Given below is the list of Best CBSE Schools in Sagar 2016. These schools are listed on random basis and not on ranking. You can click on the school link to know more information about the school.
Dav Borl Public School Sagar is managed by Dayanand Anglo Vedic College Trust & Management Society. The school is located at Sagar.
Greatmen International School Sagar is managed by Synergy Welfare Foundation. The school is located at Sagar.
Gyanodaya S M V M Hr Sec School Sagar is managed by Shri Parashwanath Brahamcharya Ashram Jain Gurukul Trust. The school is located at Sagar.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Sagar is managed by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. The school is located at Sagar.
Joy & Champion Public School Sagar is managed by Jay Ambey Mahila Mandal. The school is located at Sagar.
Nirmal Jyoti Higher Secondary School Sagar is managed by Nirmal Jyoti Society Bina. The school is located at Sagar.
Paras Vidya Vihar Sagar is managed by Bhagwan Mahavir Jain Edu Soc. The school is located at Sagar.
Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1 Sagar is managed by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The school is located at Sagar.
Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2 Sagar is managed by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The school is located at Sagar.
Vatsalya Sr Sec School Sagar is managed by Vinayak Vidya Vihar. The school is located at Sagar.
Little Star Shailesh Memorial School Sagar is managed by Others. The school is located at Sagar.
Holy Family Convent Hr Sec School Sagar is managed by Holy Family Convent Trust. The school is located at Sagar.
Kendriya Vidyalaya No.3 Sagar is managed by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The school is located at Sagar.
St Mary's School Makrania is managed by Sagar Diocesan Society. The school is located at Makrania.
St Josephs Convent Sr Sec School Saugor is managed by The Society Of Sisters Of St Joseph. The school is located at Saugor.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sagar is managed by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The school is located at Sagar.
St. Joseph's Convent Senior Secondary School was established in 1906. It is affiliated to CBSE Board. It is located at Saugor.


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Lenny Henry
Born in Dudley, West Midlands, to Jamaican immigrant parents, Lenny Henry has been a stand-up comedian since 1975, winning the ITV talent show New Faces when he was just 16.
It landed him a role on LWT's sitcom The Fosters – Britain's first comedy series with predominantly black performers – and gave him a jump-start on the circuit of working men's clubs and summer seasons, where he would perform impressions and joke-book gags.
He also signed up to be one of the comedians on tour with the controversial Black and White Minstrels Show – alongside white song-and-dance men who blacked-up to sing old songs from the days of slavery. He later said of the shows: 'I didn't really know any better... It hurts thinking about it now. I think the term "ill advised" could be bandied about here.'
He eventually quit the show as he found a new outlet in the Saturday-morning kids' show Tiswas in 1978. Although his early appearances did not go down well, he began to create recurring characters such as David Bellamy and Trevor McDonut, which found favour with the young audience.
Throughout the early Eighties he continued to perform in summer seasons alongside the likes of Cannon and Ball, while also starting to tour his own show in colleges.
After Tiswas, he was signed up to the 1981 BBC sketch show Three of a Kind alongside Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield, which ran for three series. At about this time, he first visited the Comedy Store where he met his future wife, Dawn French, and realised there was a different form of comedy: 'I didn't have to rely on impersonations so much and that I could be funnier by being myself.'
Three of a Kind was followed by his first solo show, the Lenny Henry Show, featuring Delbert Wilkins. It has reappeared under various guises over the years, including Lenny Henry Goes To Town, a prime-time Saturday night show in 1998 in which he visited a different UK town every week, and Lenny Henry In Pieces , which won the Golden Rose Award at the 2001 Montreux Television Festival. In the summer of 2007 he returned to the idea of touring the UK, with Lenny's Britain, a comedy documentary made during his live tour.
Henry claims to be the first British comic to have made a live stand-up comedy film, with Lenny Henry Live and Unleashed going on general release back in 1989. His other live shows have included In Loud (1994), Larger Than Life in (1996), Large 99 (1999), Have You Seen This Man (2002).
Henry also set up his own production company, Crucial Films, whiche made the BBC Two comedy series The Real McCoy.
In 1991, Henry made his Hollywood debut in True Identity, in which he played a white man, but the film proved a flop. In 1993 he made the first series of Chef! for BBC One, playing a short-tempered chef, and was named BBC personality of the year by the Radio and Television Industry Club. A second and third series followed.
He has also appeared in a number of dramatic roles, playing a drug dealer in BBC One's Alive and Kicking in 1991 and as headteacher Ian George in the BBC One drama Hope and Glory, which ran for three series from 1999.
In 1997, Lenny travelled to the Amazon to film a survival documentary for BBC One; and he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for a two-part documentary, Lenny's Atlantic Adventure, in 2000.
In early 2008, he hosted internet clip show lennyhenry.tv for BBC One, and starred in the Radio 4 show Rudy's Rare Records.
Henry was made a CBE in 1999 and knighted in the 2015 Birthday Honours. He also gained a BA in English Literature from the Open University in 2007.
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Lenny Henry to look at race in comedy
New documentary for Gold
Sir Lenny Henry is to front a new documentary series about comedy shows that have tackled the topic of race.
The three-part series for the Gold channel will cover the likes of Rising Damp, Desmond's, Goodness Gracious Me and Chewing Gum.
Sir Lenny said: 'It is glorious to be presenting such a brilliant culturally significant programme. Respect is due to all pioneers who paved the way to a more inclusive world of comedy.'
Iain Coyle who commissioned the series – entitled Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy – said: 'I'm proud to be involved in this project.
'It's funny, entertaining and educating. There's amazing insight and some brilliant clips. It's an illustration of just how much has changed over the decades and how much more hasn't.'
The show is being made by Douglas Road Productions, the company established by Sir Lenny in 2014 with the aim of working with and developing diverse talent both in front and behind the camera.
The series will feature interviews with stars of the shows and their celebrity fans, and air on Gold in the autumn.
Sir Lenny is also hosting the clip show Trust Morecambe And Wise for Gold later in the year.
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
Made by: Douglas Road Productions
Written by: Carlton Dixon, Sir Lenny Henry.
Commissioned by: Iain Coyle, head of comedy entertainment
Ordered by: UKTV's director of commissioning Richard Watsham and Steve North, UKTV's genre general manager for comedy and entertainment.
Executive producers: Sir Lenny Henry and Angela Ferreira
Series producer: Carlton Dixon
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Q: Is there a good resource for learning about univariate polynomial equations over the hyperbolic numbers? Solving equations over the hyperbolic numbers is weird; for example, the equation $x^2 = 1$ has four solutions; not only are $1$ and $-1$ solutions, but so too are $j$ and $-j$.

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We arrived at Papeete airport very late on the evening of the 27th and next day hired a car to drive around. Tahiti is the largest island in the Society Islands and comprises two volcanic cones joined together, the larger Tahiti Niu and the smaller Tahiti Iti.
We were staying quite close to an important museum which we didn't actually visit because were short of time and preferred to see what we could. The rental company didn't open until 10, we had to wait in a queue and then drive back to get our gear so quite a lot of the morning was gone before we got going. Then we drove without stopping to the end of the road on the South-East of the Island at Tautira.
Robert Louis Stevenson stayed here for two months in 1888 and described it as "the most beautiful spot, and its people the most amiable I ever have found".
There was a tiki or stone statue beside the beach. I understand that this would have had an ancient function for ancestor worship, somewhat like the moai on Easter Island.
While we were there, a fishing operation was underway, with a net being drawn in a semicircle and slowly closed.
The colonial history of Tahiti was really quite savage. The first European visitor was Wallis in 1767 followed by de Bougainville in 1768 and Cook in 1769, 1773, 1774 and 1777. Some of the mutineers from the Bounty stayed there from 1789 to 1791 and destabilised the political situation by making themselves and their firearms available to war parties of particular tribes.
Meanwhile, due mainly to disease, the population fell catastrophically from about 150,000 in 1767 to 16,000 in 1797 and to a low of around 7,000 by 1865. De Bougainville had reported back on the idyllic life of the Tahitians, providing support for the Rousseauian concept of the "noble savage". From 1815 British missionaries tried to put paid to all that, depriving Tahitians of their traditional pleasures and undermining their culture, even prohibiting the wearing of flowers in the hair. French missionaries who arrived some years later appear to have been even worse and Queen Pomare Vahine IV initially succeeded in expelling them. Through a mixture of trickery and military force, the French took over Tahiti in the early 1840s and nearly provoked a war with Britain. The Tahitians appealed to Britain to take over instead of the French and waged a war of resistance for three years but eventually had to concede. They held out for some time in Tahiti Iti but the French blockaded them in by barricading the isthmus.
In 1880, Tahiti became a French colony rather than a protectorate and was administered directly rather than indirectly through local chiefs, as with British Pacific colonies. The local Polynesian population had little or no political influence.
The population now numbers around 170,000, of whom 80% are Polynesians. From the 1960s there have been various campaigns for independence, associated until the mid-1990s with campaigns against nuclear testing. The current President of French Polynesia, Oscar Temaru, born in Tahiti, leads a pro-independence party but his coalition partners do not support him in this.
Here, from the Vaiufaufa viewpoint on Tahiti Iti, you can see the isthmus and Tahiti Nui behind that. In the 1840s, Tahitian warriors may have looked out from here contemplating how to drive the French from their land.
Also, here's another link from the blog of my friend David Hooper in a remote corner of Ethiopia: The Mursi – stretched lips and AK47s.
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Restaurant and Catering Industry
U.S. retailers raise minimum wage ahead of schedule
By By Michael Bodley and The Baltimore Sun
Juggling the rising cost of textbooks, tuition, food and rent is a little more manageable now for rising University of Maryland, Baltimore County senior Keyerra Jeter, thanks to a June 1 raise in starting pay to $9 per hour for Gap Inc.'s 65,000 employees.
"It was difficult, with everything being so expensive all the time, to budget for everything on a minimum-wage salary," said Jeter, an employee of the Old Navy in Waugh Chapel. "I'm just thankful the increase has let me better meet the needs that I have."
Gap Inc. brands — Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta and Intermix — are among a growing group of major U.S. retailers now paying more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for entry-level employees. Others include Ben & Jerry's, Costco, Ikea and Whole Foods. Paying workers more reduces turnover and hiring costs, the businesses say, because it makes for happier employees who stay longer and better serve customers.
In Maryland, the companies are ahead of the gradual curve of a new law that will raise the state minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by July 1, 2018. In January, the current minimum of $7.25 — defined by state and federal law — will increase by 75 cents to $8 per hour, with periodic increases scheduled through 2018.
Companies that fought the increase said increased overhead costs would lead to shuttered storefronts and job losses. The Maryland Chamber of Commerce said businesses in a struggling economy can't afford more overhead.
"Whenever there is a nonmarket force dictating the expense side of the ledger, it's tough on businesses, tough on employers, and that requires businesses to take a look at all the other expenses, including how many people they can employ," said Brien Poffenberger, president and CEO of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.
But, others say, higher wages can also bring some cost reductions.
Paul Villareal, manager of the Old Navy store in Waugh Chapel, said he's saved money by slowing high employee turnover rates common in the industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, monthly retail turnover reached 4.8 percent in April, up 20 percent from the previous year.
"Paying more to attract talent, it gets stability in the store," Villareal said. "In retail, there's a high turnover rate. With a better wage, you can slow down talent and keep them longer. Some employees never thought they could be worth this much to a company."
New Gap employees must undergo a six-month "apprenticeship," during which they earn less than the $9 per hour minimum. The training program, which also started in June, allows the company to gauge the fit of a new hire, Villareal said.
David Cooper, an economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, said companies paying more before they are required by law get to choose from the "pick of the litter" when it comes to hiring.
"What you're seeing with these companies that are choosing to get out ahead of the mandated increases is that they're recognizing that this is smart from a business perspective, because it will let them hang on to good workers, but it also allows them to attract more workers now before the wages go up," Cooper said.
Since Aaron Moon started working for Old Navy fresh out of Bowie High School in 2011, the Waugh Chapel associate said he's been waiting for the "well-deserved" pay bump.
"It shows a sense of performance value," Moon said. "The managers and the head of the company have been looking at you and deciding what your work is really worth, and now you get it."
Raising wages differentiates Gap stores from the competition, said Paula Conhain, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco-based retailer.
"We really see this as an investment like any other investment that we make. This is an investment in our people," she added.
Such investment in employees makes them happier, according to Sam Park, Whole Foods Market's Mid-Atlantic regional vice president.
Maryland employees of the grocery store chain earn a starting wage of $10 per hour. After a probationary period, employees working more than 20 hours per week are eligible for benefits, including health and dental plans.
"Whole Foods Market is proud to offer one of the most comprehensive and competitive compensation packages in the grocery industry, which is in keeping with our core value of supporting Team Member happiness and excellence," Park said in an email.
The 3,000-strong nationwide network of businesses and executives, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, said benefits of a wage raise can be seen by looking past the increased labor cost to the "long-term savings in the big picture."
"We've found in practice, for most businesses, it's customer-neutral and economically beneficial in many cases, and in some cases it means doing things a little bit differently," said Alissa Barron-Menza, vice president of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. "If you just look at the costs and look at where you're going to have to reduce short-term, you're not going to see the whole picture."
The network includes major U.S. retailers such as Ben & Jerry's, Costco and Organic Valley, though the majority of members are small businesses. Costco's 10 Maryland locations start employees at $11.50 or $12 per hour — a uniform wage nationwide — according to an email from Pat Callans, Costco senior vice president.
In late June, Ikea became the latest major retailer to say it would raise its employees' base wages, adding that the move is in anticipation of further U.S. expansion. Unlike Gap's uniform nationwide pay, Ikea's wages will vary based on the cost of living for a single person in each region. The furniture chain has promised no price increases in stores as a result.
Workers at 33 of Ikea's 38 U.S. locations can expect higher wages on Jan. 1, when the measure takes effect, according to an email from the retailer. At the Ikea in College Park, 250 employees will earn at least $13.20 per hour next year, said manager Frank Briel.
"Before, our pay was based upon our competitors and what they were paying, not really what it costs to live in different areas," Briel said. "This is our first time we've looked at it a different way, and it was based on the cost of living, not the cost of labor."
In a statement, the retailer said: "This is not only the right thing to do, it also makes good business sense. Ensuring a great work environment is essential for our business success — for meeting our customers' expectations and for developing our co-workers."
National retailers that are boosting their base wages already tend to pay most workers more than the minimum wage and see a public-relations benefit in moving to higher levels, said Stephen S. Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University.
"As wage rates go up, you find more technology and fewer workers, and that's continuing to happen," he said. "It allows companies like Costco and Ikea to say we pay above the minimum wage."
Bigger chains, which can buy in larger volumes and keep prices lower than competitors, rely on technology and a more efficient workforce with fewer entry-level jobs to keep from passing along higher labor costs to customers, he said.
"But small companies have a much harder time doing this," said Fuller, who estimated that a wage increase to $10 per hour will lead to higher prices in stores and a loss of 11,502 Maryland jobs.
"When you raise the minimum wage, there is a cost," Fuller said. "Someone has to pay for that. … It has to come from profit, from higher prices, from loss of jobs."
It may be harder, but it hasn't been impossible for Amanda Rothschild, managing partner of Charmington's, a cafe in Charles Village. Since the coffeehouse opened in 2010, its employees have earned more than the state minimum, she said.
This May, Rothschild increased base pay for her 15 employees to $8.75, plus tips and paid time off based on hours worked. Full-time employees are eligible for health insurance.
She said the measures have led to a turnover rate of 30 percent per year, less than half the 62.6 percent industry average in 2013 found by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"When you have really well-trained individuals working through your company, you have so much less waste. … Your customers are a lot happier," Rothschild said.
For small businesses and large retailers alike, Barron-Menza said the basic math of higher wages costing more doesn't hold up over time.
"Sometimes those knee-jerk reactions, the idea of raising the wage — folks feel like, 'I have a slim margin of profit, so of course if my labor costs go up, it's going to raise my overhead.' What I've seen in practice is that businesses have a decrease in costs in other places."
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The Plagues of Egypt
By	Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar	February 21, 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In Egypt, there is almost no social contract to govern the conduct of its citizens – as there is in democratic societies. The norm, then, is to behave without inhibition, and violent confrontation is usually the standard response to conflict. With Mubarak out of the picture, and with the behavior of democratic society not yet learned, it seems likely that in the near term Egypt will be a society plagued by political intrigue and instability – providing alarming headlines almost daily. The governments of the world must be alert and vigilant for developments that could threaten the Suez Canal, the peace with Israel and regional stability.
I was once told by an Egyptian friend – a wise diplomat who served at the Egyptian embassy in Israel for several years – that democracy is in fact a strict dictatorship, since each citizen is his own dictator. The citizen in a democracy imposes upon himself a strict etiquette: not to push; not to steal; not to harass women and girls; not to harm or insult others; to stop at a red light, even if it is three o'clock in the morning; not to cheat in business; to hold the door open for the person behind you; to stand in line; not to behave in a socially unacceptable manner; and other such dos and don'ts which the citizen in a democratic society feels obligated to abide by at every moment. He upholds these rules not out of fear of the regime (which is in no way intimidating), but out of self-discipline and conviction that only thus can a society run smoothly.
Thus, a democratic society is one that is based upon the self-restraint of its citizens, and this self-restraint allows society to live a life of freedom and comfort. In Israel, said my Egyptian friend, there exists an unwritten "contract" between all citizens, which sets the rules of conduct in all areas of life: in the street, on the road, in economics, in politics and in the family.
In Egypt, however, he said that there is no such social contract – no rules, no laws, no restraints and no self-dictatorship. Each person does as he chooses at any given moment with no self-restraint or consideration for others, unguided by even the most basic rules of conduct. A red traffic light is a mere recommendation; bribery is the norm; anyone can build what he wants where he wants; any manager can appoint his sons, daughters and brothers-in-law to any position under him, irrespective of their qualifications; and resorting to violence against the weak is widely prevalent. The individual feels free to act on his impulses and is not required to answer for his actions and misdemeanors.
And so, after completing many years of service at the Egyptian embassy in Israel, this friend felt that he was "leaving an orderly democracy and returning to a country of confusion and chaos."
All this was when Hosni Mubarak was still in power, which goes to show that his influence over Egyptian societal conduct was minimal. Egyptian society operated all these years by rules of its own, without the self-restraint that is the basis of conduct in democratic societies. The reasons for this are clear: When the individual lives under the pressure of a dictatorial regime, he seeks any outlet – legitimate or otherwise – to act as a free person, unlimited and uninhibited. An individual living in a free state, however, does not have a similar urge to break free from the pressure of the regime. Therefore, he develops a system of self-restraints that allow citizens to live side by side, taking care not to step on one another's toes.
The same is also true of group behavior. In democratic societies, groups develop codes of conflict management through legitimate means such as debate, public organization and peaceful demonstration. Everyone abides by the same "rules of the game" which enable all groups, even if they differ in worldview and agenda, to coexist and conduct open, fair and non-violent public debate among themselves. In contrast, in a society lacking democratic experience there are no political rules, no limitations, no restraints or constraints. Groups tend to enter into violent confrontation on every issue. In fact, the Egyptian regime executed heads of the Muslim Brotherhood, while the Brotherhood and other organizations assassinated President Sadat, ministers of the Interior and police officers.
Egyptian society has just been released from the grip of Mubarak's regime. The current situation in Egypt resembles a pressure cooker whose lid has been suddenly removed. The general population's awareness of legitimate tools for conflict management have yet to form, and each group sets demands, develops expectations and is prepared to launch a struggle – sometimes violent – to realize its aspirations.
Instances of assault on police stations, looting of museums, government offices and supermarkets and even sexual assault (as CBS's Lara Logan experienced) are the result of such lawlessness, and such behavior may prevail in Egypt for some time. This is similar to what we witnessed in Iraq after the ousting of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Terrorist attacks by Islamic groups should not be ruled out either.
The army has now suspended the constitution for six months in order to impose order; in other words, to put the lid back on the pressure cooker. Nevertheless, Mubarak's National Democratic Party, the Wafd party, the Nasserites, the Socialists, the Communists, the extremist religious groups, of course, and the various "Muslim Brotherhood" Islamists will all attempt to pull in their own direction. Street clashes between the rival groups are likely. Such internal struggles could create a political vacuum, drawing in foreign interference. Iran, Hamas, Hizballah and al-Qaeda are all waiting to be "called-in" for assistance by one or another Egyptian faction. Much the same happened in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam's regime in April 2003, and to this day the Iraqi domestic political system has not yet stabilized.
The army will endeavor to lower the flames, or smother them, should they get too high. While the army has thus far not expressed any desire to take power into its hands permanently, it is certainly possible that after whetting its appetite the army will "discover" a taste for ruling, and Egypt will revert to the rule of generals.
The Muslim Brotherhood have now demanded a repeat of the elections for the Legislative Council (Majlis a-Sha'b), held last November, whose results were clearly "fixed" by Mubarak's regime. The Brotherhood won only one seat out of 454, when their electoral strength might have earned them over half the seats. If the army responds to their demands and holds fair elections, we might see an Egyptian parliament with an Islamic majority, such as in Turkey, which will appoint a government with an Islamist agenda. An Islamist president elected in fair elections together with an Islamist parliament might change the constitution to prevent the passing of the country into secular hands, as was done in Iran after the 1979 Islamist revolution.
The coming period could indeed be one of social and political unrest in Egypt, with governments rising and falling, an elected parliament unable to function, a military refraining from taking power despite its authority to do so and politicians forming and rapidly changing allies within a short period. We may also witness a series of political assassinations, as the quarreling camps seek ascendancy.
This situation of unrest could awaken within many Egyptians the wish to bring to Egypt a strong and dependable figure, with a clear, unwavering agenda. The choice will probably be one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, such as Sheikh Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Al-Qaradawi is a celebrated Egyptian in the Arab and Muslim world, an eloquent speaker, well-read and knowledgeable, and a practically-permanent guest on the "Shari'a and Life" program on Aljazeera TV. Already this past weekend, he was back preaching in Cairo, and could yet be called upon to rescue Egypt from chaos, leading the country in the Islamist direction.
In the near term, then, Egypt will likely be a society plagued by a whirlpool of political intrigue and instability – providing alarming headlines almost daily. The governments of the world must be alert and vigilant for developments that could threaten the Suez Canal, the peace with Israel and regional stability.
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Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a lecturer of Arabic studies and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University and a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Email: [email protected]
Halting the Egyptian Drift
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What to Feed Your New Kitten - Petpav - Your Online Magazine for All Things Pet!
If you are looking to adopt a new kitten, you will most likely be adopting one that is over four weeks old. Most newborn kittens are able to get their complete nutrition from their mother's milk for the first four weeks of life. A mother cat's milk is 100 percent perfect for their needs, so you don't need to feed them anything else. If the mother cat is ill or you found an orphan kitten, it might be necessary to feed the kittens a commercial milk replacement up to four weeks old.
During the first weeks of life, a kitten's body weight may double or even triple. This rapid growth will continue until maturity. Large amounts of energy and nutrients are required in balanced quantities to support this growth. Kittens also need about 30 percent of their total energy from protein. Make sure the food you offer is specifically formulated for kittens. Your kitty will need to eat kitten-formula food until she reaches maturity or about one year's old.
Kittens have nutritional needs that are different than those of mature cats. As mentioned above, feed your kitten a food that is made specifically for kittens. Choose a food that is intended for growth. Try to feed your kitten the highest-quality food you can afford. Good food is health insurance, and it's worth the extra cost to buy products that have better-quality meats and, few. if any chemical additives.
Your cat's food preferences are generally established by the time they're six months old, so you need to get your kitten used to eating a nutritionally complete diet at an early age. In order to avoid boredom and keep your kitten eating, choose two or three different products, in different flavors, in both dry and canned formulas, and feed them interchangeably.
As for what to feed your kitten when it comes to choosing canned or dry food, kittens can do well eating either. Canned food provides more moisture than dry, which can be useful in keeping your kitten well hydrated. This may become very important for your cat later in life. Dry food tends to be more convenient to feed and can be left for a longer period in the bowl without having to worry about spoilage. Canned food should be left out for your kitten no longer than 20-30 minutes maximum. Dry food can be left out for longer periods.
Dry food does tend to have a higher carbohydrate content than some canned foods, which means that your cat may gain weight easier on dry food than wet, if allowed to overeat. However, cats can gain excess weight on either dry or canned food. Obesity is currently the most common nutritional disease seen in cats. Feeding your cat to remain lean is an important part of keeping your cat healthy and it is important to establish this during kittenhood. If you opt for dry food, make sure your kitten is drinking plenty of water.
A feeding schedule for your kitten allows you to control the kitten's diet more easily and helps to make sure your kitten does not overeat and gain too much weight. Your new kitten should eat three times daily. Morning, afternoon, and evening is ideal. You can arrange the schedule to fit in with your own routine, although it is best to keep a consistent routine from day to day.
Use the feeding guidelines on the food label as a starting point to figure out how much to feed your kitten. Split up the daily portion into three equal parts and feed 1/3 at each feeding. The feeding guidelines provide a starting point but you'll need to monitor your cat's body condition and adjust the feeding amount accordingly. If your cat is gaining too much weight, decrease the amount of food. On the other hand, the amount of food offered if your cat is too thin or is not gaining weight as expected.
Remember, if you make the decision to leave dry food available at all times for your cat, it is imperative to make certain your cat is not overeating. If so, you'll need to portion your cat's diet appropriately and establish a feeding schedule for your cat if you haven't already done so as a kitten. If you have a dog in your home, make sure he can't get to the kitten's food. Also, make sure fresh water is available at all times.
Your vet can help you with determining the best weight for your cat. Your kitten should be lean enough that you can see the ribs but that they are not protruding. If there is a layer of fat around your kitties' body, you are feeding him or her too much!
Curious kittens will probably want to play with their food rather than eat it, but the youngsters will soon catch on and realize they are supposed to eat the food, not just bat it around! And, kittens have so much energy that they usually run around on their own. Keeping up the exercise will help keep them lean until adulthood.
It's fine to feed your kitten a few treats. However, treats should make up no more than five percent of your kitten's daily nutrient intake, and the rest of his/her diet should come from a high-quality kitten food. It is really crucial at this stage in life to make sure your kitten gets the right mixture of protein and nutrients.


There are so many risks you can't account for in a startup—and in the first year especially, the entrepreneur is just trying to make sure the company doesn't blow up above all else. "Don't die" is the most important thing you can accomplish in the early going.
That's why hiring is so incredibly important. Bad hires can crush a company, and that doesn't just go for full time employees either. You could easily waste tens of thousands of dollars, if not more, on consultants that don't wind up doing productive work for the company.
So if you're trying to work for a startup company, or a venture capital firm, or anywhere else for that matter, having a clear value proposition, transparent costs, and firm deliverables take a lot of the risk of hiring you off the table. Plus, gives you a clear sense of the market's reaction to what you bring to bear—and whether or not it is measuring up.
You need to help someone understand exactly what they can use you, the product, for. What do you specifically do and how will we measure your performance. A lot of times, first time entrepreneurs may not know exactly what types of people need to get hired in each situation—so explaining to someone exactly how they should approach hiring for this position, what risks there are, different options, and how hiring you fits in, the easier you can make it.
There are too many startup newbies and consultants as well who just have basic amorphous skills like "marketing" and "business development". That doesn't say exactly what you can do for me—but if you constantly talk about testing customer acquisition across different channels and you tell someone what to expect in three months related to a customer acquistion plan, you've won half the battle. You've effetively communicated to someone you want to work with why they need to look for someone with your skills—and look, there you are, ripe for the hiring.
Consultants need to work on presenting more clear, upfront "packages". Tell everyone upfront that for 10k here's the PR plan you'll get—as evidenced by, if nothing else, the great PR we do for ourselves.


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        <title>Circles and arcs</title>

                    <var id="R">randRange(2, 10)</var>
                    <var id="DENOMINATOR">R * randFromArray([2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15])</var>
                    <var id="NUMERATOR">randRange(1, DENOMINATOR - 1)</var>
                    <var id="DEGREES">360 * NUMERATOR / DENOMINATOR</var>

                <var id="FRACTION">fractionReduce(NUMERATOR * 2, DENOMINATOR)</var>
                <var id="RADIANS">FRACTION !== '1' ? FRACTION + "\\pi" : "\\pi"</var>
                <var id="RADIAN_VALUE">2 * NUMERATOR * Math.PI / DENOMINATOR</var>
                <var id="USE_RADIANS">rand(2)</var>
                <var id="CIRCLE_ANGLES">USE_RADIANS ? "2 \\pi" : "360 ^ \\circ"</var>

                <var id="ROTATE_ARC">randRange(0, 359)</var>
                <var id="DIAGRAM_R">10</var>

                <var id="C">2 * Math.PI * R</var>
                <var id="A">NUMERATOR / DENOMINATOR * C</var>

                <var id="PRETTY_A">coefficient(fractionReduce(DEGREES * 2 * R, 360)) + "\\pi"</var>
                <var id="PRETTY_C">"\\blue{" + (2 * R) + "\\pi}"</var>

                        A circle with circumference <var>PRETTY_C</var> has an arc with a
                        <var>RADIANS</var> radians
                        <var>DEGREES</var>^\circ
                        central angle.

What is the length of the arc?

                        init({
                            range: [[-DIAGRAM_R - 2, DIAGRAM_R + 2], [-DIAGRAM_R - 2, DIAGRAM_R + 2]],
                            scale: [15, 15]
                        });

                        circle([0, 0], DIAGRAM_R, { stroke: BLUE });

                        path([polar(DIAGRAM_R, ROTATE_ARC + DEGREES), [0, 0], polar(DIAGRAM_R, ROTATE_ARC)], { stroke: RED, "stroke-dasharray": "." });
                        arc([0, 0], DIAGRAM_R, ROTATE_ARC, ROTATE_ARC + DEGREES, { stroke: RED, "stroke-dasharray": "-" });

                        graph.cAngle = 180 + ((ROTATE_ARC + DEGREES) + ROTATE_ARC) / 2;

                        graph.cL = label(polar(DIAGRAM_R, graph.cAngle), PRETTY_C, labelDirection(graph.cAngle));

                        graph.aAngle = (ROTATE_ARC * 2 + DEGREES) / 2;

                        graph.angle = arc([0, 0], DIAGRAM_R * 0.12, ROTATE_ARC, ROTATE_ARC + DEGREES, { stroke: PINK });

                        if (USE_RADIANS) {
                            graph.angleL = label(polar(0.5, graph.aAngle), "\\pink{" + RADIANS + "}", labelDirection(graph.aAngle));
                        } else {
                            graph.angleL = label(polar(0.5, graph.aAngle), "\\pink{" + DEGREES + "^\\circ}", labelDirection(graph.aAngle));
                        }

                        graph.arcL = label(polar(DIAGRAM_R, graph.aAngle), "\\red{" + PRETTY_A + "}", labelDirection(graph.aAngle));
                        $(graph.arcL).hide();

<var>A</var>

                                The ratio between the arc's central angle \pink{\theta} and 2 \pi radians is equal to the the ratio between the arc length \red{s} and the circle's circumference \blue{c}.

\dfrac{\pink{\theta}}{2 \pi} = \dfrac{\red{s}}{\blue{c}}

\pink{<var>RADIANS</var>} \div 2 \pi = \dfrac{\red{s}}{<var>PRETTY_C</var>}

                                The ratio between the arc's central angle \pink{\theta} and 360^\circ is equal to the ratio between the arc length \red{s} and the circle's circumference \blue{c}.

\dfrac{\pink{\theta}}{360^\circ} = \dfrac{\red{s}}{\blue{c}}

\dfrac{\pink{<var>DEGREES</var>}^\circ}{360^\circ} = \dfrac{\red{s}}{\blue{<var>PRETTY_C</var>}}

<var>fractionReduce(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)</var> = \dfrac{\red{s}}{<var>PRETTY_C</var>}

<var>fractionReduce(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)</var> \times <var>PRETTY_C</var> = \red{s}

<var>PRETTY_A</var> = \red{s}

                                $(graph.arcL).show();

                        A circle has a radius of \blue{<var>R</var>}. An arc in this circle has a central angle of
                        <var>RADIANS</var> radians<var>DEGREES</var>^\circ.

                        $(graph.cL).hide();

                        graph.r = path([[0, 0], polar(DIAGRAM_R, graph.cAngle)], { stroke: BLUE });
                        graph.rL = label(polar(DIAGRAM_R / 2, graph.cAngle), "\\blue{" + R + "}", "above");

First, calculate the circumference of the circle.

                                    $(graph.cL).show();

\blue{c} = 2\pi r = 2\pi (\blue{<var>R</var>}) = <var>PRETTY_C</var>

                        A circle has a circumference of <var>PRETTY_C</var>.
                        It has an arc of length <var>PRETTY_A</var>.

                        What is the central angle of the arc, in radians?
                        What is the central angle of the arc, in degrees?

                        $(graph.angle).hide();
                        $(graph.angleL).hide();
                        $(graph.arcL).show();

                            <var>RADIAN_VALUE</var>

                            <var>DEGREES</var>^\circ

                            The ratio between the arc's central angle \theta and 2 \pi radians is equal to the the ratio between the arc length s and the circle's circumference c.

                            The ratio between the arc's central angle \theta and 360^\circ is equal to the ratio between the arc length s and the circle's circumference c.

\dfrac{\pink{\theta}}{<var>CIRCLE_ANGLES</var>} = \dfrac{\red{s}}{\blue{c}}

\dfrac{\pink{\theta}}{<var>CIRCLE_ANGLES</var>} = \red{<var>PRETTY_A</var>} \div <var>PRETTY_C</var>

\dfrac{\pink{\theta}}{<var>CIRCLE_ANGLES</var>} = <var>fractionReduce(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)</var>

\pink{\theta} = <var>fractionReduce(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)</var> \times <var>CIRCLE_ANGLES</var>

\pink{\theta} = <var>RADIANS</var> radians

\pink{\theta} = <var>DEGREES</var>^\circ

                                $(graph.angle).show();
                                $(graph.angleL).show();

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I posted it on Sunday afternoonish and on Monday it was on Flickr Explore. I have had other photos on Explore, it usually means a few more people view it, maybe a photographer leaves a pleasant comment on the shot. Yesterday this picture became my all time most viewed flickr photo, in one day. A lot of photographers favourited it. It is a nice shot, not perfect lighting, but maybe it is a bit compelling somehow. Then Explore dropped it and regular viewing levels have resumed.
The 2.5" triangles are now sewn together and they are progressing into a mini quilt. I have fallen for it hard, and hope to have time to quilt it tonight. But it is just a bunch of orange, pink and yellow triangles. Why do some images just feel right?
Enjoy your Tuesday, I hope it is filled with lovely images.
I love your triangles Leanne - especially the pyramid with the top one just balancing. Reminds me of acrabats.
That's so super cool, Leanne! I love your triangle day of fame!
I love this arrangement - it is quirky and sparkly.
Well I like it and I'm really interested what you're doing with it, but no offense, I wouldn't have guessed...that has happened to me too - the unfinished quilt shot or what I think is just a progress post gets explored. And then the amazing (imho haha) finished project gets no notice. It is a very interesting phenomena...but congrats! It IS always fun none the less.
I wouldn't even know if any of my stuff got Explored. How do you know?!
It just draws your eye and is perfect, as I am sure the mini will be.
I understand why! It is on my to-do list, maybe even in those colours. lovely!
I don't know the answer. It has colour and texture and simplicity and balance. These things are all beautiful to look at... Looking forward to seeing the final product.
I love orange. Simple as that. Your octagonal block from the previous post is pretty perfect too!
I agree - it just feels right. Something about the right amount of order and randomness together combined with the colors? Looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.
Why? I luv triangles and tone on tone colours. There is a great range of dark, medium, and a lighter fabric. There is harmony with the colours (analogous) and contrast with the background. The negative space is pleasing and the one red triangle that is somewhat out of line gives interest but isn't jarring. I also like that the 'weight' of the values is heavier at the bottom so they anchor the triangles and they don't float off into space. I just like it!
Hi!!! I love it!!!! I am happy that a lot of people are getting to enjoy it!!!! Congrats!!!!
Funny how the internet works, hey? My most popular blog post of all time is one that I have no IDEA how it gets so many views. It's not even one that I linked up to anything. Strange! I do love your triangles photo though.
I agree with Debbie. My all time biggest hit on Explore was a progress shot, the finished piece got nothing!!!
Your triangles are gorgeous, really love the colours. I was debating whether to go with HST's or 60deg triangles on my next quilt, but after seeing these, I'm going with the 60deg. Thanks for the inspiration and the helpful little push to make up my mind.
This is fabulous a. And now I've seen it quilted on IG too!
The same thing happened to me on Monday with my feather block for the forest QAL - I find the whole concept quite strange! Love your triangles!
it's lovely, and I can definitely see the appeal! Some of my photos that have made it to explore, on the other hand, are just ordinary old shots. Explore is a mystery unto itself!
I love it, Leanne. What a great color mix!
Love the triangles but I am not going to pretend to understand how Explore works.
I love the photo....but also have no idea about the workings of explore.


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Point vs Pixel: What is the difference?
Asked 11 years ago
What is the difference between points and pixels?
Yisela
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A pixel is a single square 'picture element' (hence pix-el), i.e. a single dot in your image. A 10x10 image is made up of a set of pixels in a grid 10 wide by 10 high, totaling 100 pixels.
The 'point' (pt) on the other hand is a unit of length, commonly used to measure the height of a font, but technically capable of measuring any length. In applications, 1pt is equal to exactly 1/72th of an inch; in traditional print technically 72pt is 0.996264 inches, although I think you'll be forgiven for rounding it up!
How many pixels = 1pt depends on the resolution of your image. If your image is 72ppi (pixels per inch), then one point will equal exactly one pixel.
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I would also add that dpi refers to print and ppi to pixel display. If something is 72 ppi in photoshop (or any digital format), it may not be 72 dpi once you print it.
– NateDSaint
In applications, a point is exactly 1/72 inches.
– e100
As a side note, pixels are not always square. If you ever produce pictures for video, note that you can have vertically rectangular pixels or horizontally rectangular pixels. Check out "pixel aspect ratio" for more details.
– Sylverdrag
@Lèsemajesté You can store an image with whatever ppi you want to and it will still be exactly the same pixel information. A 100x100 pixel image will be the same size on you screen no matter what ppi you store the image with - the ppi only comes into play when you print the image out. Screens display one image pixel on one physical pixel with a pixel density that is custom to that screen (a big outdoor screen has a different ppi than a desktop screen or a mobile handheld does - same pixels produce different physical size).
– kontur
he's not. Pixels are an irreducable atomic unit without a dimension. PPI is a flag set in software. A RIP should honor the instructions given regarding final real-world size and ignore the PPI flag embedded within an image file. When we create images that are "300dpi for printing", all we are doing is ensuring that there are enough pixels to prevent the RIP from having to add or remove pixels to arrive at the desired target physical size. When an image is stretched, the software emulates stretching by adding pixels. This is also why calling pixels "square" is a little odd.
– horatio
Point is a physical unit of length, used in typography. It's equal to 1/12 Pica, and 1 Pica = 1/6 inch. So 1 pt = 1/72 inch.
Therefore, on a 72 ppi display, 1 point = 1 pixel.
Can Berk GüderCan Berk Güder
In CSS
A pt is 1/72 of an in, and a px is 1/96 of an in.
A px is therefore 0.75 pt [source].
In CSS, everything is somewhat abstracted, so a unit such as a "pt" is not necessarily one point in physical size, especially on a screen, an "in" is not necessarily one inch in size, and so forth. Even a "px" is no longer necessarily one pixel in size anymore. In CSS, everything is scaled to be consistent with a virtual 96 ppi device viewed at normal reading distance. On screens and pixel-based devices that differ significantly from 96 ppi or which aren't read from normal reading distance, the px unit will be scaled by some factor, and all other units maintain the same relationships to it accordingly - that is, an in unit will still be 96 px units, and a pt unit will still be 1/72 of the in unit.
In print, a point was traditionally somewhere from around 1/67 of an inch to 1/72.5 of an inch.
In digital mediums, it has become a de-facto standard for a point to be exactly 1/72 of an inch nowadays, though there are still alternative measurements in less common use which vary slightly from 1/72, but not by much.
In print, you don't usually measure in pixels, because they are a technical detail about the target printer or device that are not an absolute measurement. For instance, a design may be printed at 125 dpi, 300 dpi or at 1200 dpi and still be the same physical dimensions.
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While many high resolution, small screened devices or retina display devices scale up pixel measurements for fonts, the scaling factor is really device specific, and usually specified in terms of the ratio of logical pixel:physical pixel in the view port. It's a mess that exists because a lot of people are still specifying sizes in pixel while they should be specifying in device independent units like em.
That's not true at all. Firstly, unlike absolute units like px, pt, in, etc, em is a relative unit, relative to the size of your font. For many uses it's simply not appropriate. And if your font size is specified in an absolute unit, then em will be related to an absolute unit anyway. It's not a "mess" that absolute units should be scaled on devices with non-standard viewing distances or vastly differing ppi, it's the standard.
– thomasrutter
uhm... a px is not an absolute unit.. in fact it's not a unit at all. A pixel changes size based upon the device. The entire notion of a px being a relative size compared to a pt is nonsense, including your "source" link.
@Scott, you are confusing a pixel, and the px unit in CSS. What you are saying is true of a pixel, but not of a px unit, which are different. A px unit in CSS is an absolute length unit equal to 1/96 of an in unit and 0.75 of a pt unit.
A point is a typographic measure, that means it is a physical measure of length, like miles, inches, meters or an astronomical unit. Historically, the length of a point varied from different locales and cultures, but with the rise of desktop publishing and internationalisation the following convention has established:
In the late 1980s to the 1990s, the traditional point was supplanted by the desktop publishing point (also called the PostScript point), which was defined as 72 points to the inch (1 point = 1⁄72 inches = 25.4⁄72 mm = 0.3527 mm).
A pixel is the smallest unit of digital image data. That is the same to say a pixel is without actual physical size. Pixels are used to display an image on screen or print it, converting the image information in pixels to physical representation. Screens have their pixel density measured in ppi (pixels per inch), whereas printed images are measured by dpi (dots per inch) - for both the same amount of image pixels may result in hugely variable physical sizes, e.g., a 100 X 100 pixel image will be huge displayed on a outdoor advertising screen, or tiny when printed on paper at 300 dpi.
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Device proliferation complicates the terms
Generally, the preceding answers are accurate in terms of distinguishing between print and digital. However, new devices have introduced further complexity.
Apple has been in the habit of using "point" to more efficiently refer to "reference pixels". From Apple's iOS Developer Library:
Points Versus Pixels
In iOS there is a distinction between the coordinates you specify in your drawing code and the pixels of the underlying device. When using native drawing technologies such as Quartz, UIKit, and Core Animation, the drawing coordinate space and the view's coordinate space are both logical coordinate spaces, with distances measured in points. These logical coordinate systems are decoupled from the device coordinate space used by the system frameworks to manage the pixels onscreen.
The system automatically maps points in the view's coordinate space to pixels in the device coordinate space, but this mapping is not always one-to-one. This behavior leads to an important fact that you should always remember:
One point does not necessarily correspond to one physical pixel.
Either term indicates a value that differs from the actual device pixel density: Apple crams four pixels into a point to effectively increase the sharpness of the image. On other devices (like some from HTC) that density is even greater, as high as six pixels per point -- higher than print!
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Mickey Blue Eyes is a 1999 an Anglo-American romantic comedy crime film directed by Kelly Makin. Hugh Grant stars as Michael Felgate, an English auctioneer living in New York City who becomes entangled in his soon-to-be father-in-law's mafia connections. Several of the minor roles are played by actors later featured in The Sopranos.


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Unnamed (east head of Getmuna Creek)
Au; Zn
Ag; Cd; Sb; W
unspecified sulfide minerals
axinite; quartz
This occurrence is located at the toe of an east-west-trending ridge east of the head of Getmuna Creek. It is at an elevation of about 2,600 feet, about 0.5 mile west of hill 3515, in the SW 1/4 sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 51 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
This occurrence consists of axinite-quartz-sulfide veins in dacite tuff of the Horn Mountains volcanic field (Bundtzen and others, 1998). The veins are 2 to 4 inches thick, strike N25-40W, dip vertically, and can be traced along strike for about 65 feet before disappearing under talus. One grab sample of mineralization contained 54 parts per billion (ppb) gold, 1,300 ppb silver, 1,179 parts per million (ppm) zinc, 3.0 ppm cadmium, and 22 ppm antimony (Bundtzen and others, 1998).
The occurrence is in an area marked by anomalous stream sediment and panned concentrate sample sites (Gray and others, 1994; Theodorakos and others, 1992). Stream sediment samples from this area contained up to 26 ppb gold, 950 ppb silver, 290 ppm arsenic, 57 ppm antimony, 4.0 ppm mercury, 6.4 ppm bismuth, and 0.6 ppm tellurium. Panned concentrate samples contained up to 30 ppm gold, 5 ppm silver, 1,500 ppm bismuth, 500 ppm lead, 200 ppm antimony, 1,000 ppm tungsten, 1,000 ppm boron. Panned concentrates also contained up to 1.0 percent scheelite.
Undated; may be related to the nearby Horn Mountain pluton which has been dated at 68-69 Ma (Bundtzen and others, 1998)
Alteration of deposit
Development of axinite-quartz greisen.
Surface sampling was conducted by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1990 (Bundtzen and others, 1998).
Gray J.E., Theodorakos, P.M., Bradley, L.A., and Bullock, J.H., 1994, Favorable areas for metallic mineral resources in and near the Horn Mountains, Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2068, p. 79-90.
Theodorakos, P.M., Borden, J.C., Bullock, J.H. Jr., Gray, J.E., and Hageman, P.L., 1992, Analytical data and sample locality map of stream sediment and heavy mineral concentrate samples collected from the Horn Mountains area, Sleetmute quadrangle, southwest Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-708-A, 36 p., one sheet, scale 1:250,000.


MINSK, 13 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian embassy views development of ties with regions and cities of France among the Belarusian-French cooperation priorities, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France Pavel Latushko said as he spoke at the first meeting of the Belarusian-French commission on economic cooperation on 13 February, BelTA has learned.
The diplomat stressed the importance of presenting Belarusian and French cooperation opportunities in regions. In his words, the 1st Belarus-France Business Forum which was attended by nearly 50 French businessmen from 30 cities of France proves the efficiency of such work.
"Strong interest from the French regional business in our country is also a result of 18 presentations held by the Belarusian embassy in France over the past two years," Pavel Latushko noted. Presentations telling about the opportunities of trade, economic and investment cooperation were held in many French cities. They were visited by more than 450 French businessmen.
"The next important area in interregional cooperation in the establishment of twin-town and partner relations between the regions of Belarus and France. Belarus has a rich experience in interregional cooperation with the neighboring countries, and we are confident that it can be useful for the Belarusian-French relations," the Ambassador said. The diplomat cited as a good example the 35-year-long fruitful cooperation between Belarus' Gomel and France's Clermont-Ferrand as well as the contacts between two cities of Brest established in 2013-2014. Bobruisk and Seynod have been developing relations as well. "We hope for the restoration of cooperation between Minsk and Lyon, Grodno and Limoges. The signing of the agreement between the Partizansky District of Minsk and Tourcoing is among the nearest future plans," the diplomat said.
In his words, another important area in regional cooperation is the participation in regional exhibitions and intensification of activity among public associations. In 2014 the two parties set up the French-Belarusian Business Club and opened its representative office in Minsk. It is possible that the club will be later transformed into the Belarusian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
In 2014 the Belarus-South-Pyrenees Association was set up in Toulouse, which started its activity with the presentation of the Belarusian economy. The presentation was attended by 26 companies from the South-Pyrenees region. The France-Belarus Association in Nord-Pas-de-Calais has been actively assisting the bilateral economic contacts.
According to the diplomat, honorary consulates play an important role in promoting interregional contacts. In 2014 the French Honorary Consulate was opened in Brest. Belarus is interested in establishing its honorary consulates in big cities of France such as Lyon and Toulouse.


So often we issue a series of rules and regulations to even our very young children.
Children need to understand the boundaries of the home to successfully operate within the rules. It's not important, actually, that they simply don't jump on the couch or listen the first time. It's important that they understand the concept of being respectful and that both of those behaviors run afoul of that.
Likewise, if the child or teenager can understand the principle of operating with gratitude we don't need to have several rules about nagging, whining, or leaving our toys scattered about the house. We simply need to focus on the concept of gratitude and how all of those behaviors are contradictory.
With a clearly defined container, everyone in the family can view expectations through a wider lens and learn to weigh their decisions and actions against the potential natural consequences of the way they interact with the family and their environment. When children truly understand what is expected of them, parents are relieved from the fatiguing practice of constant dialog over the rules.
The beauty of the container, is that as the child grows, the bounds of the container grow with the child and can easily be applied to more mature arenas such as technology, driving, dating relationships and entrance into young adulthood.
When children have clearly defined rules, boundaries and expectations, they feel safer to engage in the natural and developmentally appropriate boundary testing behavior that is essential in the struggle to grow up.


The very best thing you can do is educate yourself as much as possible. Do NOT take advice from people that may or may not be qualified to give you that type of guidance or advice. ALWAYS know you are getting credible information from a trusted source. There is sooooooo much inaccurate information being passed around, so we thought we would try and present some of the facts we know to be true that has seemed to cause an abundance of confusion.
I have told this story before, but not on the blog. When I had ZERO pig knowledge and ran out to buy a pig because I was selfish and didn't think it would be hard to care for a pig, I noticed these "holes" in my pigs legs. I IMMEDIATELY called my vet who was out of town, so a partner saw my pig. She agreed, it looked bad, possibly a parasite, a flesh eating bacteria, but felt confident in prescribing me an antibiotic and some antibiotic cream for these "abscesses". Needless to say, when my vet arrived back to the office and saw my pig was seen, he was kind enough to fill me in that they weren't "holes", not parasites, no flesh eating bacteria, but instead scent glands. That was definitely an expensive lesson to find out they were a normal part of the anatomy. Click here to learn more about scent glands.
In a pigs natural environment, they are able to forage around for food, pee in a stream and build a nest of sticks and leaves and can survive a long time doing this. We cannot expect an animal with naturally wild instincts to be good and act the way WE want them too ALL the time. It isn't going to happen. We can't make our pigs smaller, so we have to build bigger indoor enclosures, buy new fashionable pig clothes, bigger water and food bowls, reinforce weak or damaged fencing. Why you ask? Because you have committed to this pig for potentially 20+ years and as your pig grows, you will have to modify everything to make sure your pig is safe and secure.
Yes, pigs DO shed. Pigs are NOT hypoallergenic as some may say and people CAN be allergic to their pig. It isn't common, but it does happen.
We have a blog as well as a page dedicated to pig halitosis. Some pigs have HORRIBLE breath while others simply isn't that bad. There are a variety of things that could be going on, but based on my experience, this pocket of goop is what has caused the foul breath. Click here to read more about tusk care/dental care in pigs.
Yes, female pigs also get tusks. Most female pigs do NOT have big giant tusks like the males do, however, there are always exceptions. There are a lot of people who have no idea which is why we are adding it here.
Pigs NEED outside time. Pigs who are exclusively kept indoors can suffer from Vitamin D deficiencies and boredom. Bored pigs are often destructive pigs. Click here to read more about enrichment for your pig.
Pigs and dogs are natural enemies. I do not care how sweet your dog is, honestly, size isn't of significant importance when a piglet goes into a home with a dog. We see people posting daily on social media that their pig was attacked by the family dog. We warn as many people as possible. It doesn't matter if you are standing right there with them, it can and does happen all the time. 5 seconds is all it takes for your dog to get his/her powerful jaw around a pig's neck and your pig could die as a result. Please do not leave the two unattended. Click here to read more about the dangers.
Not every pig roots and causes complete destruction in the yard, but some do. If a perfect yard is in your plans, you will need to set aside an area for your pig with secure fencing (because the grass is always greener on the other side) to keep your pig contained to that particular area. Pigs have a great sense of smell, on top of that, they are extremely curious and like to dig around to find buried treasures that may be hidden in the soil. When pigs are not given the opportunity to go outside and root and play, they can often become destructive IN the house. A fenced in yard is a must for a pig parent. This is not only to keep your pig in your yard, but also to keep predators out. Click here if you need some ideas for outside containment. We have pages for indoor pens as well as outdoor houses and fencing.
Having a vet that sees pigs is a step in the right direction, having a vet that specializes in pigs is like hitting the lottery. There aren't many out there. It is super important to have a vet lined up, that's knowledgable about pigs, before your pig gets sick or injured. There isn't a worse feeling than knowing your pig needs to be treated, but you cannot find a vet to help. We have a list of vets that have been confirmed over the last couple of years who have said they will see pigs. Not all specialize in pigs and some are limited in what they can provide, so you will need to call and find out what their particular policies are with regards to pigs as patients. You can click here to view our vet map. We also have a general health form that you can download (click here to go to the general health page) and use should your pig become ill to help you with details you might not think is relevant, but your vet will be grateful to have. Aside from sickness or injury, a vet may be needed for vaccinations, general questions about your pig or routine care like hoof or tusk trims. Always have a back up plan, matter of fact, have back up plans for back up plans.
Piglets tend to do "ok" with stairs, but...as your pig grows older and wiser and bigger and heavier, they tend to have issues with stairs/steps. It is best to set your pig up with success by having an alternative solution ready to put into action, such as a ramp. Click here for our page that discusses this.
We preach this day in and day out. ALL pigs grow. The ones that do stay piglet sized (and there is only a handful that I am aware of) will likely never see their 5th birthday sadly enough. Some people are truly ignorant to the fact they're being told to basically starve a pig to stunt the growth while others know exactly what they're doing. Nonetheless, we wanted to make sure everyone knew there are no "teacup", "micro", "micro mini", "nano", "pocket sized", "apartment", "pygmy", "dandie" or any other made up misleading descriptive term to elude to one person over another having "smaller" pigs. Click here to see our page regarding this MYTH.
Checking the rules/laws/ordinances regarding pigs, in the area you live, can save a lot of heartache. Not all cities welcome pigs with open arms. Much like everyone who does add a pig to the family, it takes time to learn about them. Most people have never even seen a pig in person, much less thought about a pig as a companion pet. There has been a lot of success with people have ordinances amended to allow potbellied pigs to reside within city limits, but those people have worked hard to make that happen. We put together a packet of information to help guide you on that journey if you choose to tackle that. I have found that most cities are willing to listen to the information and typically have some follow up questions, but in a lot of those cases, the decision to allow pigs was the outcome. YOU will need to do some work to make your case and show your city/town/county why you feel pigs should be allowed. Click here to view our page and packet of information that can be useful to you if you are fighting to keep your pig or you want to establish or change an outdated ordinance.
Naturally we will add more to this page as the day goes on and time permits....What do you feel needs clarification? Send us an email at minipiginfo@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook page. We are certainly open to suggestions, but wanted to present these "truths" in a creative way.


Eight years ago, at the height of a media crisis centered on a controversial decision by the Supreme Court, President Scott Spencer stepped in to restructure the American judicial system. "We need freedom from unelected lawyers writing the law of the land," he declared.
Despite Pennsylvania Senator A. C. McFerren's hard-fought battle to preserve the balanced separation of powers, Congress ratified a Constitutional amendment to make the Supreme Court secondary, not equal, to Congress and the president. The next summer, to settle fears about instability in the new two-branch federal government, President Spencer suspended elections for offices in the executive branch, including his own. He extended his term "until the job was finished." The less-than-Supreme Court lacked the authority to overturn his executive order.
A year later, an ornery congressional representative referenced "secession" in a speech, causing a frenzy. The media fed the panic until President Spencer issued a directive that adjourned the state legislatures sine die, pending the president's personal instruction for them to reconvene. He promised "to preserve the Union" and provisionally absorbed most of the state governments' power. The president's influence once again overshadowed A. C. McFerren's constitutional defense when Congress made permanent the adjournment of the state governments with another amendment. Two years ago, the president's lawyers made the case before the demoted Supreme Court that, based on the wording of the amendment and the established precedent of the state legislatures' official dissolution, the president was authorized to permanently adjourn the American Congress.
One man now leads the nation single-handedly and single-mindedly.
It's the tale of a senator committed to bring America back to a constitutional democracy, run by the people, with a functioning balance of powers. The main characters are his wife and children, and they are lovingly depicted in their complexity as they head up the revolution to unseat President Spencer.
A dystopian YA thriller always has the problem of convincing the reader that the back story is true. Suspending unbelief and sliding into this world is not easy. But observing it from the outside is quite entertaining. The world-building is good. But it's occasionally lacking in plausibility.
It's done so often these days. But Kelley pulls it off. I throughly enjoyed the tale. However, spiritually it's really not there. But it's not evil, just clean.
The characters make this story. The familial relationships are complex and intriguing. Well, maybe they're intriguing because I've never really seen or met a functional family.
Kelley gave me a copy to review with no restrictions. I'm glad she did. This is a well-done story.


The area was inhabited since 7600 B.C. by primitive men, and in the nearest antiquity it was inhabited by the tribe pre-Inca the Collaguas, and then conquered by the Inca Mayta Capac who ordered to found the first city, giving it the name towards 1300 B.C.
Garcí Manuel de Carbajal, Spaniard conqueror, was the founder of the Spanish city of Arequipa in August 15th, 1540 with the name of "Villa Hermosa de Arequipa". During the colonial time it was favored to be an intermediate point of the caravans that transported the immense shipments of silver of the rich mines of Potosi (Bolivia) towards Quilca, port in which was sent aboard for Callao and Spain.
Arequipa is the capital of the department of Arequipa, furrowed by the river Chili and it is located in the slopes of the Misti Volcano, 5,822 meters above sea level (19,101 feet), and very near to the volcanoes Chachani 6,075 meters above sea level (19,931 feet), and the Pichu Picchu 5,425 meters above sea level (17,798 feet).
Also known as the "Ciudad Blanca" (White City) for the numerous and magnificent constructions of temples, convents, colonial houses and palaces with white ashlar sculpted as filigree. It also possesses an excellent climate with almost 300 days of sun a year, with transparent blue sky.
Arequipa also offers an exquisite cuisine, beautiful landscapes of countryside, majestic volcanoes, the Colca Valley, challenges and adventures in Colca Canyon, protected natural areas, and the heat of friendly people willing to make the tourist enjoy their visit to Arequipa.
Arequipa is the second larger city of the country and the most important of the south of Peru, constitutes the main pole of economic development due to their multiple resources and to their irrigation projects that favor mainly to the agriculture and the cattle raising; industry of milk products and leathers. It has a modern hotel infrastructure.
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa: Cultural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Arequipa conserves one of the best architectural treasures in the colonial time of Peru, expressed maybe in the best way in its temples and religious convents and beautiful elegant large-houses in colonial-mestizo architecture. The ornamented architecture in the historic centre of Arequipa represents a masterpiece of the creative integration of European and native characteristics, crucial for the cultural expression of the entire region.
Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Siena: It is one of the most fascinating colonial religious building in Peru. A paradise for photographers. Santa Catalina was built in Arequipa, the city that was founded in 1540 in a place specially chosen for its natural beauty and good climate, and with a unique construction material: sillar, a porous stone from volcanic lava used to built a nice city with our own architectural designs, with spaces and proportions of great esthetic value, and also to have carvings on imposing fronts with fine decorative details, making of Arequipa a colonial center of marked identity, within the main urban centers of the continent. Its architectonic style is mainly colonial, but of a mestizo nature. Different from other colonial heritages in this part of Latin America, in Santa Catalina specially, the fusion of Spanish and native elements can be observed to the point of generating it own creativity.
Museums of Arequipa: Museo de Arte Virreinal Santa Teresa (Virreinal Art Museum), Museo Arqueológico de la Universidad Católica de Santa María (Archaeological Museum of the Santa Maria Catholic University), Archaeological Museum of the National University of San Agustín, Santury Museum - the icy Inca mummies, the Ampato Girl, Municipal City Museum.
Around Arequipa: Towns of beautiful landscapes and some with beautiful churches and colonial monuments, large-houses, with magnificent view of the countryside, and towns with medicinal watering places of spring water. Recommended visit to Mirador Carmen del Alto, Yanahuara, Sachaca, Tingo, Mansion del Fundador, Sabandia Mill and Paucarpata.
The Countryside: (La Campiña) The agricultural area of the periphery of the city is embodied in beautiful picturesque landscapes, in which numerous towns are located described in "Areas around the City." It is as a great chessboard in different degrees of green and with the Incan system of sowing in "andenerías". The countryside of Arequipa has been a inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists and poets.
The Colca Valley: Its the most popular excursion from Arequipa. Valley, formed by the Colca river in which side banks exists a great beauty scene, hot springs, and enormous cultural attractiveness where you will have an encounter with the descendants of the Collaguas. Special place to appreciate a Living Culture.
Protected Natural Areas: Natural wonders of Arequipa - National Reserve Salinas and Aguada Blanca for the protection of high mountain species - in route to Colca Valley. The National Sanctuary of Mejia Lagoons area protected for migratory birds.
Cotahuasi Valley and Canyon (Scenic Reserve of the Cotahuasi Sub-basin): 375 Km ( 233 miles) northwest of Arequipa (9 hours by car / 12 hours by public bus). Different altitudinal tiers have created the conditions for a large biological diversity with high indices of endemism in both the flora and fauna. The Cotahuasi Canyon includes twelve life zones and three ecological regions. It is considered the deepest in Peru 3,535 m. (11.598 feet).
Arequipa: Quechua Language = Ari quepay - Yes, stay.


Opinion|You'll Never Be Famous — And That's O.K.
You'll Never Be Famous — And That's O.K.
Today's college students desperately want to change the world, but too many think that living a meaningful life requires doing something extraordinary and attention-grabbing like becoming an Instagram celebrity, starting a wildly successful company or ending a humanitarian crisis.
Having idealistic aspirations is, of course, part of being young. But thanks to social media, purpose and meaning have become conflated with glamour: Extraordinary lives look like the norm on the internet. Yet the idea that a meaningful life must be or appear remarkable is not only elitist but also misguided. Over the past five years, I've interviewed dozens of people across the country about what gives their lives meaning, and I've read through thousands of pages of psychology, philosophy and neuroscience research to understand what truly brings people satisfaction.
The most meaningful lives, I've learned, are often not the extraordinary ones. They're the ordinary ones lived with dignity.
There's perhaps no better expression of that wisdom than George Eliot's "Middlemarch," a book I think every college student should read. At 700-some pages, it requires devotion and discipline, which is kind of the point. Much like a meaningful life, the completion of this book is hard won and requires effort. The heroine of the novel is Dorothea Brooke, a wealthy young gentlewoman in a provincial English town. Dorothea has a passionate temperament and yearns to accomplish some good in the world as a philanthropist. The novel's hero, Tertius Lydgate, is an ambitious young doctor who hopes to make important scientific discoveries. Both hope to lead epic lives.
Both Dorothea and Tertius end up in disastrous marriages — she to the vicar Mr. Casaubon, he to the town beauty Rosamond. Slowly, their dreams wither away. Rosamond, who turns out to be vain and superficial, wants Tertius to pursue a career lucrative enough to support her indulgent tastes, and by the end of the novel, he acquiesces, abandoning his scientific quest to become a doctor to the rich. Though conventionally "successful," he dies at 50 believing himself a failure for not following through on his original life plan.
As for Dorothea, after the Reverend Casaubon dies, she marries her true love, Will Ladislaw. But her larger ambitions go unrealized. At first it seems that she, too, has wasted her potential.
Tertius's tragedy is that he never reconciles himself to his humdrum reality. Dorothea's triumph is that she does.
Most young adults won't achieve the idealistic goals they've set for themselves. They won't become the next Mark Zuckerberg. They won't have obituaries that run in newspapers like this one. But that doesn't mean their lives will lack significance and worth. We all have a circle of people whose lives we can touch and improve — and we can find our meaning in that.
A new and growing body of research within psychology about meaningfulness confirms the wisdom of Eliot's novel — that meaning is found not in success and glamour but in the mundane. One research study showed that adolescents who did household chores felt a stronger sense of purpose. Why? The researchers believe it's because they're contributing to something bigger: their family. Another study found that cheering up a friend was an activity that created meaning in a young adult's life. People who see their occupations as an opportunity to serve their immediate community find more meaning in their work, whether it's an accountant helping his client or a factory worker supporting her family with a paycheck.
As students head to school this year, they should consider this: You don't have to change the world or find your one true purpose to lead a meaningful life. A good life is a life of goodness — and that's something anyone can aspire to, no matter their dreams or circumstances.


It's almost time for my half ironman – the first major test to see how fit (or not) I am.
I'm racing Cholmondeley Castle Triathlon – it's the 4th of Castle Triathlon Series' 5 races and if it's anything like the others I'm expecting a tough, picturesque and amazing challenge.
But am I ready? My answer to this auction is always the same – you are NEVER ready. Not one race has gone past where I've not thought at some stage, 'this is horrible, why am I doing this?!'.
Anyway, it WAS a great holiday and I didn't mention in the video that I also hired a bike and went on a couple of very windy but fun rides.
Fingers crossed I can have an injury free, confidence-building race in Cholmondeley!