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First Temple Of Sai Baba – THE TEMPLE AT BHIVPURI
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba has become a part of the mainstream of Indian spiritual and temporal life within a short period of attaining mahasamadhi. We can now see Sai temples not only in the big cities but also in small towns and villages of India, and more and more temples are being built.In this page we will learn about the Sai temple built at Bhivpuri 1916, when Sri Shirdi Sai Baba was still in his physical body.
Bhivpuri Road is a small railway station which comes before Karjat on the train route from Mumbai to Pune. If one gets out at this station and looks right towards the fields, a temple spire is clearly visible. This is the Sai temple at Bhivpuri. It is a short walk across the fields to the temple.
This temple has a very interesting history. The story behind its construction reveals the astonishing manner in which Baba pulls his devotees to him. It is unbelievable but nevertheless true that the founder of the temple, the late Sri Keshav Ramachandra Pradhan, was initially an atheist. Sri Pradhan was working for a Parsee gentleman of Mumbai as a pedhi (a collector of debts owed to his employer). He lived in Bhivpuri and would commute to Mumbai to work. In the course of his job he would frequently go to Manmad, Nasik and Kopergaon. Pradhan had a close friend who was a devotee of Sai Baba. He would often go to Shirdi and return after having darshan of (seeing) Sri Sai Baba. Once, Pradhan visited his friend when he was about to leave for Shirdi. He asked Pradhan to accompany him and to have Baba's darshan. Pradhan, who had no belief in God or Godmen, initially refused to go with him. Finally, however, he gave in to his friend's persuasion and agreed to go, but not to set foot inside the mosque where Baba lived. His friend accepted the compromise and they set out for Shirdi together.
The friends reached Shirdi and stayed in the wada. As it was time for the noon arati, Pradhan's friend went to the mosque but Pradhan stayed in the wada. The bell rang from the mosque for the arati and Pradhan could hear it from his room. The deep gongs of the bell stirred him as never before. He was enchanted by the sound and unknowingly started walking to the mosque from where this heavenly sound was issuing forth.
He reached the mosque and sat in a corner. Looking at Baba, he was immersed in a state of bliss. After the arati was over the other devotees took udhi from Baba and left the mosque. Pradhan was still in a state of bliss and was unaware of everything but Baba. Sri Shirdi Sai then called Pradhan to draw near and asked him for dakshina. Pradhan had Rs 2500 in his pocket. This was the amount he had collected for his employer from the various debtors. He took out the entire cash from his pocket and, placing it all in Baba's hands, returned to his room still in the same state of bliss. A little later, Pradhan came to realise that he had given the entire amount to Baba and was surprised that he could do such a thing with his employer's money. His friend told him not to worry as Baba would take care to see that Pradhan would not get into any trouble because of this.
Pradhan started back via Kopergaon from Shirdi in a horse-cart. It was only after he reached Kopergaon that he realised that he had no money, even for the hire of the cart. He requested the cart man to take his ring, sell it and return the remaining cash after taking his fare. While this was going on a well-dressed gentleman, unknown to Pradhan, arrived. After inquiring about the matter he not only paid the cart man but also bought a ticket to Mumbai for Pradhan and left as mysteriously as he came.
Pradhan reached Bhivpuri. He did not know how he could face his employer and tell him that he had used all the money which he had collected. To gain time, he sent word to his employer that he was sick and would come to work once he had recovered. The employer sent word back granting leave till Pradhan was well enough to return to work. He also wanted to know why Pradhan had sent double the money he had collected and what he was to do with the excess? Pradhan saw Baba's hand in this and was thrilled to the core of his being by the kindness shown to him by Baba. He was electrified that Baba had showered his grace on him to such an extent in the very first darshan. He became a staunch devotee of Baba and would often go to Shirdi to visit Baba and take his blessings. Pradhan would plead with Baba to come to Bhivpuri whenever he went to Shirdi.
Once, in 1916, Baba gave his statue to Pradhan and said, "Go to Bhivpuri. Build a temple for me there. Keep this statue in the temple and worship it. You need not come to Shirdi any more." Pradhan returned to Bhivpuri but did not follow Baba's instructions. When he next came to Shirdi Baba said, "When I have come to your house, why have you come here? Bhivpuri is your Shirdi. Go there and do as I told you."
In a few days Pradhan built a small temple near his house at Bhivpuri and ceremoniously installed the statue of Baba; regular worship was started. This temple is located in a place which is green with trees and beautiful to the eye. In the silence of the night the sound of the temple doors opening would sometimes be heard. Baba's form would be seen coming out of the temple and resting under a tree in the front yard. The sound of the temple doors closing would be heard again at three in the morning. All these leelas were experienced not only by Pradhan and his family but also by their guests who stayed overnight. Pradhan had no doubt that Bhivpuri was indeed his Shirdi and he became an even more ardent devotee of Baba. The temple was developed to include an inner chamber, a big hall in the forecourt, a verandah and guestrooms for the use of visiting devotees.
Sri V V Gupte, Pradhan's son-in-law, took an active part in conducting the various affairs of the temple and helped further develop it. Sri Gupte had first visited Shirdi in 1936 and experienced bliss at the sight of Baba's samadhi. He prayed fervently to Baba to make the temple at Bhivpuri as glorious and awesome as the Samadhi Mandir at Shirdi. Baba answered his prayers and the Bhivpuri temple became famous with more and more devotees visiting it.
Pradhan passed away in 1939 and responsibility for the temple fell on Gupte's shoulders. He started an organization for running the temple called the "Sri Sadguru Sainathuni Seva Sanstha". The rush of visitors increased and the existing facilities became insufficient. Funds were inadequate to do all that was necessary to meet the huge influx of devotees. Finally, Baba's help was sought. A devotee called Narayan Purohit started the formal reading of Sai Baba's life. On the fourth day Baba came to him in a dream and said, "Where is my dhuni? How can this be Shirdi without a dhuni? How can my temple be complete without a dhuni?"
As he had the dream twice, Purohit informed Gupte and it was decided forthwith to build a dhuni as instructed by Baba. Sri Valvalkar, the grandson of Sri Hemadpant (author of Sri Sai Satcharitra – Baba's life story and leelas), first lit the dhuni on the Ramanavami day of 1949. Ramanavami and Baba's samadhi festivals are celebrated here with great fervour and glory.
(Source: Sai Leela magazine, September 1976)
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Home Health New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality...
New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality but big variations
New figures on deaths from cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality between the periods 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. Deaths from all cancers in the European Union (EU) between these two periods fell by nine percent in men and eight percent in women, with a large drop among the middle-aged population.
In a study published online in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology [1] today (Monday 30 November), researchers found that there was an average 185.2 deaths per 100,000 of the population per year in men between 1990-1994 in 27 member states of the EU, but this fell to 168 deaths per 100,000 between 2000-2004. For women, the number of deaths fell from 104.8 to 96.9 per 100,000.
The researchers, led by Professor Carlo La Vecchia (MD), head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mario Negri Institute and associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan (Italy), and Professor Fabio Levi (MD), Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, (Switzerland), say that the persistent downward trend is driven largely by changes in tobacco consumption, with large falls in lung and other tobacco-related cancers in men. A steady decline in gastric cancers and, recently, declines in colorectal cancer have also contributed to the overall drop in mortality rates. However, the picture is variable across Europe and between sexes. For instance, where alcohol or tobacco consumption, or a combination of the two, has increased (particularly in women), there has been a rise in deaths from cancers known to have these as risk factors, such as lung, mouth, pharynx and oesophagus.
Dr Cristina Bosetti (ScD), head of the Unit of Cancer Epidemiology at the Mario Negri Department of Epidemiology, said: "The key message of our paper is that the favourable trends in cancer mortality in Europe have continued over the most recent years. This is due mainly to the falls in lung and other tobacco-related cancers in men, the persistent decline in gastric cancer, but also appreciable falls in colorectal cancer. Screening and early diagnosis have contributed to the decline in cervical and breast cancer, although the fall in breast cancer mortality is mainly due to improved treatment. Therapeutic advancements have also played a role in the reduced mortality from testicular cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma and leukaemias, although the declines have been delayed and are smaller in eastern Europe."
In their paper the authors say: "These advancements notwithstanding, in the early 2000s, there remains an approximately twofold difference in cancer mortality — as in incidence — across European countries. For men, the highest mortality rates in 2000-2004 were in Hungary (255.2/100,000), the Czech Republic (215.9/100,000) and Poland (209.8/100,000), and the lowest ones in Sweden (125.8/100,000), Finland (130.9/100,000) and Switzerland (136.9/100,000). For women, the highest mortality rates were in Denmark (141/100,000), Hungary (131.5/100,000) and Scotland (123.1/100,000), and the lowest ones in Spain (78.9/100,000), Greece (79.7/100,000) and Portugal (80.9/100,000) again reflecting the different spread of cigarette smoking among men and women across various European countries in the past. Thus, further reduction of tobacco smoking remains the key priority for cancer control in Europe. Interventions in alcohol drinking, aspects of nutrition, including overweight and obesity, and more widespread adoption of screening, early diagnosis and therapeutic advancements for treatable cancers would contribute to further reduce European cancer burden in the near future."
Their report contains mortality rates by country and by cancer [2]. Below are some examples.
Mouth and pharynx
While overall male mortality declined by about 10%, mortality rates increased in women. Tobacco smoking and alcohol (alone or combined) are the major risk factors for these cancers, accounting for more than 80% of cases.
"Countries like France and Italy, which had the highest alcohol consumption up to the early 1980s, but where alcohol drinking has substantially declined over the last few decades, showed favourable trends in oral cancer mortality since the mid/late 1980s, whereas male trends were less favourable in most countries from northern Europe, where alcohol drinking has increased," the authors report. A recent, dramatic epidemic of oral cancer emerged in central/eastern European countries, mainly Hungary and Slovakia. This is related to tobacco, but also to the consumption of alcohol (often made from fruit).
Also strongly related to tobacco and alcohol (and their interaction), oesophageal cancer mortality has decreased moderately in men, but remained stable in women overall, while rising in middle-aged women. Deaths fell substantially in France, Italy and Spain for the same reasons as for oral cancers, while they have increased in most of northern, central and eastern Europe, with particularly high rises in Denmark, Scotland and the Baltic countries. In 2000-2004, the highest mortality rates in men were in Scotland (10.9/100,000), England and Wales (8.5/100,000) and Hungary (8.2/100,000); in women the highest rates were in Scotland (4/100,000), England and Wales (3/100,000) and Ireland (2.8/100,000). The lowest male rates (less than 3/100,000) were in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and Finland; the lowest female rates were in Belarus, Greece, and Ukraine (less than 0.4/100,000).
Deaths from lung cancer in EU men have declined overall. They fell by 17% in men from 1995 to 2004; however, over the same period they rose by 27% in women. Between 2000-2004, the highest male lung cancer mortality rates were in Hungary (78.9/100/000), followed by Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Russia and the Baltic countries. For women in the same period, the highest rates were in Scotland (28.8/100,000) and Hungary (22.1/100,000).
Skin, including melanoma
Mortality rates are still rising in the EU for both men and women with overall rates in 2000-2004 of 2.4/100,000 in men and 1.5/100,000 in women. However, the authors say the rates in middle age have been stable in the past decade, and are levelling off in the younger generations. "A possible explanation could be that the health messages about the dangers of sun exposure are beginning to reach the younger generations," said Dr Bosetti.
From 1990-1994 and 2000-2004 breast cancer mortality has declined by 13% at all ages, by 17% between the ages of 35-64, by 25% between the ages of 35-44, but only by 6% for women aged 65 and over.
"In the UK and most other western European countries, mortality rates have been substantially declining over the last two decades, whereas they have been stable or upwards in Russia and most eastern European countries," the authors report. The key factor behind the favourable trends in breast cancer is improved treatment, together with diagnostic advancements.
Deaths from cancers of the cervix have fallen by 19% overall between 1990-1994 and 2000-2004, but rates remain high in Russian and eastern European countries. In western and northern Europe the decline is due to the wider adoption of cervical cancer screening programmes, while the authors say the higher rates in eastern Europe call for an "urgent adoption of organised cervical screening programmes".
In the EU as a whole there were modest declines in prostate cancer deaths of about four percent from 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. There were falls in France, Germany and the UK in the last decade, which could be attributed to better therapy and management of prostate cancer deaths in recent years. Mortality rates, however, were still increasing in Russia, the Baltic countries, Poland and other eastern European countries.
[1] Cancer mortality in Europe, 2000-2004, and an overview of trends since 1975. Annals of Oncology. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp530
[2] The research paper contains tables and graphs showing results by countries and cancers.
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21 Best Bishounen Anime Recommendation
Are you tired of fantasizing about your crushes?
Keep your chin up, because you'll be bombarded by handsome men!
The beauty of bishounen, or "pretty guys," is something real men can't match.
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Syaoran finds Princess Sakura, his childhood friend, on the Clow Country ruins.
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The Holy Grail War is an epic battle royale between seven magi who are Masters.
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Rin Toosaka is one of the magi who entered the Fifth Holy Grail War.
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He decides to quit. Victor Nikiforov, the champion figure skater, notices Yuri after he makes a video of his practice.
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Haru has fallen out with Rin, his childhood friend.
Haru swims now without a purpose.
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AddressUtsikten, 4480 Kvinesdal, Norway
Located between Kristiansand and Stavanger in the southwest part of Norway, the town of Kvinesdal sits close to the Fedafjord. It's completely surrounded by mountains, with the Kvina river as a popular place for salmon fishing. Just a short 5-minute drive away lies the Utsiken Golfpark, where a golf course has operated since the mid-1990s.
Kvinesdal & Omegn Golf Club was established in 1992, with a 6-hole course opening two years later. Architect Graeme Webster then got involved and a deal was struck with Tinfos Jernverk, a local company involved in steel production, to supply slag that could be used in the shaping and drainage of additional holes. A 9-hole layout opened in 2000 which was doubled in size by 2004.
Today, the course extends to just over 5,300 metres from the back markers, playing to a par of 70 (34 out then 36 in), with holes arranged as two returning nines. The shorter front nine starts and ends with a par three and there are only two par fives on the scorecard, at the tough 486-metre 8th (rated stroke index 1) and the right doglegging 455-metre 17th which plays to a plateau green.
Architect Graeme Webster kindly supplied us with the following information about the expansion of the layout:
"I designed and built a new 9-hole extension at Kvinesdal and re-modelled much of the original nine holes back at the start of the new millennium. Tinfoss is the local Iron ore smelting works in the local village, at the end of a small Fjord.
There's a deep berth harbour at the factory where ships delivered rock from Africa. The rock was put through the furnaces to release molten metal from inside the rock and once the molten metal was released from the rock to produce silicomanganese for steel production, the rock was left.
The course at Kvinesdal was set on very peaty, wet ground so we dug out and removed the peat to a depth of two metres and backfilled with the slag supplied free (including transport on the 1-hour round trip).from Tinfoss.
Kvinesdal Golf Club at the time had a real "Mr.Fixit" called Olav Magne Trydal who organised the deal with Tinfoss and numerous other sponsors. He really put the club on the map and elevated it to a much respected position within the Scandinavian golf market.
When the UK government brought in the Aggregate Levy on UK Quarries in 2002, Tinfoss could have crushed the rock and sold it into the UK market and at this point we had the last 2 or 3 holes still to build. Tinfoss delayed the opportunity to make money until it had completed the supply of slag to build the Kvinesdal course.
It would never have been built if it were not for the very generous from Tinfos in a deal that was very much the brainchild of Olav Magne Trydal. The club is now called Utsikten GolfKlubb."


What interested the PPCC about Mili was not the cliché plot (2) about the boisterous, full-of-life cancer victim who teaches the brooding hero what it means to live. What interested us was that the brooding hero at one point attempts to commit suicide. First, we've never seen an attempted suicide on Hindi celluloid. We've heard characters talk about suicide, but they were always accompanied by the Blaring Horns of Taboo. Second, the thematic jumbliness - with one character loving life and dying despite herself, and another character hating it and surviving despite himself - had such an ironic and poignant structure that we thought, This the PPCC must see!
2. New tenant is also hot.
Hmm, brooding and yet hot? Angry and yet appealing? Why, it could only be a young Amitabh Bachchan! Indeed, Amitabh moves in with his elderly man-nanny (manny?), Gopi, in tow, and proceeds to rain on everyone's parade. He does not allow the children to play on the terrace, like they used to. He yells at people. He gets wasted at odd hours and breaks things made of glass.
Gosh, if you weren't so tall, dark and handsome, Amitabh, we'd be really annoyed.
Of course - and don't pretend you're not just salivating for it to happen! - Mili and Amitabh eventually become close. First, Mili instructs the kids to blast Amitabh with their rays of cuteness, and, despite himself, Amitabh is cutified. Second, Mili is one of the few people who manages NOT to say insensitive things about Amitabh's parents, and Amitabh is duly appreciative. Third, and here's the clinker, one evening Amitabh gets totally wasted and slashes his wrists. Mili and her father are called upstairs by Gopi to help, and Mili has to hold Amitabh's wrist. The next day, visibly embarrassed, Amitabh attempts to recoil back into his shell, but Mili's casual compassion and easy-going optimism break his armor like Saladin breaking Jerusalem's walls in 1187. Soon enough, Mili's coming over to Amitabh's house for stargazing and philosophical conversation, and with time, the two are holding hands.
Let's just take a minute: Awwwww! Come on, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to just feel all warm and cuddly by this point!
The morning after. Note the parallels in camera angle and sitting positions. The scene is also played very poignantly. Amitabh's a poor, hurt dear.
Anyway, it is now Narrative Time for Mili to become very ill, which she does. We don't want to give anything away from now on, but let's say that the dennouement feels very real, and the ending in particular rings true. Expect no melodrama, despite the long illustrious history of Hindi melodrama. Quite the opposite! This film is soaked in emotional realism, even approaching La stanza del figlio at times. Even though Mili does all the things terminally ill people in movies typically do - wearing a brave face, refusing help, wasting away in a Victorian gothic way - it all feels genuinely poignant. Amitabh's behavior is likewise unexpectedly real. Of course, this makes it impossible not to cry, at least a little.
We really like Ashok Kumar in paternal roles.
It's interesting to watch early Jaya roles. We were first introduced to her in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and then Silsila, both roles in which she's portrayed as a very conservative maternal figure. Sure, she smiled, but mostly she didn't. What's surprising (and delightful!) is how fun Jaya was back in the day: from her fast-talking tough girl in Zanjeer, to the perky (in a good way) Mili, to the bit in the flashback in Sholay. It was like she was another person! Small, vibrant, excitable, and indeed a perfect foil against the tall, unmovable broodingness of Amitabh. I guess they've both mellowed considerably now, it makes you forget what a great duo they made back in the day.
Onto Amitabh. Well, he was as expected. Angry with a heart of gold. Tall, dark and handsome. We miss Shashi. But I guess you can't have everything.
What's especially interesting about this film is that it's almost like a proto-Parallel Cinema film - intelligent, subtle, real - and yet it's so, well, mainstream. But it's the type of film that the PPCC expected Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi to make (and, indeed, they too have covered the territory of health and romance and suburban India). It's also astoundingly short, coming in just under the 2 hour mark. Use this to ease your non-Hindi friends into the powers of Amitabh and Jaya. Edited to add: OK, so Prof. Lutgendorf's review of Anari cleared a lot of our misunderstanding re: this film. Like Anari, this film was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who specialized in "middle class" films - not quite bombastically populist like the good ol' masala movies, but neither quite so cerebral as Shyam Benegal and the Parallel crowd. Ooh, got it.
I've only seen two HM films and they were both superb, somehow filmi in all the right ways without being too much (even though I usually enjoy too much, it's nice to get other things I love about typical Hindi films in a different sort of way).
Also, I want to live in an apartment building in which gossip meetings are called. And probably when I'm 70 I'll be the person doing the calling, let's be honest.
I love this film, it's one of my favorite HM ones. Jaya is just unbelievable. She is so sparkly and full of life in these early films (in addition to the ones you mentioned---Guddi! A must-see).
This is such a cute film, but Jaya does o'd on the squeee moments, but great otherwise, and Amitabh is so smoldering and full of injusticeness! great review!
Jaya was really good in her younger days - Mili, Guddi, Chupke Chupke, Anndata, Parichay - had her looking so cute and bubbly. Seems like she's making up for it by being ultra conservative and gloomy in all her roles!
Oops. That last sentence should read: Seems like she's making up for it by being ultra conservative and gloomy in all her roles these days!
I love this movie and it was my first HM movie years ago. I saw 'Abhimaan' soon thereafter (which quickly became one of my favorite movies of all time) - his movies are just so sweet and real. His movies are right around 2 hours and pack more into them than some movies do in 3 1/2... Jaya was just grace personified in this movie and people who know her from the 'Kabhie Kushie Kabhie Gham' period really need to go back and check her out at her zenith.
And of course I couldn't leave without mentioning the subdued but brilliant songs. The Lata number 'Maine Kaha Phoolon Se' and the Kishore song are both just wonderful.
Beth - I agree! They occupy a very fertile middle ground, and I think they'd be excellent introductions to Hindi cinema for non-Hindi people.
Ain't nothing wrong with calling meetings for purely gossip purposes.
Memsaab - Ahh, young Jaya! She was so different back in the day, wasn't she? Ooh, Guddi's on my list now - I just read a review of it over at Filmi Girl, Bol! It looks excellent.
Shweta - I am the EXACT same way. We can assume the ending is happy together.
Rum - Welcome! Yeah, Amitabh looks like he's about to catch fire, what with all his smoldering hotness. The PPCC is a BIG fan of Byronic heroes, so we loved him immediately. Agreed that Jaya squees up a small storm, but I began the film VERY wary of too much cuteness and generally came away satisfied. Like, she's excitable, but she's not inhumanly excitable.
Bollyviewer - I sometimes wonder if it's the "Married Actress" cinema which I've heard so much about. Perhaps in an effort not to look like a potential floozy, she decided to go uber-conservative? If I was really clever, I would know when the Bachchans got married, but I don't, ergo I don't know if I have any basis to believe this.
Sanket - Sweet and real is a perfect way to describe them, true! And agreed that Mukherjee was an incredibly efficient director, not only compared to the Hindi mainstream norm, but also compared to European films. Actually, Mili is a lot like Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room - both deal with similar issues and use similar styles(evocative and vignetty).
Guh. But when Amitabh goes to visit Jaya when she's stuck in bed? It's like they pulled my heart out.
Anamika and Kora Kagaz are the other movies in which Jaya did an excellent job.
Do check out Koshish if you can. Directed by Gulzar and starring Jaya B and Sanjeev K. They portray a deaf-mute couple and act up a storm. Great movie.
Jaya was The Heroine for a lot of us teens back in the 70s. All those of us who couldn't digest masala, and didn't like to simpering, over-dressed heroines (however beautiful), self-sacrifycing doormat (however lovely) and the eternal message of women as decoration doll. She was a breath of fresh air, she looked like a Real Person, had personality and could actually act! She couldn't dance to save her life, wore sarees wrapped round. There is that scene in Bawarchi where she is supposed to dance, and you can see how they worked round that one! But we all lvoed her and she was a Star, v v popular.
And did not hesitate to remove make-up and look ill when called to do so. When you saw her and esp in her interviews, you can see why BB and others would be captivated by her, she is certainly got an intelligent mind of her own. I believe HM's films got a new lease of life from her, and in a way her being able to be a star starring these supposedly modest films, allowed directors to make more films of this type, knowing they would be successful.
I recommend watching most of her films, from Guddi, Uphaar, Koshish, Anamika, Parichay, Kora Kaagaz, Piya Ka Ghar, Abhimaan, Bawarchi, etc. etc. Except her Gau and Gori, which is a total embarrassment acc to her!
Coming back to Mili I often feel that the blurb does not do any justice to the film (oh another dying role) because it is totally something else.
Everything is so real, we didn't live in an apartment building, but around 4-5 pm was tea-time before husbands came home, and many days neighbouring ladies would drop in for tea and we would be crowded in my parent's bedroom, listeing hard to gossip and complaints!
You have reviewed it beautifully, but my best dialogue is when Jaya starts feeling more under the weather and tells Ashok Kumar"..battery recharge ka time ho gaya..." all the story and emotions and feelings behind those few words.
Jaya was truly one of a kind and Amit in those days was a real charmer. But HM is the real star of this movie. When I see the movies made today, with the helicoptering, multi-zillionaires and other such blather, I yearn for a return to sanity, for the types of movies HM made.
Incidentally, you can watch Mili and other HM movies on moovieshoovie.com, of which I'm the founder. All movies are subtitled and DVD quality. Love to see you all there !
Ahh I was watching this movie one night and got really sleepy and didn't get to finish it :( I can't find it anywhere nearby either! Does Mili die in the end or does the film not go forward to that part? I thought it was soo good and I really wanna know the end! btw ppc your blog is fab :D So much variety!


The central premise of President Donald Trump's North Korea strategy is to maintain stringent sanctions until North Korea completes denuclearization —j without the benefit of any agreement to implement the joint statement signed by Trump and Kim Jong Un on June 12.
The underlying logic of Trump's strategy is that stringent sanctions will force North Korea to accept the president's demands. It is not a novel strategy in American relations with an East Asian country seemingly bent on war.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt used a similar strategy in trying to curtail Japan's military aggressions prior to the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. With the passage of the Export Control Act in 1940, the Roosevelt administration was given authority to limit the export to Japan of many items. Frustrated by Japan's failure to make changes in its policies, the Roosevelt administration instituted a freeze on Japanese assets in the United States in July 1941. The practical effect of that freeze was to preclude the sale of all petroleum products to Japan.
The impact of these sanctions on Japan was considerable. As early as February 1941 American Ambassador Joseph Grew was told by his Japanese dentist that he should have dental work done sooner rather than later because the government would soon seize all gold and there would be none available for fillings. By July 1941, rice was being rationed. Imported coffee was replaced by another brew about which, according to New York Times Tokyo correspondent Otto Tolischus, "it was better not to ask too many questions." And — given the government's decision to preserve oil stockpiles for military purposes — the use of gasoline for cars was prohibited, and almost all of the few cars that traversed Tokyo's streets were fitted with charcoal engines.
The Roosevelt administration did explore an agreement with Japan in discussions throughout most of 1941. But the administration was confident that its sanctions would bring Japan to its knees without the need for an agreement.
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"The old jive broad split" meaning - Bill Withers Song (Ain't no Sunshine)
"The old jive broad split"
It's a part of what Bill Withers says at the beginning of "Ain't no sunshine".
It's a part of the story behind this song. But it lacks everything. I have absolutely no idea about its meaning or even its gramatical structure.
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Found Bill Withers' intro to the song here. His full statement is:
Women can say stuff like, "I loved him, I really really loved him. But he just left. Why'd he leave like that?"
Men, given the same situation, usually say somethin' like, "I'm glad the old jive broad split, man," knowing all the time that it's really killin' him inside.
Here's the breakdown of the slang words used:
old = (informal - adj) "Used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt."
jive = (North American - informal - adj) "Deceitful or worthless."
broad = (North American - informal - noun) "A woman."
split = (informal - no object) "Leave a place, especially suddenly."
So he is giving an example of how a man usually hides his feelings after a woman leaves him. That line means:
"I'm glad that old jive broad split" = (disrespectfully) I am glad that worthless woman left me
He finishes explaining that he didn't want to be like that, so he wrote the lyrics, "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone," to speak honestly instead.
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The sentence is parsed as follows:
(The ((old, jive) broad) split)
In other words, the "broad" - who is "old" and "jive" - "split". All of these are used in a slang / colloquial sense:
jive adj. Slang ... Misleading, phony, or worthless: talking jive nonsense.
old adj. ... Used as an intensive: Come back any old time. Don't give me any ol' excuse.
broad n. Offensive Slang ... A woman or girl.
split v. Slang ... To depart from; leave: a mobster who suddenly split town.
So the meaning of the lyrics are that a woman left, or broke up with, the narrator, and the narrator is referring to the woman in derogatory way out of frustration, regret, a broken heart, whatever.
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The full context is I'm glad the old jive broad split. From the full OED...
jive U.S. slang
Used, chiefly by black Americans, in the primary sense 'not acting correctly' but with a wide range of connotations ('pretentious', 'deceitful', etc.).
In the cited context, broad is an old-time (disrespectful) slang term for a woman, and split is slang for left, went away.
The speaker is glad some particular woman left him (he didn't think highly of her anyway).
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MLK: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
We've come a long way since MLK delivered "I Have a Dream" in 1963. Or so we'd like to think.
It was a minor milestone, unheralded and unnoticed, really, by all but me. And truly, it was no big deal. But since it's my motherly duty to catalog "firsts"—the first tooth, first steps, first words—I couldn't help but quietly make a mental note as my daughter packed her same-old PJs, hairbrush, jeans and Old Navy T-shirt in her same-old overnight bag for yet another sleepover. Only it wasn't exactly same-old; it was her first interracial sleepover, which was, of course, no big deal. This is, after all, the 21st century, the gilded age of pluralism. Archie Bunker last topped the Nielsen ratings more than 30 years ago; integration is just a footnote in history books; and the melting pot has long since bubbled over, even here in the Deep South.
And yet as I dropped my daughter off, it dawned on me that this was probably the first time anyone in her entire extended family, throughout generations of Hunts, Woods, Petries, Blums and related genteel Southern white folks, had spent the night with a best friend who happens to be African-American. So the fact that it was no big deal, just a run-of-the-mill, stay-up-too-late, eat-too-much-junk sleepover, was ever so subtly, dare I say, a big deal.
I grew up in North Carolina in the late '60s and 1970s, and went to a small private school because things were still rocky in the recently integrated public schools. The only time I ever went to a black person's home was when I was five years old, after I'd stolen $20 from dear Inez, our housekeeper (I snagged a bill from her pay on the kitchen counter and told my mom I'd gotten it from the tooth fairy), and my mother drove me to her small home in the "projects" to apologize. I remember walking through her bare yard, up the dirt sidewalk to her front door, burning with shame. My remorse was compounded by realizing, even at that young age, how different our homes and neighborhoods were.
I now live even further south, in Charleston, S.C., the cradle of the Confederacy, a mere jog from where the Articles of Secession were signed. I can't say things have changed all that much from when I was a little girl. Truly integrated neighborhoods are the exception rather than the rule. The public high school serving downtown Charleston is 100% black, because the rich folks who live in the beautiful old planter's mansions on the peninsula send their children to private schools. It's white flight on another level. It's don't ask, don't tell.
Maybe the rest of y'all have gotten racial equality all worked out and we Southerners are just slow, too busy drawing out our vowels and minding our manners. It's best not to stir things up, don't ya know. Plus, it's not a big deal. "Separate but equal" was rectified decades ago; so what if we haven't quite gotten to equal but fair?
This week my kids, like kids all over the country, will learn and recite Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech in classrooms they share with kids of different colors, backgrounds and abilities. I'll listen to crackly recordings of MLK thundering up to his mountain top moment, and get teary-eyed as I always do. But when, I want to know, will we start talking as much about today's reality as we do the "one day" dream? And where exactly are we, some four decades hence and a world away, as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day? Complacent, cause hey look, we're integrated, we're cool, it's really no big deal? Committed, because, let's face it, there's still so much to be done regarding economic and educational justice? Confused, because, whoa baby, there's all this other mess, what with gays getting married and illegal immigrants snagging jobs and on and on?
An image comes to mind from the surfing documentary, "Step into Liquid." These middle-aged, thick-in-the-waist dudes would catch the wake of supertankers approaching the Gulf Coast, and ride steady but mediocre waves for miles at a time. There was little challenge, little danger, no crashing waves, but the ride was fun and long as long as they stayed upright. I feel like that's where I am: contentedly riding the wake of supertankers before me, like King, who charged forth with vision, with dreams, with conviction. Whose decisive and daring willingness to make waves has given me the smooth option of coasting along, not doing much besides being quietly approving and a bit smug about my daughter's unspoken sleepover milestone. How progressive we are. Meanwhile, waves come crashing down all around me on those not born into white, upper-middle class, heterosexual, American privilege, as I was (and yes, I realize this surfing analogy is so white, so privileged).
At first glance I considered the "Got MLK?" t-shirts I'd see here and there as clever and quippy, but as innocuous as a milk mustache. Now I see them more poignantly. They mean business. They challenge me: Do ya got MLK? Got conviction? Got a dream?
I must continually ask myself "Got MLK?" when I read (please, not yet another!) letter to the editor about the Confederate Battle Flag (only recently removed from our state capitol), when I read of the racial discrepancies in my state's achievement test scores, or of the surging post-Katrina violence in New Orleans.
King warned of the "tranquilizing drug of gradualism." He preached of the "fierce urgency of now." He knew that time would have to play its hand, but that true change doesn't just take time, it takes hard choices. It comes not just from visionary dreams, but from facing harsh realities. From knowing where we stand, why we stand there, and how and where we hope to be going from wherever it is we are.
It's a big deal. Because only rarely, like at a 40-years-in the-making sleepover, do significant things happen overnight.
Contributing editor Stephanie Hunt's last piece for SoMA was The Sustenance of Flame.


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Stephens is a surname.

Stephens may also refer to:

Places
Two islands in Queensland, Australia:
 Stephens Island (Torres Strait)
 Stephens Island (Great Barrier Reef)
 Port Stephens (New South Wales), a natural harbour in Australia
 Stephens Island, New Zealand, in the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island

In the United States
 Stephens, Arkansas
 Stephens, Georgia
 Stephens, Kentucky
 Stephens, Missouri
 Stephens City, Virginia
 Stephens County, Georgia
 Stephens County, Oklahoma
 Stephens County, Texas
 Stephens Passage, a channel in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska
 Stephens Ridge (California), a ridge in Plumas National Forest
 A.H. Stephens State Historic Park, Georgia, U.S.A.
 Stephens State Park in New Jersey

Other uses
 Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri
 Stephens Inc., an American investment bank

See also

R. v. Dudley and Stephens, a court case
Port Stephens (disambiguation)
Stevens (disambiguation)
Stephen (disambiguation)
Justice Stephens (disambiguation)

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Кугуар — американська назва для пуми

Авіатехніка

 AS 532 Cougar — вертоліт
 Grumman F-9 Cougar — модифікація винищувача Grumman F-9
 Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar — легкий літак

Авто
 Ford Cougar — спортивний автомобіль
 ACE Cougar — автобус

Бронетехніка
 Кугуар (бронемашина) — американський автомобіль класу MRAP (із захистом від мін і засідок)
 KRAZ Cougar — український бронеавтомобіль виробництва Кременчуцького автомобільного заводу за ліцензією канадсько-еміратської компанії Streit Group
 AVGP Cougar

Зброя
 Beretta Cougar — комерційна назва пістолета Beretta 8000


Almost 4 billion people use the Internet and roughly one-third use at least one social media platform.
With so many people going online and participating on social platforms, the Internet holds powerful potential for businesses—to get publicity for their brands and to advertise their product or service to prospective clients.
And, on top of that, the online playing field is level—anyone can tweet on Twitter, write and publish blog posts, and actively engage with their target audience.
The conundrum business owners find themselves in is the time needed to do these things, and what digital strategy to use.
This is where hiring a digital consultant becomes beneficial, as you can leverage their expertise in these fields, saving you time and increasing your return on investment (ROI).
We will go through these specific ways more in depth throughout this post.
A crucial aspect of a marketing strategy is identifying your target audience.
Qualified digital consultants will not just outline your target audience, but provide specific research on who they are and how they can be reached via a digital strategy.
They will leverage large-scale and small-scale quantitative surveys, create a buyer persona, diligently study your competitors, and study your current interaction between your target audience and the product or service you are providing.
Plus, it also helps to have an outsider's perspective, as your view of your target audience may be based on assumptions versus hard fact. Consultants can then challenge these assumptions, potentially increasing your reach.
As mentioned in the beginning, the Internet is available to anyone and everyone, meaning that small business owners have the same available digital marketing opportunities as large corporations.
Consultants can leverage this by providing a sound digital marketing strategy to make the most of this opportunity.
A digital consultant will help you earn a higher ROI through means such as content writing, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertisement (PPC), and social media.
At least 62% of those who invest a minimum of six hours per week in social media marketing saw improvements in search engine rankings.
47% of buyers read three to five pieces of content on the seller's website before contacting a sales representative.
And 90% say that their social media efforts have generated more exposure for their business.
Using these statistics, it is evident that there are multiple digital avenues that individually increase a business's positive ROI.
Since there are little to no initial costs in digital marketing versus traditional marketing, this is a more cost effective route, with the potential of gaining a greater return.
Utilizing a number of these strategies should help your business generate more revenue.
Mobile commerce makes up approximately 30% of all United States e-commerce sales.
That and nearly half (48%) of people begin their search engine research on a mobile phone.
This information tells us that mobile friendliness is critical to your marketing strategy.
Digital consultants can cater to your mobile consumers by making your site mobile friendly. This means increasing the image widths to 100%, using standard fonts, utilizing mobile plugins, and converting your site to a mobile responsive design.
Think of it this way, people will pay serious money on a cotton t-shirt with their preferred brand on it (Nike, Adidas…). They're not paying for the shirt per se, but the brand.
A digital consultant will help your business increase brand representation by creating a strong and consistent social media presence, providing relevant, informative, and consistent blog posts to improve credibility, among a slew of other marketing strategies.
Since Google generates around 1 billion searches per month, creating an integral SEO strategy is necessary.
To show you how important this is, here is an example (utilizing real world statistics).
Roughly 96% of viewers who come to your website will not purchase the product or service that is offered.
On the bright side, this does mean that about 4% of viewers will.
Doing the math, if 100 people come to your business website, statistically four of them will purchase your product or service.
1,000 visitors means approximately 40 sales.
The more people who come to your website, the greater chance you have of increasing your sales.
An effective SEO strategy results in your website being ranked higher on Google, bringing in more potential customers to your site, and increasing the possibility of hitting (or exceeding) your sales goals.
A digital consultant can do this by leveraging your target audience by focusing and tracking keywords that pertain to them.
They can then embed these keywords in informative, niche-related content on a regular basis, creating more landing pages, hence more pages for search engines to index and rank.
In addition, he or she may edit and format your homepage and other web pages, embedding the focus keyword(s) in them.
Digital consultants wear many different hats, copywriters and copy editors being one of them.
They may personally write your marketing content or assign it to a qualified team member.
Providing regular and relevant content is important: 64% of people think customer experience is more important than price.
Content can be in the form of a blog post, guest blog, and curated content, with content promotion following all of these.
It is recommended to utilize all three.
While curated content typically takes an hour to create, original content for guest blogging and your own blog can take up to eight to ten hours to produce.
With a company to run, this may interfere with other important day-to-day activities.
It may be best to hire a digital consultant and his or her team to do it for you.
That way you can direct your time towards other important matters, while still reaping the content marketing benefits.
Did this help? Let me know by providing a comment in the comment section.
Also, contact me should you have any questions or would like to use my expertise to boost your business.|!


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Spend The Holidays At Grey Gardens, Where Jackie Kennedy's Family Once Lived
You can now celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas at the once dilapidated home of Big Edie and Little Edie, the eccentric Kennedy relatives.
By Rachel Kashdan
Think your family's holiday gatherings are a bit eccentric? Well, this holiday season, you can stay in an East Hampton home with a curious past to match.
The estate known as Grey Gardens, where Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, the aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy, lived as virtual recluses for more than 50 years is now up for rent during Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks.
Courtesy of The Corcoran Group
With 28 rooms spanning 6,000 square feet, you'll have no trouble fitting the whole family under one roof. Rates are $7,500 for Thanksgiving week and $12,500 for Christmas week.
Plus, if you're looking to extend your stay, the home is also available to rent for the entire year (minus August, when current owner Sally Quinn comes to use the house) for $175,000.
Grey Gardens rose to fame after the release of the 1975 documentary "Grey Gardens," which depicted the unconventional lives of the two formerly wealthy socialites at their once beautiful home. Though at one time the house was something to be marveled at, it quickly fell into disrepair after Big Edie's husband divorced her in 1946, and her bank account ran dry.
"Little Edie" outside Grey Gardens in 1975, in a still from the documentary
Luckily, today you don't have to worry about the fleas, raccoons, diseased cats, animal waste, garbage and lack of running water that prompted the Suffolk County Health Department to attempt evicting the women from the home in 1972 (until Jackie Kennedy stepped in with $25,000 for cleanup).
The estate was fully restored when journalist Sally Quinn and former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee bought it in 1979, after "Big Edie" died in 1977 and "Little Edie" was forced to put the home on the market. She refused to sell the property to anyone who wanted to demolish it, so the original 1897 house is the same one you can stay in today.
The fully-furnished home also has a pool with a guest cottage and a tennis court. The stunning estate is just a short walk to the beach.
h/t: 6sqft
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My name is Vincent, together with Martin we started a photography business covering everything from Weddings, Quinceañeras, Parties etc. In the beginning we tried to cover everything and make everyone happy. We found out that working that way, hardly anyone was happy, especially us. By narrowing our focus, we became better and more concentrated on what makes us good at what we do.
Both Martin and I are photographers, but we can also shoot video. Not just any video, we like to try and bridge the gap between videography and cinematography when it comes to weddings and Quinceañeras. But when it comes to special edit videos, its full on cinema.
What Are Special Edit Videos?
This is what we call videos that are made with our clients. Although wedding couples utilize this option, it's mostly our Quinceañeras that really love this feature. They choose anything they would like to show off during their event after the slideshow. It could be a music video, dance show, or even their acting ability based on any popular show or movie. We were going to begin charging for this option in the beginning of 2017 but decided to postpone it until 2018.
What type of Photography Do We Capture?
Photography is subject to personal taste. One persons perfect portrait is someone elses "Snapshot". In my opinion, and this is my opinion only, Martin is great for getting the shots that are almost impossible to get. Difficult lighting, crowded room etc, is where Martin shines I think. My photography usually takes some setting up. Lighting and posing I think are my strong points.
We are in the process of creating portfolios for each of us to better show examples of our style of work. You make the decision as to what best suits your needs and likes.
Shortly, we'll be posting a video of what we do behind the scenes at any event to capture the best of video, audio and photos.


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Virgin Galactic launch is 'big step' toward space tourism in New Mexico
by: Jackie Kent
Posted: Dec 15, 2018 / 04:45 AM MST / Updated: Dec 15, 2018 / 04:45 AM MST
Virgin Galactic just took a big step toward launching tourists into space from New Mexico.
The company just sent a couple pilots to the edge of the space and back in the White Knight Two, officially the first manned space vehicle built for commercial passengers to reach space.
Thursday's launch from the Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California marks a milestone toward Virgin Galactic's longtime venture of taking tourists to space.
"That's something we've been looking forward to for 14 years," Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson said at the launch.
Virgin Galactic is the main tenant at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico.
For years, Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson has been promising 90-minute suborbital flights.
But, the mission has drawn criticism through the years as the $220 million Spaceport sits mostly empty.
"'Oh, this is going to be the greatest thing. We're going to have tourism, we're going to have everybody up and running,'" State Sen. George Munoz told KRQE News 13 in 2017. "Twelve years later, here we are."
Thursday's flight brings hope for the company.
It was in 2014 that White Knight One crashed during a test flight over the Mojave, killing the co-pilot.
With this launch, the company can start preparations to begin a full tourism program.
"We are looking forward to moving through the test program and getting down to Spaceport America when we're finished wth our test program," Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said.
About 600 future passengers are already prepared to pay upwards of $250,000 for the ride of a lifetime.
Nevertheless, Whitesides said the timetable for that is still up in the air.
"We're going to have to look at the data from today's flight first and make sure that we understand it like we do for every flight," Whitesides said. "We're in the middle of a test flight program and we have to take it step by step, but I think the wondrous thing is the views pilots had when they got to space, and I just think about the amazing views that people will have when they're hanging out there in space above New Mexico and what an amazingly beautiful experience that will be."
This was Virgin Galactic's fourth rocket-powered flight of its test program.
The company was supposed to start flying to space about a decade ago.


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Many veteran Indian players, including Rohit Sharma, piled up in the first innings of the practice match, will they be able to win the Test match against England like this?
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IND vs IRE: Hardik Pandya will be the third captain to play against Ireland, did the previous tour as a player
IND vs IRE Team India will play under the leadership of Hardik Pandya for the two-match T20 series. Pandya will be the third Indian captain to play against Ireland. Earlier,…
Ranji Trophy Final Preview: 41-time champion Mumbai face Madhya Pradesh, who will be the champion
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Retail Revolution and the Power of AI
The use of AI and machine learning in the retail industry is growing at an exponential rate. Retailers have been able to see the results delivered by artificial intelligence systems instantly. AI is expected to become pervasive across customer journeys, merchandising, marketing, and supply networks as it can provide detailed insights to optimize the retail operations. Big data and machine learning have been successfully used by several retailers to achieve a substantial increase in their operating margins. Such technologies can enable retailers to deliver personalized experiences to the customer in order to increase loyalty and spending. There are various use cases for AI in the retail industry that can change the way this sector operates.
Uses of AI in the Retail industry
Sales and CRM Applications
In 2010, Japan's SoftBank telecom developed a humanoid robot, Pepper, which can interact with customers and perceive human emotions. The robot was used as a customer service greeter and representative in over 140 stores. The company later reported up to 70% increase in footfall in multiple stores. Additionally, an American company developed AI-powered sales-assistant software, Conversica, which identifies and converses with internet leads to enhance sales. The customized sales assistant software is also used for cross-selling and re-engaging existing leads.
Product recommendation tools are adding significant revenues to e-commerce businesses. IBM Watson is one of the most advanced AI systems that exhibits order management and customer engagement capabilities. IBM Watson uses personality insights taking into account users personal information, browsing history, past transaction data, and other dynamic data including weather, location, time, and items in cart to develop its recommendation engine. By calculating the respective personality profile, IBM Watson can accurately suggest brands and products users are most likely to buy. For instance, North Face has used IBM Watson's cognitive computing technology to suggest jackets for the customers based on variables like gender and location.
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Long after automation revolutionized the manufacturing industry, AI is set to be the next wave of change in this sector. AI can help companies keep inventories lean and reduce the cost. For instance, GE's Brilliant Manufacturing software enables manufacturers to predict, adapt, and react more effectively by incorporating SCADA, MES, and analytics. It empowers decision-makers with deep operational intelligence and real-time visibility to reduce unplanned downtime and inventory.
Logistics and delivery
Domino's Robotic Unit (DRU) has developed a prototype delivery robot that can keep food and drinks at an appropriate temperature. Its sensor also helps the device to navigate the best travel path for delivery. Alongside DRU, Amazon's Prime Air is expected to be the future of delivery systems. Such drones can deliver parcels up to five pounds in weight in less than 30 minutes. The autonomous delivery of goods can significantly improve the performance of the retail industry and increase customer satisfaction.
With a view to reign in the retail industry, Amazon introduced its brick-and-mortar store, Amazon Go which enables check-out free technology that allows customers to shop and leave. Their check-out free shopping experience uses the same kind of AI technology used in autonomous cars including computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. It automatically detects when the products are taken from or returned to shelf keeping track of it in a virtual cart. When customers are done with their shopping, they simply check out of the store, and Amazon will deduct the amount from their Amazon account. With regards to payment services, AI is also showing its potential in payments fraud. Payment fraud is a matter of concern in the e-commerce space, where fraudsters are using stolen accounts to make purchases. AI technologies can study thousands of purchase patterns to differentiate between the payment made by the genuine user and a fraudster.


Dissolve gelatine in warm water and cook over low heat until clear. Put into a blender with mangoes, cream, sour cream and lime juice. Blend until smooth and add honey to taste.
Pour into a serving bowl or dessert dishes, then chill.