Roosevelt's vision to promote peace and prosperity on the planet?
The name "United Nations", coined by President Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" signed by representatives of 26 Allied nations in Washington, DC on January 1, 1942.
Two paths are open to us. One is right before our eyes, widely used but seldom understood and even more rarely appreciated – the 24 Specialized Agencies that all together make the world run. The second, the Security Council, raises more daunting political obstacles and trenchant barriers but is well worth a new look and investment.
International Agencies Making the World Work
The second half of the 19th century saw the early blooming of a new trend coming from a simple problem to be solved. How can we make the national postage stamp carry a letter across international boundaries to anywhere on the globe? The Universal Postal Union, a treaty among states, was the result. More importantly, it started the development of a system that continues to this day. Instead of just paper mail, it covers electronics with the International Telecommunications Union, which makes sure radio frequencies are fairly assigned and the internet as a technical matter works effectively and efficiently.
But communications are not the only matter facilitated by these little known and widely ignored treaty agencies that literally make the international activities of the world grow and prosper. Bankers come together around a Basel agreement, maritime and civil aviation move safely from London and Montreal. Labor (and business) is protected and organized in Geneva. Almost anything we can think of now from health to atomic energy and from the environment to trade is part of a system of agencies whose charters and governance are organized by international agreements, whose members are states. Without these agencies the world would not function – and they would then have to be re-invented.
These agencies are all part of the United Nations system. They have independent governmental arrangements and raise their own funds to support their mission. They work closely with the Secretary General of the United Nations to coordinate their activities, exchange views, and assure effectiveness and efficiency in carrying out their missions.
They work quietly, almost always behind the scenes, and come in for attention most often not when they deserve praise for tasks well done, but when they are faulted for failing in one fashion or another. The pandemic has elevated our attention to the World Health Organization (WHO), a body where its members cooperate but have few obligations to do so beyond preserving their publics from the devastating impacts of health dangers run out of control, from AIDS to Ebola to Covid-19. Clearly some greater tightening of reporting responsibilities by states through the WHO, fuller transparency, and increased cooperation could be of real benefit.
When we think about the United Nations and what it means to woman and mankind – when we think of these bodies defined by acronyms like WHO, we should not have to be reminded that their mission is to make sure we live safely, care for each other, assist when the need comes, and cooperate to meet the many health and other challenges of modern life.
Devising an Organization to Make the World a Safer Place
During World War II, when it was certain that an international organization that could only act by unanimity had failed to preserve peace, ideas for a new organization turned to something different and more radical. With fewer than 60 countries in the world in 1945, a group of eleven states was thought to be about right to make critical decisions on war and peace in the then-new United Nations Security Council. The larger, victor states in the war would become permanent members – China, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the U.S., known as the P-5. Six others chosen three each year for two years at a time from the major regions of the word would complete the roster of members.
To offset the failings of the League of Nations Council, the body was given, by the treaty establishing it, the opportunity to make decisions mandating compliance by all member states of the United Nations. To assure the big victor states joined and were there to provide significant military forces if needed to ensure peace, they were given permanent seats and a veto over decisions of the Security Council. In 1964, as the number of member states grew, the Security Council was increased to 15, including ten non-permanent members, five of which would be elected for a two-year term every year.
For most of the Cold War the Council, with rare exceptions, was limited in its capacity to reach decisions in cases of conflict by the injection of Cold War differences into the decision-making process. For a short time in 1990, with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, that faded away, and there were no vetoes in the Council's action in the face of that aggression. First the Council imposed sanctions on Iraq and, when that showed its limitations in producing an end to the aggression, it authorized the use of force. Since then, for the most part, growing differences among big powers have blocked the unanimity required for the Security Council to act effectively to deal with threats to international peace and security.
Finding Better Ways to Deal with Conflict
The veto alone has not been the sole cause of failure. Differences over just how far resolutions should go in dealing with actions that threaten peace have played a role – weaker resolutions have been insufficient to block or end conflict. In part, this condition has reflected bilateral differences between the U.S. and Russia and the U.S. and China. But a world in turmoil through failure to reach diplomatic accord in New York reflects a strong need to seek a better relationship among the permanent members of the Council. None of them benefits from discord and unresolved disputes that lead to wider conflict. The challenge is a real one for the Biden administration as well as for China and Russia. And increasingly, we see no benefits from wider open use of force. Suggestions now for a summit meeting of the P-5 to deal with differences and related strategic stability talks between permanent members of the Security Council and a summit meeting of democracies can begin a process of enabling greater cohesion in dealing with conflict around the globe.
In the past, it has been suggested that the use of the Security Council veto might be tempered by an agreement not to use a veto unless three or more of the permanent members agreed to do so, perhaps beginning in cases where blocking genocide was at the center of the action to be taken. Following the end of the Cold War and in the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, this may have been politically possible. Today it seems much less likely, even with the new dangerous rebuilding and modernization of nuclear arms and delivery vehicles going forward in the U.S., China, and Russia.
While such mechanical solutions of the veto might seem wise and even appropriate, there is not yet a widely shared view of what constitutes an existential danger to be avoided and how and in what way to address that problem. What is clear, however, is that in the absence of effective diplomacy, more and more issues are going to be left on the table to fester and grow. It is also clear that neither conventional force nor, God forbid, nuclear weapons, provides a realistic and enlightened answer to the issues involved.
Keeping Open the Lines of Diplomatic Communication
What has proven to be realistic in the work of the Security Council is keeping open the lines of diplomatic communication with a degree of transparency that provides for a truthful rendering widely of the concerns at stake and innovative efforts to resolve them. States are unwilling to accept now that other states will render full judgment on their activities. But coalitions and alliances do provide a degree of persuasive capacity of the equity and justice of decisions both to avoid conflict and determine outcomes with which they can live.
Much of the world is concerned with the fragility of the international system and attacks against it have gained ground. However, alternate ways of deciding issues have not been widely proposed nor have they brought about significant adoption of the alternatives tilted toward autocracy and dictatorship. The UN Security Council remains an option for settlement, just as do all the other means of peaceful resolution from judicial settlement to mediation and good offices. And clearly, they should prevail over the use of force as a method for dealing with threats to peace and security and settling the issues that arise in that regard.
Great powers have learned to solve problems diplomatically when force poses the alternative of mutual extinction. It has been true about nuclear weapons, at least in part. With China it also may be true with climate change. The Biden administration sees climate change as a planetary challenge impacting significantly the U.S.; China perhaps even more has tilted in the same direction. The door is ajar for cooperation and leadership by both. Competition thwarts the goals of survival and prosperity; cooperation secures these goals. Cooperation on existential issues also opens the door for working together on lesser but not insignificant problems in the common interest.
Many years ago, in India, I had a visit from Robert McNamara, then both a former Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank. We were both deeply concerned about nuclear proliferation and India, Pakistan, and Israel as states which had become or were about to become members of the nuclear weapons club. He accepted the idea that, while extremely hard to sell, the elimination of all nuclear weapons would be the only way to ensure they were not misused or to avoid a catastrophe unfolding by accident. Once begun there was no known way to stop cascading use of such weapons. But the serious question arose of what happens if someone seeks putative advantage by making such weapons clandestinely. McNamara's thoughts turned to an idea that some weapons should be preserved to be used by the Security Council as a deterrent – and in which the permanent members of the Council would have a role. We both recognized that there were flaws in the approach that stemmed from lack of trust among the states whose voice would be critical in managing such a deterrent.
Within weeks the next American administration will have to decide whether to continue New Start and subsequently whether to negotiate a more extensive follow-on. We are not yet to the point McNamara was challenged by, but with the right decision on extending New Start we could be moving toward it.
Missile defense has its own complications to offer. With low numbers of deliverable weapons on each side, even a technically less than perfect defense system becomes more likely to be disruptive in potentially protecting a first strike. But with no weapons available for offensive use does it become a safeguard against clandestine breakout? No easy answers here.
International cooperation and the threat of existential destruction could provide an answer that it is better to coexist with the enemy you know and do all to avoid mutual annihilation than it is to enter a race for some evanescent goal of domination with all the dangers inherent in such aberrant behavior. Such a conclusion should then inform behavior in and out of the Security Council and in dealing with issues of war and peace.
Thomas R Pickering is former U.S. Under Secretary of State. He served as Ambassador to Russia, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan as well as Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment and Science and Executive Secretary of the State Department.
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Please join us for the annual IB Visual Art Show at the Depot Art Gallery. The opening reception is TONIGHT and the show runs through March.
"City of Angels" is currently showing through Saturday, don't miss out!
All speech and debate team members are reminded of the State Qualifying tournament this weekend at Grandview HS. Non debate events start at 3:00pm TODAY and debate begins Saturday at 7:15.
ATTENTION all Student Council officers, ambassadors and general council members, we have a General Council meeting on Monday March 3rd, PLEASE be there. We will be taking our yearbook picture and setting up some new committees. Plus, updating your lettering requirements. See you there!
Seniors: Jostens is here TODAY to deliver announcements and other orders. They will be in the Senior hall from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Paperwork for Concurrent Enrollment Classes at ACC for Fall 2014 is due today in the Counseling office.
AP students, your fees for your 2014 tests are due today in the Counseling office as well.
Remember – Parent Student Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, March 4 from 4:00 – 7:00 in the cafeteria and south gym.
• Current 10th graders, Class of 2016: March 3 & 4 during Social Studies classes.
• Current 9th graders: Class of 2017: March 5 & 6 during Language Arts classes.
All CURRENT LHS students will be required to have their course requests inputted into their Infinite Campus account by March 18. Please see Counseling if you are have any questions.
Anyone who comes to the Writing Center next week on Monday or Wednesday with writing related work will receive a sweet or salty treat! Make your appointments today in the library.
The LHS Swim waiver test will be Wed., March 12 at 8 or 9 am. Students MUST attend the session they sign up for. Registration will take place in the counseling office March 3 thru March 11, or when spots are filled up. Each session is limited to 30 participants. The test is open to all current LPS students. For further questions, please see Ms. Whalen in the P.E. office, or the Counseling Office.
Hey Littleton High School parents! Tuesday, March 4th is the date for parent/teacher conferences. Take the night off from cooking, and join fellow LHS families at Merle's Restaurant in downtown Littleton for dinner. Merle's will be giving 10% of proceeds from that evening to our after-prom committee, helping with LHS PTO costs to sponsor the evening for our students. Let Merle's know you are a Littleton family so they know to include your dinner in the final count for our fundraising. Every little bit helps us to pay for this very fun event at Brunswick Zone. Also, bring your checkbooks to parent/teacher conferences at school. PTO will have a table set up with gift cards for sale, also to benefit our after-prom event. A variety of cards will be available for purchase, from many local restaurants and businesses, including: Target, Il Vicino, Brio, Canvas and Cocktails, The Wooden Table, P.F. Changs, Snooze…. to name just a few! Support after-prom AND treat your family to a night out! Thanks!
AP students reminder your fees for your 2014 tests are due in the counseling office by Fri., Feb. 28, or there will be a $45 per test late fee. You can pay by cash or check made out to LHS. If you pay by credit card, this will need to be done through the Parent Portal on Infinite Campus and you then MUST bring a copy of your payment to the Counseling Office. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Zerr in Counseling.
Attention: Students interested in Concurrent Enrollment Classes at ACC for next Fall, (August, 2014), must have their paperwork turned in to Mr. Puchino by Friday, February 28th, in the counseling office.
Please join us for the annual IB Visual Art Show at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 West Powers Avenue, Littleton. The opening reception is from 5:30 to 7:30 this Friday, February 28. Come see the work of IB artists Jibin Abraham, Lilly Bell, Emma Capra, Thinh Dinh, Graham Fee and Erika Remy. If you cannot attend the reception, please visit the gallery any time; the show runs through March 22.
Come to Heritage/Littleton Lacrosse Night with the Colorado Mammoth! Come watch the Mammoth play the Rochester Kinghthawks on Saturday March 1st at 7:00. Purchase your tickets through www.mamothtix.com/lhsgirlslax, and get lower level premium seats for a discounted price of $30. The Mammoth will also donate a portion of every ticket sold to H/L Lacrosse. Bring your family and friends for a great experience!
LHS Instrumental Music Concert is March 18th, we will be featuring all of the LHS Instrumental Music Performing Ensembles - Symphonic Winds, Orchestra and Jazz Ensembles. One of our featured pieces that evening is the full Symphony Orchestra performance of the Danzon No. 2 by Marquez. The Symphonic Winds will also present a new piece titled J.S. Jig that features the music of Johann Sebastian Bach set in a very contemporary way for band. The Jazz Ensembles will perform a feature piece titled ShowTime! that showcases every section of the Jazz Ensemble. Concert is at 7pm on Tuesday, March 18th in the Theater and admission is FREE!
Congratulations to our varsity Lions basketball team who defeated Columbine last night to advance to the second round of the state playoffs! Stacey Zuppa led the way last night with 14 points, Kiera Lindgren and Laura Puchino added another 13 and 11 points to help us earn our first playoff win in over 10 years!
Come on out Friday night to support our girls at Cherry Creek High School as they take on the Bruins! We are so proud of you ladies!
Attention Current Seniors! Life 101 is back! If you are interested in participating, applications are now being accepted in the main office. We will cap enrollment at 50 students so you MUST be among the first 50 to get your application completed and turned in. See Mr. Saliman or Ms. Fisher with any questions.
Seniors: Jostens will be on Friday 2/28/14 to deliver announcements and other orders. They will be in the Senior hall from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Current 11th graders, Class of 2015, received their information in junior advisement today.
If you are absent the day you are supposed to receive your registration card, please stop by the counseling office. All CURRENT LHS students will be required to have their course requests inputted into their Infinite Campus account by March 18. After you complete your course registration online, please return the completed paper copy of your registration card to the Counseling Office drop box by March 18.
"City of Angels" performances start tomorrow and run through Saturday. Don't miss out. Tickets are on sale now!
Fashion Club will meet TODAY after school in room 205.
Key Club will meet Thursday in room 211 at 2.20. We have our yearbook photo shoot at 3 so be sure to be there!
We need to pack the house tonight for our girls varsity basketball team! Our Lions take on the Columbine Rebels in the first round of the state playoffs IN OUR GYM for the first time in over 10 years! The varsity team has had a great season and we want it to continue! Come out tonight for the 7:00 start, wear your purple and gold and loudly support your team!! Tickets are $6.00 for General Admission, and $5.00 for K-12 Students & Senior Citizens (60 & older). Acitivity Pass will not work since this is a CHSAA Playoff Game.
Students - please be advised that Hookah Pens are considered to be Drug Paraphernalia by the Littleton Public Schools. While some students may be in possession of these items for other reasons; their dual purpose has caused us to ban these devices from Campus. If you are found to be in possession of a Hookah Pen, you will be disciplined for possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The Colorado Club will meet at 2:20pm on TODAY in room 206.
Fashion Club will meet Wednesday after school in room 205.
Key Club will meet this week in room 211 at 2.20 on Thursday. We have our yearbook photo shoot at 3 so be sure to come along!
"City of Angels" performances are this week, Thursday through Saturday. Don't miss out. Tickets are on sale now!
Mandatory Junior Advisement on late start Wed., Feb. 26, 7:20 - 9:00 am. Current juniors last names A-L will report to their assigned classrooms in the Business Hallway at 7:20 and juniors with last names M-Z will report to the Forum. Room assignments will be posted outside the counseling office on Tues., Feb. 25.
will take place in the Post Grad Center.
Mrs. Zerr in Counseling. Thank you!
We have two college admissions representatives coming from very popular schools to meet with Littleton students in the coming week. TODAY, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs rep will be here at 12:30. On Tuesday, the University of Wyoming rep will meet with students at 10:30. Both meetings will take place in the Post Grad Center.
AP students reminder your fees for your 2014 tests are due in the counseling office by Fri., Feb. 28, or there will be a $45 per test late fee. You can pay by cash or check made out to LHS. If you pay by credit card, this will need to be done through the Parent Portal on Infinite Campus and you then MUST bring a copy of your payment to the Counseling Office. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Zerr in Counseling. Thank you!
ATTENTION all Student Council students who are doing the READ ACROSS AMERICA event this year, there is VERY IMPORTANT meeting in room 209 on TODAY at 2:20.
The Colorado Club will meet at 2:20pm on Tuesday (2/25) in room 206.
Students, please do not prop open the East athletic entrance doors. These doors are locked during class periods to help insure the safety of our students and they should never be propped open.


TaskPaper: a to-do app for the rest of us?
I've been dipping my toes into GTD territory for some time. I've tried doing it in Backpack, Basecamp, iGTD, OmniOutliner, and the OmniFocus beta to name a few. I seemed to get on okay for a while with each of them, but eventually I gave up; they were either just too complicated, or web-based which doesn't play well with the uplink tube at my work. I came across TaskPaper from Hog Bay Software. I had played with their WriteRoom app a while back, but it wasn't something I had too much of a need for.
At first glance, TaskPaper seemed just too simple. But when I actually started using it, I found that its simplicity was exactly what I needed. It's like a piece of paper with fring benefits. The simple syntax->format mechanism fits my programmer brain, and the fact that I can make up my own structure in a document without the application getting in my way is priceless. That's what always ended up putting me off the fuller featured apps in the end, and it's what ultimately sold me on TaskPaper.
To define a project, you type in the name of the project followed by a colon. That's it. TaskPaper turns what you've just type into a nice title. Within a project you can create to-do items by typing a dash as the first non-whitespace character on a line. It doesn't force that dash to be at the left margin though, so you can create simple subtask structure without any fuss. It doesn't do rollup of those subtasks, but then why does it need to?
So you can still see your projects, but only the important, cake-related entries within.
So it actually does a fair bit more than you might expect, but just as importantly, it doesn't try to do too much. There's a 15-day trial, and if you like it it's $18.95 so I'd recommend giving it a go.


'Downton Abbey' star Penelope Wilton won best actress and Angela Lansbury took supporting actress at Britain's equivalent of the Tony Awards.
Fresh from the success of his most recent film outings, Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Imitation Game, Mark Strong saw his current stage turn in A View From the Bridge earn him the best actor gong at the Olivier Awards, the British equivalent of the Tonys.
"I really wasn't expecting this. I'm in such a strong category with such incredible actors," Strong said onstage at the Royal Opera House, offering a nod to fellow nominees James McAvoy, Richard Armitage and Tim Pigott-Smith. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last month, Strong revealed that A View From the Bridge could be moving from London's Young Vic Theater to Broadway later this year. Alongside best actor, the production of the Arthur Miller drama also won for best play revival and director, Ivo Van Hove.
Other winners on the night included Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton, who beat Gillian Anderson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Imelda Staunton to land the best actress crown for Taken at Midnight. Elsewhere, Nicole Scherzinger, who appeared in Cats, lost out in the best supporting actress in a musical category, which went to Lorna Want for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Also from Beautiful, Karen Brayben won in a field of lead musical actresses that included Tamsin Greig and Gemma Arterton.
Veteran stage and screen star Angela Lansbury took home her first Olivier at age 89, winning for supporting actress with her role as the eccentric clairvoyant Madame Arcati in the revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. (She won her fifth Tony Award in 2009 for the same production.) Nathaniel Parker won supporting actor honors as Henry VIII in the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels, which recently opened on Broadway.
The highest number of Oliviers awarded to a single production went to the West End transfer of Hampstead Theatre's musical about veteran Brit rock band The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon. The show took four trophies including best new musical, lead actor in a musical (John Dagleish) and supporting actor (George Maguire), as well as a nod for outstanding achievement in music to Kinks frontman Ray Davies.
The Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels won for best musical revival, while best new play went to Mike Bartlett's King Charles III, a Broadway transfer of which is expected to be confirmed on Monday. Bartlett was a double Olivier winner, also taking the affiliate theatre award for his play Bull, staged at The Maria at the Young Vic.
Kevin Spacey, who won the best actor Olivier in 1999, picked up a special award for his outstanding contribution to the Old Vic theater, where he has been artistic director since 2004. He steps down from the role later this year, with Matthew Warchus taking his place.
"To take the Vic on for 10 years ... he stuck at it and made it the most enormous success," Judi Dench said on presenting the House of Cards star with the award.
"I love that theater more than I can begin to express to you," Spacey said, before singing a rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water with a full orchestra and choir to close the ceremony.


Have you got some spare time this summer? Why not do some reading from the suggestions below? Perfect for the summer holidays between Year 6 and 7!
Rose lives in a beautiful house with her artist father, her difficult, fragile mother and her many siblings. She has everything money can buy – but she's not satisfied. Why can't she be sent away to a good school like her twin brother? Why can't she learn to become a famous artist like her father or his Paris Walker. Why is life so unfair for people who are not born rich?
When a young girl, Clover, joins the household as a nursemaid, Rose finds a true friend for the first time and she starts to learn more about the world outside. Can Rose finally achieve her dreams? And will she be able to help Clover find her own dream?
Crow has lived her whole life on a tiny island, her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her as a baby and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their neighbour across the sandbar. Crow sets out to find her lost identity and ultimately, to learn what really means to be part of a family.
Fidge is ten and suddenly flung into the world of her little sister Minnie's favourite story – the world of Wimbley Woos, creatures of many different colours who only speak in rhyme. Fidge must solve a multitude of puzzles to escape with only her neurotic coursin Graham for company. If she fails not only will she be stuck in the weird world where Wed Wabbit rules with an iron paw, but Minnie will die – as her little sister is in a coma after being knocked over by a car, an accident caused by Fidge.
"I need to see the Queen about my sickbrother." Colin is on a quest, his brother Luke is ill and the doctors in Australia don't seem to be able to cure him. Sent to London to stay with relatives, Colin is desperate to do something to help his little brother. He wants to find the best doctor in the world. What better place to start than by going to the top? Colin is determined to ask the Queen for her help.
It's the summer before Binny starts secondary school and her family move to a run-down house in a Cornish seaside village, left to them by an aunt. It's a world away from the city flat she has shared with her mum, big sister Clem and little brother James. Binny finds herself in a new world full of sunshine and freedom and Garthe, the enemy-next-door, and the ideal companion for dangerous dares.
achieved importance in their fields, ranging from science and politics to sport and the arts. Women of not include the likes of JK Rowling, Beyonce, Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, Anela Merkel and Serena Williams.
Do you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards, a rebellious ant called 4179003, or a time travelling televison? Can you imagine that poor old Mr Swimble could see a mysterious vacuum cleaner in the morning, and make cheese sandwiches and yellow elepehants magically appear by the afternoon?
Welcome to the wonderful world fantasy stories.
A high-speed cops and robbers adventure about a father and son taking on the villianous Mr Big – and winning.
Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants – including her mum have leprosy. Ami loves her home – with it's blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government officials change her world forever: islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave. Banished across the sea, she's desperate to return and finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late?
Alison and her family are spending a holiday in Wales, in a boarding house, when Alison finds a curious dinner service in the attic, with a strange pattern of floral owls that look different depending on how it is arranged. This discovery sets off a strange chain of events that look set to effect everyone's lives. As tension begins to rise, can they break the pattern and avoid tragedy?
Eleven-year-old Malcolm and his 'daemon', Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the Thames river (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a little guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Balacqua. Malcolm knows he must do his utmost to try to save tis baby from evil!
When Alice is shipped off to boarding school in Scotland it's nothing like she imagines. There are no punishments and the students are more likely to be taught about body painting or extreme survival than Maths or English! Then Alice's dad goes missing and she must run away to find him. Can she persuade her new friends to help?
So begins an epic quest across wild Scottish highlands and island, where friendships will be made and broken, lies will be untangled and the children will face danger and excitement at every turn.
London 1666. Woofer is a lovable stray who works in the palace kitchen and Tiger Lily is the pampered pet spaniel of King Charles II. They come from very different worlds but this hasn't stopped them becoming the best of friends and looking out for each other.
When Woofer finds himself in trouble he has to escape the palace grounds and Tiger Lily isn't far behind. It's not long before a new danger emerges – a great fire is sweepig across London destroying everything in it's path. Can these two survive the blazing fire and make their way to safety.