Thekua is a Bihari deep fried cookie that has spread to eastern UP too. And since I have lived in Banaras and have spent some time in Jharkhand too, I can say it with some authority that no one makes better thekua than Biharis. Many Banarasi families also make great thekua but the crumbly texture is what every Bihari cook excels in achieving. Others make it like a cookie.
I used to make thekua too but that wasn't something that you would remember for long. It was like any other deep fried pastry that tastes sweet and good. But after spending a few years in Jharkhand when I tasted the thekua that used to be made at Chhath (a festival worshiping Sun God) I knew I had to learn it from my neighbors. There is a technique of making thekua that I didn't know till then.
The perfect thekua, often called as khajoor should be cracked at the margins, crisp on the outside and softer and crumbly inside. The sugar crystals caramelize on the outside giving it a nice sheen. Arvind used to like it so much that I had to learn to make this desi cookie.
Some people make it with all purpose flour or maida but I prefer making it with whole wheat flour and desi ghee. It is so much more tasty this way, all the old fashined cooks make their thekua with whole wheta flour and ghee, some of them even use jaggery instead of sugar. I will share the jaggery thekua too sometime soon.
This time I made a fried version as well as a baked version. The deep fried one was crisp and perfect but the baked one was a bit chewy but I liked it as the taste was the same (for almost 80% less ghee than the fried version).
The fried ones keep well in an airtight container for about a month but the baked ones become harder after 2 weeks. So consume the the baked thekua within 2 weeks at the most.
Follow the instructions carefully about kneading the dough. It is crucial in making of the perfect textured thekua.
Mix the first four ingredients well, rubbing it between your fingers so that it resembles like fine breadcrumbs.
Heat ghee for frying in a wide kadhai or pan.
Now scoop out a part of the mixture (enough to make a batch of 8-10 thekuas) and sprinkle milk on it and mix so that it starts binding when pressed in your fist. It should not become like a dough, just enough moist to make marble sized balls from the mixture. This allows cracking of the surface, making crisp thekua or khajurs when deep fired at low temperature.
Now flatten each ball with your palms and press with a fork twice at right angles to make a mesh design. There is a traditional wooden stamp to carve designs on thekuas but I don't have them.
Drop this first batch of thekuas in the medium hot ghee and fry on lowest flame turning in between to allow even browning. A nice aroma comes when it gets cooked and also the cracks appear on the surface.
It takes about 20 minutes for one batch if you have made small thekuas, the cooking time depends on how big and thick the thekuas are. Making them smaller is better if thekua is new for you. The cooked thekuas remain a bit spongy to touch but get firm once cold.
Drain from ghee and let it cool. Repeat with the mixture for another batch till you make all of them. Cool and keep in an airtight container.
These are the fried thekuas..
For the baked version I arranged the shaped thekuas on a ceramic plate smeared with ghee and baked in the grill option of my microwave for 30 minutes on one side and the 20 minutes on the other side Timing can be adjusted according to the thickness of khajoors.
Here are the baked thekuas..
One thing to note, the UP version of thekua has become more rich with lot of nuts added but real thekua only has coconut bits. The UP version is often called as Khajur and some people make the khajur in elongated shape just like dates (khajur or chhuara) with a stuffing of coconut and raisins in it. I will try and share that version too some day.
The thekua or khajur used to be the best food for journey in older days. People used to carry dabbas of thekua and laal mirch ka bharva achar for long journeys and this used to become a snack or meal as and when required. Imagine the sweet thekua smeared with laal mirch ka achar, it was a deadly combination. Just like matthi and aam ka achar, that was another classic journey food.
People used to add loads of nuts and raisins to the thekua when it was made for journeys. I now understand it was a way to pack nourishment in small condensed doses.
for sweetness instead of sugar is it possible to use gud(mollases)?
Yes Shaikh...this thekua can be made with jaggery too . Gid will be good but the liquid molasses will make the thekua hard. Stick to crumbled gud and take all the precaution to keep the dough crumbly too....it will be perfect.
I have pictures of gud ka thekua too and will post them as soon as possible.
You have an awesome blog out here... Tried ur mutton stew and it was outta the world... Hats off buddy!!!


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Killing the Electron processes seems to erase every trace of the error and the program starts up fine after that.
As the time of this writing, Prepros is at version 5.10.2. The developer wrote he will try to fix this problem in version 6, which is in beta right now. He even made an invite system to test the beta version and help him ironing out the bugs. You can register for the beta easily with an email address.


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The project will test the deployment of super-fast broadband at a time when the UK Government, communications regulator Ofcom and telecoms industry, are deciding how best to upgrade the UK's broadband network.
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Kirk Schmaltz is now passing the baton after 40 years of teaching. Schmaltz has spent 35 years of his life teaching at Ames High. And while he modestly claims that he was at the right place at the right time, his achievements say different.
Boasting an impressive amount of time coaching sports, Schmaltz has spent 35 years as head coach of the Girls Cross Country team, coached wrestling for 15 years, softball for 10 years and was also the assistant coach on the track team from 1983 to 2002. Schmaltz then became the head coach from 2002 to 2017.
Schmaltz has taught physical science, health and biology but said he has enjoyed teaching biology the most. He describes his intimate relationship with biology: "I was a biology major. And while I enjoyed all of my teaching experiences, biology was my first love." Besides coaching, Schmaltz has also been very active in his students' education.
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From the Field: Reaching Across Disciplines to Understand a Landscape's Performance and Impact
By Sarah Hanson, MLA Candidate, Illinois Institute of Technology
Landscape architecture bridges gaps between numerous disciplines. It brings together design, science and ecology, engineering, and social sciences to develop living spaces meant for human and animal habitation. This year through LAF's Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, our Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) team collaborated with a wide range of professionals to understand the environmental, economic and social impacts of Palmisano Park in Chicago, Illinois.
Situated in the historically industrial neighborhood of Bridgeport on Chicago's south side, Palmisano Park, or Stearns Quarry, as it's informally called, was once a limestone quarry and then a landfill. Today, it is a park that over 90% of survey respondents classified as "unique" among Chicago parks due to its native prairie and wetland planting, over a 33-foot hill (a rare thing in Chicago!) and an exposed quarry wall, which lines the edge of a fishing pond.
As a student of design with a background in sculpture, the technical aspects of landscape architecture and landscape performance initially seemed foreign but were nonetheless intriguing. Participating in the CSI research, especially through the Palmisano Park study, I have had the opportunity to reach out to professionals in unfamiliar fields. The development of these partnerships has allowed what were once distant concepts to become familiar to me, all the while providing insight into the performance of the site.
Working with the Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo, we installed a camera to monitor wildlife throughout Palmisano Park. While limited images were captured, starting a discussion with this group lead to a new partnership which raised UWI's awareness of this native-planted park as well as our awareness of their ongoing urban wildlife research. We hope that Palmisano can become a long-term addition to UWI's study of wildlife patterns within the city, as anecdotal sightings of fox, coyote, owls, and cranes have been noted on several occasions. Additionally, my future design studies can utilize UWI's research.
Through conversations with and training from engineers, we performed water quality testing on-site, an activity with which the research team had little prior experience. WESTON Solutions, the project engineer, offered initial consultation on ways to test the wetland treatment cells' water quality, something neither modeled nor conducted during site design and construction. Following up with an IIT Armour College of Engineering professor and student, we received lab training and assistance in testing for dissolved oxygen and TSS (total suspended solids). Learning new methods provided an opportunity to dig deeper into performance-based thinking to understand how landscape design effects these environmental systems.
Attending an advisory council meeting for the park and visiting the site frequently revealed a wealth of information about the site's history, its impact on residents' daily life, and its educational component. The Palmisano Park Advisory Council President, Maureen Sullivan, also the founder of the Bridgeport Business Association, has been an important advocate for the park since its opening. She has helped to organize stewardship days, including the annual spring Clean and Green Day, in which over 100 volunteers participate. As a lifelong resident of the community and co-author of the book, Bridgeport(Images of America), she provided an oral history of the neighborhood and the park's recent importance within it by turning unusable space into a place of community gathering.
Conducting on-site surveys during a musical performance for Chicago Park District's "Night Out in the Park" sparked conversations that praised the park for giving the neighborhood a place for all community members to enjoy. In addition to forming professional partnerships, a relationship was formed between Palmisano and the adjacent McGuane Park, which features athletic fields, a playground, and an indoor recreation center. This collaboration was furthered this summer through the construction of a children's learning garden highlighting native plants of Palmisano, and the development of a booklet for self-guided plant identification tours of the park.
It is gratifying and rewarding not only to forge our own partnerships as a result of CSI but to know that the park has been the catalyst for many community-based activities and new neighborhood relationships. The case study research has recorded environmental, economic, and social benefits that carry on with or without acknowledgment, but which further our understanding of the landscape's performance.
Research Fellow Mary Pat Mattson and student Research Assistant Sarah Hanson are participating in LAF's 2014 Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. They are working to evaluate and document the performance of three exemplary landscape projects in the Chicago area. Any opinions expressed in this article belong solely to the author. Their inclusion in this article does not reflect endorsement by LAF.
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Mary McDonnell is an American actress best known for her role as President Laura Roslin in the reimagined sci-fi television series Battlestar Galactica.
McDonnell was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in Ithaca, New York. After graduating from the State University of New York at Fredonia, she attended drama school and joined the East Coast's prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company, with whom she worked for over 20 years.
She won an Obie in 1980 for her work in the play Still Life.
On Broadway, she has performed in productions of Execution of Justice, The Heidi Chronicles, and Summer and Smoke.
After more than 21 years of theatre and television work, McDonnell made her film breakthrough in 1990 as "Stands With A Fist", a European-American raised by Sioux Indians, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves.
She received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
McDonnell's role in Passion Fish (1992) brought her another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Her other notable films include Grand Canyon (1991), Sneakers (1992), Independence Day (1996), and Donnie Darko (2001).
On television, McDonnell had her first regular role in 1980 on the soap opera As the World Turns. She starred in 1984 on the short-lived medical sitcom E/R, alongside Elliott Gould and George Clooney.
Coincidentally, she guest-starred in 2001 on the medical series of the same name, ER, which also featured Clooney. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her five-episode role on the show as Eleanor Carter, the mother of Dr. John Carter.
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Her underlip protruded a little; she had a way of sucking it in that somebody else had told her was awfully fascinating.
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It's still unclear whether the university will meet the 2020 sustainability target
By Ana Cristina Camacho	 October 23, 2019 in News
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The reductions in greenhouse emissions reported by the University of Saskatchewan in recent years have not been a result of actions undertaken by the university, but rather of outside forces.
With an upcoming deadline, the university has discussed plans for direct action.
In 2012, the University of Saskatchewan set a target in its Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 20 per cent below the 2006-07 rates by 2020. This is part of the university's commitments as a signatory to the University and College Presidents' Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada.
As of 2016, the university had decreased its emissions by a modest 1.1 per cent. With less than one year left until the 2020 deadline, the university has produced no further reports regarding their greenhouse gas emissions, leaving the 1.1 per cent reduction as their most recent update.
The lack of updated information on the subject has been a topic of conversation since earlier in the year when council member Claire Card brought up the outdated sustainability data during the January University Council meeting. In response,
U of S President Peter Stoicheff said that the university "[expects] the reductions to be greater as [they] get more up to date data."
At that meeting, Stoicheff also said that the 2016 information would be updated in a couple of months in reference to the university's plans to release an updated Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report by early 2019. This update has not been released as of yet and the university did not respond to the Sheaf's request for information in time for this article.
In the 2016 report, the greatest contributing factor for the 1.1 per cent reduction was not tied to the university's actions but rather due to SaskPower's use of cleaner energy, which factors into the university's count. The other major factor for the reductions was the warmer winter weather, which resulted in less energy use to heat university buildings.
The university is reportedly planning to take direct action to meet their sustainability target. Some of their plans for the future were discussed at the January and February council meetings, though not much is known about them at the moment. These initiatives include a general "redoubling [of] efforts" by the President's Sustainability Council and the creation of a sustainability position in the university administration.
The biggest initiative being researched is a $40-million cogenerational plant expected to reduce carbon emissions by 40,000 tons of CO² yearly, which the university is hoping to finance partly through a federal grant.
Among the sustainability developments that have been communicated to the public recently, the university received more than $1.5 million in federal funding in March to support a project to improve the energy efficiency of U of S buildings. The project is set to be completed by 2022 and is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 4,000 tonnes per year by 2030.
Energy use in buildings is likely a key area for the university to tackle as they near the deadline for their 2012 Climate Action Plan, as opposed to building new infrastructure. This is mentioned in the U of S 2017 Annual Sustainability Report.
"In general, very little has changed in the university's greenhouse gas emissions profile over the past few years. While our new buildings are more efficient … increased floor space, equipment, electricity usage and research intensity has offset any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions," the report reads.
"In short, building new green buildings is not enough to outweigh the emissions created by growing electricity use."
Kevin Hudson, energy and emissions officer in the Office of Sustainability, echoes this idea in a university release about this year's Campus Sustainability Week, taking place at the U of S from Oct. 15 to 18.
"More than 85 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions are directly related to energy consumption in buildings," Hudson said. "If the university wants to reduce its emissions, there is no target more worthwhile than reducing energy use in our buildings..
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August 2004 - Twenty years after his death, the genius of Tommy Cooper has been recognised with a Reader's Digest poll naming him the funniest British comedian of all time. Beating off competition from more recent performers such as Peter Kay and Billy Connolly - second and third respectively - Tommy notched up an impressive 10 per cent of the votes.
Tommy finished top of a league of other comic giants such as Morecambe and Wise (4th), Bob Monkhouse (5th) and Liverpools very own Ken Dodd (6th) - Although one of Tommys heroes, Stan Laurel, was voted in at the absolutely unbelievable position of twenty-nine!!
Top 30 Funniest Brits
1. Tommy Cooper
2. Peter Kay
3. Billy Connolly
4. Morecambe and Wise
5. Bob Monkhouse
6. Ken Dodd
7. Roy 'Chubby' Brown
8. = Norman Wisdom
8. = Les Dawson
10. Lee Evans
11. = David Jason
11. = Dawn French
13. = Jim Davidson
13. = Rowan Atkinson
15. Benny Hill
16. Jasper Carrott
17. Lenny Henry
18. Spike Milligan
19. John Cleese
20. = Eddie Izzard
20. = Freddie Starr
21. = Victoria Wood
21. = Frankie Howerd
23. = Tony Hancock
23. = Ricky Gervais
25. Charlie Chaplin
26. Graham Norton
27. = Frank Skinner
27. = Jo Brand
29. = Bernard Manning
29. = Stan Laurel
Simon Hemelryk of Reader's Digest, which conducted the poll for its September issue said, 'Comedy fashions come and go - but as far as the British public is concerned, you obviously can't beat Tommy Cooper's classic one-liners. For him to still be so popular, even among younger voters who were kids when he died, is incredible.''
Two decades after his death, Tommy is still seen by young and old as the man who has made us laugh the most.
Tommy topped the poll among the over-55s, claiming 14 per cent of the votes, but even the under-35s placed him fifth.
Fellow stand-up comedian Bernard Manning gives his opinion on what makes Tommy so popular:
Have you heard the one about two aerials who meet on a roof, fall in love and get married? The ceremony was brilliant but the reception was rubbish.
What do you give a cannibal who is late for dinner? The cold shoulder.
These were the sort of gags that made Tommy Cooper so loved by the British public. Indeed, exactly 20 years after his death, he has been voted the funniest-ever comic in a Reader's Digest poll.
I might disagree with some of the other views in this survey: why were so many great names ignored, such as Tony Hancock, The Two Ronnies and Peter Cook? And I cannot understand the inclusion of so-called 'alternative' stars such as Eddie Izzard, who is about as funny as a hole in a rubber dinghy, or Dawn French, who goes on regular campaigning jaunts with hubby Lenny Henry to Africa to show the locals how to survive on ten square meals a day.
But I cannot dispute the decision to put Tommy Cooper at number one. He was a unique talent, with a natural gift for making people laugh. He could reduce a room to hysteria simply by standing up. With his 6ft 4in figure and size 13 feet, he was physically hilarious. He had a comedian's face, with wild, incomprehending eyes and mobile jaw.
His famous Egyptian fez only added to the innate humour of his look. But none of this would have mattered without his unparalled comic ability. He had the two great skills that cannot be taught: timing and rapport with the punters. From anyone else, many of his one-liners might have seemed childishly simple, such as this one: 'My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. He was pulled in by a strong currant,' or: 'I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but couldn't find any.' But when invested with Tommy's brilliant delivery and instinctive understanding of his audience, they suddenly became brilliant comic gems.
I saw Tommy work all over the country, from northern clubs to West End theatres, and never once did he fail to have the crowd in his hands the moment he appeared on stage.
Sometimes people were laughing before he had even opened his mouth. His spontaneity was infectious. And the way he always made such a deliberate hash of his magic tricks only added to the electricity of his performances.
Tommy was a bright man, who never patronised his audience. With his intelligence he was in the tradition of the great American comics like George Burns or Jack Benny.
I remember on one occasion he was honoured by the Variety Club with a lunch to celebrate more than 30 years in showbusiness. There were about 400 guests and just as he stood to speak, every one of them donned an Egyptian fez. Right on cue, Tommy pulled out a battered fisherman's hat from his pocket and plonked it on his head. The whole room, of course, dissolved with laughter.
Another part of his appeal was his classlessness: he was as popular with the Royal Family as he was on the workingmen's club circuit. He once made the Queen grin by having the cheek to ask for her Cup Final tickets.
Unlike many of today's so-called sophisticated performers, he did not go in for political satire or topical gags. That is another reason why his humour is so timeless and his popularity remains undimmed.
He was so superstitious that once, when playing Robin Hood in a TV sketch, he refused to wear the traditional green, considering it unlucky, and instead turned up in pink.
Only too aware that their success can disappear overnight, comedians become edgy, lacking faith in their own ability. Tommy's own daughter once said: 'Dad's great worry was whether he was actually funny enough.'
Like actors, many comedians are drawn to performing in public precisely because they are insecure people, constantly needing the assurance applause provides.
'I joined a golf club last week. It keeps coming apart,' was one of Tommy's gags. The punchline of that joke is apt for so many of the lives of our great comic stars.
All too few of them inhabit the real world, partly because comedy drags them to the extremes of imagination. Their sense of absurdity and drama can make them hilariously funny and also dangerously unhinged.
Even the most straightforward gag can depend on the suspension of reality, like this from Tommy: 'Police arrested two kids yesterday. One was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.'
Tommy's comedy was a bizarre place where normality did not intrude. That is what made him so funny and insecure. As the late Bob Monkhouse put it: 'Nothing affected the lunatic world in which Tom lived.'
Adapted from an interview that Bernard gave to the Daily Mail newspaper
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'Designated Survivor' Makes Debut With Solid Ratings
Kaitlan Collins Contributor
September 23, 2016 10:56 AM ET
"Designated Survivor" produced strong ratings when it made its television debut this week.
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The new series — starring Kiefer Sutherland — is about a man who is secretary of housing and urban development and therefore 12th in the line of succession, but becomes president when disaster wipes out the Capitol during the State of the Union.
[dcquiz] According to Nielsen overnight ratings, the drama averaged a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49 with 10 million total viewers.
Those numbers could be in part because of the show's massive marketing campaign. In recent weeks, you couldn't turn on a television without seeing a commercial for "Designated Survivor."
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As far as total viewers go, "Designated Survivor" scored ABC's highest ratings in the time slot with scripted programming in five years, according to Deadline.
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Michael C. O'Donovan is a Scottish psychiatric geneticist who researches the genetics of schizophrenia. He is a clinical professor in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences and the deputy director of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at the Cardiff University School of Medicine in Cardiff, Wales. He also leads the Schizophrenia Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Educated at Glasgow University, he also serves as Academic Psychiatry Lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales. He was lead author of a 2014 study in Nature which identified over 100 genetic loci associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. The study, the largest of its kind undertaken at the time, was covered extensively in the media. It was also praised by Thomas Insel, the then-director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who described the study as "a big step forward".

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Over recent weeks, some staff have written to vice-chancellors, urging them to reject the university deregulation measures advocated by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne. Public universities, they argue, should not be left to the "vagaries of the market". I disagree and would like to explain why.
The idea of a public university is worth defending. The term suggests commitment to merit-based and equitable entry. A public university means a curriculum that emphasises intellectual inquiry regardless of the course chosen. It indicates staff, facilities and services to support student learning, and campus life to encourage exploration and growth. A public university is home to academic freedom in thought, teaching and research, with governance that ensures academic oversight of academic matters.
Australian public universities meet these tests. What they lack is adequate public funding.
A generation ago, public universities received almost all their income from Canberra. This changed from 1989. Within a decade, public universities were raising most of their income. Today, direct Commonwealth recurrent funds cover just 23% of the running costs of the University of Melbourne.
Like other Australian public universities, the University of Melbourne relies on student fees, competitive research grants, commercial activity and philanthropy to pay its staff, keep open the libraries and support student life.
So, if majority Commonwealth funding is a defining characteristic, there is no "public" university in Australia.
Australia shares this trend with other nations. Direct public funding at Oxford in 2013-14 met just 16% of running costs. The University of California, Berkeley, receives less than 15% of its income from base funding. Yet Oxford and Berkeley retain the goals, ethos and culture of public universities – as do their Australian counterparts.
As overall enrolments in tertiary education rise, governments invest less per student. For Australia the high point of university funding, measured as government spending on each student, was 1975-76. A 40-year decline has followed, with two recent federal reports confirming Australian public universities are underfunded for key teaching responsibilities.
This change reflects the reality of participation. When Australia supported free tertiary places – from 1974 to 1989 – only a small percentage of young people went to university. This changed in the 1980s as school completion rates rose and more jobs required tertiary qualifications. Faced with continued budget increases to fund tertiary expansion, the Hawke government introduced student contributions, encouraged fee-paying international students and began the reductions in per student funding that continue 25 years later.
This decline in funding was not inevitable, but stronger demand for places has made governments less willing to fund the full costs. Creating new places is expensive. Recent regulatory impact statement figures suggest projected student growth in Australia will cost an additional A$7.6 billion in the next few years. It is disappointing, but perhaps not surprising, that governments baulk when facing such sums.
For those who see tertiary education as central to personal opportunity and community well-being, tax increases to fund system expansion are more than justified. A great public purpose requires adequate public funding. Alas, not all share this view.
Some who are against fee deregulation propose a broad community debate about the nature and funding of Australia's public universities. It is a worthy aspiration, but the record is not encouraging.
I have watched many intelligent and committed vice-chancellors, along with generations of talented student leaders, present the case for national investment in higher education. There is little evidence that all those speeches and media appearances, reviews and debates, detailed presentations and tearful pleas made much difference. Like student leaders, vice-chancellors work hard for policy influence but prove marginal to the big political choices.
Politicians don't necessarily disagree with the need to fund universities, in public or private. Almost all are graduates who recall with affection their days on campus. But when they go out in the electorate, the plight of universities is on no-one's lips.
Politicians are skilled in reading the public mood. They know the electorate is focused on other issues. People rarely rate tertiary funding as a pressing issue compared with hospitals, schools or border security.
Let me offer an example. During my term as chair of Universities Australia from 2011, vice-chancellors around the nation agreed to fund a sustained professional campaign for increased public funding. We began by commissioning research to understand public attitudes. This confirmed that Australians value access to tertiary education – nearly 90% of parents hope their children will consider university study.
Yet focus groups suggested little willingness to consider tax increases. Many felt that university funding was already reasonable, or even too high. Some believe that tertiary students hold a ticket to privilege and higher salaries. In their view, universities and their students hold little claim on further public contribution. The research revealed what politicians already knew.
Undaunted, Universities Australia carefully framed the planned campaign, employing one of the nation's most skilled political advertising firms to hone the message. The tone was positive – Australia's public universities do a great job, but national investment is too modest for the nation to remain competitive. Across the country, vice-chancellors reinforced the campaign with local messages, explaining to city and regional audiences the importance of vibrant tertiary education – promoting exactly the broad public debate you recommend.
We soon learnt a tough political lesson. Despite the campaign promoting the contribution of universities, the Commonwealth government announced two swift cuts to the sector – to research investment in the 2012-13 MYEFO statement, and then more broadly to student and university funding in April 2013.
It is an old message. At different times, all recent governments have cut university funding per student in real terms. There is no evidence that any paid a political price for doing so.
When challenged, governments point to growing overall public expenditure on tertiary education. Few point out that enrolments grow even faster, so the resources available to support each student decline. Markets have vagaries, but so does reliance on government.
The public perception remains that public universities are adequately funded. Australia spends proportionally less public money on universities than most OECD countries, yet few outside the sector argue for international standards of investment.
This leads, inevitably, to the question of why vice-chancellors support aspects of an unpopular deregulation agenda.
Start with the status quo. As everyone who works on a campus knows, classes are at times too large; teaching contact hours too few; opportunities limited for extended engagement with industry and community. Fluctuating sources of income mean that universities rely on a large array of casual staff with insecure employment.
The sector has been marked by large-scale redundancies, particularly for professional staff. Research funds are tightening, with less than one grant application in five attracting support from major funding schemes.
The status quo presents similar challenges for students. Student support is insufficient, yet was cut in 2013. HECS remains a vital equity measure, but staying alive through years of study can be hard.
There are few cheaper university alternatives. Since current regulation imposes uniform fees (with some marginal discretion, nowhere exercised), it costs the same to go to any public university in Australia.
This is the unhappy reality of relying on government to fund higher education. These are not the elements of a sustainable system. And if no policy settings change, some or all of the additional $7.6 billion required to accommodate new students will come from further cuts to universities.
We might see a future government keen to improve funding for universities. Occasionally higher education ministers buck the trend. Brendan Nelson and Kim Carr each delivered major additional investment in research funding. Julia Gillard expanded enrolments for young Australians, as did John Dawkins a generation earlier. David Kemp and now Christopher Pyne sought to change fundamental policy settings.
The political process can matter, and we should not give up on lobbying, marches and canvassing.
Yet to achieve OCED standards of public investment in higher education, Australia would need an unprecedented boost in outlays. This implies a major shift in public opinion and a willingness by government to contemplate higher taxes. It would run counter to the trend of the past 40 years, and against trends in comparable nations.
Improved investment is worth a campaign – as people have done for decades – but experience cautions against pinning all hope on a shift in community sentiment.
Alternatively, a future government could hold present funding rates but limit further enrolments to reduce demands on Treasury. This raises immediate equity problems and runs counter to the stated policy of both the Coalition and Labor. Yet it will become part of the conversation.
Assuming no further public funding is made available, universities will need to lift international enrolments. This seems inevitable, but is it reasonable to ask the families of our region to fund Australian universities because Australian taxpayers will not?
More radically, we could change the nature of Australian higher education and create (or convert) institutions that only teach. This would hold down costs for students. It is an old solution – Australia funded an early period of enrolment growth by directing many students into colleges of advanced education, which were not eligible for research support.
Not surprisingly, this solution attracts little support from most vice-chancellors. We argue that every tertiary student should have access to research-informed teaching on a campus where research is part of the infrastructure and culture. Nonetheless, we will hear more of this argument, particularly as private providers seek access to the title of "university" and a bigger share of the tertiary market.
Those against fee deregulation oppose further fees for students. They point rightly to the risks of higher debt. That concern must be weighed against the most likely alternative – further cuts to funding per student.
Graduates are the primary beneficiaries of tertiary education, and HECS ensures only those who earn a return on their degree pay back some of the cost. Current funding rates mean the tertiary education offered to Australians at times falls short of global practice. In the absence of public appetite to invest in public education, a measure of fee deregulation is the only way left to fund education quality to a reasonable standard.
It has been a long and difficult journey for Australian university leaders to reach this conclusion. Many, including me, were the beneficiaries of more generously subsidised places on campus. Years in the classroom makes vice-chancellors deeply committed to the importance of a quality education for as many young Australians as possible. It is hard, nonetheless, to ignore the stark realities of current funding policy.
For many, the federal funding cuts of 2012 and 2013 finally tipped the scales, turning idealists into reluctant pragmatists. Colleagues who long opposed higher student fees (and still find them deeply unpalatable) now face the consequences of chronic underfunding. They know a poor education is no bargain, whatever the price.


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Friday F.O.M.O. 5/3/19 – Gulp!
Eat your way to victory in this ocean-themed strategy game for 2 players. That's the campaign tag line for Gulp! — a fishy tile game that ends on Kickstarter in just under a week by Good Nature Games.
There were a couple other titles ending in the next week that raised a flag of interest, but Gulp! is the one I am eyeing for the highest potential time on the table at my house.
If you want to know all the details of the game and the campaign, go ahead and click the link to check it out for yourself. I want to focus on the elements that have piqued my interest:
Artwork — I'm not really a 'fish' fan, but I like the artwork on these tiles. Less than realistic (because come on…fish are ugly) but more than just cartoon art.
Age range — The Game is quoted at 7+ and that sounds right from looking at how the game is played. I could see my 7-year old picking up on this quick and really enjoying moving his fish around to eat other fish (especially mine).
Game length — 15-30 minutes is a perfect time length for a game with elementary age kids. Long enough to feel meaningful, but not so long as to start losing attention.
The game play — I enjoy the idea that you create a 7×7 grid at the beginning of the game which will slowly dissolve into a handful of stacks at the end of the game, only the strongest fish shall survive!
Simplicity with strategy — Of all that, what has me most interested in Gulp! is that the game looks simple [following the rules, move a fish to eat something next to it, take out your opponents fish and keep yours alive], while also appearing to have strategy that may take several plays to really lockdown [when to have your parrotfish take out a coral tile, so that the shark can make its move; when to move a flying fish maximizing its space skipping ability; which fish do I make sure to keep alive and which ones are expendable].
Gulp! is already funded and at an $18 price point (including U.S. shipping), I think the value is there for much fish-feeding-frenzy frollicking in one's future.
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About a week ago I found out a person I had grown up with passed away suddenly. Her name was Ashley and she was a beautiful, amazing and lovely person that will be missed by so many!
Although I have not really seen or spoken to Ashley in years (at least in person) her death has affected me more than I could have ever imagined. It is difficult when someone you have known in your life dies…but it is surreal when they are your age. I think that is one of the reasons why this has hit me so hard…I could be Ashley. All of a sudden it is not so farfetched… LIFE IS SHORT.
This sudden death has thrown my life a curve ball…it has forced me to look at everything I am doing, every relationship I have ever had. It has caused me to want to reach out to every old friend I have lost contact with and let them know I care about all of them…even if we aren't close or never talk in person. This death has affected me to the core and it's not just because the world has lost someone so fascinating and lovely. It is because it has made me look in the mirror and question my life… and that is uncomfortable!
When you are smacked in the face and forced to look at yourself in a way you never really did before, it's hard. When you suddenly realize how short and precious life is, how deeply meaningful every person and relationship you have ever had is, when you want to make sure all of your life choices are for the right reasons…when you are faced with all of these things, it is hard to even know where to begin.
It seems so intimidating to live your life like it could end at any moment. Ashley's death is such a tragic loss, but her life was something that should be celebrated! Out of such a devestating situation there is a priceless lesson to be had. We are all reminded of how precious life is. To live each day like it could be your last is scary, but it's the truth; it could be your last. So let's make each day mean something…start reaching out to those people you have been meaning to contact but never took the time to, remember your hopes and dreams and start taking steps to live those!


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An example of an ancient gas furnace, likely similar to the one Letty describes
Now we go downstairs to the basement. Our bathroom was in the basement, and when Mary and I, or Dorothy (my cousin who stayed with us often) and I had a bath after supper, if we made too much noise or were too long, Mom would give us a scolding. The big white cast-iron bath was six feet long. You could just about swim in it. The toilet had a brown tank, white bowl, and brown wooden seat and lid, and made a loud scary noise when I pushed the button. Maybe I was just nervous, but I hated to go down to the toilet alone, past the furnace. That furnace was the best and newest out, but I was plum scared of it. Mary and I called it the "Octopus." It was shaped like a high wide iron tank, three or four feet wide, with pipes for warm air going to each room. These pipes were a foot in diameter. Sometimes we'd go down with Dad in the fall when he would light the gas ring in it for the winter, and watch him set it going The first poof and then a nice blue flame. Boy, it soon warmed up the house.
Also in the basement, Dad had a work bench, tool box, and lots of interesting tools, Tools fascinated me because you could make things with them. On the opposite side (west side) of the basement, there was a big wooden bin built, maybe eight feet long and three or four feet high, and part of the front was removable like a gate. I bet you wonder what this bin was for, and I will tell you. It's interesting because I have never seen one before or since. It was a potato bin, and herein lies a story. Over the bin was a small opening through the wall to the outdoors. All year, except in the fall, it was covered with a wooden cover. The three fall months it had a screen on. Only when we were filling the bin in September was it uncovered. So we could let the dug, dry potatoes pour in, down the shute that Dad made, into the bin. Sometimes, we kids would get fed up doing it the right way, and would stand back as far as we could and fire them in one at a time. As the hole in the wall was only about 8" x 16", and we owned the lot beside our house, and it was all in potatoes, you can imagine the temptation to pitch a few. We had lots of potatoes off that lot. Of course a few dozen got squashed on the side of the house, much to Dad's disgust.
It tells you how new an indoor bathroom was, to have it situated in an unfinished basement. My parents continued the tradition of planting potatoes and saving them for the winter. However, we had a wooden box for the, but no entry from outside the house, so we just carried them in baskets and dumped them.
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It's now an undeniable fact that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi favours a handful of industrialists at the expense of other bidders. By making business smooth for them, the areas where they operate shine in the short-term. Then complaints of unfair competition start pouring in.
This can no longer be pooh-poohed as a politically motivated speculation. How Modi bent the rules for a handful of cronies is now a part of the report by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India on Gujarat. "Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) was responsible for deviating from the agreed terms of recovery of gas transportation charges from the specified entry point of the company's pipeline network and this led to passing of undue benefit of Rs 52.27 crore to RIL," says the report. The State-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) extended "undue benefits" to the chief minister's "favoured few", mainly Adani Energy and Essar Steel companies, which, coupled with its poor management and faulty agreements on exploration of oil and gas in the Krishna-Godavari Basin alone, cost the exchequer over Rs 5,000 crore. The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) did not adhere to terms of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which led to short recovery of penalty of Rs 160.26 crore and passing of undue benefit to Adani Power Ltd (APL). The CAG has also indicted the Gujarat government for regularising 7,24,897 square metres of land "encroached" by Essar Steel Company Ltd (ESCL) at Hazira in Surat at "unjustifiable" price, resulting in short recovery of ad hoc occupancy price to the extent of Rs 238.50 crore.
Following stifling of competition in the market, the Gujarat Government gagged the Opposition in the State Assembly as well. There are now only four Congress MLAs in the House; the rest have been suspended. As a result, there could be no debate on the damning CAG reports. Congress MLAs Rajendrasinh Parmar, Paranjayadityasinhji Parmar, Jodhaji Thakore and Amit Chavda sought discussion on CAG report, which the speaker Ganpar Vasava disallowed. Of course, this writer, now a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has no love lost for the Congress, indisputably the epicentre of corruption in the country.
The CAG critique notwithstanding, there is a considerable and vocal section of the Indian population that will now settle for nothing less than Modi as the real head of state. The clamour for Modi in the upper section of the middle class owes primarily to the want of good salary and a booming job market that they are expecting the Gujarat chief minister to unleash, should he become the prime minister. But there is more to it.
Since the time one gains social consciousness, one hears from people who lose their battles against corruption more often than not in their respective fields of work that the only way to deliver India is to hand it over to a dictator! Given Modi's reputation of authoritarianism inside his party and the Sangh Parivar — built by episodes like his battle of wits against the D4 (Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar and Venkaiah Naidu) and events like his order to demolish temples in the State that flouted civic laws, the 2008 arrest of VHP General Secretary Ashwin Patel and his insistence on removal of Sanjay Joshi as a precondition for him to attend the BJP's national executive meet in Mumbai last year — his persona comes closest to that of a despot. With the country being plagued by a plethora of problems, a personality like this readily catches the imagination of the frustrated. The RSS's reservations about him diminish, too, when sections in the organisation look up to him as the only head of government who can tackle the issues of Islamist terrorism and massive infiltration of Bangladeshis into this country and their settlement across Indian cities to serve as the Congress's vote-banks.
The flip side of this gambit does not, of course, interest these people at this point of time, so anxious they are to get over the present state of government's policy paralysis. The very people who are eager to see India shine fast will be the most affected once the authoritarian, cronyist regime of Modi takes over. Big fish like Adani, Ambani et al will stifle the competition with monopolies, cartels, vendor lock-ins, predatory pricing, value manipulation, misplaced production priorities, baits and switches, planned obsolescences, pyramid schemes etc, shattering the dreams of many a budding entrepreneur. Prices of all goods will skyrocket while the middle class that once cheered the rise of Modi will see that they, as consumers, have been left with little or no choice at the market place.
Since Modi is known as a strong administrator, the progress of the magnates named is somewhat under check as of now. The situation that will emerge in Gujarat after he moves to New Delhi — and countrywide after he retires — will be all the more dangerous. Shedding the inhibition about politics that is otherwise a part of a businessman's natural temperament, the tycoons, who are now the country's de facto rulers, will turn into our de jure rulers.
Already, criticising these industrialists and getting away with it is tougher than panning the ruling party or opposition's leader in the media, As and when a journalist tries it, he loses his job and is forced into subsequent unemployment for years on end. This writer has had a first-hand experience of a corporate giant's effective power of coercion that it exercises on the fourth estate. In 2004-05, I had exposed the nexus between Anil Ambani's Reliance Infocomm and the then telecommunication minister Dayanidhi Maran, who, after the former was caught passing off ISD calls as local calls, made the company get away with paying a fraction of the penalty that was due. The resident editor of The Statesman, where I was employed then, constantly delayed the publication of my story. Eventually, I passed the information on to some friendly journalists working with other media houses. But the report never came out as a scoop. A senior journalist once allegedly unearthed evidence of adulteration in Reliance's Jamnagar facility. First his services were terminated by the very television media baron who had sent him, disguised as a truck driver, for the sting operation; then he couldn't find himself a job for the next almost 15 years. In comparison, speculating about Sonia Gandhi's money stashed in tax havens abroad or the ill-treatment LK Advani meted out to his estranged daughter-in-law is a cakewalk. Such wild stories have gone around not only in the social media but also in parts of the mainstream media. And no scribe has lost his or her job as a result.
The few readers who might dismiss these real-life incidents as concocted narratives may try to figure out why The Polyester Prince, a biography of Dhirubhai Ambani, is still proscribed in India.
When these industry moguls rise in politics, their act of usurping power may be subtler than the evolution of the East India Company from travelling traders to conquerors of large territories of our country, but more pronounced than the transformation of the billionaires like Herbert Hoover, Al Checchi, Steve Forbes, Ross Perot, Meg Whitman and Linda McMahon into politicians in the US and Naveen Jindal, G Janardhana Reddy, Rajkumar Dhoot, Rajeev Chandrashekhar etc in this country. With puppets placed in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, they will run amok across the country. No other outcome is plausible, as unbridled power of a few to do business invariably leads to saturation of market territories, following which business houses can sustain only by enhancing their powers through politics.
Propagandists brand the AAP as an anti-market force. Apologists of the corporate sector like Gurcharan Das try counselling us through their newspaper columns that we need not be pro-business; we just need to be pro-market. But Modi, whose economics they sing paeans to, is tilted in favour of a few business houses, not the whole market. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't be the Ambanis, Adanis, Mittals alone who would shower encomia on him; it would rather be many stars seen for the first time on the horizon of Indian entrepreneurship who would vouch for the investment-friendly environment he has created in Gujarat.
If Modi turns India's CEO, small-time businessmen cannot rise, business columnists who criticise him will lose their jobs and his partymen who dissent will meet the fate of Joshi.
Can Modi but handle infiltration and terrorism better? One can't be sure. To capture power at the Centre, the BJP feels the urge to be 'secular' no less than the Congress. So, a centuries' old yajnashala in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district is handed over for namaz to Muslims brought in by trucks from neighbouring districts. And death sentence is sought for Maya Kodnani for a pogrom that could not have been executed without the State Government's complicity, much as the legal advisers of Modi know well that the crime of inciting mobs, no matter how grievous, will not qualify in the court as a rarest of rare case. Booking other rioters who are still going around scot free would have shown Modi's commitment to justice, but he might well have thought that demanding maximum punishment for a convict (already sentenced for life) would endear him to Muslims, which would take care of the objection of 'secularists' to his prime ministerial candidacy!
With the prospect of fair play in business gone and the hopes of Hindu society's Hindutva section dashed, what is left of the Modi appeal?
I hope you have gotten your answer by now of what is left in the Modi Appeal.
Yes, I was being fed misleading, half-baked information by the media. In course of my research for Sudesh Verma's book, Narendra Modi: The Gamechanger, I was able to dig out official, authentic information about both the subject and the State he rules. My findings can be seen in brief in the answer to the last question in the post, "Kejriwal: The Manipulator."
"I differentiate between the BJP and Modi. Not every leader in the BJP wants to see him as the next prime minister. Some lazy leaders must be counting their chances of being the choice in case the party falls short of majority and the allies put forth the condition that they would extend support to a BJP-led government only if someone other than Modi were made the prime minister.
Next, the Gujarat Chief Minister's track record shows that he can fix the problems that plague the BJP. For example, Hindutva-brand rabblerouser Praveen Togadia was a public nuisance until about a decade ago. Modi's politics has cut him to such size that no crowd is seen receiving him when he arrives at the Ahmedabad airport. The BJP MLA from Daskroi, Babu Jamna Patel, known as a real estate baron, had objected to the town plan that had a map of a vital road passing through his property. Modi overruled his objection for the greater cause of convenience of the town's citizens. He did not mind demolishing temples when they came in the way of Surat's plan.
Most important for me are the speeches Modi has been delivering since the time he was declared the NDA's prime ministerial candidate. The speech addressed to the BJP national council members on 19 January 2014 is the closest to my idea of India. Its contents are very close to our idea of vyawastha parivartan. If he does not walk the talk, it will hardly take me time to turn his staunch critic. I wish that does not happen, but if it does, I will resume my fight for vyawastha parivartan as an activist."


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Oct.8-14th was the Wildwood buggy bash held in Wildwood NJ, Usa. What started as a weekend get together has evolved into a week long gathering of buggy, boarding, and blokart family. This year, those who arrived early were treated to some amazing onshore winds courtesy of Hurricane Michael. Wildwood beach is approximately 7 miles of amazing hardpack facing the Atlantic ocean. This year we had 4 GT buggies, a PTW and 2 MG Supras as well as the assortment of PL and Flexifoil buggies. Having upgraded my gear this year allowed me to set several PB's. I buggied more this bash than all my previous ones combined.


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The new year is here, now let us all unite behind the new Britain
WELCOME to the first, historic day of a new era. Welcome to 2021 and to a new, independent Britain liberated from 47 years of EU membership.
We know optimism is a big ask in the midst of this terrible pandemic.
⚠ Read our Brexit live blog for the latest news & updates
But, as horrific as 2020 was, 2021 really could be golden: Yes, a few months more waiting for the vaccines to do their work — but then an unprecedented, roaring recovery.
If that seems a stretch, consider what WAS achieved even during the horrors of the last ten months:
Covid jabs invented and rolled out with unprecedented speed. An "impossible" UK-EU trade deal agreed in record time, safeguarding our economies.
Scores of other deals signed — again, in defiance of the doom-mongers — as nations clamour to trade with the world's fifth biggest economy, standing on its own feet for the first time since 1973.
Covid is of course the Government's greatest current challenge. But Boris Johnson must waste no time before exploiting our hard-won freedom.
The scrapping of the EU-enforced tampon tax is just the first sign of what can be done.
Huge swathes of policy-making can be improved, from farming to the environment to banking and business, without kowtowing to often inferior standards imposed by Brussels.
And it is vital, as Matt Ridley writes today, to turbo-charge innovation and enterprise, to simplify taxes, to make government nimbler and the civil service vastly more efficient.
Never again can sluggish and wasteful EU bureaucracy be blamed for our failure.
That should mean much better government. The Sun campaigned for Brexit in 2016 for just such reasons. Our BeLeave In Britain editorial urged voters to make Britain even greater and "recapture our democracy".
The majority took that chance. Today their decision is both fully enacted and justified.
We salute those 17.4million Leave voters — and the many Remainers who, to their credit, accepted defeat and ultimately helped elect a Government to get Brexit done.
And we salute too — among many others — Boris, who propelled Leave to victory, defied his critics to become PM, secured a majority to fulfil on the referendum and won the trade deal he also promised.
All that is now in the past.
Today let us make a New Year's resolution to abandon finally the labels of Leave and Remain. A "Rejoiner" fringe will chunter on. The rest of us should unite, cheer for Britain and ensure our success.
Our heroic vaccine scientists are shining a light at the end of the tunnel. And our nation's future in the post-Covid, Brexit era is very, very bright.
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Q: BindingExpression error displayed in WinDbg When I hit g (to debug) and I close a view to get to main view,
I get these messages in WinDbg:
System.Windows.Data Error: BindingExpression path error: 'TileTitle' property not found on '' 'System.String' (HashCode=757602046). BindingExpression: Path='TileTitle' DataItem='' (HashCode=757602046); target element is 'System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock' (Name=''); target property is 'Text' (type 'System.String')..

System.Windows.Data Error: BindingExpression path error: 'TileTapCommand' property not found on '' 'System.String' (HashCode=757602046). BindingExpression: Path='TileTapCommand' DataItem='' (HashCode=757602046); target element is 'System.Windows.Controls.Button' (Name=''); target property is 'Command' (type 'System.Windows.Input.ICommand')..

How can I solve these? Are these really a problem? Does it cause a memory leak?

A: The messages you see are not exceptions, they are debug output. You should see the same using DebugView (SysInternals), it is not WinDbg specific.
In case of an unhandled exception, WinDbg would stop and you could analyze it. In case of a first chance exception that got caught, no output would be generated (unless implemented by the developer).
As pointed out by Patrick already, see WPF Error 40 BindingExpression path error on how to read the output and find the place to fix it.
If you can't notice any failure while using the program, you might not need the binding at all and you can just remove it. However, someone put it there, surely for some reason - find out who it was (the answer is given by your version control system) and ask him why he implemented the binding. Maybe you find an undocumented requirement and then you see the failure that is caused by the missing binding.
Since the missing binding is something that is not there, this does not cause a memory leak.

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A great flooring for your house or office not only increases its beauty but also its value. Laminate flooring is a type of flooring that many are installing in their commercial buildings. The benefits of laminate flooring in office are many, but just like many other flooring methods, it has cons that you need to consider. This article will explore the good and the bad side of this flooring method and leave you the decision of whether or not you will install it in your office.
Most people prefer to understand the good side of a product or service way before the bad side is stated. This is where the article will start.
It's the first great advantage of this flooring method. Laminate is fade resistant, scratch or impact resistant, strong and a very durable type of flooring. It consists of a resin coating and a very tough external. These properties help protect it. It's recommended for use in high traffic areas especially one whose AC rating is not less than 3. With this floor installed in your office, you will not have to constantly change or renovate it. It's a long term form of saving.
Compared to all the other flooring methods, laminate installation is the easiest. This is because, first, it can easily be floated over many existing floor types. Unlike many others that may either need to be nailed down, stapled or glued. This aspect saves installation time. Secondly, laminate boards are usually designed to easily interlock and this makes it easy to work with them. If you are looking for a fast do it yourself project, consider laminate flooring. Also, with the current special groove-click technology, you can easily snap these laminates together and start using the floor almost immediately. This is one of the pros of this floor type that can't just be assumed.
If you compare it to the traditional hardwood form of flooring, you realize it's less expensive. Just remember that, even though it's relatively cheap, its quality, functionality, practicability, appeal, and sustainability are all intact and perfect. Moreover, you have the option of buying a laminate flooring that fall within your budgeted price range.
This floor type is available in various styles, colors, patterns, and shades. As aforementioned, it can be installed on many other subfloors. It will provide your office that great and natural look offered by real hardwood materials, ceramic materials and natural stone among others. With the EIR embossed technology, it even possible to produce a texture resembling these natural materials.
Since this floor type is stain and moisture resistant, cleaning any spills on it becomes so easy. Actually, you don't need any special cleaning solutions so as to keep your office floor in its top shape. For maintenance, just sweep it daily and you are set to go. You can also carryout weekly vacuuming if you so wish. Isn't it an amazing way of saving on labor or chemical costs?
Staying in a healthy environment is very important. If you value this aspect of life, then consider installing a laminate flooring in your office. First, this type of floor doesn't have any spaces between its sections. This means that, debris, dust and other particles will not find any space/place to be trapped. Therefore, you are at a very low risk of suffering from any allergy related infections.
Secondly, during installation of this floor, there is an underlayment done to provide a reliable moisture barrier. This aspect prevents mold growth and protects the laminate floor from being damaged.
Thirdly, you may decide to treat it with anti-bacterial and allergen resistant coatings to enhance its overall safety. Combine these three aspects and you have a healthier office environment. Asthma as an allergy related infection is very expensive to handle. Installing this floor in your office will reduce your chances of suffering an asthma attack. Staying in a healthy environment will help save on your overall medical bills and this means you have more money to handle other issues in life.
During the manufacture of laminate strips, there isn't any endangered natural resources being used. With this, you are lowering your overall environmental footprint. To be precise, the HDF core of any standard laminate floor plank is usually made from either a post-industrial wood waste or an ecologically sustainable pine tree. The wood waste being used in the manufacture would have either been dumped in landfills or burned. Basically, if you want to give your office that great green profile, then laminate flooring is the best way out.
Warranty offers any buyer some level of security during the purchase. This is because, the buyer is assured that the amount he or she has invested is protected for a stated period of time. What is important is to ensure that during the installation process, you are adhering to the terms and conditions stated in your warranty. Don't make any mistake or you will risk losing this much needed protection.
· This floor cannot be refinished and so incase the upper layer is damaged, you need to replace the affected piece.
· When walking on it, it produces some hollow sound. Though this can be reduced by installing a dampening underlayment, the material will be a source of an additional cost during installation.
· Though it looks natural, the feel with natural hands isn't.
· It has a limited lifespan of between 10 and 15 years. This variation comes based on the thickness and quality of materials that were used to manufacture it.
As the saying goes, "information is power." With the above details, you are fully empowered to make an informed decision about whether or not you need laminate type of flooring installed in your office. Also, if you go through all the points discussed under the benefits of laminate flooring in office, you realize that each of them has a unique way of helping you save on the amount you spend on the floor. Some are immediate while others are long term. The cons discussed above will help you understand the other side on this floor type.