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Add These 2019 Camping Music Festivals to Your List – Even if You Opt for a Hotel!
By Kayla VoigtMarch 12, 2019 5 Comments
By Kayla Voigt March 12, 2019 5 Comments
Gather your besties and hit the road for these memorable bucket-list-worthy camping music festivals for 2019. Whether you're looking to channel your inner flower child or lose yourself in 2000's pop-punk nostalgia, there's something for every type of music lover.
Spring Music Festivals
Coachella: California, United States
Coachella is the ultimate bucket-list camping music festival, taking place each April. Spend time celeb-spotting or hopping from stage to stage with big-name acts as varied as Beyoncé, Childish Gambino, Kacey Musgraves, and Weezer.
Tickets sell out fast, but if you're lucky enough to get a ticket, you can purchase one of their all-inclusive camping packages or stay at the nearby Inn at Deep Canyon. Check out the botanical gardens or hop over to Palm Springs for a peek at the Indian Canyons.
Vive Latino: Mexico City, Mexico
Need an excuse to go south of the border? Vive Latino happens each March and includes not just music but comedy, art, and one of Mexico's traditional lucha libre exhibitions. Use the Barcelo Mexico Reforma as your base for exploring the historic city center, Palacio de Bellas Artes, or the Frida Kahlo Museum.
Music Festivals: June
Montreux Jazz Festival: Montreux, Switzerland
If jazz is more your thing, there's no better event than the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, held each year in June. Sample local wines and cheeses and don't miss visiting the epic Chillon Castle while you're there. Stay at the swanky Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic for wonderful views of Lake Geneva.
Electric Forest: Michigan, United States
Covered in mesmerizing lights, Electric Forest in Michigan feels like another planet. This June music festival offers top-billed artists like Odesza, Kygo, and Bassnectar. While most people camp in the forest, you can also stay at the Weathervane Inn in nearby Montague. Add on some time to explore some of Michigan's Great Lakes.
Bonaroo: Tennessee, United States
Another peak bucket-list camping music festival, Bonnaroo takes place in Manchester, Tennessee. With acts as varied as Grand Ole Opry to Cardi B and the Lumineers, there's something for everyone. You'll be able to participate in a 5K and take yoga or art classes while you're there. At this June music festival, most people camp, but you can also stay at the Ambassador Inn in Manchester. Then hop over to Nashville, about an hour away, for honky tonk and barbecue
Music Festivals: July
Firefly: Delaware, United States
For more of an indie punk-pop scene, make your way to Delaware for this July music festival. Firefly, known as one of the best camping music festivals in the U.S., is where you'll see acts like Panic! At the Disco, Death Cab for Cutie, and Vampire Weekend. You can also stay in nearby Dover at the Fairfield Inn to hit the Biggs Museum of American Art before catching a shuttle to the festival. There's also re-vamped camping options on-site and beautiful glamping options that offer chic decor.
Tomorrowland: Boom, Belgium
You'll be transported into a futuristic fairyland with thousands of other electronic dance-music die-hards at Tomorrowland, a can't-miss July music festival that runs for two weeks. Stay in Boom at this adorable B&B and add some time to exploring the historic city center in nearby Brussels. There's beautiful cabanas and en-suites rooms on-site too for upscale glamping fans.
August Music Festivals
MS Dockville Festival: Hamburg, Germany
Germany knows how to throw amazing camping music festivals. MS Dockville in Hamburg takes place in August and includes a range of international acts from hip-hop to folk to house music. Wander through art installations featuring local artists while munching on Bavarian delicacies from food trucks scattered around the grounds.
Don't miss the cool street art all over the hip St. Pauli neighborhood. Stay in the chic Pyjama Park hostel as your base for enjoying the festival and the city. Check out our tips for making the most out of MS Dockville here.
Lockn' Music Festival: Virginia, United States
Set against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains each August, the Lockn' Music Festival in Virginia has it all: art, community, love, and food. Climb to the top of Camel towel to take in the scope of the festival — it's huge! And as for the music? You'll groove to funk, folk, and 'ol fashioned rock n' roll. Stay at the Sleep Inn in Charlottesville for easy access to the festival. While you're there, tour Monticello, founding father Thomas Jefferson's estate.
Shambhala Festival: British Colombia, Canada
Held every August at a gorgeous 500-acre farm in the West Kootenay mountains, the Shambhala Festival is a camping music festival that will get you back to nature. Get lost on the trails, take yoga classes, enjoy local food, and of course, jam to a ton of great electronic music. To get the full experience, choose a themed camp or stay at the Villagers Inn in nearby Fruitvale. Get outside and enjoy lots of hiking, canoeing, and more.
Need some more tips on festivals? Here's some thoughts if you plan to go with the kiddos to a music festival.
Do you have some summer festival plans? Where are your favorite places to go? Do you prefer camping music festivals, or staying in a hotel?
Author Kayla Voigt
Always in search of adventure, Kayla hails from Hopkinton, MA, the start of the Boston Marathon. You can find her at the summit of a mountain or digging in to a big bowl of pasta. Say hi on Instagram @klvoigt.
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Juliann says:
What a cool list!! The Electric Forest in Michigan looks insane. I'd love to experience that. Maybe I'll look into a ticket right now while I'm thinking about it. Thanks for putting this list together!
Jenn and Ed Coleman says:
I went to Bonnaroo when I won tickets from I-heart radio. I went with a real jerk who punked me for the free show and then said he had a pregnant girlfriend waiting for him. So glad I met Ed. I took Ed to the first Lockn Festival ever. I don't know if he was ready for it but at least he was a gentleman. I would have to add High Sierra Music Festival to this list. It's right in my mom's hometown but still a huge draw with big name acts. I took Ed to this too but he knew what was coming this time 🙂
Eileen Cotter Wright says:
Jenn That's a nuts story!! Have you written about it?! What a dillweed. I'm glad you and Ed went to Lockn my brother in law went and wrote about it for us, I wish I did! Still trying to decide if I can squeeze in a festival this year myself.
You went to the Dockville festival in Hamburg last year, right? I remember reading about that – your video made it look like such a cool experience! I have been to a few music festivals but never camped at one before. Definitely a bucket list item!!
I have to say that festivals, including music, are not my thing, but you've done an impressive done of putting together some interesting ones with gorgeous photos – definitely will tempt those that do go! Now, please do the same for food festivals, kind of the only kind I like and I will be ALL over that!


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What Are The Top Metaverse Stocks To Buy ( Invest ) Right Now?
Thanks to advanced technologies, the world is changing in ways that we've only imagined before. Today, we have self-driving cars, gene editing blockchain, flying robots, and so much more. But if there's one massive development that's bound to come faster than you thought possible, it's metaverse. And it's bound to change our lives in a fundamental way.
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The Bank of America said that the global metaverse market could grow to a whopping $390 billion, and could potentially reach $800 billion by the mid-2020s. Having said that, here are the top metaverse stocks worth investing in today.
Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)
Nvidia is a multinational technology company that focuses on creating video processing and graphics chips that are used in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, supercomputers, and computing servers. Nvidia chips will play a crucial role in the realm of the metaverse. It will help provide the computing power it needs through its chips.
The company is also creating the Nvidia Omniverse, which is its own version of the metaverse platform, which can be used to link 3D worlds into an interconnected virtual universe. Nvidia Omniverse can be used to simulate real-world architecture or for design collaboration. Omniverse can be the perfect environment for training robots.
Unity Software Inc. (U)
Unity Software Inc. launched its game engine back in 2004. It simplified the process used by game developers to build the rendering, animation, physics, lighting, as well as user interfaces. The company bundled all these tools into a software suite that can be used on different platforms. Developers can now create a new game using Unity's engine and once done, they can use it on different gaming platforms.
A lot of the games in mobile phones, PC, and consoles have been created using Unity's game engine. Aside from that, it offers tools that can be used for in-app purchases, integrating ads, communication services, multiplayer support, as well as for analytics tools into different games. The company has started to expand outside its core gaming market by developing 2D and 3D applications for non-gaming use.
Roblox Corp. (RBLX)
Roblox Corp. is the closest you'll get to a social metaverse today. Its entertainment online platform accommodates 43.2 million active users today. Aside from its popular video game, it also provides its users with a wide array of unique virtual experiences such as Lil Nax X's live digital concert in 2020.
The platform has 1.3 million developers who are always creating new content and games to integrate into existing ones. In total, these developers are right on track to earning $500 million from all their creations this year.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
Over the years, Amazon has been focusing on creating a bigger e-commerce platform into a massive ecosystem that's comprised of entertainment, cloud services, and shopping for its users.
When it comes to online shopping, Amazon is one of the biggest platforms today. It won't be surprising if the company will have its own Amazon mall in the metaverse. Plus, its Amazon Web Services can also help in the development and maintenance of the metaverse infrastructure.
It will allow consumers to purchase digital products and interact with other shoppers. Some of the ideas that Amazon has been to create virtual pop-up stores, virtual try-on, as well as a virtual avatar economy that will significantly change the retail landscape.
Autodesk Inc. (ADSK)
Autodesk Inc. is a multinational software corporation that creates software products and services for various industries such as entertainment, education, media, manufacturing, construction, engineering, and architecture.
The applications created by this company are used by architects and engineers for designing infrastructure and 3d buildings in a virtual environment.
Autodesk Inc.'s products are perfect for constructing the metaverse realm because they are designed for developing augmented reality and virtual reality 3d buildings and animations.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
Microsoft Corp. is aiming to be an early leader in the metaverse. It recently launched its first and latest version of Teams, the company's collaboration, and video-conferencing software. It offers an immersive corporate space where virtual meetings can be conducted. The avatars are enabled by artificial intelligence, which means they can mimic facial and hand gestures.
The company launched Microsoft Mesh earlier this year and it's now being integrated with the Microsoft Team's 2D and 3D settings. These new 3D features are set to be accessible for the users of Microsoft's own HoloLens device and the Oculus VR of Facebook, which is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2022. The company believes that its HoloLens and Xbox gaming consoles may also take on a significant part in the metaverse realm.
Matterport (MTTR)
Matterport is the leader when it comes to digitizing the real world. It currently focuses on digitizing data that its cameras have captured from real estate properties. Then, they turn the data they have compiled into 3D models, which realtors can show to their clients without needing to step inside a house.
Matterport can digitize and import the real world's physical aspects into a virtual setting. This capability will push the company to the forefront of the metaverse.
Meta (MVRS)
Mark Zuckerberg made the headlines when he announced their plans to rename and rebrand the social media giant, Facebook. Their company is moving in a new direction, towards the metaverse. Unlike Elon Musk's reusable rockets and autonomous cars, the metaverse isn't bound by physics.
In a recent interview, Zuckerberg hopes that in five or ten years from now, people will have a pair of goggles that will allow them to experience augmented reality. Facebook is dedicating thousands of its workforce and billions of its financial resources to augmented reality because they believe that it'll be massive.
These are the top metaverse stocks that you need to consider adding to your portfolio.
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NEW DELHI: 30th January, 2015: The sugar industry is passing through one of its worst financial crisis ever. The ex-mill sugar prices are at its lowest in the last 3 years and the mills across the country are struggling to pay FRP for sugarcane. This is probably the first time that the sugar mills are unable to even pay the FRP to most of the farmers. Several sugar mills are unable to repay their bank loans and some of them have either become sick or applied for restructuring of loans under CDR or have been declared NPA accounts.
Cane price arrears in last sugar season in March-April 2014, had crossed Rs.13000 crore, which was an all time high. With the current season's sugarcane prices either at the same level or higher, and the ex-mill sugar prices being substantially lower than what was in last year, it is feared that cane price arrears will be higher than last season if the situation is not rectified. The all India cane price arrears is already Rs.11000 crore at the end of January, 2015.
The sugar industry has produced surplus sugar continuously in the last 5 sugar seasons, including the current one. The sugar stocks at the beginning of the current season i.e. on 1st October, 2014, was 75 lakh tonnes, almost 25 lakh tonnes more than what can be said to be a reasonable opening balance at the beginning of October any year. During the current sugar season also, the industry will produce more than what is required domestically. The sugar mills are expected to produce around 260 lakh tonnes of sugar which, as compared to the domestic consumption requirement of around 247-248 lakh tonnes, would add around 10 lakh tonnes to the domestic surplus availability. Therefore, the opening balance in 2015-16 sugar season may go up from this year's stocks of 75 lakh tonnes, unless some of the surplus could be exported.
Unfortunately, there is surplus sugar availability in the global market also. Almost all the sugar producing countries like Brazil, EU, Thailand, Australia, Russia, China etc. are expected to produce surplus sugar and therefore the global prices are also at one of its lowest in the last few years. Due to high sugarcane price fixed by the Governments, the cost of sugar production in India is amongst the highest in the world and Indian sugar is currently uncompetitive in the international market.
Surplus sugar production is a direct result of surplus sugarcane produced by our farmers. Due to the Government regulation that all the sugarcane, produced and offered to all the mills, have to be compulsorily crushed by them, the mills do not have any control on the quantity of sugar that they produce. Therefore, sugar industry should be assisted to tackle the surplus sugar.
Government announcement on continuation of the incentive scheme on raw sugar production and exports thereof for 25 lakh tonnes. This was announced in February 2014, and the Government was required to review the same before start of the 2014-15 season, but yet to be done, even after passage of 4 months of the new season.
Similar to the requirement that if any State Government wishes to give a bonus over and above the MSP of Central Government, for wheat, paddy etc., from their own budget, there should be a regulation that in case of sugarcane also, if any State Government desires to incentivize its farmers with a higher price than the FRP fixed by the Central Government, the difference should be borne by the State Government from their own budget. However, if any State has adopted/adopts the revenue sharing model similar to Rangarajan Committee formula, for the sugarcane pricing, the State Government can then be required to bear the difference between State price and the price as per this formula/model.
The debt burden of the sugar industry has more than tripled in the last 5 years. It was Rs.11443 crore at the end of 2007-08 FY which has gone up to Rs.36601 crore (this represents only 72% of the production of the industry) at the end of 2012-13 FY. The financial situation is so bad that the earnings of the industry is barely enough to cover the interest cost of the companies, leave alone repayment of the principal amount. Therefore, the debt burden needs to be restructured, including moratorium of at least 3-5 years and reschedulement of repayment as well as reduction in the interest burden of the mills. This will only help in ensuring that mills come out of the crisis.
The ex-mill sugar prices across the country, which are currently at the lowest in the last 3 years, have fallen by around Rs.300 per quintal in the last 4 months. The current prices are Rs.500 to Rs.700 per quintal below the cost of production. It is important to take corrective policy decisions and steps to ensure that not only the sugar prices stop from falling, but should recover the fall it suffered in last 4 months of Rs.300 per quintal, as well as slowly improve to allow mills to cover their costs. Only then will mills be able to pay cane price of farmers and repay bank loans on time.


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Q: Changing OrbitControls/camera characteristics for zooming and panning in Three.js I have an 3D ifc model loaded and viewed using IFCLoader.js and I use Three.js's OrbitControls to handle movement. When I try to zoom in after a few scrolls of zooming the amount of zoom is basically 0. (Similarly when I try to pan, the model/camera barely moves). I've tried going through the OrbitControls.js file to change the dolly scales but nothing I've done seems to work. Generally I do want the zoom and pan scale to change based on how zoomed you are to the model, but I want to be closer to the model before that happens. Also, I'm using a perspective camera, if that changes anything. Hopefully this is enough information to describe what I'm trying to do...
Also, I've looked at this post that seems similar but when I tried using the solution posted it still didn't fix my issue.
https://discourse.threejs.org/t/orbit-controls-zooming-limits/3148

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Rodrigo Ortega Sánchez was appointed arbitrator by the CBMA.
On October 26, the Executive Board of the Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA) appointed our sports law special counsel Rodrigo Ortega Sánchez as arbitrator, naming him to its sports arbitration list. Rodrigo said he was very excited about this appointment, "an extraordinary opportunity to continue strengthening my commitment to sports law and in particular to arbitration."
The CBMA is a consolidated chamber based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 2002 by the following entities: ACRJ, Asociación Comercial de Río de Janeiro; FENASEG, Federación Nacional de Empresas Privadas de Seguros y Capitalización; and FIRJAN, Federación de Industrias del Estado de Río de Janeiro. The CBMA carries out all kinds of mediation and arbitration procedures. It has a highly competent team of arbitrators and mediators, a secretariat and a remarkable coaching staff, as well as on-site facilities. Link to the CBMA referee list: http://www.cbma.com.br/index.php?t=pagina&a=arbitros&tip=1
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Woman alleges Jared Fogle sent her this letter from prison - read it here!
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A woman named Brena Firkins has come forward alleging she has received a letter from former Subway Guy Jared Fogle, which he sent from behind bars.
Speaking with Fox 59, Firkins says she reached out to Fogle as the two had a short relationship eight years ago after meeting on an online dating site. She claims he wrote back a one-page note in which he reveals a bit of what life has been like for him in prison.
"I kind of felt bad for him, and I wrote him to see how he was doing. And he wrote me back and sent this letter that was kind of horrifying," Firkins told Fox 59 of the handwritten correspondence which was sent from the Englewood federal correctional institution in Littleton, Colorado.
"It's been a very hard nine months for me. I made a couple of mistakes but nothing like the media reports have said. They are making me into some sort of monster which is absolutely not true," she said, reading the letter. "I'm currently appealing my prison sentence and am hoping for the best with it. Bottom line, my director of my foundation and friend did some bad stuff and tried to throw me under the bus with him."
Fogle then went on to ask for photos and that Firkins send him e-mails. "Are you dating anyone? I need you in my life big time. I've thought a lot about you over the years but had no way to contact you." It seems that even in jail, he only has one thing on his mind...
Fogle is currently serving a 15-and-a-half year sentence.
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If the reporting by Publishers Lunch today is accurate (and I've never known it not to be), publishers may have used the entry of Apple into the ebook arena as an opportunity to change the entire paradigm of ebook distribution for major books. And while the great excitement about Apple and ebooks has been based on hopes that the new Apple Tablet that the world expects to be announced next week will add a lot of new ebook consumers, the change in the sales protocols will probably have a much more profound impact on the ebook market than the device. Or at least that's how it looks from here.
Sorry, I can't link to this story because it is only in the subscriber version of Lunch and a link would just send you into a pay wall. If you're paying, you've got the story in your email version of Lunch.
But the third advantage for the big guys is the most devilish of all: they may gain a permanent edge over smaller players on ebook margins. That is one that, truth be known, was already playing out as Amazon used its leverage to reduce the share smaller publishers got from Kindle sales. But this could institutionalize it.
To say that this news leaves us with more questions than answers would be a major understatement.
How will this work, mechanically? Will the publishers actually serve the titles, or will Apple or the other consumer-connected entities making the sale? Well, of course, we don't know, but Brian Murray of HarperCollins, extensively quoted by Cader and, after all, the publisher whose discussions with Amazon were the first to break in a Wall Street Journal story, has long championed the idea that publishers should maintain control of their files, not distribute them to many intermediaries. The agency concept fits neatly with that paradigm. On the other hand, one would presume that Apple has to serve what comes from the App Store and, certainly, that Amazon would have to deliver what went into a Kindle. So departures from executing a pure agency model should be expected. Call it a "virtual" agency model!
How will retailers not named Amazon react? Presumably this will make players like BN.com, Kobo, and others very happy because, with publisher-set pricing, they no longer have to lose money on every sale to compete with Amazon. On the other hand, retailers really like to control pricing; it's one of the main weapons in their arsenal. And if Amazon doesn't play along (yet another question), then these other retailers could have a temporary advantage because they'll have hot titles that Amazon would not.
How widespread will be the implementation, across publishers and across lists? One has to assume that the hidden hand of the agent community is present in these decisions. For one thing, agents have been as concerned as big publishers with the market and pricing power being concentrated at Amazon and this tactic addresses that directly. Since big publishers are even more responsive to agents than they are to major accounts, that would suggest a) that all the Big Six will play and b) that they will implement this strategy across their lists. And, as Cader points out, having some books handled as Agency and others as Wholesale is a potential management nightmare.
What will Amazon do? The question might be "what can Amazon do?" It is relatively easy for Amazon to pressure one publisher at a time, using their control of buy buttons and marketing recommendations. Nobody I know can say how extensive that kind of behavior is from them, but we know they engaged in a public spat with Hachette in the UK and threatened publishers a few years ago that they wouldn't sell their POD books if they were at Lightning and not in Amazon's own POD repository. And there are stories told privately — never publicly — of pressure tactics of a similar kind aimed quietly at particular recalcitrants at particular times. But if all the Big Six publishers do this with widespread support from the agent community, it is hard to see exactly what Amazon can do. Certainly, not having high profile titles available that are being sold at competing retailers for competing platforms would not be an acceptable situation, even for a fairly short time. But Amazon is resourceful and creative, they have a lot of power, and they are being faced with the first real threat to their marketplace power.
What does all this mean for enhanced ebooks? Frankly, if this works, I think publishers may find enhanced ebooks (except in very standardized ways such as I suggested in one, two, three blogposts many months ago) losing their allure. As I wrote last week, nobody has really invented an enhanced formula that has gained widespread public acceptance. The attraction of enhanced ebooks was their potential for keeping ebook prices up for branded authors. If the agency solution works, that mission might be accomplished with a lot less investment and risk, and delivering a product we know the public wants: books in the creative form that they have enjoyed for years.
All of this just makes me glad that Michael Cader is one of my panelists on the Ebook Tipping Point panel next week at Digital Book World! And that I've got a powerful agent, Larry Kirshbaum, joining Michael, Ken Brooks, Evan Schnittman, and me on the stage for that discussion.


THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED, OBAMA.
Sorry to rain on your parade, boys & girls, but if Obama was any threat to the rapacious greed of the Corporations, they wouldn't have financed his campaign … now would they?
Here's a more eloquent and realistic, black US politician … Gil Scott Heron, whose dad, who died just recently and was the first ever black player to be part of the Glasgow Celtic football team.


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Jeremy Corbyn suggests LGBT history should be added to school curriculum
Newsdesk 28th October 2016 28th October 2016 Politics
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said a gay history month in schools could be introduced as part of changes to the national curriculum.
He pledged that a future Labour government would "actively update" the national curriculum to reflect LGBT historical figures, and the fight for gay rights.
Under his plans children would be taught about the persecution of figures like Oscar Wilde, and Enigma code breaker Alan Turing, not just their successes.
Speaking at Pink News awards he said: "I firmly believe the role of government is to challenge the environment where hate festers, and that begins with education. Because the more we know, the less we fear.
"Imagine this embedded in the heart of school curriculum. Our children would be learning about the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, whose contribution did so much to bring the second world war to an end."
He added, "Let's get a new generation to rejoice at the huge contribution LGBT people have made throughout history."
Asked whether the proposals could provoke criticism in some quarters, Corbyn said: "It might well, but then I do remember a time when there was great controversy over all kinds of legislation that has now become the norm in our lives."
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Govt's VIP demolition drive begins with Sagar's house
Family calls it 'illegal', part of political blackmail against NC'
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
Jammu: Authorities have started the Government's campaign to retrieve State and community lands from illegal possession of 'powerful persons' with the demolition of the senior National Conference (NC) leader and former Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar's two-storey outhouse at Humhama in the Budgam district on Wednesday.
According to eyewitnesses, demolition squads of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation under the supervision of the Revenue authorities Budgam appeared at Sagar's residential house at Humhama, outside the Srinagar Airport, in the afternoon. Sagar's security personnel and personal staff were asked to move out of the two-storey outhouse. The bull-dozers demolished the house along with its compound wall and gate.
This is for the first time in the Union Territory's history that a senior political leader and former Minister's property was dismantled by a government in Jammu and Kashmir. The demolition drive and retrieval of the State and community lands from illegal possession of the most powerful persons began days after the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's announcement that only those people who had misused their power and position would be evicted. The LG has asserted that the "poor and ordinary" people would not be touched.
Sagar is one of the senior most leaders of the NC, currently holding the position of General Secretary in the party. He began his political career after graduation in law from the University of Kashmir in 1977 as General Secretary of the NC's youth wing, J&K Youth Federation, which was subsequently christened as J&K Youth National Conference. In 1983, he contested and won his first Assembly election from the then Zainakadal constituency with over 90% of the votes in his favour. In 1987, he contested and won his second Assembly election from the same NC stronghold. In 1989, Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah inducted him as Minister of State for Information.
Later, Sagar also won the Assembly elections of 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014. In 1996-2002 and 2009-2014, he functioned as a Cabinet Minister respectively in Farooq Abdullah's and Omar Abdullah's government.
According to officials as well as the politician's family, Sagar acquired a vast chunk of land at Humhama, on Srinagar-Airport Road, built a residential mansion and began living in it in 2009 when he was a Minister in Omar Abdullah's cabinet. Later he also raised a two-storey outhouse on the anterior of the same premises for his personal and security staff.
Sagar's politician son, Salman Ali Sagar, who functioned as Mayor in Srinagar Municipal Corporation for a term till 2010, described the government's action as "illegal".
"This is totally illegal for numerous reasons. First, our outhouse was built on proprietary land of 3 Kanal and 18 Marlas which we have lawfully acquired. Just 3 or 4 Marlas in this Khasra is titled as 'Shamilaat' which is duly entered and registered under rules. Officials could have demarcated it and asked us to vacate it. Second, we have not received any notice of eviction or dispossession. Third, our entire security staff was removed from the premises and the security of my father, other family members and their residential house was compromised. Fourth, the demolition was carried out when none of the family was present", Salman Sagar said.
Salman Sagar said that he, his father and other family members were busy in Delhi with a critical surgery of his sister who had met with an accident in Kolkata.
"As they saw that there was none of us, they swooped on our house and demolished it. In the next 2-3 days, we will produce documents at a press conference and prove that it is our lawfully acquired property which has been registered by a judge and all building permissions have been issued with NOCs of all concerned department's before I became Mayor in 2008. We don't have much faith in the system but still we will approach a court of law and establish that the government officials committed trespass and demolished a genuine property", Salman Sagar added on phone from New Delhi.
"This is nothing but part of a political blackmail as we have resisted all pressures built on us to quit the NC and join a particular party. We were promised 20 PSOs and other protections if we agreed. But we can't go against our conscience", Salman added.
Deputy Commissioner of Budgam, Syed Fakhr-ud-din Hamid, told The News Now that today's eviction and demolition drive was "completely legal". He claimed that several eviction notices had been delivered on the family in the last three months. "We took action only after the respondents failed to demolish the unauthorised structures and did not vacate the Kahcharai land", DC Budgam said. He asserted that the drive "against all encroachers including all VIPs" would continue as per a sequence of the Khasra numbers.
As per a Government order, issued on 9 January 2023 in compliance with several court orders, DCs have been directed to retrieve all State and community lands grabbed by encroachers within a deadline of 31 January. The order has been challenged in the J&K High Court as well as the Supreme Court of India. However, no stay orders against the proposed eviction have been issued till date.


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A dropship company mostly includes three parties. The three parties include the wholesaler, customer and you who is the seller. When you get an online order from a customer, the wholesaler will directly package and send the item to the customer without coming into contact with you.
The difference before the price that you will charge the customer (the retail price) and the amount you are going to pay the wholesaler is your profit margin. For you, to partner with a wholesaler, you can look for them online, or you can sign up with an aggregate organization and let them match you with a wholesaler for a certain fee.
If you have a strong desire for designing jewelry selling them in your online jewelry store would be the best option. Unlike commercial jewelry, handmade jewelry has a small scale but still, they do appeal to a particular audience. You can use two methods to sell your jewelry online.
The first method is by developing an online store in the Etsy marketplace. For every sale that you will make a certain percentage will go to the Etsy marketplace. That's a very fair deal because the marketplace will give you visitors who will end up making purchases.
The second method is setting up a customized website which comes incorporated with an online store. Such a site will enable you to have more control of your jewelry business.
You can use any of the above three models to make money by selling your jewelry, and the good thing will all of them is that you don't need a huge investment when starting the business.
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Near Death on the Sub-Continent, the story of South Australian Gavin Stevens can be read in an afternoon, but is a compelling story, despite Stevens' only brief flirt with fame.
One of the first full-length biographies from The Cricket Publishing Company in Sydney, Near Death delves in depth into Australia's double tour to India and Pakistan in 1959-60. The bald statistics of Australia's 4-1 win-loss record in eight Tests do not give the slightest hint of the off-field mayhem.
Stevens was to play only a cameo role, as he contracted the most serious strain of hepatitis and at one stage was in near critical condition.
The giant NSW fast bowler Gordon Rorke also fell seriously ill, Rorke losing three stone in as many weeks having eaten some raw fish which triggered complications including bleeding from the rear.
Several more of the squad, including the Queenslander Ken Mackay were quarantined upon their return to Australia.
So short on numbers were Richie Benaud's team that manager, Sam Loxton, rising 39, was enlisted as a substitute with players succumbing to all sorts of gastric strains. After having two bouncers hit for four, he realised he wasn't as quick as he used to be.
Tours of India and Pakistan were a huge health risk back then, and the task of playing eight Tests in 77 days with just 15 players was Herculean. To try and reduce illness, the players brushed their teeth in Foster's Lager, having signed declarations that they were alcoholics.
The fourth day's play in the second Test in Karachi, the last to be played on a coir matting wicket, was witnessed by the President of the United States, Dwight D Eisenhower. Just 104 runs were scored all day. He wasn't to return.
This little known double-tour was covered by just one journalist, AAP's Wally Pugh who agreed to Stevens' request to downplay the severity of his condition so as not to alarm loved ones back home in Adelaide.
While Australia was winning the fourth Test in Madras, a stricken Stevens was languishing in hospital, violent episodes of vomiting leaving him so weak and distraught he wished he was dead.
In mid-tour, some promised tour payments were delayed and Loxton, ever pugnacious, told his hosts: 'No money… no Test'.
Stevens had made the tour by default after senior opening batsman, Sydney's Jim Burke refused to tour, ending his international career. Other big-name players including Alan Davidson and Neil Harvey were also reluctant to commit, before being told by Sir Donald Bradman that if they wanted to continue to play Australian-soil Tests, they couldn't afford to pick and choose where and when they played overseas.
Then 27, Stevens figured in four of the early Tests, averaging 16 and stopped playing altogether on return to run a Tom the Cheap supermarket.
Compared with the big names in the game, especially his old captain Richie Benaud, Stevens felt embarrassed to be called an Australian Test player, but years later Bradman wrote to him saying how he had thoroughly deserved his selection in 1959 and should be proud of his career. It remains a cherished letter for the now 86-year-old living on the Gold Coast.


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Stein Mart to close Cherry Hill store as it files for bankruptcy protection
CHERRY HILL - The Stein Mart discount chain is closing its lone South Jersey store as part of a bankruptcy action.
The Florida-based apparel merchant on Wednesday said it expects to shut "a significant portion, if not all, of its brick-and-mortar stores" during a voluntary bankruptcy.
The doomed stores include Stein Mart's longtime outlet at the Ellisburg Shopping Center, off Kings Highway near Route 70 in Cherry Hill.
Signs announcing a final sale were displayed in the shop's windows Wednesday.
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Stein Mart said a "store closing and liquidation process" has begun, but added the chain "will continue to operate its business in the ordinary course in the near term."
A Stein Mart executive said the difficult retail environment and the COVID-19 pandemic "have caused significant financial distress on our business.
As a result, Stein Mart "lacks sufficient liquidity to continue operating in the ordinary course of business," said CEO Hunt Hawkins.
Stein Mart, which began in the early 1900s in Greenville, Mississippi, currently operates 281 stores in 30 states.
The firm on Wednesday also said it's considering the sale of its online marketing unit.
Stein Mart on June 30 reported a first-quarter loss of $65.7 million, or $1.38 per share. That compared to a year-earlier profit of $4 million, or eight cents per share.
Net sales plunged to $134.3 million, down from $314.2 million a year earlier. That decrease reflected the impact of pandemic-related store closings in the quarter ended May 2, the company said.
In announcing the quarterly loss, Hunt said Stein Mart had "charted a path forward" and asserted its problems are "not insurmountable." But he also acknowledged "substantial doubt" about the firm's ability to survive over the next year.
The firm filed for voluntary Chapter 11 protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court in Jacksonville, Florida.
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LUDHIANA: Based on the track system in European countries, the railway authorities in India are ready to install train protection warning system (TPWS) here to avoid collisions between trains and reduce accident rates.The authorities have handed over the responsibility to European Railway Train Management Company to conduct trials at Palwal section in Delhi division.
Following the successful trial at Chennai Central section in 2008, the authorities have decided to implement it in northern and north central railways.
Sources revealed that TPWS is actually further modification of auxiliary warning system (AWS). Primarily aimed to minimise the risk of trains jumping signals at danger points, it is presently used to reduce collisions with buffer stops and over-speed derailment risks. The device automatically applies brake on a train if it approaches danger.
This wireless system would also help the driver to maintain the speed as authorities are mulling over the idea of trains running on increased speed, sources added.
Giving information, senior divisional safety officer RV Singh said they were working on the installation of the system in Ferozepur division. Electrification of the railway tracks, which is one of the prerequisites, is on.
"The system sends a beep signal to the driver if there is some obstruction on the track and allows him sufficient time to stop the train. It also applies automatic brakes if need be," he added.
In the past few months, several accidents have occurred on tracks, claiming many lives of commuters.


Because otherwise, what's the point of a fitness goal?
Let's be real for a second: New fitness routines can be the worst. And sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're actually working.
So it's not a surprise when people give up on a new workout regimen because they're not getting the transformation they set out to achieve. Results can be slow, plateaus happen, and unexpected days off can feel like real setbacks.
This one is a bit obvious, but it's important to pay attention to your body's physical reaction to exercise, according to Micah Zuhl, an assistant professor in the School of Health Sciences at Central Michigan University.
If your heart rate is elevated and you worked up a sweat, you're likely doing something right. This means you're pushing your body's limits, which leads to healthy improvement and change, Zuhl says.
"The more challenging the workout, the longer these physiological markers remain elevated post-exercise," he told The Huffington Post. "It causes more disruption to the body, so it takes longer to recover, and it takes more energy to recover." And more exerted energy = More results.
2. You're focused on quality.
Here's some good news: You can ditch those multiple two-hour sweat sessions at the gym for a quicker routine, like a round of high intensity interval training (HIIT). As certified personal trainer Keri Lynn Ford explains, a good workout is about what type of exercise you do, not how long you do it.
"The intensity of activity should dictate the amount of time you spend ... While variety is key, the goal is to work out harder in a shorter amount of time," she wrote in a HuffPost blog.
3. You're sleeping like a baby.
Exercise and sleep go hand-in-hand, since research shows physical activity can improve your quality of sleep. So, if you're working out properly, you're likely getting a good night's rest later on. And that can enhance your health goals: Studies suggest sleep can help curb weight gain and boost your immune system.
4. You're incorporating interval training.
HIIT workouts are a gold standard for a reason. Any activity that incorporates bursts of high-intensity exercise can be effective -- and not just for losing weight, Zuhl says.
Zuhl suggests performing a challenging one-minute exercise move (say, burpees) followed by a two-minute recovery period. Then repeat the cycle three to four times.
"This will provide a nice spike in intensity and change things up," he explained. Try these simple HIIT workouts if you're looking for a few ways to get started.
5. You're constantly switching things up.
Zuhl says that variability is key to seeing progress. He recommends trying HIIT workouts, new fitness classes, signing up for races or doing any activity that helps keep you engaged. Just make sure you're sticking with some kind of physical exertion on a regular basis.
"The key to an exercise routine is variety, but most of all consistency," he said. "If you are able to perform scheduled exercise five days per week, then you more than likely will meet your fitness goals."
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