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Drawing this morning when a voice spoke to me. As I rubbed the eraser across an unneeded line the voice spoke, "It is the same in life". I continued with my sketch thinking about this comment. The same in life? I thought. Erasing? The voice said "yes", "the letting go of the unneeded elements". "As you move through life you pick up many things along the way from relationships and habits to material objects" "Each thing connects to your life" the voice said. "Similar to your drawing you need these things to anchor the next line, the next step, into the next stage of your development and experience".
Of course I thought! Not only do the removal of lines reveal the intended beauty or subject, they also bring clarity, even discovery! Little thought is paid and there is even an excitement while drawing and removing stray lines to see your vision. So should it be with life. As we gather things along the way we should understand their impermanence, not in a disrespectful, selfish, or consuming way but in reverence and appreciation knowing that each piece is helping to create the whole. The issue is with attachment and the abilty to let go, welcoming change, clearer vision, and a deeper understanding of who this person is that you have the pleasure of being. Letting these lines go and clearing the page of life of all the unnecessary fragments and clutter allows for clarity.
I then thought, what lines, what fragments of my life should be let go of? How do I know? The voice said "Step back". Step Back? Ive heard that before, my art instructor use to tell me that a lot! "Eddie step back from your work!" "your getting too focused on that one area".
How do I step back from a life I'm in was the next obvious question. "You do it all the time Eddie" said the now seemingly resident voice in my head. "You use to be really good at it when you were a young man!" it continued.
Just as making it a point to step back from your work allows clearer vision and perspective so does making time to meditate and be thankful for the many wonderful things and moments in your life. With consistent practice your vision becomes clearer, the mind more still and a sense of knowing is unveiled.
Maybe it's not stepping back so much as its stepping in, in regards to life. The important thing is to not carry it all, to allow the beauty that is your life to radiate unmuted.


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My name is Aminet Mary Adenugba and I am a victim of human trafficking.
I was born into a Muslim family on November 20th 1970. My dad was a bus driver and my mum was a street trader. I had two brothers and two sisters and I was the oldest. We lived in Lagos. I went to the local school where there were both Muslims and Christians. All my friends were Christians and in my teens I decided to convert to Christianity. My dad, who had always been hostile to me from birth, was very angry but my mum protected me and tried to keep me safe. He and my brothers started to threaten me and I was forced to leave.
I went to live in a small flat and worked as a hairdresser. Then I met a man and found that I was pregnant. My father was furious; he said that I had brought shame on the family, but again my mother helped me. I gave birth to my baby daughter on June 22nd 1998.
One day, when my daughter was about three and half years old, I went to a wedding while my mother looked after her. While I was at the wedding, there was an explosion in Lagos in which my mum and sisters were killed. My little girl was never found. My father accused me of witchcraft and said I had brought this misfortune on the family. He said that I must die. I had to go into hiding.
A local church tried to help me but I was in a bad way: destitute, homeless, no job or money and my beloved mother dead and little girl gone. I tried to commit suicide. When I came out of hospital, the pastor introduced me to a local black man, Uncle Kay. He was a respected member of the church. He said he would help to take me somewhere I would be safe. He gave me a new name and date of birth, and brought me to the UK.
In London I was forced to work as a prostitute. If there were no men to be serviced, I was made to work in a hair salon. I kept escaping but kept getting caught again. Uncle Kay shouted and starved me. Then he brought me to Manchester and gave me to Uncle Philip, a white English man. Once again I was imprisoned and forced to work as a prostitute or used to clean offices or houses or work as a hairdresser. I was a slave.
Late one night, when we were out, Uncle Philip and I were approached by the police and I was taken to the police station. I was very scared and confused and harmed myself. I was too frightened to tell them about the trafficking. The police released me after telling me to claim asylum at Dallas Court, but I didn't understand what that meant. I was frightened that Uncle Philip would find me. After leaving the police station, I met some people who took me in but they started exploiting me. This happened several times because I was destitute and very vulnerable. It went on for three years.
Then I met some people at RAPAR who helped me to help myself. They found me a safe place to live, put me in touch with the Poppy Project and assisted me in writing my story.
Mary is still in the process of trying to ensure her own safety by securing asylum in the UK, where her friends are and where she has the support network and medical care that she needs, and by avoiding deportation back to Nigeria - where she would not have these things and where, as somebody who is still very vulnerable, she is likely to be targeted by traffickers again.
Mary specifically needs these letters so that they can be submitted as supporting evidence towards her claim for asylum. Letters can be as long or short as you wish; just a clear statement of why you support Mary's right to refuge in the UK. If you know or have met Mary then say so in the letter. Also, please include Mary's Home Office reference number A1354068/2 in the letter. Personal and unique letters would be the most powerful for Mary's case, but an example is available showing key points of Mary's case if desired - click here for Word doc.
If you don't live in Manchester Central you can email your MP asking them to send a letter to Lucy Powell in support of Mary's case and any help that Lucy Powell is able to give. A template letter/email for that is available here, and MP's contact details can be found here.
And to MPs - model MP letter here.
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Mary joined her fellow choir members to sing in the historic Victoria Baths in Rusholme, Manchester. The choir sang 'Shona Malanga' in her honour.
Mary and Manjeet feature in the film by Disability Murals, 'I'm an asylum seeker, it changes everything', surrounding their participation in the Bristol mural and their struggles in the asylum system.
Manchester Quakers held a vigil for Mary outside the Friend's Meeting House.
RAPAR is holding a public meeting on Friday, March 15th, to highlight the case of Mary Adenugba, who has been in the UK since 2004 and survived years of abuse and exploitation by traffickers before she finally escaped.
Mary, who is from Nigeria, was enslaved in the UK and forced to work as a prostitute in London and Manchester. She is now in the process of seeking asylum and is appealing against the UK Border Agency's decision to refuse her case.
Astonishingly, this decision was made despite the fact that the UKBA has accepted that Mary was trafficked. Her story has also been confirmed by the Eaves' Poppy Project, which specialises in support, advocacy and housing for women who have been trafficked.
As well as focussing on Mary's campaign, the public meeting will look at the wider issue of people trafficked to the UK, often by large networks of organised crime. The meeting comes in the week when a major study entitled "It Happens Here" was published by the Centre for Social Justice.
It adds that the response by Government ministers to trafficking, both into and within the UK, has been "clueless" and demands better education for police officers and social workers to help them identify people who have been trafficked and offer them the necessary support.
Often, people who have been trafficked are prosecuted for immigration offences instead of being given the help they require. RAPAR'S own experience of Greater Manchester Police's response to trafficking complaints reflects the concerns expressed in the report.
Dr Rhetta Moran, of RAPAR, said: "Mary has shown great courage in speaking about what has happened to her. Many people who have been trafficked are too afraid to seek help.
Mary has no contact with her remaining family in Nigeria who victimised her for becoming a Christian. If she was forced to return, she would have no access to support or medical services and she is likely to be targeted by traffickers again.
Friends and supporters include the Rev Jane Barraclough, minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, where Mary is a member of the congregation, the community branch of the union Unite, and Manchester Community Choir.
Figures show around 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year for sexual exploitation, begging and forced labour. Nigeria has a major problem with human trafficking, both internal and across international borders, including Europe.
Language barriers, fear of their captors, and the frequency with which they are moved around make it difficult to track down people who have been trafficked - and also the perpetrators of this extreme form of exploitation.
Mary's appeal hearing will be held on Friday, 10th May, 10 am at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Offices in Moseley Street, Manchester.
For updates on Mary's campaign check this page.
Mary's asylum tribunal has been set for Monday 14th January. A strong presence of supporters in the court would be very helpful - we will update nearer the time with details. In the meantime the call for letters of support is ongoing - see post just below. Many thanks to those who have sent letters - Mary's solicitor has specifically asked for these to submit as part of Mary's case so the more the better!
Disappointingly - and arguably contrary to the recommendations of the EU Protocol Against the Trafficking of People - Mary's asylum claim to remain safely in the UK has been refused again. However, she is appealing and something that supporters can do to help is send letters of support to be submitted as part of her appeal. Letters can be as long or short as you wish; just a clear statement of why you support Mary's right to refuge in the UK. If you know or have met Mary then say so in the letter. Also, please include Mary's Home Office reference number A1354068/2 in the letter, as well as your name and address, and your signature at the bottom. Personal and unique letters would be the most powerful for Mary's case, but an example is available showing key points of Mary's case if desired - click here for Word document.
04/09/12 - Mary's claim for Judicial Review was accepted in August.
The judge stated that the UKBA had not dealt with the central issue of trafficking. In response, the UKBA have requested to look at Mary's case again. Mary has a well-founded fear that if she is returned to Nigeria, she will be targeted by traffickers again. The EU protocol on trafficking also strongly states that trafficked people ought always to be considered victims, and are in need of considerable support. If Mary is returned to Nigeria, she WILL NOT receive this support. Sign the petition here or email the Home Secretary Theresa May: mayt@parliament.uk. Lucy Powell MP: contact@lucypowell.org.uk and/or the Immigration Minister Damian Green: damian.green.mp@parliament.uk. You can download a model letter here.
"Thank you for your continued support and solidarity. I can't thank you enough. -- Mary"
A BIG thank you to everyone who attended the launch, to Cross Street Chapel for allowing us to use their venue and to The Manchester Community Choir for their brilliant performance. Here are photos from the launch.
Mary and fellow RAPAR member, Manjeet Kaur, took part in Bristol's Disability Murals at the Bear Pit.
More information about Disability Murals can be found here.


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Music Around The World
Hailed as one of the best actors, entertainers and arrangers of string-hypercharged interpretations of big band gems and symphonic standards, the music of Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) is usually not assimilable with the Exotica genre, even though his 1966 album on Columbia Records called Music Around The World offers one of the most convincing themes to put it in close proximity to Exotica climes. It is unsurprisingly a travelog album, with Gleason and his orchestra traveling all around the globe in eleven tracks. Depending on the background and geographic location of each listener, a few of the destinations are not particularly exotic, but the assorted variety is delightful, since Far Eastern lands and Polynesian isles are as prominently featured as the Mediterranean Sea and multitudinous countries of Old Europe.
The album's subtitle For Lovers Only, however, is a first hint of the things to come. Instead of assorted percussion aortas and cavalcades of foreign instruments, Gleason adamantly sets limits and relies on six basic ingredients only: a kaleidoscope of strings, a pair of brass instruments, classic percussion devices, a piano, a vibraphone and an accordion. There is anything else on board, no flutes, bongos or other mallet instruments. The magic of the travelog concept is thus strictly reduced, true, but these self-imposed limits turn into strengths otherwise. The mood is exclusively nightly and mellifluous without ever sounding all too kitschy. Once the translucent sinews of the strings are imposed on the listener, he or she falls prey to the magic. They sound so verdured, mauve-colored, saturated and warped that the comparably small amount of instruments does not distract from the sequential overtones but rather boosts their meaning and power all the better. The aesthetic price one has to pay is a strictly streamlined physiognomy, also known as the adage "if you know one song, you know them all." Why this is for once not as devastating or bland as it may seem via the pixels of your reading device will be further carved out below.
The first (interim) destination Jackie Gleason and his orchestra plan for their trip is strikingly exotic, at least that is how it was back in the 60's: Frank Loesser's On A Slow Boat To China kicks off the LP, but as this is a Jackie Gleason record and he is not particularly known for true-bred Exotica works, there is not one archetypically Chinese tone on board the ship. What the listener gets dished up instead is a gallimaufry of thickly wadded Space-Age strings that are neither too warped nor too insipid. The lead melody is played on a trumpet, with the occasional appearance of an accordion; both devices create a soothingly nocturnal take that is further boosted by cautious vibraphone tones. Cole Porter's I Love Paris follows where piano sprinkles and saxophone aortas firmly replace the omission of the mandatory accordion. Vraiment mesdames et messieurs, a French tune without this device is hardly thinkable on an Easy Listening album, especially so since it just appeared seconds ago in the opener, but Gleason decides to silken Porter's tune, slowing its tempo down and letting the strings speak for themselves. Enchanting.
The next stop is India as envisioned by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Song Of India celebrates the resurrection of the harmonics whose piercing drones form the foundation for plinking tambourines and delicious Space-Age strings. Their besotted glissando finally justifies calling them spacey. Shawm-like trumpets evoke the Orient further, fir-green vibe globs freshen up the thermal ardor. This is surprisingly enough one of Jackie Gleason's most exotic takes due to the interwoven tricks. The following composition On Miami Shore may not be exotic per se for U.S. citizens, but Old Europe longed for Miami and does so to this day. Victor Jacobi's and William Le Baron's ballad is ameliorated by pristine piano prongs, a softly swinging rhythm and a prominent acoustic guitar which is partially outshone by the lead trumpet. Even though this tune seems to offer "more of the same," the string washes are tastefully lilac-colored and the accordion as well as the piano inject mild doses of Jazz.
Jimmy Kennedy's and Raul Ferrão's epic April In Portugal follows, a tune that is often considered even by Exotica quartets. While the strings waft around spheroidal piano helixes, grow to elysian proportions and are in constant dialog with the moonlit brazen trumpet, Al Hoffman's, Charles E. King' and Dick Manning's Exotica gold standard Hawaiian Wedding Song is almost unrecognizable due to the mercilessly streamlined physiognomy. No edges, no jagged splinters, not even Hapa Haole ukuleles find their way into the scenery. Enchantment galore is the credo and finishes side A.
Side B starts with a curious inclusion: Charles Wildman's Swedish Rhapsody (Love Theme From "Madame X") is neither linked to the Exotica genre nor the lofty travelog concept, but fits into the scenery to some extent, as Jackie Gleason grafts another dose of piano scintillae onto the arrangement. Unfortunately, the mood is too heavy and melancholic most of the time, even the shifts into more magical moments does not help it. Too much yearning in the complexion, I'm afraid. Europe is not left yet, for Carroll Coates' London By Night is next and returns to the romantic timbre supercharged with insouciance. The strings are as charming as ever, the lead trumpet keeps a lower profile than usual. By now, one would presume fatigue, but this is not the case. The strings are simply too glowing.
Whereas Norman Gimbel's Canadian Sunset kisses Europe goodbye and is interpreted in the applicably melodramatic way with fiery horns and aqueous-reddish string erections, Ary Barroso sun-dappled anthem Brazil is stripped off its Samba rhythms and transmuted into a night-lit lowtempo mélange of melodious particles and ever-soothing auroras, with the finale Arrivederci, Roma by Pietro Garinei rounding the album off with a dose of Balearic rhythm guitars, iridescent cornucopias and polyphonic accordions next to the well-known string susurration.
I can't help it. Stylistically, it comes down to this: once you know one Jackie Gleason arrangement, you know virtually all of them, regardless of whether you refer to his complete works or one specific album only. In regard to Music Around The World, all songs sound pretty much alike, with the exception of the mildly threnodic twilight tune Swedish Rhapsody. Usually, I would have to pan the album for this standstill. A lead trumpet, wraithlike strings and twinkling piano notes are the main ingredients of all tunes, with the occasional vibraphone droplets and accordion hues carefully augmenting the circumambience. The reason which prevents me – and probably a few other listeners as well – from neglecting Jackie Gleason's Music Around The World is the wondrously enthralling atmosphere. This is one of those romantic kitsch albums that does indeed work and is much less chintzy than the overarching theme may suggest.
That this album is a travelog is only of partial interest, as it fails in this regard: there are no guiros or caixhas in Brazil, no accordion in I Love Paris (off all the tunes!), no ukulele woven into Hawaiian Wedding Song, all these songs become a blur if you do not dedicate your whole attention to every moment; play ten seconds of a song of your choice, and it is hard to pinpoint which one it is. That being said, Gleason's orchestra does the coherence justice. Here comes one of the rare cases where I simply do not mind the omnipresent similarities, as the pool of textures is so downright soothing. The trumpet or saxophone is often too loud and vigorous, true, but the complete track list creates a fluxion of positive darkness, a moon-lit void of romance. Exotica fans will miss a lot of important ingredients, but Space-Age fans and those listeners who are fed up with the flood of related love motifs are in for a surprise. The strings make all the difference, and they are twirling and swooshing perfectly. The album has not yet been digitized or remastered, but will appear in digital music stores eventually. It simply has to. Music Around The World fails as a travelog, as every location offers exactly the same amount and style of instruments, but its hymnic strings do rectify the situation. A hidden gemstone.
Exotica Review 286: Jackie Gleason – Music Around The World (1966). Originally published on Nov. 30, 2013 at AmbientExotica.com.

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Poll: Occupy Wall Street Preferred Over Tea Party
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Protesters hold signs during march organized by Occupy Boston, in connection with the Occupy Wall Street protest, in front of the Statehouse, Boston, Massachusetts. (Source: AP)Protesters hold signs during march organized by Occupy Boston, in connection with the Occupy Wall Street protest, in front of the Statehouse, Boston, Massachusetts. (Source: AP)
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – The allure of the Tea Party was all the rage during the 2010 midterm election, but it's time may have passed with the Occupy Wall Street movement gaining momentum.
According to the Time poll, 33 percent of those surveyed had a somewhat, or very, unfavorable view of the Tea Party.
The poll also found that a plurality of those surveyed said the Tea Party has had a negative impact on American politics.
Conversely, 54 percent of those surveyed had a somewhat or very favorable view of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement. Just 23 percent of those surveyed viewed the movement unfavorably.
Eighty-six percent said Wall Street and its lobbyists have too much influence in Washington and 79 percent said the gap between rich and poor in the United States has grown too large.
The poll reported that nearly 2/3 of those surveyed said the best way to reduce the federal budget deficit is to cut federal spending and raise taxes.
Republicans and Tea Party members have flatly refused to raise taxes on anyone to help pay down the debt.
But, that position is growing increasingly perilous heading into the 2012 election. Seventy-three percent of those surveyed by Time said they favor raising taxes on people with annual incomes of a million dollars or more.
In addition, 74 percent said that raising taxes on people earning a million dollars or more would not hurt the economic recovery.


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La funzione di acidità di Hammett (H0) è una funzione che permette di quantificare la forza di acidi forti e superacidi in soluzioni concentrate e ambienti non acquosi. Fu proposta dal chimico organico fisico Louis Plack Hammett nel 1932. È la funzione di acidità più nota per estendere la scala di pH utile in soluzioni acquose diluite.

Definizione
La definizione si basa sull'utilizzo di una o più basi deboli B che siano soggette ad un equilibrio di protonazione del tipo

B + H+  ⇄  BH+

La funzione di acidità di Hammett viene definita come

In soluzione molto diluita vale

e quindi per soluzioni diluite in acqua H0 diventa equivalente al pH. Hammett usò originariamente come basi B una serie di aniline con gruppi elettroni attrattori. In questo modo poté misurare i valori di H0 di acidi forti partendo da soluzioni diluite fino ad arrivare agli acidi puri.

Un acido è tanto più forte quanto è più negativo il suo valore di H0. Il valore H0 = –12 per l'acido solforico concentrato non va inteso come pH = –12, che implicherebbe la presenza di una concentrazione impossibile di ioni H3O+ pari a 1012 mol/L. Significa invece che l'acido solforico concentrato ha una capacità protonante, valutata dalla sua capacità di protonare basi deboli, corrispondente a ioni H3O+ con una concentrazione fittizia (ideale) di 1012 mol/L. La funzione di Hammett è la più nota funzione di acidità, ma ne sono state sviluppate altre da autori come Arnett, Cox, Katrizky, Yates e Stevens.

Valori tipici
Su questa scala di acidità, i valori H0 per alcuni acidi sono i seguenti:

 acido fosforico: –5
 acido solforico: –11,9
 acido triflico: –13,8
 acido pirosolforico: –15
 acido fluorosolforico: –15
 acido magico (HSO3F + SbF5 14,1 mol%): –26,5
 acido fluoroantimonico (HF + SbF5 0,6 mol%): –31,1

Note

Bibliografia

Acidi
Acido-base

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An action-packed mashing-up of the classical Egyptian pantheon with a heavy military theme.
Late last year I reviewed both Redlaw and Redlaw:Redeye, two books written by James Lovegrove with a vampire inspired urban fantasy theme. But before they were published, James Lovegrove had already written many other books, and his Pantheon series - also published by Solaris - has always been high up in my to-read list. I am a huge fan of deity-inspired books and although there are quite a few on the market I haven't seen any others which place a heavy emphasis on the military aspect.
The Age of Ra starts off with quite the military scene, showing the main protagonist, David, involved in a heated battle and argument. Already from this start on it is noticeable that the universe in which this story takes place is unique and a little out of the ordinary. The tone is really set with everything revolving around the Egyptian pantheons. There is a division among the countries, where some are followers of Osiris, others of Set and again others for Nephthys. The presence of each deity is shown by some "magical" influence, the soldiers still have the basic plain rifles with bullets but each god grants the followers the ability of ba energy that can be utilized in ba lances, or even used in several vehicles; tanks, helicopters, etc.
As you continue reading you soon find out that there is more to the whole Egyptian influence behind the story, with a nice elaboration of the Egyptian gods themselves and the effort they put into eradicating the other pantheons, so as to become sole rulers of the Earth. The one god that overlooks everything is Ra. I found that his intermezzo's, where you see him on his Solar Barque telling the story from how he perceives everything just amazing and definitely added another layer to the book. There is a strong thread from the chapters where you follow Ra and the other gods of the pantheon and the chapter that follow David on Earth. The major influence that I could detect was more like of action / reaction, where the influences of the Egyptians gods were reflected at ground level.
The presence of the human Lightbringer throws off all the gods and is a direct threat to them all. The only place on Earth that is not influenced by the remaining Egyptian gods is called Freegypt, where the Lightbringer resides and where he is building an army to overthrow to sole ruling pantheon. Now I've got to come back a bit to the beginning of the storyline. I already mentioned David and how he was the main protagonist. David, after a hefty confrontation, stumbles on Freegypt and is a bit put off by how they are all non believers in the remaining gods. In picking up his life in Freegypt he does encounter the famous Lightbringer and soon finds out what he has planned and what he truly is. I found this last part greatly integrated and a rather unexpected entry into the book, and on the whole level, with the strong influences of the Egyptian gods AND the way the gods were shown among each other with arguments and fights this made full sense.
James Lovegrove takes a lot of time in explaining and highlighting both the Egyptian pantheon and the human sides, with David and the Lightbringer. His writing style is very to the point but it also produces a certain feeling of completeness where, even though it is short, you do get to know a lot about each character and several of the gods, with nice world building information and backgrounds of each one.
The Age of Ra is just what I have come to appreciate of James Lovegrove and his stories, it simply delivers an action-packed, straight to the point story, mashing-up the classical Egyptian pantheon with a heavy military theme. This combination did produce a slightly weird story but you just have to open to it and just let it guide and you will discover that this is a truly unique and fresh take on fantasy.
Have you read The Age of Ra?


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Next patient, please is the second book written by Indian author Brijeshwar Singh. Published by Rupa Publications India, the book is a collection of 38 stories narrated by the practicing trauma surgeon who is also a theatre activist.

Background
Brijeshwar Singh wrote Next patient, please based on interactions with his patients over a course of four years. Through these stories, the author has tried to capture the essence of human conviction. How patients' lives and attitudes change because of a traumatic event is an integral part of these stories based on the surgeon's conversations with his patients.

Theme
Set in backgrounds ranging from the dusty by-lanes of small town to big-city blues, the stories are mainly themed on how patients are cured by humanism and a human touch as much as they are by surgical procedures and medicines. The stories talk about accidents, genetic defects, hopes and despair, stigmas and social acceptance.

Characters
The stories revolve around a range of characters that include a 102-year-old nawab who served the British Army in pre-independence India and a girl who wouldn't let anything – not even her scarred and broken limbs – break her spirit. There are characters named after popular north Indian snacks such as "samosa" and "pakodi" who add a great sense of positivity to the collection of stories.

Reception

Next patient, please was officially released on 26 March 2022, at New Delhi, India. Theatrist, author and film actor Manav Kaul was the chief guest of the ceremony.

The book also received positive review from senior journalist Saurabh Dwivedi, Hindi author Suman Keshari, Urdu Writer Khalid Jawed.

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Hindi-language literature
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Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia's digital rugby coverage.
OITA -- This Rugby World Cup had long been predicted to be a power game.
On the day when the tournament really began, with the commencement of the knockout phase, that's exactly what transpired. The southern hemisphere blueprint of ball-in-hand attacking rugby, long championed by Australia and particularly Michael Cheika, crashed and burned one last time in the Wallabies coach's tenure.
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It was undone by a brutally physical and fantastically organized England defence that turned up ruck after ruck, scrambled heroically and then stung the Wallabies with ruthless precision when the Australians invited them to do so.
That brought the thousands of England fans, all clad in white, to their feet while Swing Low Sweet Chariot rang out in far greater voice than Waltzing Matilda ever did. The Australians did their best to rally the Wallabies, but they must have known their boys were up against it when England repelled the very first wave of attack, which lasted 18 phases and ended with an England scrum.
Later, on the hour, England's defensive set on their own line was tremendous. The Wallabies threw phase after phase at England in search of a try after a surging run from Isi Naisarani off the back of a scrum had England backpedaling. But when the ball was ripped away and booted downfield more than 10 phases later, and a Will Genia knock-on soon followed, England players threw their fists in the air with delight.
England hadn't yet won the match, which at that stage they led by 11 points, but they had repelled what would prove to be Australia's last real roll of the dice. The winning margin would be 24 points in the end.
This was a defensive performance as good as any from the tournament, the kind of which wins World Cups. England finished the match with an 88 percent tackling efficiency having been asked to make 181 tackles. That was 103 more than Australia, who could only manage an 85 percent return. Incredible.
"Particularly the first 20 minutes we really had to dig in," England coach Eddie Jones said. "They had a lot of possession, 75, 77 percent [it was 64% by the end of the match]and they were attacking well, had field position; it was an important part of the game because we know if they got out a bit there, they're a front-running team.
"So we hung in there, we got a bit of momentum back and took our opportunities well and went into halftime in a good position. But then we made a couple of mistakes after halftime that let them back in the game. But what I was really impressed by [with] the players was their ability to refocus and reset after we had a problem in the game and that's a great development of the team and a great job by Owen [Farrell] as captain."
England's Kyle Sinckler sprints away after a superb pass from Owen Farrell to score his side's third try, which effectively ended Australia's hopes of a comeback. David Rogers/Getty Images
Defensively supreme, England were also ruthless in their attacking execution. Gifted two first-half opportunities by the Wallabies, Jones' side nailed them both through two tries scored by Jonny May.
Then, in the second half, a flat bullet of a pass from Farrell found a bullet train-like recipient -- albeit a more rotund one -- in Kyle Sinckler, the England prop thundering through the Australian defence to run 15 metres to score after shaking off Kurtley Beale.
Knockout rugby is about taking your opportunities and England followed that brief under the roof in Oita perfectly.
It's also about having a Plan B when perhaps the strategy you have been drilling in on the training paddock for weeks, even months, isn't working. Australia, under Cheika, haven't had one for a long time. And they certainly didn't on Saturday evening either.
"That's the way we play footy," a gutted Cheika said of his side's game plan. "I'm not going to go to a kick-and-defend game; maybe call me naive but that's not what we're going to do. I'd rather win our way. That's the way Aussies want us to play."
Sure, some may admire Cheika's desire to play a game that entertains. But it can't always be as successful as it was for Japan last weekend against Scotland, or for Australia against the All Blacks in Perth earlier this year, and it certainly wasn't going to beat England in this huge quarterfinal. Truth be told, it has only worked sparingly for Australia since the last World Cup. They have never really evolved.
Australia could have at the very least come armed with a better exit strategy, indeed any exit strategy at all.
Three Christian Lealiifano penalties had kept them in the game at halftime -- despite it being the widest margin they had faced at the break in their six straight losses to England under Jones -- but each time they went back to field an England restart they bobbled the clearance and brought their opponents straight onto the attack.
There is attacking from your own half, and there is attacking under your own posts, while the game is in its infancy. There were also cross-field chips inside their own 22 or dribbling little box kicks that were neither here nor there; the Wallabies did all that and paid the price repeatedly.
Chasing the game is a different story, but even when the Wallabies attempted that a huge Kurtley Beale cut-out pass was picked off by Anthony Watson for one last celebratory try for England.
It seemed apt. Here was one team desperately sticking to the approach of a failed strategy, and here was the other knowing it was coming and pouncing immediately.
Michael Cheika defended his approach after losing to England in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, but it is expected he will leave his position as head coach after the tournament. Dan Mullan/Getty Images
Due to Typhoon Hagibis last weekend, England's final pool match against France was cancelled. It meant they came into this quarterfinal having had only three pool games, all of which offered no real match preparation for a game of this magnitude, yet they came out in Oita and set about their processes superbly with the knowledge their game plan was as sound as ever.
The Wallabies certainly had their moments, the best of which was a brilliantly-taken try from Marika Koroibete and a superb first start at centre from Jordan Petaia. While David Pocock and Michael Hooper had some success at the breakdown in the first half, the Wallabies pack was largely dominated by an England forward unit that will take some stopping by New Zealand in next week's semifinal.
And they were led superbly by skipper Farrell. As well as his brilliant ball to Sinckler, Farrell made 17 of his team's 181 tackles and, more importantly, nailed all eight of his shots at goal, several of which were from out by the touchline.
The 24-point defeat will without doubt bring down the curtain on Cheika's Wallabies career, though the Australian wouldn't be drawn into announcing his resignation at the post-match press conference.
"I'll be honest, it's a cruel, cruel world when you're asking those question two minutes after we've been knocked out of the World Cup," Cheika said. "And if you'd find it inside you to find a little bit of compassion for people who are hurting, to ask relevant questions, because I tell you, for me, I came here with only one thought in my mind about winning here. And that thought's just disappeared now, not 15, 20 minutes ago."
The Wallabies' loss also brings to a close to the international days of Will Genia, Pocock and Lealiifano, while Rory Arnold is headed off overseas.
But it is nothing but good news for the Australian who sat in the opposite coach's box on Saturday night.
Jones' side was humming in Oita and they will head to Yokohama confident they can do so again. England are playing a power game that rugby's Test cycle has once again found its way to, and only the All Blacks seem capable of rolling with that tide. How apt that the two nations should meet next Saturday.


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Push and pull of information in autonomous information service system
H. F. Ahmad, K. Mori
The Internet is a heterogeneous and rapidly evolving environment. New information services have been added, modified and diversified, while legacy services have been abandoned. Users' requirements for services are changing very quickly. It is becoming very difficult to find the required information services in the Internet from the extremely huge amount of information. It is necessary to design an information service system which can meet user's heterogeneous requirements for services, adaptability of services to cope with ever-changing situations and to reduce access time for the users. Faded information field architecture and push/pull mobile agent technologies have been proposed to achieve these goals. Push-MA for the service provider allocates information into distributed nodes to create a faded information field. Pull-MA autonomously searches appropriate information in these distributed nodes for a user. We propose a technique for balancing SP and the user's point of view for faded information field construction. The purpose is to minimize total traffic due to push and pull of information for a given user's demand distribution.
Proceedings - 2000 International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System
https://doi.org/10.1109/IWADS.2000.880877
International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System - Chengdu, China
Duration: 2000 Sep 21 → 2000 Sep 23
International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System
Mobile agents
Ahmad, H. F., & Mori, K. (2000). Push and pull of information in autonomous information service system. In Proceedings - 2000 International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System (pp. 12-18). [880877] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWADS.2000.880877
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Ahmad, HF & Mori, K 2000, Push and pull of information in autonomous information service system. in Proceedings - 2000 International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System., 880877, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 12-18, International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System, Chengdu, China, 00/9/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWADS.2000.880877
Ahmad HF, Mori K. Push and pull of information in autonomous information service system. In Proceedings - 2000 International Workshop on Autonomous Decentralized System. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2000. p. 12-18. 880877 https://doi.org/10.1109/IWADS.2000.880877
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United's attention will now turn to securing a top-four spot in the Premier League.
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Solskjaer went on to say that his job as manager is a "rebuilding job", saying he will be making "one or two additions" to the side in the summer transfer market.
Alexis Sanchez was brought on in the Nou Camp too late, with Manchester United already 4-0 down on aggregate.
Barca had suffered a humiliating quarter-final exit at AS Roma past year after conceding early goals and Messi urged his team mates to show more concentration in their next European outing, warning that other sides might not be so forgiving.
Accelerating away from Fred, Messi was granted too much space by United defender Chris Smalling on the edge of the area and took full advantage with a superb low shot that flashed past David de Gea in the 16th minute.
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Messi could have had his hat-trick too after Luis Suarez found him with a superb cutback and there was an nearly comical sequence in the second half when the Argentinian played with his United chasers before finally being bundled over by McTominay.
Messi has now scored 24 goals in 32 Champions League games against English opponents, more than any other player in the tournament.
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NEW YORK, MAY 17, 2017– Today First Data (NYSE: FDC) announced that its Clover platform will support Android Pay's NFC-based smart tap messaging, making it available to developers. As part of the collaboration between First Data and Google, the Clover Customer Engagement Suite will support small businesses to better connect with customers during checkout and beyond. Clover's integration with Android Pay was demonstrated live for the audience at today's Google I/O 2017 conference in Mountain View, California.
Android Pay's smart tap NFC messaging and mobile wallet marketing capabilities allow businesses to bring loyalty programs, stored value cards, coupons, and other offers to mobile-connected consumers. Android Pay users can simply tap their phones at the point of sale to receive rewards based on their loyalty or coupons towards future purchases.
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Two images of prime ministers fill the headlines. The first stresses how dominant they are: cabinet government has been replaced by prime ministerial government. The second speculates on when they will fall, as they so often do. How can the picture of both the all-powerful and the weak be consistent? This book seeks to explain how prime ministers work and what are the conditions that allows both conditions to prevail, depending on the skills of the prime ministers. Comparing four parliamentary systems (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) over the past 40 years, it examines the way that prime minister win and keep power, and the means by which they choose to run their governments. It is a study in the exercise of power, in the importance of maintaining links with all parts of the political system and, above all, in the craft of being prime minister.
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The 1772 Foundation and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation have awarded 20 historic preservation 1:1 matching grants totaling $192,120. Grants were provided for exterior work: painting, surface restoration, fire/security systems, repairs to/restoration of porches, roofs and windows, repairs to foundations and sills, and chimney and masonry repointing. Grants ranged from $1,500 to the grant maximum $15,000. Two organizations received the maximum award amount. The 1772 Foundation also awarded grants in New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Since the partnership between The 1772 Foundation and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation began in 2011, the Foundation has distributed over $1,500,000 to 153 projects of private, nonprofit organizations across the state.
Three sites associated with early industrial technologies are among those being restored using this year's grant funds. One is an historic factory building. While many such buildings have been transformed into business space or housing, this building, used as a museum, is open to the public and retains a lot of its old factory charm. The second property is a grist mill; the third a sail loft.
Located within the Collinsville Historic District, the Canton Historical Museum building was built in 1865 by the Collins Company. Plows were assembled in the building, painted, and then shipped via railroad to their destinations. When steel plows were no longer needed due to mechanization, the company turned its building into a social club for its workers. It contained a reading room for the men, a parlor for the women, a six-lane bowling alley, and a shooting range. In 1939, a local resident and Collins Company employee received permission to house his collection of local memorabilia in the building. This collection was the forerunner to the Canton Historical Society Museum. In 1966, the Collins Company went out of business. After having use of the building for over 30 years, the historical society was able to purchase it in 2002. The building will be painted and some exterior repairs made using funds awarded by 1772.
The Gurleyville Grist Mill, located in Mansfield beside the Fenton River, is owned by Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust. It was built about 1750 as an expansion of a wood frame sawmill that had operated on the site since 1723. The mill is unusual, being constructed of local stone rather than wood. It is the only stone mill of its kind in Connecticut. It operated until 1941, when a broken part could not be replaced due to the outbreak of World War II and the subsequent metal shortage. The mill contains perfectly preserved equipment: two sets of grinding stones, conveying devices, the silk bolter for flour sifting, shafts, and huge gears. The basement houses the turbine mechanism, which was installed in 1875 to replace the outside undershot water wheel. The assemblage of equipment illustrates traditional millwrighting giving way to innovations of the nineteenth century. Grant funds will be used to correct structural deficiencies identified in a recent condition assessment of the mill.
The Charles Mallory Sail Loft is part of Mystic Seaport Museum. It is one of the few remaining unmodified sail lofts in existence. Charles Mallory built the loft in 1839. His firm, Mallory & Grant, as well as other sailmakers used it into the 1870's. It has an open floor plan, which was needed to construct sails for tall ships. Before blueprints were supplied to them by ship designers, sailmakers made their own patterns. After measuring the masts and yards of the ship, the sailmaker made a paper pattern, 1/8″ to the foot, and sketched the outline on the loft floor. Originally located downriver from the Museum, the loft was moved to its current site in 1951. The building now is used to interpret historic shipbuilding trades (sailmaking, rigging, and ship chandlery) as part of the Museum's recreated 19th century village. The cedar shingle roof has deteriorated from normal weathering and is in need of replacement.
A list of all of this year's Connecticut recipients of historic preservation matching grants follows.
American Clock & Watch Museum (Bristol) Miles Lewis House $4,000
Canton Historical Society Collins Company building $6,000
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation (Hartford) Superintendent's cottage $6,500
Connecticut Audubon Society (Hampton) Edwin Way Teale House $15,000
The Denison Society (Mystic) Denison Homestead barn $12,000
The Dudley Foundation (Guilford) Dudley Farm big barn $12,000
Enfield Historical Society Martha Parsons House $12,000
Historical Society of East Hartford Makens Bemont (Huguenot) House $7,500
Hyland House Museum(Guilford) Hyland House $12,000
Joshua's Trust (Mansfield) Gurleyville Grist Mill $15,000
Lisbon Historical Society Burnham Tavern $10,000
Mystic Seaport Museum Charles Mallory Sail Loft $12,000
New Haven Museum Museum $12,000
The Norwich Historical Society East District Schoolhouse $5,000
Old Saybrook Historical Society General William Hart House $12,000
Pequot Library (Southport) Library $1,500
The Rockfall Foundation (Middletown) Captain Benjamin Williams House $12,000
Simsbury Historical Society Phelps House $3,620
Torrington Historical Society Carson House $12,000
Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust (New Milford) Smyrski Farm white barn $10,000
New Jersey Historic Preservation Grants – 2018 | Rhode Island Historic Preservation Grants – 2018
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Startup founded by Facebook's cofounder Dustin Moskovitz wants to kill long email threads
Moskovitz was particularly upbeat about the new "conversation" feature which lets teams form a conversation around specific work projects or tasks.Business Insider | October 02, 2015, 10:33 IST
Dustin Moskovitz has sold another 450,000 shares of the social networking major so far this week, reducing his holding to just 6.15 mn of Class A stock.
By Eugene Kim
Asana, the work tracking app founded by Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz, just made a number of updates on Wednesday at a press event held at its headquarters.
The updates are largely split into three categories: a redesigned layout that gives it a more simplified look, a new "conversation" feature that lets users leave comments under specific projects, and a new tracking feature that turns Asana into a bigger platform.
"This is the biggest project we've done to date for sure," Moskovitz said.
Moskovitz was particularly upbeat about the new "conversation" feature which lets teams form a conversation around specific work projects or tasks. It basically adds more clarity to who's working on what, and on the progress of the project, without having to go through long, cluttered email threads.
"It's a simplified form of email thread, with enhanced features like being able to control the follower list, tracking work, and status updates," Moskovitz said.
But Moskovitz made it clear the new updates were not aimed at replacing Slack or any of the messaging apps. "Conversations is what you'd do in a mailing list, around a particular project or a subject. It's pretty different from a Slack channel," he said. "It's really meant to be an email killer."
Moskovitz also gave some updated numbers around its business. Currently more than 140,000 companies are using Asana in one way or another, and the company is adding another 10,000 new companies every month. Some of the biggest customers include Major League Baseball, Pepsi, and Verizon.
He wouldn't disclose the specific sales figures, but said that its annual recurring revenue is in the "low tens of millions of dollars," with revenue having grown 2.3X since last year. He also said Asana is "tracking towards profitability," suggesting it's not profitable yet.
In a sign that it's beefing up its business unit, Asana also hired Chris Farinacci, former senior director of Google for Work, to lead its business operations earlier this week.
Asana made a huge splash in the work collaboration space when it first launched in 2009. It's raised over $38 million from some top Silicon Valley tech investors including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.
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Visual fashioner and mother of two, Catrin Welz-Stein lives and works in Malaysia where she makes stunningly dreamlike works. Concentrated on blended media, she inhales new life into vintage photographs by testing in Photoshop, dismantling pictures and amassing them into new substance.
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Nesscessity's 2022 Goals
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
In his book, "Atomic Habits," author James Clear breaks down goal-setting myths and what it really takes to create daily habits. As our team approaches the end of 2021, we're taking time out of our busy schedules to set tangible, measurable goals for the New Year ahead with the help of the goal-setting Bible that is "Atomic Habits."
As a growing start-up, it's so important to make company-wide goals that keep us all motivated and moving in the best direction.
The problem most people face with goals is the follow-through. We believe getting a little vulnerable and sharing our goals with all of you is one of the best ways to hold us accountable. In this post, we'll share our goal-setting process and also a list of our 2022 goals!
Why You Should Set Goals
Setting goals has several benefits.
For starters, it allows you to know which moves to choose and at what time and in what way.
Goal setting also allows you increased clarity on what you want in life, and in business. It also helps to challenge you to accomplish more success in your life.
Setting goals also helps to increase and align your focus to things that matter. With well-set goals, you don't just go through the motions.
Goal setting also helps you create clarity and momentum in both your personal and professional life.
Now that you know why it's essential to set goals, let's look at how to set goals for a successful 2022.
Essential Guidelines To Setting Goals
Create Milestones And Track Progress
Most people give up on their dreams because they feel that their goals are too big and overwhelming.
However, that shouldn't be the case.
Dividing your goals into small achievable milestones allows for them to feel more attainable. These little milestones also act as a source of motivation. With each completed milestone, you become more motivated to work on your goals.
It's also essential to develop a way to track each of your goals. By tracking, you'll be able to know whether you're progressing or not.
Think About The Why
If you want to remain motivated as you work towards your goals, it's vital to think about the "why."
Why do you want to achieve that goal?
Self-growth experts explain that having a concrete reason for working on a specific goal allows you to remain motivated despite any challenges and setbacks. The same can be said for business goals. Ask yourself why you have that career goal–why is that motivating you? Good things come from knowing the answers to these questions.
Add another team member
Get an official office space
Host a Nesscessity social event
Continue to build our community on IG (grow followers, work with other creatives, etc.)
Get company health benefits
Appear in publications/talk on a podcast
The best part about a New Year is all of the positive energy and excitement that surrounds it. Our team truly believes 2022 will be a year full of success and fun (for us, and for all of you :)) If you haven't set your new goals yet, remember that no goal is too small or too big. Whatever you want to achieve write it down, speak it aloud, and manifest it into the universe.


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Priority entry (after 17:00) is free for all customers who purchase a Premium seat. Enjoy welcome green tea served at the salon on the first floor (17:00-17:45) before the show! The best seats in the front row with no restricted view. There is a pillar next to the stage, but it does not block the view even from seat No. 1.
*The premium seats will be given priority and preferential treatment in everything.
In the 2nd row, you will have a good view between the guests seated in the front row.
You will be able to sit comfortably on a chair mattress (8cm) with your legs stretched out. A tatami chair with backrest will enable you to enjoy the performance in the real atmosphere of the Japanese ozashiki room.
The views from the 3rd row are restricted by the guests in the 1st and 2nd rows, but your view will be slightly raised by sitting on a chair mattress (15cm). These seats are easy to sit on and stand up from. A tatami chair with backrest will enable you to enjoy the performance in the real atmosphere of the Japanese ozashiki room.
The 4th row is slightly away from the stage, but a 35-cm-high backrest chair enables you to see from a higher position than the guests sitting in front. These seats are very easy to sit on and stand up from.
*We have updated the 4th-row-chair type since January 31, 2019 (JST). Although a stool chair is printed on our flyer, "the backrest chair" on this website is the latest one.
The views from the 5th and 6th rows may be restricted.
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I have never eaten so much in one sitting in my entire life. And the variety of food, the creativity, the comedy, and the pride universally displayed made for a fantastic event, one that all should experience at least once in a lifetime.
(This question is for Kerri Travis – General MGR, Crown Maple) We hear you had quite a time engraving the Crown Maple Muddy Chef Trophy last year.
The engraver (a local Spirits shop) had a very difficult time with the size of the gallon as she was accustomed to engraving wine bottles and wine & champagne glasses. Thankfully the front of the gallon was successfully engraved. Rather than chance a mishap we have come up with another plan to add the 2014 winners 'Two Guys and a Rover' to the side of the gallon.
(This question is for Tyge Rugenstein – COO, Crown Maple) You have a PhD, a Masters, an MS in Applied Mathematics, and a BS in Civil Engineering. How are you able to use those skills in a Maple Forest?
My background is in engineering and mathematics. Establishing a productive and efficient sap collection network and processing facility requires good design and technical knowledge, so my previous experiences translate well even though very different from maple production. Just as important is my experience working with soldiers during my 29-year career in the U.S. Army. The similarities between soldiers and those on the Crown Maple woods crew are many. They don't shy away from hard work, they frequently work in inclement weather, and they must work as a team. They are key to the organization's success.
Crown Maple is an amazing facility can you tell us more about it?
Construction on the Crown Maple sugarhouse began in 2011 and was completed in 2012. The facility can store approximately 50,000 gallons of raw sap and can process over 180 gallons of syrup per hour during peak production days. With 50,000 taps, the sugarhouse will make more than eighteen 55-gallon drums of maple syrup on a good day during sap season.
The reverse osmosis machine, which takes out over 80% of the water from the sap, will process nearly 9000 gallons of sap per hour. The building is capable of expansion with the capacity to accommodate 400,000 taps. In addition to the processing facility, the building is home to Crown Maple's cafe, tasting room, retail space and corporate offices.
What's the difference between "fake" and real maple syrup?
GOOD: Natural maple syrup is made by boiling the sap of maple trees in the early spring. It is commonly made from sugar maple, as well as red maple, and black maple trees. It takes 40 to 50 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. After the maple sap is collected, it is boiled to evaporate the water until a specific temperature is reached. The resulting syrup will be two-thirds sugar and one-third water. The primary sugar is sucrose with lesser amounts of fructose and glucose. Real maple syrup is healthier than fake syrup. It contains nutritionally significant amounts of manganese and zinc, minerals that can boost immune and reproductive health, as well as potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, and riboflavin.
NOT SO GOOD: Imitation maple syrup, also known as fake syrup, is typically made from high fructose corn syrup with caramel food coloring, artificial flavors, cellulose gum, and food preservatives added. Imitation syrup is mainly composed of sugars with no vitamins or minerals.
Be sure to visit the tasting room, cafe and gift shop when you visit Crown Maple during The Muddy Chef Challenge! It's an amazing facility!
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William Gardner Death – Man killed in Dayton SWAT standoff identified
By Mekwunye Ifeyinwa | December 16, 2021
William Gardner Death : 21-year-old William Gardner has been identified as the man shot to death during a SWAT standoff Tuesday after police say he shot a man walking his dog earlier that day.
Gardner was shot and killed by SWAT officers as he ran out of a home on Evergreen Avenue armed with a gun after an hours-long standoff. Gardner was shot at about 9:30 a.m. in the morning and was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The incident started at about 6:50 a.m. officers responded to the area of Hoover and Evergreen avenues following a shot fired report. Gardner fired at least six shots, striking a 49-year-old male victim walking his dog in his leg. The victim was transported to a hospital for treatment and was released.
Carper said the dog ran towards a small fire behind the house, which is when Gardner started shooting at the man. When Gardner ran out of the house with the gun, nine SWAT officers fired 37 shots, striking him multiple times.
Gardner reportedly had previous history of mental health concerns, and Police were also investigating if Gardner was involved in an incident Monday morning when officers were called to respond to shots fired, but were unable to located a victim.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is handling the criminal investigation, and the Dayton Police Department's Professional Standards Bureau will conduct the internal investigation, Carper said.
Category: Shooting
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The financial ShowFx World expo in Kyiv included free seminars on money management, investing, and trading which were held on May 20 and 21 in the Parkovyi expo center. This time, 10 best trainers from the CIS countries and the United Kingdom visited this event.
The special guests of ShowFx World expo were Clive Lambert, a famous trader and trainer from the United Kingdom, and Vladimir Malichevsky, a business coach who holds a doctoral degree in psychology. Clive Lambert is a founder of FutureTechs. Having 25-year experience in trading, he teaches technical analysis to many specialists around the globe. Clive is also an author of the book Candlestick Charts, so at ShowFx World expo he told the audience how to use candlestick charts with support and resistance levels as a base for developing a trading strategy.
Business coach Vladimir Malichevsky spoke about the self control and methods of managing the efficiency of personal performance. Vladimir knows the ins and outs of leadership and personal effectiveness, so he wrote a large number of books, guides, and articles for major financial periodicals and business portals. Mr Malichevsky shared his knowledge with the visitors of ShowFx expo in Kyiv.
Furthermore, Nikolay Ivchenko, the Analysis Department Director at Forex Club Group, unveiled his ideas about portfolio investments in 2017. Stanislav Polovitsky, the founder of SviKK Financial Academy and its chief trader, told the audience how to apply the wave analysis in order to make profits and escape losses. Moreover, InstaForex analysts Alexandr Davydov and Mikhail Makarov as well as professional traders Sergey Atroshchenko, Roman Shkudor and Irina Bulygina presented their reports at the event. Yuri Ivaschenko, Director of the xDirect Analytical Department, expanded on using the stock trading volumes in forex trading.
Indonesian broker Pruton Mega Berjangka also took part in exhibition and he received a Best broker of Southeast Asia 2017 award.
All visitors of ShowFx World expo in Kyiv could not only attend seminars and communicate with the leading world`s experts, but also they had a chance to benefit from the promotional campaigns which were held by the partners of this event. Moreover, the guests participated in the raffle of mobile devices and bonuses for trading accounts. Laptop Samsung Galaxy Tab was raffled from ShowFx World; 4 certificates (2 with $500 and 2 with $100), 4 Palermo t-shirts, 2 books about trading, iPad, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge from InstaForex; Samsung Galaxy S6 from ForexMart.
We would like to thank all our guest for coming. We are looking forward to seeing you at the future ShowFx World expos in Kyiv!
ShowFx World organizers are always happy to invite everyone interested in trade on financial markets to our Expo in Kiev.
Major brokers, educational projects and other representatives of the financial world will introduce you to a wide range of services and products, present themselves and their achievements and give you any advice you need.
take part in prize raffles and giveaways from organizers and participants.
We believe that in today's world a chance to gain financial independence and freedom should be available to anyone, that is why the entrance to ShowFx World events is free.


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Team of Stars Aims to Change Tech Research
In the US, former Forrester analyst R 'Ray' Wang has launched a new firm, Constellation Research Group, which claims to introduces 'a new, simpler process' to replace the old model of technology research. The group launches with ten analysts and a board of five advisors.
Analysts maintain their own consultancies / other roles in addition to working on the Constellation team. According to Wang, 'The beauty of the Constellation model is that we can quickly assemble teams across multiple knowledge domains from multiple countries capable of delivering fast track results in ways that demonstrate a clear break from the past.' He expects the team to 'significantly deepen its bench strength and broaden its knowledge portfolio' over the coming months.
Wang had spells at PeopleSoft, Oracle and E&Y before co-founding the advisory firm Altimeter Group, which he has just left on friendly terms. He is also responsible for the widely cited blog 'A Software Insider's Point of View'.
Explaining his intention to break with established approaches, Wang comments: 'It is no longer enough to be a subject matter expert... Each member and adviser has been selected for their proven ability to cut through the marketing rhetoric and get to the points that matter to buyers.' Constellation aims to attract analysts that have established themselves in the market and built up successful practices, demonstrating multi-disciplinary capabilities and a strong desire to actively share and collaborate.
Web site: www.constellationrg.com .


On Monday 19th March, Cambridgeshire FA's members approved reforms at an Emergency General Meeting to transform the membership of the CFA Council (the governing body for football in the county).
Affiliated member clubs voted unanimously to support the recommendations, which will shift elected representation from a system which currently elects district and league representatives to one where all formats and strategic areas of the game in Cambridgeshire are directly represented.
The search for nominations to fill these roles will begin in April, and the newly constituted Cambs FA Council will take effect from June 2018.
These reforms are integral to the Cambridgeshire FA's desire to achieve the Sport England Code of Governance.


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May 6 "Flash Crash" Mystery Solved
A single firm, which one insider has labeled as Waddell & Reed Financial, caused the wild, brief Dow Jones plunge.
By David Zax 1 minute Read
On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones plunged almost 700 points in under a half-hour, only to recoup most of those losses within minutes. The extremely weird behavior was dubbed the "flash crash," and theories abounded as to what might have caused it. A newly released report, jointly authored by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have fixed the blame on a single large trader. The trading firm, which isn't named in the report, apparently used a computer sell order, causing investors to swiftly pull their own money.
According to Reuters, a source familiar with the report says the firm was Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., a Kansas-based mutual-fund manager. It is an unlikely company to have caused such dramatic market behavior, according to some analysts. "They're a long-term, buy-and-hold investor," not known for active trading, consultant Geoff Bobroff told Bloomberg.
There had been no shortage of theories about what had caused the crash. Was it cyber-terrorism? Was it a simple computer glitch? Was it the "world's most expensive typo," in which someone accidentally wrote "billion" in place of "million"? All were proposed and one point or another. But the new 104-page report, which was written after the SEC and CFTC scoured great amounts of data and interviewed dozens of market players, reveals that it was a single sell order that was the culprit: "At 2:32 p.m., against this backdrop of unusually high volatility and thinning liquidity, a large fundamental trader (a mutual fund complex) initiated a sell program to sell a total of 75,000 E-Mini contracts (valued at approximately $4.1 billion) as a hedge to an existing equity position."
The algorithm the trader chose disregarded price and time as factors, and the result was a trade that occurred "extremely rapidly," according to the report–in just 20 minutes. The fact that the markets were already stressed due to the mounting credit crisis in Europe made the fast sell especially dangerous.
Now that the SEC and CFTC have weighed in, is the fun (and even the visual beauty) of all the theorizing over? Probably not: A government-issued report has never stopped conspiracy theorists before.
David Zax is a contributing writer for Fast Company. His writing has appeared in many publications, including Smithsonian, Slate, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal


WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook today announced that a security breach has compromised the data of an estimated 50 million user accounts. The company is in the early stages of investigating the breach to determine additional details.
Consumer Reports pointed to this breach — the most recent in a string of notable breaches — as yet another example of the need for consumer-first data security protection and expanded data breach notification legislation. Consumer Reports also called upon Facebook to commit to stop misusing information that consumers provide for security purposes.
Consumer Reports also pointed to a Gizmodo article earlier this week that revealed that Facebook is using phone numbers that users provide for two-factor authentication for ad targeting purposes.


If I were to run a foreach() loop over this, I would get behavior that would correspond to an array with the elements of $bar1, $bar2, & $bar3. This is wonderful default functionality. However, you can go a step further if you want to implement more complex & complete behavior. I'm going to be experimenting on this kind of behavior with my DBObject class – namely, converting it to a DBArray object, and see how well that goes over. I will report on my successes & travails in followup posts.


FULTON - A popular playground in Fulton closed on Wednesday for renovation. The Fulton City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday evening to close the Kiddy Corral playground immediately because it had multiple safety violations.
The Missouri Intergovernmental Risk Management Association (MIRMA) cited 42 to 45 playground pieces as safety hazards. Those include some railings and ladders that are too close together causing the possibility of a child getting his/her head stuck.
Cindi Chalfant frequents the park with her grandson and said she is concerned about the equipment.
"I'm just very glad somebody caught it, you know, so that they can do something about it," said Chalfant. "This park is heavily used by kids and families and they picnic, there's kids playing all the time and they need safe equipment."
The playground is expected to get new equipment later this fall.