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By CA Satbir Singh | September 26, 2018
(Last Updated On: September 26, 2018)
infrastructure provided by the applicant is different from "Telecommunication Tower" in as much as
(i) the infrastructure provided by the applicant docs not contain a. prefabricated shelter made of insulating PUF material made of fibres; b. electronic Panel: c. Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and other radio transmission and reception equipment; d. diesel generator set;
(ii) the infrastructure is not a immovable property as it can be easily be moved to another place for use without any damage to the entire infrastructure. Therefore the infrastructure provided by the applicant is to be construed as "movable property".
(iii) height of pole is 7m to 9m whereas height of telecommunication tower is 70m to 90m.
(iv) the infrastructure being a movable property can be classified as 'goods' in terms of section 2(52) of CGST/SGST Act, 2017.
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS, UTTARAKHAND
Vindhya Telelinks Ltd., In re
VIPIN CHANDRA AND AMIT GUPTA, MEMBER
RULING NO. 06/2018-19 AND APPLICATION NO. 01/2018-19
Sanjay Gupta for the Applicant.
1. This is an application under Sub-Section (1) of Section 97 of the CCIST Act and the rules made thereunder filed by M/s Vindhya Tclelinks Ltd . Ground Floor, Wing-B, Commercial Plaza, Hotel Radisson, NH -8 Mahipalpur, New Delhi seeking an advance ruling on the quest ion whether cenvat credit of goods and services used for erection of infrastructure to which fibre cables are connected for leasing Telecommunication Operators, is available to them.
2. Advance Ruling under GST means a decision provided by the authority or the appellate authority to an applicant on matters or on questions his specified in sub section (2) of section 97 or sub section (1) of section 100 in relation to the supply of goods or services or both being undertaken proposed to be undertaken by the applicant.
3. As per Section 97(2)(d) of CGST/SGST Act, 2017 the advance ruling c\mi be given on "admissibility of input tax credit of tax paid or deemed in have been paid". In the present case applicant has sought advance ruling, in respect of admissibility of input tax credit (hereinafter referred to as 1TC) of goods and services used for erection of infrastructure to which fibre cables are connected for leasing to Telecommunication Operators. Therefore, in terms of said Section 97(2)(d) of CGST/SGST Act, 2017, t he present application is hereby admitted.
4. Accordingly opportunity of personal hearing was earlier granted on 14.06.2018 and the applicant attended the hearing. That time the authority had Shri Anil Singh, Joint Commissioner, SO ST and Shri Amii Gupta, Joint Commissioner, CGST were members. Since Shri Anil Singh, has been promoted and transferred, therefore fresh PH has been given lo the applicant on 01.08.2018 and 13.08.2018 and the applicant had sought adjournments vide letters dated 28.07.2018 & 08.08.201 8. Another personal hearing was fixed on 28.08.2018 and Shri Sanjay Gupta, Vice President of the applicant attended the hearing on the designated date.
5. In the present application, applicant has requested for advance ruling on admissibility of cenvat credit of goods and services used for erection of infrastructure which is discussed as under:
6.1 Admissibility of ITC of goods & services used for erection of infrastructure for Telecommunication Operators: From the documents submitted by the applicant we find that applicant is registered in Uttarakhand with GSTIN bearing no. 05AAACV7757J1ZY and engaged in providing services including trenching, laying, jointing and installation of cables to companies operating in the telecommunication and power sector. The applicant has obtained Registration for Infrastructure Provider category-1 (IP-l) from Department of Telecommunication, Government of India wherein the scope of activities are limited to establish and maintain assets such as Dark Fibics, Right of Way, Duct space for grant on lease/rent/sale basis only lo licenced Telecom Service Providers.
6.2 The issues to be decided in the present case is whether applicant is eligible of ITC on goods 8s services used in erection of infrastructure, whichconsists of "steel tabular pole, galvanized iron wire, nuts & bolts, optical fibre cables, plastic pipes, clamps ", for telecommunication service providers since the infrastructure provided by the applicant is different from "Telecommunication Tower" .
6.3 To give decision on the issues, we have to go through the background of telecommunication services how it works.
The mobile telecommunications industry provides cellular telephone services through the use of active and passive infrastructure, to use industry terminologies. The active infrastructure, as the name implies, comprises the–core elements of cellular telephony in the form of a network of contiguous radio cells providing coverage through operating on a dedicated set of radio channels of defined frequencies. Elements of the active infrastructure are the base transceiver station (BTS), the base station controller (BSC), the mobile switching centre (MSC) and microwave and GSM antennae. The antennae enable both the transmission and receipt of radio signals, enabling the cellular telephony to proceed uninterrupted as the subscriber is mobile.
In contrast, the passive infrastructure comprises the elements which enable-the active infrastructure to operate as described above.
6.4 A telecommunication/cell tower houses the electronic communications equipment along with an antenna to support cellular communication in a network, A cell tower is usually an elevated structure with the antenna, transmitters and receivers located at the top. A cell tower also known as cellular tower or cell site. The primary function of a telecommunication/cell tower is to ensure proper elevation to antennas that receive and transmit radio-frequency signals from cell phones and other devices. There are different types of telecommunication/cell phone towers viz. Monopole, Lattice, Guyed. The details of the same are as under:
(a) Lattice Tower – also referred to as a self-supporting tower. The lattice tower affords the greatest flexibility and is often used in heavy loading conditions. A lattice tower is typically three or four sided, with similar shaped bases.
(b) Monopole Tower – A monopole tower is a single steel or concrete tube tower. It requires one foundation and typically don't exceed 50 metres. The antennas are mounted on the exterior of the tower.
(c) Guyed Tower/Mast – Guyed lowers used to be the cheapest tower to construct, but require the greatest amount of kind. For taller heights ( 100 metres and greater) it is much cheaper to build a guyed tower. Most radio end television towers are guyed towers. A guyed tower is a straight tower (alsoreferred to as mast) connected by guy wires attached to the ground in .ill directions, which anchor and support the tower.
6.5 As per applicant, they are engaged in leasing of Telecommunication Fibre'. In hilly areas, the telecommunication fibres are kept to be elevated unlike in plain areas where the fibres are put underground. It is only because of this reason the fibres cannot be put underground in the hilly areas;, they are placed on the poles. The infrastructure so erected by them to elevate: the fibre so that "Telecommunication Operators" can connect the fibre to their "Telecommunication Towers". The picture of the said infrastructure is as under:
6.6 The process of creation of aerial network done by the applied under:
a. The creation of aerial network begin with erection of pole which involve excavation of pit with particular specification, placing of earthing coil in the pit to protect the pole & fibre from damage in the event of lightening. Thereafter muff is installed in the pit, inside which pole is erected.
b. After installation of muff, the pole is place inside the muff with concrete Additional structure referred to as "GI Support" is also erected near some poles which are used for bringing the fibre down whenever needed. GI support is used to pass cables from within so that fiber can be diverted to a different direction or can be connected to an underground network.
c. Connection of fibres is then done on the poles either using the winch or manually. Joint closures are placed on pole to joint the incoming end of the fibre to outgoing end of the fibre. Loop brackets are placed on the pole to hold extra fibre so that fibre can be reconnected in case there is any cut or damage in the existing fibre. A pulley also placed on top of the pole which is useful for pulling the fibre down whenever so needed.
d. Stay wires are used in some poles for protecting them from bending
6.7 The details of items used in the infrastructure are as under:
a. The poles used in the infrastructure are hollow and does not fibre inside.
b. GI Support erected is also hollow, from which fibres are passed.
c. The height or pole is 7m while in exceptional cases it is 9m.
d. The pole along with muff installation can be removed using civil work without any damage to the entire infrastructure. After removal of the said infrastructure, it can be used easily at another location without any damage to the fibre connected to the structure or the structure as a whole.
6.8 To appreciate the law position in this regard, first we have to go through the provisions of Input TaxCredit of CGST/SGST Act, 2017 and the relevant portion of the same are reproduce below:
16(1). Every registered person shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed and in the manner specified in section 49 be entitled to take credit of input tax charged on any supply of goods or services orboth to him which are used or intended to be used in the course or furtherance- of his business and the said amount shall be credited to the electronic credit ledger of such person.
17(5) Notwithstanding anything contained m sub-section (1) of section 16 and sub-section (1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely:—
(a) motor vehicles and other conveyances except when they are used —
(i) for making the following taxable supplies, namely:—
(A) further supply of such vehicles or conveyances ; or
(B) transportation of passengers; or
(C) imparting training on driving, flying, navigating such vehicles or conveyances;
(ii) for transportation of goods;
(h) the following supply of goods or services or both —
(i) food and beverages, outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, cosmetic and plastic surgery except where an inward supply of goods or services or both of a particular category is used by a registered person for making anoutward taxable supply of the same category of goods or services or both or asan element of a taxable composite or mixed supply;
(ii) membership of a club, health and fitness centre;
(iii) rent-a-cab, life insurance and health insurance except where—
(A) the Government notifies the services which are obligatory for an employer to provide to its employees under any law for the time being in force, or –
(B) such inward supply of goods or services or both of a particular category is used by a registered person for making an outward taxable supply of flu same category of goods or services or both or as part of a taxable composite on mixed supply; and
(iv) travel benefits extended to employees on vacation such as leave or home travel concession;
(c) works contract services when supplied for construction of an immovable property (other than plant and machinery) except where it is an in/ml service for further supply of works contract service;
(d) goods or services or both received by a taxable person for construction of an immovable property (other than plant or machinery) on his own account including when such goods or services or both are used in the course or furtherance of business.
Explanation.—For the purposes of clauses (c) and (d), the expression "construction" includes re-construction, renovation, additions or alterations or repairs, to the extent of capitalisation, to the said immovable property;
(e) goods or services or both on which tax has been paid under section 10;
(J) goods or services or both received by a non-resident taxable person except on goods imported by him;
(g) goods or services or both used for personal consumption;
(h) goods lost, stolen, destroyed, written off or disposed of by way of gift or free samples; and
(i) any tax paid in accordance with the provisions of sections 74, 129 and 130.
17(6) The Government may prescribe the manner in which the credit referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may be attributed.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this Chapter and Chapter VI, the expression "plant and machinery" means apparatus, equipment, and machinery fixed to earth by foundation or structural support that are used for making outward supply of goods or services or both and includes such foundation and structural supports but excludes—
(i) land, building or any other civil structures;
(ii) telecommunication towers; and
(ii) pipelines laid outside the factory premises.
6.9 The explanation (supra) put restrictions on availment of cenvat credit in respect of apparatus, equipment, and machinery fixed to earth by foundation or structural support that are used for making outward supply of goods in services or both in respect of (i) land, building or any other civil structures; (ii) telecommunication towers; and (iii) pipelines laid outside the factory premise.
6.10 The applicant in their submission has claimed that the infrastructure (supra) provided by them is different from "Telecommunication Tower". Thus we are not deciding any wider question but restricting our conclusion to the facts and circumstances which was filed for our consideration in I lie application. So we have to know about the charactistics and use of "Telecommunication Tower" . The details of the same are as under:
a. Telecommunications tower is the generic description of Radio masts and towers (tall structures designed to support antennas ) built primarily to hold telecommunications antennas.
b. It typically stands between 70m to 90m with antennas mounted on the exterior of the tower.
c. The primary job of a telecommunication tower (cell tower) is to elevate antennas that transmit and receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from mobile phones and devices. Wires run from the tower antennas to base station equipment, typically located at ground level in sealed telecom equipment cabinets.
d. A cell site or cell tower is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennae and electronic communications equipment are placed.
e. The telecommunication towers during the course of providing output services of telecommunication affixed to the earth becomes immovable property as it cannot be moved to another place for use in the same position.
6.11 On analyzing the work being undertaken by the applicant as discussed above, we observe that:
a. The poles erected by the applicant arc used for stringing of fibres
b. Height of the poles varies from 7m to 9m.
c. The poles do not contain antennas electronic communications his equipment.
d. There is no cell site where antennae and electronic communications ms equipment are placed.
e. The infrastructure was affixed to the earth in such a way that without any damage to the entire infrastructure it can be moved to another place for use.
6.12 Telecommunication Tower is not defined in CGST/SGST Act, 2017. So to know what is "Telecommunication Tower", we have gone through the Hon'bie Gujarat High Court judgment dated 24/25.04.2013 in the case of GTL. Infrastructure Ltdv. State of Gujarat (Through Secretary). The relevant portion of the same is reproduce below:
5. The petitioner is a company registered under the Companies Act. The petitioner is engaged in providing infrastructure for Mobile Telecommunication Services. The petitioner enjoys necessary license and registration issued by the competent authority under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. For providing such infrastructure to its customers, the petitioner company is required to install Base Transceiver Station ( BTS for short), more commonly known as mobile towers. For setting up such mobile towers, the petitioner enters into agreements with private owners. Armed with such agreements, the petitioner would apply to the local authorities for permission to erect such a structure. As pointed out by the petitioner in the petition, such structure consists of the following :
a. A pre-fabricated shelter made of insulating PUF material made of fibres.
b. Electronic Panel.
c. Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and other radio transmission and reception equipment.
d. A diesel generator set.
e. Six poles of 6 to 9 meters length each made of hollow steel galvanized pipes.
6. To understand the purpose of such BTS , we may refer to the booklet circulated by the Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India and titled as Mobile Communication Radio Waves & Safety, in which it is stated as under :
Cellular Phone tower & waves Mobile phone base stations are radio transmitter with antennas mounted on either transmission towers or roof tops on buildings. The antennas need to be located at optimum locations and heights so they can adequately cover the area. Antenna position usually range in height from 50-200 feet. When a person makes a cellphone call, a signal is sent from the mobile phone antenna to the nearest base station antenna. The base station responds to this signal hy assigning it an available radio frequency channel. RF waves transfer tin-information to the base station. The voice data signals are then sent to a switching center, which transfers the call to its destination. The voice signals are then relayed back and forth during the call. In India mobile phones operate in the frequency range of:
869-890 MHz(CDMA) 935-960 MHz(GSM900) 1805-1880 MHz(GSM18()0) 2110-2170 Mhz(3G) Cell phones connect with the base station as frequently as every minute so as to relay information about your location which generates a near-field by the cell phone even when you are not making a call. When you make a call on a mobile phone, the phone transmits radio waves to the antenna of a nearby base station. The base station then transmits the call using the mobile telecommunications network to the phone of the person you are calling.
In town and cities where there are many phone users, more base stations are needed than in rural areas. The antenna of the base stations are mounted on mast, buildings or towers. The intensity of the radio waves emitted from base stations in places where the public have access are generally found to be hundreds of times below the health and safety guidelines.
The intensity of electro-magnetic wave (power density) weakens very quickly as it moves away from the antenna. It is reduced to 1/4 when the-distance from the antenna double and to 1/9 when the distance is three times.
6.13 The hon'ble Supreme Court of India in civil appeal nos.5360-5363 of 2013 in the case of Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation v. GTL Infrastructure Ltd. & ors. also confirm the fact of hon'ble Gujarat High Court (supra). The relevant portion of the same is reproduce below:
22. We may now see what a Mobile Tower is and consists of. In technical terms a Mobile Tower is called a "Base Transceiver Station." It involves the making of structure consisting of the following:
a. A pre-fabricated shelter made of insulating PUF material made of fibres:
c. Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and. other radio transmission and reception equipment.
6.14 In light of above we observe that the telecommunication towers are used for hoisting the antennae to predetermined and technically viable heights for optimum coverage of the cellular network. The towers are typically erected at the site and also comprise poles for mounting the antennae, shelters and housing for electrical and telecom equipment. Telecommunication Towers are in the nature of immovable property and are consists of
6.15 We observed that each of these goods had independent functions and hence, they cannot be treated and classified as single unit. It also observed that all goods are not eligible for credit and only those relatable to the output services would be eligible for credit. Since the towers merely enabled the antennae to function, they did not enter the composition of the antennae themselves and could not be construed as components or parts thereof. We further observed that only telecom equipments like BTS transmitters which ; in-used in providing telecom services alone would be liable to input credit. The lowers and PFB are in the nature of immovable goods hence ITC not admissible on the same.
6.16 We find that "immovable property" has not been defined in CGST/SGST Act. 2017. So we have to gn through the Section 3 of General Clauses Act,. 1897, the relevant portion of the same is reproduce below:
(26) "immovable property" shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(36) "movable property" shall mean property of every description, except immovable property;
6.17 We also find that the hon'ble High Court of Bombay in Central Excise Appeal no. 73 & 119 of 2012 in the case of Bharti Airtel decided the case on 26.08.2014 wherein it was held as under:
32. ……………… tower and parts thereof are fastened and are fixed to the earth and after their erection become immovable and therefore cannot be goods.
6.18 The goods has been defined under section 2(52) of CGST/SGST Act, 2017 which is read as under:
"goods" means every kind of movable property other than money and securities but includes actionable claim, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before supply or under a contract of supply"
6.19 As discussed supra we observe that if the goods are movable from one place to another in the same position or liable to he dismantled and re-erectedat the later place, if it is liable to be shifted and was dismantled or re-created a later place, it will be movable property. But if erected permanently with out being shifted from place to place, then it would be treated as permanently attached to the earth and the same will be treated as immovable property.
6.20 Thus we observe that "telecommunication tower" does not come within the purview of goods in as much as the same being a immovable property and the ITC on "telecommunication tower" is not admissible as per explanation to Section 17(6) of the CGST/SGST Act, 2017.
6.21 In view of the above discussion we observe that the infrastructure provided by the applicant is different from "Telecommunication Tower" in as much as
6.21 Thus, we hold that the infrastructure provided by the applicant is different from "Telecommunication Tower" and accordingly applicant can avail ITC on GST paid on the goods (supra) & services in terms of section 16(1} of CGST/SGST Act, 2017, consumed while providing the supply in question.
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Q: Didn't find class "com.facebook.CustomTabActivity" I have recently launched an app that has anonymous and google login enabled on firebase(atm google sign in is not activated in the app).
Firebase Crashlytics has some crash reports with "Didn't find class "com.facebook.CustomTabActivity"" on some devices but my app has nothing to with facebook or facebook login. I checked AndroidManifest or buildgraddle files and there is absolutely nothing regarding facebook login.
When I used Search Everywhere function in Android Studio with "facebook", it brings implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth-ktx:21.0.1' since it includes methods regarding all login types available on Firebase.
Crash occured on devices GCE x86 phone (Android 9), Pixel 6 (Android 12) and Pixel 5 (Android 11)
App doesn't crash on my and my families phones Galaxy A7, A31, A71 (Android 7, 11, 11 respectively)
All crash reports look pretty much below:
Caused by java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
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dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass (BaseDexClassLoader.java:207)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:379)
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android.app.AppComponentFactory.instantiateActivity (AppComponentFactory.java:95)
androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory.instantiateActivity (CoreComponentFactory.java:45)
android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity (Instrumentation.java:1253)
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity (ActivityThread.java:3335)
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity (ActivityThread.java:3595)
android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute (LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks (TransactionExecutor.java:135)
android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute (TransactionExecutor.java:95)
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2066)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:223)
android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7664)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:592)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:947)

I could not find any solution on internet, worst part is I can't reproduce the crash on my phone
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Q: How to add a fixed footer on all slides? I have a presentation set up with reveal.js which is meant to be used unattended. So, I want to be able to show a little footer (or another link somewhere) on all slides that points to an 'Information Slide' with data about the author, how to use the slides etc.
(This is to aid people who don't really know how to use reveal.js as well as to show authorship information in detail.)
I have not been able to find anything in the documentation and there does not seem to be a callback which I can utilize.

A: This works for me (aligns to left edge as I use built-in controls on right).
Add this to your css:
.reveal .footer {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 1em;
  left: 1em;
  font-size: 0.5em;
}

And in your html:

    Use left and right arrows to navigate

...

If you want the footer to disappear as soon as user navigates (i.e. it should only be shown on first slide loaded because it is just a reminder), then add this to the end of your html:

In order to get a fixed content in the PDF export (on all slides) you could find this answer useful.


A brand consultant and marketing strategist by profession, Trine founded Boosting Business, a successful brand bureau in Denmark prior to moving to Qatar, where she co-founded LinkMotility and SpouseTalent in 2016. This was where she gained inspiration to help global mobility talents and entrepreneurs see an understanding of their power and the potential to become authorities in their field while on the move – and the mindset, guidance and roadmap to make it happen. Trine has been involved in multiple speaking engagements in Denmark, Qatar and Malaysia as a lecturer and guest speaker. A strong advocate of networking, she constantly emphasises its importance in all her lectures, talks and firmly believes it is one of the most powerful tools for people and businesses. Trine also co-founded Women in Business, one of the biggest professional network for women in Denmark. After spending nearly two decades in the branding industry, Trine knows what truly drives engagement, conversions and sold-out launches. Trine is a graduate of the College of Art, Craft and Design, Denmark. She currently serves as a Board of Director at the Malaysian Danish Business Council.
I started a new career when I moved abroad!


There are many reasons to avoid dairy. For some it might be due to an allergy, some prefer the taste of milk alternatives, and others might just be curious. For me, it is both the taste, curiosity, and mostly, the attempt to live more sustainably.
I have talked about how we can all take more sustainable choices as part of my talk at TEDxFreiburg and there seemed to be only one conclusion for me: I should try to adapt a #zerowaste lifestyle. Inspired by many, many bloggers and role models, such as Lauren Singer, or Milena Glimbovski, founder of the package- store Original Unverpackt in Berlin, I am ready to try to live a zero waste lifestyle myself.
So, how and where do I start?
We probably barely ever notice how much of an impact our choices can have. Climate Action is not something occurring on the international political stage, Climate Action is something every single individual can and should contribute to. A lot of little steps add up to that big jump.
So, talking about little steps. What happens with milk in the cereals for breakfast? With milk in our coffee?
Dairy barely comes in glass bottles anymore, nor do any milk alternatives. That, along with being informed that almond milk from the supermarket normally only contains a fraction of an almond, made me consider making my own. And I am fascinated!
It really doesn't take much time, which was an additional argument for me to refrain from buying it at the supermarket. It is a lot more convenient being independent from opening times and sizes of the packages, and making as much almond milk as I consume whenever I need it. Plus: it doesn't contain any additional and unnecessary ingredients, such as preservatives or added sugar.
… is starting well. I was lucky enough to find a local distributor who sold almonds in jars. I guess it is all a matter of trying, of creating new habits, of learning, and of understanding that the seemingly easier way might not always be the easiest or best choice.
Great post! LOL in Canada milk comes in plastic bags!!! Ugh it's honestly the worst! I don't even like milk so I just don't drink it.
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Advocates kick off mental health awareness month
Leaders pledged efforts to raise awareness and fight stigma surrounding mental illnesses.
Advocates kick off mental health awareness month Leaders pledged efforts to raise awareness and fight stigma surrounding mental illnesses. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/1GKdk02
Jim Collar, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 5:54 p.m. CT April 30, 2015
APPLETON – Advocates say the Fox Cities have made strides toward combatting stigma surrounding mental illness and improving the lives of those suffering.
We still have a long way to go.
The Northeast Wisconsin Mental Health Connection held a Thursday program at Pullman's to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month. Speakers offered messages of encouragement and hope as well as words on the community's continuing challenges.
"We're in this together," said Val Drier, an assistant superintendent in the Appleton Area School District.
The district is in the midst of a grant project to train community members on risk factors and warning signs of mental illness in youth. They hope to train 1,200 people during the next two years. Mental illnesses affect one in five children and one of four adults.
Jean Dekeyser, a member of the mental health connection's board, highlighted a variety of initiatives among its member organizations.
Efforts continue on a "no wrong door" initiative. The goal is to equip agencies across the community with the ability to connect people to services when help is sought. Work is being done to develop training and support for primary care providers. They aim to improve crisis response and prevent suicide.
Speaker Stormie Derber spoke from her experience. She's suffered from mental illnesses and has now been sober for a decade after severe issues with substance abuse. She said the stigma is difficult, and it's incumbent we recognize the real people beneath the false notions many have.
She said her journey has been a blessing. She looks forward to guiding others toward recovery through work as a certified peer specialist.
"People who don't have mental illness don't know what it's like to walk in my shoes," she said/
Jim Collar: 920-993-1000, ext. 216, or jcollar@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @JimCollar
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In KiSSFLOW, you cannot change the email addresses associated to an individual account.
If you need to change the email address for a user, you will have to create a new account. Historical data will not pass on to the new account, but you can pass on current and pending tasks.
Here are the steps to add a new account and link it to an old one. Note that you will need to be a User Admin, Super Admin, or Account Owner to complete most of these steps.
Send an invite to the new email address of the user.
Delegate all future tasks to the new user from the User Management tab.
Reassign any current tasks to the new user from the User Workload Report.
From the User Management tab, switch the status of the old user to Inactive.
To know how to deactivate a super admin, click here.
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In the User Management tab, make sure the new user is assigned to the right Department, Reporting Manager, Groups, etc. Also check for other users whose Reporting Manager is this new user.
In each app, you will need to make sure the new user is added to the Who can start this app? part of the Define Workflow section.
3. If you want the user to be an App Admin for any apps, you will need to add them on the Publish App section.
4. Check to make sure both Masters and Reports are shared with the new user.
5. Check all of your Masters for any instance of the old user's email address, and update it to the new user's email address.


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2 p.m. news conference to discuss Clint Hurtt's sanctions
The University of Louisville has called a 2 p.m. news conference to discuss assistant football coach Clint Hurtt and ...
2 p.m. news conference to discuss Clint Hurtt's sanctions The University of Louisville has called a 2 p.m. news conference to discuss assistant football coach Clint Hurtt and ... Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1bbLRn1
LCJ Published 2:12 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2013
U of L assistant coach Clint Hurtt. (Photo: Garry Jones)
The University of Louisville has called a 2 p.m. news conference to discuss assistant football coach Clint Hurtt and the NCAA Committee on Infractions' findings on his involvement in violations found during Hurtt's time at Miami.
Joining U of L athletic director Tom Jurich at the Cardinals' on-campus Yum! Center will be John Carns, the school's senior associate athletic director for compliance, and Christine Simatacolos, the associate athletic director for student life who spent more than five years working with the NCAA.
Hurtt was assessed a two-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA, and should U of L retain him, the school will be asked to levy additional sanctions against him, the Cardinals' recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach.
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You can provide a list of roles that ignore this property and always use the user's domain rather than the record's domain. You may want certain roles such as administrators to always work from their own domain rather than use the domain of the record they are viewing.
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5 Companies That Will Make the World Better in 2016
Words by Renee Farris
Earlier this year, 50 social good startups met at the Kairos Global Summit in Los Angeles. Here's what some of the companies are up to now, and how they're going to change the world in 2016.
1. A drone that saves elephants and zebras
In a time when hundreds or thousands of species are going extinct every year, it's more important now than ever to be able to monitor wildlife so we can lend a helping hand when possible.
One startup, Dutch UAS, has created a drone that monitors land. It can measure wildlife such as rhinos and elephants, livestock such as cows and goats, and vegetation such as crops and trees. Let's look at one case of how this works. In the past, people have tried to monitor animals by foot, car, plane or helicopter. For example, you might have two people in a helicopter counting the number of elephants and rhinos below.
The problem is that's inefficient, expensive, time intensive and often unsafe. Instead, Dutch UAS is able to fly drones over land, create a map of the area, and have the drone automatically detect and count various types of animals. For example, it can look at the ground below and automatically detect that there are 20 impalas, one giraffe, 20 wildebeest and five zebras.
The company then analyzes the data on the number of specific animals per land segment, and it's easy to compare animal populations from year-to-year and see the trends. Landowners can then quickly intervene when they see a potential problem.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/142753470
2. A mobile app that is a doctor
"700 million people in the developing world can't live a productive life because they don't have glasses. Glasses have become affordable, but caregivers can't provide prescriptions fast enough," says the Eye Check website. "We exist because we are not comfortable with this fact. We exist because we can help close the gap between available services and desperate need using affordable imaging equipment in creative ways."
It's difficult for people living in rural areas to get to the doctor. That's why Eye Check is bring doctors to people via their cell phone. Here's the way it works. First, the smartphone app is used to determine if the person needs glasses or if there are any other serious eye conditions. Then the phone's camera and flash are used to take a detailed photo of the eye. This provides optometrists a general idea of what prescription is needed. The optometrists are then able to fine tune and give the patient a prescription or refer them to a doctor. Eye Check is already testing the app in India and is scheduled to launch in six months.
3. Grubs that eat grub
The U.S. produces 34 million tons of food waste. That food waste goes to landfills and releases greenhouse gases which damage the environment. Enter Grubbly Farms. It collects the organic waste from food processors, restaurant suppliers and farms. It turns the waste into slush that it feeds to a massive bin of black soldier fly larvae who find the slush delicious.
The larvae are hearty eaters and continuously dine on restaurant scraps, bakery waste and food processing waste. They don't even stop to sleep. If an adult human ate as much as a larvae, he would eat 45 chickens per day … including the bones.
As the larvae chow down, they excrete a nutrient rich fertilizer that gardeners and farmers love to use. Once the dinner feast ends, the larvae which are full of protein, fat and calcium, are fed live or dehydrated to poultry or reptiles. The larvae are also sometimes processed into a feed ingredient for fish or poultry farms.
4. A robot that helps children with disabilities
It's hard for autistic children to look at someone and understand what emotion that person is feeling. For example, a child with autism may look at a smiling parent and not know that a smile means the parent is happy.
That's one reason the startup Leka invented an interactive robot that socially engages children with developmental disorders. The bot plays sounds and music, shows emotions and speaks, moves, and lights up and vibrates. All of these sensory features are used to encourage children to interact with parents and caregivers.
To help a child understand that a parent is happy, the robot, Moti, turns on a green light. This simple stimuli creates a communication bridge between the child and parent.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VuszKcoJWBY
The company hopes to also use Moti to collect data for researchers and doctors in hopes that they will be able to detect patterns in the communication.
One "child in a hundred is living at the margin of our world. It's time we let them in," says the cofounder and CEO, Ladislas de Toldi.
5. A printer that builds living tissue from human cells
The BioBot 1 is a desktop printer that prints living tissues any size or shape you want. First you identify what body part you need. Then you put a three dimensional digital image of that part into the bioprinting software. Insert bioink, made from biological materials, into the printer cartridge. Then watch your living tissue print out layer by layer.
The ultimate goal is to create body parts that can be transplanted into a human. This would create a huge benefit for people who are on the transplant waiting list.
The founders of BioBots gave a discounted BioBot 1 printer to Dr. Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, a transplant specialist and head of the 3-D Bioprinting Facility at the University of Minnesota. She is now creating a 3-D-printed esophagus and trachea to sew into an animal and test.
The BioBots website admits there are still many questions to answer, "There are still plenty of problems to solve. What kind of biocompatible material will be tough enough to hold sutures? Will it support cell growth? What's the best way to seed cells on the piece? How thick can a printed part be?"
Despite the challenge, Dr. Panoskaltsis-Mortari predicts it will just be a few years before 3-D vessels, tubes, skin, and other relatively simple body parts are printed and implanted in humans.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtypoSo_AsI
*All photos came from the websites for each company.
Renee Farris
Renee is a social impact strategist who works with companies to help them focus on key social and environmental opportunities. She loves connecting with people so feel free to contact her at renee.a.farris@gmail.com.
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It's early in the morning on Day 4 of my juice fast experiment and I wanted to post a quick update on how things are going so far.
For me, Day 1 wasn't actually so bad. I had expected this experiment to be similar to other challenges I've done in the past. Usually the first couple days are the toughest and then I go into cruise control and my new habits become easier. I was surprised at how easy the first day on my juice fast went. I woke up a little earlier than usual, fired up my shiny new Breville juicer and made about two liters of juice.
The juicer did a great job extracting juice from all those goodies, and the resulting product tasted really good. I'll post my daily juice recipes over on the Monthly Experiments Facebook page.
I expected to feel really hungry or tired on my first day, but it never happened. I'm guessing that my body was still processing the energy from my last day of food before the experiment began.
One of the weird things I've noticed is how little time I spend preparing my day's food. On a regular diet, I spend at least 15-30 minutes preparing each meal. While juicing, it's more like 15-30 minutes per day. I make juice first thing in the morning and that's it for the day. Lunch and dinner are as simple as heading to the fridge and pouring another glass of juice from the pitcher. It's a little weird, but I suppose it is efficient.
I definitely felt more hungry on Day 2 than on Day 1. My stomach was growling most of the day, but I wouldn't say it was too unpleasant. Mostly, I just felt more aware that I wasn't eating.
Wow, that juice tastes so good! It's kind of crazy to compare the taste of "apple juice" you buy in the store to the taste of freshly made apple juice. To put it briefly, the store-bought stuff tastes like really fake and crappy compared to the crisp sweetness you get from freshly juiced apples.
OK, maybe juice fast wasn't smart? Really craving Mexican food.
I wrote that in the little notebook I use to keep notes for each experiment.
Despite my cravings for solid food, I still feel really good on Day 3. I actually woke up really early feeling energized. Throughout the day I could hear my stomach growling (a lot) and I had some green tea to ward off the headaches I get whenever I go without caffeine for a few days. It was really strange to drink hot tea after two days of only drinking cold juice. I could feel the hot liquid travel down to my stomach in a way that I never really noticed before.
I did notice that my energy levels were more consistent throughout the day. On a normal diet, I often get tired after lunch, but that didn't happen on the juice. I just feel good, and my thinking feels sharp. I feel lighter on my feet, but I don't feel like I could go for a long run.
I've been weighing myself every morning since I started the Juice Fast. Today's weigh-in came with a bit of a shock: I was down 5 pounds from my starting weight.
I knew I would lose some weight while juicing, but it's happening a lot more quickly than I was expecting. I mentioned in my first Juice Fast post that if I dropped below 155 lbs, I'd have to make some changes to the experiment. In case you missed that post, I'm not doing this juice fast to lose weight. I started at a pretty fit 171 lbs, so dropping to 166 after 3 days is a bit of a shock.
For now, I'm going to continue as planned, increasing my juice intake to get more calories. I'm hoping the first 5 lbs were just extra fat my body had been storing, and that things will slow down from here.
One thing that could be a problem is that my wife and I are heading out of town today. We're staying at a little inn on the California coast that appears to be 20-30 minutes away from any town. Okay, so it's only really a "problem" as far as the juice fast is concerned–otherwise I'm sure it will be fantastic. 🙂 Obviously, I'm not bringing the juicer with me, and I can't bring a weekend's worth of juice with me, so I'm planning to drink a big breakfast juice before we leave and then buy Naked or Odwalla juices at stores along the way.
Trying to restart my juicing and I stumbled across your blog after some googling! Great blog, and we have the same juicer! Are you still doing any limited juicing?
I am planning a 30 day juice fast. I need to bring down my weight and lose the slight aches I have in my bones…..
I would love any help suggestions and motivation will be greatly appreciated.
I have watched Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and, it was amazing…..just truly amazing.
I would also say that I do not believe juice fasting to be a good way to lose weight. Will you lose weight if you try a juice fast? Probably. But I believe there are two big flaws with juice fasting when it comes to weight loss.
1. Sugar. Basically, when you make juice, you're taking some of the nutrients from your fruits and veggies and removing all the fiber. That's probably not a big deal if you're only juicing veggies… but I know during my juice fast I would add apples and carrots and pears and other fruits that have a lot of sugar in them, just to make the juice taste better. When you eat an apple (non-juiced) you're getting sugar and vitamins and fiber, and because of the fiber, your digestive system will absorb that sugar at a slower pace. But when you drink an apple (juiced), you're getting all that sugar but none of the fiber that slows down your body's absorption of the sugar. That means your blood sugar will spike and your liver and pancreas will kick into gear to try to bring down that elevated blood sugar. One way the body deals with excess sugar is to convert it into body fat and store it. So if your goal is to lose weight, juicing (or drinking sugar with no fiber) could actually lead to storing excess body fat.
2. Habits. One thing I've learned from doing these monthly experiments is the power of habits. When it comes to losing weight (and maintaining a healthy weight), your lifelong habits are much more important and powerful than anything you can do for a short period of time. That's why I don't believe in diets or fasting for weight loss… it's not a sustainable habit. If you're serious about losing weight and getting healthy, I strongly believe you'd be better off changing your diet (maybe by eliminating refined sugars and grains and adding more veggies, for example) than going on a juice fast.
This is probably the longest comment I've written on this site, so I'll get off my soapbox now, but I wanted to respond to your request and also wish you the best of luck in your health and in your life.


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Clinton to Maduro: Respect Vote's Outcome
Democratic presidential frontrunner says Venezuelan government doing 'all it can to rig' parliamentary elections
By Ashish Kumar Sen
The Venezuelan government must respect the outcome of parliamentary elections scheduled for Dec. 6, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the Atlantic Council on Nov. 30.
"As the people of Venezuela go the ballot box this weekend, it is really up to all of us in this hemisphere to ensure their will is respected, and that responsibility begins with the Maduro administration," Clinton said, "which to date has been doing all it can to rig these elections."
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's term doesn't expire until 2019, but he could face a recall if the opposition takes control of parliament. Most polls show Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela losing seats in parliament in an election that will lack credible monitors. The Carter Center, which has monitored elections in Venezuela in the past, shut down its offices in Caracas over the summer.
The elections are taking place amid a government crackdown on political opponents that has sharpened political tensions, and just days after the assassination of opposition politician Luis Manuel Diaz. Clinton expressed outrage at Diaz's "cold-blooded assassination."
"Our voices need to be raised on behalf of the people of Venezuela," Clinton said, "and voices across the region have started to speak up for democratic values, but we need much more."
"The people of Venezuela need to know that their friends and neighbors in the Americas are rallying to their cause and defense," she said. "They are not alone. They deserve every opportunity to have the same choices and chances that everyone in this hemisphere is finally seeing within grasp."
US leadership in Latin America
Clinton, who is the Democratic presidential frontrunner, delivered the strong statement on Venezuela at the launch of the Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center's Women's Leadership in Latin America Initiative.
Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter introduced Clinton.
The United States has to show leadership and lead "more broadly" in the Western Hemisphere, Clinton said while pledging to do just that if she is elected President because she is "really excited about how much more we can do together."
Clinton, who hopes to be the United States' first female President, joked that there is a lot Americans can learn from Latin America's success at electing female leaders. Latin America's commitment to supporting female leaders is a sign of a "deeper alignment" and no region in the world is more important to the United States' long-term prosperity and security, she said. "No region in the world is better positioned to emerge as a new force for global peace and progress," she added.
The United States and Latin America: 'The power of proximity'
In a thinly veiled swipe at Donald Trump, Clinton noted that "there are Americans who only think of Latin America as a land of crime and coups." She said such remarks are "very out of date, but that is a stereotype that has fixated itself in the psyche."
Trump, who is leading the pack among the Republican presidential hopefuls, has described Mexican migrants to the United States as drug traffickers and rapists.
Clinton also knocked critics of US President Barack Obama's rapprochement with Cuba saying they "want to return to a failed policy on Cuba and cut our ties instead of strengthening them." The Obama administration restored diplomatic ties with Cuba over the summer after a fifty-four-year break in relations.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), another presidential hopeful, has vowed to roll back Obama's diplomatic engagement with Cuba if he is elected President.
Clinton, without naming Trump, also criticized those who "talk about deportation and walls instead of recognizing that America's diversity is our greatest strength and supporting meaningful reform that will keep families together benefits all of us."
Trump has said that if he is elected President he will build a wall along the US-Mexico border and deport millions.
The interdependence between the United States and Latin America "is an advantage that needs to be embraced," Clinton said while calling for the need to build on "the power of proximity."
"It is not just geography," she said, "it is common values, common culture, common heritage, and, yes, common interests."
Closer ties across Latin America will help the US economy, Clinton said, while noting that there are enormous opportunities for regional cooperation on clean energy with the goal of combatting climate change.
In 1998, as first lady, Clinton spoke on the subject of women's leadership at a conference in Montevideo, Uruguay. Seventeen years later, there have been "enormous gains" for women in Latin America and the Caribbean, she said at the Atlantic Council.
Acknowledging that women today are leading Latin America's transformation at all levels, Clinton said still more needs to be done. Incomes need to be raised, gender-based violence eliminated, and women paid equal to men, she added.
"When women and girls participate economies grow and nations prosper," said Clinton. Global GDP would grow by nearly 12 percent by 2030 if the global gap in workforce participation is closed; agricultural output would rise if female farmers had similar access as men to resources; and when women are involved in peace processes they are more likely to raise issues like justice and health care, she added.
"Advancing the full participation of girls and women isn't just the right thing to do, it is the smart thing as well," said Clinton. "It's not just about women's lives, women's rights, and women's opportunities. It is about lifting up families, communities, and countries and providing greater opportunities for everyone. That should be our hallmark and our clarion call."
Following Clinton's remarks, Capricia Penavic Marshall, Ambassador-in-Residence at the Council's Latin America Center, moderated a panel of female leaders from Latin America. Marshall leads the Women's Leadership in Latin America Initiative.
Panelists included Mexican Sen. Ninfa Salinas; Colombia's Consul General in New York, Maria Isabel Nieto; and Muni Figueres, a former Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States.
What motivated each of them to enter politics?
Salinas was motivated by the public's detachment from public service. "Every day that we don't have a voice is a day that we let go by without building what we want to see for our children, for ourselves," she said.
Nieto said she didn't go looking for a life in politics, instead, politics found her.
And Figueres never had a "Joan of Arc moment" about getting into politics because she was raised in a political family.
Marshall asked the panelists whether Latin America's "machismo culture" had been an obstacle in the advancement of their careers.
Mexico has a matriarchal society in which "everything is held together by women," said Salinas. Women need the same opportunities as men to flourish, she added.
A quota system has helped advance the role of women in leadership positions across Latin America.
Quotas have been successful everywhere they have been implemented and will remain in place until women in politics becomes a "mainstream phenomenon, and a non-topic," said Figueres. The obstacles women face in politics depend on their backgrounds and the resources available to their families, she added.
Nieto is a firm believer in the quota system. "If the quotas didn't exist then women [entering] into politics … would be very difficult," she said.
Ashish Kumar Sen is a staff writer at the Atlantic Council.
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September 6th continued by remaining crazy warm, and crazy lovely. Heading over to Kloc's Grove it was time to join Stacy and Michael in matrimony! Guests were milling about and I may have gone up to Michael's brother instead of him (they look so much alike), but eventually I found my couple and saw that they were very excited to begin.
Guests were having such a good time, it was hard to get everyone to sit down for the ceremony. Energy was up, and it was a great party before it even started. Soon though, Michael and I headed to the front and guests excitedly took their seats, knowing that it was about to begin. Stacy came out looking beautiful and made her way up to Michael…where they were both nervous. I can always tell, because they will look down and away and try not to stare at each other because they are worried they will cry. A perfect moment was when Michael said his vows. He looked right into Stacy's eyes, and you could see why he was avoiding that before. During the middle his voice cracked with emotion as he fought back tears. It was by far and away my favorite moment of the ceremony. I think they were happy and relieved when the kiss came that not only were they husband and wife, but that they were out of the spotlight.
Congratulations Michael and Stacy! The two of you are perfect for each other and I hope that one amazing day leads to an amazing lifetime. Best wishes always!
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Death is a constant theme on the album, and on "So Many Tears" we get a glimpse inside the mind of a man on the brink of madness. We find an almost vulnerable 2Pac not only dealing with the pain he struggled with through his childhood, but with the internal demons that are tying to break free. The low groove created by D-Flizno Production Squad that samples Stevie Wonder's "That Girl," really fits the dark/depressing theme that 2Pac was trying to achieve, the song is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Stretch, who was a close friend of Pac's, was removed from this song just before it was released, due to their falling out after 2Pac's shooting incident at Quad Recording Studios.


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A member of the neurointerventional nursing team will contact you the night before your procedure. If we do not reach you directly, we will leave a brief message with follow-up contact information. In accordance with HIPAA guidelines on privacy, our voice message will include only a limited amount of information.
What will happen on the day of my procedure?
Please arrive at the radiology clinic one hour before your scheduled appointment time. From there, a staff member will direct you to the neurointerventional angiography suite. You may need to allow more time if you need to have labs drawn on the day of the procedure.
If you are having anesthesia, do not eat or drink anything after midnight. The anesthesia clinic will provide you with additional instructions during your consultation with them.
If you are not having anesthesia, we advise you to take any heart, blood pressure, seizure and breathing medications with a sip of water in the morning. All information will be reviewed with you during our confirmation call the night before the procedure.
You will remain in the recovery area for two to six hours. During that time, we will ask you to remain very still and in the same position. After the recovery time is completed, you will be discharged and can go home in the care of a responsible adult.
If you receive coiling, stenting or embolization procedures, an inpatient stay will be necessary. The hospitalization may include admission to our neuro-intensive care unit on the day of the surgery and/or another night in our neuro-inpatient unit. Patients generally can be discharged the following morning. The hospital stay is necessary for frequent monitoring by our staff. You should arrange for a responsible adult to take you home and care for you after discharge.


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Starting on June 26, 2003 a new web page dedicated to St. Josemaría is available on the internet: (www.josemariaescriva.info). It can be accessed in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, and offers information on the founder of Opus Dei and a news section that is constantly updated.
The section Biographical Profile presents a brief summary of St. Josemaría's life and process of canonization, with official documents and references to his writings. In the section His Teachings the principal aspects of his message of sanctification in ordinary life are presented, accompanied by testimonies that show how this is lived by people from the most varied cultural and social backgrounds.
The section Founder of Opus Dei contains a documented explanation of the Prelature and the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, the Prelate, and the faithful. And in the section Under his Inspiration, various undertakings promoted by St. Josemaría for the most needy are shown, as well as others that arose as a fruit of his example and encouragement.
Another section contains a collection of favors attributed to his intercession: conversions, decisions to practice the Christian faith more fully, cures, material favors, solutions to family problems. It also has contributions from readers who write to the web page attesting to help they personally have received from St. Josemaría.
The web page www.josemariaescriva.info also offers an ample bibliography on the saint and on Opus Dei, articles from the international press, news related to the spread of his teachings, and directions to the Prelatic Church of Our Lady of Peace in Rome, where his mortal remains are venerated.
Items noted there during the past six months include the issuance of a St. Josemaría stamp by the Vatican Post Office, and by the postal services of other countries, including Panama and Guatemala; the first church dedicated to St. Josemaría in Mexico, and an altar dedicated to him in the Church of San Giacomo Apostolo, in the town of San Felice D'Ocre (L'Aquila, Italy), a place St. Josemaría visited on several occasions.
The web page also has information on initiatives undertaken in connection with his centennial and canonization, such as the Laguna Clinic, a palliative care center for the aged and sick in Madrid, and Harambee 2002, which provides support for educational projects in Africa.
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Original bus from the Spice Girls movie turned into Airbnb accommodation
Dan Lake
The holiday location to make you 'Holler'. Photo credit: Airbnb/PolyGram
If you've ever fancied yourself as Posh, Ginger, Scary, Sporty or Baby then this Airbnb accommodation is for you.
The original Spice Bus from the movie Spice World is available to book as the perfect accommodation for any Spice Girls fan.
While it's quite possibly one of the best movie props to be turned into accommodation, this bus is located on the Isle of Wight in England, so anyone keen to go will really need to 'Wannabe' there.
A night's accommodation doesn't cost too much, either. Listed at around NZ$320.
There's more to the attraction than just the bus, too. It overlooks a stunning marina perfect for an afternoon walk, just 'Let Love Lead The Way' down to the beach and enjoy the local bars and restaurants.
The outside of the bus looks exactly as it did in the Spice World movie, with its iconic Union Jack-painted exterior. The owner is a huge fan of the band and has tried to include as many Spice Girls touches as possible.
Guests have access to both floors, which have been lovingly renovated with little nods to each of the Spice Girls and some fairly bold interiors. The bus can sleep up to three people, with two sharing a double bed and one on a single day bed, or you could all jump in the one bed if you really wanted to 'Spice Up Your Life'.
Once you've finished your long day of "slamming it to the left and shakin' it to the right" you can even sit in the original bus driver's seat, although Meatloaf won't be behind the wheel this time.
While the bus and its interior are as Spice Girl crazy as you can get, the owner says she has no affiliation with the band themselves, but wanted to share her passion for the girl group with others
When making a booking via Airbnb to 'Say You'll Be There', the owner asks that you agree to some common sense rules when staying at the property.
The facilities include a toilet, sink and shower room, as well as toiletries and towels. Within this block there is also a kitchenette area with a sink, kettle, microwave, cutlery and crockery. There is a mini fridge inside the bus. And, if that's not enough for you, then 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
The owner also asks that the bus be left in a respectable, tidy condition when it comes to say 'Goodbye'.


Game of Thrones Leak and Instant Streams, what does this mean for the future of television?
I've been desperately awaiting the return of Game of Thrones. A few days before it was due to air in America (British audiences having to wait an extra day) the first four episodes were leaked online.
At the Classical Association conference 2013 hosted by the University of Readings Classics Department Mary Beard was awarded with a special award. I spoke to her very briefly during the conference and found out what plans she had for the future!
Congratulations on your OBE this year, did you enjoy the occasion?
Personally I am somewhat ambivalent towards it if I am honest, same as many I am sure. But it was a great thing for the subject – and that makes it something to celebrate.


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Orange runs over Edgewood
By John Kocsis
PEPPER PIKE—Just before Friday's Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division showdown with visiting Edgewood, Orange coach Adam Bechlem outlined his game plan.
The Lions then went out and executed it to perfection in a 55-12 win over the Warriors.
"We need to control the tempo of the game, and the way we'll accomplish that is through the run game," Bechlem declared. "We'll be successful if we can run the ball well."
Diante White got things started for the Lions with the first of his two touchdowns with 8:16 remaining in the first quarter. Zak Basharat scored on an 11-yard quarterback keeper and White ran for his second score moments later push the Lion lead to 20-0 in the first quarter.
Edgewood's Ethan Colbert returned a punt for a touchdown early in the second quarter to slow the Orange momentum but that didn't last long.
Basharat threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to Trevon Davis to increase Orange's lead to 34-6 and Davis added another score with 22 seconds remaining in the half to make it 40-6. Davis finished the game with two catches for 111 yards and two scores.
Orange's Greg Beard opened the second half with a carry up the gut then bounced out to the hash marks for a 51-yard touchdown and a 48-6 Lion lead.
Edgewood put together a six-minute drive but Mike McNeil picked off a Warriors pass in the red zone and returned it to midfield. Later, Ryan Adler returned an Edgewood interception for a touchdown to give the Lions a 55-6 lead.
Colbert closed out the scoring with his second touchdown of the day with 9:50 remaining in the game.
Beard led the Orange rushing attack with 102 yards on seven carries and the one touchdown. White finished the game with just six carries, but he ran for 41 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Basharat threw for 188 yards and two scores and he also ran in a touchdown. Luca Garofoli added nine carries for 32 yards and a score and Marvin Davies caught four passes for 76 yards.
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Q: Prove that $f(x)=0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$. The question is: Prove that if $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is continuous and $f(x) = 0$ whenever $x$ is rational, then $f(x) = 0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
My proof:
Let $ x\in\mathbb{R} $. If $ x\in\mathbb{Q}$, then $ f(x)=0 $.
Otherwise $ x\in\mathbb{R\backslash Q} $. Then there exists a sequence of rational numbers $ (q_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ (for example $q_n= \frac{\lfloor{nx\rfloor}}{n} ,\forall n\in\mathbb{N}$) such that $q_n\to x$ as $n\to \infty$. By the properties of $f$, we have $f(q_n)=0$ for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$. So $f(q_n)\to 0$ as $n\to \infty$. Since $f$ is continuous, $q_n\to x$ implies that $f(q_n)\to f(x)=0$. So $f(x) = 0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
Thank you for any help.

A: Your proof is great (and correct, of course)!  In fact, you went above and beyond the usual proof by providing an example sequence $q_n$.

A: Your proof is correct and strictly determined and that's how it must be, also it's really good that you provided an example sequence (the $q_n$).


Held on Saturday 26th under beautiful skies, brought the crowds around to Eastbourne in huge numbers. more popular than previous years, with a huge variety of craft stands from local suppliers.
Well I have been aware of this publication "Flying Pickle" for some time, and felt it appropriate to bring it to the attention of residents in the Korokoro, Maungaraki and Normandale Community who were not aware of it, hard not to be as the newsletter ends up in your letterbox.
Unlike my personal rantings on this site about the Hutt Valley it truly is a suburbs community website with the ability of the local residents opinion to be expressed without prejudice. Have a look if your interested in the concerns of this area.
Flying Pickle is a free community website for suburbs of Korokoro, Maungaraki and Normandale. Our goal is to bring the community together in an open and democratic environment where people can exchange views, news, opinions, advertise their businesses in a friendly and non-intrusive manner as well as find help and support from others.
FlyingPickle.co.nz is where it's at for people and businesses in Western Hills.
Everyone is invited to post news, views, opinions, whatever you want to share with people around you. The website is completely free, including advertising content. Come, tell us about your business. We want to shop local!
The best of the online content is sent out in the Flying Pickle Print Edition, regularly delivered free to every household around Korokoro, Maungaraki and Normandale. The publication is non-profit and has no more than 1/3 of its space taken by advertising and classifieds to cover the cost.
If you're in a pickle about something around town, let the community know. We want YOU to get online, spill your beans, and help spread the word on what's happening in the neighbourhood.
It's a great place to advertise your Hutt Business too if it applies as a fair percentage of the Lower Hutt City populace lives on them their hills. Go give them a visit.
Dont forget the Days Bay blog of local happenings in Eastbourne as well.
I'm a real Hutt Valley Chick, so I'm more comfortable walking through Westfield Queensgate than native New Zealand bush. Sure, I'm not an 'outdoorsy' type, but I was inspired to get out into the great outdoors this weekend. Maybe the miserable Spring weather we've had so far has driven me to it. We decided to give Butterfly Creek in Eastbourne a go. We checked out the Greater Wellington website for the route – and discovered there are actually four different tracks. One from MacKenzie Street, one from Muritai Road, one from Kowhai Street, and one from the Bus Barn near Burdans Gate.
We decided to take (what GW described as) 'the easy option' – Kowhai Street. We set off just before 1pm on Saturday afternoon. It was overcast, so ideal weather for walking. Luckily it fined up beautifully as the afternoon progressed, so we got some stunning views of the harbour looking back at the city.
Kowhai Street may be the shortest route, but it's a pretty steep start! It took us about 20 minutes to get to the ridge and then we meandered down to Butterfly Creek – which took a further 25 or so minutes. So 45 minutes all up. I wouldn't recommend doing the Kowhai route on a wet day … the steep start would be very slippery and dangerous on the clay track.
Butterfly Creek is a great weekend activity. Especially when you've got a longing for lovely scenery and bird life. It's a great escape from the city. Next time we'll do the MacKenzie Road route or maybe the Bus Barn route . They're called 'tramping routes' … I'm hoping that means they're slightly longer and less steep! Will probably go next weekend (weather dependent) as then the walk will count towards my 10,000 steps! The programme starts at work tomorrow. It worries me a bit as I walked my dog today – our usual 40 minute loop – and that was only 4,500 steps!!
Last week, Eastbourne man Greg Dellabarca launched a campaign to have the project abandoned. He believes that not only will there be a massive overspend but the project has the possibility of damaging the relationship between Eastbourne and the rest of the city.
The city council has been unfairly pushed into having to restore the bus barns, he says.
Mr Dellabarca says recent publicity about the project has resulted in "numerous" phone calls from concerned Eastbourne residents who want the project stopped.
Mr Dellabarca (longterm Eastbourne family) has every right to be upset at the council.
It will be impossible for the project to be completed within the budget allocated, and will be a council overrun and as such ensure completion of the project. Council fudged figures to make bus makeover more appealing.
Who in their right mind would purchase any apartment above a busy bus station at the end of the road, far from services (views are good though).
Good on Mr Dellabarca for trying to start a petition to stop this project even given his late run. HCC should stay out of all commercial building developments. The very reason HCC debt sits at 80 million roughly today is due to the Parking Building in central Lower Hutt in the 1990s and further to that the recent Daly Street project is testament that their focus should be on essential services not property speculation masked as development.
I hope they listen to the public concerns.


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Ionita to FC Koln? – Update
January 30, 2010 Radu Baicu	Leave a comment
Rapid's success in finalizing the Gauracs deal could open the road for the club's surpise from the first half of season, Alexandru Ionita (20), to FC Koln. The interest for the talented centre forward became public yesterday, when the Bucharest side received an offer of 1.000.000, 1.500.000, 2.000.000 EUR and, at that time, in spite of the serious financial struggle of the club, the boss George Copos still claimed that the player wasn't for sale.
Today, there's a different story, as the Bundesliga outfit demanded for an answer asap, with FIFA agent Traian Gherghisan asking for a serious wage rise for the striker, in case of a negative response. And, having in Gauracs (21) a rather similar player (age, style of play, potential), it would be insane to turn down an offer that might not come along again…
The press announces today that FC Koln's offer was raised to 2,5 mil. EUR and that the 1.Bundesliga club finally convinced Rapid's owner to accept the deal by allowing the player to stay at the Bucharest side until the end of the season.
Categories: Mercato Tags: Alexandru Ionita, asking price, Edgars Gauracs, FIFA agent, Ionita to Cologne, price tag, Rapid, striker, sturmer, Traian Gherghisan, U21 international


The Australian School of Abu Dhabi school offers enriching fitness programs from KG 1 till Year 12 in the comfort of the Indoor fully air-conditioned gym facility.
Primary students are involved in a wide range of activities, games, dance, basic tumbling skills, movement, and physical activity. At senior levels, students, under supervision, use bench press machines and weights. The School provides all instructors, mats and equipment.
Our Gym class gets students physically active and can keep them fit while they are in school-but it can also have longer-lasting effects. Gym class exposes students to healthy activities and sports that they may enjoy for the rest of their lives and provide an environment where students can develop a variety of skills. Gym class gives students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and can influence moral development. Because gym class requires students to work together, it can build social skills and teamwork abilities.


Sweet Grass Farm is located on Lopez Island, in the San Juan Islands, an archipelago in Puget Sound. We are about 100 miles north of Seattle. You can reach Lopez Island only via the Washington State Ferries or by private boat or plane. Lopez Island can be part of a day trip or a weekend adventure. It is well known for its relatively gentle terrain and great bicycling. We invite you to come visit and see our farm for yourself. Please call ahead to let us know when you will be here.