Southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley, and West Virginia.
Historic Sites or Historical Locations.
Our team has members that have backround in preservation and curation. We do a lot of investigations in museums and historic homes. However, our team will look at any location where you have requested a paranormal investigation.
B.P.S. is dedicated to using logic, compassion, wisdom and technology to separate fact from fiction when determining the type of activity occurring at a home, business, historic site or other location. Although B.P.S. will investigate all claims of the paranormal, our team has a special interest in investigating our historic treasures. We are able to use our experience and resources to demystify a large percentage of paranormal claims; however, we are aware that phenomena do exist that are beyond our understanding. Our goal is to provide a confidential, non-judgmental and thorough investigation service to our clients as well as for ourselves. It is our hope that through paranormal investigations of historic sites, we can help with their preservation and help to tell their unwritten stories for future generations to enjoy.


Everyday business can be pretty hard work at the best of times. This can be doubly frustrating when really all you want to focus on is your deep desire to do more good and go on delivering more, and probably much appreciated, value into the local community.
We also know that it can be tricky to find the help when you need it, so we're pointing you to a few community grant programs that could help fund your latest project or catalyse more Good work. They're all opening soon (or already open) for applications, so have a browse through, dust off your grant writing skills and get stuck in. You never know, everyday business could just get a little easier. Good luck!
Australia Post's Our Neighbourhood program recognises the important role smaller charities and community groups play across the country in building connections for people who are excluded or isolated. Through providing funding of up to $10,000 per project, the program helps community organisations working to build a more inclusive and connected society.
Applications are now open for the 2016 Our Neighbourhood Community Grants program and run through until April 1st.
Commonwealth Bank staff in partnership with the Bank will invest $2 million in local communities across Australia by awarding individual grants, worth up to $10,000 each.
The grants are made possible by the generosity of more than 13,000 of our current and retired staff donating a little from each pay to the fund.
To be eligible for a 2016 Community Grant, organisations must support the health and well-being of Australians up to 21 years of age and be endorsed by the ATO with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
Applications open 29th Feb and close at 5.00 pm AEDT on Monday, 28th March 2016. To apply for a grant or for more information, visit commbank.com.au/grants.
Leader is giving away $33,000 in micro grants to help bring small but important community projects to life. Each local paper will provide one grant of $1,000, with projects being short-listed and then opened up for anyone to vote for your favourite ideas.
Submit your project ideas at www.leaderlocalgrants.com.au before 4th March 2016 to be in the running.
The Bank of Melbourne Neighbourhood Fund supports local charities and programs that deliver sustainable benefits to Victorian communities. The fund allocates cash grants with a focus on charities that receive little or no government funding.
The program opens on the 14th March and will close on 29th April. To find out more head over to Bank of Melbourne's Neighbourhood Fund page.
City of Melbourne's community grants program provides funding to support and empower people and communities to engage, connect and take action with a focus on local and vulnerable people. Grants are provided to schools, not-for-profit sports and community organisations to improve people's quality of life.
The program is open from May to June 2016.
Share this article with your communities and give your favourite local groups the opportunity to do more good in 2016.


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Beyonce "has never genuinely liked" Kim Kardashian
This comes just one week after it emerged that Jay Z "cannot stand" Kanye West either…
By Anna Lewis
So, there have always been rumours that Beyonce and Kim Kardashian don't actually get on that well, but now we've heard that Jay Z "cannot stand Kanye West", we're just not sure what to think anymore.
The couples always seem to be hanging out together at parties, so what the hell – are you guys pals or not?
A source close to the Kardashians recently told Page Six: "Beyonce has never genuinely liked Kim.
"She's mostly tolerated her because of their husbands' friendship and [their] mutual friends, like Jennifer Lopez," the insider claimed.
"She is always a little icy to Kim. The last time they hung out, the minute Beyonce could leave the conversation, she did. They always have lots of awkward pauses."
And the source reminded us that Beyonce and Jay Z were invited to Kim and Kanye's wedding 2014 but chose to skip it.
"[Beyonce's] behaviour during the wedding proved she isn't Kim's biggest fan."
Beyonce and Jay Z have also said they preferred the 'old Kanye' aka Kanye before Kim. They even take the piss out of him whenever he stars on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
"[She] always gives Kanye a lot of grief whenever he's done anything for the show."
Talk of the couples' feud was taken up a gear last week when Kanye lashed out at Jay Z for not showing enough concern for his wife when she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris at the beginning of the month.
"Don't call me, after the robbery, and say, 'How you feelin?' You wanna know how I'm feelin? Come by the house!" he told the crowd at a Seattle gig.
"Bring the kids by the house like we brothers. Our kids ain't never even played together."
However Page Six reported shortly afterwards that the reason Jay Z doesn't spend time with Kanye is that he thinks he's a "nut job".
"Jay can't stand him," said the source. "He looks at him as this crazy, eccentric motherfucker he can tolerate in small doses. Kanye is a nut job. Everyone knows that."
Is it just us, or does this all feel a bit like shit-stirring?
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Anna Lewis News Editor Anna Lewis is the News Editor at Delish UK, which means she's always either writing about food, cooking food or eating food.
Kim and Kanye's baby gift from Beyonce and Jay-Z
Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian-West and Kanye all partied together after the VMAs
Are Kimye planning a baby?
Kim K just dressed like Barbie in human form
Kim Kardashian has a braid intervention
Kim and Kanye are NOT engaged

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Since 1996, Applied Video Technology, Inc's philosophy has been very simple - find the best digital media solution that meets our customer's needs; take the time to understand our customer's application; find the right equipment; design a system that uses that equipment to its fullest potential; integrate that system correctly the first time.
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Specifications and contract documents (Project Manual) are open to public inspection at the Pensacola Public Library located at 239 N. Spring Street, and may be obtained at the City of Pensacola website, www.cityofpensacola.com/bids or from the Purchasing Office. Any addendum issued will be posted to the City's website. Bidders are responsible for obtaining any addenda, and are advised to check the website frequently.


Proposal for Adaptive Management to Conserve Biotic Integrity in a Regulated Segment of the Tallapoosa River, Alabama, U.S.A.
Conserving river biota will require innovative approaches that foster and utilize scientific understanding of ecosystem responses to alternative river-management scenarios. We describe ecological and societal issues involved in flow management of a section of the Tallapoosa River (Alabama, U.S.A.) in which a species-rich native fauna is adversely affected by flow alteration by an upstream hydropower dam. We hypothesize that depleted low flows, flow instability, and thermal alteration resulting from pulsed flow releases at the hydropower dam are most responsible for changes in the Tallapoosa River biota. However, existing data are insufficient to prescribe with certainty minimum flow levels or the frequency and duration of stable flow periods that would be necessary or sufficient to protect riverine biotic integrity. Rather than negotiate a specific change in the flow regime, we propose that stakeholders—including management agencies, the power utility, and river advocates—engage in a process of adaptive-flow management. This process would require that stakeholders (1) develop and agree to management objectives; (2) model hypothesized relations between dam operations and management objectives; (3) implement a change in dam operations; and (4) evaluate biological responses and other stakeholder benefits through an externally reviewed monitoring program. Models would be updated with monitoring data and stakeholders would agree to further modify flow regimes as necessary to achieve management objectives. A primary obstacle to adaptive management will be a perceived uncertainty of future costs for the power utility and other stakeholders. However, an adaptive, iterative approach offers the best opportunity for improving flow regimes for native biota while gaining information critical to guiding management decisions in other flow-regulated rivers.
Affiliations: 1: Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, 108 M. White Smith Hall,Auburn University, AL 36849, U.S.A., Email: [email protected] 2: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.


The surname Corter was first found in the several places named "Corte," in Italy. The Italian word corte means "court," as in a manorial court. The surname can be traced back to the year 1123, when members of the Corte family lived in Salerno.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Corter research. More information is included under the topic Early Corter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Corter include Corte, Corti, Da Corte, Dalla Corte, Della Corte, La Corte, Cortella, Cortello, Cortelli, Cortelletti, Cortellino, Cortellini, Corticelli, Cortini, Cortese, Cortesi, Corteggiano, Cortigiani, Cortesano and many more.
Another 79 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Corter Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Corter arrived in North America very early: Agata Lacorte, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Castronovo, Sicily, in 1914; Antonino LaCorte, aged 57, who arrived at Ellis Island from Palermo, Sicily, Italy, in 1919.


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Praça Saens Peña é um filme brasileiro de 2008, do gênero drama, dirigido e escrito por Vinícius Reis. É estrelado por Chico Díaz, Maria Padilha e Isabella Meirelles em uma história que conta a vida de uma típica família carioca.

Sinopse
A história vivida por uma família carioca, formada por Paulo, professor, Teresa, gerente de uma lanchonete e Bel, a filha de 15 anos. Uma típica família brasileira, com suas ambições, sonhos e os problemas sociais (da classe média) e conjugais. O nome do filme é uma referência a praça Praça Saens Peña, localizada no bairro da Tijuca.
 Aviso: Terminam aqui as revelações sobre o enredo (spoilers).

Elenco
Chico Díaz ... Paulo
Maria Padilha ... Teresa
Isabella Meirelles ... Bel
Gustavo Falcão ... João
Aldir Blanc ... ele mesmo
Guti Fraga ... Macedo
Stella Brajterman ... Cíntia
Maurício Gonçalves ... Plínio
Rosane Barros ... Maria
Regina Melo ... Mãe do Caio
Caio Reis ... Caio
Lili Rose ... Freguesa da Lojinha
Márcio Fonseca ... Segurança da Rua
Leandra Miranda ... Corretora
Zé Mário Farias ... Vendedor de Cachorro Quente

Equipe Técnica
Vinícius Reis ... Direção e Roteiro
Gisela Camara, Luís Vidal e Vinícius Reis ... Produção
Luís Vidal ... Produção Executiva
Fernanda Neves ... Direção de Produção
Fabrício Tadeu ... Fotografia e Câmera
Paulo Ricardo Nunes ... Som Direto
Tainá Xavier ... Direção de Arte
Rô Nascimento ... Figurino
Waldir xavier ... Montagem e Edição de Som
Ricardo CutzMixagem
Pedro Luis ... Música Original
Dado Amaral ... Colaboração no Roteiro
Gisela Camara ... 1a Assistente Direção
Janaina Ferreira ... 2a Assistente Direção
Renata Rodarte ... Continuísta
Fábio Mattos ... Produtor de Figuração
Paulo Gomes - "Rasta" ... Estagiário de Direção
Ruy Albernaz ... Estagiário de Direção
Maria Byington ... Pesquisa de Imagem CNN
Mara Junqueira ... Coordenadora de Produção
Maria Claudia Reis ... Assistente de Produção
Raphael Kruger ... Produtor de Locação
André Fialho ... Produtor de Locação Adicional
Jane Osório ... Assistente de Produção de Locação
Ocimar Marques ... Diretor de Platô
Alex Moura ... Assistente de Platô
Gustavo Pessoa ... 1o Assistente Câmera
Gabriel Hoffmann ... 2o Assistente Câmera
Márcio Rodrigo ... Assistente de Esteadicam
Pablo Francischelli ... Estagiário de Esteadicam
Pablo Hoffmann ... Imagens Adicionais
Carlos Alberto de Souza - Betão ... Eletricista-Chefe
Ronaldo Neves Lopes, Wilson Nunes e André Davi Medeiros ... Assistentes Elétrica
Luciano Martins - TATU, João Garcez ... Assistente Elétrica Adicional
Carlito ... Maquinária
Vampiro ... Microfonista
Fred Massine ... Assistente de Som
Pedro Saldanha ... Som Adicional
Gisella Cardoso ... 1o Assistente de Arte
Débora Mazloum ... Produtora de Arte
Ingrid Lemos ... 2o Assistente de Arte
Carlinhos Guimarães ... Contra-Regra
Marcos Moraes ... Designer Gráfico
Celso Santos ... Cenotécnico
Marcos Herdade ... Estagiário de Arte
Luciana Cardoso ... Figurinista Assistente
Diana Leste ... Assistente de Figurino
Ana Avelar ... Produtora de Figurino
Renato Ribeiro - "Renatinho" ... Camareiro
Ivone ... Costureira
Fernando Torquatto ... Visagismo Maria Padilha
Alice Fonseca ... Maquiagem
Milene Gurito ... Cabeleireira
Mariana BarSted ... Edição de Diálogos
Pedro Saldanha ... Assistente de Edição de Som
Kiko Ferraz Studios ... Ruídos de Sala
Felipe Burger Marques ... Supervisão de Foley
Sérgio Guidoux Kalil ... Gravação de Foley
Tiago Bello ... Edição de Foley
Lísia Faccin, Chrístian Vaisz ... Assitência de Estudio de Foley
Gisela Camara ... Produção de Finalização
Abian Remy, Marcelo Howard, Guti Sá Freire ... Assistente de Edição de Imagem
João Barbirato ... Estagiário Finalização
Marcus Moraes ... Confecção de Créditos e Cartaz
AC Junior, Chris Von Ameln ... Fotógrafo Still
Márcio Vianna ... Direção de Making-of
Paulo Gomes "Rasta", Alexandre Rosa ... Câmera Making-of

Ligações externas
Site oficial do filme

Filmes distribuídos pela Europa Filmes
Filmes do Brasil de 2008
Filmes em língua portuguesa
Filmes de drama do Brasil

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When we mourn the passing of former President George H. W. Bush, we are mourning the passing of an era, a time when public service was an honor, � military service was an important component, when politicians would reverse their positions if they deemed it important for the country despite its impact on their own careers. We honor the 41st President's civility, humility, self-deprecating humor and authenticity as a devoted family man. We bemoan the absence of such characteristics in the current resident of the White House.
But these admirable qualities are not all there is to say about George Herbert Walker Bush. His resume probably made him one of the best prepared men ever to serve as President. � Following distinguished military service during WW II, "41" ran an oil company, served in Congress, ran the Central Intelligence Agency, was ambassador to China and vice president under Ronald Reagan. He was at the center of a powerful network cutting across the banking, oil and intelligence worlds.
He presided with a steady hand over the transition to a post-Cold War World, helped shape the reunification of Germany and, in Desert Storm, showed how to build an international alliance to stop aggressor nations. He signed the Americans with Disability Act and created his Thousand Points of Light Foundation to encourage volunteerism. But whenever I think of the 41st President, I am also reminded that he named Clarence Thomas to the U. S. Supreme Court. And his 1988 campaign against Michael Dukakis succeeded with the blatantly racist and infamous Willie Horton ad. Even sinister Bush strategist Lee Atwater, as he neared death, apologized for that. � As far as I know, Bush never did.
My principal personal contact with him was on the Judy Jarvis television show in 1980, when Bush was running in the GOP presidential primary against Ronald Reagan. Bush had been pro-choice prior to his run and supported Planned Parenthood, but did a 180 to keep pace with Reagan. � I pressed him on his reversal; he danced around it, then got hot under the collar. � Eight years later, he was his party's standard bearer and, I was told, was still angry with me. His abortion reversal was not unlike his later politically expedient willingness to support President Reagan's tax cut, which he had earlier correctly decried as "voodoo economics." By contrast, when he reversed the "Read my lips; no new taxes" pledge he ran on in 1988, he did it for the good of the country even though it hurt his reelection bid in 1992. � In that reversal , he was a statesman.
All these contradictions underline that George H.W. Bush was, like most of us, an imperfect nuanced human being, and today we remember and revere his better angels, those "kinder and gentler" characteristics so sorely missed on the national scene today. RIP George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States.


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THIS WOMAN HAS LIVED IN U.S.A. FOR 21 YEARS AND NOW SHE IS ABOUT TO BE DEPORTED ! DO YOU STILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP ?
A mother of two children, both U.S. citizens, was deported to Mexico early Thursday, her lawyer said, showing a change in U.S. policy toward undocumented immigrants.
Ray Ybarra Maldonado said the undocumented woman was taken into custody Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona, when she stopped in for a routine check at a U.S. immigration office.
"I was informed by the Mexican Consulate that my client was deported from the country," Maldonado said.
Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, 36, had checked in with U.S. immigration authorities every year since 2008, when she was stopped for using a fake Social Security number during a raid on a water park where she worked. In past visits, she answered questions that were put to her and went home.
But when Rayos went in for her meeting Wednesday, she was arrested and deportation proceedings were begun. She had lived in the U.S. for more than 22 years.
During a news conference, Maldonado said he had filed a stay of deportation on Wednesday.
"Yesterday at 5:30 [p.m.], I was told the decision would come shortly. And here it is this morning, and those cowards have yet to even return my call, even send me an email, to give me any information about why they denied our stay," he added.
A statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the deportation was "based on a removal order issued by the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review which became final in May 2013. Relevant databases indicate Ms. Garcia de Rayos has a prior felony conviction dating from March 2009 for criminal impersonation."
"ICE will remove illegal aliens convicted of felony offenses as ordered by an immigration judge," the agency said in series of tweets after the media reported the deportation.


Christmas is coming closer and closer. Would you go for any Christmas party or throw a party yourself? This Smoked Salmon Salad could be a good choice for party snack, or just have it as an ordinary day's side dish. This salad went very well with the pan-fried lamb steak I cooked the other day. The choice of baby greens for this salad is quite flexible that you can use any veggies you like. The colours of this snack really caught my family's eyes. Best of all, I could prepare this salad on the go, or make it in advance, pop it in the fridge, and grab it out to enjoy in the last minute. Keep me free enough to enjoy chatting with my family and friends.
Rinse baby greens, drain well and wipe dry with paper towels. Mix well with seasonings. Taste by yourself and adjust to your liking.
Scatter half of capsicum and green onion over the baby greens. Arrange smoked salmon on top of the greens. Scatter over remaining capsicum, green onion. Drizzle over lime juice and some more olive oil. Season to taste. Cover and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.
Serve smoked salmon with toasted bread.
You're most welcome. We've got many fresh salmon here. Can make you salmon salad, salmon rice, salmon sushi and .....anything with salmon you like, LOL.
Simple, yet so pretty. Looks delicious!
What a fantastic idea! I live so close to the fish markets here and have access to really fresh and beautiful salmon - this dish looks like it could really bring out the best flavours of the fish!
I love smoked salmon - this salad sounds so wonderful and refreshing.
The colours are fantastic! Very very festive.
Simple and delicious! Smoked salmon always taste great! Love em in salads.
I love the colors of this salad. It is so inviting !
Oh look at the colour of this dish!! This is perfect for our X;mas lunch down under!
The salad looks fantastic and so colourful!
Smoked salmon is one my favorite things to eat and this looks like such a simple, beautiful presentation that doesn't take away from the flavour.
Wow, that looks very delicious, refreshing and healthy. I would love to try that but I think I'll use poached salmon instead.
The salad looks so appetising, salmon is one of my favourites. Healthy and nutritious too!
the smoked salmon does look even better in that salad. healthy and delicious! yumm!
Oh yes, this is what we call it fresh salad! No kidding!


Not long ago, experts were still debating whether the cloud was a fad or the real thing. The verdict is in: since realizing Hadoop isn't the be-all and end-all, more data-driven organizations have determined the benefits of cloud computing are quite real.
Today, cloud service providers manage the elasticity and administration of the Hadoop cluster, so you can simply focus on analyzing your data. But this doesn't mean all your problems are answered.
The simplicity and low cost of cloud computing makes it possible for business teams to spin up their own cloud deployments, and so organizations often find themselves with a proliferation of cloud instances – sometimes on different cloud platforms. Furthermore, many organizations keep a lot of data in legacy systems on premises.
Since many of these applications and systems were developed using technology that doesn't work in the cloud, moving all that data to the cloud isn't always feasible. It's a long process wrought with high cost, huge disruption due to application downtime, and potential data loss. Consequently, most enterprises leave legacy data on premises and adopt a cloud-first policy for new projects.
Does the hybrid cloud approach – in which data is distributed across multiple environments – create more complexity in terms of governance and access? The separation of data does create challenges in having a unified method of governing data and consolidating it for analytics. Enterprises can build a catalog to create a logical data lake where analysts can find the data that they need regardless of where it is stored and provision it to the cloud as needed. In such an environment, some data (e.g., IoT) can be kept just in the cloud while other data (e.g., transactional) can be kept on premises and uploaded as needed to the cloud for analysis. This unified model for analytics brings together the best of all worlds.
Given the scope and complexity of this endeavor, the catalog must be driven in large part by automation with some level of human interaction to ensure ongoing accuracy. With data coming in from multiple sources, the same data items are often labeled differently with cryptic technical field names, if they're labeled at all. It's impossible to check for this manually, since most enterprises have millions of data sets and hundreds of millions of fields. However, there is no way around it because without knowing what's in each field, there is no way for decision makers to leverage this data effectively or for the governance team to ensure it's used in a compliant manner.
The automated catalog provides a single point of governance to ensure data is findable, understandable, tracked, trusted, and compliant. But it must inspect the files and data, crawling Hadoop systems and object stores like S3 and looking for new or changed files. The catalog then needs to parse each file to determine its schema before profiling each file to collect statistics on each field. Next, the catalog needs to analyze relational databases and process changes to the tables to keep statistics up to date.
These statistics can then give analysts an overview of what's in each data set and idea of whether it would be useful. The statistics are also leveraged for automated discovery to help classify each field automatically and assign it an appropriate business label or tag. Such tags can be used to apply appropriate access policies and data quality rules as well as manage compliance to governmental and internal regulations like GDPR and HIPAA. In addition to analyzing each data set and keeping the analysis up to date, the catalog must capture each data set's lineage across the hybrid enterprise – either by importing it from ETL tools and data platform auditing tools or by inferring the lineage using the statistical information that it collected on the datasets. This lineage information also helps analysts understand and trust the data set and is relevant to regulatory compliance.
With automated cataloging in place, the enterprise can leverage the benefits of a hybrid cloud environment while being able to find, understand and govern their disparate data in a centralized and uniform fashion. Organizations can quickly meet GDPR and other regulatory requirements while keeping their data in a permanent state of compliance. There can truly be self-service analytics that enables those who immediately understand the potential value of certain data to actually put that data to use. And, ultimately, enterprises can achieve greater agility, innovation, competitiveness and revenue.
This, after all, is what big data has been promising for years.
Alex Gorelik is CEO of Waterline Data (www.waterlinedata.com).


While Los Angeles is home to many world-class doctors and physicians, patients still have to brave unpredictable Los Angeles traffic in order to take advantage of their service. Only one of these top-tier physicians, Dr. Michael Farzam, brings his practice directly to each patient. With Dr. Farzam and House Call Doctor Los Angeles, patients can stay in the comfort of their own home, office, or hotel room while still refusing to comprise the quality of their healthcare. Patients of House Call Doctor Los Angeles have access to urgent care within Beverly Hills 24/7, exactly when and where they need it.
And, because Dr. Farzam does not have the overheads associated with a brick-and-mortar office, House Call Doctor Los Angeles is able to keep rates relatively low compared to the high costs of an emergency room deductible. It is also a great option for Los Angeles visitor's whose health insurance plans do not cover medical expenses at hospitals outside of their network. Calling Dr. Farzam is a great way to get urgent care within Burbank 24/7.
Additionally, you can be sure that the care provided by House Call Doctor Los Angeles is not only thorough and professional, but also highly personalized to your individual needs when it comes to urgent care within Los Feliz 24/7. When you call to request an appointment, you are able to describe you symptoms over the phone to the best of your ability, so the doctor has a good idea of your medical needs before the appointment even begins.


AEEI's business model and philosophy has resulted in it acquiring control of the majority of its operational investments as well as holding minority equity in strategic investments. This enables it to add value through its extensive expertise and networks, while promoting an entrepreneurial culture within its management structure and staff. Through our assets and investments, we drive the businesses to become efficient on a sustainable basis, which generates revenue, dividends and cash flow to support the Group as a whole.
The investment committee assists the Board to evaluate opportunities that present themselves to the Group, to advise the Board on such investment opportunities in a transparent manner and to ensure that sufficient consideration has been afforded to such opportunities. However, the Board is responsible for the final decision on all such investments.
AEEI's investment decisions, across its entire portfolio are driven by the overall objective of creating and growing stakeholder value in a sustainable manner. This is achieved by ensuring all investments, be it acquisitions or organic growth projects, are subjected to review by the investment committee. The committee is well balanced, has legal, financial and strategic expertise. Investments are adjudicated to ensure it has both a strategic fit with synergistic benefits to the current portfolio and that the investment provides an acceptable level of return with a reasonable payback period (based on the specific industry).
Strategic road maps per sector invested has been developed within a five-year plan (Vision 2020 Vision) and each investment is adjudicated in line with its contribution to the aggressive growth plan mandated by the Board.


The Auto Payroll Software Manages the Administration Department of the Company The Web Based Payroll Management Software or On line tracks the Attendance Records, Salary details, Holidays, Leaves and Extra work of an Each Employee in the Organization. The Currency of the Payroll Software Management is in Indian ruppes but can do with other currencies.
The Employee Payroll Software is an Auto software also be called auto Payslip software which calculated every aspect of monetary transaction which is well defined in the master of an employee.
The Desktop Based Payroll Software automatically calculates the salary from the masters, deductions of any leave from his attendance register.
Before making the salary slip first make attendance entry for every employee.In masters of employees u will see bank accounts, name and address,this is useful for making payment through NEFT Banking on line payment. OT hrs is calculated per hour as against his Basic Salary in the employee payroll software.
The Loan Entry of Payroll software is simple, just define the loan master and define the installment amount it will automatically deducted per month.In Masters there is OT Rate and under it has effective date, if u mention any employees name and mention any amt OT per day, it will automatically calculate OT Amount while making attendance.
Extra days means like SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS worked on those days. Extra days and OT days are different. Extra days are calculated as per his attendance and OT rate is calculated as per defined OT rate masters or not then as per his attandance register.
Sick Leave Days & Paid Leave Days is extra and it is calculated as per the days present in attendance register.
We can customized payroll software as per your requirements.
Payroll Attendance Employee Software Salary Details Screen.


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Do Tortillas Go Bad? How Long Do They Last?
Tortillas we all love them. They serve as the basis for a number of dishes and recipes and a soft, fluffy tortilla truly is a delight for the senses, particularly when combined with the finest mix of ingredients possible. But do tortillas go bad?
Many people assume that tortillas won't go bad and will last for months and months on end; others simply find themselves asking the question of, "how long do tortillas last?"
There is something of a common misconception that tortillas won't go bad and that they will last almost indefinitely. However, this is most certainly not the case, and too many people find themselves falling trap to this belief when it comes to eating their old tortillas, only to find that they have gone stale or even worse green from mold.
There are very few things worse than getting hyped up for a delicious meal, only to have it ruined by food that has gone bad and is no longer edible. As such, understanding the shelf life of your favorite food products and finding out an answer to the question of, "how long do tortillas last" is vital to ensuring that you don't end up disappointed when it comes to meal time!
What Are Tortillas Used For?
Tortillas are some of the most delicious and versatile products that can be found! Tortillas—whose name is derived from the word 'torta', meaning round cake in Spain—themselves are fairly simple foods; they are traditionally thin and savory variants of pancakes that are crafted from maize (corn) flour mixed with water. Often, a little salt and oil will be added during the cooking process to give modern tortillas their distinctively chewy texture.
Tortillas have been loved by people for thousands and thousands of generations, with the first and most rustic tortillas having been made by the Aztec people around 12,000 years ago, where ground corn was first made into a special type of dough known as masa. Though the production methods have changed over the millennia that followed the first creation of tortilla cakes, the overall recipe has remained largely unchanged and has stood the test of time, and those simple ingredients are still delighting people today!
Tortillas are used as shells for other ingredients primarily, however people also eat tortillas now as tortilla chips where the tortilla itself is cut into small triangles or 'chips' and fried in vegetable oil to make them crisp up into a delicious snack.
Oddly, though, there is a greater use for tortillas nowadays than just as a simple foodstuff. While almost everybody enjoys a good tortilla, some people have even taken this adoration to an extreme and use tortillas as bases for their artwork; the tortilla dough is baked until it is especially hard and dry and can then be used as a basis for promoting the work and culture of Latino artists and creatives.
How Long Do Tortillas Last Before They Go Bad?
Tortillas often are presumed to be able to last for months and months and months on end before going bad, however, this is not always the case. Tortillas can usually be expected to last a good week at least before they begin to go bad, with some modern (shop bought) recipes and products also using preservatives to increase the standard and expected shelf life even further. It is usually advised that tortillas can still be enjoyable past their best before date, though, and for pantry tortillas, this can be assumed to be extended by as much as a week or more before the tortillas start to go dry and unappetizing.
How To Store Tortillas To Stop Tortillas Going Bad
There are a number of ways in which you can store your fresh tortillas in order to ensure that they stay fresh for longer. Tortillas typically are sold either fresh or as a pantry product and how you store them after purchase will have an effect on the expected life of the tortillas and how long you can expect them to be enjoyable for after their stated best before date has passed. One of the biggest difficulties, of course, is knowing how long your fresh homemade tortillas will last; this will largely depend on how well you prepared the tortillas, whether or not they were cooked properly—overcooked tortillas will often go stale or dry faster than perfectly cooked tortillas—and how well you have stored them (for example, whether they were put in an airtight bag or box or if they were just wrapped loosely with foil after cooking.
There are three ways in which a tortilla lover can store their freshly made or purchased tortillas at home: in the fridge (refrigerated or otherwise chilled in a cooler box); in the freezer; or in a cool and shaded pantry. Tortillas should always be kept in suitable packaging or containers, regardless of how they are stored, as this will determine whether they age normally or if they start to go bad more quickly.
An unopened packet of tortillas from the store can often be expected to last for months from the time of production (usually between 6 and 8 months before they start to go bad). However, when trying to learn how to store tortillas and how long before tortillas go bad, it is vital that a tortilla lover remembers that exposing the tortillas to air (for example, when you first open the packet) will start something of a countdown to the tortillas going bad.
But do tortillas go bad really? The answer to this is, yes. After being opened, tortillas will begin to dry out and as time passes (usually a few weeks) they will go stale, hard, and unappetizing. After this point, the tortillas will then start to slowly go moldy; the low moisture content in the tortillas will help to slow down the growth of mold however water vapor in the air will allow mold to begin slowly growing on the stale and hard tortillas. No one likes a tortilla that goes snap; this is how they will go if you leave them exposed to the air for extended periods of time.
How Long Do Tortillas Last When Stored Chilled VS Cool
Tortillas always require storing in cool and dry conditions at least and should never be stored somewhere hot and damp; the ideal choices for storing tortillas is in a cool and dry cupboard, chilled in either the refrigerator, or frozen in the freezer.
But how long do tortillas last when stored in chilled conditions VS when they are stored in cool conditions?
Tortillas that are kept in cupboards can be expected to last for about a week past their best before date, and if they are unopened, this can mean that pantry tortillas could last for over 8 months. Those that are stored, chilled, in a fridge can last closer to three weeks or so after their best before date, and incredibly, frozen tortillas can last nearly a whole year longer than they are supposed to. However, it should always be noted that refrigerating or freezing tortillas may cause them to be damp or soggy when it comes to eating them, and this can make them sticky and generally unpleasant compared to normal.
When it comes to storing your tortillas, you should always ensure that whatever the type of storage you choose—be it in a cupboard/panty, a fridge, or a freezer—you need to always ensure that the temperature will remain fairly consistent so that the tortillas will not be subjected to fluctuations in the temperature of the surroundings. Temperature changes can often lead to condensation forming inside the packaging in which your tortillas are stored, and this will make the tortillas wet and sticky as well.
Do Tortillas Go Bad: How To Tell When A Tortilla Has Gone Bad
The most obvious sign of your tortillas starting to go bad is when they begin to go stale and crisp and crack when you try to use them. After this point, the tortillas will then begin to show the obvious mold signs that one might expect from any other bread or dough based products, such as mold beginning to form on the tortilla or dark, unappetizing splotches appearing. The tortillas could also begin to go darker and may start smelling slightly acrid and acidic, which is a sign that they are beginning to turn and go bad.
When it comes to deciding whether or not a tortilla is safe to eat, it is always important to consider a number of factors. If the tortilla has been stored well and looks and smells normal then it is likely to be fine; if it doesn't look or smell like it used to, though, you might want to consider buying or making some more instead.
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In a sparse and hungry land, the kha-nyou have no problem finding food and flourishing.
The kha-nyou is an odd looking rodent that has dense grey fur and is about the size of a squirrel or a rabbit. It is noted for its hind legs which are splayed out to the sides giving it a decided waddle as it walks. This is an adaptation that allows the rodent remarkable mobility when in its natural habitat, rocky badlands and boulder fields. It can move among the rocks, climbing them as easily as a squirrel climbs trees.
The mountainous terrain that the kha-nyou is most often found in is noted for its lack of fodder. There isn't much aside from scrub trees, and hearty heath grasses high in the mountains. The mountain goblins, and tribes like the Wudewas and Yeren often make meals of the robust rodent, roasting it on a spit. They often call the rodent the Mountain's Gift.
In truth, the kha-nyou came about long ago, an accidental pairing between a very weak earth elemental, and a large rat. This was being done as an experiment to create a magic eating monster that could burrow through walls and such. As a weapon, the kha-nyou was a failure as the rodents were difficult to control, and the mating seemed to have no effect.
What happened was that the new hybrid was able to sustain itself by feeding on ambient elemental energy in the manner of an elemental. So long as the rodent stayed in rocky areas, especially those strong with elemental magic, it required only water to survive, and feeding was reflexive, rather than sustained. Naturally, those who survived migrated to areas of natural magic to feed off of it. The mountains being one of the strongest sources of natural earth aspected magic in creation.
Dinner Time - traveling in a sparse mountain area, the PCs are shown local hospitality, in the form of a roasted rat on a stick.
Thieves in the Night - A Pc looses a potent magic item, specifically something earth related. During the night, a swarm of kha-nyou were drawn to the earth aspected item and they stole it and took it back to their nest, located at a confluence of geomantic energy.
Contagion - An envoy from the elemental courts approaches the PCs and asks them to come and get rid of the rats that have infested their mountain realm as their numbers have gotten out of control and are draining the local magic supplies.
Interesting, very interesting. The critter has some interesting adaptions. Given its origins and initial power source, these magical creatures make a great deal of sense.
I like the plots associated with the critters. Very nice.
Was this perhaps inspired by the recently discovered Laotian rock rat?
Weird, but I like it. A normally looking creature that is miles away from the biosphere around it... and it still survives, accident or not.
Note that any elemental wizard worth his name has a great hint in these low critters.
This is an interesting post that has all those key-elements that breathes life and sense into a lifeform.
I like them. Especially their origin, the union of earth elemental and rat, as well as the 'failed experiment'. Any sub inspired by weird news of the real world is a thumbs up for me!
I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but the name pronounced purely without silent letters and whatnot sounds a lot like 'canyon'. Minus the n.
I thought that was a nice touch for an animal that can quickly open up a huge avenue of oppurtunities for players.
Useful little critter. I could imagain that having a steady diet of these creatures might give the people eating them an 'elemental taint', if such exists in your world.


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using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace Arrays
{
    [TestClass]
    public class Arrays
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void ArrayLength()
        {
            int[] IntArray = new int[5];
            const int expectedLength = 5;

            Assert.AreEqual(IntArray.Length, expectedLength);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ArraysAreReferences()
        {
            int[] IntArray = new int[5]; // Int arrays are initialized on 0 by default
            modifyArray(IntArray);
            const int expectedVal = 1;
                //Since Arrays are references, by entering to the method, the value of the reference is modified

            Assert.AreEqual(IntArray[1], expectedVal);

        }

        private void modifyArray(int[] intArray)
        {
            intArray[1] = 1;
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ArrayIndexOf()
        {
            int[] intArray = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

            const int expectedVal = 2; //Since Arrays are zero based, we expect the integer 3 to be at position 2

            Assert.AreEqual(Array.IndexOf(intArray, 3), expectedVal);

        }
    }
}

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Vanessa Mardirossian Wins Third Jury Prize in the Finale nationale de Ma thèse en 180 secondes
textilesmateriality November 23, 2020 prizes and recognition
Vanessa Mardirossian won the Third Jury Prize in the National Final of Ma Thèse en 180 secondes, which took place on Thursday, November 19th from 3:30 PM EST-5:30 PM EST. Full details below.
Discover the winners of the national final of the My thesis in 180 seconds competition!
–Montreal, November 19, 2020 – Presented by Hydro-Québec, the My thesis in 180 seconds competition (MT180) allows doctoral students to present their research topic in simple terms to a lay and diverse audience. Each student must make, in three minutes, a clear, concise and nevertheless convincing presentation on his research project. The national final was held earlier today online and can still be viewed on the Acfas Facebook page .
The finale was hosted by Sophie-Andrée Blondin from ICI Radio-Canada Première. The jury brought together Isabelle Chartier, president of the jury, Research and Innovation – Production director at the Hydro-Quebec Research Institute, Marie-Andrée Bédard, expert advisor in Canadian relations at the Quebec Secretariat for Canadian relations, Patrick Noël, professor Associate Professor of History and Theory of History at the University of Saint-Boniface, Élodie Nguena, winner of the 2019 national final of the MT180 competition and Marie-Philippe Bouchard, President and CEO of TV5 Québec Canada. He had the difficult task of choosing the three laureates who won jury prizes. These are awarded by Hydro-Québec, the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and the Canada Foundation for Innovation,
Here are the winners of the grand finale.
1st jury prize and public prize – Florence Veronneau-Veilleux – University of Montreal
Mathematical modeling of the dopaminergic system of the basal ganglia in the context of Parkinson's disease and its medication
2nd jury prize – Martin Chenal – National Institute for Scientific Research
Characterization of the GspA protein in Neisseria meningitidis: an important regulator of competence
3rd jury prize – Vanessa Mardirossian – Concordia University
The hidden face of matter: an ecoliteracy of clothing through a molecular approach to color in an eco-responsible practice of textile design
About Acfas
Acfas, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary from May 2022 to June 2023, promotes knowledge as an engine of development in our societies by bringing together actors and research actors within the Francophonie. Resolutely turned towards the future, it is a powerful vector of democratization and scientific communication. It values researchers from all disciplines, as well as research excellence.
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To address one of the complaints of sales reps about the contact information not being complete, you can develop a lead sheet that includes spaces for all of the specific information your reps need in order to make a sales call. These sheets should be small enough to fit in a coat pocket, and typically work best in a notepad form. One critical piece of information to add to the sheet is the priority code (or lead assessment). Come up with a simple 3-to-5 level rating system to assess how "hot" this lead really is. Make sure your booth staffers understand and use this rating system when they talk with show attendees.
If you are planning on renting one of the electronic lead-collection systems that gather information from the attendee's swiped nametag, pay the additional costs for customizing the data that it can collect. All of these systems tend to be slightly different, so study the literature well, and make sure you can record as much specific information as possible. If you can't customize the information, it might make sense not to rent one at all and simply use your own lead sheet.
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That quote by _why is probably the best design advice out there today. No amount of reading inspirational design quotes, surfing design galleries, writing about other people's work or attending conferences mean anything if I'm not creating. This post is a gentle reminder for myself that I am a designer. I design. I'm not a curator, a marketer or a design pundit.
I think with the vastly available blogging tools and community sharing, it's so easy to be allured by the idea of talking about design, instead of actually creating things. There was a time when great designers were celebrated by their actual work, not by their writings on design, or their tastes. When I look at some popular web design celebrities' sites, I rarely see any body of work but a mountain of writing on design and meta posts. I'm very guilty of this too.
It's easy to create a facade of what a great designer you are these days. It's easy to write about the ideas you have, rather than seeing those ideas become fruition. It's easy to justify your good tastes by showing others the type of stuff you like, instead of stuff you make. It's easy to be a critic than a doer.
This isn't a jab at those who write design blogs. There are several whom I have great respect for. Writing is an important skill for a designer to have and blogging is the perfect platform to enhance that skill. However, let's not forget why we are in this profession in the first place. We're designers, we create stuff.
Nice. And along these lines, an equally important & similar bit of advice that has stuck with me: "Finish projects." No matter how small, makes no matter at all.
Could you not say that those writing about design are also creating something as well—adding to and building design knowledge for themselves and everyone else? A writer's product is his writing, just as a designer's product are his designs, but why draw a line between the professions and say that you can be one or the other? A designer can also be a writer and when they take up that role they're producing the work of a writer.
Now, the quality of the work is another thing altogether—i.e. are they actually creating knowledge or are they just making noise in the form of emotions and opinions that lets us know what they think but ultimately doesn't teach us anything? Whether they're creating something valuable or not should be judged based on their work and not on time spent playing the role of a designer or writer. The value of experience in the author's work will also depend on what they're writing about as some themes will require more time spent thinking than doing.
Having said this, I definitely agree with the post. I think the idea here is absolutely right. I just think it should be focused a little more to recognize what creation really means.
Design seems to be plagued by the whole problem of having more people that like to talk about doing it, or act like they can do it, than people who actually do it, or are good at it.
Design feels, to me, like its become such a trendy sort of hipster profession in recent years, perhaps like modern art was a couple of decades ago where it is viewed as something uber cool to be involved in.
Really hard to put what I am trying to say out in words.
Either way, I appreciate your work Jin, you actually do create more than you talk.
@David, yes, finishing the project is important. I find that being designers, we sometimes seek the phantom idea of "perfection." This causes us to abandon a person project often because we constantly change our minds.
@Dmitry, of course I don't mean designers should only design, not write. In fact, I encourage every designer I meet to start a personal blog. As I said writing is an important skill to have. I guess my main point is, if all we do in our spare time is writing about design or searching for inspirations on the web, instead of designing then it's not a good balance.
The type of writing I see as creating is those who explain their design process, or teaching others techniques etc. I read a lot of those types of writings, yours is one of my favorites. But at the end, I read because I feel reading helps me to keep up with my design skills. But if I all do is reading, then what good does it do?
In fact, your recently projects that take you away from blogging inspired me to write this entry. :) I know you're creating, not just writing.
I totally agree with you. The experience gained through work should be the primary source of inspiration for writing.
Great reminder to all of us.
An important part of any profession is also to educate the market not only about the value of your own design skills but also the value and need for design in the community – which is why so many design / architecture / art books existed even before the Internet. By educating the market it also means that in a sense everyone in business is a marketer, too… its a sad thing to say but yes we prime the environment to seek out and value design enough to want it – and to pay for it (hopefully dearly).
But that's just a business perspective. The spirit of your post is entirely correct in the essence that designers do… painters paint… writers write… try and take the tool away from the compulsive perfectionist and they will eat your white knuckles alive!!!
The real problem is when people get side-tracked by either the need for peer reputation or the desire to procrastinate (safely) rather than taking risk and creating actual work. This can sometimes be born of the amount of criticism (as opposed to critique) out there in the wild nowdays with the Internet.
Designers design stuff… if you find you're not doing that anymore then you can't consider yourself to be a working designer, I guess. It's easy to fall out of the saddle into the more comfortable pundit role, for sure.
Beautiful. I'd also add that this applies for creators in virtually every sense. I (we) can often get bogged down by the details of our work, administrative, tactical etc. Marketing can take over, for example. What brings satisfaction though is making something…anything usually.
Haha I love that quote by Elivs thanks for posting it Ownstream.
This post rings true in a time where I have started to create. Create things from the depth of my being instead of creating things in hope of winning someones approval or gaining someones recognition.
It is important to be creatively active and be able to express ourselves. Thank God for the Internet. A place where anyone can be creative and have others who are interested appreciate that creativity.
The real problem is when people get side-tracked by either the need for peer reputation or the desire to procrastinate (safely) rather than taking risk and creating actual work.
This is very true. There's definitely that sense of being naked once you put your work out there. But then again who cares? We design for ourselves and clients.
@Ownstream, that's a good quote. I think there definitely needs to be a good balance between talk and work. Talking is beneficial for learning and teaching.
@John, well said. I often wonder maybe designers and artists were able to produce unique work before the internet days, because there wasn't as much over exposure, and saturation of ideas.


Kaitlyn Nichole "Kait" Francis, 17, passed away in her residence on Monday, January 28, 2019 after a long battle with cancer.
Born in Pittsburgh on June 6, 2001 Kait is the daughter of Jason and Brittany Lilly Francis. Kait was a member of the Lincoln High School class of 2019. A member of National Honors Society and honors graduate, Kait wanted to become a pediatric oncology nurse. While at Lincoln, she was a member of Club Hope, Spanish Club and Ellwood City Culture Club. She also enjoyed playing rec league softball.
In addition to her parents, Kait is survived by her sister and best friend, Brianna Francis, at home, her grandmothers, Rhonda Blythe and Dawn Lilly, and two uncles, Jordan DiMuccio and Scott Lilly, all of Ellwood City. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, James Francis and Arthur Lilly, Jr.
Friends will be received on Friday, February 1st from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 2nd from 10:00 AM until the time of the funeral service at 11:00 AM at the Joseph A. Tomon, Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 97 Grim Avenue, Ellport. Pastor Elizabeth Wallace of Wampum Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Memorial contributions can be made in Kait's name to the Club Hope Foundation, 237 6th Street, Ellwood City, PA 16117.


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JIM HIGHTOWER: Impeachment? Who said anything about impeachment?
Surely you thought that partisan posturing by far-right Congress critters couldn't get any nuttier. But here comes the GOP's claim that all the talk about impeaching President Barack Obama is being led by … Barack Obama!
Having discovered that the larger public is appalled that his party would even consider wasting time on such extremist nonsense, House Speaker John Boehner tried to do a political back flip.
Impeachment talk, he fumed, is "a scam started by the Democrats at the White House." No Republican lawmakers, the Ohio Republican barked to the media, are even discussing it.
Boehner, Boehner, Boehner — did you not hear Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the new No. 3 on your own GOP leadership team, tell Fox News that he refuses to rule out impeachment?
Or Rep. Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan, when he exulted that "it would be a dream come true" to impeach Obama? Or that he has pursued advice on how to proceed?
Or Iowa's Rep. Steve King, who said flatly, "We need to bring impeachment hearings immediately."
How about Rep. Randy Weber of Texas, who put it unequivocally: "The President deserves to be impeached, plain and simple." And Georgia's Rep. Jack Kingston confirmed that: "Not a day goes by when people don't talk to us about impeachment."
Still, Boehner received some backup on his dubious disclaimer from Glenn Beck. The tea-partying radio ranter echoed the speaker's ridiculous assertion that no one in the GOP has given a moment's thought to impeachment.
"Have you spoken to one person (pushing such an idea)," Beck demanded in a recent broadcast. "No one" has used the I-word, he snapped. But, in fact, Beck does know one person who has: Himself. Also, Sarah Palin. And at least a dozen others.
Put away all hope for honesty or seriousness, ye who enter the nut house presently known as Boehner's House of Representatives.


Prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated the Oumolat Security Printing, a banknote printing company that is the first of its kind in the region.
The facility is located in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD).
He was accompanied by the deputy prime minister and minister of presidential affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark the official inauguration of the facility, which specialises in printing banknotes. The facility is equipped with fully integrated state-of-the-art security and protection systems.
Sheikh Mohammed said that UAE will continue to build its economic capacity in line with the directives of president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the close follow-up of Shaikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Sheikh Mohammed further said that the UAE's economic growth will be achieved through the clear strategy laid out in the UAE Vision 2021. The UAE's success, he said, has created a unique model for human development, as well as for building a sustainable and diverse economy and ensuring the happiness of all members of its society.
The VP was briefed by the Governor of the UAE Central Bank Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori about the facility's production machinery featuring the latest technology.
Shaikh Mohammed received the first Dh1,000 note printed by the company, which bears the number '1', from Sheikh Mansour.
Present during the visit were minister of cabinet affairs and the future Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi; minister of state for Financial Affairs Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer and a number of governors from regional central banks.


At one level, middle class counter-cultures -- like working-class sub-cultures -- also attempted to work out or work through, but at an 'imaginary' level, a contradiction or problematic in their class situation. But, because they inhabit a dominant culture (albeit in a negative way) they are strategically placed (in ways in which working-class sub-cultures are not) to generalise an internal contradiction for the society as a whole. The counter-cultures stemmed from changes in the 'real relations' of their class: they represented a rupture inside the dominant culture which then became linked with the crisis of hegemony, of civil society, and ultimately of the state itself. It is in this sense that middle-class counter-cultures, beginning from a point within the dominant class culture, have become an emergent ruptural force for the whole society. Their thrust is is no longer contained by their point of inception. Rather, by extending and developing their 'practical critique' of the dominant culture from a privileged position inside it, they have come to inhabit, embody and express many of the contradictions of the system itself.
Naturally, society cannot be 'imaginarily' reconstructed from that point. But that does not exhaust their emergent potential. For they also prefigure, anticipate, foreshadow -- though in truncated, diagrammatic and 'Utopian' forms -- emergent social forms. These new forms are rooted in the productive base of the system itself, though when they arise at the level of the 'counter-culture' only, we are correct to estimate that their maturing within the womb of society is, as yet, incomplete. They prefigure, among other things, the increasingly social nature of modern production, and the outdated social, cultural, political and ideological forms in which this is confined. The counter-culture comes, at best, half-way on the road to making manifest this base contradiction.
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Are Free Markets Moral?
Dr. Mansimar Kaur
Adam Smith, famously known as the father of economics and the chief proponent of laissez-faire capitalist economy, enlightened us about an idea of an 'invisible hand' guiding the economy and the inefficacy of government intervention in handling economic system. The basic premise here is that markets can function independently of the forces of demand and supply with little or no interference by the state. While the idea gained a widespread appreciation, it also started a debate on the morality of free markets in terms of what impact it might have on the economically disadvantaged groups within the society.
Free market capitalism ought to produce winners and losers, both. The general assumption goes that capitalism applauds winners while chides losers. Popular wisdom goes on to inform us that 'losers' here are not always by choice but also by circumstance. The blatant ruthlessness of the system became its Achilles Heel'. While capitalism incorporated within itself the promise of upward social mobility purely on the basis of merit and capability rather than ascriptive identity, it was not a long time before economists, policymakers and the general public realized that this favor was not extended to all. Capitalism systematically excluded sections of society from enjoying the fruits of free market.
The debate about the morality of the free market is essentially a question of how market and society ought to interact with each other. One's position on this question would most certainly depend on the lens one uses to view this interaction. To further complicate the matter, is the realization that there is no set definition of morality. A layperson definition of morality would be that there are ethical ways of doing things and by contrast- unethical ways. However, as Nietzsche has already explained us, ethics are highly fluid concept and therefore, arriving at any judgment on the morality or immorality or amorality of institutions, markets in this case; is virtually impossible.
We can, nonetheless, consider the arguments posited by the proponents and critics of free market which could also enable us to engage with markets in a much more responsible way. Classical liberals and to a certain extent, neoliberals, believe that passing value judgments on the role of markets is conceptually flawed, in the first place, because market is inherently a value-neutral institution. However, even if one is supposed to take a moral standpoint then free markets promote efficiency and no matter which side of the moral spectrum one is on, efficient systems are always better for the society. Also, since free market is unhindered by government regulations, so the usual prejudices held by the government against some sections or groups would not trickle down to the economic sphere thus providing a free and fair opportunity to everyone to elevate themselves economically. Free market, thus, is portrayed as a panacea for the ills of politics and society.
Critics of free market, with Karl Marx at the helm, argue that free market economy strengthens and cements the inequalities existing in the society. Since economy is the basis of everything else in polity, so inequality in the economy would percolate down to the deepest levels of society. With little or no government intervention in the economy, owners of the means of production would alienate the laborers further from the fruits of production thus magnifying their impoverishment. The process of alienation would move the 'have-nots' to the brink of the society, thus, bringing into question their entire existence. Free markets, it is believed, would never be able to ensure fairness precisely because of the value-neutrality which the proponents of the system consider to be an asset.
While there is no denying to the fact that free markets have produced an unprecedented result when it comes to lifting people out of shackles of extreme poverty. It has also brought us to an age of economic abundance and higher standards of living. It has also enabled the highest level of individual expression which allows one to enjoy a fulfilling existence. China's "opening up" in 1978 resulted in more than 500 million people moving up the economic ladder out, as the poverty rate declined from 88% in 1981 to 6.5% by 2012. Similarly, since 1991, India has also witnessed an age of economic abundance and higher standards of living with the Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) forecasting the average wages to quadruple between 2013-2030. Free market enables the highest level of individual expression, which has been exemplified by the rise in entrepreneurial ventures since the turn of the century.
However, what we are also experiencing alongside is a serious backlash against systemic inequalities and injustices and lack of 'real democracy'. Occupy Wall Street movement is but one example of many such expressions of discontentment with the system. The basic idea remains that unhindered capitalist market system disables some sections to participate in the economic realm as equal partners. So, while the market system assists individual freedom, it undermines group rights of some sections. Thus, it is amply clear that there is no clear answer to the question pertaining to the morality of free markets. The elemental specificities and economic interests of the group or individual concerns will determine to a great extent the moral position that one takes with regard to the free market system.
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The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Geopolitics.
The author is a doctorate in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She did her Bachelor's and Master's in Political Science from Hindu College, University of Delhi and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, respectively. She currently works as Assistant Professor in Political Science at Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University, Haryana.


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India Reloaded (Book Excerpt) by Dheeraj Sinha
Dheeraj Sinha is the author of two books on Indian consumer market. His latest release is India Reloaded – Inside the Resurgent Indian Consumer Market published by Westland in India and Palgrave, internationally. His previous book, 'Consumer India – Inside the Indian Mind and Wallet', published globally by John Wiley & Sons, is a recommended read at Wharton Business School's course on emerging markets.
Dheeraj leads the strategic planning function for Grey (WPP Group) in India, South & South East Asia. Previously, he led planning for Bates (WPP Group) in Asia, across thirteen countries. He has worked in advertising for over 16 years across McCann Erickson, Euro RSCG, Bates and now Grey. Below you can read an excerpt from his latest book, India Reloaded – Inside the Resurgent Indian Consumer Market. Coirtesy: Dheeraj Sinha. Read his interview here.
Powered by People, not Policy—What Makes India's Growth Story Sustainable?
Democracy versus Economics
Unlike that of China, say, India's growth story is driven by people, not policy. What makes the Indian growth story sustainable is the personal enterprise of millions of Indians and their desire to move up the ladder of life. The role of state policy thus far has been limited, except for the act of economic liberalisation in 1991. There is a reason why state policy in India is not designed to favour the market forces: the India that benefits directly from the market forces and the India that votes the government into power are traditionally two disparate sets of people.
There is a fundamental gap between India's democracy and its economy. The India that votes politicians to power is not the same India that powers its economy. The former is traditionally influenced by caste and religion, while the latter is powered by individual enterprise. The India that powers the economy is comprised largely of the white-collar middle class, who are not only fewer in number, but traditionally reluctant to even turn up for voting. They are saddled with a feeling of helplessness and apathy—that their few votes will not change the nature of India's politics. For the hardworking, educated middle class, it is indeed a dilemma, as the list of corrupt, incapable candidates leaves very little to choose from.
The other India, which turns up in large numbers, comprises the rural population and urban unskilled working class; many of them are either illiterate or have had very little education. Their direct dependence on the economy is low or not self evident, but small favours by their local leaders in terms of money, getting a job, moving a file within the government, or even protection against the local goons, makes a significant difference to their lives. The odds that these favours will come to them are higher if the politician belongs to their caste or religion. That's why the voting preference of this India is coloured by caste and religion, rather than the economic philosophy of the political candidate.
Time and again, the Indian electorate has shown little regard for growth and development agenda while voting. In the 2004 general elections, the BJP, the ruling party, went to the people on the platform of 'India Shining', showcasing a developing and prospering India. The BJP lost the 2004 general elections to Congress, which had made the common man (aam aadmi) its mascot, thus repositioning the BJP's development-speak as elitist. In the same year, Chandrababu Naidu, who led the BJP–TDP alliance in Andhra Pradesh, lost the state elections to the Congress. Chandrababu Naidu was the poster child of Indian IT, the laptop-carrying Chief Minister who embraced e-governance and worked hard to attract foreign investment to his state, Andhra Pradesh. While it is simplistic to attribute the BJP's losses in both these cases to its election platform of economic development, it did send a message to Indian politics that economics doesn't help win elections in the Indian democracy.
Having won on the platform of aam aadmi (the common man), the previous Congress government went ballistic on socialist initiatives. Measures such as NREGA (The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), saw unprecedented budgetary allocations. NREGA aims to secure the livelihood of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in a financial year. It's a scheme for rural households, whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Initiatives such as NREGA suffer from huge leaks in the system, which prevent its benefits from fully reaching its intended recipients. Added to this is the argument that by employing labour in construction-related jobs, NREGA is working against the interests of agriculture. In its pursuit of socialist policies, the government levied an education surcharge on income tax and continued its patronage of subsidies on fuel, fertilizers, cooking gas, and food grains. The jury is still out on how these policies have improved the lives of the common man, but we know for sure that these policies helped balloon the government's fiscal deficit. All this while the policies that could set the market forces free hung in abeyance.
The trickledown effect of today's policy decisions may lead to positive outcomes over a period of time, but in the short term, what's pro-economy may not appear to be pro-people. For instance, the case of allowing FDI (foreign direct investment) in retail has been under debate on the grounds of a loss in employment and damage to small-scale retailers. The Congress government did many flip-flops over its decision to allow FDI in retail, finally setting for a halfway solution—51% in multi brand and 100% in single brand. Under the erstwhile Congress government, several such pro-economy decisions were held up on the grounds that they would hurt the common man and his immediate interests.
Democracy and Economics
"I want to see you, laptop in one hand, Quran in the other," is what Narendra Modi, India's current prime minister said during his electioneering in 2014, while reaching out to the minority community. Narendra Modi fought the 2014 elections on the platform of development. It allowed him to leverage his developmental credentials from Gujarat, as its chief minister for many years. More importantly, it helped him bypass the allegations of Hindu fundamentalism. Development as a platform leveraged the strengths of Narendra Modi, while taking the focus away from his weaknesses. The 2014 verdict suggests that it resonated with the larger India, returning the BJP to power with 282 seats. This would be the first time in India that people have voted for development over the considerations of religion, caste, or region.
Or, so we would like to believe. Indeed, the 2014 win for the BJP is a combination of multiple factors. The BJP's 2014 election strategy appears to have drawn straight from Chanakya's strategy of saam, daam, dand, bhed. Chanakya was an Indian teacher, philosopher, and royal advisor. He served as the chief advisor to Chandragupta, the emperor of the ancient Maurya Empire, and is credited for Chandragupta's rise to power in 322 BC. His strategy espouses the use of multiple influences, ranging from reason (saam) and lure (daam) to punishment (dand) and divisiveness (bhed), in order to win a battle or a political situation. Similarly, the BJP's 2014 national elections campaign was fought on multiple platforms—development, decisive leadership, religious undertones, and caste affinity. It might therefore be an overstatement to say that this was a victory for development alone.
The 2014 verdict was as much about giving Narendra Modi a majority (read: free hand), as punishing the Congress. The Congress being confined to 44 seats is like it being asked to hold its hands over its ears and stand outside the class. The vote for Narendra Modi was a vote for clean governance and decisive leadership. It was a vote against the free reign of scams and a protracted silence on the key issues that the previous government became notorious for. True, that change was at the top of the BJP's 2014 election agenda. However, a large part of its victory, especially in states such as Uttar Pradesh, came from playing the caste equation right. For instance, in Uttar Pradesh and other caste-sensitive constituencies, Narendra Modi's backward caste credentials were fully leveraged. Although Hindutva wasn't played as an overt card, the RSS (Rashtriya Swayam-Sevak Sangh) cadre leveraged all its muscle on the ground to garner the requisite support for the BJP.
The campaign also translated development into what it means for people, rather than leave it as a macro, GDP-level conversation. Development was translated as jobs, roads, and electricity, which people care for, rather than GDP, inflation, and fiscal deficit, which only the intellectual class understands. Narendra Modi's humble beginnings as a tea-seller helped make the development conversation relatable. He personified the story of personal progress and the progress of Gujarat. The BJP's ascension to power in 2014 was the result of multiple narratives that the organisation successfully managed to put out to the public. It just happens that one of the dominant narratives was development.
The divide between economics and democracy may be narrowing, but it's unlikely to go away so quickly. One of the first major initiatives by the new BJP government is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, a financial inclusion scheme that provides bank accounts to 75 million poor families, an overdraft of ₹ 5,000 ($82) after six months of account operation, accident insurance cover of ₹ 1 lakh ($1633) and life cover of ₹30,000 ($490). Launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech, the scheme successfully opened 15 million bank accounts on its first day. The scheme comes with freebies of insurance, which in most likelihood will be underwritten by government-run institutions such as the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). These write-offs are in effect disguised subsidies, which will add to the fiscal deficit. So it turns out that the first major initiative of the new government is laden with subsidies. It looks like there's no running away from populism in a democracy.
The ink hadn't dried on the headlines declaring the victory of development as a poll-winning agenda, than the by-elections for the Bihar State Assembly proved them wrong. Held barely three months after the national elections, the Bihar by-elections, gave power back to caste-based politics. The grand alliance between Lalu Prasad Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal United (JD [U]), won six of the ten seats. Bihar, which was once on track to recover its lost ground on economic development, seems to be back to caste politics. Nitish Kumar, who was leading a remarkable turnaround of the state through pro-economy policies, has had to go back to caste calculations to keep his party in power. In tying up with the RJD, whose three-term rule in Bihar led to lawlessness and deterioration, Nitish has chosen vote-bank politics over developmental economics.
The decisive verdict of the 2014 national elections may be an early indicator of a change in the thinking of India's electorate. But the shift from caste and communal considerations to development as an agenda isn't complete. As the dreams and desires of the larger India—the India that votes—get provoked further, the better the chances that their vote will be pro-economy. Until then, India banks on its people, not government policies, to power the Indian growth story.
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