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Lumbini Nepal
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Lumbini lies in the Terai district of Rupandehi in mid-southwestern region of Nepal and has earned world fame as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam Buddha, the Enlightened One. Lumbini is a UNESCO world heritage site. Maurya Emperor Ashoka of India visited Lumbini in 245 B.C. and erected a pillar signifying the sacred spot where the Lord first put his foot after birth. Two famous Chinese pilgrims, Fa Hien and Hueng Tang, visited the site in the 5th and 7th centuries respectively and wrote about this sacred place in their travelogues. The main temple is named after Buddha's mother, Maya Devi. A large number of Buddhist pilgrims from all over the world visit Lumbini to pray at the Maya Devi Temple where excavations have revealed the 'marker stone' showing the exact spot where Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born. Many temples, monasteries, rest houses and stupas have been built by countries such as China, India, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand recognizing the value Lumbini possesses. There are other monasteries built in coming days. It is easy to find hotel by Gate Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 etc.
For coming season there are many trekking and tour packages prepared in Nepal, there are main tour places, trekking routes and tour destination which mentioned here. In Nepal, whole of them for trekking Annapurna Region, Manaslu, Langtang, Gosaikunda, Manaslu, Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Upper Mustang, Dolpo, Upper Dolpo and Humla Trek. Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is also very popular and Upper Mustang Trek as well.
There are other trekking regions too which has many trekking routes and regions like as Everest Base Camp Trek, 3 high passes trek, Gokyo Lake Trek, Everest View Trek and Langtang Valley Trek.
Except these trekking, other travel packages also available in Nepal. Nepal Package Tour, Exclusive Tour, World Heritage Tour, Seinior Citizen Holidays or Tour, Family Holidays and Best Nepal Tour are very popular and which includes all important travel parts of Nepal.
For adventure travel, there are many activities like as Everest Mountain Flight, Bungy, Zipline, Helicopter Tour and Rafting. Also Guide and Porter Services are mostly demanded by trekker, traveler and climbers for Nepal Adventure Trek.
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Trek to the base camp of the 10th highest mountain of the world, Mt Annapurna (8091m), during this 12-day guided trip. Enjoy travelling through a diversified landscape consisting of both temperate and alpine forests, streams, highland pastures and rocky terrain punctuated by isolated mountain hamlets, temples and monasteries.
The Annapurna Base Camp trek is one of the best ways to experience both the natural beauty and the unique cultural heritage of Nepal. During this trek, you will not only be travelling through mountainous landscapes, but will also get the opportunity to see villages populated by the ethnic Gurung and Magar people and get the chance to learn more about their everyday life.
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Trek to Nepal Region
Trekking generally means a multi-day hike in the mountains — in this case, on trails throughout Nepal's Himalayan mountains and foothills. Treks typically take you through areas where hiking is the only means of transport since the mountains are too remote to build roads. Most treks take you through villages that have been around for centuries and the trails you hike on have historically been used by locals.
Trekking along the mountain trails of Nepal is a special experience. The Himalaya is unlike any other region in the world. The vastness of the Himalayan mountains, the amazing different viewpoints, the friendly people and the slower pace of life when movement happens on foot all contribute to the fact that many travelers who come to Nepal for the first time describe their experience as life-changing.
Tip: To help you select the trek that is best for you we've compelled a list of the best treks in Nepal, as well as an overview of the best short treks in Nepal.
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Jomsom Muktinath
January 11, 2023 tourinfonepal
Jomsom is a great place to start trekking. The diverse landscape and culture found along this trekking route give marvelous insight into the way of life of Nepali people of various ethnic groups.
The highlight is a trek through the deepest gorge in the world carved by the Kali Gandaki River, which originates in the Tibetan plateau to eventually flow into the Ganges in India.
Not too far from Jomsom, you find Muktinath, the famous pilgrimage site for Buddhists as well as Hindus. To Hindus, Muktinath is a sacred place of salvation. They believe that bathing in the waters here guarantees salvation after death. The Hindu god, Brahma, is said to have lit the eternal flames that burn at Muktinath.
To Buddhists, Muktinath is a place where the great sage Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) who brought Buddhism to Tibet, came to meditate.
The area is a perfect place to find fossilized ammonites, known locally as Shaligram, which are found all along the upper reaches of the Kali Gandaki.
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Everest Region in Nepal
January 3, 2023 January 3, 2023 tourinfonepal
Everest Base Camp Trek is main attraction of trekking in Nepal. It has earned great reputation of Nepal because of highest peak in the world and best trekking trail for Everest Base Camp and other many trekking routes in Khumbu Region.
This trekking region offers many trekking trails, Peak climbing and Expedition. Especially Everest Region has many trekking options for the people of the world. It has one main gateway to enter by flight to Lukla Airport. If people would like to go ground transfer, it starts from Kathmandu to Jiri by Local Coach and can start walking but it is too long days to walk to get to Everest Base Camp and other trekking destination of Everest Region.
Normally it takes 18 days on foot to Everest Base Camp using ground transfer. It goes through Himalaya, Bhandar, Kharikhola and get to Lukla. From Lukla it takes 10 to 12 days to complete this trek to and from.
But now a day, trekkers mostly use flight and begins from Lukla and Ends in Lukla. It has many trekking routes called as 3 highs passes trek, Gokyo Lake Trek, Everest View Trek, Thame village trek, Tengboche Trek and many more can be done.
This trek offers great Himalayan ranges which are more than 8000 meters high mountains called as Mt. Lhotse, Mount Everest, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Mt. Makalu, Mt. Cho Oyu and Gaurishanker, Pumori and Gokyo Peak these are almost 7100 meters to 7500 meters.
It has many peaks for climbing which are Island Peak, Lobuche Peak, Mera Peak and Cholatse etc . These peaks climbing routes are all start from Lukla and trail to there for climbing.
This is main expedition route means mountaineering because of Mt. Everest which peak climbing offers by thousands of climbers but few are success to get to top of the world.
But for the trekking, this region is always on top of the list in trekking of Nepal. It has more adventure trekking routes and high passes with Lake as well.
Trekker can spend their time normally 5 days to 3 weeks for trekking and have chance to close to Sherpa culture, tradition and lifestyle. There are some Monasteries and Lamas means tantric doctor.
In the trekking, sometimes high altitude sickness can happened and they need emergency assistance, for this purpose, some places have health post and one can check their health, if feels a bit sick. Now a day, most of the places, they have run good hotels too.
Some helicopters companies have stand by in Lukla Airport for emergency rescue of trekker, climber and altitude sickness people. There is pony trek those who have extremely interest to trek but unable to walk.
In this trekking, Namche Bazaar is the main shopping marketing place where all kinds of trekking gears and foods are available. Good hotels and lodges are available for accommodations.
In Everest Base Camp Trek, first of all, you fly from Kathmandu to Lukla and get Phakding, Namche Bazaar, Tyangboche, Lobuche, Gorakshep and get to Kalapather from where you can see the whole part of Mount Everest and Base Camp is close this view point.
Most of the trekkers follow the trail to Gokyo Lake and Everest Base Camp in once which can be complete in 16 to 20 days. This trekking has great Passes called Chola Pass and trekker can see the Gokyo Lake, Cho Oyu Himalaya, Mount Everest, Mt. Makalu, Lhotse, Pumori and other many more.
So it proves that trekkers don't have to feel any sadness during this trek, they full have good fun and enjoy their life.
Nepal has other many trekking regions and whole of them, Annapurna Trekking Region is most popular after Everest Region. Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is liked by many trekker in the world and Annapurna Base Camp Trek as well.
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Charles River, MA — Meeting on Mass. Pike (I90) Work in Allston, MA, one con exposes itself
Last night, December 10, 2014, I attended a presentation on the Mass. Pike (I90) work in the Honan Library in Allston. The location is very common for neighborhood presentations. I was surprised to see the meeting scheduled since MassDOT and the environmental people had a much larger, formal meeting in Brighton High School not that long ago.
It turned out to be a presentation to the Allston Civic Association.
I was determined to keep my mouth shut, until . . .
The MassDOT folks did their usual professional, competent explanation of their plans.
What surprised me was a person who followed the formal presentation. He had his own slides, including among other things, the position of the Boston Architects group.
His presentation on West Station stood out.
I have posted my environmental analyses to the state environmental people on the pending Mass. Pike and South Station work.
West Station is a commuter rail station which was added to the project with money that suddenly showed up. It is proposed to be abutting Boston University property on the end of the project away from Cambridge Street. Here is the original project area map with my suggesting Green Line A spur superimposed.
West Station would go on the upper part of the right side of the orange triangle in the photo, close to the larger rectangular structure. The green line is the possible Green Line A Spur.
The presenter's comments stood out because, since last hearing such a pitch, I realized that the rearrangement of South Station in Downtown Boston is severely deficient.
The planners have apparently planned the project so that it will hold expansion of service to South Station by adding tracks to handle projected trains to Fall River and New Bedford. The planners have, as I understand it from their comments, expanded South Station so that added tracks for the new service will fill South Station to the max, leaving no room for further expansion.
My comments on both of the environmental reviews, South Station and Mass. Pike (I90) called them deficient because the expansion of South Station will prevent receiving added traffic associated with West Station, thus forcing all West Station traffic on the Grand Junction railroad, through the forced residence of the Charles River White Geese and repeatedly blocking traffic on major Cambridge arteries.
Here is the MassDOT map of the Grand Junction in Cambridge showing the conflicts, my thick arrows added. The Destroyed Nesting Area is next to the river at the bottom left.
Here is Cambridge's map show their intended attack on the Destroyed Nesting Area of the Charles River White Geese. The major commuter rail service would be in addition to one to three trips a day servicing yards on either end of the route.
Traffic would go from slow moves with very kind train personnel to multiple trips on as rapid a schedule as can be achieved. Minor danger would go to very major danger with a lot of killings likely.
Cambridge's J shaped highway toward the bottom would destroy the quiet of the Destroyed Nesting Area in addition to the multiple destruction of vegetation by agents of the DCR. The highway would devastate the forced home of the Charles River White Geese.
This outrage follows upon a mass pogrom of long time resident animals at the previously untouched Alewife reservation in West Cambridge. Cambridge explanation is to yell at private developers destroying other parts of the same reservation while Cambridge's vileness as secret as possible. Cambridge is also imminent destroy at least 22 excellent trees on the Cambridge Common.
Cambridge would add to their shared outrage on the Charles River by putting up fencing blocking walks between the Destroyed Nesting Area and the wild area east of it where the Charles River White Geese are forced to do much or their nesting because of all the ground vegetation destruction in their nesting area by agents and friends of the Department of Conservation and Recreation / City of Cambridge.
Another thing which stood out in the after presentation presentation on West Station was the emphasis by the speaker that West Station would give residents meaningful access to Back Bay Station and South Station.
There were two major lies of omission (favorite type of lie) in the package: the blocking of added traffic at South Station, plus the true infrequency of commuter rail compared with what the neighborhood would consider adequate service.
I pointed out the likelihood that the neighborhood would not get South Station / Back Bay service based on the limits of the South Station work. He was aware of it, and sloughed off the limitations.
MassDOT did not make this wild promise. The person speaking after them did.
I have heard such nonsense repeatedly during discussions. I had to drag out of the South Station planners that they are setting up South Station so that it cannot expand. Thus all traffic from the pushed West Station would go through the eastern part of Cambridge with major environmental nightmares.
One key is that MassDOT has studied the desirability of the Cambridge route. They found it next to useless except for Kendall Square. The Allston folks would be interested in South Station and Back Bay Station, and the Green Line A spur would be excellent for Back Bay Station. Allston, like most folks would not be attracted by the Cambridge route which the Cambridge government and its friends want and have used the usual corrupt tactics in the past trying to get.
My environmental letters are posted at:
I90 Comments; http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/charles-river-mass-pike-project-runs.html.
South Station Analysis: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/south-station-expansion-project.html
Expansion of I90 comments: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/expansion-of-i90-change-thoughts-to.html
This is not a unusual problem.
But MassDOT did its usual professional job.
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Honey bee colonies from across the UK are increasingly suffering from a viral disease, a new study has shown.
Publishing their findings in the journal Nature Communications, the team led by Professor Giles Budge of Newcastle University, UK, found that the number of honey bee colonies affected with chronic bee paralysis rose exponentially between 2007 and 2017.
Data collected from visits to over 24,000 beekeepers confirmed that while chronic bee paralysis was only recorded in Lincolnshire in 2007, a decade later it was present in 39 of 47 English and six of eight Welsh counties. The scientists also found that clusters of chronic bee paralysis, where disease cases are found close together, were becoming more frequent.
Chronic bee paralysis symptoms include abnormal trembling, an inability to fly, and the development of shiny, hairless abdomens. The disease is caused by a virus known as chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV), and infected bees die within a week. This leads to piles of dead bees just outside honey bee hives and whole colonies are frequently lost to the disease.
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Study lead, Professor Budge, from Newcastle University's School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, said: "Our analysis clearly confirms that chronic bee paralysis has been emerging across England and Wales since 2007 and that apiaries owned by professional beekeepers are at greater risk of the disease."
The study was completed in association with the Bee Farmers' Association, who represent professional beekeepers in the UK. Rob Nickless, the Chairman of the Bee Farmers' Association, said: "We are pleased to be part of this project and welcome these early results. This is the sort of research that brings practical benefits to the industry – helping bee farmers at grassroots level to improve honey bee health and increase UK honey production."
Professor Budge said: "We do not yet know why colonies of bee farmers are at increased risk from this damaging disease, but many management practices are known to differ significantly between amateur and professional apiarists."
Disease risk and honey bee queen imports
Relative risk of chronic bee paralysis for each county between 2007 and 2017 compared to the overall expected risk.© The Authors 2020
The study also investigated whether disease risk was associated with honey bee queen imports. Honey bee queens head up honey bee colonies and beekeepers use imported honey bee queens to replenish their stocks. The scientists used data from 130,000 honey bee imports from 25 countries to show that the disease was nearly twice as likely in apiaries owned by beekeepers who imported honey bees.
This work is being completed as a collaboration between Newcastle and St Andrews Universities, the Bee Farmers' Association and the National Bee Unit of the Animal and Plant Health Agency with funding from the BBSRC
The researchers highlight the need for further studies focussing on different virus genotypes, which will be completed at the University of St Andrews. Future work will concentrate on the susceptibility of different honey bee races and comparing the management practices of professional and amateur beekeepers to help discover the reasons behind of the current disease emergence. This work will have the potential to reduce or mitigate the damage of this emerging disease to our most important managed pollinator.
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The Aerocar IMP (for Independently Made Plane) was an unconventional light aircraft designed by Moulton Taylor and marketed for homebuilding. The IMP and its various derivatives were developed by Taylor's Aerocar business after he had already established himself in the homebuilt market with the Coot amphibian, and at the time of the energy crisis in the United States, were designed to be economical to build and operate.

The IMP was unconventional in configuration in having a pusher propeller powered by a long driveshaft from an engine mounted midway within the fuselage of the aircraft. This provided an aerodynamic advantage over more traditional pusher arrangements by allowing greater streamlining of the fuselage – giving the IMP the appearance of an elongated teardrop. The aircraft's most visually striking feature, however, is its inverted V-tail.

Originally designed as a four-seat aircraft, the original IMP design proved to be too complex and expensive for the market that Taylor was aiming for, and although it was awarded a type certification by the FAA, development was abandoned in favour of scaled-down, single-seat version dubbed the Mini-IMP.

Specifications (IMP)

General characteristics
 Crew: one pilot
 Capacity: 3 passengers
 Length: 22 ft 0 in (6.70 m)
 Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
 Height: ft in ( m)
 Wing area: 112 ft2 ( 10.39 m2)
 Empty:  950 lb (430 kg)
 Loaded:  1550 lb (703 kg)
 Maximum takeoff:  lb ( kg)
 Powerplant: 1x Franklin 4R, 200 hp (149 kW)

Performance
 Maximum speed: 150 mph (240 km/h)
 Range: miles ( km)
 Service ceiling:  ft ( m)
 Rate of climb: 800 ft/min ( m/min)
 Wing loading: 13.8 lb/ft2 ( kg/m2)
 Power/Mass:  0.1290 hp/lb (0.04966 kW/kg)
 Propeller diameter:  6 ft (1.82 m)

See also

References

Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
1970s United States civil utility aircraft
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Why Are There Rumors Among Fans That Lewis Hamilton May Face Jail Time?
By Rohan Kumar Last updated Nov 27, 2022
Rumors can spread like wildfire in the F1 world. The latest one is about Lewis Hamilton. The word on the street is that Lewis Hamilton might end up in prison. There has been no official confirmation of this. Even so, fans think it might be because he drove a GT-R34 in Japan over the speed limit on video.
Lewis Hamilton drove a Nissan Skyline GT-R34 in Japan after a lacklustre 2022 season with Mercedes. He put a video of the same thing on his Instagram account. The video shows the Brit driving around the city at high speeds, drifting, and spinning the car.
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Since this car was rented, the company that rented it has responded to Hamilton's video on Twitter.
"This is a car from Omoshiro Rental, but this video was taken without our permission," they said. "This way of driving is against the law."
Even though Hamilton may have broken the law by driving too fast, the rumours that he is going to jail are not true.
Even though there is no official confirmation from the Japanese government or anyone else that Lewis Hamilton has been arrested, fans have responded to the rumors.
Fans React To Rumors Of Lewis Hamilton Going To Jail
As usual, fans are talking about this crazy rumour and making fun of it. Aside from the sarcasm, most people know that these claims are false and have responded in the same way.
waking up & seeing lewis hamilton could potentially be going to jail over doing donuts is unexpected but not surprising 😭😭 hes so unserious
— melia (@pieceofedens) November 25, 2022
Even if a driver does a donut without permission, the FA doesn't think it's dangerous. But if Hamilton has done donuts with a Nissan Skyline, the Japanese government might have to decide.
roscoe hamilton more relevant and important than the whole piquet family
— ؘ★ (@dearlews) November 25, 2022
So wait few weeks back lewis hamilton borrowed a car in Japan…he is not supposed to drive it but drove it and got into trouble and now people are saying he is going to jail pic.twitter.com/ZPigN1gYby
— Rish #dankeseb (@f1fan_28) November 25, 2022
Even though it would be very kind of Hamilton to give up his seat for Mick Schumacher, he knows that the German is good enough to get a spot somewhere else.
POV: Lewis Hamilton in jail after joyriding and posting the incriminating footage himself pic.twitter.com/yk7BRpPtaT
— Marina (@xxoMarina) November 25, 2022
Fans know that Hamilton will tell them if he is going to get into trouble. As a seven-time world champion, he knows what he needs to do.
Whole tl going crazy because he might be going to jail
Lewis Hamilton: pic.twitter.com/We9tCOGvQY
— amara (@f1amara) November 25, 2022
People joke about these stories, and it's fun to chat with them. But it might be a bit unreasonable to say that an international athlete is going to jail when there is no proof of that.
As the F1 season ends, fans will hope that Lewis Hamilton doesn't get involved in these kinds of legal issues. But what do you think "The Brit" will do in the next season?
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Girl Model
Meat markets come in all sorts of varieties.
(2011) Documentary (Cinereach) Nadya Vall, Ashley Arbaugh, Madlen, Tigram. Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
There is a certain glamour inherent with the modeling industry. Beautiful girls flown to exotic locations, dressing in designer couture, adored by millions. So when talent agents come calling, it's not hard to understand why young girls answer with eyes full of stars.
One such agent is Ashley Arbaugh who herself was a teen model. Her territory is mostly the former Soviet Union where she plucks young girls to work in the lucrative Japanese market. The promise of easy cash and a foot in the door of an industry that's notoriously hard to break into brings girls swarming to try-outs, particularly in economically depressed places like Siberia.
Nadya Vall lives in a small village in Siberia. Her parents are poor; they live in a tiny little house that her father has been adding on additional room so that his children may have rooms of their own. However work has stalled on that as he is barely making enough money to make ends meet as it is.
Her shy, sweet demeanor and lustrous child-like beauty get her a contract with Ashley and her Russian boss Tigram. Tigram sees himself as a kind of savior for these young girls, taking them out of bad situations and giving them fame and fortune. Of course, he gets a cut of both but that's a small price to pay isn't it?
Nadya sets out for Tokyo and things turn into a nightmare from there. Nobody from the agency meets Nadya at the airport; she is lost, not knowing where to go or what to do and doesn't speak any other language than Russian; tearfully she begs the filmmakers to translate to English to the Japanese clerks to find out information as to where she can find the apartment she's supposed to stay at.
Eventually things sort themselves out and she is set up in a tiny little apartment that looks to be the size of a walk-in closet. She has a roommate, Madlen, who is supposed to share the space with her – and it's not a lot of space, let's face it.
Japanese law requires her to have two paying jobs in order to remain in the country for the full length of the visa. She is sent to try-out after try-out, to shoot after shoot with no sales forthcoming. The two are made to realize that if their measurements increase even by a centimeter they will be sent packing and not paid; in fact, because of the cost of their apartment and their airfare, they will be deep in debt to the agency.
Homesickness, the psychological wear and tear of not being wanted and the general indifference of those who are supposed to be watching over them take their toll. Madlen, who at last has a credit card from her family that allows her to purchase food, eats her way back home on purpose leaving Nadya alone in a country that she doesn't understand – and at 13 years old, is she really equipped to handle this situation?
This is absolutely riveting stuff. There are no real regulatory agencies that watch over these girls. 13 and 14 year old girls are encouraged to lie about their ages and are sent to Japan and other countries unsupervised and essentially thrown out into the waters to sink or swim – and they mostly sink. There is a good deal of hypocrisy – Arbaugh tells her next set of girls airily that everyone makes money in Japan after we've just clearly seen two girls who returned home deeply in debt, and we are given the impression that it isn't all that uncommon. Everybody gets paid but the models.
This isn't just exploitation, it's white slavery. There needs to be an industry watchdog to ensure that these girls get proper supervision, understand what it is they're getting into and have some regulatory power to watch that the girls aren't exploited. Unfortunately, as Arbaugh herself says late in the film, it isn't much of a step to go from modeling to prostitution. After all, both are instances of a woman selling her body.
I didn't expect that there was a story here that I'd be hooked by. Fashion interests me not in the least and I'd always had the perception that models are mostly self-absorbed divas who had a very easy life that required very little work on their part. After all, how hard can looking beautiful be?
Obviously, being a guy makes me completely dumb and uneducated as to how hard work it is for women to look beautiful, models or no so perhaps I can be forgiven for my ignorance. However one screening of this documentary is enough to shock my system into understanding that there is exploitation of children going on in this industry – and it needs to be stopped.
REASONS TO GO: Compelling and heartbreaking. Eye-opening look on a shadowy world.
REASONS TO STAY: Pounds its point a little bit too relentlessly. May have benefitted from some follow-up.
FAMILY VALUES: There's some sexuality, some profanity and some adult situations.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Following the making of the film, Arbaugh got a job with Elite Models in New York scouting American girls.
CRITICAL MASS: Not available.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Picture Me
JAPAN LOVERS: Some aspects of the Japanese culture are explored here.
NEXT: Monsieur Lazhar
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robbinsrealm on April 19, 2012 at 9:44 pm said:
Thanks for sharing. After reading your review, I am now interested in seeing this movie.


Childhood injuries are fact of life. In the course of everyday play, children get scraped knees, cuts, and bruises that, though they may cause a few tears, heal fairly quickly. At the same time, there are some injuries that children get that can cause serious damage and have the potential to permanently impact their lives. Accidents resulting in bone fractures are incredibly painful, may require repeated medical procedures, and can result in permanent impairment. If your child has suffered a personal injury resulting in broken bones, as a parent you will want to understand the impacts of their injuries, as well as the types of treatment your child should receive.
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Commitment to Environmental Sustainability Propels Company From 173rd to 51st in One Year
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 20, 2011 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was ranked 51 st among the 500 largest public companies in the U.S. by the Newsweek 2011 Green Rankings published this week, rising 122 places from its 2010 ranking. Newsweek's rankings are derived from evaluation of company performance over three components: Environmental Impact, Environmental Management and Environmental Disclosure.
"This improvement in the Newsweek Green Ranking demonstrates Northrop Grumman's commitment to making significant reductions to our impact on the environment," said Gloria Flach, corporate vice president and president Enterprise Shared Services sector. "We are aligning the management of our operations with environmental sustainability as a core element of our company's culture, an important measure of our performance for our employees, customers and shareholders."
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The Newsweek Green Rankings assess the environmental performance of the largest publicly traded companies in America and around the world. Published annually since 2009, it ranks companies based on their environmental footprint, the company management of that footprint (policies, programs, initiatives), and sustainability communications.
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Lisa Cant is a Canadian model that was discovered at the age of 14 at an Ikea store. She is known for her doll like features and is often compared to Gemma Ward, Heather Marks, Jessica Stam, Lily Cole and Devon Aoki who are known as baby dolls. Her main activities in 2007 include the Hirst Campaign, W, Juicy Couture, Van Cleef & Arpels, Angelo Marani, Tush, Dansk, Mac Cosmetics, Carolina Herrera, Kose Cosmetics, Daks, FQ and You.
Born: 28th December 1984
Lisa Cant has signed with Sutherland Models Toronto, Donna Models Tokyo, Joy Model Management Sao Paulo, Folio Montreal, Photo Genics Los Angeles, Elite Copenhagen, Uno Models Barcelona, and Elite London, d'management group Milan, Marilyn Agency Paris and Trump Management New York.
Work History by Year
In 2002 Lisa Cant made her debut when she walked for Betsey Johnson in New York.
In 2004 Lisa Cant walked for Christian Lacroix, Chanel, Nina Ricci, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana and others, she was on the cover of Vogue Italy for February and March, she walked the spring shows for BCBG Max Azria, Anna Sui, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Helmut Lang, Tuleh and Peter Som in New York and she appeared in an editorial for W.
In 2005 she signed a contract with Chanel cosmetics, she walked the fall shows for Chanel, Anne Valerie Hash and Christian Lacroix in Paris, she was on the cover of Vogue Korea and she appeared in an editorial for Vogue.
In 2006 Lisa Cant became the face of Juicy Couture, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Italy, she walked the fall shows for Alexander McQueen, D&G, Burberry, Nina Ricci and Balenciaga in Milan and Paris, she appeared on the cover of Flair Italy and she was the face for Akris fall ad campaign.
In 2007 she signed a contract with Juicy Couture, she opened the spring show for Sari Gueron in New York and also walked for Chanel, Balenciaga, Miu Miu and Givenchy and she appeared on the cover of Vogue Germany.
In 2008 Lisa Cant renewed her contract with Juicy Couture, she became the face of Carolina Herrera Parfum, she walked the shows in Paris for Christian Dior, Chanel and Givenchy, she opened the fall shows for Sari Gueron and Luisa Beccaria in New York and Milan, she appeared on the cover of Velvet, she walked the fall shows for Christian Dior, Givenchy and Chanel in Paris, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Brazil, she opened the spring show for Sari Gueron in New York and closed for Lela Rose, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Italy and Vogue Spain and was on the cover for Velvet in August.
In 2009 she was part of ad campaigns for Carolina Herrera, Daks, Juicy Couture and Van Cleef & Arpets, she appeared in editorials for American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar Mexico and Latin America, Tush and Vogue Brazil and she was on the cover of Velvet.
In 2010 Lisa Cant appeared in ad campaigns for Juicy Couture, Blanco and Henry Cotton.
In 2011 she appeared in an ad campaign for Juicy Couture.
In 2012 she appeared in editorials for Vogue Mexico, Flair and Harper's Bazaar Singapore and she appeared in ad campaigns for Bloomingdales.
In 2013 she appeared in editorials for Fashion magazine, Allure Russia, Glamour Italia and Glow Magazine.
In 2014 Lisa Cant appeared in an ad campaign for Alice + Olivia, she appeared in an editorial for Elle Germany and was on the covers of Elle Germany and Elle Italia.
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Organizers of the Melbourne Air and Space Show, which in the past has been a beachside attraction, on Tuesday morning will pitch to local officials the idea of having it based at Melbourne International Airport.
The airport staff is cautiously studying the issue but haven't formally made a recommendation one way or the other on giving show organizers the OK to proceed.
The staff have noted some logistical questions have arisen regarding the October show — mainly if hosting the show would require the blessing of the two major airlines that fly into Melbourne International.
This year's air show, held on Oct. 4-5, will feature the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
In the past the show has been held in Cocoa Beach and last year it was held at Paradise Beach Park – Melbourne beachside.
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When Sunny Seo was young, she liked celebrations, but she often did not have the money to dress the way she would have liked to. This year, Seo decided to use her business and her talents to help two local high school students look their best for prom.
Seo came to the United States from Taejon, Korea, when she was 22. She said she spent many years in Dover before moving to Milton, where she lived for six years. She now resides in Long Neck.
Seo and her sister, Honey Wilkerson, who has been sewing for 15 years, work together at Sunny's Cleaners in Lewes, next to the Nassau Post Office and BP gas station on Route 1. The shop is full of light. Hundreds of articles of clothing hang on racks and quilts are piled chest-high, yet every item is packaged, tagged and organized.
"We do everything," Seo said. Seo and Wilkerson specialize in altering dresses for weddings and formal occasions, but the sisters said they could fix just about any garment. Seo said she set up shop in Lewes about three years ago, and she has acquired many loyal customers.
Seo said she is thankful to her loyal customers, especially those who helped her through a recent tragedy. In the midst organizing the prom dress contest on March 17, Seo said, her dog, about to celebrate its 12th birthday, was killed by a car outside of her shop. "I was crying for two weeks," Seo said.
Customers and friends sent cards and best wishes to Seo. "Every card and every word I received made my heart glad to know that I have so many friends there to support me through the hardest of times," she said. One day, a customer brought Seo a puppy.
"She was born on the same day my dog died," Seo said of her new furry companion, Sarah, a Shih Tzu smaller than a football. Sarah stays with Seo at the shop, eagerly greeting customers who walk in.
Seo bought an aqua gown from BCBG outlet in Rehoboth Beach for a Poseidon's Paradise prom at Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown. Seo allowed Summer Kates, a senior at Sussex Tech and winner of the Prom Dress Contest, to pick her own dress. Seo said she paid the bill and provided alterations so the gown fit Kates perfectly.
Kayla Redmon, a senior a Cape Henlopen High School, was the second winner in this year's contest. Seo said Redmon had already purchased a dress, so she provided complimentary alterations. Redmon's mother is a regular client at Sunny's, Seo said.
Seo said she plans to pick one student from each high school every year. She will begin accepting entries for next year's contest in March. On April 30, Seo said, the winners' names will be drawn. Contestants write their name, telephone number and the name of their school on a piece of paper to enter. Seo said she hopes next year to hold the drawings at each school, in front of the students.
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Atmosphere | Mi Vida Loca Tour in Honolulu
Independent hip-hop has always had an enormous following in Hawaii. Knowing this, it was no surprise when Rhymesayers record label mates The Lioness, deS atlas, and Atmosphere performed two capacity filled shows at The Republik in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Lioness (Shaiwna Adams) and deM atlas (Joshua Turner) both grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each rappers set was about thirty minutes each. The Lioness' rapid fire rhymes may have had an extra bounce since she was celebrating her birthday. deM atlaS was a bit more complex. The set was a mixture of rhymes and soulful crooning. atlaS danced across the stage and jumped into the audience which prepped the crowd for Atmosphere.
Atmosphere consists of the hip hop duo Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ producer Ant (Anthony Davis). Formed in 1996 the partners have released nine studio albums and 10 EPs. Without a doubt they are one of the most prolific and popular independent rap duos. Atmosphere have toured relentlessly and have always made Hawaii a tour destination.
Their popularity was evident the second Slug slipped on stage. The packed house went crazy! The crowd was treated to "Jerome" and "Stopwatch" off of the duos most recent album Mi Vida Loca. For the next two hours Atmosphere played a selection of tunes from over the past twenty years. Although it has been twenty years Slug and company performed with a ferocious energy like they were trying to prove themselves for the first time.
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In the end Atmosphere invited The Lioness and deS atlaS onstage to close out the show. The ensemble performed "Drown" and "Trying To Find Balance." The talents displayed in Honolulu demonstrated why the Rhymesayers is considered one of the leading independent hip-hop labels in the business. Beginning April 22nd Atmosphere will bring this ensemble to London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Belin along with other cities throughout Europe. Don't miss them!
Jerome / Stopwatch / Should Have Known / Say Hey There / Abusing The Rib / Fuck You Lucy / Kanye West / God Loves Ugly / Pour Me Another / Sunshine / Reflections / Modern Man's Hustle / Guns and Cigarettes / The Best Day / Puppets / Waitress / Virgo / Little Man / Yesterday / God's Bathroom Floor / Lovelife / Graffiti / E. Always Coming Back Home To You / Drown / Trying To Find A Balance


Brian Potter, vice president of operations for MXI Environmental, unloads some paint brought to the city of Hoover's 2018 Household Hazardous Waste Day in the parking lot at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.
It's time for spring cleaning again, and the city of Hoover is gearing up for its 21st annual Household Hazardous Waste Day.
The event, scheduled for April 13 in the parking lot at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, gives people a chance to properly dispose of hazardous household items that shouldn't go in the garbage or landfill.
Examples of items accepted include leftover wet paint, automotive fluids, household cleaners, pesticides, batteries, standard-size tires, electronics, medication, guns and ammunition.
Hoover residents can bring their hazardous items to the stadium parking lot between 8 a.m. and noon, but they must be prepared to show a valid driver's license or photo ID with a Hoover address because the event is open only to city residents. Items will not be accepted from businesses, said Robin Mangino, the administrative services supervisor for the Hoover Public Works and Park Maintenance Department.
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That included enough paint and paint-related materials to fill 160 3-yard boxes and 19 pallets, city records show. Workers also collected 76 55-gallon drums of pesticides, nine 55-gallon drums of flammable liquids and solids, eight 55-gallon drums of antifreeze, nine 55-gallon drums and six 5-gallon containers of household batteries and 70 55-gallon drums of other hazardous materials.
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Q: How to Track the Current Column Name and Sort Direction In WPF MVVM DataGrid I need to track the Current Column Name and Sort Direction In WPF MVVM DataGrid. I know how to do it in code behind. Plase see the code as follows:
private void columnHeader_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
   {

            var columnHeader = sender as DataGridColumnHeader;

            if (columnHeader != null)
            {

                columnName = ((DataGridColumnHeader)sender).Content.ToString();

                ListSortDirection sortDirection = (((DataGridColumnHeader)sender).SortDirection != ListSortDirection.Ascending) ?
                                ListSortDirection.Ascending : ListSortDirection.Descending;
                txb1.Text = columnName;
                txb2.Text = sortDirection.ToString();
             }
      }

However, I am blocked in MVVM. In the View Model, I wrote codes in method sort() in SortCommand, but they did not work. I would appreciate if any one can help. Below are three files.
1) Xaml
<Window x:Class="SortSampleMVVM1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
        xmlns:se="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity.Core;assembly=Microsoft.Expression.Interactions"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">

    <Grid>
    <DataGrid x:Name="Test"
                ItemsSource="{Binding}"
                AutoGenerateColumns="False" >
                <DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>
                    <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridColumnHeader}">
                        <Setter Property="Command"
                                Value="{Binding SortCommand}"/>
                        <Setter Property="CommandParameter"
                               Value="{Binding Path=Content, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"/>
                        <Style.Triggers>

                            <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True">
                                <Setter Property="Background" Value="Red" />
                            </Trigger>
                        </Style.Triggers>
                    </Style>
            </DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>

        <DataGrid Name="dataGrid1" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding ViewSource.View}" >

            <DataGrid.Columns>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="ID" Binding="{Binding ID }"
             SortDirection="Descending" />
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="firstName" Binding="{Binding firstName}"/>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="lastName" Binding="{Binding lastName}"/>
            </DataGrid.Columns>
        </DataGrid>
        <Label Content="Column Name" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="100,166,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
        <TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="250,169,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Name="txb1" Text="{Binding ColumnName}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="150"  />
        <Label Content="Sorting direction" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="100,229,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
        <TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="250,232,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap"  Name="txb2" Text="{Binding SortDirection}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="150" />
        <Button Content="Refresh" Name="btnRefresh1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="140,273,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Command="{Binding Refresh1Command}" />
        <Button Content="Refresh Keep Sort" Name="btnRefresh2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="282,273,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="125" Command="{Binding Refresh2Command}" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

2) Code behind
    using System.Windows;**strong text**
    using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
    using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace SortSampleMVVM1
{

    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = new SortViewModel();
        }

    }
}

3) View Model
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

namespace SortSampleMVVM1
{
class SortViewModel: INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public CollectionViewSource ViewSource { get; set; }
    public ObservableCollection<MyData> Collection {get; set;}

    private string _columnName;
    private ListSortDirection _sortDirection;
    private ICommand _sortCommand;
    private ICommand _refresh1Command;
    private ICommand _refresh2Command;

    public SortViewModel ()
    {
        this.Collection = new ObservableCollection<MyData>();
        Collection.Add(new MyData(1, "David", "Lee"));
        Collection.Add(new MyData(2, "John", "kim"));
        Collection.Add(new MyData(3, "Michael", "Wadsworth"));
        Collection.Add(new MyData(4, "Chris", "Smith"));
        Collection.Add(new MyData(5, "Peter", "Chen"));
        Collection.Add(new MyData(6, "Jonas", "Zhang"));

        this.ViewSource = new CollectionViewSource();
        ViewSource.Source = this.Collection;
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public string ColumnName
    {
        get { return _columnName; }
        set
        {
            _columnName = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("ColumnName");
        }
    }

    public ListSortDirection SortDirection
     {
        get { return _sortDirection; }
        set
        {
            _sortDirection = value;
             OnPropertyChanged("SortDirection");
        }
    }

    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this,
                 new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }

    #region SortCommand
     public ICommand SortCommand
     {
        get
        {
            if (_sortCommand == null)
            {
                _sortCommand = new RelayCommand(param => this.sort(),
                    null);
            }
            return _sortCommand;
        }
    }

    private void sort()
    {
        //var columnHeader = (object)sender as DataGridColumnHeader;

        //if (columnHeader != null)
         //{

        //    _columnName = ViewSource.GetValuecolumnName   ((DataGridColumnHeader)sender).Content.ToString();
        //    ListSortDirection sortDirection = (((DataGridColumnHeader)sender).SortDirection != ListSortDirection.Ascending) ?
        //                    ListSortDirection.Ascending : ListSortDirection.Descending;

        //}
}
    #endregion

    #region Refresh1Command
        public ICommand Refresh1Command
        {
            get
            {
                if (_refresh1Command == null)
                {
                    _refresh1Command = new RelayCommand(param => this.Refresh1(),
                    null);
                 }
                return _refresh1Command;
             }
        }

        private void Refresh1()
        {
             ViewSource.SortDescriptions.Clear();
            _columnName = "firstName";
             _sortDirection = ListSortDirection.Descending;
            ViewSource.SortDescriptions.Add(new SortDescription(_columnName, _sortDirection));
            ViewSource.View.Refresh();
        }
        #endregion

        #region Refresh2Command
        public ICommand Refresh2Command
        {
            get
             {
                if (_refresh2Command == null)
                {
                    _refresh2Command = new RelayCommand(param => this.Refresh2(),
                    null);
                }
                return _refresh2Command;
            }
        }

        private void Refresh2()
        {
            ViewSource.SortDescriptions.Clear();
            ViewSource.SortDescriptions.Add(new SortDescription(_columnName, _sortDirection));
            ViewSource.View.Refresh();
        }
         #endregion

    }
}

A: You can use following styling to get the column header.

            <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridColumnHeader}">

                <Setter Property="Command"
                        Value="{Binding DataContext.MyCommand}"/>
                <Setter Property="CommandParameter"
                        Value="{Binding Path=Content, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"/>

                <Style.Triggers>

                    <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True">

                    </Trigger>

                </Style.Triggers>

            </Style>

        </DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>

You have to create the Command 'MyCommand' in your view model. then as the parameter of your execute method you will get column header name.

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Q: How do I call the keyboard to show up or hide? I want to show the keyboard up using an Activator Listener (if the phone gets shaken)
How do I call the keyboard using a command?

A: UIView* view = ...;
[view becomeFirstResponder];

or if that fails you could try:
[view performSelector:@selector(becomeFirstResponder) withObject:nil afterDelay:0];

If you're interested in getting different types of keyboards, you could do something like this beforehand:
UItextField* textField = ...;
[textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad];


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Luxury, the trend that's always in fashion
Luxury Closet company profile
Once confined to local high streets, the pre-loved luxury goods market has expanded to a global stage, thanks to e-commerce know-how and the right partners.
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The Luxury Closet business plan
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"They want to be able to sell this off just to get more space and find something else."
Classic design is one reason why the luxury second-hand Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) market is growing so fast. According to the Thred-Up report for 2017, resale fashion is now worth US$18bn and a third of women say they are happy to buy pre-owned apparel.
A new business for classic design
Fashion is only one area for The Luxury Closet. The biggest sellers are from the accessories category: "If you look at the handbag range, a vast majority has stayed the same for many, many years. The Louis Vuitton Speedy was first designed in 1940 for Audrey Hepburn. There was one small change in the shape and since then it has stayed exactly the same for many decades. That's what makes the model work."
Kunal set up the new business in 2012 in Dubai after a chance phone conversation with a friend. "Why can you buy a used BMW at 50% off but why can't you buy a Louis Vuitton at 50% off? Why can you sell a car and why can't you sell a bag?"
Dealing with the issues and challenges
Originally from India, Kunal learned the basics in his family's footwear company before business school and a spell with Louis Vuitton led him to launch his first registered company. "The core of the model is having the expertise. The biggest challenge is to work out how to get from one brand to multiple brands – and then multiple categories. In the beginning, you would get a new bag and you'd have to spend hours on research. Then we started to get in the talent and the business accelerated. We had someone who worked with Dior, Gucci, then someone who had been in the watch industry – then jewelry. Today, we have about 18,000 products online and another three and a half to four thousand more every month."
Growing from startup to medium-sized business
The move from ambitious startup to thriving SME requires a change of thinking though, which was front of mind for Kunal in his planning. "When the company becomes larger, there's a lot of process to manage. The most basic is a team rhythm so we have a weekly, closed-door meeting – the entire top management and the advisor team inside a room for a few hours every week. We schedule an hour but it can be five minutes: "Everything's good, everything's on track – let's go."
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So, how does a growing business acquire the skills required to progress? Kunal's answer was surprising: "YouTube. We gather people in meetings and we go over topics and almost always there is a resource from YouTube. You want to look inside a competitor's warehouse? YouTube. You want to learn how to do photography? There's a Farfetch review. There are lots of resources there."
Kunal admits that not everything can be learned online: "Sometimes, you just have to throw yourself into it. The best way to learn to be a general manager is to be a general manager … I don't think I have ever headed into a week not knowing the three must-dos for the week – or for the day – or gone to sleep not knowing my calendar for the next day – or the week."
Kunal also has some sound advice, based on experience learned the hard way, about setting up for the future. "For every single key role, try to hire for a few years down the line – you see how fast people will grow. For every process, and technology as well, when you're building it, think a year, two years down the line – think of the scale. "We started with a Wordpress website we kind of relied on and it was completely not scalable. Everything we had done from 2013 to 2015, we threw away and started again."
Go fishing in a big pond
So, having built The Luxury Closet into a multi-million dollar business in a little over five years, what advice would he give to others starting on the road to launching their own SME? "A critical mistake is starting a model where there is a small market. Dubai has become a very exciting place to start a company – with the eco-system for small businesses to start and grow. Dubai has the highest per capita spend on luxury items in the world. People buy higher-end things, so they're more special, and they buy more things on average so need to have a bigger wardrobe. The other two markets are the United States and Saudi Arabia."
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