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by Reporteron July 20, 2020
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board is scheduled to meet online today. In this meeting, the decisive phase will be discussed about the future of the T20 World Cup to be held this year. The Cricket Board of India (BCCI) hopes that it will be postponed, allowing the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be organized. The T20 World Cup is to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November.
Corona virus cases have increased significantly in India too and its number has crossed 1 million. At the same time, the number of dead is also more than 25 thousand. If the IPL is organized in such a manner, then it can be organized in the UAE after getting approval from the central government. A member of the BCCI's top council said, "The first step was to postpone the Asia Cup which is done." Only after the announcement of cancellation of T20 World Cup, we can proceed with our plan.
This year's T20 World Cup is expected to be held in Australia in 2022. Because at the moment India does not want to change its right to host the 2021 tournament with Cricket Australia. Australia will not host this prestigious tournament, it was clear at the time that the Cricket Board had asked its players to prepare for the limited-overs series against England at the end of September.
However, the ICC has said that it wants to consider all possible emergency options before making such a big decision and it is not uncommon for the governing body to wait so long. A source familiar with the conduct of the ICC said, "Pakistan was to host the Champions Trophy in 2009. After the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus, everyone knew that the Pakistan Cricket Board would not be able to host a big competition in the near future. '
"Despite this, the ICC kept its staff in Pakistan for months while South Africa was already preparing to host the tournament," he said. Everyone was aware but the formal announcement to change the venue took months as threat assessment is part of the rules. The source said, "The ICC cannot postpone the Ninth T20 World Cup as the Australians initially The top ministers of the government had expressed their eagerness to host.
The postponement of the Asia Cup to 2021 is a setback for Ehsan Money and his team, who were opposing the Indian board. The PCB has to host the Asia Cup. It is learned that the PCB is in contact with other boards to host some bilateral series, as the national team does not play any series after the tour of England.
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The nomination for the next ICC independent chairman may also be discussed in the meeting to be held on Monday, as Shashank Manohar resigned earlier this month. It has been learned that it has not been agreed on what will be the eligibility for selection if more than one person applies for candidature.
Colin Graves of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is considered the top contender, while BCCI president Sourav Ganguly's name is also being discussed. However, when Ganguly was asked about the ICC post during a recent interview, the former 48-year-old player said that he was young and not in a hurry for the post. New Zealand's Gregor Barclay and Hong Kong's Imran Khwaja are also considered potential contenders. Khwaja is currently the interim chairman.
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Sweet, ripe peaches are nearly synonymous with summer! These amazing fruits develop their sweet flavor and tangy taste on petite trees over several months – a test of patience amply rewarded when picking time arrives! Botanically related, this peach preparation features a pairing with almonds and almond flavoring. The combination creates fabulous complementary flavors in both the crust and filling. This recipe makes four individual galettes, or one larger rustic pie. The crust is sweeter and richer than a typical pie crust – we think you'll love it!
The crust may be mixed by hand or with a food processor. Choose your preferred method, then continue forming the galette at Step 7.
2a. CUT the butter into 1/2-inch cubes. Use a little of the flour mixture to keep the butter pieces from sticking together. CHILL the cut butter cubes for 15 minutes.
3a. PLACE the butter cubes in the flour mixture. Using a simple pastry blender, cut the butter and flour mixture together until a coarse texture is reached with some pea-sized pieces of butter remaining.
4a. BEAT the two egg yolks together with the vanilla and almond extracts. ADD to the flour-butter mixture and cut several times with the pastry blender.
4b. BEAT the two egg yolks together with the vanilla and almond extracts. ADD to the flour-butter mixture and PULSE 3-4 times.
6b. REMOVE the dough from the work bowl, forming a rough ball. DIVIDE into four pieces. FORM into individual balls, then FLATTEN each into a disk about a half-inch in thickness and wrap in plastic wrap.
7. CHILL the wrapped dough disks for an hour or overnight.
8. REMOVE the dough from the refrigerator when ready to bake the galettes and let set for 10 minutes on the countertop while the filling is mixed.
9. STIR the cornstarch and sugar together, then sprinkle over the fresh peach slices. Gently toss the fruit to distribute the cornstarch/sugar mixture. Set aside while finishing crust preparation.
10. ROLL out one disk of dough into a rough 8-inch circle, about 3/16-inch in thickness, on a lightly floured surface. Repeat with the remaining three dough pieces. Leave the edges rough, or if you prefer, use a plate to cut a neat circle of dough.
11. TRANSFER the rolled dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. The sides of the dough may temporarily drape over the edges.
12. PLACE the prepared peach slices in the center of the crust circle arranging the wedges evenly. Leave a 1- to 1-1/2 inch perimeter of crust free of filling.
13. FOLD the edges of the crust over the filling pleating or overlapping as you go.
14. MIX equal parts of flour, sugar and butter (2 tablespoons each) together until combined and a crumbly texture is formed. SPRINKLE the crumb mixture and sliced almonds over the exposed fruit portion of the galettes.
15. BRUSH the crust's surfaces with heavy cream. SPRINKLE with coarse sugar. CHILL the galettes in the refrigerator for 10 minutes while the oven preheats.
16. BAKE the galettes in a 400° oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the filling bubbly and slightly thickened. It will continue to thicken as is cools.
17. SERVE warm or cooled to room temperature with a side of vanilla bean ice cream, or sweetened whipped cream.


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Home AROUND THE WORLD Five killed in southern Iraq as protests continue
Five killed in southern Iraq as protests continue
Iraqi protesters in Baghdad
Security forces opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding dozens others, police and medical sources said, as weeks of unrest in Baghdad and some southern cities continue.
Protesters had gathered overnight on three bridges in the city, and security forces used live ammunition and tear gas canisters to disperse them, killing three, police and hospital sources said.
More than 50 others were wounded, mainly by live bullets and tear gas canisters, in clashes in the city, they added.
Two more people were killed and over 70 wounded on Sunday after security forces used live fire to disperse protesters near the country's main Gulf port of Umm Qasr near Basra, police and medical sources said.
Iraqi Protesters near Basra
Hospital sources said the cause of death was live fire, adding that some of the wounded are in critical condition.
The protesters had gathered to demand security forces open roads around the port town blocked by government forces, in an attempt to prevent protesters from reaching the port's entrance.
On Friday, Iraqi security forces dispersed by force protesters who had been blocking the entrance to the port and reopened it, port officials said.
Umm Qasr is Iraq's largest commodities port and it receives imports of grain, vegetable oils and sugar shipments that feed a country largely dependent on imported food.
At least 330 people have been killed since the start of mass unrest in Baghdad and southern Iraq in early October, the largest demonstrations since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers while many Iraqis languish in poverty without jobs, healthcare or education.
Medical authorities evacuated infants and children from a hospital in central Nassiriya overnight after tear gas spread inside hospital courtyards, two hospital sources said.
Protests continued in Nassiriya on Sunday, with some government offices set on fire, sources said.
Smoke billows from burning tires during a demonstration in the southern city of Basra
Elsewhere in southern Iraq, hundreds of protesters burned tires and blocked some roads on Sunday in Basra, preventing government employees from reaching offices, police said.
Iraqi security forces also wounded at least 24 people in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala overnight after opening fire on demonstrators to prevent them from reaching the local government headquarters, medical and security sources said.
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Q: How do I create a RAID10 array using EBS on Amazon? Basing this question on information I got in Why does df shows only half the size of a RAID10 array?,
how should I create a RAID10 array using EBS volumes on Amazon, in a way that will not be redundant too much ?
As the linked question shows, I was using a guide from the 10gen company (that created mongodb) for how to create a raid10 array using EBS.
I encounter an issue with the size of the created array, and got the response that I should use a different approach for the LVM over MDADM usage of the script.
Since this is the first encounter with RAID at all for me, I can't seem to understand exactly the differences between what the script does, and the suggested way of LVM (nor do I understand how to do it).
I am a programmer and I consider myself very comfortable with linux machines which I've learned while trying to accomplish what I need to get done. Now arrived the time for me to know RAID installments.
Relevant information:
Instance is m1.large Ubuntu 11.10.
Here is the script from the linked question, for comfort reasons:
#!/bin/sh

disk1="/dev/xvdh1"
disk2="/dev/xvdh2"
disk3="/dev/xvdh3"
disk4="/dev/xvdh4"

echo "*** Verifying existence of 4 volumes $disk1, $disk2, $disk3 and $disk4"
if [ -b "$disk1" -a -b "$disk2" -a -b "$disk3" -a -b "$disk4" ]; then
    echo "# Found expected block devices."
else
    echo "!!! Did not find expected block devices.  Error."
    exit -1
fi
until read -p "??? - How big (in GB) are the disks (They should be the same size)?  " disk_size && [ $disk_size ]; do
    echo "Please enter a disk size."
done

lv_size=$(echo "scale=2; $disk_size * 2.0" | bc)
echo "*** Assuming a per disk size of $disk_size gigs, will create a logical volume of $lv_size gigs, with $lv_size reserved for snapshots"

echo "*** Partitioning disks..."

echo "~ Partitioning $disk1"
echo ',,L' | sfdisk $disk1
echo "~ Partitioning $disk2"
echo ',,L' | sfdisk $disk2
echo "~ Partitioning $disk3"
echo ',,L' | sfdisk $disk3
echo "~ Partitioning $disk4"
echo ',,L' | sfdisk $disk4

sleep 6
echo "*** Creating /dev/md0 as a RAID 10"

/sbin/mdadm /dev/md0 --create --level=10 --raid-devices=4 $disk1 $disk2 $disk3 $disk4

echo " ~ Allocating /dev/md0 as a physical volume."

/sbin/pvcreate /dev/md0

echo " ~ Allocating a Volume Group 'mongodb_vg'"

/sbin/vgcreate -s 64M mongodb_vg /dev/md0

echo " ~ Creating a Logical Volume 'mongodb_lv'"

num_extents=$(echo "$disk_size * 1024 / 64" | bc)

/sbin/lvcreate -l $num_extents -nmongodb_lv mongodb_vg

echo " ~ Formatting the new volume (/dev/mongodb_vg/mongodb_lv) with EXT4"

/sbin/mkfs.ext4 /dev/mongodb_vg/mongodb_lv

echo " ~ Done! Go ahead and mount the new filesystem.  Suggested FStab: "
echo " /dev/mongodb_vg/mongodb_lv /data ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0"

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April issue 2014
Pak-Saudi Relations: Friends or Masters?
Cover Story: Pakistan's Secret Santa
Did Saudi Arabia really feel obliged to bribe Pakistan with US$ 1.5 billion in order…
Interview: Aliya Nazki
Fluent in English, Urdu and Hindi, news anchor Aliya Nazki's presentation style in the BBC…
Rethinking Education
Despite the ability of this nation to produce competent professionals in fields as varied as…
Book Review: Who Am I?
What do Benazir Bhutto, Bano Qudsia, Babra Sharif and Bilquis Edhi have in common? Other…
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The Islamic Republic of Saudistan?
"King Saud had brought with him a box full of gold, which proved almost-impossible to…
Book Review: Getting Away With Murder
This is a book about a grim and tragic subject, but it is not a…
Theatre Review: Lo Phir Basant Ayee
The Lahore-based troupe, Ajoka Theatre, sheds light on various social issues through its performances. Their…
Sexual Ambiguity
Dressed in a white kurta, with a lazy gait and a toothy smile, Liaqat was…
Coloured Past
ArtChowk Gallery was one of the first to herald the arrival of spring with Jamil…
Hospitality Under Fire
Karachi, the economic hub of Pakistan, home to almost 18 million people, is one of…
Classic Film Review: Raging Bull
Long before The Wolf of Wall Street, there was the Bronx Bull. Martin Scorsese's gritty,…
Thar Crisis: Living a Nightmare
The death count has stopped. TV channels are no longer airing live coverage of screaming,…
Interview: Kamila Shamsie
While reading A God in Every Stone, I couldn't help but think about the amount…
The secret or not-so-secret trips by the Saudi royal family do not make headlines, but…
After his Posternama series in Delhi's Latitude Twentyeight gallery a few months ago, miniature artist…
Book Review: The Gatekeeper's Wife and other stories
When it comes to writers of South Asian origin living in the West and writing…
Book Review: A God in Every Stone
Ancient Greek explorers, Peshawar's famous Qissa Khawani Bazaar, World War I and India's independence struggle…
Movie Review: Total Siyapaa
The trailer for Total Siyappa, a Punjabi word meaning utter chaos, promises just that —…
India Votes: The Countdown Begins…
It must be a sign that the times they are a-changing if L.K. Advani, the…
Constructing Coercive Consent
The recent demand of the extreme right to allow a free zone to the Tehrik-e-Taliban…
Editor's Note: April 2014
Some 'friends' of Newsline continue to obsess over the Quaid's beard on the magazine's cover,…
By Ayesha Siddiqa | News & Politics | Published 6 years ago
The secret or not-so-secret trips by the Saudi royal family do not make headlines, but a recent one, in which Pakistan's federal government was given US $1.5 billion as a "gift," did — and for many days. No one believes the story of this being a free lunch. Most people are convinced that Riyadh would expect something in return, such as providing support to Saudi policy in Syria and allowing proxies to fight there. Strengthening ties with Pakistan may also be an attempt to weaken Islamabad's links with Tehran, which had developed during the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s tenure.
The PPP government, led by Asif Ali Zardari from 2008-2013, is perhaps the only significant phase in Pakistan's history in which relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were strained. According to Wikileaks, a 2009 cable revealed that the Saudi King Abdullah described Zardari as "the rotten head that was infecting the whole body". Other cables suggested that Riyadh was keen for Pakistan's military to replace the political government. Such anguish was possibly because of Islamabad's overtures to Iran. Furthermore, there were rumours of the Zardari-led PPP government trying to discourage contacts between the Saudi diplomatic mission in Islamabad and various militant groups. During a meeting around 2009, the then interior minister had said that the Saudi ambassador was sent off (not declared persona non grata) to Riyadh as he was caught giving money to a militant leader. Despite Zardari's several visits to the Kingdom, the situation was not as warm as expected.
Although the PPP government ultimately failed to curb militancy as it had little control over its mechanics, the above-cited incident is a significant indication of the role that the Saudi intelligence and government, in general, played in Pakistan. The links between various Deobandi and Salafi militant groups and Saudi Arabia date back to the late 1970s and early 1980s. Reportedly, a number of militant outfits, including the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) established in the early '80s and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) set up later in the 1990s, received Saudi funding. But this was not the only source of funding for terrorist organisations.
Money came from other Arab states as well such as Libya, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Some Gulf States have permanent bases in South Punjab, which are used for both hunting and making contacts with various stakeholders that include the militants. Over the years, there was an increase in both financing and sources of terror. The '80s and the '90s saw a steady flow of Saudi nationals, who came to Afghanistan via Pakistan to initially fight against the former Soviet Union and then establish the Islamic emirate in Afghanistan led by Mullah Omar. Many militants from South Punjab claim to have seen Arab nationals in Afghanistan and later in training camps in Pakistan's Northern Areas such as Mansehra. Osama bin Laden represents a trend in Arab militancy that found safe havens in South Asia. Bin Laden also helped establish numerous militant outfits such as Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which was partly financed by Al Qaeda.
The Arab influence in Pakistan's society and state seems to have gradually and systematically grown. However, the first glimpse of such influence dates back to the end of the '70s, as a result of the proliferation of Pakistani manpower going to the Middle East. It was not only money which returned with these people, but social influence as well. Later, the cooperation between the states to fight the war in Afghanistan bolstered the Arab influence. The manifestation of the social impact is visible in the form of Al-Bakistan and Al-Bunjab car registration plates that are now seen more commonly in Pakistan.
Such influence might have not grown so fast had it not been for the relationship between the two states and its critical institutions. Although the ISPR was wary of giving figures for the number of soldiers and officers that go to Saudi Arabia to fight, former military personnel talk about the times when a division strength was dispatched to the Kingdom. Pakistani armed forces have been going to serve the Saudi monarchs since the time of General Ayub Khan. In fact, old officers narrate an incident when the Saudi government returned Ahmadiyya officers from Pakistan, when they found out about their faith. People still talk about the Pakistani contingent that had assisted the Saudis in 1979, at the time of an attempted internal takeover of the Kaaba by a group of Salafi rebels. In fact, the popular myth is that one of the reasons that the Saudi monarchs would not let any harm come to Pervez Musharraf is because he was leading the Pakistani contingent then. Incidentally, Pakistan's role in the 1979 operation is over-emphasised. The Saudis had also sought help from western intelligence and their military.
The military's presence in the Kingdom is not limited to the army. Ostensibly, there is almost a tradition to send a senior naval officer as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The military cooperation, however, is more of a one-way traffic in which a lot depends on Riyadh's desire. The recent agreement to enhance defence cooperation indicates a possible increase in arms purchases that will be limited to small and light weapons or equipment mainly manufactured at the Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah. The Saudis and even other Arab states have never shown any keen interest in major weapons systems like submarines, gun and missile boats or fighter aircrafts that Pakistan assembles. This is mainly because of the fact that the Saudis and other Arab states have a traditional dependency on western equipment and would rather purchase from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) than Pakistan, which has limited control over the supply chain used for making major weapon systems. Most Arab countries with which Pakistan has defence ties prefer to procure trained military manpower. Another example of such preference was in the form of recruitment of retired military personnel in 2011 for dispatch to Bahrain. These men, hired by the military's private foundations, were sent to Bahrain to curb the Shia insurgency.
Contrary to what we would imagine that this is about Arab dependency on Pakistan, it is the latter that may be dependent on the former because of money earned through the process. Keeping a large standing military busy, especially when the age of conventional wars is virtually over, is quite a task. Pakistan sends about 10,000 military personnel annually on UN missions. This is in addition to those dispatched to Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. The arrangement is beneficial both for the armed forces and the individual as part of the salary is retained by the military. Given the possibility of a reduction in the UN's requirement for peace-keeping missions, the Arab states will become important for Pakistan's military as a lucrative posting for its personnel. Furthermore, the US$ 1.5 billion and more money that may be contributed by other Arab states is welcomed by the military as a source of financing that will keep the organisation afloat. Though the Pakistan military is never short of funds, it has not had major modernisation since the 1980s. It needs equipment for which money is essential.
The government of the PML-N probably shares this perspective. Given the dearth of resources, the inability to raise money through taxes and the pressure of numerous problems such as electricity shortages, the Sharif government would be happy to see an increase in its money supply. The news that these funds were given as a "gift" may not be taken lightly as Sharif is considered close to Riyadh's heart. Not only does the Saudi royalty view him as "their man in Pakistan," they have good memories of the Pakistani prime minister. The Saudi crown prince was the only foreign dignitary who was taken on a trip to Pakistan's nuclear facilities after the atomic tests in 1998. This adventure also indicates that the political government in Islamabad and GHQ, Rawalpindi may be on the same page as far as Saudi Arabia is concerned.
Leaders of the present government have not just spent a considerable amount of time in Saudi Arabia, they also have financial investments in the country and financial connections with the Saudis. In fact, both the Bhutto and Sharif regimes had contacts in the Arab world. While the Sharifs have their eggs in the Saudi basket, the Benazir Bhutto family has links in the UAE, where her family has its primary base. Many amongst Pakistan's elite launder their money through Arab countries of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. It is rumoured that the Sharif government plans to repay the Saudis through initiating some old plans such as leasing out agricultural land in the desert of Cholistan.
The Saudi/Arab-Pakistani connection has come under some criticism. However, a question worth asking: Can the elite of Pakistan afford to say 'no' to the 'freebies' from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries? Given the country's economic scenario, we continue to look outside for resources. The Arab money may appear 'dirty' to some, but this may well be a possible replacement for the American funding that is likely to be reduced as US and NATO forces pull out of Afghanistan.
This article was originally published in Newsline's April 2014 issue as part of the cover story.
The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. She tweets @iamthedrifter


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A cura di Nina Avramidou
Mosques are significantly second to Moslems while graves and cemeteries are highly controversial and their significance differs from one sect to another. Kaaba in Mecca, Mosque of the Prophet in AL- Madina, the Dome of the Rock and AL-Ibrahimy Mosque in Jerusalem are considered the most significant holy places.The architecture of cemeteries in the Islamic world has reached artistic peaks and had been most probably considered the greatest of what the Moslems had creatively made. Its architecture was varied as the Islamic Architecture was in its different eras. It was a Fatimid's style at the Fatimid's era; Ayyubid's at the Ayyubid's era and carried all the elements of the Ottoman Architecture when it was built under their reign. Of paramount importance is the architecture of Shiites' Shrines in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon which was characterized by its Iranian Islamic architectural pattern since the Shiites in Iran were of religious and economic references and had taken interest and care in restoring the Shiites' holy places. This is remarkably noticed in the architecture of Sayida Zainab's Shrine in Damascus and the shrines of the Imams in Iraq when compared with any religious monument in Asfhan or Mashhad.
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data pubblicazione: Maggio 2007


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Written by gaelicspirit
Disclaimer: I own nothing; just taking the boys out to play a little…
Spoilers: For 2.19: Hollywood Babylon.
This isn't exactly the kind of episode that inspires the usual myriad of tags, but a seed was planted, and this is what grew. And since I was trying out the whole one-shot tag thing... I thought I'd give it a go.
Tree, this one is for you.
Perhaps beneath the scoundrel that I am, there lies a misled poet? Perhaps a mystifier who enjoys mystifying himself? "The Mission," Chapter 2
They were tearing him up.
Marty stood just to his right, holding up Sam's video phone in front of him like a shield. Dean glanced at the image on the phone, then quickly over at Sam. Without the benefit of his phone, Dean knew that all Sam saw was Walter's body bucking, blood flying, pouring, streaming from him; all he heard was Walter's betrayed, guttural screams dying in the uncaring emptiness of the movie set.
And then it was over. Walter was still. The set was silent.
"Dean?"
Dean kept his eyes on Walter, his shotgun raised. He shifted his eyes to the phone held in Marty's trembling hands.
"They, uh… they're gone," he panted. Dean shifted his eyes over to his brother, noting the wide-eyed look of horror on Sam's face as he stared at the bloody body.
"You sure?" Sam looked up at him, his eyes young.
"Yeah," Dean swallowed. "I'm sure."
Great vacation, there, Dean, he chided himself. He'd had every intention of getting away, getting Sam's mind off of things, giving him some solace after Madison. As he slowly lowered his shotgun, he wondered if the Winchesters were simply destined to be workaholics because the universe said so.
"Oh, my God," Marty gulped from beside him. "I can't believe that just fuckin' happened."
"Believe it, man," Dean said, sparing him a glance. "We gotta call someone."
"Yeah," Marty nodded, then began to back away. Dean turned and roughly grabbed his upper arm, preventing his escape.
"Yeah, right, call someone," Marty stammered.
Dean shook his head, holding Marty's arm until he clumsily adjusted Sam's phone in his grip and called security. Once he was sure that someone was coming to take care of Walter, Dean released Marty's arm and walked over to stand next to Sam near Walter's body.
"You'd think he'd have known," Sam said when Dean stepped up to him.
Dean rested the barrel of the shotgun on his shoulder. He nodded.
"He had all the facts… all the details, down to the Latin, and yet…" Sam looked over at him. "He didn't know they would turn on him."
"Sam…"
"I should've… I should've stopped him, man," Sam muttered, grimacing as he looked at Walter.
Dean clenched his jaw, shaking his head once. "Sam—"
"I was right there, Dean. I could have grabbed it from him, or…"
Dean turned suddenly and grabbed the front of Sam's jacket, pushing him back and away from the body. Sam backed up quickly, surprise in his eyes.
"Enough, okay?" Dean snapped. "I'm not gonna let you do this."
He stopped Sam after they were several feet away from Walter's body.
"You aren't gonna blame yourself for this, do you hear me?"
Dean's eyes were hot, the shotgun held next to his side. He released his grip on Sam's jacket, but pushed against his chest once more for emphasis.
"You are not responsible for every life that we can't save!"
Sam clenched his jaw and tilted his head, his eyes shadowed. "No, just the ones that we have to take."
Dean closed his eyes briefly, lifting his free hand to rub his forehead. He dropped his hand and met Sam's eyes, draining the emotion from his face, from his eyes, as he did so.
"You want to do this now?"
Sam looked away, his mouth turning down into a frown. "No."
"'Cause I'm ready, man," Dean continued. "Hell, I've been ready since we left San Francisco."
A muscle in Sam's jaw jumped and he shook his head, still not looking at Dean. Dean heard Marty's voice from off to his left. He looked over his shoulder and saw him pacing in front of the door they'd burst through just in time to see Walter meet his demise. He was smiling… the dude was actually smiling as he talked excitedly to someone on the other end of the cell phone.
It's a make-believe world, Dean thought. Even death isn't real to them.
Dean turned back to Sam. Sam was still looking off to the side, his jaw working overtime to keep the tears at bay that Dean saw pooled in his eyes. Death might not be real in La-La Land, but it was real to him. And it was real to Sam.
"Sammy?" He asked gently.
"Don't," Sam pleaded, then looked back at him. His eyes were dry and devastated.
"Sam, listen to me."
Sam looked down, shaking his head. Dean grabbed his arm.
"Listen to me, dammit."
Sam lifted his eyes, waiting.
"This is not your fault. Madison was not your fault."
"I couldn't—"
"Stop it!" Dean snapped, not letting him finish. "Just… just stop it, Sam."
He turned away from Sam, rubbing the back of his neck. He walked a bit away, and heard Sam's boots squeak against the smooth concrete as he turned to follow. Dean stopped, then turned back to Sam.
"This guilt thing has got to stop." Dean took a breath. "It's killing you, man." He looked over Sam's shoulder to Walter's body, then back to Sam. He blinked, weighing his next words. "And it's eating me up."
Sam blinked. "What?"
Dean chewed on his bottom lip. He'd thought that Sam had needed to see his strength, his stoicism. He'd thought that too much sympathy on his part would topple his brother. He'd thought that if Sam saw him moving on, doing the job, living his life that he could get past that moment, could begin to accept that he had truly saved Madison's life.
But he was tired. And Sam was moody. And it wasn't working. So he let his mask slip, just enough. He let it down enough that Sam could see his eyes, see the truth, see that in blaming himself for the deaths, he was also blaming Dean, and it was all Dean could do to hold them both together.
"It's not your fault, and the sooner you realize that…"
"What, the easier it will be on you?" Sam challenged, an eyebrow raised.
Dean squared his jaw. "Yeah."
Sam huffed out a breath, then looked at the ground. Dean could tell he hadn't expected that answer, and he was waiting for the Sam Winchester temper to show itself. Since he was kid, if he was proven wrong, Sam had a tendency to lash out before he accepted the truth. Dean knew it was because Sam was actually rarely wrong, and when it happened, he didn't know how to react.
Sam raised his head and opened his mouth. Dean braced himself. Just then, the door over by Marty opened and three uniformed men strode through, hands on their guns. Sam turned quickly at the sound of the door, then back to face Dean.
"Dean," he said in a tight voice, shifting his eyes to the shotgun. "Get out of here. I'll find you later."
Dean pulled his eyebrows together in a question, then realized what Sam was saying. He nodded, then turned and bolted out through the back of the set. He ambled through the props and smiled pleasantly at the extras until he reached the Impala. Tossing the shotgun in the trunk, he turned around to watch for Sam.
Surveying the busy lot for his brother, he thought for a moment how easy it had been to fit in here. It was all just storytelling. And he'd been doing that all of his life.
Hi, we're federal marshals… Environmental Studies majors… Hello, I'm Father Simmons, this is Father Frehley… We're from the U.S. Wildlife Service… My name is Nigel Tufnel… I'm Dr. Jerry Kaplan… We're reporters from the Weekly World News… We're art dealers… forest rangers… students… fraternity brothers… We're from Homeland Security…
Dean tucked his fingers into his front pockets, his eyes drifting sightlessly over the people and the props. It was like seeing the man behind the curtain. Movies were magic for him – a way to escape, a way to pretend he was just like other people, a way to take off his mask and for two hours, just… be. But after three violent deaths, a video-phone enabled ghost shoot-out, and the reminder that he had once again failed to shield his brother from the pain of death, Dean was starting to feel the magic wane. He was starting to see the wrinkles under the make-up, the tired souls just looking to finish their job and go home.
He grimaced. He wondered what that would be like – to do their job and go home. Leaning against the only home he'd ever really known, Dean thought of Sam's apartment in Palo Alto. Before the Demon, before the fire. Sam had made a home for himself there; Dean was pretty sure he could do it again somewhere, someday. Meet a pretty girl that he didn't have to leave, or didn't suffer from lycanthropy, settle down.
Home…It didn't really even sound like a word to Dean. A zombie walked by eating a meatball sandwich and drinking a soda. Dean nodded at him with a half-grin, amusement plain on his face. The zombie lifted his sandwich in salute and continued on. Dean shook his head. If he did have a home, he was pretty sure this place could be it. Nothing was real, the freaks roamed freely with the suits, and the food… the food was wonderful.
"Dammit," a throaty female voice grumbled from behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Tara rounding a corner, holding her arm. He straightened up as she lifted her hand. It was covered in red.
Without hesitation, Dean jogged up to her and gently grasped her arm.
"What happened?"
"What?" She blinked wide eyes at him.
"Are you hurt?" He was confused – there was blood all over her arm and hand, yet she acted more annoyed than hurt.
She laughed softly. "No, no, I'm okay," she said, carefully removing her arm from his hands. "It's stage blood." She licked the tip of one finger. "See?"
Dean took a step back with a shaky, slightly embarrassed laugh. "Right."
"I got my call sheet, only they decided to film close shots on the cabin first…" she shook her head. "Marty got some great idea, I guess."
Dean lifted an eyebrow. "Oh he did, huh?"
She rolled her eyes, her fake-blood-covered hand flipping in small circles through the air. "They change this script every other day, I swear to God."
"So, uh," Dean ran appreciative eyes up her form as she brushed impatient hands on her stained sleeve. "You aren't in this, uh, shot?"
She shook her head, "No, and I just crashed into the make-up guy and, well…" she gestured to her stained pink shirt. "I was just gonna go change."
"Right," Dean said again, rotating away. "Well, I won't keep you."
She smiled at him, and Dean felt his belly heat up. I'd like to do a helluva lot more than keep you…She started to move passed him, then turned. Dean let his smile reach his eyes.
"Hey, do you know anything about mice?"
Dean's eyebrows went up. "Mice?"
"You know… small, furry, creepy little rodents? I seem to have one in my trailer."
Dean's smile slid from friendly to feral in the space of a heartbeat. Tara's eyes lit up. As he watched, her tongue darted out to wet her bottom lip, pulling it into her mouth briefly, then releasing it on the tale-end of a smile.
"Oh, Sweetheart, you've come to the right place," he grinned, stepping up to her. "Mice happen to be my specialty." If by 'mice' you mean hot, naked sex, that is…
"Great!" Tara smiled. "Follow me."
"You got it."
She led the way through the meandering people and Dean followed silently, his mind turning over the various movie roles he'd seen her play, thinking about how the girl on the screen seemed so different from the person in front of him, wondering how she would feel against him, under him…
"Here's me," she said, stopping abruptly. Dean managed to keep himself from crashing directly into her back.
She flipped the handle back and opened the door. He followed her inside, noticing that it wasn't that different from the trailer he'd nabbed for he and Sam to watch the dailies in. He stood in the center of the living area, hesitant to make himself at home as he'd done pretty much everywhere else on the movie lot.
"If you don't mind, I'm just gonna go change really quick," Tara said, heading to the small door leading to her bedroom.
Dean pushed out his lips and waved his hand at her. "No, go… do… whatever."
She grinned at him and he thought of her character in Boogeyman. She'd grinned exactly like that… just before she'd died… He frowned at Tara's retreating back. She left her door open slightly behind her. Walter's ghosts hadn't exactly been vanquished. They'd just… gone away after they'd killed him.
Dean started to feel edgy. Just because you couldn't see a ghost didn't mean that one wasn't around. Wishing for his shotgun he cautiously poked his head in the floor-to-ceiling closet, behind the curtains, in the cabinet under the sink, the bathroom. His quick search brought him to Tara's door inside of two minutes.
He leaned against the closet door outside of her room, then darted his head around the corner to peek in and make sure she was still in one piece. She stood with her bare back to him, the ruined costume shirt on the floor on top of her jeans, panties sitting low on curvy hips, her feet bare. She was starting to lean over and reach for a clean bra when she caught sight of him out of the corner of her eye.
"Hey!" She grabbed the pillow from her bed and held it close to her.
Dean held up a hand, showing he meant no harm. "Hey, no, whoa… it's not what you think."
"I think you were watching me get dressed." She lifted a challenging eyebrow.
Dean waited a beat. "Okay, it is what you think… but not for the reason you're thinking."
"Oh? You're not watching me get dressed because you think I'm hot?" Her hands slid slightly over the pillow clasped against her chest. She stepped closer to him.
Dean took a breath. "Okay, maybe it is for that reason, but that's not why I—"
He stopped. What was he going to tell her? I'm not a PA, I hunt spirits? The only reason I'm here is because my brother saw the article about Frank Jaffey's death – only he's not really dead, unlike Brad, Jay, and Walter…
"Oh, hell," Dean muttered, then reached for her.
She dropped the pillow and stepped into him, slanting her mouth against his as he cupped the back of her head to hold her mouth close.
"Took you long enough," she murmured against his lips. She pulled his jacket from his shoulders and he shook his arms until it fell to the ground. He slid his arms up her bare back to her neck and shoulders.
"Thought you said there was a mouse," he muttered, pulling her bottom lip into his mouth and walking her backwards into the small room until the backs of her knees hit the edge of the bed. Like so many other women, she felt small in his arms, but unlike those women, he didn't feel like she belonged there. He decided to keep his eyes closed. She could be anyone then.
"There is a mouse," she said against his ear as he trailed kisses down her jaw line, then traced the curve of her neck and back up to her earlobe.
When she moaned low in her throat, Dean tickled the edge of her ear with the tip of his tongue. Tara lifted her leg and wrapped it around Dean's knee, trying to pull him off balance, trying to topple both of them to the bed.
I want you to do it…
Dean jerked back, looking at Tara with surprise.
"What?" she panted.
He could have sworn… but, no…
"Nothing," he said, his voice a low growl as he captured her mouth again.
She tugged on his hair, trying to pull him closer to her, and Dean let her tip them backwards, catching himself with one hand on her bed before his whole weight came down on top of her. She was aggressive, pulling at him, reaching for him, wrapping around him. She made him feel like a virgin on prom night. He tried to keep up with her, but quickly found that she was more comfortable in the driver's seat.
She pulled at his T-shirt, loosening it from his jeans, and began to tug it over his head.
I'm asking you to save me…
Dean jerked back when her fingers trailed down his belly.
"Come on," she pouted, "don't tease…"
He swallowed, grabbing her hands and pulled her roughly from the bed and up to her knees to face him. What the hell… He was hearing Madison's voice. Madison pleading with Sam. Madison begging Sam to kill her. Dean twisted Tara's arms behind her back so that she fell against him. She chuckled low in her throat and darted her head in for a quick kiss. He obliged.
I want it to be you…
"Dammit," Dean muttered.
He pushed Tara away and stood up from the bed. She sat, slumped, on the bed, surprise etched on her face. He turned away from her, shoving his T-shirt down with one hand and running the other over his face.
"What is it?" She asked, sounding more pissed off than concerned.
"Nothing… it's…" Dean shook his head. "It's nothing…"
"Well, then get the hell back over here," she said. "I'm not finished with you yet."
Dean heard in her tone a woman who was accustomed to having her needs met, her wishes granted. It ran sideways across his spine. But what the hell? Madison? That had been about Sammy… Sam was the one scarred by her death, by her life. Dean was alone, in the trailer of a beautiful actress, who was sitting nearly naked just behind him. He knew his role here. He knew how this story was supposed to end.
Setting his expression to one of focused determination, Dean turned to face her. He crossed the space in one stride and grabbed Tara by the upper arms, pulling her from the bed and to her feet. She gasped when he crushed her to him, capturing her breath in his mouth and turning her so that he could easily press her back against the wall. He ran his hands down her arms from her shoulders and grasped her wrists, pressing them against the wall next to her ears.
He pulled away, allowing them both a moment to breathe.
"It's about time, cowboy," she panted, leaning in for more.
He gave her more. He pressed his leg between hers, taking a small amount of pleasure in feeling her knees go weak, her weight slide down to rest on his thigh. He slid his tongue into her mouth, teasing her, tasting her. He ignored the ashy taste of cigarettes that came with deepening the kiss. This wasn't about pleasure anymore. This wasn't about the thrill of being with a person he'd watched in the movies. This was about Dean controlling Dean. This was about banishing that voice, about it not mattering to him, about playing the right role in the right moment.
I got this one, man. You don't have to do this…
Dean felt a whimper building in the back of his throat and turned it into a growl. Tara used his growl and wrapped her body around him, using the wall as leverage to press closer. She kissed him harder and he threaded his fingers through hers. He kept his eyes closed, kept his emotions locked safe inside, behind his wall.
He couldn't let this swamp him. He couldn't let it get to him – he had to be the rock. He had to be. So he slept with a Bowie knife under his pillow. It didn't mean the job got to him. So he made sure he got the bed nearest the door… so he was usually the one to drive… so he'd had nightmares every night since hearing that gunshot, since seeing the last vestige of innocence seep from his brother's eyes as he paused in the doorway, since pulling the gun from Sam's stiff fingers, since taking care of Madison's body because Sam could only breath, since telling himself that it wasn't the same… he wouldn't have to kill Sam… he could save Sam. It didn't mean the job got to him.
He used the tangled mess of confused thoughts and hot emotion to deepen and intensify his kiss. He barely allowed Tara a moment to breath, held her hands tight against the wall, held her body tight with his hips. He almost didn't feel the shift in Tara. She began pressing away from him, pulling her mouth from his. Confused by this switch in gears, he paused, pulling away, keeping her against the wall with the lower part of his body.
He opened his mouth to ask her what the hell was going on, when she let out a screech that McG would have paid her a million dollars for on the spot. Dean stepped back quickly, looking around wildly, trying to figure out what she'd seen, what was after them.
"It's there it's there it's there!" Tara screeched again, jumping from her position against the wall to stand on the bed. She grabbed up a blue terry cloth bathrobe and held it up to her nearly-naked body.
"What? What is it?" Dean spun in almost a complete circle, his eyes tracking the floor, the walls, even the ceiling.
"M-MOUSE!" Tara screeched, then pointed to the floor.
Dean resisted the urge to jump on top the bed with her when he saw the small blur of grey dart along the floorboard.
"Shit!" He cried out. "You weren't making it up." He backed away from the mouse and stopped only when the backs of his legs hit her bed.
"No I wasn't making it up!" She swiped a hand at the back of his head. "Do something!"
"What the hell do you want me to do?" Dean asked.
"Kill it catch it stop it…something!" Tara pushed at the back of his head.
"All right!" Dean snapped, stepping away from the bed and her hand. "Uh… okay, I just need a… shoe box or something."
"Closet!"
"Right. Closet. Where there are no spirits," Dean muttered.
"What?" Tara yelled, looking wildly over at him with her bathrobe still pressed against her naked front.
"Forget it," Dean called back. "Don't let it out of the room."
"WHAT? How the hell am I gonna keep a mouse in the room?"
Dean grabbed a shoe box, dumped the shoes and started searching for the lid. "I don't know… call it or something."
"Call it?"
Dean found the lid, then ducked out of the closet.
"Where is it?"
"It's still there," she pointed to the corner of the room.
Dean turned in the direction of her finger. "Okay, Mickey," he muttered, approaching the corner slowly. "Here's the deal… You just stay right there… that's it…"
Holding the box in one hand and the lid in the other and crept toward the small grey creature.
"Don't worry," Dean said softly. "I'm more afraid of you than you are of me."
As he was about to drop the box over the mouse, it darted in a grey flash from the corner, between Dean's feet, and headed across the room toward Tara and the bed. Dean ducked his head, watching the mouse run between his legs and as it approached the bed, he straightened up.
With a yelp, Tara leapt from the bed and landed with the grace of a gazelle directly on Dean's back. He staggered a bit, catching her smooth legs and shifting her so that she wasn't strangling him. The trailer rocked a bit with his motion.
"Hang…hang on a sec," he gasped, backing her out of the room.
He dropped her unceremoniously onto the couch and she scrambled up so that her feet weren't on the floor. She hastily wrapped the bathrobe around her shoulders and shoved her arms through the holes. Her hair was tussled and her eyes were large as she stared back into the bedroom area.
Dean caught her eyes. He tapped the air with his hands. "No, no. You stay there. I got this," he nodded at her. She glowered at him.
Picking the box up once more, he stepped into the room, his eyes scanning the floor for the small, grey menace.
"Here Mickey," he crooned. "Let's get you out of here and… y'know… back to your little woodland creature friends…"
He saw it cowering at the base of the bed, just under the edge of the quilt.
"Ah, you're so sly, but so am I," Dean quoted. "Easy there… easy… easy… and… GOTCHA!" As he pounced, he felt the trailer rock forward and back.
He felt the mouse's tiny body bounce around inside of the box and waited until it had scared itself still. Sliding the lid quickly over the top of the box, he stood, turned and grinned at Tara. She held a roll of duct tape and wrapped it twice around the box.
Dean set it on the counter, lifting an eyebrow at her.
"Well, now that we caught it…" she shrugged. "Seems kinda cruel to kill it."
"You gonna keep it as a pet?" Dean asked, picking his coat up off the floor.
Tara grinned, "Nah. But I'll have someone let it go off the lot."
Dean nodded and stepped toward the door.
"You leaving?" Tara asked. Dean smiled at her, letting its warmth hit his eyes, watching as her eyes met his and melted slightly. He knew which smiles to use to draw the desired response.
"My work here is done," he said. She chuckled and leaned forward to kiss his cheek.
Dean started to pull his coat on, opening her trailer door as he did so. He nearly clocked Sam with the edge, his brother was that close. Dean looked at Sam, surprised, then saw the expression on Sam's face and knew exactly what Sam was thinking. He couldn't help himself. He grinned, shrugging his coat the rest of the way on.
Tara leaned against the doorway, tightening the belt of her robe.
"Hey," she called. Dean turned. She smiled at him.
"You're one helluva PA," she said.
"Thanks," Dean grinned, then glanced back at Sam. Tara smiled at Sam, then shifted her eyes to Dean.
Sam looked… confused. Dean grinned and snagged a burrito from a passing tray as they walked away from Tara's trailer and toward the Impala. A sunset back drop was being wheeled across their path and the irony was not lost on Dean.
"Ah, I love this town," he sighed, taking a big bite of the burrito.
"I don't get you, Dean," Sam grumbled as they reached the Impala. "How can you just… just eat and…"
Dean glanced at Sam over the top of the car. "And what, Sam?"
"I can't believe you slept with her, man." Sam shook his head, his eyes shifting over Dean with incredulity.
Dean stuffed his instinctive reaction down deep. "Why not, man? She's hot! And, ooh, boy, she wanted me…" He shifted his head to the side.
"She totally used you, Dean."
Dean shrugged. "So?"
He stepped into the car, closing the door a bit harder than was necessary.
"So?" Sam repeated, mirroring Dean's actions. "Three people just died, man."
Dean looked at him out of the corner of his eyes. "Yeah, and we stopped the thing – er, well, things – that did it. We finished the job."
"And two seconds later, you're bangin' the leading lady," Sam shook his head.
"Dude, untwist your boxers," Dean said, forcing a smile on his face, then leaning forward and starting the car. He soaked up the heady feel of the Impala's rumble. "We just have different ways of relieving stress is all."
"You? You're stressed?" Sam turned to look at him as Dean pulled out of the lot. "You're stressed. Dean, all you did was play! You ate their food, and played PA of the day and—"
"And saved your ass and Mr. Marty Big Idea's precious Armani suited ass while I was at it!"
Sam closed his mouth and turned around in his seat, facing the front.
"This job was your idea, Sam," Dean reminded him, taking the exit toward the freeway. "I wanted a vacation, remember? Help you relax a bit?"
"Yeah, well, the job helps me relax," Sam grumbled.
Dean snorted. "Yeah, I can see that."
Sam crossed his arms and shook his head. "Sometimes I think I know you better than anyone… and sometimes it's like… like you're a stranger to me."
"I'm always me, Sam," Dean said, wary about the direction Sam was taking the conversation.
"I don't get how you can just… just shut it all off. It's like you flip a switch or something."
It's exactly like that, Dean thought. He sighed.
"Look, Sam, I'm sorry you are hurting, man." Dean looked at Sam out of the corners of his eyes. "I'm sorry we couldn't save Walter. I'm even sorry you didn't feel like eating, 'cause, dude, I'm telling you… the food—"
"Was wonderful, yeah, I got it the first ten times you said it."
Dean pulled his lip in and looked out his side window. Telling Sam that their lives haunted him did him no good. It would only cause Sam to worry. It was better that Sam saw him as invulnerable, as hard, callous even. Sam knew he cared, knew he would do anything… dammit anything… to keep him from hurting if he could help it.
Leaning over to push the black cassette tape into the player, Dean grinned. "Listen, Sam," he said. Ozzy's Crazy Train filled the car. "Next hunt, I promise, we'll go someplace where you can have three squares a day, zero fake-out death stunts, and no bad scripts."
Sam slid his eyes over to Dean, a small grin tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Yeah?"
"Sure. Straight up ghost hunt. Salt and burn. Promise."
"Yeah, that sounds okay," Sam said. Dean saw him relax slightly.
"I still can't believe you slept with her," Sam grumbled after a minute.
"Jealous?" Dean teased.
"Not really… her eyes kinda weirded me out," Sam said, lifting an eyebrow at Dean.
"I wasn't paying much attention to her eyes, Sam," Dean said, his big-brother-can-handle-anything-and-still-get-the-ladies mask firmly in place.
"You're such a slut, man," Sam chuckled.
"Bitch."
"Jerk."
Dean grinned and slouched into a comfortable position in the seat. What Sam didn't know wouldn't hurt him. And Dean knew better than anyone that there was plenty of hurt to go around. Masks were designed for protection, for stealth, for deception. Dean's were just designed to protect from both sides.


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I was inspired to play cricket after Nepal played ICC World Twenty20: Rohit Kumar Paudel
Nepal came back from a game down to win their first One Day International (ODI) series 2-1 against the United Arab Emirates earlier this year. It was youngster Rohit Kumar Paudel who led the comeback trail for Nepal scoring a world record half century in the second one-dayer to beat the likes of legends Sachin Tendulkar of India and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan.
Q. You were there in Nepal's journey to ODI status from ICC World Cricket League Division II. How was the experience of being part of that historical journey?
A. I consider myself very fortunate to be the part of this historical journey. The environment in the dressing room was quite inspirational me because it would always bring the best out of any individual. The best thing of Nepal cricket is the atmosphere that we create in the dressing room. Irrespective of the results, we always back each other.
I had dream debut in Namibia followed by another good outing in Zimbabwe. I was inspired to play cricket after Nepal participated in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Hopefully the ODI status will inspire a bunch of kids to choose this beautiful game of cricket.
Q. After working so hard, how did it feel to miss out on Nepal's first-ever One Day International match against the Netherlands?
A. It doesn't feel good when you have to miss even a single match for your country. But, I wasn't feeling bad on that occasion because I had made way for a player like Shakti Gauchan who had carried the load of the nation for more than 16 years.
Q. How did it feel to break the record of all-time great Sachin Tendulkar?
A. That was something, I had never imagined. I hadn't thought about it even after scoring half-century. I will remember this for rest of my life and beyond.
Q. How has been the experience of leading the Nepal Under-19 side?
A. It has been a great experience for me to serve the nation as a captain of the youth team. Being a captain, you must involve in the game for whole 100 overs and I really loved doing it. It added extra responsibility to you and I guess it will help me to be more responsible.
Q. Have you seen yourself as a captain of senior side in future?
A. I haven't thought about it so far. The focus is on scoring runs and helping your team win. I will never sit back, if I can stand for it one day but as of now, I haven't thought about it.
Q. Your name in the draft-list (in franchise Twenty20 competitions) is the sign that you're in the eyes of experts around the world. Which franchise league would you like to be part of and from which team?
A. I want to be part of the Indian Premier League. It is undoubtedly the best league in the world and you can quickly rise in the world cricket, if you perform there. I would like to play under Rohit Sharma from Mumbai Indians.
Q. What is your family's feedback about your current status in Nepal cricket?
A. They are encouraging me to raise the bar. They are pretty happy and always pushed me to do well. I am all here because of the support I get in my family. They were very supportive to my passion since very early days. They had given me the space to chase my dream and now it's my turn to make them proud.
Q. How do you prepare yourself before any match?
A. I try to keep myself calm. I avoid the negative things to get inside my brain. I always re-call good innings I played before going in to bat. I try to play according to the merit of the ball and it has been successful so far.
Q. What inspired you to play cricket?
A. I was inspired to play cricket after Nepal participated in their first ever World Cup. That event eventually helped me to set a goal of representing Nepal at the international stage.
Q. Who has been your role model since childhood, someone you look up to?
A. Paras Khadka has been my role model since my childhood up to now. I also look up to Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma.
Q. Which is your favourite and toughest shot to play?
A. I love to play inside-out over the cover. Talking about toughest shot, I find bit difficult to play sweep shot.
Q. Which is your favourite innings so far?
A. I'll always remember the 48 runs (unbeaten 86-ball 48) that I made against Hong Kong in the World Cup Qualifier 2018. It is my best innings so far and will be for the long time, considering the importance of that innings.
Q. What is your aim as a cricketer?
A. Like every Nepalese cricketer, my dream is also to play Test cricket from Nepal. It is the common goal that everyone made after representing Nepal.
Q. Where can we see Rohit Kumar Paudel after 10 years?
A. The ultimate target is there within you, but I would like to take it match by match. I would like to improve myself every day and try to reach the pinnacle of my dream.
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Charleston South Carolina is a historic city known for its variety of fine dining. A top choice for tourists and the locals is Hyman's Seafood on Meeting Street. Located within walking distance to the Old City Market, they offer a good selection of seafood along with a full menu of traditional southern dishes. I had the fried chicken and waffles, and in case you're wondering, the answer is "yes", you do drizzle the maple syrup over the chicken.
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Q: Django Query That Get Most Recent Objects From Different Categories I have two models A and B. All B objects have a foreign key to an A object. Given a set of A objects, is there anyway to use the ORM to get a set of B objects containing the most recent object created for each A object.
Here's an simplified example:
class Bakery(models.Model):
    town = models.CharField(max_length=255)

class Cake(models.Model):
    bakery = models.ForeignKey(Bakery, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    baked_at = models.DateTimeField()

So I'm looking for a query that returns the most recent cake baked in each bakery in Anytown, USA.

A: This should do the job:
from django.db.models import Max
Bakery.objects.annotate(Max('cake__baked_at'))

A: Starting from Django 1.11 and thanks to Subquery and OuterRef, we can finally build a latest-per-group query using the ORM.
hottest_cakes = Cake.objects.filter(
    baked_at=Subquery(
        (Cake.objects
            .filter(bakery=OuterRef('bakery'))
            .values('bakery')
            .annotate(last_bake=Max('baked_at'))
            .values('last_bake')[:1]
        )
    )
)

#BONUS, we can now use this for prefetch_related()
bakeries = Bakery.objects.all().prefetch_related(
    Prefetch('cake_set',
        queryset=hottest_cakes,
        to_attr='hottest_cakes'
    )
)

#usage
for bakery in bakeries:
    print 'Bakery %s has %s hottest_cakes' % (bakery, len(bakery.hottest_cakes))

A: I was fighting with similar problem and finally come to following solution. It does not rely on order_by and distinct so can be sorted as desired on db-side and also can be used as nested query for filtering. I also believe this implementation is db engine independent, because it's based on standard sql HAVING clause. The only drawback is that it will return multiple hottest cakes per bakery, if they are baked in that bakery at exactly same time.
from django.db.models import Max, F

Cake.objects.annotate(
    # annotate with MAX "baked_at" over all cakes in bakery
    latest_baketime_in_bakery=Max('bakery__cake_set__baked_at')
    # compare this cake "baked_at" with annotated latest in bakery
).filter(latest_baketime_in_bakery__eq=F('baked_at'))

A: As far as I know, there is no one-step way of doing this in Django ORM, but you can split it into two queries:
from django.db.models import Max

bakeries = Bakery.objects.annotate(
    hottest_cake_baked_at=Max('cake__baked_at')
)
hottest_cakes = Cake.objects.filter(
    baked_at__in=[b.hottest_cake_baked_at for b in bakeries]
)

If id's of cakes are progressing along with bake_at timestamps, you can simplify and disambiguate the above code (in case two cakes arrives at the same time you can get both of them):
from django.db.models import Max

hottest_cake_ids = Bakery.objects.annotate(
    hottest_cake_id=Max('cake__id')
).values_list('hottest_cake_id', flat=True)

hottest_cakes = Cake.objects.filter(id__in=hottest_cake_ids)

BTW credits for this goes to Daniel Roseman, who once answered similar question of mine:
http://groups.google.pl/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/3b3cd4cbad478d34/3e4c87f336696054?hl=pl&q=
If the above method is too slow, then I know also second method - you can write custom SQL producing only those Cakes, that are hottest in relevant Bakeries, define it as database VIEW, and then write unmanaged Django model for it. It's also mentioned in the above django-users thread. Direct link to the original concept is here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130203180037/http://wolfram.kriesing.de/blog/index.php/2007/django-nice-and-critical-article#comment-48425
Hope this helps.

A: If you happen to be using PostGreSQL, you can use Django's interface to DISTINCT ON:
recent_cakes = Cake.objects.order_by('bakery__id', '-baked_at').distinct('bakery__id')

As the docs say, you must order by the same fields that you distinct on. As Simon pointed out below, if you want to do additional sorting, you'll have to do it in Python-space.

A: Cake.objects.filter(bakery__town="Anytown").order_by("-created_at")[:1]

I haven't built out the models on my end, but in theory this should work. Broken down:

*

*Cake.objects.filter(bakery__town="Anytown") Should return any cakes whom belong to "Anytown", assuming the country is not part of the string. The double underscores between bakery and town allow us to access the town property of bakery.

*.order_by("-created_at") will order the results by their created date, most recent first (take note of the - (minus) sign in "-created_at". Without the minus sign, they'd be ordered by oldest to most recent.

*[:1] on the end will return only the 1st item in the list which is returned (which would be a list of cakes from Anytown, sorted by most recent first).

Note: This answer is for Django 1.11.
This answer modified from Queries shown here in Django 1.11 Docs.

A: @Tomasz Zieliński solution above did solve your problem but it did not solve mine, because I still need to filter the Cake. So here is my solution
from django.db.models import Q, Max

hottest_yellow_round_cake = Max('cake__baked_at', filter=Q(cake__color='yellow', cake__shape='round'))

bakeries = Bakery.objects.filter(town='Chicago').annotate(
    hottest_cake_baked_at=hottest_yellow_round_cake
)

hottest_cakes = Cake.objects.filter(
    baked_at__in=[b.hottest_cake_baked_at for b in bakeries]
)

With this approach, you can also implement other things like Filter, Ordering, Pagination for Cakes


text:
Biocompatible magnetite/gold nanohybrid contrast agents via green chemistry for MRI and CT bioimaging
Narayanan, S.; Sathy, B.N.; Dr. Ullas Mony; Koyakutty, M.; Nair, S.V.; Menon, D.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Volume 4, Number 1, p.251-260 (2012)
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856299725&partnerID=40&md5=191acced6147130bf0b08e381a97aec0
Apoptotic, Aqueous chemistry, article, Bio-imaging, biocompatibility, Biocompatible, biomaterial, Cell culture, Cell death, Cell Survival, Cell tracking, cell viability, Cellular uptake, chemistry, Chlorination, Chlorine compounds, Coated Materials, computer assisted tomography, Computerized tomography, confocal microscopy, Contrast agent, Contrast Media, contrast medium, CT, Cytology, evaluation, ferric chloride, Gold, Grape seeds, Green chemistry, Green Chemistry Technology, green synthesis, High concentration, human, Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), Humans, Hybrid nanomaterials, Hybrid nanoparticle, hybrid nanoparticles, Imaging techniques, instrumentation, Iron oxides, Iron precursors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, magnetite nanoparticle, Magnetite Nanoparticles, mesenchymal stem cell, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, methodology, Multi-modal, Nano-gold, Nanohybrids, Nanomagnetics, nanomaterial, Nanoparticles, Nanostructured materials, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetite/gold (Fe 3O 4/Au) hybrid nanoparticles were synthesized from a single iron precursor (ferric chloride) through a green chemistry route using grape seed proanthocyanidin as the reducing agent. Structural and physicochemical characterization proved the nanohybrid to be crystalline, with spherical morphology and size ∼35 nm. Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetization studies revealed that the Fe 3O 4 component of the hybrid provided superparamagnetism, with dark T 2 contrast and high relaxivity (124.2 ± 3.02 mM -1 s -1). Phantom computed tomographic imaging demonstrated good X-ray contrast, which can be attributed to the presence of the nanogold component in the hybrid. Considering the potential application of this bimodal nanoconstruct for stem cell tracking and imaging, we have conducted compatibility studies on human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs), wherein cell viability, apoptosis, and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation due to the particle-cell interaction were asessed. It was noted that the material showed good biocompatibility even for high concentrations of 500 μg/mL and up to 48 h incubation, with no apoptotic signals or ROS generation. Cellular uptake of the nanomaterial was visualized using confocal microscopy and prussian blue staining. The presence of the nanohybrids were clearly visualized in the intracytoplasmic region of the cell, which is desirable for efficient imaging of stem cells in addition to the cytocompatible nature of the hybrids. Our work is a good demonstrative example of the use of green aqueous chemistry through the employment of phytochemicals for the room temperature synthesis of complex hybrid nanomaterials with multimodal functionalities. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
cited By 28
S. Narayanan, Sathy, B. N., Dr. Ullas Mony, Koyakutty, M., Nair, S. V., and Menon, D., "Biocompatible magnetite/gold nanohybrid contrast agents via green chemistry for MRI and CT bioimaging", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 4, pp. 251-260, 2012.


Technical Preview 3 of Windows Server 2016 is out and one of the headline feature additions to this build is Windows Server Containers. What are they? And how do they work? Why would you use them?
Microsoft's work is a result of a partnership with Docker, one which was described to me as being "one of the fastest negotiated partnerships" and one that has had encouragement from CEO Satya Nadella.
Windows Server Containers will be compatible with Linux containers.
You can manage Windows Server Containers using Docker, which has a Windows command line client. Don't worry – you won't have to go down this route if you don't want to install horrid prerequisites such as Oracle VirtualBox (!!!).
Containers is around a while, but most of us that live outside of the Linux DevOps world won't have had any interaction with them. The technology is a new kind of virtualisation to enable rapid (near instant) deployment of applications.
Like most virtualisation, Containers take advantage of the fact that most machines are over-resourced; we over-spec a machine, install software, and then the machine is under-utilized. 15 years ago, lots of people attempted to install more than one application per server. That bad idea usually ended up in p45's ("pink slips") being handed out (otherwise known as a "career ending event". That because complex applications make poor neighbours on a single operating system with no inter-app isolation.
Machine virtualisation (vSphere, Hyper-V, etc) takes these big machines and uses software to carve the physical hosts into lots of virtual machines; each virtual machine has its own guest OS and this isolation provides a great place to install applications. The positives are we have rock solid boundaries, including security, between the VMs, but we have more OSs to manage. We can quickly provision a VM from a template, but then we have to install lots of pre-reqs and install the app afterwards. OK – we can have VM templates of various configs, but a hundred templates later, we have a very full library with lots of guest OSs that need to be managed, updated, etc.
Containers is a kind of virtualisation that resides one layer higher; it's referred to as OS virtualization. The idea is that we provision a container on a machine (physical or virtual). The container is given a share of CPU, RAM, and a network connection. Into this container we can deploy a container OS image. And then onto that OS image we can install perquisites and an application. Here's the cool bit: everything is really quick (typing the command takes longer than the deployment) and you can easily capture images to a repository.
How easy is it? It's very easy – I recently got hands-on access to Windows Server Containers in a supervised lab and I was able to deploy and image stuff using a PowerShell module without any documentation and with very little assistance. It had helped that I'd watched a session on Containers from Microsoft Ignite.
Windows Server Container: The Windows Server implementation of containers. It provides application isolation via OS virtualisation, but it does not create a security boundary between applications on the same host. Containers are stateless, so stateful data is stored elsewhere, e.g. SMB 3.0.
Hyper-V Container: This is a variation of the technology that uses Hyper-V virtualization to securely isolate containers from each other – this is why nested virtualisation was added to WS2016 Hyper-V.
Container OS Image: This is the OS that runs in the container.
Container Image: Customisations of a container (installing runtimes, services, etc) can be saved off for later reuse. This is the mechanism that makes containers so powerful.
Repository: This is a flat file structure that contains container OS images and container images.
Note: This is a high level concept post and is not a step-by-step instructional guide.
A container host: This machine will run containers. Note that a Hyper-V virtual switch is created to share the host's network connection with containers, thus network-enabling those containers when they run.
A repository: Here we store container OS images and container images. This repository can be local (in TPv3) or can be an SMB 3.0 file share (not in TPv3, but hopefully in a later release).
The first step is to create a container. This is accomplished, natively, using a Containers PowerShell module, which from experience, is pretty logically laid out and easy to use. Alternatively you can use Docker. I guess System Center will add support too.
When you create the container you specify the name and can offer a few more details such as network connection to the host's virtual switch (you can add this retrospectively), RAM and CPU.
You then have a blank and useless container. To make it useful you need to add a container OS image. This is retrieved from the Repository, which can be local (in a lab) or on an SMB 3.0 file share (real world). Note that an OS is not installed in the container. The container points at the repository and only differences are saved locally.
How long does it take to deploy the container OS image? You type the command, press return, and the OS is sitting there, waiting for you to start the container. Folks, Windows Server Containers are FAST – they are Vin Diesel parachuting a car from a plane fast.
Now you can use Enter-PSSession to log into a container using PowerShell and start installing and configuring stuff.
Install the program, e.g. PHP, and then configure it the way you want it (from command line).
Note that container image now has a link to the guest OS image that it was installed on, i.e. there is a dependency link and I'll come back to this.
Let's deploy another container with a guest OS image called Container2.
For some insane reason, I want to install the malware gateway known as Java into this container.
Once again, I can shut down this new container and create a container image from this Java installation. This new container image also has a link to the required container OS image.
Right, let's remove Container1 and Container2 – something that takes seconds. I now have a container OS image for Windows Server 2012 R2 and container images for Java and Linux. Let's imagine that a developer needs to deploy an application that requires PHP. What do they need to do? It's quite easy – they create a container from the PHP container image. Windows Server Containers knows that PHP requires the Windows Server container OS image, and that is deployed too.
The entire deployment is near instant because nothing is deployed; the container links to the images in the repository and saves changes locally.
Think about this for a second – we've just deployed a configured OS in little more time than it takes to type a command. We've also modelled a fairly simple application dependency. Let's complicate things.
The developer installs WordPress into the new container.
The dev plans on creating multiple copies of their application (dev, test, and production) and like many test/dev environments, they need an easy way to reset, rebuild, and to spin up variations; there's nothing like containers for this sort of work. The dev shuts down Container3 and then creates a new container image. This process captures the changes since the last deployment and saves a container image in the repository – the WordPress installation. Note that this container doesn't include the contents of PHP or Windows Server but it does link to PHP and PHP links to Windows Server.
The dev is done and resets the environment. Now she wants to deploy 1 container for dev, 1 for test, and 1 for production. Simple! This requires 3 commands, each one that will create a new container from the WordPress container image, which logically uses the required PHP and PHP's required Windows Server.
From the administrator's perspective, they've not had to be involved in the deployment, and the repository is pretty simple. There's no need for a VM with Windows Server, another with Windows Server & PHP, and another with Windows Server, PHP & WordPress. Instead, there is an image for Windows Server, and image for PHP and an image for WordPress, with links providing the dependencies.
And yes, the repository is a flat file structure so there's no accidental DBA stuff to see here.
Why Would You Use Containers?
If you operate in the SME space then keep moving, and don't bother with Containers unless they're in an exam you need to pass to satisfy the HR drones. Containers are aimed at larger environments where there is application sprawl and repetitive installations.
Is this similar to what SCVMM 2012 introduced with Server App-V and service templates? At a very high level, yes, but Windows Server Containers is easy to use and probably a heck of a lot more stable.
Note that Containers are best suited for stateless workloads. If you want to save data then save it elsewhere, e.g. SMB 3.0. What about MySQL and SQL Server? Based on what was stated at Ignite, then there's a solution (or one in the works); they are probably using SMB 3.0 to save the databases outside of the container. This might require more digging, but I wonder if databases would really be a good fit for containers. And I wonder, much like with Azure VMs, if there will be a later revision that brings us stateful containers.
I don't imagine that my market at work (SMEs) will use Windows Server Containers, but if I was back working as an admin in a large enterprise then I would definitely start checking out this technology. If I worked in a software development environment then I would also check out containers for a way to rapidly provision new test and dev labs that are easy to deploy and space efficient.
Here is a link to the Windows Server containers page on the TechNet Library.
We won't see Hyper-V containers in TPv3 – that will come in a later release, I believe later in 2015.
Got one question, in Repository the Container OS Image has an customized OS image or just an ISO?
I haven't done a from-metal setup yet (only worked with containers) but I think it's special.
If each container can be based on the same image, then without sysprepping we have the same OS with the same GUID, Netbios Names etc.
I am wondering the same thing and have asked the question.
I checked. Container OS Images cannot join AD – it makes sense because they are stateless and this would lead to forgotten AD computer passwords. You'll need to use a different security model if one is required.
Thanks for sharing the high-level introduction.
I'm curious about patching the containers and how this plays into the differencing. In the example provided, let's say you get a Java patch (you know there will be many!). Do I start that Java container and patch it, or do I make a new Java container and modify pointers to use it instead of the old one?
I keep thinking of this like differencing VHDs but that doesn't fit with the patching model above – I'd break all sorts of things by modifying a VHD somewhere in the chain of dependencies. So does the differencing work at a file-system level?
I'm also not in the big enterprise space but I find it's good to learn about these things and how they work anyway. Particularly as 80% of my job is software development I suspect I might be able to put these to good use anyway so I might as well get familiar with them.
My guess is that you either patch the container, or create a new image tree (Java and dependents). Editing links would be unwise I guess, much like trying to move and AVHDX file from one parent VHDX to another.
Is the container having the same amount of CPU and RAM as the Container Host os is using only as much as it needs?
How can you add extra RAM or CPU to a Container and how can you monitor its performance?


Hi there! If you're new and just finding me here, my name is Nicole Miyuki Santo and I'm a hand-lettering artist.
This Sunday, July 29th I am volunteering on the arts and crafts team for the Royal Family Kids Camp - a week long camp to give kids in the foster care system (ages 6-12) a chance to feel like the kid they are. With activities ranging from craft time, songs & skits, tea parties, sports, woodworking and more, its a summer camp for these kids to remind them that they are loved. Imagine not having something as simple as a birthday party growing up, (that one hit me hard when I thought about it).
To help raise money, I want to do something different. I'm reaching out to all of you and will provide something in return as my thank you gift for donating.
I'm making a custom watercolor print for YOU! And guess what, you get to tell me what to write.
- Your quote must be no more than 10 words.
- Pick one color (this will be in watercolors so the color will vary slightly).
- I will cover the cost of shipping to locations in the United States, including Hawaii & Alaska. However, please add $10 to your donation to help cover the cost of shipping to International locations.
- This custom print offer is only available for the first 20 people.
- Follow the steps below.
Step 3: Enter your desired donation amount and information.
Step 4: Once you ahve submitted and received an email confirmation, forward that to me or email a screenshot to hello@nicolemiyuki.com. In your email write the quote, size and color you would like.
- Please note that I will be doing these when I get back from camp and plan to have them completed by the beginning of September.
Thank you in advance and your support is so greatly appreciated.


Primary vaccination is essential in order to prevent the once common puppyhood and kittenhood diseases that caused high levels of fatality from returning. However, recent research indicates that all vaccines may not require yearly booster vaccines.
There is no evidence that annual booster vaccination is anything but beneficial to the majority of pets. Published research has shown conclusively that omitting to re-inoculate against some of the major diseases can put some pets at risk. To establish whether boosters are really necessary for your pet, blood tests to measure the amount of antibodies (antibody titers) are necessary. Unfortunately, these tests are usually more stressful and are often more expensive than a simple revaccination. Additionally, there has not been proof that high serum antibody equals disease protection if your pet becomes exposed to a virulent disease.
Vaccines are closely regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vaccine manufacturers must prove that the vaccine is safe and effective before it can be used in your pet. Through vigilance and high standards, the veterinary vaccines used today are the safest and most protective ever.
I would prefer my pet to have boosters only when necessary. Is this possible?
It is possible, but in order to determine when boosters are necessary, the level of immunity against any of the preventable diseases has to be established by individual blood tests. If it is found to be low, the immunity will have to be boosted. At the present time, inoculation against a single disease is likely to cost as much as a multivalent vaccine, and there is no scientific evidence that annual multivalent boosters actually cause harm. From your pet's point of view, it is preferable to receive one injection against the common diseases rather than a series of single disease inoculations.
For patients that have low-risk lifestyles or whose owners want less frequent vaccination, your veterinarian may recommend alternating vaccines on a two or three year schedule. It is important to note that this is a violation of the approved usage for most vaccines, and the pros and cons should be thoroughly discussed before making a decision. Recent studies have demonstrated that some vaccines may convey two to three years' immunity, but more research is needed.
Ultimately, how frequently your pet should be vaccinated is determined by your pet's lifestyle, risk, and you and your veterinarian's personal beliefs. The issues are complex and often contentious.
The annual health examination involves not only vaccinations but, more importantly, a thorough health check – ears, eyes, heart and chest are all examined. Diseases of the mouth and teeth, ear, heart and other problems are frequently detected during this examination and can be successfully treated because of early diagnosis.
Deciding which vaccinations your pet receives should be based on your pet's lifestyle, age and health status. Our trained veterinary healthcare team can help guide you through this decision-making process to ensure that your pet receives the highest standard of care and protection.


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Red Lake Band Plans Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Project
Camille LeFevre | Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Rendering Courtesy Red Lake Band
Bill Kelley
Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy, Transit Oriented Development
The American Indian Cultural Corridor in Minneapolis, home to the largest population of urban American Indian people in Minnesota, continues its ongoing redevelopment into an area of cultural pride and community cohesion with a new proposed mixed-used housing development. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians recently purchased a 37,367-square-foot parcel on Cedar Avenue, formerly occupied by Amble Hardware. The project will be called Mino-bimaadiziwin, Ojibwe for "living the good life."
The site is "in the heart of the American Indian community" and located adjacent to a Blue Line light-rail station, explains Sam Strong of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Plans include demolishing the existing, blighted structures, and developing the site into a mixed-use property with approximately 115 units of affordable rental housing. The project would also include a healthcare clinic and a variety of social service programs for tribal members, and the Red Lake Band's Minneapolis Embassy.
The Minneapolis-based Cuningham Group is the designing the project. "While nothing has been finalized on the design side, we are interested in making this a sustainable green project and are looking into our options," says Strong.
About 2,100 Red Lake Band members plus their descendants live in the Twin Cities area. "We are excited to build a strong, healthy affordable housing community for Native Americans in this culturally significant area that will not only benefit our own tribal members, but also the entire Minneapolis community and Seward neighborhood," said Darrell G. Seki, Sr., Chair of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, in a prepared statement.
The Red Lake Band has long been a leader among Indian Tribes and has been at the forefront of numerous initiatives in Indian Country. Mino-bimaadiziwin, a new urban mixed-use project "is important as an investment in our community," Strong says, "and will help meet the ongoing housing, health and other service needs of our people."


Great family fun - explore Anderson Inlet at your leisure.
Kayaks: Singles: $20 for 2 hrs. Doubles: $40 for 2 hrs.
Stand Up Paddle Boards $40 for 2 hrs.
$100 security deposit is required-refunded when boats are returned without damage or loss.
Fuel use will be deducted from bond at end of trip.
BYO fishing gear or rod hire is available and bait may be purchsed.
4.1m Polycraft 4 pass. $100 for 2hrs, $40ph thereafter.
4.2m polycraft 5 pass. $120 for 2hrs, $50ph thereafter.
5m Dolphin 5 pass. $100 for 2hrs, $40ph thereafter.
5.0m Cat 5 pass. $120 for 2hrs, $50ph thereafter.
5.7m Mac 7 pass. $150 for 2hrs, $60ph thereafter.
8m Punt 12 pass. $200 for 2hrs, $80ph thereafter.
Kayaks - $20 Single. $40 Double for 2 hrs.
10m Skippered party barge Liceenced for 25 pass. BBQ & Toilet on board. $600 for 2 hrs.
SUPs - $40 per hour.
6.5m punt Licenced for 8 pass. $160 for 2 hrs, $70 per hour.
Fuel use is deducted from $100 bond at the end of the hire.
BYO fishing gear and bait or hire rod's available.
Thankyou for contacting Inverloch Charters.
8m punt, lic for 12 passengers.
5.7m Mac, Lic for 7 passengers.
6.5m punt, Lic for 8 pass.
5m Dolphin Lic for 6 pass.
10m Skippered Party barge, with BBQ & toilet.


OTTAWA — Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.
"This government was so concerned with appearances, not wanting to look like previous governments, wanting instead "to wag their finger and lift their chin in righteous indignation, that they sat on their hands until it was almost too late. And it still might be too late," Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos told the upper house.


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Burning firebreaks and clearing old lands at Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat and registered Conservancy.
They are unique to Africa, and no other bird of prey looks or hunts like they do, purposefully striding across the veld in search of prey - insects,rats and mice, small birds and reptiles especially snakes, hence the name "serpentarius" With large strides they rapidly cover vast areas of grassland, when they do find something there is a flurry of excitement and activity, much stomping with wings raised and then the moment of success.
Whoo Whoo---doesn't love Owls ??
Why aren't we like that wise old bird ?
Autumn and Mist and diamond studded webs.
Waking in the morning to a deep beautifully enveloping silence and you KNOW …its MISTY. Standing on your deck, cup of coffee in hand, tucked up against the slight chill of an awesome Autumn morning in the Highlands. Swirling around you thick mist filled with glowing light and tasting like champagne on your lips, and just for this brief moment in time…..the world has gone away.


Juan Francisco Ochoa started the restaurant in Guasave, Mexico, in 1975. By 1979, the chain had expanded over northern Mexico. In 1980, the first U.S. restaurant opened in Los Angeles, California. In 1983, the American restaurants in the chain were acquired by Denny's, with an agreement where the Ochoa family could operate the restaurants in Mexico.
There are some holes in the history presented at the El Pollo Loco website, however. The USPTO reports that El Pollo Loco's trademark was assigned from a Humberto Galvez to the El Pollo Loco corporation in 1981. El Pollo Loco joined the former Trans World Corporation with the rest of Denny's in 1987, but was sold as the holding company got rid of all its operations other than Denny's.
Humberto Galvez later started the Pescado Mojado (rhyming Spanish for "The Wet Fish") chain of fish restaurants.
In the United States, the El Pollo Loco chain operates in the Southwest and California, with a single location in Chicago and a recently opened location in Connecticut at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard. Their main dish is pollo asado, a grilled marinated chicken. Initially, their competition was with Kentucky Fried Chicken for plates of chicken, but today, they have expanded into burritos and salads, and serve items that compete with Taco Bell, Del Taco and other Mexican style restaurants. Their primary competition appears to come from smaller mom-and-pop restaurants with copycat names.
The chain's most recent marketing efforts, featuring a handsome Latino playing a character named El Caliente (Spanish for 'The Hot One') (played by Matt Cedeño), have drawn fire from Chicano advocacy groups who claim that the ads depict a stereotypical view of Latinos. Generally, however, El Caliente is seen as less offensive than previous Latino mascots, such as the Frito Bandito.
In Mexico, the originating chain still operates under the same name and logo in most of northern Mexico, particularly in cities such as Monterrey or Culiacán. The chain enjoys high commercialization on take out and fast food selling primarily grilled chicken. The chain marketing efforts are primarily on radio.
Recently, the restaraunt was the setting for a challenge on The Apprentice: Los Angeles in which the contestants had to take El Pollo Loco's famous dish, the "Pollo Bowl", and make something original out of it.


70 years, 6 months, 29 days old age. Olivia Newton-John will turn 71 on 26 September, 2019. Only 5 months, 1 days, 20 hours, 36 minutes has left for her next birthday.
Olivia Newton-John has celebrated the total number of 70 birthdays till date. See the analysis by days count and bar graph.
Olivia Newton-John was born on 26-09-1948 in Cambridge in the state of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. She is an Australian Singer, Entrepreneur, Songwriter, Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress, Musician & Recording Artist.