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Trump dives into 'the swamp' for cabinet picks
Republicans are relieved by Trump's conventional choices, but he could risk angering his voters.
By and JOSH BOAKAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in the nation's capital. Instead, he's diving right in.
So far, the president-elect is tapping people with deep ties to Washington and Wall Street as he fills out his Cabinet, turning to two power centers he vilified as greedy, corrupt and out of touch with Americans during his White House campaign. His choices have won praise from Republicans relieved by his more conventional choices, but could risk angering voters who rallied behind his calls for upending the political system.
Steven Mnuchin, Donald Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, said that in Trump's economic plan, "There will be a big tax cut for the middle class." Associated Press/Evan Vucci
Two of Trump's early picks are wealthy financial industry insiders with ties to the kinds of institutions he railed against as a candidate. Elaine Chao, his choice for transportation secretary and an accomplished political figure in her own right, is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – blending family and political power in a way Trump fiercely criticized campaign rival Hillary Clinton for. Jeff Sessions, Trump's selection for attorney general, has spent two decades in the Senate, and Tom Price, his health and human services nominee, is a six-term congressman.
The gap between Trump's campaign rhetoric and his governing decisions is most striking regarding his emerging economic team. On Wednesday, he announced that he planned to nominate former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury secretary and billionaire investor Wilbur Ross to lead the Commerce Department.
As a candidate, Trump said Wall Street had created "tremendous problems" for the country. He included the CEO of Goldman Sachs in a television advertisement that accused global financial powers of having "robbed our working class."
Mnuchin and Ross also have financial links to Trump's White House bid, with Mnuchin having led the campaign's fundraising efforts. Trump repeatedly bragged that his personal wealth – he mostly self-funded his campaign during the primaries – meant he would not be beholden to donors who might expect their financial contributions to be repaid with powerful jobs or insider access.
"I can't be bought," Trump said during the campaign. "I won't owe anybody anything."
Trump's transition team brushed aside questions about whether there are inconsistencies between the president-elect's campaign rhetoric and his Cabinet picks.
"These are experts who know how to win," spokesman Jason Miller said Wednesday.
By picking billionaires, as well as a smattering of millionaires, for his Cabinet, Trump is asking voters to trust that privileged insiders can help a stressed and dispirited middle class – even though he, like past presidential candidates, promised he would change that dynamic. Few of his choices have outwardly displayed much of a common touch. Many live surrounded by a level of wealth that most Americans struggle to fathom – and prospered in recent decades as many Americans coped with stagnant incomes.
Not only did Mnuchin once work at Goldman Sachs, but so did his father. After leaving the investment bank in 2002, the Yale graduate pivoted into hedge fund management and producing blockbuster movies such as "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice." Mnuchin invested in the wreckage of the housing crisis, scooping up the troubled bank IndyMac and turning a $1.6 billion profit in under a year as millions of Americans endured foreclosure.
Ross orbits a similar world as Trump, as both of them have luxurious homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida. The billionaire investor bought up many struggling steel, auto and coal firms in the industrial Midwest at a steep discount and sold them for steep profits, even as factory and mining jobs at the core of American identity disappeared.
Chao is the offspring of a Chinese shipping magnate, in addition to serving on the boards of Wells Fargo bank, Dole Food and News Corp., the parent of Fox News. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the wealthiest of Trump's Cabinet nominees thus far, married into the family that started the sales company Amway.
Trump and other Republicans spent months warning voters that a possible Clinton administration would be lined with Wall Street insiders, campaign donors and other special interest hires. But GOP officials have raised no such concerns about Trump's picks.
If anything, some Republicans appear relieved. Many of Trump's picks are cut from a more traditional Republican mold and share the party's ideological preferences, in some cases more so than Trump himself.


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The Hardest Part: Teresa Frohock on The Broken Road
North Carolina author Teresa Frohock's debut fantasy novel Miserere was published by Night Shade Books back in 2011, and since she has been seen in a couple of anthologies: Manifesto: UF and Neverland's Library Fantasy Anthology. Now she's back with a more lengthy tale, this time a novella, The Broken Road, where "The world of Lehbet is under siege. The threads that divide Lehbet from the mirror world of Heled are fraying, opening the way for an invasion by an alien enemy that feeds on human flesh." Here, Frohock writes about the difficulties in writing a mute protagonist.
By T. Frohock:
The hardest part of writing The Broken Road had to do with my protagonist, Travys, who is mute. In a film, Travys' condition would be easily rectified, if not eloquently portrayed, through sign language and subtitles. Within a manuscript, Travys' inability to communicate through dialogue presented several challenges for me. How would he "speak," and more importantly, how would people unfamiliar with him be able to understand him?
While working on The Broken Road, I had the opportunity to read Robert Jackson Bennett's novel The Troupe, which I highly recommend by the way. In The Troupe, Bennett portrays a character named Stanley, who does not speak. Bennett's novel is set in the twenties, so Stanley carries a pad and pen in order to jot down short notes. These brief notes were always written in all caps to indicate Stanley's words. The notes were succinct, yet Bennett managed to make the best use of a few words. Additionally, Stanley's written notes were used sparingly.
Conversely, The Broken Road is set in a post-apocalyptic time period where paper and ink would be carefully hoarded and not easily carried. Having Travys use paper and pen wouldn't work for my story. Also, where Stanley's notes were only a few words or a couple of lines, Travys engages in somewhat longer exchanges. Long passages in all caps would become jarring to the reader and make it seem almost as if Travys was screaming his dialogue throughout the novella. Rather than all caps, I decided to use italics to indicate Travys' dialogue.
Since writing implements and paper were more valuable to Travys' society, I used sign language as Travys' primary form of communication. Sign language presented its own obstacles. Anyone who has used sign language knows that signing is not a direct translation of English but is a language all its own.
For example, I would say, "I'm going to the store." I would sign: I go store. Further context is delivered through body language and facial expressions. Of course, I couldn't leave my reader guessing about context. I had to translate Travys' signs into English and utilize gerunds, articles, and infinitives as if he was signing each word. This was the only effective way to communicate Travys' words to the reader.
The second issue of communication with people who didn't know him was a bit trickier and took some plot machinations to make it all work out. I can't talk about that too much without giving away the plot, but suffice to say I had to think very hard about the characters and how they came to be where they were.
Writing stories with disabled characters challenges my storytelling skills, but I like working with these characterizations more than any others. I've even had some lovely comments about how readers have liked the fact that Travys was not a victim of his disability. He has found ways to work around his muteness so that he can work magic in spite of his inability to chant or sing. Like most people with disabilities, Travys is resourceful and courageous in the face of his challenges. I hope you enjoy reading his story as much as I enjoyed crafting it.
T. Frohock has turned a love of dark fantasy and horror into tales of deliciously creepy fiction. T is the author of Miserere: An Autumn Tale and has a short story, "Naked the Night Sings," in the urban fantasy anthology Manifesto: UF. Another story, "Love, Crystal and Stone" appears in The Neverland's Library Fantasy Anthology. Her newest work is the novella, The Broken Road.
T lives in North Carolina where she has long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying.
Web site: www.tfrohock.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/T_Frohock
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Rhetorical Analysis of Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'
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Analysis, Pages 4 (760 words)
A Modest Proposal is a satirical pamphlet that examines the attitude of the rich towards the poor starving children in their society. Jonathan Swift uses a number of rhetorical devices effectively as he highlights his proposal. He uses logical fallacies, metaphors, repetition and parallelism as well as humor, sarcasm and satire tone to highlight these negative attitudes.
Jonathan swift begins by mocking and blaming the mothers of the children by telling them that they should engage or find themselves in working to earn an honest living instead of strolling to beg for alms.
" Rhetorical Analysis of Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' "
He also predicts tough future for these children that when they grow up they will turn to be thieves. This is simply because the parents did not train their children the modest way of life.
Swift uses logical fallacies to make his argument in 'A Modest Proposal'. His way of argument and thinking is incorrect and lack validity in what is proposing. This is evident in this pamphlet on line 69 to 73, 'that a young healthy Child well Nursed is at a year Old, a most 71 delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food, whether Stewed, Roasted, 72 Baked, or Boyled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a Fricasie'.
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He notes down that a young healthy child is a delicious food to be roasted, stewed and boiled to be served and eaten. Secondly, he has computed twenty thousand children to be reserved for breeding. This dehumanizes the children to be like animals.
Jonathan swift uses emotional appeal in his argument by proposing slaughter houses to be erected or built in suitable places and butchers to be employed to do the work of slaughtering the children.
He further exaggerates by saying that the children will be roasted like pigs. Jonathan knows clearly that this proposal will affect many because no person would want his or her child to be butchered. Beyond that, Swift captures the reader's emotion on line 34 and 35 'prevent those voluntary Abortions, and that horrid practice of Women 35 murdering their Bastard Children'. This is a horrific behavior that is being opposed everywhere in this world.
Another rhetorical device that Jonathan Swift use in his work is irony. He says 'I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders' and 'how this number shall be reared and provided for'. This suggestion is ironic because he compares women to animals. Also, this creates a good argument because human beings do not breed and cannot be reared. He therefore dehumanizes human beings and creates satire in this statement.
Jonathan swift in his scheme of supporting his argument, he is sarcastic that certain body parts of a child are good to eat. He further clarifies that in certain occasion, the body parts will be on demand. He further suggests that good and healthy children will be skinned and the skin will be used to make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for gentlemen. This idea is ridiculous to an extent that children will not only be a delicacy, but their body parts will be used to make ornaments. Secondly, he sarcastically suggests option to Ireland to counter its economic problems. Jonathan proposes that if the poor children can be food, this will create a good revenue to the country through exporting the surplus child's flesh to the rich outside Ireland. Thirdly, Swift computes the selling price of one child to be ten shillings. This is recorded on line 103-105 'I believe no gentleman would repine to give Ten Shillings for the Carcass of a good fat child, which, as I have said will make four Dishes of excellent Nutritive Meat'. He proceeds and make fun of the mothers that they will get eight shillings profit to use until they will able produce another child.
Swift applies a sympathetic tone in his proposals, especially at the beginning. In paragraph two, he is requesting for amicable and a permanent solution to help these children from deplorable state they are living. He goes ahead to award anyone who will find cheap and easy method of making these children useful by building a statue in his or her memory. Jonathan's tone is not constant in his recording of his proposals. He later changes to scary tone as he progresses to give his personal opinions about these children. For instance, he talks of butchering these children to be made delicious food and skinning of the children to make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for gentlemen. This tone shocks and creates fear for the reader.
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Villa Adara is located on Frond K of The Palm Jumeirah facing the Dubai skyline. This 6 bedroom signature villa has a 10m x 6m pool that can be both heated and chilled. The master bedroom has a large private balcony, with 4 further bedrooms on the first floor and the 6th bedroom on the ground floor. Villa Adara is well planned for entertaining those children. The entertainment room with a selection of childrens toys, games consoe and TV; and if that\'s no enough to entertain the kids, then the pool is at a constant 30 degrees throughout the year - chilled in the summer and heated in the \'winter\'!
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Пахтакор  ( — бавовнороб) — станція Чилонзорської лінії Ташкентського метрополітену розташована між станціями Бунйодкор і Мустакіллік майдоні. Розташована біля стадіону "Пахтакор" і спортивної арени "Ешлік".

Відкрита 6 листопада 1977 у складі першої черги Чилонзорської лінії.

Колонна трипрогінна станція мілкого закладення з підземними та круглим наземним вестибюлями.

В оздобленні наземного вестибюля широко використані місцеві природні камені. Круглі колони залу, оздоблені Газганським мармуром, що завершуються капітелями з литої алюмінієвої решітки національного орнаменту і підсвічується зсередини люмінесцентними світильниками. Колійні стіни оздоблені керамікою з орнаментальним малюнком що переплітається. Підлога викладена полірованими плитами сірого і чорного граніту. Архітектурно-просторове рішення стін і спуску на платформу доповнюють кольорові смальтові панно (худ. В. Бурмакін). Після відкриття станції Алішер Навої Узбекистонської лінії один з вестибюлів був суміщений з переходом між станціями Пахтакор і Алішер Навої.

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Study at Cambridge About the University Research at Cambridge
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The New Whittle Laboratory will act as the UK's Integrated Technology Accelerator
To accelerate the path to zero carbon flight there are two major challenges. First, the length of time required for aerospace technology development (currently around 6-8 years for a single technology). Second, the fact that the siloed nature of many research institutes is not well suited to the highly multidisciplinary approach required to overcome to the technical and social barriers involved.
The new Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge has been designed as an Integrated Technology Accelerator creating a facility without boundaries for a unique community of researchers, students, companies and entrepreneurs with unrivalled reputations for science, engineering and innovation. Their shared vision is for a zero-carbon future for aviation. The radical approach that has been adopted can reduce technology development cycles from years to weeks, and by co-locating multiple disciplines around a single challenge it can address complex systems barriers and dramatically cut the delivery time. This offers the potential to halve the time to achieve zero carbon flight and the ability to take solutions to scale at speed.
Zero carbon flight is one of the greatest sustainability challenges. Success in this arena can be scaled to other industries and problems. The new Whittle will house the UK National Centre for Propulsion and Power, a unique rapid test facility will be accessible by wide range of industries. The impact of the Whittle and its partners will therefore ripple out far beyond the aviation sector.
The project is based on the Whittle Laboratory's long pedigree. Sir Frank Whittle, after whom the Laboratory is named, started his company Power Jets, which developed the first jet engine, while studying at Cambridge. The Whittle Laboratory now has a global reach, partnering for over 50 years with companies such as Rolls-Royce, Mitsubishi, Siemens, and Dyson. The Laboratory has won over 100 international awards,
To deliver this ambitious project we need your support- to date Cambridge has raised £28.5 million for the project, but we need to secure another £25 million to make it a reality. Please contact Professor Robert Miller if you would like to get involved or to know more.
In the words of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in his opening address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Turbo Expo conference, September 2020.
"While many are calling for net zero flight by 2050, I would like to challenge you all to think about halving that time frame to 2035"
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Rapid Technology Development
The rapid technology development process, developed at the Whittle Laboratory, works by setting up small sharp focused DARPA style teams, which help to break down natural human communication barriers, allowing the teams to operate intuitively. Removal of top down management and bureaucracy encourages fast bold action and attracts the brightest minds. Energising the teams by competition and having clearly defined success metrics, allows the teams to easily judge success.
Small sharp focused multidisciplinary teams
The teams are given access to tools which are designed to tighten the circle between idea, test and learning. This involves rapid design systems based on machine learning and augmented design systems, rapid manufacture capability, based on moving manufacturing in-house and coupling it directly to the design system, and rapid test capability, achieved by undertaking a value stream analysis on the experimental facilities and stripping out up to 95% of the operations. Together these tools allow the circle between idea, testing and learning to be reduced from months to days.
Tightening the circle between idea, test and learning
A formal trial in 2017, in partnership with Rolls-Royce, and funded by the Aerospace Technology Institute, resulted in a 2 year development process being achieved in less than a week. A key finding of the work is that when the development cycle time is reduced to a natural human time scale, of days not years, innovation explodes. The New Whittle Laboratory will translate this magic formula across the UK aerospace sector.
Open Ventilator System Initiative
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we switched the rapid-technology development teams from decarbonisation to tackling the pandemic – and the Open Ventilator System Initiative was born. Partnering with researchers from across the Cambridge cluster, doctors from Addenbrooke's and South Africa, Prodrive in the UK, Beko in Turkey and Defy and Denel in South Africa, Rapid Technology teams were co-located in the Whittle Laboratory.
The result was the development of a flexible, intensive care-grade ventilator, the first to be manufactured in Africa and at about a tenth of the cost of other available ventilators. The project was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering President's Medal for Pandemic Service, recognising exceptional examples of engineering. Its impact will be felt long after the pandemic: it is estimated that around 162,000 children died of pneumonia in Nigeria in 2018. This demonstrates the power of rapid-technology development to work in other industries and sectors.
One of the first 20 ventilators manufactured in South Africa
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Peterson has to be extremely well conditioned with plenty of gas in his tank in order to have a real shot at beating his younger foe. Unfortunately for Peterson, I don't see him having enough in his arsenal to box Spence from a safe distance to keep the stalking killer away.
I see Peterson landing a good share of power shots and will punch with Spence to score with clean counters. But I also see Spence cutting the ring off in half on Peterson and will prove to be too strong for Peterson down the stretch and will land the harder judge friendly thudding shots to take a clear 9-3 unanimous decision.
Robert Easter Jr.(20-0) vs. Javier Fortuna(33-1-1)- No real need in me romancing this pick. I simply feel that Easter being the much longer and rangier fighter will be able to keep Fortuna within striking distance behind his stabbing long jab all night long.


The biggest set of changes in three decades has just been made to the U.S. tax code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will have a strong impact on the entire real estate industry, so it is more important than ever for real estate agents to keep a strong online presence.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) was actively involved throughout the entire tax reform process and, even though there are still some concerns about how the final bill diminishes the tax benefits of homeownership, NAR helped secure some major improvements before its approval. Here are a few of the provisions that will have an impact on homeowners and homebuyers.
Most Americans will pay lower taxes. The new bill maintains the seven tax brackets and changes the rates and income levels. The lowest level baseline remains at 10% and the highest level is reduced from 39.6% to 37%. Because wealthy home buyers will see an increase in after-tax income, this could make the housing market more competitive by driving prices up.Especially in a competitive environment, it's important to keep in contact with your prospects and clients. Blogging and social media are great ways to interact online.
The exclusion for capital gains on the sale of a primary residence and the exchange for like-kind real property remains intact, thanks to NAR efforts. This is great news for sellers because the original House bill would have prolonged the amount of time the homeowner must live in their home while eliminating singles with incomes over $250,000 and married couples with incomes over $500,000 from qualifying.Position yourself as an expert by including valuable seller information and testimonials on your website. We can help you professionally showcase your recently sold properties with photos and price information with one of our Sold Listings widgets.
For new loans financed after December 14, 2017, the ceiling on deductible mortgage debt is reduced to $750,000 and existing loans up to $1 million are grandfathered. Interest is still deductible on second homes, subject to these caps. The original House bill would have eliminated this deduction for second homes and restricted the mortgage interest to $500,000. Although the final outcome saw improvements, this could cause challenges for homebuyers who are financing more than $750,000.Share helpful information and resources to attract more buyers to your website. If you have a blog, consider including a Featured Listings post to highlight specific properties.
An itemized deduction of up to $10,000 for the total state and local property, income, or sales taxes is allowed under the new bill. The $10,000 limit applies to both singles and married couples. The House bill would have eliminated the deduction for state and local taxes. In the past, the deduction was unlimited. This change could greatly affect the housing market in high taxed states like New York and California where there is concern that property values and housing demand may decline, and there could be uneasiness among both buyers and sellers in these areas. Stay in touch with your high taxed prospects and clients online. Even if they are not in the market now, they will think of you first when they do decide to buy or sell.
The new bill doubles the standard deduction of $12,000 for singles and $24,000 for married couples filing jointly. As tax incentives for homeowners, this significantly reduces the value of the mortgage interest and property tax deductions, so there will be little or no tax differential between renting and owning for most taxpayers.You'll want to remind your clients about the privilege of home ownership, the investment, and its association with the mortgage interest deduction. Social media and blog posts are a great way to deliver timely information online.
NAR helped make it possible for many real estate professionals to qualify for the significant 20% business income deduction by providing an exception that eliminates the personal service restriction for real estate agents and brokers with taxable income below $157,500 for singles and $315,000 for couples filing jointly.
Due to the tax changes, along with the low housing inventories, NAR predicts a slower growth rate in home prices of 1-3% this year. Because of the new restrictions on mortgage interest and state and local taxes, high cost and high tax areas may see decreases in price. Although this may be an unsettling time for buyers and sellers, it provides you with an opportunity to help ease their minds and assert yourself as a resource during this transition.


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Within the entire township of Chatham are smaller regions called hamlets. They are typically distinguished by separate postal offices and occasionally different zoning.
Chatham hamlets include: East Chatham, Old Chatham, Malden Bridge, Chatham Center, Chatham Center, Village of Chatham, and North Chatham.
One hundred years ago, an electric trolley line ran between Albany, Valatie, Chatham, Stuyvesant Falls and Hudson. It carried as many as 1.4 million passengers annually.
One of the stops on the Albany/Hudson railroad line was the hamlet of North Chatham. Through great community effort over 11 years, the brick depot was reconstructed and restored.
The Route 32 station, located around the corner from the North Chatham Library [Route 203], was rededicated.
Most recently the building was the North Chatham Firehouse. Previously having served as trolley depot erected November 1900 until the line ceased operation 1929.
The trolleys brought not only passengers, but the telegraph and electricity to North Chatham.
Electric Park [on Kinderhook Lake] may have been the largest electric amusement park between New York and Montreal. It was created to increase ridership on the trolley line.
For more information, please visit North Chatham Historical site.
In the center is North Chatham United Methodist Church including Sunday School. Its vision is to provide moral and spiritual leadership.
The North Chatham United Methodist Church embraces people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, family structures and cultural backgrounds. All people are welcome.
Around the bend is Kinderhook Stay. A restored 1780 Cottage nestled in the pastures of Kinderhook Farm.
For an exceptional country experience, spend a night and fall in love with North Chatham and surrounding areas.
Enjoy antiquing, horseback riding, scenic drives, shopping and wildlife viewing among activities.


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El Piriproxifeno es un derivado de la piridina con actividad insecticida por contacto e ingestión. Se considera un análogo de la hormona juvenil de los insectos y por tanto afecta al desarrollo, interfiriendo en el proceso de la muda, y a la reproducción, esterilizando a los insectos adultos. En general, se utiliza en el control de insectos plagas producidas por cochinilla (Coccoidea) y mosca blanca (Aleyrodidae).

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Manchester's retro flower show returns to cover the city in thousands of blossoms
By Georgina Pellant
This June Manchester's streets will once again be overflowing with blossoms and foliage as the Manchester Flower Show makes it return to the city.
It will see Manchester's professional and amateur gardeners, florists, landscapers, architects, charities and schools create breathtaking displays that spill out over King Street.
The event pays homage to the original Manchester Flower Show, which officially began in 1951 after a previously unsuccessful attempt to launch it after WW1.
An annual fixture in Platt Fields park from the 50s until 2003, during its heydey the show showcased a wide range of home and country displays – not just flowers.
From fruit and vegetable produce to livestock, nuts, sweets, trinkets and fashion items, there would be all sorts on display. Even vehicles and machinery.
According to a centenary booklet produced by the friends of Platt Fields park in 2010, there was also "horse-jumping (key jump jockeys competed at Platt Fields), vintage and new car and motorbike displays and the latest fire-service or police vehicles."
Today, the festival mostly sticks to flowers – although last year's displays nodded to years gone by as arrangements spilt out of bonnets and boots.
After a fifteen-year hiatus, the show was resurrected in 2018 starting up again from a new home on King Street as part of the area's annual festival.
Showcasing a market of gardening products, outdoor accessories and flowers alongside regional talent from gardeners and floral arrangers, it will return this year on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June.
Festival organisers are now calling out for entries. Looking to celebrate Manchester's cultural diversity, this year's theme for the show is 'Around the World' and is being left open to interpretation.
From choosing a country or national flower to taking inspiration from a particular terrain or country's flag, organisers are looking for a diverse mix of entries.
These can include anything from desert cacti, English roses and coastal beaches to Japanese wall and rock gardens or French vineyards.
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New for 2020 is a dedicated schools category, judged by the Royal Horticultural Society, in which schools can enter designs for a small planter which represents their favourite holiday.
Planters should be designed using a reused, recycled or inexpensive object which showcases an innovative use of materials and appropriate plants that communicate the theme and message of the school.
On top of this, there are three further categories all judged by Royal Horticultural Society Head Gardeners: the Pocket Garden, the Green Takeover and Floral Bicycle.
The Pocket Garden category is aimed at professional and novice gardeners with judges looking to see innovative use of materials and appropriate plants that communicate the theme and the message to visitors.
Whilst the Green Takeover will see artists take over urban features such as lamp posts, balconies, entranceways or even bus stops.
Aimed at professional garden designers, floral event companies, artists, architects, landscaping and garden companies, cultural attractions, charities, universities and colleges, installations should demonstrate high quality, creative design and innovative use of materials and plants that would thrive in an inner-city setting.
Last but not least, the Floral Bicycle is perfect for amateurs and first-timers. Entries need to display plants, flowers or cut flowers using a bicycle as the base.
Entry is free, with no cost for using the spaces allocated. The deadline for completed applications is Friday 6th April 2020. For more information and to download an application form visit Manchester Flower Show applications or contact lucy.russell@cityco.com.
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En philosophie
 Le surhumain : une notion de Friedrich Nietzsche désignant une étape au-delà de l'humanité, caractérisée par la créativité et l'originalité.
Übermensch (reprise du terme de Nietzsche à des fins de propagande) : il s'agit alors d'une notion de la philosophie politique nationale socialiste, n'ayant plus rien à voir avec la notion philosophique de Friedrich Nietzsche. Dans cette perspective, il s'agit d'une figure de la propagande nazie, censée indiquer de quelqu'un s'il est de « race aryenne » ou pas.

En fiction
 L'Apparition des surhommes est un roman de science-fiction de B. R. Bruss, de son vrai nom René Bonnefoy, publié en 1953.
 Histoires de surhommes est le douzième volume de la deuxième série de La Grande Anthologie de la science-fiction. Préfacé par Demètre Ioakimidis, il réunit onze nouvelles.
 En fiction, le nom « Superman » est une traduction approximative de surhomme. Depuis la création de ce personnage, l'expression « surhumain » est souvent utilisée pour désigner les personnages de comics dotés de super-pouvoirs (on utilise également méta-humain). Ainsi dans X-Men, la race des mutants est appelée « Homo superior ». Dans le roman L'échelle de Darwin, c'est « homo sapiens novus » qui est employé pour désigner la prochaine étape de l'évolution. L'amélioration artificielle de l'homme est également un thème récurrent en fiction depuis les percées de la génétique, par exemple dans Bienvenue à Gattaca.

En biologie
La question de savoir si homo sapiens évoluera d'ici quelques dizaines de millénaires en une nouvelle espèce ou race est assez controversée. Mais la plupart des biologistes se refusent à employer des mots comme « surhumain », « sous-humain », race supérieure ou race inférieure en comparant homo sapiens à ses prédécesseurs et à ses éventuels successeurs. Ce que pourrait être le futur humain est une question traitée par la futurobiologie.


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Bail has been raised to $1 million each for three Maui men held in an alleged murder-for-hire plot that involved a love triangle.
A Maui grand jury indicted Aniano Yabo, Ronald Bonilla and Lawrence Dexter Verzosa yesterday on charges of first-degree attempted murder. The three are scheduled to be arraigned Monday before Maui Circuit Judge Joel August.
Yabo, 41, is charged with hiring Bonilla and Verzosa for $3,550 to beat and kill Leonardo Rojas-Reyes.
Rojas-Reyes, 33, who was romantically involved with Yabo's estranged wife, Ethel, was kidnapped by the two men after Bonilla posed as a police officer, authorities allege. But Rojas-Reyes persuaded the two men to let him go if he gave them $100,000, police said. Once released, Rojas-Reyes talked to police, who arrested the three men.
Bonilla was charged with first-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, first-degree attempted extortion and second-degree robbery, in addition to two firearm charges and a charge of impersonating a police officer. Verzosa was charged with first-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, first-degree attempted extortion and second-degree robbery. Yabo was charged with first-degree attempted murder.
The Kuhio Beach sand replenishment project could start the week after Thanksgiving, state officials said yesterday.
By then, long-term surf forecasts suggest a return to more typical winter surf conditions on south-facing shores, according to a Department of Land and Natural Resources release.
The project has been delayed repeatedly by high surf. Contractor American Marine Corp. needs a period without high surf to set up the operation and begin pumping sand from offshore to a holding area on Kuhio Beach, DLNR Director Peter Young said in the release.
If the demonstration project is successful, the method could be used in other areas that need sand replenishment. The Kuhio project is expected to take 20 to 30 days.
Homes on Laie Point that depend on cesspools to handle their sewage will be hooked into the city's sewer system under an agreement reached with the former operators of the Laie Water Reclamation Facility.
On Nov. 1 the city took over operation of the Laie waste-water facility, built by Hawaii Reserves Inc.
The system serves more than 400 homes in Laie, according to the city.
The addition of Laie Point will add another 200 homes, the city said.
The agreement ends years of negotiations over whether all or just some of the homes in Laie will be hooked into the system.


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Westport police said they arrested a Flushing, N.Y., man after he was found near the scene of a home burglary on Dec. 2. The break-in was caught on video by the homeowner, who alerted police.
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WESTPORT — A New York man is facing charges after police say he was caught on home surveillance cameras during a burglary last week, prompting the homeowner to notify police while the incident was unfolding.
Jaime Mogollon-Ayala, of Flushing, N.Y., was charged with conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, Westport police said in a news release posted on Facebook. He was also charged with several motor vehicle offenses after he was located in a car with its headlights off near the scene, police said.
He was released on $25,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Dec. 12, Westport police said.
Around 7:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, Westport police said they were notified of a residential burglary in progress.
"The homeowner called Westport Police and advised they were able to view an in-progress burglary at their residence via surveillance cameras and watched the suspects run out the back door," police said.
Police set up a perimeter and one responding officer located a vehicle traveling slowly away with its headlights off, Westport police said.
Police stopped the car and identified Mogollon-Ayala as the driver.
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"Mr. Mogollon-Ayala had no valid reason for being in the neighborhood and evidence in plain view of the officers within the vehicle indicated that he was allegedly involved in the burglary," police said.
His physical description and clothing matched the video footage captured inside the home, according to police.
Westport police said the case remains under investigation.
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1984 a group of people both filipinos and expats had the idea to build a ferry for passengers only, which did not exist at that time, to construct and provide a service between Batangas pier and Puerto Galera w/c is located on the northern tip of Mindoro for domestic and international guests.
The construction of Si-kat 1 was started. And in 1985, it was finished and was immediately ready for operation.
SI-KAT? WHAT IS SI-KAT?
Often passengers asked our employees from Si-kat ferry if we made a mistake in the spelling of the name of the ferry because in english it would be SEA KAT but what we used was SI-KAT. Employees of Si-kat were happy and proud to explain that the word Si-kat comes from the Philippine-Tagalog language and it has many meanings like sunrise, strength, success, popular or famous. Those words are being called Si-kat and we are happy to have this name w/c we believe brought a lot of luck to this company. The idea to choose this name came from filipina lady who is married to one of the shareholders and a constructor of SI-KAT ferry I.
In the beginning it was difficult and only few believed that this will succeed and that there is a need of a service between Batangas Pier and Puerto Galera as a ferry w/out cargo and only for tourists. A few months after the start of this service the company had been faithful in the situation and all those involved in this project agreed that it was a failure, even myself where i financially help to one of the owners of the ferry boat start doubting of the success for this project.
In 1986, the time came where Si-kat stopped operating but after weeks of careful analysis about the failure, Richard Jele came up with a solution and asked to arrange a meeting w/ all the shareholders and owners at the Encenada Beach Resort in Puerto Galera. In the meeting, Mr. Jele presented a proposal for a new start and beginning to operate SI-KAT I. He offered his full support, time and own expense. He was ready to face the consequence of this decision. The majority decided to let him handle and manage the company and agreed w/ Jele's proposal to have all the investment back including interest w/in 2 yrs. The permanent owners also agreed to let Jele operate under his own conditions. Jele would then become the company's president and at the same time, its manager. The permanent shareholders of the company agreed to give support and advertise for all the necessary preparations for a new beginning. After the meeting, Jele transferred from Mindoro to Manila and prepared for 2 months of careful planning in time for the company's re-launching. One of the keys of its success was to provide a service out of manila and Jele was able to contact JAM TRANSIT and had an arrangement with engr. Homer to accept Si-kat's passengers to their service and brought daily the bus to formerly Mabuhay Hotel where Si-kat's office was located and it became successful for a new start. The company wants to thank engr. Homer for all the support he has given. Within 6 months of service from Manila to Puerto Galera and vice versa Si-kat became well known for th our safe and reliable service.
In 1989, Si-kat replaced SI-KAT I in exchange for SI-KAT II for a faster and more convenient ferry w/c had the capacity of 196 passengers. The ferry interior was designed like a restaurant w/ a bar and kitchen. Si-kat was by that time until this time recognized by the local government of Puerto Galera for a welcome service and had full support from Marina Industry, Department of Tourism and PPA Philippine Port Authority - Batangas and we want to say thank you to the Phil government. Si-kat II was in service until 2002 only and started to provide the same service w/ the coordination of the local ferries. Up to now Si-kat company still providing the ferry and bus service out of manila using our own Si-kat bus w/c we believe that will provide a safe and helpful service to its domestic and international guests. Si-kat is very proud to say that ever since Si-kat started and up to this day, no passenger has ever been hurt in the bus or in the ferry. Si-kat ferrybus company wants to thank all those persons involved in Si-kat and most of all we want to say thank you to all the passengers for trusting, supporting and patronizing Si-kat. So if its good quality ferrybus service you are looking for, Si-kat ferrybus company is the right choice.
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Godzilla is BIG - but the Clichés are Bigger...
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So, Friday night I went to see the new Godzilla film (a.k.a. Godzilla 2014). Having seen the trailer for it, I was pretty excited to see a monster/disaster film on the big screen.
Well, here are some things I liked about the film:
Excellent visual effects
Excellent music
Great action sequences not completely given away by the trailer
Godzilla's roar
However, despite still enjoying the film, I didn't enjoy it half as much as I thought I would. See, there were a few problems I had with it, some with the film itself and some with how the film vastly differs from the trailer (in a less "kindly avoiding spoilers" way and a more "slightly misleading the audience" way). I'd like to share those things now, but BEWARE - SPOILERS ABOUND!!!
So, these are my problems with the film:
Bryan Cranston's character features HEAVILY throughout the trailer, but he actually dies in the first half of the film. HE NEVER EVEN SEES GODZILLA.
"I don't see Godzilla?!"
This is especially annoying as he's easily the strongest actor in this film, the most interesting character, etc.
I understand that the filmmakers don't want to give away the fact that he dies, but instead of just featuring for a bit in the trailer, he is put across as the main character when he isn't the main character at all (and it's really disappointing as soon as you realise that when watching the film).
If you don't want us thinking he's the main character, then just use his narration instead of putting tonnes of action shots of him in it.
He's replaced by his son, a blue-eyed, perfect-bone-structured all-American-soldier type-character.
America! FUCK YEAH!!!
This guy is in the trailer, but he literally looks like an extra in every shot he's in except for a couple, including one with Cranston; even then he looks like a side character. He says nothing in the trailer & is hardly focused on, yet the is the central character of the film.
"They know I'm the main character, right dad?"
Our focus is on him even more than Godzilla. Yeah, screw the massive monster, here's a soldier! You've never seen one of those before!
The actor (Aaron Taylor Johnson) seems half decent, but it's hard to tell because this character is a complete cardboard cutout of every white all-american-hero-type characters. Completely one dimensional.
The trailer shows the Statue of Liberty, which we never see.
Don't worry, she's 'armless...
For the whole film I was being a complete numpty, wondering when we were going to get to New York, only to never get there & never see the Statue of Liberty, leaving me confused. I realised immediately afterwards that it was obviously the Vegas mini Statue of Liberty, but I didn't realise until I stopped to think after the film, because that shot is never actually shown in the film (at least not the cut I saw!).
Godzilla is not in the film enough
Yo, I came to see a Godzilla film, not an advert for the American Military or the white American nuclear family
Even just glimpses, anything. Just more giant-t-rex-slash-stegosaurus-thing-with-atomic-breath please.
"I demand more screen time!!!"
SO MANY HOLLYWOOD FILM CHICHÉS:
2 white nuclear families at the centre of everything, Cranston's & then his son's:
Dad, mum (or mom) & son.
The main character just happens to always be at the wrong place at the wrong time (or the right place at the right time)
When the nuclear plant gets destroyed, he witnesses it & both his parents happen to be working there as super important people
When the Mothra-type creature first emerges, he's there
When the Mothra-type creature is in Hawaii, he's on the passenger train it crashes/derails
When the Mothra-type creature is in the US, he's on the rail bridge it destroys
He ends up being the ONLY PERSON who knows how to disable the bomb
He is included in the super-dangerous mission
He is the only one that thinks to destroys the evil squiggly eggs with a big fiery explosion
Because he stayed back to kill the eggs, he's the only person that doesn't get killed on the boat by mummy-Mothra and has to drive the boat out by himself, the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. *violins play*
The main character's family just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time (or the right place at the right time)
Johnson's family are in the EXACT city where the monsters are all converging
Johnson's son gets on the bus to safety at the LAST MINUTE
Johnson's son is on the Golden Gate Bridge at the EXACT MOMENT Godzilla destroys it, but the bus gets to the other side just in time!!
Johnson's wife, played by Elizabeth Olsen, gets safely into the subway stations at the last minute, just late enough to see a glimpse of Godzilla roaring behind her
Godzilla stops the main character being killed JUST IN TIME. Twice I think.
Whenever there is imminent danger, the camera zooms into the face of an innocent child.
Whenever there is imminent danger, the first person to notice anything is an innocent child.
Dog barking at then running away from imminent danger
"Shit, shit, shit, shit... I really should learn to not bark and just run..."
Main character ends up looking after a lost child during a major disaster.
Lost child then runs away from the main character immediately after the disaster, but it's totally fine for them to run away this time, because it's because they saw their parents. Immediately frees up main character for the next part of the story.
Mother tells child to "turn that TV off" when it's breaking news of a crazy imminent disaster that will directly involve them later in the film.
Main character gets saved at the last minute & is happily reunited with his family, all of whom are totally safe.
People do everything wrong:
they ignore the advice of the people who studied the creatures for years who say they feed off of anything radioactive
instead they just exacerbate the situation by trying to bomb the shit out of the monsters with nuclear weapons, only to end up pretty much handing them their food source on a platter, with tonnes of deaths in the process
they have no idea that Godzilla is the good guy even though it ends up being obvious about half way through
Some not-quite-common-but-still-stupid-clichés that also annoyed me
American soldier just back from military duty, suddenly has to rush off the very next day despite saying to his young son that he'll definitely still be there in the morning
Son disbelieving of his father's "conspiracy theories" only for them to ultimately and overwhelmingly be proved right
"What was that about 'moving on' from my 'conspiracy theories', son?"
Father dies immediately after being proved right & son admits that he was wrong; takes his place in the film, taking up his father's mantle to make up for not believing him for years
Enthusiastic & friendly Hispanic American solder introduced by name & put as a sidekick to the main white character, only to inevitably be killed about 20 minutes later.
Stupid eye-contact between Johnson's character and the monsters as he "connects" with them
The mummy-Mothra-type creature looks into the eyes of Johnson's character because somehow she KNOWS it was him out of all the humans in the area that killed all her babies. She f*cking KNOWS.
Godzilla gives him sad eyes when he's injured, just in case it wasn't obvious enough already that Godzilla is totally not the bad guy.
BBBWWWAAAAAAWWWWHHHHH music that apparently has to be in EVERY DARK SCIFI/COMIC BOOK FILM NOW thanks to Inception.
Focusing on only one family causes problems:
means that everything feels extra scripted rather than natural (see list of clichés above, showing how they end up awkwardly forcing the narrative around the central character instead of the monsters & disasters caused by them)
the massive destruction doesn't seem as massive because, as the main family aren't there to aim the camera from, you mostly see it from news helicopter cameras in the sky, not the people down below - except for the tidal wave sequence in Hawaii, that was done pretty well
This also worked well, although it just felt like there weren't enough people on the
bridge, just cars. You'd think more people would be running by this point!
nearly zero characterisation of any other members of the public affected because:
you see most of the damage done from a distance on news feeds, so the people just seem like ants
More shots like this would've helped to keep perspective of size & show
the public view, not just the news & military & one main character
if any of the main family is there, the focus is on them rather than anyone else
isn't as harrowing to watch as you feel it should be because you don't feel as connected to any other members of the public, and watching this stuff in a film is not the same as seeing it on the news in real life.
something awful happens but then the film immediately rushes onto something else, so the awfulness of what happened doesn't have time to sink in
The family the movie focuses on are so boring, such cardboard-cutouts, that I literally didn't care if any of them died.
I'm usually someone who is all "RUUUNN!!!" in disaster/monster films, but that really didn't happen to me in this one. I was happy to just sit & watch things unfold, uncaring about what happened to them (good or bad), which is really unlike me.
I wanted to know more about these two!
I thought Godzilla was supposed to be a representation of America by Japanese filmmakers? A sleeping giant awoken by Pearl Harbour to destroy Japan?
Way to shoot torpedoes at your own representation, America...
Is that why you did the whole "oh but see, he's really a good guy!" thing?
At the end of the film, everyone seems totally fine, except for a few casualties lying down in beds, people with crappy bandages and people pulling themselves out of the rubble; it just seems so meh and fake.
And I can't fully comment on the cheesiness at the very end of the film, because the picture cut out in our cinema about 1 minute before the end.
Anyway, those are just some thoughts I decided to spew out into a post. Ultimately the film was enjoyable, but my boyfriend and I actively had to stop ourselves from laughing out loud or openly groaning at some of the stuff that happened in this film.
This wasn't a monster/disaster film. This was a DISASTER of a monster film!!
(Just kidding, I just really wanted to put in a bad film-critic pun somewhere...)
Godzilla was good, and the monsters were fantastically designed and animated & I love that the trailer didn't give the whole story away (although I'm still annoyed about the whole Cranston thing), but after about 1/3 of the way through it just got very... bland.
EDIT: Thought I'd pop in a link to MovieBob's review. Yup, he thought the same things as me.
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David Taylor 26 May 2014 at 10:19
Godzilla has for a long time been kind of a strange anti-hero monster, defending Japan from monster attack after monster attack. This new film is actually quite close in tone and spirit to a lot of those earlier films (and nothing like that terrible American film in 1997/1998 that nobody wants to remember). I think a lot of the people that didn't like it seemed to be expecting something other than a traditional Godzilla film, but this is exactly what Gareth Edwards delivered.
icklenellierose 27 May 2014 at 16:44
That side (the "ooo Godzilla is an anti-hero!" side) I really liked, especially as it seemed to fit the original Godzilla films' themes. I liked that he was first the villain & then turned out to actually be the one to save them, even if he did unthinkingly kill thousands of people in the process...
What I didn't like was the awful character-driven narrative surrounding it to pad it out. All the people in it were just "meh". I agree with MovieBob on how the "build up" to the big fight is just dull rather than suspenseful & that the main character should've been Ken Watanabe's interesting & insightful scientist character (and he probably was, initially), not the cut-&-copy American soldier with zero character and his cut-&-copy family.
Or they should've not just killed Cranston's way-more-interesting-than-anyone-&-would-make-an-awesome-team-with-Watanabe.
Also, I liked the 90s Godzilla film, but that's probably 'cause I was a kid & I liked dinosaurs & New York...so... Yeah...lol
King Shaunus 26 May 2014 at 12:01
Agreed on practically everything you said :P
Also noted how at the end when Godzilla seemingly comes back to life, he just waltzes through part of the city on the way to the sea probably killing many more people but it's fine because he's the hero who helped save millions of human lives.
You'd just wish that after Pacific Rim, and I know that everyone has said this and it's a different style of movie but still, that they would show the monster more in a film about a monster. It's fine to build tension and develop the human characters, but when the end result is visually brilliant, but lacking in all other departments, it makes you think we've gone back a couple of steps since Pacific Rim.
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Madhabi Puri Buch is the chairperson of the securities regulatory body Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). She is the first woman chairperson to lead SEBI,and Non IAS.

Since April 2017, she has been functioning closely as a whole time member of SEBI with the former chairman Ajay Tyagi. She is also the first person from the private sector to be appointed to this position. In her role as the SEBI chairperson Buch has been credited with bringing rapid changes conducive to the system and corporatization of the organization to improve efficiency.

Education
Buch was educated at Fort Convent School, Mumbai, and at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi. She then graduated with a specialization in Mathematics from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and later went on to obtain an MBA at IIM Ahmedabad.

Career

Corporate career
Her career started in 1989 with ICICI bank. Between 1993 and 1995, Buch worked as lecturer at West Cheshire College in England. She worked in various profiles across companies for 12 years including sales and marketing and product development. She also led operations function. In 2006 she joined ICICI securities and later went on to become the Managing Director and CEO from February 2009 to May 2011. After this Buch moved to Singapore to join Greater Pacific Capital in 2011. Between 2011 and 2017 she worked in various capacities as executive director of many companies like Zansar Technologies, Innoven Capital, and Max Healthcare. Buch also served as an independent director of the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and as consultant for New Development Bank (BRICS bank).

Career at SEBI
In April 2017, Buch was appointed as a whole time director at SEBI and given charge of portfolios like collective investment schemes, surveillance and investment management. After her tenure ended she was appointed to a seven-member technology committee formed to help Sebi design in-house technological systems. Known for her technology and data agnostic attitude, Buch has passed few landmark regulatory orders. In 2018, she passed an order against Sahara Group to return 14000 crores raised from investors through fully convertible debentures in violation of SEBI order asking them to furnish the details of repayment to investors in compliance of its previous orders. In January 2021, Buch conducted a detailed investigation into insider trading by CNBC Awaaz journalist and barred him, his mother and wife from accessing the stock markets. In May 2021, she passed an order against Savla and Ajitkumar for sharing unpublished price sensitive information of Deep Industries stock on the basis of their connection and interaction on social media platform. In August 2021, she identified 15 entities trading in unfair practices in the Zee Entertainment Enterprises stock post its results announcements.

On 1 March 2022, Buch was appointed as the SEBI chairperson for a period of 3 years. Joining SEBI at a challenging time, Buch was questioned by the parliamentary committee in reference to the NSE scam. Being a person from the private sector Buch has undertaken an overhaul of the organization to improve productivity and enhance accountability and fairness at SEBI. In her first 100 days as the chairperson, she has brought about rapid changes in the organization, processes and regulation of the markets. Buch introduced the corporate system of KRAs to drive focussed action on areas that need attention the most with a special emphasis on cyber security and use of tech and data. She has driven the process of seeking extensive market feedback on any key policy changes. Observers say that Buch has put onus on intermediaries to make changes to their systems to evolve with market dynamics. On the other hand she has been pushing custodians and clearing corporations to gear up for the T+1 clearance process. As of now clearance in India is on T+2 basis. Buch has also been seeking additional powers from the government to monitor social media channels to crack down on front running in the markets.

Personal life
Buch was born as Madhabi Puri to Kamal Puri and his wife. Her father worked for the corporate sector while her mother was an academic with doctorate in political science. At the age of eighteen she got engaged to Dhawal Buch who was a director at FMCG multinational, Unilever. They got married when she was turned 21 and subsequently gave birth to her son, Abhay. Buch says she owes much of her success to her son and her husband who has been her friend, philosopher and guide.

Buch was one of the survivors of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks. She was with her husband at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel who was attending a Unilever meeting at that time.

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During the first quarter, the company worked to significantly de-risk its 100%-owned Madsen gold mine, which culminated in the release of a new mineral resource estimate, a feasibility study for the Madsen deposit and a preliminary economic assessment for its Fork, Russet South and Wedge Deposits.
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The firm continues to push forward its 100%-owned Madsen gold mine, located in the historic Red Lake district of Ontario and reported it spent C$1.6 million on exploration in the quarter ending March 31, 2019.
The firm narrowed its net loss to C$2.8 million, or C$0.01 per share, in the quarter ending March 31, 2019 from C$7.2 million, or C$0.03 per share in the same period a year ago.
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Several discoveries on the project, including the Fork, Russet South and Wedge deposits, could potentially further enhance its economics.
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More than 29 million ounces of high-grade gold have been mined from the Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, making it one of the largest gold-producing districts in Canada.
Looking forward, the firm continues to push the Madsen project towards development. It is continuing to work with Indigenous groups to "promote a cooperative and mutually respectful relationship concerning Pure Gold's development plan, and to finalize an agreement to govern this relationship," noted the company.
The firm is also advancing project finance initiatives, optimizing the project schedule, including engineering, procurement and permitting, continuing environmental studies and documentation to support the update and filing of existing permits and filing for additional permits that may be required, while also commencing detailed engineering and design activities.
"Madsen has outstanding potential for growth and opportunities for scalability," said the company in a release, noting there are key opportunities to enhance the project over the project life, including potentially expanding the Madsen resource, through targeting extensions to the known resource, potential depth extensions of the Madsen deposit, as well as continuing the firm's exploration at Fork, Russet South and Wedge.
Shares of Pure Gold on Wednesday in Toronto stood at $0.53. In London, they are at 33.5p.
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