In working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,1 it is important to be able to objectively monitor and evaluate the progress countries make as they implement new strategies. When working specifically toward health outcome-related goals, it is essential to measure the quality of health systems; however, this can be difficult. For this reason, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been working in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partners to develop a tool, called the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) tool, that breaks down health systems into measurable, trackable components that can provide data about the progress of health systems strengthening efforts.2 The tool builds on previous and current approaches designed to assess health facility service delivery including the Service Availability Mapping (SAM) tool and the Service Provision Assessment (SPA) tool developed by ICF International under the USAID-funded Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.3 The SARA tool measures access to health systems. Access has 2 components: "availability," which refers to and focuses on the physical presence or reach of the facilities and "readiness," which examines the potential of health facilities to provide basic health care interventions relating to family planning, child health services, basic and comprehensive obstetric care, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and noncommunicable diseases.2 The tool also assesses the availability of physical infrastructure and trained manpower within the a health system.2 While these components contribute to the quality of a health facility, they, of course, do not guarantee the delivery of quality services. However, the information gained from this tool can be used to fill critical data gaps about country service delivery mechanisms and health systems strengthening and to identify places where countries should invest resources to meet their health goals.
The SARA tool measures service readiness, i.e., physical access to and capacity of health facilities to provide health services.
SARA is not intended to provide comprehensive data on all aspects of functioning of health services, rather, the tool focuses on key "tracer" items that are indicative of the essential health system underpinnings and crucial to programs that are scaling up or ready to do so. Family planning data from the SPA tool is more comprehensive—as it not only covers service availability and readiness but also examines client–provider interaction components of consultation, counseling and discussions, client knowledge levels, and feedback from family planning clients on service accessibility problems. In total, 10 sub-Saharan African countries have implemented the SARA tool since 2010, whereas only 3 countries have used the SPA tool during the same time frame.
The SARA tool has been successfully used to generate a detailed assessment of the status of full health systems in such countries as Uganda5; monitor and evaluate progress toward universal health coverage in South Africa6; and assess availability and readiness of health facilities to provide general and specific services, such as chronic disease management in Uganda,7 maternal and child health in Madagascar,8 or family planning and child immunization in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Haiti, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.4 The tool has also been valuable for making multi-country assessments and comparisons of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health to determine successful efforts toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals;9 assessing surgical availability and readiness in Benin, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC), Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda10; and achieving other research objectives.
The data provided by the SARA tool can be used to generate detailed health system assessments and monitor and evaluate progress toward universal health coverage.
In this study, we used data generated from SARA surveys conducted between 2010 and 2016 to assess and compare the availability and readiness of health facilities to provide patients with family planning services in 10 African countries, with the aim of generating further evidence for the planning and management of health systems.1 The 10 countries had volunteered to implement the SARA tool, with technical assistance from WHO and partners, in health facilities within their respective countries: Benin (2013, N=788 facilities), Burkina Faso (2014, N=766 facilities), Djibouti (2015, N=82 facilities), the DRC (2014, N=1,555 facilities), Mauritania (2016, N=288 facilities), Niger (2015, N=372 facilities), Sierra Leone (2013, N=455 facilities), Tanzania (2012, N=1,297 facilities), Togo (2012, N=100 facilities), and Uganda (2013, N=209 facilities).
SARA indicators measure service availability, general service readiness, and service-specific readiness, using an index of specific tracer items.
SARA can be used to explore reported and actual percentages of facilities offering certain services in national health system. Here, the reported percentage refers to health facilities where SARA survey respondents reported that their respective health facility is providing oral contraceptives in service, which has implications for available stock. The actual percentage refers to health facilities where, on the day of the assessment, a SARA surveyor observed at least 1 valid stock of oral/injectable contraceptives in the service area or where supplies were routinely stored in the health facility. We defined the stock-out rate of a contraceptive method as the proportion of facilities providing family planning services where the SARA surveyor did not observe at least 1 valid stock of oral or injectable contraceptives in the service area or where supplies were routinely stored in the health facility on the day of the assessment.
The SARA survey-based indicators measure contraceptive method choice and stock-out of oral contraceptives, injectable contraceptives, and male condoms. Other family planning provider readiness indicators—in terms of number of trained staff, availability and use of guidelines on delivering family planning services, and availability of a blood pressure apparatus for use of family planning staff—are used for cross comparison. The data are disaggregated by type (government or nongovernment) and location (rural or urban) of the family planning provider, and analysis is performed. Under the family planning section, there is a set of questions inquiring whether the facility provides or prescribes any of the following modern methods of family planning for unmarried adolescents: combined estrogen-progesterone oral contraceptive pills (COCs), male condoms, emergency contraceptive pills, and intrauterine devices (IUDs). We compared information on proportion of facilities providing these methods for unmarried adolescents across the countries.
Niger (96%), closely followed by Sierra Leone (94%), had the highest proportion of health facilities offering family planning services (Table 1), while the DRC (33%), Djibouti (57%), and Mauritania (67%) had the lowest proportion. Very few countries had high availability of more than 1 contraceptive type. In general, COCs, male condoms, and progestin-only injectable contraception were offered at higher rates (Table 1). Burkina Faso, Niger, and Sierra Leone had the most contraceptive options available at their facilities, suggesting that more options are available across facilities in those countries. When looking at national-level data, Djibouti and the DRC had the fewest options available at their facilities. Implants had relatively high availability in some countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger) and low availability elsewhere (Djibouti, the DRC, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda).
In most countries, COCs, male condoms, and progestin-only injectables were offered at higher rates than other methods.
Breakdowns of country-level urban and rural family planning availability showed that in 8 of the 10 countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda—rural facilities had a higher availability of family planning services than urban facilities (Figure 1). Likewise, a comparison of government facilities versus other facilities—those managed by private sector, faith-based organizations, NGOs, and any others—was consistent across countries, with all 10 countries having higher percentages of family planning availability in government facilities compared with other facilities (Figure 2).
Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* "Other facilities" includes all health care providers not managed by the government, including private sector, faith-based organizations, NGOs, and other similar organizations.
In 8 of the countries, rural facilities had a higher availability of family planning services than urban facilities.
Among the 10 countries, stock levels varied depending on the type of method and the location or type of facility providing family planning methods (Figure 3, Figure 4, and Supplement Table for more details). Burkina Faso, Niger, and Sierra Leone seemed to have consistently high levels of stock available, with a good mix of 3 options available at similarly high rates. In contrast, Togo had a large disparity between injectables with high amounts in stock compared with oral contraceptives and male condoms, and the DRC had a disparity between higher levels of male condoms being in stock compared with oral contraceptives or injectables. Among the 10 countries, government-run facilities tended to have a higher percentage of contraceptive methods in stock—condoms being the highest percentage stocked—compared with other facilities. Both types of facilities seemed to have similar percentages of oral contraceptives, injectables, and male condoms in stock. Whether a facility was urban or rural did not seem to affect availability of stock; however, facility-type data showed "government facilities" generally had more stock for each type of contraceptive compared with "other facilities," with some exceptions. Stock-out rates also tended to be higher in countries with lower proportions of facilities providing family planning services.
a Reported percentage refers to percentage of facilities where a SARA survey respondent reported that a health facility is providing oral contraceptive services. Actual percentage refers to the percentage of facilities where a SARA surveyor observed at least 1 valid stock of oral contraceptives in the service area or in a place where they are routinely stored in the health facility, on the day of the assessment.
Another feature of SARA is the ability to explore reported and actual percentages of facilities offering certain services, which has implications for available stock. As mentioned earlier, actual availability refers to whether a family planning method was observed in the service area or in the place they are routinely stored on the date of SARA survey. Data for the reported versus actual percentage of facilities providing oral contraceptives in 9 of the countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, the DRC, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda—show the proportion of health facilities experiencing stock-out of oral contraceptives ranged from 2% in Niger to 35% in Togo (Figure 5). The stock-out rate in health facilities for relatively less popular injectable contraceptives ranged from 2% in Niger and Togo to 42% in the DRC. The DRC, Mauritania, and Togo also had high stock-out rates for oral contraceptives among their facilities. Data from these same 9 countries show disparities between actual and reported percentages of facilities providing injectable contraceptives and oral contraceptives (Figure 5).
Percentage stock-out refers to the proportion of facilities providing family planning services, where a SARA surveyor did not observe at least 1 valid stock of injectable or oral contraceptives in the service area or in the place where they are routinely stored in the health facility, on the day of the assessment.
A key feature of SARA is its ability to pool data on tracer items. The 6 tracer items identified for family planning include the availability of and access to guidelines/job aids for family planning, staff trained in family planning services, blood pressure apparatuses, COCs, injectable contraceptives, and male condoms on the day of facility assessment. The percentage of facilities providing family planning services with all 6 tracer items ranged from 17% in Benin and Mauritania to 72% in Tanzania (Figure 6). The mean percentage of facilities providing family planning services with all 6 tracer items among the 10 countries was 35.3%.
Abbreviation: DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
a Tracer items include availability of guidelines for family planning, staff trained in family planning services, blood pressure apparatus, combined oral contraceptive pills, injectable contraceptives, and male condoms on the day of facility assessment.
The percentage of facilities providing family planning services with all 6 tracer items ranged from 17% in Benin and Mauritania to 72% in Tanzania.
Access to equipment and training shows not only the availability but also the readiness of a health service. At the health facilities surveyed, Mauritania and Uganda had the lowest percentage of family planning guidelines available, while Burkina Faso had the highest (Table 2). Facilities in all countries surveyed, except Sierra Leone and Uganda, had family planning guidelines (including checklists and/or job aids) available to inform family planning service provision at health facilities and had 1 or more staff members trained in family planning. Niger and Burkina Faso had relatively high levels of family planning guidelines available and staff members trained.
All 10 countries had a relatively high availability of blood pressure apparatuses in health facilities. Overall, the percentage availability of blood pressure apparatuses was highest in facilities, while the percentage of available family planning guidelines was much lower (Table 2). In 6 of 10 countries, 50% or more of facilities had more than 1 staff member trained in family planning, and in only 3 of 8 countries with data did 50% or more of facilities have all 3 family planning-related tracer items.
Adolescents are of particular interest when it comes to family planning services. The SARA tool includes separate questions about the provision of condoms and at least 1 other method of family planning to unmarried adolescents. Information provided in this section is used for comparison on availability of family planning services in general in the facility and specific availability of services for unmarried adolescents. For this metric, 9 countries were examined (data for Mauritania were not available). In 7 countries, the percentage of facilities providing family planning services was considerably higher than the percentage of facilities offering family planning services for unmarried adolescents, with Benin (31% difference), Niger (33% difference), and Togo (34% difference) having the biggest disparities (Figure 7). Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone had nearly the same level of services available to unmarried adolescents as the general public.
Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; FP, family planning.
While the percentage of facilities providing family planning services to unmarried adolescents varied greatly, adolescents remained underserved.
The SARA tool provided insightful information on the availability of family planning products and services as well as the readiness of the facilities surveyed to provide services in the 10 countries surveyed. While the results indicated overall high levels of family planning availability of at least 1 method in 7 countries (Djibouti, the DRC, and Mauritania did not have high levels of family planning availability), they also showed that contraceptive options were limited in the countries assessed, which could limit usage of family planning if appropriate methods are not available.
Despite results indicating overall high levels of family planning availability of 1 method in the countries assessed, contraceptive options were limited.
Results also showed that government health facilities typically had more family planning availability, highlighting potential gaps where public facilities do not exist. The difference between rural and urban family planning availability noted here could be due to a concentration of private facilities in urban areas, which is to be explored separately. The delivery of family planning services may not be a priority area for the profit-oriented private sector, which could have indirectly contributed to the observed differences between rural and urban service availability.
The typically higher stock levels in government facilities may be due to the government having better logistics management and/or supply chains than religious, private, or traditional health facilities. As a result, modern contraception may not be offered or considered as high of a priority in nongovernment facilities.
Stock-outs are a common problem. The 10 countries had varying stock levels and inconsistent method availability of the 3 methods surveyed: oral contraceptives, injectables, and male condoms. Some countries, particularly the DRC, had very high stock-out rates for certain commodities. In contrast, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Sierra Leone had the best stock mix of the countries surveyed. Poor levels of stock may be indicative of larger supply chain problems, such as poor logistics management information systems, incorrect ordering of stock, poor budget allocation and/or use, external supply chain issues, commercial market factors, or other transportation-related issues. Other factors, such as demand or intention, may have also influenced the different stock levels of these 3 methods in each of the surveyed countries. For example, a facility may stock male condoms for sexually transmitted infection prevention rather than family planning. Male condoms also do not offer women the same control or efficacy as other methods for family planning purposes. More worrisome are the countries such as the DRC, Mauritania, and Togo, which had lower levels of stock in general compared with the other countries surveyed. Stock-out rates were higher in countries with lower proportions of facilities—the DRC and Mauritania—providing family planning services, which may indicate that family planning is less of a priority for the government and/or public.
The differences between reported and actual percentages of facilities offering family planning services indicate that each country had a disparity in their oral and injectable contraceptive supplies. This may be due to either weak logistics management information systems and inadequate information about inventory and procurement or incorrect ordering of inventory by staff members who may have not received proper training for procurement or documenting inventory, or both. Ministries of health should prioritize improving logistics management information systems to have more accurate inventories to improve family planning and other health services.
Readiness is an area where many of the countries surveyed could use improvement. Overall low levels of tracer items—guidelines for family planning, staff trained in family planning services, blood pressure apparatus, COCs, injectable contraceptives, and male condoms on the day of facility assessment—indicated that the readiness of many health facilities in these countries needs to be improved. The percentage of facilities with guidelines for family planning and at least 1 staff member trained in family planning was low in the countries surveyed. In each country, except for Sierra Leone and Uganda, family planning guidelines were more likely to be in a health facility than staff members trained in family planning. This is a cause of concern because even if guidelines are available in a facility, they may not be used if staff members are not trained to use them. Even greater disparities were seen between the high availability of blood pressure apparatuses and the share of family planning service delivery units equipped with blood pressure apparatuses. We only have information on mere availability of the apparatus, and not on whether the providers are effectively using them. However, as noted in WHO's latest Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use,11 while it is desirable to have blood pressure measurements taken, women should not be denied use of contraceptive methods simply because their blood pressure cannot be measured.
Overall low levels of tracer items indicated that the readiness of many health facilities in these countries should be improved.
By meeting adolescents' unmet need for modern contraception, countries could avert 2.1 million unplanned births, 3.2 million abortions, and 5,600 maternal deaths.
At present, the core SARA tool focuses on measuring the availability of national guidelines, training of service providers, and availability of selected contraceptive methods, such as COCs, condoms, IUDs, and emergency contraception. The nature of information on adolescents in facility-level surveys is dependent on national policies and/or guidelines for providing family planning services for adolescents, which may vary from country to country. It is important to note that if a national policy does not support providing specific services to adolescents, then health facilities are not legally eligible to deliver them. In the absence of a national policy recommending provision of family planning method for adolescents, adolescent-specific service information is difficult to obtain. This is an inherent limitation in performing a cross-national comparison of adolescent access to various family planning methods using data from health facility surveys, including SARA.
While SARA data can produce many useful findings, it is important to acknowledge its limitations. The data only provide information about facility availability and readiness; they do not measure actual use of contraceptives. Moreover, assessing the supply side of family planning does consider potential low demand for family planning in general or for certain methods specifically, and how facility availability or readiness to provide family planning services may be affected in a place where demand may not exist. The information obtained on the availability of family planning services for unmarried adolescents was collected by interviewing 1 or more staff members at the facility. The interviews were not in-depth or robust and may have resulted in the actual availability being less than the stated results, possibly due to courtesy bias. It is crucial to review and revise data collection methods, as suggested above, to obtain good quality and credible information for strengthening services.
This analysis is limited, as it only looks at SARA data from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and cannot necessarily be generalized to other countries or regions, and because long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) and permanent methods were not included in the survey focus. The analysis was focused on short-acting reversible methods—oral contraceptives, injectables, and condoms—as the tracer for medicine and commodity availability for family planning services in SARA tool. Considering the increasing popularity of LARCs in sub-Saharan Africa, core SARA instruments may also consider adding them to the existing tracer items list.
The SARA tool should be revised to include LARCs and permanent methods to more accurately reflect the method mix available in sub-Saharan African countries.
By improving the availability of an appropriate contraceptive method mix through supply-chain and logistics solutions and increasing facility readiness through training and improved health systems, more women could gain access to contraception thereby reducing an already identified unmet need.
Reducing gaps in availability and readiness of health systems to provide contraceptive products and services is needed to achieve universal health coverage targets for family planning. As discussed in this article, addressing time- and resource constraints-related limitations by expanding the scope of the core SARA tool can make it more programmatically useful for family planning planners and managers.
Dans les 10 pays étudiés, la disponibilité des contraceptifs oraux, des contraceptifs injectables et des préservatifs est apparue très variable, tandis que la disponibilité d'indicateurs de base de la capacité opérationnelle (par exemple, lignes directrices, personnel qualifié, le matériel et produits spécifiques) était faible.
Contexte général : L'accès aux services de planification familiale et à des méthodes de contraception appropriées est indispensable pour obtenir des bons résultats sanitaires pour les femmes et les adolescentes. L'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et l'Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international (USAID) ont mis au point conjointement l'outil de mesure de la disponibilité et de la capacité opérationnelle des services (SARA), qui sert à mesurer la capacité des établissements de santé à fournir aux utilisateurs finaux des soins appropriés et de qualité. Dans cette étude, nous nous sommes intéressés à la disponibilité des services et à la capacité opérationnelle des établissements de santé à fournir des services de contraception dans 10 pays africains : le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, Djibouti, la Mauritanie, le Niger, l'Ouganda, la République démocratique du Congo, la Sierra Leone, la Tanzanie et le Togo.
Méthodes : Cette étude a comparé les données des enquêtes SARA sur les services de planification familiale qui ont été menées dans chacun des 10 pays. Nous avons mené une analyse descriptive des variations observées pour la capacité opérationnelle des établissements et du point de vue de la disponibilité des services, des méthodes de contraception, du personnel qualifié, des lignes directrices sur la planification familiale, et du matériel de soins de base.
Résultats : Globalement, dans une grande partie des pays étudiés, au moins une méthode de contraception est très largement disponible. Les contraceptifs sont généralement plus disponibles dans les établissements ruraux que dans les établissements urbains, et les services de planification familiale plus accessibles dans les établissements publics que chez d'autres prestataires. La méthode de contraception principale diffère d'un pays à l'autre, et des ruptures de stock de moyens de contraception ont été observées. Globalement, les niveaux étaient bas pour 6 indicateurs (disponibilité de lignes directrices sur la planification familiale, personnel qualifié de planification familiale, appareils de mesure de la tension artérielle, contraceptifs oraux combinés, contraceptifs injectables, et préservatifs masculins le jour de l'évaluation), indiquant un faible niveau de préparation opérationnelle. Des écarts ont été notés entre la disponibilité signalée et observée des appareils de mesure de la tension artérielle, des guides de planification familiale et d'au moins un membre de l'équipe formé à l'usage de ces outils. Dans tous les pays, les adolescents non mariés ont moins accès à la planification familiale que la population générale.
Conclusion : Les ruptures de stock et les problèmes de gestion logistique sont courants dans les pays étudiés. Les écarts entre la disponibilité notifiée et effective des produits et des services complique souvent l'accès des utilisateurs finaux à des méthodes appropriées de planification familiale. Face à une grande partie de ces problèmes, des efforts supplémentaires de formation des agents de santé sont nécessaires et il faut mieux cibler et soutenir les adolescents. Pour atteindre les cibles de la couverture sanitaire universelle en matière de planification familiale, il faut réduire les lacunes observées en matière de disponibilité des produits et des services de contraception et du point de vue de la préparation opérationnelle des établissements.
Funding: The research was funded by the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, a cosponsored program executed by the World Health Organization.
Disclaimer: This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the World Health Organization.
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Bill Reid's
Fewer Sorrows Music
Folk, Blues, Kids, Country -- Originals & Covers -- and Some for Longhairs
About the Original Songs
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Last updated June, 2013
Includes stories from our new children's EP, Songs for my Family!
Thursday Afternoon Arrival (Lullaby for Skipper Leigh) (click for sample) (Children's/Lullaby) was written the day our second granddaughter was born (a Thursday). It would be several days before my wife and I could be there to see her.
That's All Right, Jack (click for sample) (Children's/Rap). Yes, you read it right: This is a rap song for a baby, written by his 67 year-old white-haired, white-bread great uncle. Not exactly my metier, but it works, and background singers Vickie Carrico and Etta Britt had a ball with it.
Good Night, Moon (Lullaby for June) (click for sample) (Children's/Lullaby) was written just after I rocked our granddaughter to sleep for the first time. The title comes from her delight in seeing the moon every evening, and from one of her favorite books, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (New York: Harper & Row [Harper Collins], 1947). It's not like anything else I've written; we appended it as a "bonus track" on the CD A Place Inside My Heart, and it'll be on the upcoming Songs for my Family EP. Babies seem to like it; I played it for June when she was about two and she toddled over, laid her head on the sofa, and closed her eyes.
One Town at a Time (click for sample) (Country/Satire) came about in 2000, when Elise and I were driving to New Mexico and decided to write the quintessential country song. It has a cheatin' wife, whiskey, gambling, and a truck. This version, from our upcoming album Country Blues and Story Songs (2011) was cut in Nashville with the full band and J'Nae Fincannon's background vocals. In case you want to check a map, the towns are along Interstate 35 just north of Austin, Texas.
Autumn (click for sample) (Ballad) was written for a friend of mine, about his first serious girlfriend. After all that trouble (and some exciting exploits from Minnesota to Oklahoma when we were all too young and stupid to know better), she dumped him. He recovered, went on to much better things (including Mardell), and got pretty famous in his chosen field. In retrospect, the song's the best part of that memory. On stage, it is quiet and simple, not a song for outlaw bars. Here's to Eric, and to Raye, wherever she may be.
I wrote Talkin' Junebug Blues (click for latest sample) (Children's/Folk) when our only grandaughter, June, was about a year old. Her parents (Troy and Liz) had whisked her off to Baton Rouge from Austin, Texas, and one of the things I do when I lose people is write songs about them. June likes it, and it's a great song for kids (as long as they're old enough to know what a toad is -- does that make you curious?). Talkin' blues are easy to write and easy to play, but the words get wrapped around my teeth. In this new (2012) recording, background vocalists Vickie Carrico and Etta Britt giggled all the way through the take. There's an earlier recording (2009) in which I'm on the old D-28; Chris Reeves plays lead guitar, Ron Knuth plays mandolin, and Christine Albert sings a "litte girl" part.
A Place Inside His Heart (click for sample) (Country/Ballad) (formerly "My" Heart) -- Austin Songwriter Competition Winner -- This is a sad song. I was writing songs for our new granddaughter and the lyrics just sprang to mind. There's a nagging poignance; I found myself getting teary as I sang the words. I converted the lyric to third person so that different genders and ages of vocalists could sing it; it sounds great with a female country vocalist. The song sounds pretty good solo, but the band and J'Nae really make this performance.
Bill's Jump (Jump Down, Pick a Bale of Cotton; click for sample) (Blues/Zydeco/Cajun) is my arrangement loosely taken from a traditional southern field song. It's a simple song that makes a great jam, the kind of thing you play for as long as you want, with everybody jumping in for solos and playing off each other. Nobody knows how to stop it once it takes off, so we just end up in a musical train wreck.
Because You're There (formerly "Image" or "She Comes Into the Room") (Ballad) should have been written in some pastoral setting for my lovely wife, Elise. But the fact is, I was between wives a long time ago and trying to impress a sweet young nurse. She saw the guitar and asked if I played. I said yes, and went out on a limb and said I wrote a little, too. She didn't believe me, and bet that I couldn't write her a song in 10 minutes. She left the room, and when she came back, I had written it on the proverbial paper napkin. I'd love to know where she ended up. J'Nae makes it a fine duet.
The Pirate and the Swan (click for sample) (Folk/Pop) is a driving folk song I wrote in the late '70s. Search your soul for the deep meaning of the lyrics. Then try to enjoy it anyway.
Grace Before Breakfast (click for sample) (Children's) is for my grand-neice, Grace. She's a natural entertainer who uses her older brother as announcer and straight man. (When I wrote the song, she was four, and already knew how to handle men.) Then I had to write one for her brother, Max, and one for baby Will. It's hard not to appear to be playing favorites. Anyone with a child in kindergarten or early elementary school with get the point immediately. This is a Nashville cut.
Drivin' Home (click for sample) (Country) was written during my Green (Army uniform) Period, while stationed at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, during the early 1970s, the rewritten for the new CD. I'd been drafted and was living by myself in an old trailer outside DeRidder, depressed, and missing everybody. It was probably raining, too. The truck was a pickup then, and the song was a little shorter. Then I had a chance to do a session with Chris Reeves, who likes honky tonk, and tried to impress him by making it sound like an over-the-road driver. I'm not sure that worked, but Chris, Ron's fiddle and Stephen's dobro dress it up for the country market on A Place Inside My Heart. We've also done a Nashville cut with Bill Hullett, Mike Douchette, Clayton Ivey, Glen Duncan, Tommy Wells, and Dow Tomlin.
Max Growing Up (click for sample) (Children's) is about a six-year-old grand-nephew who is quietly strong, takes care of his little brother, and is a tolerant straight-man for his younger sister, the born entertainer. He'll make a fine grownup some day. This sample is from a new performance with the Nashville band.
The Mountain Man (click for sample) (Children's) is a real-life description of my young grand-nephew Dylan Hart, known affectionately to his parents as "Pickle" (from "Dylan," get it? "Dyl" -- "Dill" -- dill pickle?). He and his family live high in the mountains not far from Conifer, Colorado, where bears really do wander through the yard and most New Year's Eves are spent snow-camping near the summit of a nearby "14er" (14,000-foot mountain).
Merryville Highway Song (click for sample) (Folk/Country) is about thoughts on the road, in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of nowhere. Freedom isn't always everything it's cracked up to be.
Cheerio, You-All (click for sample) (Country/Children's) (formerly "Blimey, Will's Got an Accent!") is for my grand-nephew, William D. Reid, a brilliant and talented child who just happens to be the first person ever named after me. He was ripped from his Colorado roots (along with the rest of the family) and replanted in England on the pretense that his father had a good job opportunity there. Their address there was their house's name, not a number; very fancy and traditionally English. It's bad enough that the boy wasn't born in Texas, but growing up with a British accent? That's a heavy cross to bear. This is the Nashville performance version.
The Requiem Series (complete recordings) (Prelude [Requiem Vivace], Youth, Age, Postlude [Afterlife]) (Classical) was written during the early 1990s, mostly in our weekend house on Lake Buchanan, Texas. My mother picked the prelude for her memorial service. The primary movements were dedicated to our daughter, Stephanie, before they became part of the Requiem Series (Steph is alive and well and a great artist). It is copyrighted but not a BMI-registered work, and I am happy to consider permissions and licenses for orchestras, arrangers, or music scriptwriters that contact me for the updated score through Fewer Sorrows Music (see email address on this site).
Central Louisiana Daydream (Country) is sort of just what it says. Nothing fancy.
Anesthetic ([With] Half a Bottle Left Inside) (Folk/Pop) was another song written during yet another maudlin phase many years ago. It was probably raining then, too.
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Has better handling and a richer exhaust note.
Along with the Ferrari GTC4Lusso (facelifted Ferrari FF), Ferrari is also celebrating the show debut of the Ferrari California T with Handling Speciale package at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The new Handling Speciale option brings a number of specific calibrations and a setup that take handling up a notch, especially in the Sport mode.
Specifying the HS option brings new damper settings and modified springs that make the car stiffer. To be more specific, the optional package includes 16% stiffer front springs and 19% stiffer rear springs. These modifications make the car more sportier to drive, but at the cost of a marginally degraded ride comfort. In response the more dynamic driving, is a new engine sound that increases with rising revs.
The gear-shift logic for the Sport mode has been modified to provide faster up- and down-shifts in both automatic and manual modes. The Sport mode driving differences are emphasized by a new strategy for the SCM3 magnetorheological dampers that increases their response speed and makes them more efficient. Thanks to the revised F1-Trac logic, the acceleration is improved, and this improvement is noticed particularly when exiting corners and on more uneven road surfaces.
The new engine sound is the result of a new exhaust system, also included in the package. This exhaust system's silencers feature two primary pipes and a new geometry.
The HS package-equipped Ferrari California T is instantly recognisable with Grigio Ferro Met-coloured new front grille, Grigio Ferro Met-coloured rear diffuser with matte black fences and a special plaque in the cockpit.


The combination of sauerkraut and quesadillas sounds a bit odd, but it totally works. The sauerkraut is added after cooking to preserve the probiotic content of this traditional food. Try different combos of cheeses and sauerkraut flavors. I put some of our favorites below.
In a cast-iron skillet over medium heat, melt butter and swirl to coat the pan. Add one tortilla and spread the cheese overtop. Add the second tortilla. Cook until underside is browned, approx 3 minutes. Flip. Cook until other side is browned, approx 2 minutes. Remove from heat, carefully peel back top layer and spread sauerkraut evenly overtop of the cheese.
Cut with a pizza cutter into slices and serve warm with a side of salsa.
The kids and I loved this! So easy too. Thanks!


Systematic debugging represents an application of the scientific method to software.
John Ashmead learned how to program in the physics programs at Harvard (undergraduate) and Princeton (graduate). In the course of doing this, he learned a fair amount about scientific and numeric programming.
These skills have been useful to clients in health care and in data analysis applications.
is also taking advantage of these skills in several additional projects.


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Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (HIET) is a private engineering college located at St. Thomas Mount, Chennai, India, with the main campus at Serapanachery, Kanchipuram District.It has two colleges, HIET Polytechnic College and HIET Aviation College.

History
Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology was established in 1966 Hindustan Engineering Training Centre (HETC). The Aircraft Maintenance Engineering course was started in 1970. The HIET Polytechnic College was started in the year 1979. The campus at Serapanachery was Inaugurated in 2012.

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New 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' trailer
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Let's face it: Luc Besson is one of those directors who we just hate to love. Even though his films are not always the best in storytelling (I'm looking at you, "Lucy"), he always captures our attention in the best possible way: the visual effects, something he's come to master over time.
Just a few months ago, we wrote about the first trailer release for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Besson's upcoming cinematic project. Based on the French comic series Valérian and Laureline from writer Pierre Christin, the film has Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in the main roles and promises to live up to it's original story.
The second trailer of the film was released this past week, giving fans a little peek on what to expect on this new out-of-this-world adventure. The two-and-a-half minute trailer shows amazing new details on the intergalactic city of Alpha, it's alien citizens and the dangers it hides, all while a gentle version of "Because" by The Beatles plays in the background. Perfect choice of song, I might add. Seems like Besson had the time of his life filming this, creating and exploring new techniques for this new alien metropolis.
Even though I'm not a true Cara Delevingne fan (I still remember her really bad performance in Suicide Squad, sorry guys), I admit I'm looking forward in seeing this film very much. Don't disappoint me, Mr. Besson. That goes for you too, Mr. DeHaan.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, also starring Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke, and Rihanna hits theaters on July 21, 2017. Watch the trailer above and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Following acclaimed albums on Ninja Tune and Tri Angle, soundtrack and installation work, and remixes of the likes of Bjork, Forest Swords has curated a 27-track compilation that draws a line between past inspirations and his current peers.
The compilation shifts through rhythms and emotions: from pop icon Neneh Cherry's primal thudding to the zombified throb of exclusive Forest Swords track 'Crow', via Deena Abdelwaheed's clattering deconstructions and the outdoor mountain singing of Ánde Somby. Drawing threads between decades, borders and genres, DJ-Kicks is a collection of tracks that feels as restlessly curious, and crucial, as Barnes' own work.
The album artwork was designed by Forest Swords himself. It's available to pre-order now on 2LP, CD and digital formats.


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Harden, Westbrook combine for 72, Rockets beat Jazz 120-110
Written by Matthew Coles - Associated Press
Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) shoots during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Kim Raff)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Team are trying to get creative in guarding the Houston Rockets.
Russell Westbrook doesn't think the ploys are effective.
James Harden shrugged off traps to score 38 points, Westbrook faced two-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and still had 34 and the Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 on Saturday night.
"I don't know if it's working. I get whatever I want. I get to the basket. I shoot. I drive and kick. The pace and speed you can't scout for," Westbrook said.
Harden (13 for 23, 6 3-pointers) and Westbrook (14 for 26) were efficient all night and the Rockets rode a big third quarter to their third straight win.
"It obviously didn't work," Harden said when asked about putting the 7-foot-1 Gobert on the 6-3 Westbrook.
Eric Gordon and Ben McLemore each scored 12 off the bench for Houston.
Donovan Mitchell scored 31 and Jordan Clarkson had 22 for the Jazz, who cut the Rockets' lead to seven in the fourth quarter a couple times but could never get closer.
The Rockets made the Jazz pay when they occasionally double-teamed Harden and couldn't rotate fast enough to the perimeter shooters. After a season high-tying 25 3-pointers in their last outing against Golden State, the Rockets made 20 of 48 from beyond the arc.
"We have two guys, even more than two guys, that are able to put pressure on the rim. Teams are going to come and help and then our shooters have open shots," Harden said.
The Rockets made their move in the third quarter when they outscored the Jazz 38-19.
"When we don't make shots, it really impacts our defense. That said, I thought in the third quarter, we didn't have the same energy we needed on the defensive end. We didn't get our hands on balls, we didn't get deflections, and we fouled just once which tells you a little about our aggressiveness," Utah coach Quin Snyder said.
Westbrook capped a 14-2 run with a jumper and Houston led 100-85 entering the final period.
"It's cash money when they guard like that," Westbrook said.
The Rockets made eight of their first nine 3-point attempts to take an early eight-point lead.
Taking advantage of Houston's lack of rim protection, Clarkson scored 20 points in the first half to help the Jazz recover and move in front.
The Jazz played zone defense at times along with some non-traditional defensive matchups against the small-ball Rockets.
"Every game has been different so we just need to figure out how they are going to guard us and attack it. If they trap me, we are going to get open 3s. If they play us regular, we'll run our offense and still get it," Harden said.
If Harden and Westbrook are rolling, unique strategies don't seem to matter.
"We got two of the best 1-on-1 players in the world. What are you going to do?" Houston coach Mike D'Antoni said.
The Jazz lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night and could hardly afford another slip-up on the second half of their back-to-back as they jockey with the Rockets for playoff position in the last third of the season.
Houston and Utah now both have records of 36-20 but the Rockets claimed the season series, 2-1.
'D' WINS GAMES
All the Rockets mentioned improved defense, especially in the third quarter, as the key to the win. The Rockets held the Jazz to 6-for-19 shooting in the third quarter and forced five turnovers.
"We took the challenge better. They were coming at us and we weren't surprised but we weren't really into them and we didn't guard as well as we could (in the second period). That's the mark of an experienced and veteran that we just came out and manned up," D'Antoni said.
Harden agreed.
"That's what we've got to do. We've got to guard. If we guard at a high level like we've been doing, the sky's the limit for us," Harden said.
Rockets: Gordon, who scored 50 against Utah on Jan. 27, returned from a three-game absence with a leg bruise. … The Rockets' 20 3-pointers gave them a 60-21 edge on shots from long range. … Westbrook demonstratively demanded a replay on a foul by Bojan Bogdanovic early in the fourth quarter. After review, the elbow nudge was determined to be a common foul.
Jazz: Rookie forward Juwan Morgan, who had never played more than seven minutes in a game, played 13 minutes against the small-ball Rockets and had career highs of four points and five rebounds. … Utah outscored Houston 64-36 in the paint. … Mike Conley had 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists after sitting out for rest against the Spurs.
Rockets: Host New York on Monday night.
Jazz: Host Phoenix on Monday night.
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Bilgi Cagi Magazine watches the gender imbalances in science and innovation
Bilgi Cagi Magazine watches the…
The topic of March edition of Bilgi Cagi magazine is the women in science and innovation. The magazine takes attention to the women researchers and questions the equality of opportunity and gender related problems in the success of the women in research.
Wh y the number of women success stories is less than that of men's? Why are there so few women researchers? Why do the women stay at the behind? Do they have less motivation to produce or are they less intelligent compared to men? Bilgi Cagi Magazine deals with these questions in the March edition by considering the place of women researchers in science.
According to the 'She Figure Report', Turkey stays at the 13th level within 31 countries in terms of the proportion of female researchers in 2003 by having 36% of female researchers. Although Turkey's figure for female researchers is above the EU-25 level and many European countries such as Norway,Italy, France and Germany, the situation is still displeasing since there still remains a gender imbalance in research. Latvia and Lithuania are the two countries who have the highest female researcher percentages within 31 countries.
Bilgi Cagi magazine screens the issue from different perspectives; from the practice of the assigned gender roles to the gender imbalance, from inequality of opportunity to positive discrimination, from education system to the government policies.
Bilgi Cagi magazine includes the views of women associations and researchers as guest authors. It also presents the successful Turkish women portraits in different areas such as Feryal Özel who is one of the best famous astrophysicians in the world and gained reputation for her achievements in science.
As Şirin Elçi points out, according to the OECD 2006 employment report, Turkey has the lowest women employment rates within 30 OECD countries. And what is interesting is that the unemployment rates increase within the educated women. As Elçi puts forward this issue requires an urgent policy intervention.
While Gülseren Onanç, the president of KAGIDER Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey, emphasizes the need of education and self-confidence along with financial support to make women entrepreneur in the business life, Selen Akçalı, EU Consultant in TAGES, underlines the importance of positive discrimination in order to encourage women in professional life. Moreover, Leyla Arsan, TAGES CEO, takes attention to the need of existence of a gender balance for innovation in any kind of business, otherwise there will not be a production without women, and even if there is, it won't be sustainable. She also emphasizes the lack of the statistical measurement in Turkey based on gender to compare the current situation of gender distribution in research with the other countries. She proposes to make studies in the way of formation of gender based data, to develop gender oriented policies, to involve more women in the assembly work, to hold the gender issue as a social responsibility for all institutions, to implement 'Diversity Management' especially in big companies, to found a civil society organization of women in science, engineering and technology and to seek for women contribution in scientific and technological projects.
TAGES is one of the main contributors in Bilgi Cagi magazine which is published monthly with a vision to watch R&D and innovation processes of Turkey where the target mass is public organisations, NGOs, private sector, universities and all parties responsible for the R&D and innovation improvement of Turkey.
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Police still investigating Auburn Plaza shooting
A 19-year-old man remains hospitalized after suspected robbery attempt.
By Christopher WilliamsSun Journal
AUBURN — Prosecutors are awaiting a final report from investigators of an Auburn Plaza shooting last month before bringing possible charges against a 19-year-old suspect who was shot.
The teen, who was shot in the chest during what police said was an attempted robbery, remains hospitalized, Deputy Police Chief Timothy Cougle said Thursday.
Maine State Police were called to the scene at 730 Center St. early on the morning of Feb. 24 due to the seriousness of the gunshot, Assistant District Attorney Nathan Walsh said Thursday.
State police are charged with investigating all shootings in Androscoggin County that could result in death.
"They were doing the evidence processing and we're still waiting to see their finalized report," Walsh said.
The teen "will be charged, likely," Walsh said.
Prosecutors can present a felony case directly to a grand jury to get an indictment. All felony charges require grand jury indictment before proceeding to trial.
Because of the coronavirus, courts have suspended convening grand juries.
Prosecutors may also bring a felony charge after securing an arrest warrant from a judge that is backed by an affidavit.
Police arrested two others who have been charged in the incident.
William Beasley, 18, who lives locally, was charged with two counts of robbery, Class A crimes, each punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Beasley remains at Androscoggin County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
Pierre Rouse, 16, was charged in a juvenile petition with liability accomplice robbery, a felony, according to court records.
He was held at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland and scheduled for a detention hearing Thursday.
Rouse reportedly assumed the role of getaway driver.
According to local police, they received a call after midnight from a man and woman who said they had been robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of Auburn Plaza and they had "fired their own weapon at the perpetrators."
Police said they found a 19-year-old man lying on the ground, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest, while Beasley was attempting to provide first aid.
Police said the man and woman who reported the robbery said they were talking together in the woman's vehicle after work when Beasley and a 19-year-old approached their vehicle, showed them a revolver and "demanded their money and cellphones."
The male robbery victim told Beasley and the 19-year-old that he needed to get it from his vehicle, which was parked nearby.
According to a police affidavit, the male robbery victim pulled a 9 mm handgun from his vehicle and fired multiple shots at Beasley and the 19-year-old, who began running away.
The male robbery victim told police that he was trying to scare Beasley and the 19-year-old by firing shots in the air or behind them.
One of the shots struck the 19-year-old and he was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he was reported to be in critical condition, police said.
The weapon used by Beasley and the 19-year-old was identified as a BB gun designed to look like a revolver.
The identities of the couple who reported the crime were not released, pending the investigation.
Cougle said Thursday that the man who fired the shots is not expected to be charged.
A Maine State Police officer investigates a shooting in the Auburn Plaza parking lot on Feb. 24. Evidence tags mark shell casings next to a vehicle that was involved in the incident. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
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By: Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952.
The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.
The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.
Winner of the National Book Award
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i found this on her website and thought it was cute. so i tried it out. this is my "wordle". i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do with it or what the point of it is so it's going here.
i just realized it separated star wars. no, i don't like wars.


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Second Closing of Private Placement for $208,000
5 November 2013 Sirios
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Nov. 5, 2013) – SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE:SOI) completed today the second closing of the private placement, as previously announced on September 23, 2013. An additional amount of $208,000 was subscribed for and is composed of 787,500 Units, and 1,450,000 Flow-through Shares, bringing the total of the placement to $400,000. In total, 4,500,000 Common shares and 2,500,000 warrants were issued in this placement. A Director of the Company participated in the second closing for an amount of $5,000. Each warrant entitles its holder thereof to subscribe for one Common Share at $0.12 per share for a period of 12 months after the closing date of the private placement.
For the second closing, Sirios paid a finder's fee in cash of $11,200 and issued finder's warrants entitling the holder to purchase 100,000 Common Shares at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of 12 months. The TSX Venture has conditionally approved the private placement.
The proceeds of this placement will mainly be used by Sirios to complete the diamond drilling campaign on its Cheechoo gold project located in James Bay, as well as for general purposes. The TSX Venture has conditionally approved the private placement.
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Founded in 1995, Ressources Sirios develops its own mining exploration projects. A highly qualified team of engineers and geologists manage all phases of projects, from scientific hypothesis to ground exploration.
Pioneers in the discovery of world-class gold deposits in the James Bay region, over the years, Sirios has discovered numerous gold and silver showings in Nord-du-Québec and Eastern Canada.
Its flagship project, Cheechoo, is the largest and most promising gold discovery in the history of Sirios. The company also owns other high-potential projects, including Pontax and Aquilon.
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(1) I go into Contact Details for A and select the primary number, 1234. The countdown/confirmation screen appears showing the correct contact details and photo for A. However, when the dial-out screen appears it shows the wrong details and photo for B. At the conclusion of the call the History display shows a correct entry for Contact A, but the Frequently Called display shows a wrong entry for Contact B.
(2) I go into Contact Details for B and select the secondary number, 1234. The countdown/confirmation screen appears showing the wrong contact details and photo for A. However, when the dial-out screen appears it shows the correct details and photo for B. At the conclusion of the call the History display shows a wrong entry for Contact A, but the Frequently Called display shows a correct entry for Contact B.
(3) If I use the stock Android Contacts to repeat the sequence in (1) then the same result occurs except that History again shows the correct A entry but Frequently Contacted shows entries for both contacts A and B.
This is very confusing when trying to assess what numbers you have called.
Re: History versus Frequently Called Displays bug.
This feature, find contacts in the database by phone number. There is no good solution.
devin wrote: This feature, find contacts in the database by phone number. There is no good solution.
I guessed that was how it was working and could see why the problem occurred.
devin wrote: How do you want it to work?
1) Initiated from Contact Details.
I can adopt a solution by deleting the secondary number in contact B and instead putting the information in the Notes section. That is not ideal since there are many cases of two different contacts who have different mobile numbers but live together and share the same home number.
For incoming calls, and direct call number, there is no solution. Since we first know the number, instead of the Contact ID. Sometimes Contact ID will change, when we save contacts ID to call log, it will also run into problems.
Thinking about this some more I realise I am only concerned about outgoing calls which originate from the specific Contact Listing or from within the Contact Details. In this case you know the actual Contact and can record that record at the beginning of the action and correctly enter it in Frequents and History. For incoming calls or calls dialed from the dialer then I realise the number is shared and the record is not necessarily correct.
I will try to improve, but a problem is the contact ID sometimes change.


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We Have a James Bond Movie Date, but We Don't Officially Have a James Bond
Shaken, not stirred
By Brandon Katz • 07/25/17 11:13am
The next James Bond film has an official release date. Greg Williams/Eon Productions via Getty Images
On Monday, longtime James Bond movie producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson sent out a press release announcing that the 25th film in the franchise, currently untitled, will hit U.S. theaters on November 8, 2019. Notably absent from the press release was any mention of star Daniel Craig, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Interesting. Very interesting.
Craig's less than enthusiastic comments regarding a return to the 007 franchise are well-covered territory by now as are the rumors that Eon Productions and MGM were considering letting him walk (though whichever studio wins the bidding rights to the series would likely have something to say about that). Craig has more than capably manned the role in four films and 2015's Spectre, while still a hit with more than $800 million worldwide, was a notable step down both financially and creatively from 2012's Skyfall, according to Box Office Mojo. While the studio and fans would prefer one last go-around with Craig, it wouldn't be a shock to see a new secret agent take up the Beretta 418.
Since the press release, however, The New York Times reported that Craig will indeed return for the next James Bond movie. The outlet cites "two people briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid conflicts with Eon and MGM." This gives Bond 25 a sense of continuity and an opportunity to say a proper goodbye to one of the most well-received 007s in franchise history.
As of now, the movie does not have a director or cast, but the press release did announce that Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, the screenwriting team behind every Bond script since 1999's The World is Not Enough, will be back. It will be interesting to see if the movie touches on Britain's place in the world post-Brexit and if Craig really is on board for another go.
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by Wisden Staff 02 Dec 2021, 5:00am 3 minute read
The 2021/22 edition of Abu Dhabi T10 league will begin on November 19, 2021, and will run till December 4: find where to watch details – live streaming and TV channels – for the T10 league.
The T10 league has been licensed by the Emirates Cricket Board. It is the only 10-over cricket tournament sanctioned by the ICC. Over the years, many prominent players have featured in the league. This will be the fifth season of the T10 league. The games comprise two innings of ten overs each.
The league will feature six teams, and prominent T20 players from around the globe will play in the tournament. This season will feature several veteran players like Shahid Afridi, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Jason Roy, Eoin Morgan, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, and Andre Russell. The league will also feature some exciting young talent like Wanindu Hasaranga, Nicholas Pooran, and Curtis Campher.
Here's the full team list for Abu Dhabi T10 league 2021/22
The T10 league will be played over a period of 16 days in a round-robin format. It will end with two qualifiers and eliminators on December 3, before the final is played out on December 4.
Here's the full schedule of the Abu Dhabi T10 league 2021/22
On August 16, it was announced that Viacom18 won the exclusive TV and digital rights for the Abu Dhabi T10 league for India. The league will have 34 games of 90-minute cricketing entertainment which will be broadcast around the world.
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package com.helospark.spark.builder.handlers.codegenerator.builderprocessor;

import static com.helospark.spark.builder.preferences.StaticPreferences.JSON_DESERIALIZE_CLASS_NAME;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.AST;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MemberValuePair;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.NormalAnnotation;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.QualifiedType;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeLiteral;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.rewrite.ASTRewrite;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.rewrite.ListRewrite;

import com.helospark.spark.builder.handlers.ImportRepository;
import com.helospark.spark.builder.handlers.codegenerator.domain.CompilationUnitModificationDomain;
import com.helospark.spark.builder.preferences.StaticPreferences;

/**
 * Adds {@literal @}JsonDeserialize annotation to the class where the builder is generated.
 * <p>
 * Note, that the same ListRewriter cannot be used to add the builder class and to change the modifier on the main type.
 * @author helospark
 */
public class JsonDeserializeAdder {
    private ImportRepository importRepository;

    public JsonDeserializeAdder(ImportRepository importRepository) {
        this.importRepository = importRepository;
    }

    public void addJsonDeserializeAnnotation(CompilationUnitModificationDomain compilationUnitModificationDomain, TypeDeclaration builderType) {
        AST ast = compilationUnitModificationDomain.getAst();
        ASTRewrite rewriter = compilationUnitModificationDomain.getAstRewriter();
        ListRewrite modifierRewrite = rewriter.getListRewrite(compilationUnitModificationDomain.getOriginalType(), TypeDeclaration.MODIFIERS2_PROPERTY);

        NormalAnnotation annotation = createAnnotation(ast, compilationUnitModificationDomain, builderType);

        modifierRewrite.insertFirst(annotation, null);

        importRepository.addImport(StaticPreferences.JSON_DESERIALIZE_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME);
    }

    private NormalAnnotation createAnnotation(AST ast, CompilationUnitModificationDomain compilationUnitModificationDomain, TypeDeclaration builderType) {
        TypeLiteral typeLiteral = createBuilderClassReferenceLiteral(ast, compilationUnitModificationDomain, builderType);

        NormalAnnotation jsonDeserializeAnnotation = ast.newNormalAnnotation();
        jsonDeserializeAnnotation.setTypeName(ast.newSimpleName(JSON_DESERIALIZE_CLASS_NAME));

        MemberValuePair builderAttribute = ast.newMemberValuePair();
        builderAttribute.setName(ast.newSimpleName("builder"));
        builderAttribute.setValue(typeLiteral);

        jsonDeserializeAnnotation.values().add(builderAttribute);

        return jsonDeserializeAnnotation;
    }

    private TypeLiteral createBuilderClassReferenceLiteral(AST ast, CompilationUnitModificationDomain compilationUnitModificationDomain, TypeDeclaration builderType) {
        String originalClassName = compilationUnitModificationDomain.getOriginalType().getName().toString();
        String builderClassName = builderType.getName().toString();

        QualifiedType qualifiedType = ast.newQualifiedType(ast.newSimpleType(ast.newSimpleName(originalClassName)), ast.newSimpleName(builderClassName));

        TypeLiteral typeLiteral = ast.newTypeLiteral();
        typeLiteral.setType(qualifiedType);
        return typeLiteral;
    }

}

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Cam, Gloucestershire, England, from Peaked Down (which is the pointed peak outside Cam). The River Severn shows as a thin line of water in the left-hand part of the picture, below the line of hazy Welsh hills. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on 29th April 2006 and placed in the public domain.
Cam is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
CAM, a parish in Dursley district, Gloucester; on the Cam rivulet and the Dursley railway, under the Cotswolds, 1 mile N of Dursley. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Dursley. Acres, 2,946. Real property, £9,079. Pop., 1,500. Houses, 373. The property is divided among a few. Excellent cheese is produced. Cloth manufacture is carried on in a large establishment. A battle was fought here, in the time of Edward the Elder, between the Danes and the Saxons. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Low Cam, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is early English. There are endowed and national schools and large charities.
Cam, 1 mile N.E. Dursley. P. 1851.
Cam (St. George), a parish, in the union of Dursley, Upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 1 mile (N.) from Dursley; containing 1851 inhabitants. This place is distinguished as the scene of a battle, fought between the Saxons and the Danes, in the reign of Edward the Elder. The parish, which takes its name from a rivulet that divides it into Upper and Lower, and falls into the Severn at Frampton, comprises 2531a. 1r. 26p., of which 2025 acrs are pasture, 263 arable, and 242 common land; the soil is in general a strong clay. There are several quarries of white and of brown freestone, which, when kept dry, is of good quality for building; and facility of communication is afforded by the Gloucester and Bristol railway, which crosses the lower part of the parish. A considerable portion of the land lies low, but the meadows afford excellent pasture, and the district is noted for the superiority of its cheese. The majority of the inhabitants are employed in the finer branches if the clothing trade, and the weavers of the place are among the best workmen in the kingdom. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £6. 13. 4.; net income, £150; patron and appropriator, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The tithes have been commuted for £500, and the glebe consists of 23a. 2r. The church, which has been improved Nd newly pewed at a considerable expense, is an ancient structure, in the later English style: in the porch was formerly a figure of the patron saint, carved in wood, which, in the reign of Edward VI., was taken down and removed to Colnbrook, from which circumstance the George inn in that town received its name. There ate places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. In 1730, Mrs. France's Hopton bequeathed an estate for a school, now producing nearly £200 per annum; and a national school is supported by subscription.
Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol VIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900.


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This Video Might Be the Most Ridiculous Real Housewives Moment Ever
By Nolan Feeney
First things first: Aviva Drescher is the realest. That's what she'd like you to believe, at least, when she takes off her prosthetic leg and hurls it across the room to make a point about authenticity in the upcoming season finale of The Real Housewives of New York City.
Drescher lost her leg at the age of six after a dairy farm accident in upstate New York, but, as the reality-star-philanthropist-memoirist explains on her website, she "has never let this tragedy define who she is." Slamming her leg on the table and shouting the already-iconic line, "The only thing that is artificial or fake about me is this," however, will at least be a defining moment for the Bravo show.
Write to Nolan Feeney at nolan.feeney@time.com.


Helical antennas have an inherent helix in their design. As a result, these antennas radiate RF in travelling waves through a corkscrew pattern. Signals travelling on these circular waves can be carried on any of its axial planes of symmetry. This method of transmission results in a signal that is better at penetrating and bending around objects, making it more resistant to signal degradation from common communication obstacles such as multi-path, phasing, weather and line-of sight.
Available helical antennas can provide continuous coverage from 100 MHz to 6000 MHz (6 GHz) in both left or right hand circular polarization. All helical models can be manufactured in both commercial or military grades.
The HE-238 series antennas are a family of high power, wide-band, helical antennas that operate in the 1.2 to 1.8 GHz range. These heavy-duty antennas will provide years of reliable service in either military or commercial applications.
Antenna orders come with pole-mounting hardware. A motorized dual-mount, which will house up to two HE-238 antennas, is also available. The dual-mount is available in manual and motorized modes. The motorized mount will allow users to reposition the antenna (along azimuth and elevation planes) remotely for remote applications.
These antennas will provide years of trouble-free service in extreme environments and are currently in use by several U.S. military installations in remote locations.
The HE-0238-165-HH is a handheld direction-finding antenna. Used by multiple government entities, this antenna is constructed entirely out of aircraft certified 6061-T6 aluminum and G-10 fiberglass within a 100% sealed radome that will provide many years of quality and reliable service in the field. Previous models have achieved a 2:1 VSWR across the band. Antennas come packaged with shoulder straps and a mounted magnetic compass.
The HE-500-10 is a high-power right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) communications antenna. The goal in designing this device was to produce an antenna that would be electrically superior and extremely rugged.
These antennas are custom matched from 584 to 876 MHz to achieve a 1.5: 1 VSWR across the band. The final design is a high quality product that will provide years of performance in any environment. Mounting hardware is provided with the HE-500-10 to securely fasten the antenna to a 2" diameter pipepolarized (RHCP) communications antenna. The goal in designing this device was to produce an antenna that would be electrically superior and extremely rugged.
The HE-0580-10 is a high-power, right-hand, circular-polarized (RHCP) heavy duty small antenna that can suit both commercial and military applications. The antenna is constructed entirely of aircraft certified 6061-T6 aluminum and G-10 fiberglass with a copper radiator which is all enclosed in a sealed radome. This will ensure the antenna provides many years of quality service. In addition, these antennas are manually matched to achieve a low 2:1 VSWR across the 5.0 to 6.0 GHz band.
The HE-1000 series antennas are high-power, wide band, severe-duty antennas that can serve in both military and commercial applications. The antennas are constructed entirely of aircraft certified 6061-T6 aluminum with copper radiators all enclosed in 100% sealed radomes.
Multiple HE-1000 antennas have previously been used in arrays to increase beamwidth without sacrificing directivity.
The HE-1000 models are currently in use by several U.S. military installations in remote locations due to the years of proven, trouble-free service that these antennas can provide.
The TMC HC-238-13 antenna helical/horn hybrid for use in high-power L-Band applications. The helical/horn combination provides low side-lobe levels while maintaining a solid gain. The antenna operates from 1.2 to 1.6 GHz making it ideal for use in GPS-related applications.


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UK's Hancock suggests people in Tier 4 must act as if they have the virus (Update 2)
By Reuters News Service December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020 0701
London and southeast England may stay under tighter coronavirus curbs for some time, Britain's health minister suggested on Sunday, saying dropping plans to ease restrictions for Christmas was needed to stem a new fast-spreading strain.
He suggested people act as if they have the virus.
Under fire for imposing an effective lockdown on more than 16 million people just days before Christmas, Matt Hancock said Saturday's decision was taken speedily after new evidence showed the new strain was responsible for spiralling COVID cases.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tore up plans on Saturday to allow three households to mix indoors for five days over the festive period, imposing new Tier 4 level curbs similar to a recent national lockdown on London and southeast England.
Hancock suggested the tougher measures – which require about a third of the population of England to stay at home except for essential reasons such as work – might stay in place until vaccinations become more widely available.
"We've got a long way to go to sort this," Hancock told Sky News.
"Essentially we've got to get that vaccine rolled out to keep people safe. Given how much faster this new variant spreads, it's going to be very difficult to keep it under control until we have the vaccine rolled out."
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, said while he supported the new measures, "yet again the prime minister waited until the 11th hour to take this decision.
"The alarm bells have been ringing for weeks but the prime minister chose to ignore them … He told the country to go ahead and have a merry little Christmas … and yet three days later he tells millions of families to rip up those plans," he told a news conference.
Ministers say the new strain, which has been identified in Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia, is up to 70% more transmissible than the original but that there is no evidence that it is more lethal or causes more severe illness.
Soon after Johnson told the nation of the changes, some in London headed for the capital's train stations to try to travel to see relatives over Christmas, and there were scenes of crowding – something Hancock called "totally irresponsible".
He also said the government acknowledged that the economic impact of the new measures would be "severe" after the Confederation of British Industry called them a "real kick in the teeth" for many businesses.
But speaking on the BBC, Hancock said a new national lockdown was "not necessarily" inevitable to stem the rise in cases.
"One of the reasons we brought in the strict travel movements in Tier 4 … is to try to stop this new variant from spreading," he told the "Andrew Marr Show".
A glimmer of hope for Cyprus talks
Jamie Oliver's & Gennaro Contaldo's crispy twist on classic mince pies


Having been a fan of Quentin Tarantino films for over 25 years, this is a favorite moment of mine in any of his movies. Portrait of Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield from the film Pulp Fiction – delivering his performance of the "Ezekiel 25:17″ speech.
10″ x 10", acrylic on cradled wood panel. Ready to hang.


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Pedro Humberto Vaz Ramela (Rocha, 2 de desembre de 1963) fou un advocat i polític uruguaià, exministre d'Afers Exteriors del seu país.

Biografia
Es graduà en Dret per la Universitat de la República el 1987. Dos anys després entrà al Ministeri de Relacions Exteriors de l'Uruguai. Ha estat destinat a Mèxic com a secretari i a Ginebra com a Ministre Conseller. Va ser ambaixador al Brasil el 2005.

El 2008 acompanyà el canceller Gonzalo Fernández a la secretaria del Ministeri. El 31 d'agost del 2009 va assumir al càrrec de Canceller de la República després de la renúncia de Gonzalo Fernández.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Biografia de Pedro Vaz (MRREE)
 CIA: Polítics de l'Uruguai (2 de setembre de 2009)

Advocats uruguaians
Alumnes de la Universitat de la República
Ministres de Relacions Exteriors de l'Uruguai
Persones de Rocha
Socialistes uruguaians
Morts a Santiago de Xile
Ambaixadors al Brasil
Juristes uruguaians
Ambaixadors uruguaians


Landmark Research Journals of Agriculture and Soil Science is requesting for qualified, energetic, competent and high profile researchers to join its editorial team as Editors, Associate Editors and Reviewers.
(Professor) in the Agriculture and Biological Division, National Research Centre - Egypt.
(Assistant Professor) Plant Protection Station P.O.Box:149 Nashtaroud, Mazandaran, Iran.
(Assistant Professor) Department of Petrochemicals, Polymer Lab., Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, 11727, Cairo, Egypt.
Department Of Zoology (M. L. Sukhadia.University, Udaipur).
Environmental Sciences. Sana'a University. Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Education-Arhab, Sana'a University.
Lecturer, FASA in the Department of Plant Protection. Major courses include Pesticide Application, Introduction to Plant Pathology (Level II and IV) and Agricultural Practices from level I-IV.
Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry at Maseno University, Kenya.
Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal.


Hi, I'm Ben, a mindfulness-based integrative therapist. That's a bit of a mouthful - what does it mean?
I believe the healing quality of the relationship, between client and therapist, is the essential element for helping you experience a more rich and meaningful life. We'll use this to bring awareness to how your mind works and the thoughts and feelings you are struggling with. I'll help you bring acceptance, allowing you to experience parts of yourself in a different way, and we'll work together on the change you'd like to see. If you wish, we can use mindfulness activities during the session or discuss goals for you outside of our work.
As part of my therapeutic approach I draw on my experience of Psychodynamic and Person centred theory, Acceptance and commitment therapy, and Mindfulness based cognitive therapy.
I have experience of helping people with difficulties including: generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), panic attacks, depression, low self-esteem or confidence, and relationship issues. For a complete list of areas I can help with, please see the 'What I can help with' section below.
I work from my home in De Beauvoir, on the border of Hackney and Islington in north-east London. I also offer online therapy via a video call.
If you'd like to arrange a consultation, for a fee of £35, or have any other questions please contact me for a chat.


(Chicago, IL) -- Police divers say they've found the body of a missing Minnesota college student two days after she fell in the Chicago River.
Twenty-one-year-old Lauren Li slipped into the icy river while trying to help her friend -- who fell in trying to retrieve his cell phone. Twenty-six-year-old Ken Hoang died in the river and his body was recovered Monday morning. Li's boyfriend also jumped in the river but was rescued and was discharged from the hospital yesterday. Li was a University of Minnesota student visiting friends in town, and police say alcohol likely played a role in the incident.


There are different designs and styles of bracelets have started to invade the market. Designers these days are using their innovative mind and creativity to make every piece of bracelet unique and amazing so that more and more customers can be driven towards their items. However, not all the bracelets you see these days in the market are designed for you. When you are out there to search for the best men's bracelets, you must have certain ideas running in your mind about the type of bracelet you want to buy next. This is where Kainam can bring great help for you. As the leading supplier of mens chain bracelet, this online store has managed to come up with a wide range of mens silver jewelries that are designed by leading designers. All these items are now available in the best deal. This online store has surely appeared as the best shopping hub for those men who are looking for exclusive men's jewelries. It's the increasing demand for mens silver jewelry is what also pushing the designers to their limits. They are now facing another level of challenge!
How the designers are making such items?
Now these designers need to design mens silver jewelry while keeping modern men's needs and preferences in mind. This is a very challenging job and meeting the customer's expectation is not that easy when you are into the jewelry making business. You have to keep your mind open for any new ideas and possible designs. You have to make sure that the jewelry you are going to make will be adopted in the market wholeheartedly. This is where the real challenge appears for these top designers. They have to make the most use of their creative and innovative mind while thinking about a possible design. And when it comes to men's bracelets, designers also feel very comfortable and flexible while working with leather like material. At this online store, they also sale leather bracelets for men! However, bracelets made from the material like leather is not everyone's choice. There are men who are looking for bit more and for them mens chain bracelet seems to be the best option.
Gone are those days when only rich and powerful men were only wearing bracelet. Now day's things have changed a lot. Now when it comes to the best wrist wear for men, most men prefer to opt for the mens chain bracelet instead of investing with a costly watch. Modern men have become more fashion savvy. They are more inclined towards latest fashion trends and styles. You can say that they wait for the latest announcement from the fashion world and once it appears in the market, they waste no time to invest with that item and use it to enhance their style. At this online store, you are going to find the best mens silver jewelry that is designed by the top designers. So, you can always expect these items to last long while delivering great benefits for the users.


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Liste des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général pour 1963, chacun suivi du gagnant.

Français

 Prix du Gouverneur général : poésie ou théâtre de langue française : Gatien Lapointe, Ode au Saint-Laurent.
 Prix du Gouverneur général : études et essais de langue française : Gustave Lanctot, Histoire du Canada.

Anglais

 Prix du Gouverneur général : romans et nouvelles de langue anglaise : Hugh Garner, Hugh Garner's Best Stories.
 Prix du Gouverneur général : études et essais de langue anglaise : J.M.S. Careless, Brown of the Globe.

Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général par année
1963 en littérature
1963 au Canada


This Simple Ground Chuck Pasta dish is ready in 25 minutes, although simple but divine.
I'm excited to share this post with you today, because I found a great ingredient that cut my cooking preparation time, and tastes absolutely awesome.
Being a food blogger, and having the passion to spend time in the kitchen, to produce new and delicious recipes, doesn't mean that there aren't other times, when I don't want to spend much time in the kitchen, and just watch YouTube videos, which lately became a habit.
Fresh ingredients are the key to healthy and delicious food, but today I thought of taking a short cut, and used canned diced tomatoes.
When I opened, Hunt's diced tomatoes can I didn't smell anything chemical or strange, like I usually do with other brands, and that is the reason why I avoid canned diced tomatoes, instead it smelled like tomatoes.
The real surprise was when I poured Hunt's diced tomatoes in the pan. I was like "Maaan! Are you serious?!". I could not believe how fresh these canned diced tomatoes looked!
Have a look at the picture below, and tell me if it does not look like freshly diced tomatoes.
I went on cooking my ground chuck sauce, seasoned it, let it simmer for few minutes, and when it's done, it tasted just like the one I make using freshly bought tomatoes.
One last thing about Hunt's diced tomatoes, it has the skin on and some seeds, which I like, but some may be looking for skinless diced tomatoes.
Follow me on Instagram, and if you happen to make any of my recipes, please post the picture and mention me in your post, or use this hash tag #munatycooking. I would love to see your creation.
As for my recipe, here you go!
Simple and quickly prepared ground chuck pasta, although simple but divine and flavorful.
Boil macaroni as instructed on the box. Keep aside.
In a saucepan, add oil and when hot add the onion and fry until translucent.
Add the ground chuck and stir for 4 minutes. Add rest of ingredients and let it cook on medium high until meat completely cooked (may take 15 – 20 minutes).
Add the cooked macaroni on the meat sauce, and mix for one minute.
Let this dish rest for at least 30 minutes before serving, to enhance the flavor.
What a wonderful every day pasta recipe. I have pinned this to try it. Thanks.
What very satisfying pasta! Easy to make but looks very tasty. Yummy!


The building lies on an extremely hilly site with a level difference of 15 feet from the front to the rear of the plot. This plays a major role in guiding the design concept where we have utilized the contours of the site to create 2 different points of entries into the building.
Basement parking levels have also been divided into split levels which make for an efficient parking layout and also helps reduce the excavation of the ground, which in turn reduces the cost of construction.
Red terracotta/ sandstone cladding is proposed to reference the local hues of traditional Mughal architecture. The south facing front façade has been designed in response to the solar movement, having horizontal windows carved into the solid face. This gives the overall built form a unified feel and also helps minimize solar gain in the building.