Yes, for 2017 my beloved green smoothie bowl is here to stay.
It may seem crazy to post something that isn't trending right now. I mean smoothie bowls have definitely had their time in the spotlight (along with breakfast jars), but my body is craving all the green stuff after Christmas holiday festivities.
Last year I embraced spiralising every veggie in sight & turning them into noodles, zoodles or coodles. Eating meals as 'bowls' – smoothie, acai, buddha or sushi. And happily eating my avocado on toast while sipping my matcha latte. Speaking of avocado who could forget the avocado rose!
Who knows what this years healthy food or trend will be. Maybe it will be aqua faba (chick pea juice), something I'm yet to try. Or how about one of the ancient grains like sorghum? Then theres, seaweed, fermented food (like kombucha or sauerkraut) or perhaps jackfruit. Any of which can be the new health food star this year. For now I'm sticking with what I know & love. The good old green smoothie bowl. Who knows maybe the biggest health food trend for 2017 will simply be eating more plants.
When I first made an effort to eat healthier. I started by adding more plant based whole foods to my diet. The easiest way to do that was in the form of a smoothie. Quick & easy, smoothies became a great way to add in more fruit & veg. I still love smoothies for when I'm on the go, but having my smoothie in a bowl is much more satisfying to me now.
I love to pack in lots of green veg into my green smoothie bowl & my kids love them too! Packed with iron & vitamins, dark green leafy veg are the perfect feel good ingredient. Lately I have also been adding the perfect secret ingredient. Zucchini! You can't taste it, but get all the benefits of potassium, magnesium, vitamins A & C. Just don't tell the kiddos!
I also like to add some protein & fibre to my smoothie bowl, keeping me fuller for longer. Usually some flax or chia in the smoothie & nuts, seeds or nut butter on top. I often also add in some greens powder, Super Elixir is my favourite.
Hope you're having a great start to 2017 & cheers to more green smoothie bowls!
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Enough coconut water to achieve your desired consistency ( I used 1/2 cup).
Dates: a couple of dates can up the sweetness if you prefer a sweeter smoothie.
Spirulina powder: High in iron, protein & magnesium it can give your smoothie bowl a boost.
Start small as it has a very distinct flavour, that I found took a while to get use to.
Greens powders: - My absolute favourite is Super Elixir Alkalising Greens.
Blend all your ingredients in a high speed blender & top with anything you like.
Pictured is seasonal summer fruit, crushed pistachios & hemp seeds.
A big thank you to Super Elixir for sending me their alkalising greens powder to try. I'm in love with it! Thank you so much for supporting the companies that support this blog. Check out their site to see how you can win a years supply of alkalising greens powder by using the #superelixirchallenge All opinions expressed are purely my own, as always. A link to my full disclosure policy can be found here, thank you.


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Moe Veterinary Centre offers a variety of services for treatment of farm animals.
Both on-farm and at our clinic.
By manual palpation or using ultrasound.
Synchronisation programs and treatment of non cycling cows, investigating problems in herd fertility, assisting with calvings. Vets have completed the "InCalf" Accreditation program.
VBBSE (Veterinary Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluation) – Evaluation of bull breeding soundness as recommended by the Australian Cattle Vets.
Treating clinical cases, performing milk cultures and investigating herd problems according to "Countdown Downunder" guidelines. Vets have completed the "Countdown Downunder" Accreditation program.
Testing In-house testing for antibiotics in milk vat samples for Murray Goulburn.
Treatment including application of Cowslips and advice on prevention.
Includes pain free dehorning, surgical desexing, hoof trimming, and parasite control.
Including diagnosis of causes of itchiness or hair loss, and investigation of skin lumps via biopsies and fine-needle aspirates.
Performed in-house or sent to external laboratories (with results interpreted by qualified pathologists).
With medical and surgical management of emergency cases.


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Holly Willoughby just revealed the secret to her youthful looks!
So that's where she got her good genes from!
August 02, 2018 - 20:05 BST Chloe Best Holly Willoughby has shared a photo of her grandma to celebrate her 90th birthday. The This Morning star is currently on her summer break
Holly Willoughby shared a rare photo of her grandmother in honour of her 90th birthday on Thursday - and her fans were amazed by their "amazing" resemblance. The This Morning presenter made a return to Instagram to post a sweet tribute to her "nanna", leaving her 3.8 million followers with no doubt of where she got her youthful looks from.
"Yes Nanna Willoughby... 90 today! Love ya!" Holly captioned the post, which showed her grandmother sat in an armchair holding a dessert with the words "Happy Birthday" written in chocolate. Holly's grandmother looked much younger than her 90 years, wearing a striped T-shirt, and her appearance was the subject of many comments from the TV presenter's fans.
Holly Willoughby shared a rare photo of her grandmother to celebrate her 90th birthday
One wrote: "Good grief she looks so young. Amazing!" While another asked Holly: "Omg how is your nanna 90? She looks amazing." Many others commented on the resemblance between Holly and her grandma, with one writing: "Can see the resemblance. Great genes."
MORE: Holly Willoughby makes surprise appearance on This Morning during holiday
The photo is one of only a handful Holly has posted since breaking up for her summer holidays from This Morning. The 37-year-old has been spending time with her husband Dan Baldwin and their three children, but made a surprise return to the ITV show on Wednesday for a pre-recorded interview with All Saints.
Holly is on her summer holiday from This Morning
Holly commented on how "weird" it was to interview her friends as she uploaded a photo of herself and Phillip in the studio with singers Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis. Holly, who is particularly close to the Appleton sisters, wrote on Instagram: "These beauties @allsaintsoffic are on @thismorning today... so weird interviewing your friends!"
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The presenters were chatting to the band about their new album Testament, which was released in July, but Holly got the giggles as soon as they sat down. "We're laughing already. This is going to be the hardest interview I think I've ever done!" she said. "I can't even look at you Nicole...and I feel like we've had this interview many times on a night out and now this is actually happening for real!" Nicole replied: "It's actually more nerve-wracking than a night out!"
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1. Via Morena - Morena is located on NH3 Agra Bombay Highway. From Morena, start moving on Ambah-Porsa road, after covering 3-5Km there is a road turn towards Gormi, turn to that road and start travelling on it. There are some road sign are available provided the distance info in Morena, Ambah-Porsa road. And you can also take help from one of the best guide i.e. Google Navigation, it will show the exact route from Morena to Kakanmath. Total Distance : 75Km from Gwalior to Kakanmath.
2. Via Malanpur - Malanpur is located at NH92 Gwalior Etawah Hoghway, a well known Industrial Area having industrial plants like Surya, Atlas and many more. From Malanpur just go ahead to the railway station of malanpur, from there move towards the village upto Mitwali. From Mitawali Kakanmath is around 20-25km away. Total Distance: 65Km from Gwalior to Kakanmath.
Travelling Tip: as Kakanmath is situated in a very rural area, there is no Restaurant as well as any kind of shop is there. So don't forget to get some food stuff from Morena if you are following route 1 or from Malanpur if you are following route 2, otherwise you have to manage there by drinking water only. The road of Route 1 is too good in comparison to Route 2. If there is some female partner is also going with you than choose Route 1, as it is having good road as well as the roads are also safe as there is some crowd always available on this route.
One of my friend who is also a wanderlust type of guy told me so many times about Kakanmath. One fine day we have planned to go there by our exploring machines (our Bikes).
After getting food stuff we have again started our exploring machines finally we reached our Destination "Kakanmath". Kakanmath is covered by farms from all sides. There is a guard sitting there appointed by MP Tourism who has the duty to get the basic detail from each tourist.
There is a temple of Lord Shiva is there, whose architecture is much like the architecture of Khajuraho temples. The localizes also have a story of how this temple is build. They told us that the whole temple is built in a night by some "Jinn's" and after completing the basic structure they started to decorate it but the night is over and they leave it as it is and disappears. From that day the temple is there in the same condition.
And my final words are "MP ajab hai, sabse gajab hai".
a place well known for its heritage temple of Lord Shivji. This place is situated in Morena District.


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ALSC Children's Literature Award
Please see below for an opportunity, that we were asked to share with our membership:
The Children's Literature Lecture Award Committee is seeking suggestions for our 2023 honoree. The lecturer may be an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children's literature. The lecture will be given in April or May of 2023 at a site to be chosen next year.
ALSC members are welcome to send suggestions to the committee for consideration. Please send your proposed lecturer(s), with supporting rationale for each recommendation.
The nomination form is available online and the deadline for submissions is July 31.
Recent past lecturers include Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Debbie Reese, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Jacqueline Woodson. The complete list of past lecturers is on the ALSC website.
The 2023 lecturer will be announced at the 2022 ALA LibLearnX next January in San Antonio. For more details about the lecture, please visit the Children's Literature Lecture Award site.
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After years of declining sales, McDonald's has seemingly righted its ship: Since CEO Steve Easterbrook took over in 2015, changes such as the launch of all-day breakfast have helped propel the fast-food titan out of its sales slump. It's managed to maintain its upward trajectory over the past year, with its stock price rising by more than 40 percent in 2017.
The chain just reported its best sales growth in six years, with domestic same-store sales up 4.5 percent, and it's seen an increase in foot traffic to its restaurants for the first time in four years. "We've successfully completed the transition from turnaround to growth," Easterbrook told investors on the company's quarterly earnings call.


Records of auditor's working papers regarding a project involving Canadian International Development Agency and a private corporation do not constitute "confidential third party information" and "personal information".
The Ministers for International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs decided to release records of auditor's working papers regarding a project involving the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and SNC Lavalin Inc. (SNC), a private corporation (para. 4). SNC challenged the release of the information under Section 44 of the Access to Information Act (ATI Act), on the ground that it included statements from minutes of a meeting that involved "confidential third party information" and "personal information", covered by section 20(1) and section 19 of the ATI Act respectively (para. 5). SNC's Section 20(1) claim relied on Section 20(1)(b), which protects confidential information provided to a government institution by a third party, and Section 20(1)(c), which protects information that could be financially damaging if disclosed (paras. 6, 11).
The Court found that the information was not "confidential information" under Section 20(1)(b) as the evidence provided by SNC was insufficient to reverse the lower court's finding that the information was not provided with an expectation of confidence and that the relationship with SNC was neither a fiduciary one, nor one that will benefit the public through confidential communication (paras. 6-7). The Court also found that the information could not be protected under Section 20(1)(c) as there was insufficient evidence to create a reasonable expectation of probable harm to SNC, either by harming it financially or prejudicing its competitive position (para. 12).
Finally, the Court did find, in accordance with a previous decision (H.J. Heinz Co. v. Canada), that Section 19's protection of "personal information" can be invoked in the context of a corporate third party seeking to prevent disclosure (para. 14). However, in this case, the information fell into an exemption allowing disclosure of relevant information regarding individuals performing services under contract for the government (paras. 14-15).


Ride the VB Wave trolley south to campgrounds and tennis courts, fun parks, and to the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center. Catch the Atlantic Avenue trolley (Route 30) for points north. Aquarium and Ocean Breeze serviced during operating hours only.


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MOVIE REVIEW | 'ARISTIDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION'
MORE ON 'Aristide and the Endless Revolution'
Turmoil in Haiti, Seen Close Up
By LAURA KERN
Baraka Productions
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in "Aristide and the Endless Revolution."
"Aristide and the Endless Revolution" is a probing look into the 2004 overthrow of the twice democratically elected Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who had previously been ousted in a 1991 coup. Mr. Aristide was cherished by his country's poor (in 2001 he won with an astounding 91 percent of the vote) and deemed ineffectual by the wealthy powers of the United States, France and Canada, among others.
Nicolas Rossier's cohesive documentary covers this complex incident - and Haiti's deteriorating condition since Mr. Aristide's exile - in a taut, well-balanced 82 minutes, featuring interviews with the charismatic Mr. Aristide's chief defenders (the actor Danny Glover, Representative Maxine Waters of California) and critics (Roger Noriega, a former assistant secretary of state; Timothy Carney, a former United States ambassador to Haiti). Mr. Aristide himself, who currently resides in South Africa, candidly weighs in, while the people of Haiti both voice their opinions and appear in scenes of startling violence and chaos on the streets of their destitute country.
Mr. Rossier highlights Haiti's contentious modern history, which has frequently been overshadowed by more widely publicized world events. His insightful film, which opens today at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in the East Village, takes an evenhanded approach, allowing the facts to speak for themselves. For instance, we're left to decide whether or not it's coincidental that both coups against Mr. Aristide occurred while there was a president named Bush in the White House.
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
Directed by Nicolas Rossier; edited by Cameron Clendaniel; produced by Mr. Rossier and Roopa Choudhury; narrated by Ross Douglas; released by Baraka Productions. At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East Third Street, at Avenue A, East Village. Running time: 82 minutes. This film is not rated.
Documentary Films and Programs
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand


3 Days Masai mara budget camping tours packages are 2 nights safaris in the mara to view the wildebeest migration or just the big five animals. Masai mara 3 days budget camping site tours are arranged as solo, joining or private trips from Nairobi. Find out the 3 days Masai mara budget camping tour prices, costs, timings, itinerary, accommodations, vehicles and best time to go.
Our cheerful driver guide will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel and you can join in the group to Masai mara. The Masai mara game drive vehicle will usually have 6-8 people sharing which reduces the cost. You will start your safari and get past the Great Rift Valley arriving in Masai mara at 1300 hrs in time for lunch.
You can take a shower and a siesta in the afternoon and go for an evening game drive by 1600hrs. This is your first game drive in Masai mara and you will start to appreciate the wonder that is the Masai mara plains and the wildebeest migration. The Masai mara game reserve is a vast area of 1500 sqkm in size and is an extension of the larger Serengeti national reserve. The Masai mara is world renowned for its large herds of animals and it is home to over 3 million grazers, browsers and predators.
Masai Mara's vast undulating plains which are uninterrupted by any trees or forests also make it a natural theatre of watching the wild animals performances on a day to day basis. The game drives of Masai mara are unrivalled in Africa since you can see animals for miles away in the most scenic natural settings. Enjoy the game drive until dusk with dinner and overnight at your Masai mara budget camping site.
The Masai Mara game reserve wakes you up with chattering birds, roaring lion males, and shrieking hyraxes. You wake up to the yellow sun rays against the yellow colored plains with the cleanest of air and dew on the grass. Enjoy your breakfast and depart the camp for a full day long game drive.
You will drive to the Mara river to watch the thousands of wildebeests crossing the Mara river with unimaginable drama and energy. For hours, the wildebeests will jump into the water and swim against a strong current and away from marauding 18ft Nile crocodiles. Some will succumb and drown, others will be torn apart by crocodiles and even hippos and even others will make it across only to be met by prides of hungry lions, cheetah and leopards.
But despite these odds, the wildebeests will continue to cross the Mara river and overwhelm their predators by their sheer numbers. Year in year out the migration takes place and the crocodiles and the predators of Masai mara always have the dates of this feast marked in their calendars.
Watch the Mara river crossing for the whole morning and enjoy a bush picnic lunch at the river. Afternoon game drives en route back to your tented camp. Enjoy a buffet dinner and overnight at the camp.
This is the final day of your 3 days Masai mara game reserve budget camping safari. Your last game drive is early this morning where you leave the camp at dawn to see the animals that you may have missed for the last two days.
Return to the camp after the game drive and check out. Start your drive back to Nairobi with an en route lunch at Mai Mahiu.
Drop off in Nairobi at late afternoon and relax in your hotel.
Pick up and drop off at a either Nairobi or residence.
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Add the cauliflower florets. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the water. Cover and cook for 3 minutes or until tender.... Herbed Cauliflower Rice Stir Fry is a healthy and delicious low-carb side dish. Full of flavors, super easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. Great alternative to classic fried rice and gluten-free too.
Spicy Cauliflower Stir Fry by Bethica Das will help you to prepare the perfect Spicy Cauliflower Stir Fry in your kitchen at home. Spicy Cauliflower Stir Fry needs 10 minutes for the preparation and 10 minutes for cooking. In the BetterButter app, you will find the step by step process of cooking Spicy Cauliflower Stir Fry. This makes it easy to learn how to make the delicious Spicy... Add the cauliflower florets. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the water. Cover and cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
Herbed Cauliflower Rice Stir Fry is a healthy and delicious low-carb side dish. Full of flavors, super easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. Great alternative to classic fried rice and gluten-free too.... This cauliflower fry recipe or the gobi fry recipe is also good when you want to prepare a side dish on a short notice. Two more similar fry recipes which can also be made as a side dish are the potato fry and cauliflower stir fry.
Cauliflower stir-fry with pork is not only for our daily meals but also for Christmas. It includes fibers from cauliflowers and protein from pork. It includes fibers from cauliflowers and protein from pork.
Quick and easy Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry recipe that is gluten-free, Paleo, dairy-free, full of vegetables, and lick-your-plate delicious! Learn how to make beef and broccoli sauce that is free of refined sugar and tastes as good as your favorite restaurant's version!
Stir fry for a minute. STEP 3 Just before garlic turns golden brown, add the cauliflower and stir fry for another minute. STEP 4 Add the stock and soy sauce.


1 The plaintiffs in these two actions apply pursuant to Rule 18A for an order for judgment against the defendant. The critical issue to be decided on the application is whether the defendant breached a fundamental term of the purchase agreements executed by the plaintiffs and the defendant at various dates, all concerning the sale and purchase of condominium units in a project developed by the defendant in Vancouver, British Columbia. The plaintiffs say the defendant is in breach and they are not prepared to complete the purchase of the individual units and seek recovery of the deposits made by them and costs.
2 The defendant is a developer and constructed a twelve storey, twenty-four unit condominium at 2121 West 38th Avenue in Vancouver. The development was known as Ashleigh Court.
Enjoy unobstructed and panoramic views of the city, ocean and North Shore Mountains while dining or sipping a hot cup of tea with a friend in the living room, admiring the tree lined exclusive residences in prestigious Kerrisdale on the west side of the beautiful city of Vancouver.
Great care is demanded in the design of each floor plan for Ashleigh Court to offer you a handsome home. Interior features and finishes are carefully appointed for your comfort and enjoyment.
Quality plush Carpet, and so on.
8 At the bottom of the page, and in somewhat smaller print, are the words "Illustrations and descriptions are approximate representations of features described. In a continuing effort to improve stardards [sic] of development, the developer reserves the right to make modifications and changes to building design, specifications, features and floor plans, without notice".
9 The model showed the south facing balconies with glass walls. The drawings showed each kitchen with a window. There were windows facing east or west (depending on the suite) as well as to the south in each master bedroom. Further, the drawings show a window in the master bedroom ensuite bathroom for the units on the east side of the building.
10 Each of the plaintiffs depose that they relied on the brochure, the plans and the other materials presented at the presentation and each entered into a contract to purchase, the Purchase Agreement.
(b) use materials other than as prescribed in the plans provided that alternative materials are, in the sole opinion of the architect, of a quality comparable to those prescribed in the plans.
12 The plaintiffs say that the defendant is in fundamental breach of its contracts with each of the plaintiffs in part because the building did not feature a grand glass lobby with granite floor, a tiled entrance foyer, built-in book shelves in the living rooms, a hot water heating system, a window in the kitchen, a window in the east wall of the master bedroom on the east side of the building or the west wall of the master bedroom on the west side of the building, windows in the ensuite bathroom on the east side of the building, recessed lighting or quality plush carpeting. Further, although not pleaded, the evidence would indicate that the fountain and reflecting pool were not as described in the brochure nor were the luxurious and private landscaped gardens and walkways provided. As well, the south facing balconies, shown in the plans with glass guardrails, are in fact, constructed of concrete.
13 In summary, the plaintiffs say that they agreed to purchase their respective units on the basis that the building would be constructed in accordance with the plans and as reflected and described in the brochures provided to the plaintiffs through the defendant or its agent. The plaintiffs say that the building was not constructed in accordance with the plans and some portions were not constructed or were constructed with significant modifications such that the changes substantially altered the quality and value of the property and entitles the plaintiffs to rescind the agreement and a corresponding repayment of the deposits paid with costs.
14 On this application the defendant submits that the plaintiffs' action should be dismissed with costs or alternatively, the application under Rule 18A be dismissed. The defendant says that the plaintiffs received essentially what was bargained for under the terms of the contract and the disclosure statement, contracts contemplating changes could be made to the design of the building and the plaintiffs were aware that such changes were a possibility. In any event, the defendant says that the plaintiffs have not demonstrated that the changes in design of which they complain are breaches of contract and the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that the changes were fundamental.
15 The parties agree that the test whether there has been a fundamental breach of contract (as the plaintiffs term it) or that the breaches were material (as the defendant terms it) is objective and that the subjective considerations of an individual plaintiff is not relevant.
16 The defendant, in its argument, refers to the affidavits filed on its behalf and offers an explanation for each one of the changes complained of by the plaintiffs. The defendants were extremely concerned about keeping construction costs down while maintaining the competitive quality of the design but no design adjustment was made solely on the basis of its effect on costs. "In many cases, minor revisions were made to the preliminary scheme to improve appearance, function or durability. In other cases, substitutions of materials or systems were made where the defendant and its consultants judged that cost saving was possible without a detrimental affect on appearance, function or durability". The defendant through the affidavit of Tom Ip then deals with each change complained of by the plaintiffs. With respect to the south facing balconies, the defendant says that their primary purpose was to give access to the second exit stairwell, they do not extend in front of the large master bedroom window so as to block or diminish the view, for privacy reasons the defendant considered glass guardrails inappropriate and safety militated in a concrete material to avoid occupant's confusion in the event of a forced evacuation.
17 With respect to the reflecting pool, the defendant says that it was changed in part for costs but also to discourage littering.
18 With respect to the changes in the landscape design, the defendant says that a number of landscape elements were proposed by the architects early in the design development stage "but not all received the defendant's approval and were incorporated into the final design".
19 With respect to the material substitutions, the floor of the lobby was changed to slate, providing a much safer surface when wet; the entrance foyer described in the brochure as "tile entrance foyer" was changed to carpet for consistency with the general floor finish of the elevator cars; and lighting, described in the marketing brochure as recessed, in fact were only surface mounted because "the construction technique used in the project (concrete frame and slab, and no suspended ceilings) did not readily permit fixtures to be recessed".
20 As for the bookshelves, no built-in bookshelves were provided in part because a layout change was made necessary by building code considerations. Further, the built-in bookshelves "may have unduly restricted opportunities for furnishing the living room, which are modest in size, and may also have restricted available locations for electrical outlets".
21 With reference to the plaintiffs' complaints about the missing window in the kitchen, the defendant replies that it felt it would interfere with the most efficient layout of the kitchen as the refrigerator and cupboard doors open against the only length of exterior wall where a window would have been possible. With reference to the bathroom in the master bedroom on the east side of the building, the defendant felt the window's location directly above the bathtub "was considered to be inappropriate and undesirable". Apparently the defendant was concerned about privacy, the draft factor and the maintenance problems of a window frame wetted during the use of showers. With respect to the additional window in the master bedroom on the sidewall, both east and west, the defendant decided not to include the window as it's placement "may have unduly limited possibilities for efficient furniture layout as the southern wall has a door to the balcony and a large window and the interior walls closets or doorways opening into the bedroom". There was also an additional reason for omitting these windows and that was "for the improvement of appearance of the east and west facades of the building".
22 With respect to the change in the heating system from hot water to electric baseboard type, this change was not cost driven apparently but rather to increase individual temperature controls, reduce the pro-rata cost to the owners, some of whom would be frequently absent from Vancouver, reduce the ongoing maintenance and servicing costs and, reduce the size of the baseboard providing less interference with usable floor area.
23 In its argument, the defendant says that each of the contracts provide for the same; the construction would be in a good and workmanlike manner substantially in accordance with the plan but that the vendor may make "minor modifications . . . as are desirable and reasonable" and the plans were subject to such modifications as may be determined by the architect or required by the city. The defendant says that the units built by the defendant were substantially the same as those proposed at the time of the original offering and the plaintiffs have focused on a number of changes as being fundamental and inconsistent with the sales brochure but the sales brochure does not form part of the contract between the parties (See Abramowich v. Azima Developments Ltd. (1993), 86 B.C.L.R. (2d) 129, Court of Appeal). In Abramowich the plaintiff purchaser failed to complete on it's transaction and sued for damages alleging the unit was not completed in accordance with the representations contained in a brochure which had described the unit as "luxurious" or, "exceptional quality" or, "architect designed interiors" or, "first class finishings" while the written contract made no reference to the standards to which the condominium would be built. The trial judge in Abramowich rejected the argument that the brochure terms should be implied as terms of the contract.
The written contract made no reference to the standards to which the condominium would be built. It is the plaintiff's position that he relied upon the promotional brochure to the knowledge of the vendor. He submits that the court ought to imply as a term of the contract that the unit was to be built to the standards set out in the brochure. Aside from the problem in determining an exact standard from the promotional material, the plaintiff's next difficulty is the limited circumstances in which a court will impose a contractual term.
An unexpressed term can be implied if, and only if, the court finds that the parties must have intended that term to form part of their contract; it is not enough for the court to find that such a term would have been adopted by the parties as reasonable men if it had been suggested to them; it must have been a term that went without saying, a term necessary to give business efficacy to the contract, a term which, although tacit, formed part of the contract which the parties made for themselves.
On any view of the evidence, the plaintiff has failed to meet this test. I am not convinced that the promotional literature was intended by the parties to form a part of the contract.
I agree with the trial judge that in interpreting an assigned agreement between the parties it is not necessary to give business efficacy to the agreement by implying the terms of the printed brochure into the agreement for the reasons she has stated. In my opinion, all that was required to give business efficacy to the parties' agreement was for the vendor to complete the condominium unit in accordance with the plans and specifications which, apparently, met with the architects approval on February 14, 1990 shortly before the City of Vancouver occupancy certificate was issued on that date.
26 In reply to this submission the plaintiffs say that an officer of the defendant conceded that the brochure reflected what was in the plans at the time the purchase and sale contracts were entered into. This is borne out by extracts from the examination-for-discovery of Mr. Ip to the effect that the drawings in the brochure were prepared by a commercial artist from the drawings prepared by the architect and that whatever was in the brochure at the time the sales contracts were entered into reflected what was in the plans at that time. Accordingly, the plaintiffs submit that the brochure is explanatory and reflective of what was in the plans at the time the various plaintiff's purchased their units. The brochure is informative evidence of what the plaintiffs saw at the time they entered into the purchase and sale agreement and in determining what the defendant's intended to represent to the plaintiffs and what they intended to build.
27 Accordingly, the Abramowich case is irrelevant as the plaintiff is not asking that the brochure be read as part of the purchase and sale agreement but rather to demonstrate by excellent description what the plans and specifications reflect and the plans and specifications were made part of the purchase and sale agreement.
29 In response to this the plaintiff argues that the defendant has not introduced any evidence from any source, let alone from the architects who designed the project, that the modifications were minor. Evidence in other words, disagreeing with the conclusion or opinion of John Davidson. This argument, while it does not deal directly with the defendant's objections, does leave unanswered the opinion expressed by John Davidson, which, after I strip away the opinions of artistic merit or aesthetic values, goes to the extent of changes. The affidavit of G. Gerald Kennedy, architect, filed by the defendant, deals with his opinion of the general areas of expertise or qualification of architects which do not include, in his opinion, any general ability to predict how "appealing their client's projects will be, from a marketing prospective, to the target buyer". He had familiarity with terms such as "luxurious", "exclusive", "generous", "spacious" and "grand" to mention some of the terms he used, but it was his opinion that such terms, while frequently used in marketing are all equally meaningless. In response to the affidavit of Mr. Kennedy the plaintiff argued compellingly that there was no indication that Mr. Kennedy saw any of the materials which are the subject of controversy before me and he makes no comment upon whether the modifications were minor or substantial or, in the words of Mr. Davidson "more extensive and significant". That opinion, in my view, stripped of those areas which offend the ultimate issue rule (Emil Anderson) and are clearly within the area of expertise of an architect.
Therefore . . . where the amendment is of such significance as to be likely to influence the decision of a reasonable purchaser to purchase the condominium unit or to alter the character of the disclosure statement.
31 McRae, J. adopted that definition and noted that the test is an objective test. He in turn looked at the changes in the building which was the subject of the litigation before him and concluded that the changes were not material, that "a reasonable person would quickly conclude that this change was minor and was clearly beneficial to the purchaser". The two changes considered by McRae, J. were the deletion of a public activity centre in the condominium complex which he concluded was a benefit to the plaintiff as the public would no longer have access to the complex; the second was an increase in the number of units from 408 to 413 thereby decreasing the plaintiff's percentage interest in the building. McRae, J. found that there was an express disclosure in the disclosure statement allowing the owner to increase the number of units to as many as 416 and that the actual decrease of percentage interest amounted to three parts per one hundred thousand and was so trivial as to not constitute a material change.
32 In the Abdool case the issue was the application again of s. 52 of the Condominium Act of Ontario which provides that an agreement to purchase a new condominium would not be binding on a purchaser until the developer delivered a current disclosure statement with all material amendments thereto. The disclosure statement advised the purchasers that the condominium would have as amenities a recreational unit which included an indoor swimming pool, an exercise room and an outdoor play area which included children's play facilities. The statement further provided that construction would begin in October 1988 and would be completed by December 1990. In fact the occupancy permits for the swimming pool and the children's play area were substantially delayed.
To invoke a common dictionary meaning of "material", when is a defect so pertinent, germane or essential as to render a disclosure statement in contravention of the Act and entitle a purchaser to cancel the transaction?
I approach this question first by reference to the applicable burden of proof. In my opinion, when a purchaser who has had the opportunity afforded by the cooling off period to consider the disclosure statement and the accompanying documentation, and has decided to go through with the transaction, subsequently seeks to resign from his or her otherwise binding agreement of purchase and sale on the basis of the deficiency of the disclosure statement, the onus is on the purchaser to show that the disclosure statement fails to satisfy the requirements of the Act to the degree that the agreement must be declared non-binding.
To discharge this onus and prove the materiality of the complaint, in my opinion, the purchaser is obliged to establish objectively that had the information that was not disclosed, or that was inaccurately or insufficiently disclosed, been properly disclosed in the disclosure statement at the time it was delivered to the purchaser, a reasonable purchaser would have regarded the information as sufficiently important to the decision to purchase that he or she would not likely have gone ahead with the transaction but would instead have rescinded the agreement before the expiration of the ten day cooling off period.
34 The Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that the purchaser's decision in Abdool to seek recision was prompted by declining real estate values, dissatisfaction with their purchases or a change in personal circumstances, and that the disclosure statements were in no way material to this decision.
35 While both Abdool and Milgram may be useful for providing a definition for the term materiality, their particular fact situations are materially different from the facts in the case at bar.
Perhaps the idea which most satisfactorily enshrines the idea of fundamental breach is that which appealed to Lord Diplock in the Photo Production case, as differentiating such a breach from breach of condition. This is the notion of some act which substantially deprives the innocent party of the intended benefit such party was to obtain under the contract. However defined, a fundamental breach is one which is more significant in factual terms, and more effective in respect of the rights and liabilities of the parties than the continued existence of the contract and their "primary obligations", in Lord Diplock's phrase, than any other kind of breach.
In every instance, it is a question of fact whether the breach complained of by the innocent party amounts to a fundamental breach or some other kind. That question, in turn, depends upon: the terms of the contract; intended benefit to the innocent party; the purpose of the contract; the material consequences of the breach; and, perhaps, though this has never been discussed in the cases, the extent to which the loss incurred by the innocent party can be remedied adequately by an award of damages. One point is clear. Whether a breach is fundamental does not appear to depend upon any express terms of the contract.
Whether such breach or breaches do constitute a fundamental breach depends on the construction of the contract and on all the facts and circumstances of the case.
38 Viewing all of the facts and circumstances of this case, including clause 4.0 of the contract, I conclude that the multitude of changes and omissions were not so trivial or inconsequential as the defendant argues are within the ambit of the contractual terms permitting modification. The units were not "substantially in accordance with the plans" and none of the modifications were "minor". Rather, they were and are "so pertinent, germane or essential" as to amount to a fundamental breach entitling the plaintiffs and each of them to recision.
39 The plaintiffs are entitled to the return of their deposits and costs.


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Q: Is there any MSBuild property that shows we are in publish? I want to conditionally undefine DEBUG if it's a publish build.
is there a property I can check to see if we're currently publishing?

A: You can wire in your own target to set a property that you can then key behavior off of, or do whatever you want.  The project modification below shows how to wire into the existing Publish target dependencies with your own before and after target.  The before target sets a property.  Then, in the existing part of your project where DEBUG is defined within the $(DefineConstants) property, you conditionally decide on whether or not to add DEBUG into the constant list, based on the property you set when the build is being performed because of a Publish.
<PropertyGroup>
   <PublishDependsOn>MyBeforePublish;$(PublishDependsOn);MyAfterPublish</PublishDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>

<Target Name="MyBeforePublish">
   <PropertyGroup>
      <DetectPublishBuild>true</DetectPublishBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="MyAfterPublish">
   <PropertyGroup>
      <DetectPublishBuild>false</DetectPublishBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
</Target>

...

<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
   <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
   <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
   <DebugType>full</DebugType>
   <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
   <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
   <DefineConstants
      Condition="'$(DetectPublishBuild)' != 'true'"
      >DEBUG;$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
   <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
   <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>

A: Tested in VS2019 16.10.1.
<Target Name="XXX" Condition="'$(PublishProtocol)'!=''">

A: <Copy SourceFiles="Web.Base.config" DestinationFiles="Web.config" OverwriteReadOnlyFiles="True" Condition="!('$(PublishProfileName)' == '' And '$(WebPublishProfileFile)' == '')" />

This will perform the "Copy" only when the build is using the PublishProfile flag.
http://sedodream.com/2013/01/06/commandlinewebprojectpublishing.aspx

A: <Choose>
      <When Condition="'$(BuildType)' == 'publish'">
         <PropertyGroup>
           <DefineConstants>Release</DefineConstants>
         </PropertyGroup>
      </When>
</Choose>

You may need other values in there besides release. But, this should work.
What we do at our place though is to actually have a publish, debug, and release. We created publish by having it copy from release so it has all the settings in it.

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Singapore Minister says no to setting a poverty line, because it will unjustly enrich the poor.
Singapore despite the outward appearance of good roads and skyscrapers, in terms of social welfare, it is among the worst developed in the world. For instance the government officially allows racial discrimination as it has no laws prohibiting it. It does not have any minimum wage laws allowing employers to pay a few dollars an hour if they like, and workers have no trade union protection since unions are controlled by employers.
As for the poor who suffer greatly in a Singaporean tiny concrete jungle with no welfare whatsoever to speak of, the government has stated through their Minister for Social and Family Development that it will not legally set a poverty threshold for the poor because, incredibly, such as threshold will enrich them! Please see Singapore state controlled newspaper article of Oct 23 2013 headed "Why setting poverty line may not be helpful: Minister Chan Chun Sing" http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/setting-poverty-line-may-not-be-helpful-minister-20131023
What it says is "Singapore is not considering having an official poverty line as it would not fully reflect the severity and complexity of issues faced by the poor and may also lead to those above the line missing out on assistance"
Other than this being one long piece of long winded verbiage, or should I say garbage, intended to confound the reader without saying anything, what he is trying to say is simply this; that they are simply not interested in giving any assistance to the poor whatsoever.
It is not too difficult to realize that there are people in Singapore who are in abject poverty in the midst of the recently arrived millionaires and that unless the government helps them, they and their children are doomed to suffer in their lives. This will affect the children's performance in school, among other deleterious societal consequences, and this is certainly not in the interests of Singapore. Surely for a tiny island like this, every man woman and child should count, both rich and poor.
It is also not too difficult to realize that it is easy for a supposedly wealthy government to set a poverty line below which people are recognized as needing help and according to their family size, granted monetary assistance to bring them up to a living standard.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand that, which is why every developed and some not so developed countries as well have used an official poverty line to identify and help the needy to uplift them and their offspring with a hope towards betterment.
These countries realize that setting official poverty thresholds is the only and best way to clearly identify those in need. Since this is an established nationwide figure applicable to all according to family size, it prevents complaints of bias, favoritism and misuse of the system.
In Singapore which is adamant not to have such legally defined rules, people who are dissatisfied with government assistance can clearly point a finger at racial preference claiming the ethnic Chinese were paid more than them or because certain beneficiaries received more because of government connections.
From what I understand in Singapore today, there is a myriad of measly arbitrary plans for ad hoc assistance, such as giving bags of rice to some, giving transport allowances to others and giving school fees assistance to some others.
All these different schemes, which most do not even understand, end up not only confusing to those who desperately need help, it is intended to make it so complicated, time consuming and demoralizing, you are better off getting your teeth pulled than going through the torture. The sad truth is that many simply starve rather than be put through this nightmare.
Of course you know why they have to suffer the Byzantine rigmarole. It is simply because they don't want you to ask for help.
Ministers such as this Chan Chun Sun or whoever he is should be ashamed of himself. We all know that he draws as much as $3.7 million a year, which is five times more than President Obama and all he can do is to come up with this nonsense which no one can understand.
The only other reason why they don't want to give the poor anything may probably be because they want all the poor to die leaving Singapore island as the millionaires island, for people like him.
Fremont, California, USA
My 2-cent thoughts.
In a family I know, the elderly do not work, one of the working folk give up working full time to care for an intellectually disabled child, but somehow, the working members spread the money around so everyone attain a certain dignified lifestyle and they keep diseases at bay by making sure illnesses are treated, whether the person can afford or not. It is an achievable idea which we in the 21st should easily attain. Eg. On a national level, working Australians pay 1.5% of their income for universal healthcare.
What Singapore Minister Chan is trying to say is no difference from what I see in Africa.
The African continent is the richest in the world because of its resources, yet it is the poorest economically.
It is not just corruption, it is greed. The world's richest 1% holds 40% of the wealth.
To me, it is the greatest crime in the world and the greatest failure of all great people on earth, the failure to help the poor, and instead of helping the poor, the poor are trashed. The poor have problems which a government should solve, and not seen as too complex or complicated.
Someone with an IQ of 72 will not be able to understand why he or she is so unlucky to be borned as a troublemaker for the government's policymakers.
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Q: Inject Spring beans into RestEasy Is it possible to inject Spring beans into an RestEasy @Path class? I managed to do it with Jersey, with @InjectParam annotation, but for some other reasons, I need to switch to RestEasy, and I can't seem to find a way to do it (tried good ol' javax.inject.Inject, but nothing).
EDIT
This solution works:
http://www.mkyong.com/webservices/jax-rs/resteasy-spring-integration-example/
but it's not injection.. I'd still prefer something a little more elegant.

A: Simply annotate your RestEasy class with Spring's @Component and then inject your beans using Spring's @Autowired.  Don't forget to include the annotation-config and component-scan elements in your spring configuration.

A: There is a working example that integrates RestEasy with Spring just try spring-resteasy.

A: You could use the @Configurable annotation to make a normal class (created by new) a spring Bean.
Then you can use the normal Spring annotation to inject everything in that class/instance like in a "normal" Spring Bean.
But that requires AspectJ!
@See Spring Reference Chapter 7.8.1 Using AspectJ to dependency inject domain objects with Spring

A: I totally agree with Peter's answer but there is another way to do it: you make all your exposition beans (RESTEasy or JAX-WS, which are not Spring components) extending the SpringBeanAutowiringSupport.
That way you can easily inject your Spring Services by @Autowired annotation in these classes.


Here we have a Glock Slide that our customer wanted to have Cocking Serrations done across the entire top and both front sides of his Slide. Our fiber Laser Engraver made quick work of making these .040 thousandths deep cuts across the entire slide.
After the laser engraved cuts are made we then re coated it in Cerakote Elite Smoke Coating.
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In 81, post retirement, my dad returned to Delhi and we shifted in to the top floor of the Daryagunj house. One of the highlights of the shift was that I became a regular weekly visitor to the book market on Sundays.
As a National Science Talent Scholar – and a merit holder at Delhi University, I used to get a small scholarship which funded my passion for books. A typical Sunday outing would be to step out by 10am to the market, have a glass of juice near Golcha or a Bhel-puri- as one went around browsing the pavements.
The pleasure of the hunt was in the chase. I still remember the lovely winter months when one was sunning and browsing the books – and discovering a nice title entering into the next exciting exercise – haggling for a price. The pavement sellers were expert – but I honed my skills by locking horns with them. There were times when I walked away, hoping to see the same book the next week and pushing for a better deal. Quite a few times I paid for this fool-hardy act by losing a book – but then I learnt and balanced the seller's price discovery with my eye for a bargain.
And so, my collection grew…
Sharing the 2nd part of Vineeth's post on 'the bazaar'…his journey is so similar to mine…
THE BAZAAR OF DREAMS ( Part 2 ) ..by Vineeth Abraham
As threatened, here's Part 2. You guys are gluttons for punishment , aren't you.
Many of the sellers who sold their books at Daryaganj had warehouses or godowns where they stored their books, while some of them used to store the books in their homes. As I got to know the sellers better I was invited to their godowns and warehouses where they stored their books and comics. Many of these were in Daryaganj itself, which is famous for it's publishing houses and bookstores. I spent several happy hours in these warehouses browsing through stacks and bundles of books. The smell of paper and ink induces a sense of elation in book lovers akin to the 'high' experienced by pot smokers . In a heightened state of bliss induced by the smell of books you would seemingly float through these warehouses , marveling at the wonders revealed when you examined the groaning shelves. Here Karl Marx's ' Das Kapital' would be cheek by jowl with Adolf Hitler's ' Mein Kampf', there a James Bond thriller would be snuggling up against a Denise Robins romance novel or a collection of Christina Rossetti's poems. A number of classic children's books by Richmal Crompton featuring that disreputable scamp William would be leaning insouciantly against a stack of copies of Louisa Alcott's 'Little Women' who'd be trying to pretend they did not know this tousle haired kid at all. Every once in a while you would stumble upon a real gem, a book that you had been searching for for decades and you would feel as though you had attained Nirvana. God was in his heaven, the birds were singing and all was right with the world.
During the early years of my visits to Daryaganj , in the nineties, most of the books that arrived in the market were usually personal collections of some old book lover , cast away by his or her family members once he or she had gone on to the Great Big Library in the Sky. In many cases if you were lucky you would get a whole stack of books by a particular author at one go, books painstakingly collected by some bygone book lover over a period of time. I was lucky to pick up several such collections including 40 odd books each by British thriller writers John Creasy and James Hadley Chase, several books on art collected by some unnamed connoisseur of arts only for them to be discarded by his philistine descendants, a stack of golden age detective fiction including vintage paperbacks by such masters as John Dickson Carr, Rex Stout and Michael Innes , a bunch of vintage Indrajal comics from number 51 to number 80 in very good condition for rupees 5 each and, two of my biggest windfalls, the entire 24 volume set of the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and about 25 mint condition hardcovers from the 1950s, complete with colourful dust jackets, by those beloved children's authors of yore Anthony Buckeridge and Enid Blyton ( for the princely sum of two rupees each ). By the turn of the millennium used books and remaindered books from the UK and USA , shipped to India in containers, started arriving in the market. These were in pristine condition and were sold dirt cheap, paperbacks for a maximum of rupees 20 and hardcovers for upto Rupees 50 each. These were a real bonanza and led to a feeding frenzy among bibliophiles who couldn't believe their luck. Gradually , however, the prices rose as sellers became more aware of the value of the treasures they were piling in heaps and selling like so many potatoes of tomatoes. This period also led to the practice of book sellers selling books by the kilogram, something I have never seen anywhere else.
One particular incident that I remember vividly, from this period, is when I was contacted by one of my seller friends in Daryaganj and informed on the phone that he had got a big lot of books from one of these containers and that the books included several vintage British Annuals which I was particularly fond of. He invited me to his home in Daryaganj, in a gali behind the Delite Cinema . The call came to me on a Friday and the next day I hopped onto an auto rickshaw and made a beeline for his place. After entering the narrow gali and finally reaching his house I entered the courtyard and called out his name. He replied from inside the house asking me to enter through the main hallway. On entering the main hall I was brought to a sudden and intemperate stop by the sight of the biggest and most malevolent looking billy goat I have ever seen which was lying just inside the doorway. The goat started to rise to his feet with a fearsome murderous look and I began to entertain doubts as to whether this particular goat was really a herbivore like the rest of his ilk. I started to beat a hasty retreat when my friend emerged from the inside of the house and gave a peremptory order to the goat. The goat immediately sank back on it's haunches and tried to pretend that it was not planning to have me for lunch. I gingerly tiptoed past him and entered the hall where my friend had stacked cartons of books for me to go through. My friend explained that the goat had been bought about four years back as a young lamb to be the main course for the Eid celebratory dinner. However the children of the house grew attached to him and refused to let him be turned into lamb chops and so the lamb had become the family pet and now slept inside the house. I did get a bunch of lovely books that day but was kept on tenterhooks by the presence of the Goat of the Baskervilles. Finally I staggered out with my books, giving the goat a wide berth ( hard to picture he was ever a lamb). The goat had a last, lingering longing look at the seat of my pants . Next time, that look seemed to say . Thankfully I did not have occasion to meet him again which was probably best for my health and the goat's digestion.
Another incident that sticks in the mind was when I paid a visit to Anupam Cinema Complex in Saket in 2015, not to take in a movie but to check out the several pavement bookstalls that dotted the complex. I was peacefully picking through the books on display at one of the stall when I heard a stentorian shout of 'Uncleji ' and a well built young man in his thirties with a handlebar moustache suddenly rushed up to me . I looked around desperately for help , sure that the guy was some escaped lunatic, when he clasped my hands and started a long winded and one sided conversation about how it was decades since he had seen me, how I hadn't changed at all except for becoming old and decrepit and how it was clear that I still retained that crazy urge to buy books. Gradually it became clear that he was the son of one of the booksellers in Daryaganj and I began to faintly recollect a snot nosed kid who used to hang around making a nuisance of himself and hindering book buyers who used to be browsing at his dad's stall. The handlebar moustached goon it appears , was the grown up version of that very same snot nosed kid. Thankful that I was not doomed to a nasty end at the hands of a lunatic , I allowed myself to be inveigled into a roadside teashop where said lunatic bought me tea and samosas and also called up several of his book selling brethren , all of whom appeared to know me from their days as kids accompanying their book seller dads to Daryaganj. The way the guys described me made me feel like a book buying Rip Van Winkle with a long and hoary beard but also brough home to me the fact that I had been haunting the pavement bookstalls of Delhi for over a quarter of a century and had almost become an institution , the crazy old Uncleji who was still buying books and comics instead of doing something worthwhile in life.
No mention of visits to the Daryaganj bazaar would be complete without a mention of the street food you could get there . The place had several small shops and dhabas selling piping hot samosas, kachoris of various sizes, Delhi's very own bread pakoras and also paneer pakoras and paneer bread pakoras. A small south Indian joint near the Daryaganj Police Station and another in the Golcha theatre complex sold fluffy idlis , crisp dosas and sambhar vadas ( or samber veda as Delhiites are wont to pronounce it ). The joint near Golcha Cinema also sold that other Delhi staple chhole bhature , which tasted heavenly while you were eating it and then made you wish you hadn't once it started playing hell with your insides. There were a number of more upmarket restaurants also, including Moti Mahal , Zaika, Delhi 6 and Bhaja Govindam which catered to even the most jaded palate. Many of the people who frequented the market , came here primariliy for the food, with the books as an added bonus. I used to invariably have my breakfast in Daryaganj before settling down to the serious business of searching for books. In my days as a bachelor I used to have my lunch and tea as well , before heading home with both stomach and book bag replete.
I finally left Delhi in 2017 after taking Voluntary Retirement and settled down back home in Kerala. Ninety percent of the luggage I carried home consisted of cartons of books , 138 of them to be precise. The cost would probably have bankrupted me if not for the fact that a grateful Government , grateful that I had decided to quit, reimbursed me my transportation costs. Shifting the cartons to the first floor of my home was another mammoth task and I still recall the agonized looks and hollow groans of the blue clad union workers who I had hired to shift the books upstairs. Many of them were adamant that I was making them haul granite blocks and were amazed that the cartons only contained books. The cartons were somehow delivered unscathed and now my memories of Daryaganj are all in the books that I have now housed in the library.
I can truly say that despite spending almost 29 years in Delhi , the only things I miss about Delhi are the street food, old friends and , most of all, Daryaganj. The market however, is now a shadow of it's former self, relocated from Daryaganj and shifted to Mahila Haat on the pretext of avoiding traffic congestion. The timings of the market have also been reduced. One of the cultural icons of Delhi still lingers on , but reduced to a pauper where it had once been a king. I am glad I am not around to witness this slow and lingering demise. Daryaganj will always be alive in my memories as the mighty monarch it once was, distributing pearls beyond price to its adoring subjects.
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11 - Evacuation and shelters
11 - Evacuation and shelters (1)
(-) 15 - Inter-service cooperation (10)
33 - Relief and recovery
33 - Relief and recovery (1)
Report to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services on ACT Government coordination and response during the 2019-20 Bushfire Season
INQ316 | ACT | 2020 | Governments | Bushfire
The working group (Rec 1) should include relevant stakeholders deciding collectively what the declaration might mean for such things as sub and supporting plans and the relevant community messages and calls to action.
Emergency Plan and Recovery sub-plans should be amended to better define recovery mechanisms and responsibilities, including hand over points to recovery authorities and community engagement for the delivery of long term recovery mechanisms.
NDIA be engaged in regard to information sharing in emergencies as part of the above actions.
The ESA Community Education and Engagement program be adapted to include an expanded role for RFS volunteers and include a wider set of stakeholders who are more vulnerable to the impact of bushfire. A plan would require wider involvement across stakeholder organisations such as Directorates who have existing relationships with vulnerable groups.
Efforts be increased to build trust, confidence and a common operating picture across PCS and RFS and seek mechanisms that identifies RFS and PCS as equitable partners in delivery of fire management across the territory.
In collaboration with other jurisdictions the ACT share the learnings for this bushfire event and work to officially embedded values officers and RRATs as key elements of bushfire response.
Bushfire Preparedness (ACT)
INQ228 | ACT | 2013 | Audit | Bushfire
The Emergency Services Agency and the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate should develop and routinely review a strategic bushfire capability for the ACT. The contribution of ACT Fire and Rescue (including the Community Fire Units) and the ACT Rural Fire Service (including Parks Brigade) should be explicitly stated.
The Emergency Services Agency and the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate should continue to improve working arrangements between the ACT Rural Fire Service Parks Brigade and the ACT Rural Fire Service headquarters, by:
a) documenting the responsibilities of the Parks and Conservation Service Branch in its land management role versus Parks Brigade role and conveying this to all brigades; and
b) updating or replacing the Emergency Services Agency and the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate 2007 Memorandum of Understanding to guide working arrangements for bushfire preparedness and suppression.
ACT Fire and Emergency Services Arrangements
INQ144 | ACT | 2008 | Parliamentary | All hazard
The Committee recommends that the ACT Emergency Services and the Rural Fire Service in particular institute regular meetings with the NSW Rural Fire Service and other appropriate authorities, such as environment
and national parks for the purposes of land management and fuel load assessment and control.
The Committee recommends that the Emergency Services Agency post all its publications, which are not internal working documents or otherwise confidential, on its website.
The Committee recommends that the Emergency Services Agency update its website to accommodate, at a minimum, a publications menu item and a search function.
The Committee recommends that the ACT Government investigate the Victorian Community Fireguard model with a view to implementing a similar scheme in the ACT to enhance community preparedness for and ability to respond to bushfire emergencies.
The Committee recommends that information in relation to proposed fuel load activity and controlled burning should be disseminated to the community and in an accessible format.
That courses and programs be conducted to increase the level of Incident Control System training and augment the expertise of people who are likely to perform functions in an incident management team
That consulations and negotiations occur between the Emergncy Services Agency and the NSW Rural Fire Service to ensure that fire risk and safety messages to the community are coordinated. Maximum use should be made of television and radio announcements throughout the ACT and southern NSW, consistent with NSW timetables for targeted programs in conjunction with the United Firefighters Union ACT Branch and volunteer fire brigade representative. The Emergency Services Agency should consider using ACT Fire Brigade staff and ACT Rural Fire Service volunteers to talk to groups in the community on request, thus furthering face-to-face community education in high-risk suburban areas of the ACT
That community education programs include unambiguous information that at times of unusually high water demand there might be a drop in or loss of water pressure and it might be appropriate for residents who intend to remain and fight a fire to have auxilary water pumps or booster pumps
That senior officers of the Emergency Services Agency give greater recognition to the skills, knowledge and experience of people from other agencies – particularly the land management agencies – as well as rural residents and private individuals and use these people in roles commensurate with their skills and experience
That implementation of the Bushfire Wise Program continue and include a letterbox drop of the updated Bushfire Information Booklet
That the community be made aware of the risk presented by heavy loads of garden fuels and certain types of vegetation around their houses and take active, regular measures to reduce that risk
That the Emergency Services Agency establish annual targets for the introduction of community education programs and provide resources to conduct regular independent assessments of the level of community preparedness engendered as a result of the programs
That community education programs provide information about fire behaviour, urban design principles that contribute to a specific level of risk, and the benefits of fitting basic ember protection materials in areas at risk from bushfire
That the Emergency Services Agency take measures to ensure that the community regularly receives up-to-date information on the risks of bushfires
That the Canberra Urban Development Working Group referred to in Mr Peter Dunn's letter consider the report prepared by Mr Leonard and note particularly that the community awareness information currently available to householders in connection with measures they can take to better protect their homes from bushfires does not refer to the potential of wooden fences, conifers and outbuildings to contribute greatly to fire spread, particularly in suburban areas. Also noteworthy is Mr Leonard's evidence that the linear sitting of homes on house blocks in Canberra seems to be an important factor contributing to house-to-house fire spread and that this should be avoided in future developments on the urban fringe
That senior officers in the Australian Federal Police and the Emergency Services Agency maintain regular and meaningful contact during fire emergencies, to ensure full dissemination of information and thus facilitate the making of good operational decisions
That the Emergency Services Agency develop a clear policy for disseminating information to the public and the media in times of emergency and that, as required, that policy incorporate advance door-knocking of homes in the area affected, as well as regular broadcasts by local radio and television stations and regular updates on the relevant website - be that Canberra Connect or a different ACT government website - as well as the Emergency Services Agency's website


There will be days when you are on fire. When you are motivated, when the stars seem to align for you, and working becomes a easy but passionate pursuit. I will not be talking about those days. Today, I will be talking about the days when you are not on fire. When you are not motivated. When it seems like everything on the world is trying to hold you back, when you're just lazy. Maybe you ate too big of a breakfast or a lunch, and now you have a food coma and do not want to continue. Whatever the reason may be, you must have inner mechanisms to deal with these issues.
One of the biggest and strongest ways to overcome those days is to simple make working a habit. This is why most people get up in the morning to work at a job that they hate. It is out of habit. Hopefully you do not hate your job, and you are reading this because you are in a small lull (wink wink).
So let's say you have already made working a habit, what about the days where you just want to take it easy, and give yourself a day off? Whether it be from work, working out, or writing, you know that you shouldn't take a day off, nor do you need to take a day off, but the bed is just so comfortable, and the day so fine, that you just do not have it in you to get up and get to work.
This is when you have to rely on self-talk. And there is a very specific type of self talk that one can use. One way is to give yourself a low bar to overcome. So for my blog, my low bar is 300 words. <—That was my 301st word, and so I have already met my bar, even though I have only started giving the advice. By giving yourself a low bar, your thinking changes into, "Ok, it's just (insert your lowbar), let's get this over with".
Give yourself a low bar, some low hanging fruit to help you get into motion, because once you hit the low bar, what usually happens is that you go above and beyond the goal that you set. Try it out.
There is also the inner voice where I just tell myself to stop being lazy by giving myself ultimatums, and reminding myself of the negative consequences. I am a firm believe that your life is the outcome of your daily small decisions. And if you choose to be lazy or do something unproductive, it will have a ripple effect later on in your life, and will come back to bite you. And so this belief has pushed me out of bed countless times, to get after the things I need/want to get after.
Adopt beliefs that will make you more productive. Remind yourself of how harmful laying in bed all day is to not only your health, but also your future success.
Give yourself the habits, goals, and beliefs to success.


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Conditions alter a creature's capabilities in a variety of ways and can arise as a result of a spell, a class feature, a monster's attack, or other effect. Most conditions, such as blinded, are impairments, but a few, such as invisible, can be advantageous.
If multiple effects impose the same condition on a creature, each instance of the condition has its own duration, but the condition's effects don't get worse. A creature either has a condition or doesn't.
The following definitions specify what happens to a creature while it is subjected to a condition.
The condition also ends if an effect removes the grappled creature from the reach of the grappler or grappling effect, such as when a creature is hurled away by the thunder--wave spell.
Some special abilities and environmental hazards, such as starvation and the long-term effects of freezing or scorching temperatures, can lead to a special condition called exhaustion. Exhaustion is measured in six levels. An effect can give a creature one or more levels of exhaustion, as specified in the effect's description.
If an already exhausted creature suffers another effect that causes exhaustion, its current level of exhaustion increases by the amount specified in the effect's description.
A creature suffers the effect of its current level of exhaustion as well as all lower levels. For example, a creature suffering level 2 exhaustion has its speed halved and has disadvantage on ability checks.
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Loitered Lens: Peter Hook and the Light
A duel of personalities, That stretch all true realities. Peter Hook and the Light at the Forum. Photos
25/09/2016 Nick Henderson Sound
In a media-fought battle of quotes and quips that looks increasingly like a social media re-enactment of the True Faith video, New Order seem unlikely to ever take to the stage in their full and original lineup.
Nevertheless, for fans, the gigs go on. Previously Trebuchet reported on New Order at the Royal Albert Hall. Now, for balance, Peter Hook and the Light at the Forum.
'Blinding gig by Hooky with his son playing bass as well. His voice is completely different to Bernard's, playing a lot of stuff fans want to hear that New Order don't have the time to play, well loved b-sides etc. It's a real shame about the animosity between them all.
The first set (see the set list attached) was tracks from New Order's Substance. The second set was Joy Division Substance tracks. An electric feel to it all especially finishing with Atmosphere and Love will Tear us Apart.
Hooky was full of life, engaging a very enthusiastic crowd of hard core NO/JD fans (all ages).'
– Nick Henderson
Peter Hook and the Light, Kentish Town Forum September 2016
Photographs by Nick Henderson
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Najeeba Syeed, left, of Los Angeles, hugs Judy Gilliland, of Lakewood, California, during a news conference at The Islamic Center of Los Angeles on Friday, March 15. Muslims and people of all faiths came together in prayer at The Islamic Center of Los Angeles one day after the shooting in a mosque in New Zealand killed 50 people.
President Donald Trump has an inexplicable problem with addressing white supremacy as the growing, abominable thing it is. He failed to call out neo-Nazis and white nationalists in the first year of his presidency at a 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and he hasn't done anything to right that wrong since then.
But in wake of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, we've seen that such blatant refusals to admit the gravity of white supremacy and racism have a wider effect than just the United States alone. And the language we use — or don't use — to skirt around the issue has a big impact globally.
The gunman, a 28-year-old white man from Australia, opened fire on two mosques in Christchurch, minutes after sending a copy of his 74-page racist manifesto to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, several media outlets and lawmakers. 50 people were killed, and an additional 50 were injured in the attack.
In his manifesto, the shooter conveys a deep hatred for people who aren't white, whom he called "invaders," as well as an intense anti-Muslim sentiment throughout the document. He cites Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose," while mocking his ineptitude as "a policy maker and leader." The shooter also said that by committing the act of violence, he hoped to incite more violence over gun rights in the United States.
In response to the shooting, instead of condemning white nationalism, Trump downplayed the tragedy.
It might be a small group of people who commit mass murder in places of worship, or schools, or other places we count on above all others to be safe, but the group of people spreading and spewing hatred is anything but small. With each mass shooting in the United States, we've seen more and more how social media and the racist, Islamophobic words of politicians have prompted people to commit these acts. And that's made us the golden standard for hate in the world — others use our words and our actions as an example to follow.
In the aftermath of the Christchurch shooting, Australian Sen. Fraser Anning blamed the tragedy on immigration, a sentiment that sounds very similar to what Trump has said in the past.
"The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place," Anning wrote on Twitter Friday.
The real cause of bloodshed is unchecked xenophobia and white nationalism, which emboldens people to commit unthinkable crimes. In the case of the Christchurch shooting, it seems that the American president and his racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic political discourse were inspiration for the murder of 50 people.
For most politicians — and most decent human beings — at least a condemnation of what happened and a commitment to stopping the spread of white nationalist sentiment would follow. Instead, a worrying number of those in power just continue to stoke the flames.


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Q: Can I use Xamarin to write applications for Windows 7? I know Xamarin applications can run on iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Mac OS, but is Windows 7 also a supported platform? My goal is to write a cross-plaftorm application that runs on Windows 7 as well as Android, iOS and Mac OS.
Thank you in advance.

A: It will be very difficult write something that is 100% compatible across all devices, but you can write it so that most of it is the same.  Windows, Linux and Mac you can use GTK# for the UI and create common business logic assemblies that are cross platform.

A: Years later, you could give https://github.com/Atreides07/Xamarin.Forms/tree/wpf a try for a an ongoing implementation for WPF. The author stated somewhere(can´t remember which forum/blog) that he is currently using in production apps.


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New, controversial state funding formula aims…
New, controversial state funding formula aims to help disadvantaged students succeed. Long Beach City College accepts the challenge
Quad area of Long Beach City College on January 14, 2013. (Photo by Brittany Murray / Press Telegram)
By Emily Rasmussen | erasmussen@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: August 25, 2018 at 6:00 am | UPDATED: August 25, 2018 at 6:01 am
Dollars and cents are on the forefront of Long Beach City College leaders' minds as the school year begins Aug. 27.
The college recovered most of its $10.7 million budget deficit in the nick of time, one week before the 2018-19 school year starts. And for the past year, college leaders are grappling with how to handle a new state funding formula that aims to benefit low-income and disadvantaged students in community college.
At its last meeting before school starts, the LBCC Board of Trustees on Aug. 21 reviewed various 'what-if' scenarios on how the new Student Centered Funding Formula – which bases funding on enrollment, low-income student populations and student success rates – will affect the campus.
In the past, state funding for community colleges was based 100 percent on enrollment. LBCC is pegged as a large community college, with a student population of approximately 21,000-plus.
"We're talking about a systematic change," Trustee Uduak-Joe Ntuk said Wednesday, Aug. 22. "It brings an equity lens to the budget and it's forcing us to change how to do things on how we're serving all students."
Under the formula, community college funding will be based 60 percent on enrollment, 20 percent on low-income students and 20 percent on student success, including degrees and transfers. The funding formula will be phased in a 3-year period.
Ntuk compared the community college funding formula to the one for the state's K-12 public schools, which allocates funding for schools based on factors such as low-income and disadvantaged student populations, including foster students.
Critics of the community college formula fear that by basing funding on student success rates, it could ultimately deepen the challenges that low-income students already face to succeed.
However, it does challenge community colleges to not only recruit low-income students, but to make them succeed as well.
At LBCC, the overall completion rate in 2016-17 was 39.5 percent, according to Long Beach City College's Student Success Scorecard. The overall success rate was 41 percent at Cerritos College, 60.9 percent at Orange Coast College, 47.8 percent at El Camino College, and 56 percent at Golden West College.
The completion rate at LBCC was 36.9 percent for students unprepared for college, defined as students whose lowest course attempted in math and/or English was remedial level. The completion rate was 60.5 percent for college prepared students, defined as student's whose lowest course attempted in math and/or English was college level.
Ntuk said that quite often, students don't take advantage of earning credentials that they are already qualified for along the way while earning higher degrees. Similar instances are students who transfer, but don't take the associate's degree even if they are qualified, or students who aim shy of a few credits of a degree.
One of LBCC's goals is to encourage students to gain those certificates and degrees by increasing student support services and counseling.
"Students should see, if nothing else, an improvement in support they receive in enrollment and completion," said Marlene Dunn, vice president of LBCC Business Services.
But she remains cautiously optimistic about whether the funding formula will reach its intended goals.
"We're already a district that focuses on our students," Dunn said. "We are optimistic in our ability to really make sure that our students complete – meaning that they earn a degree, certificate or transfer."
Dunn said that within the three-year transition period, also known as a hold harmless period, it gives LBCC and the state time to react. For the most part, the funding will be similar to past years, with standard increases to adjust for other rising costs, Dunns said.
LBCC's budget for 2017-18 was $119.1 million. If LBCC runs business as usual, the college's state funding for following years will read:
2018-19: $122.3 million
Although there is a projected increase in funding, the additional funding each year accommodates the increase in costs for CalSTRS/CalPERS – the college's retirement plan.
However, if LBCC sets and meets its goals to increase its overall enrollment, increase low-income student populations and student success rates (includes students obtaining associates degrees, certificates or transferring to 4-year universities) the funding formula will increase LBCC's revenue.
Target goals include increasing Pell Grant-eligible students by 20 percent; associate degree for transfer of Pell Grant and Promise students by 10 percent; and credit certificate for all students by 25 percent.
If those goals and others, are met, then the LBCC budget could look more like this:
When the ew funding formula was first presented earlier this year, Dunn said circumstances looked grim. LBCC would have faced a $10 million loss. Dunn said the loss could have resulted in instructional and/or program cuts.
But with pushback from statewide community college leaders including LBCC Superintendent-President Reagan Romali, Dunn said, the formula was tweaked enough to work.
Although LBCC has a wary eye on the new funding formula and how it will affect the college, the position they're in could be worse.
Dunn said that it's too early to tell how the funding formula could affect LBCC after the 3-year hold harmless period, but that the college will continue to increase its efforts to bring in more students and raise success rates.
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Emily covers education and development for the Long Beach Press-Telegram. A native of Long Beach, Emily is an alumna of the Cal State Long Beach Journalism Department. Prior to joining the Press-Telegram, Emily was city editor of The Capistrano Dispatch in San Juan Capistrano, a contributing writer for the Orange County Register and the news editor for The Edge in Long Beach.
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