Welcome to New Delhi(India).Upon arrival you will be greeted by RoyalRahi.com executive and transferred to your hotel.Check in at chosen hotel & time free at leisure.Overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast proceed for the full day tour of Delhi.Visit the Lakshminarayan Temple (modern Hindu temple), Qutub Minar,India Gate (war memorial Arch),drive past President's House ,Parliament House & Secretariat Building.Afternoon sight-seeing of Old Delhi visit Rajghat & Shanti Vana (the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru),Red Fort (Residence of Shah Jahan), Jama Masjid (largest mosque in India) and Chandni Chowk the bustling and colourful market of the city.Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at Hotel and drive to Mandawa,You will be transferred in hotel Castle Mandawa.It is an ideal base to discover the legacy of 18th Century frescoes that adorn the Havelis of this story book town.Mandawa is located in the heart of the Shekhavati region of Rajasthan and famous for its frescoes and old havelis.Overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast drive to Bikaner .On arrival in Bikaner, check into your Hotel.Post lunch visit the Camel Breeding, Farms,Junagarh Fort .known for its superb stone and a formidable structure encircled by a moat and has some beautiful palaces within Lallgarh Palace now converted into a hotel ,Fort Museum housing memorable of the royal family etc.Overnight at the hotel.
Today you will travel to Jaisalmer, the rich and beautiful palaces here shimmer against the relentless monotony of the Thar desert.It was founded in the 12th century and strategically located on the busy caravan route connecting Afghanistan to Central Asia. Jaisalmer is famous for its forts and elegantly carved Havelis and glorious temples. Overnight at the hotel.
Enjoy the breakfast and proceed for full day sight seeing tour covering Jaisalmer Fort,Nathmal Ji Ki Haveli, Patwon Ji Ki Haveli, Jain temple, etc.In the evening visit Sam Sand Dunes for a spectacular breathtaking sunset over the vast desert and enjoy the camel safari.Overnight stay at the hotel in Jaisalmer.
After breakfast at hotel, drive to Jodhpur. Jodhpur was founded in 1459 by a Rajput chief Rao Jodha.It is known for its impressive forts and the many battles associated with the tumultuous history of the region.On arrival in Jodhpur, check into hotel.Evening free for leisure and relax.Dinner & overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast at the hotel, proceed for the sight seeing tour of Jodhpur.Visit the Mehrangarh Fort which is an impregnable fortress towering above a 10km wall with soaring archways leading into the center. Inside the walls are several palaces including the Jaswant Thada , so constructed from thin marble that sunlight filters and the famous Umaid Bhavan Palace Museum. The museum displays unique collection of miniature paintings, glided palanquins and solid silver "howdah" presented by a Mughal emperor to the Maharaja.Evening free for Shopping overnight at the hotel.
This morning drive to the City of Lakes, UDAIPUR in the colorful Rajasthan. Enroute you will visit the famous Jain temples at Ranakpur.On arrivel in Udaipur,check into hotel. Rest of the day enjoy the views from your hotel and admire the beauty of the city of lakes. Dinner & Overnight at Hotel in Udaipur.
After breakfast, on this day you will do a full day sightseeing tour of Udaipur. The founder of Udaipur was Rana Udai Singh and it was the capital of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar.Visit the "Garden of Maidens" Sahelion -Ki-Bari,City Palace , Jagdish temple,Rana Pratap Samarak , Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandala, a museum of folk art, displaying a rich collection of folk dresses, ornaments, masks, dolls, folk musical instruments and paintings etc..Later in the day enjoy the a sunset cruise on Lake Pichola & enjoy excellent views of the Lake Palace and City Palace. Dinner & Overnight at Hotel in Udaipur.
There are more than 50 bathing GHATS built around the lake. The water around each Ghat is supposed to have special powers.Devotees come to take a holy dip in the Lake.Upon arrival, check into hotel in Pushkar . After ample rest and relaxation, you can take a temple tour,visit the temples like Apteshwar Temple, Rangji Temple, Ramavaikunth Temple, Mahadev Temple, the temple of Lord Brahma -the creator of the universe. Overnight at hotel in Pushkar.
After breakfast,we embark for full day is free to explore the colorful .PUSHKAR bustling with activity during the Fair. Enjoy a camel ride, see Rajasthani folk dance, trade camels & cattle, witness local wrestling match.The artisans, rope walkers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, snake charmers and other entertainers will be busy round-the- clock.have special powers. Devotees come to take a holy dip in the lake. Stay for two nights in tented camps and partake in various games and festivities at the fair.Overnight in Pushkar.
Enjoy the breakfast and drive to" Pink City" Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan covering a distance of 145 kms. Upon arrival check into Hotel. Rest of the day is free to independently explore the crowded and colorful lanes of the pink city Jaipur. Overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Jaipur including, City Palace in the heart of Jaipur is known for its blend of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture, Central Museum with its large collection of woodwork, jewellery, costumes, brassware. Jantar Mantar , is the largest of the five observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh.The Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds).Overnight at the hotel in Jaipur.
After breakfast,drive to the City of Taj.Enroute visit Fatehpur Sikri. Fatehpur Sikri was the capital of Great Mughal empire and built by Akbar in 1569.See the graceful buildings including the Jama Masjid ,Tomb of Salim Chisti, Panch Mahal and other Palaces.Continue drive to Agra.Overnight at the hotel in Agra.
Enjoy the breakfast and proceed for the full day sight seeing tour covering Taj Mahal ,It was built by Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.It is entirely made of white marble and its walls are decorated with exquisite pietra dura and has taken place in UNESCO World Heritage Site.Also visit Agra Fort and Itmad-ud-daulah's Tomb. Evening free for leisure and relax. Dinner & overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast, drive from Agra to Delhi .Enroute visit Sikandra, the tomb of Akbar the Great (regarded as the greatest Mughal Emperor) which shows an interesting fusion of Hindu and Mulsim art and architecture.Proceed onward to Delhi where you will be transferred to the airport for you onwards flight or destination.


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This scholarship is based on UK standard qualifications (previous qualifications are subject to a time-frame of three years) and is open to students from the UK, EU, EEA and from overseas who are self-financing (not sponsored by their government or employer).
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The scholarship is based on a UK qualification taken in the UK and is offered automatically (no application process) as a fee reduction.
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Sports scholarships are awarded to athletes competing in a variety of sports at national level and above, including - but not exclusively - basketball, cricket, football and sailing.
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Following the announcement that Britain is to resettle up to 20,000 Syrian refugees over the course of the current parliament, Southampton has agreed to receive 25 families into the city. Southampton City Council is working with local statutory and voluntary partners to ensure that those who arrive are welcomed into the city and supported as they seek to build a new life here. The first family arrived at the end of 2015 and future families will arrive as suitable housing becomes available. Other local authorities also support this scheme.
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Shooting of Apple TV+'s 'Little America' season 2 will kick start in early 2022
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Apple TV+ popular show 'Little America' is renewed for season 2. The confirmation came from the writer of the show Emily V. Gordon; responding to a fan's query on season 2, Gordon said that the show is "coming back." The official announcement of season 2 was made in December 2019 even before the premiere of season 1, and then there was a long silence.
Little America is written by Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, and Gordon. Eisenberg is also the executive producer and showrunner of the show. It is executive produced by Alan Yang through Universal Television. Sain Heder, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, and Arthur Spector are executive producers.
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Little America is inspired by true stories of immigrants in America featured in Epic Magazine and depicts the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring, and surprising sides of those stories. As each episode has different characters from different parts of the world, Gordon explained that the COVID-19 pandemic was the obstacle in starting the production of season 2. She wrote:
Little America *is* coming back! Our show is uniquely UNsuited to shooting in pandemic times, as we have a lot of international actors and a different cast each episode. But we're prepping to shoot early next year!
Wow!!! Amazing!!! Good luck – hope things get better by then ❤ Love the show!
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"The Son" – When Rafiq escapes from his home in Syria after his father discovers he is gay, he's forced to go on the run until he finds his "home" in the unlikeliest of places.
"The Baker" – Beatrice, the only one of her 22 siblings to be sent from Uganda to college in the US, tries to achieve her own version of the American Dream by selling her chocolate chip cookies from a basket on her head.
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The Truth About William Hung's Movie Career
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"She bangs, she bangs." Those were the lyrics heard around the world. Not by the song's originator, Ricky Martin, necessarily, but in 2004, when William Hung walked into American Idol.
While the singing competition has seen its fair share of rough first auditions — there seemed to be as many hilariously "unaware" singers selected to show their stuff in front of original judges Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, and Simon Cowell. William Hung was different. He was something special. His endearingly bad rendition of "She Bangs," along with his committed dance moves, instantly won over millions of viewers. An unimpressed Simon cut Hung's devoted audition short, telling him, "You can't sing, you can't dance." But it was too late. While he didn't continue in the competition, the Hong Kong-born American singer's 15 minutes of fame had begun.
The earnest performance of Ricky Martin's sensual classic turned Hung into a pop culture icon. He got a record deal and his first album, Inspiration, debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard charts, per Reality TV World. Alas, Hung was not able to turn his brush with notoriety into lasting fame. He is a successful keynote speaker and also had a stint at the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department in the early 2010s (really!) as a crime analyst crunching numbers (via TMZ). But could he have been more?
Scroll down to find out why William Hung was unable to "bang" his way into a movie career.
William Hung was hesitant to take inapropriate movie roles
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Could William Hung have made a go at Hollywood? The singer quickly released two more albums after Inspiration, one being a Christmas album (incredibly) titled Hung for the Holidays. He also appeared on talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, so it seemed a pathway into movie roles was already paved for him, right?
Hung has several credits to his name, including an appearance in Arrested Development, but when it came time for meatier parts, he shied away from roles that he found offensive. "There was a movie deal where I would have had to use a lot of profanity ... I mean, I would [have gotten] paid a substantial amount of money, but that's not right," he told The Slant in 2018 (via Medium). "That's not me. So I refused."
Today, Hung is still a name people know even though he wasn't able to parlay his American Idol audition into A-list opportunities. "I didn't see how my entertainment career could be a business," he told The Slant. "I didn't leverage it in a way — like a business. And I wish I'd done that sooner." He added, "Some people ask me, do I have an agent, do I have a manager? ... I wish I had that sooner."
Bummer, but hey, never say never. More than 15 years after his reality TV debut, we're still talking about Willian Hung. Who knows what the future may hold.


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Girls should meet the buses and gear truck at Spanish Banks. Be there at 3:30 pm.
1. Find the leader holding a sign for your unit.
2. Check in and receive some flagging tape for your camping gear.
3. Put the flagging tape on the outside of the bag so it is visible.
4. Place labelled items on the correct tarp by the gear truck.
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Don't pack in garbage bags or shopping bags. Rolling suitcases and duffel bags can be a challenge for younger girls, so make sure items are manageable - leaders can't carry 20+ girls' camping gear.
Pack a tasty dinner for the ferry. We'll be having snack later on at camp, and then we're going to have so much fun!
We're heading off to our Seuss-themed camp next Friday. About 150 girls and leaders will be having a great time at Camp Olave on the Sunshine Coast. We'll be thinking all the thinks, doing crafts, playing games, doing archery, and so much more!
Don't forget to bring a new or gently-used book for donation, as we will be collecting for "Words in Action", the National Service Project. The books will be finding new homes through "Books For Me" (http://www.booksformevancouver.org/index.html).
Make sure to bring your trefoil toque - and put your name in it!! The forecast says the weather will get a bit cooler next week, and we want to stay warm at camp.
See you at 3:30 pm on March 6th.
We have lots of exciting opportunities coming up. Your leaders have been planning great meetings and fun overnight events. Several Brownie and Guide units will be holding sleepovers in February. The Orion Rangers are going to Rovent in Manning Park.
Thinking Day (February 22nd) is a chance for girls to learn more about Guiding around the world. Many units will do special activities around this time, as it marks the birthdays of Olave Baden-Powell and her husband, Robert Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and Guiding). The Provincial Guide House is hosting a special celebration for girls and parents on February 21st - RSVPs are necessary.
Looking ahead, District Camp is going to be a blast. From March 6th-8th, 125 girls plus leaders will be celebrating literacy and having a Seuss-filled time at Camp Olave on the Sunshine Coast.
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Flexibility and Students' Needs Should Drive Education Options in 2020
Cascade Policy Institute May 6, 2020 0
By Kathryn Hickok
Oregon's experience with COVID-19 will change the ways students in our state are educated. Out of this public health crisis can come a unique chance to improve educational opportunity for all children through a more personalized delivery of education.
Long before schools closed or switched to remote learning formats in March, the landscape of options to meet the needs of K-12 students was already more diverse than ever. Oregon children were receiving a quality education outside the traditional public school system through online schools (including public charters), private and parochial schools, homeschooling, tutoring and learning centers, magnet schools, and more.
Countless Oregon families are now being exposed to homeschooling and distance learning options for the first time. Many may choose to continue learning from home next fall due to their families' personal circumstances, or because they are discovering that home learning is providing tremendous benefits for their students.
As Oregon leaders look for solutions to enable students to return to school, they shouldn't ignore the potential of home-based learning options. Flexible, personalized education options already exist that deliver quality education to children in many environments besides brick-and-mortar public schools. All these options should be valued, and parents should have the knowledge and power to choose among them to find the best fit for their students.
Kathryn Hickok is Executive Vice President at Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon's free market public policy research organization. She is also Director of Cascade's Children's Scholarship Fund-Oregon program, which has provided private scholarships worth more than $3.3 million to lower-income Oregon children to help them attend tuition-based elementary schools since 1999.
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National School Choice Week Celebrates All the Ways Kids Learn
Cascade Policy Institute January 22, 2020 0
January 26-February 1 is National School Choice Week, the world's largest celebration of parental choice and effective education options for all children. Since 2011, more than 180,000 independent NSCW events and activities have been planned in local communities across the country.
The landscape of options to meet the learning needs of today's students is more diverse than ever. These options include traditional public schools, charter schools, private and parochial schools, homeschooling, magnet schools, online learning, and more.
Empowering parents to choose among these options can unlock the unique potential of every child. More than half the states in the U.S. now help families to have more flexibility with their children's education through educational choice programs like privately or publicly funded scholarships, education tax credits, and Education Savings Accounts.
To celebrate National School Choice Week, Cascade Policy Institute will host a screening of the new feature film Miss Virginia in Lake Oswego on Thursday evening, January 30, at 6:30 pm. Admission is free, but reservations are required due to space limitations. For more information about the event and to reserve tickets, call Cascade Policy Institute at (503) 242-0900.
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Florida Legislature Gives 18,000 More Children the Chance for a Great Education
This week, the Florida legislature passed a bill that would create a scholarship program for lower-income families called the Family Empowerment Scholarship. The Family Empowerment Scholarship will provide lower-income children with scholarships equal to 95% of the state portion of funding to school districts. The Family Empowerment Scholarship is expected to be signed into law soon by Governor Ron DeSantis.
The Family Empowerment Scholarship will complement Florida's other parental choice programs, the McKay Scholarship for children with special needs and Step Up for Students for children from low-income families. According to the American Federation for Children, which promotes parental choice in K-12 education, the parents of more than 170,000 Florida children wanted to apply for 100,000 scholarships available through Step Up for Students for the current school year. By authorizing 18,000 new scholarships in its first year, with a subsequent annual growth rate of 7,000 per year, the new Florida law will increase the education options available to low-income Florida parents.
Oregon should take a serious look at the diversity of parental choice options low-income families now have in states like Florida and across the country. It's time for Oregon to expand the role of parents choosing―and schools delivering―better education through school choice, because every child deserves a chance for a successful school experience and a better future today.
Kathryn Hickok is Executive Vice President at Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon's free market public policy research organization.
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Annual School Choice Week Celebrates K-12 Education Options
Cascade Policy Institute January 2, 2019 0
Every January, National School Choice Week shines a spotlight on effective education options for all children. A nonpartisan and nonpolitical celebration of educational choice, the Week raises awareness of the different K-12 options available to families, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling. This year's celebration will be January 20-26, 2019.
Here in Oregon, Cascade Policy Institute will host the Options in Education Fest 2019: Exploring Your Child's Education Opportunities, at the Salem Convention Center, Saturday, January 19, 2019. Parents and children can learn more about their options, including programs offered and application processes at various schools. This knowledge will provide parents with the power to make informed choices for their children.
Children have different talents, interests, and needs; and they learn in different ways. The options available to meet students' learning needs are more diverse today than ever. For more information and to attend the Options in Education Fest, visit schoolchoicefororegon.com.
Kathryn Hickok is Executive Vice President and Director of the Children's Scholarship Fund-Oregon program at Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon's free market public policy research organization.
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National School Choice Week Celebrates Diversity in K-12 Education
National School Choice Week is the world's largest celebration of educational options for all children. Held nationwide every January, National School Choice Week raises awareness about the K-12 education options available to children and families, while spotlighting the benefits of school choice. This year's celebration will be January 21-27.
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In Metro's latest quarterly newsletter, "Our Big Backyard," the reader is invited to agree with Metro's vision of nature on the condition that he or she keeps off Metro's properties.
Ways readers can have access to Metro's "Big Backyard" are glaringly absent from the newsletter. In fact, a better title for the newsletter could be "Our Hidden Lands" because an estimated 88% of Metro's land acquisitions are inaccessible to the public. Moreover, the parks available to the public emphasize "passive recreation," which often means no dogs, no playsets, and no picnic spaces.
Metro has a vision for nature that fits specifically with its agenda, not with the needs voiced repeatedly by area residents. Ironically, Metro condemns this micromanaging of nature in its newest newsletter, stating that historically, "Nature often creates very real barriers to access, but more often these barriers are constructed by us" by defining what is "city" and what is "wilderness."
It's time for Metro to take its own advice and break down the very barriers to nature it has imposed. Residents want accessible parks with recreational opportunities near residential areas. Metro needs to abandon its agenda of hiding nature and bring it to the people it serves.
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With the clock ticking down to midnight on December 31, my family was looking forward to putting 2020 behind us. The New Year held at least a small hope that the pandemic would subside, vaccines would be distributed, schools would re-open, and the chaos and violence would taper off. While the year didn't kick off the way I'd hoped, I can still dream in what I call my Year of Wishful Thinking.
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2021: The Year of Wishful Thinking – Cascade Policy Institute
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. With the clock ticking down to midnight on December 31, my family was looking forward to putting 2020 behind us. The New Year held at least a small hope that the pandemic would s…
Every month when you pay your electricity bill, you pay a surcharge of about 5.6%. If you are a natural gas customer, you pay a similar tax ranging from 2.5% to 4.9%, depending on your vendor. Both taxes are likely identified as a "Public Purpose Charge" (PPC). bit.ly/3oRGC8Q … See MoreSee Less
Why are we still paying a "temporary" energy tax 19 years later? – Cascade Policy Institute
By John A. Chalres. Jr. Every month when you pay your electricity bill, you pay a surcharge of about 5.6%. If you are a natural gas customer, you pay a similar tax ranging from 2.5% to 4.9%, depending…
Would you like to have a nice picnic near a garbage dump? How about a meeting? If Metro has its way, these are just some of the frills that will come attached to its newest waste facility. bit.ly/2Kcy6C1 … See MoreSee Less
The Region's New Transfer Station Means Frills and Bills – Cascade Policy Institute
By Vlad Yurlov Would you like to have a nice picnic near a garbage dump? How about a meeting? If Metro has its way, these are just some of the frills that will come attached to its newest waste facili…
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The 15-year-old died after she ate an artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette she bought at a Pret store at Heathrow Airport. The product contained sesame, to which Ednan-Laperouse was allergic. However, the business was not obliged by food labelling regulations to display that on-pack.
A coroner's inquest into her death found that Pret's labelling was inadequate and it was not "monitoring allergens seriously". The coroner Dr Sean Cummings said he would be writing to Environment Secretary Michael Gove to address allergen labelling for food businesses.
Clive Schlee, Pret chief executive, said he hoped that the business "would learn from this tragedy and ensure meaningful changes result from it".
The company plans to introduce prominent allergen warning stickers to be placed on all freshly made products, additional allergen warning signs to be displayed in shops, and full ingredient information, including allergens, for all products to be available online and in shops.
Schlee outlined the changes Pret had made over the past two years in terms of allergen labelling, but recognised that more needed to be done.


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need to consider the low (cut-in) pressure setting for the well pump.
valve. Check both and replace as necessary.
lifted out of the bottom of the control valve and found in the service line.
down meter pulses correctly even with a reversed inlet/outlet.
will need to be replaced. Worn seals can cause this problem, too.
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the brine valve to see if it is stuck in the open position.
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to make sure the refill time is properly set on the control valve timer.
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enough water into the brine tank for proper salting.
it, if necessary. A leak at the distributor tube also can cause hard water.
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Pocari Sweat
How Much Better Does "Better" Have To Be?
by Jim Turley
Let's say you're shopping for a new car. (Congratulations.) You head down to your town's Auto Row and start browsing all the dealerships. There's the Ford dealer; next door is the Toyota dealer. Across the street you see the BMW dealer, the Chevy dealer, the Kia/Hyundai dealer, and so on. They all make fine cars, and you spend some time at each place, kicking the tires and slamming the doors.
Then, down at the very end of the street, you notice something different. There, under the overpass, is a man living in a cardboard box, holding up a hand-made sign that says, "Dmitiri's Cars." He gestures you over.
Curious, but also slightly repelled, you come closer. His eyes brighten and he leans closer – a bit too close, perhaps – and tells you about an amazing new car that he and his friends have been developing. "It gets ten times better gas mileage than these things," he says, gesturing to the better-known brands you've just been perusing. "Ten times!"
Seeing no such car nearby, you ask if you can take a test drive. Or maybe just see the car? To get an idea of what it looks like? "No," says Dmitri, spitting into his handkerchief. "Production is behind schedule. We have no models to show. We have good simulation, though." Leading you aside, he lifts the cover off a decrepit PlayStation, revealing some very nonstandard-looking wires, ROMs, and hardware hacks. "Here," he says, thrusting a controller into your hands. "Take virtual test drive."
As promised, the simulated car seems to get 10x better gas mileage than all the conventional cars you've just been evaluating. The PlayStation's virtual gas gauge shows the imitation tank nearly full, and after hundreds of miles of pretend driving, it's barely moved. Miraculous.
You starting thinking that this might be a genuine alternative to the "normal" cars up the road – cars that now start looking distinctly antiquated and old-school. This is the future, you decide. Maybe this Dmitri guy is really on to something.
"I make you good price, too," Dmitri promises. "And fuel… eh… shouldn't be problem."
Sorry, what? What's the deal with fuel? Why would he bother to say it's not a problem?
"Ah, that side-effect of technical breakthrough," Dmitri explains with a smile. "New car doesn't use gasoline. This car runs on Pocari Sweat. No problem. We make deals with third-party suppliers real soon." Until then, he explains, you'll have to get all of your Pocari Sweat fuel directly through Dmitri, in the cardboard box under the overpass.
So, is this a deal-breaker for you? How much risk are you willing to take in exchange for a quantum leap in fuel-efficiency? On the one hand, Dmitri's unusual vehicle seems to offer incredible benefits, at least in simulation. You'll be miles ahead of your friends and neighbors in terms of efficiency, cost savings, and green credentials. Sure, the nuisance of buying special fuel from a single source might be an irritation, but no progress without pain, right? The trailblazers always have to put up with a bit of inconvenience. The Mayflower, the Conestoga wagons, and the Apollo 11 capsule probably weren't very comfortable, either.
On the other hand, all those mainstream cars arrayed along Auto Row are so safe… so reliable… so well-engineered. They're backed by huge multinational corporations with global dealer networks, experienced mechanics, and plentiful spare parts. And they use normal fuel that you can buy anywhere, at competitive prices. Your parents probably had a car just like that one over there, and when your neighbor brought home that new model from that company over there it looked so shiny in the driveway…
That's the kind of dilemma facing microprocessor users, engineers, and programmers today. Do you go with the safe choice, or should you take a leap of faith and try something bold? The safe choices depend on your particular industry, product plans, budget, experience, and geography, but they probably include names like Intel, Microchip, Qualcomm, ARM, or Freescale. Like the mainstream automakers grouped along Auto Row, they all offer competitive, yet oddly similar, products. The differences are increasingly delegated to the details. All the basic stuff is solid. There isn't a lemon in the lot.
But over on the horizon underneath that virtual overpass are a number of microprocessor startup companies developing completely new, and sometimes strange, new architectures. Some promise 10x better integer performance than the other guys. Some yield better power-efficiency (at least, in simulation). Some run circles around standard CPUs, DSPs, or FPGAs. Some might even do all of these.
What they have in common, however, is a complete dearth of software. You can't develop a radically new processor and still have it run old x86, ARM, or 8051 code. (Well, you can, but it severely restricts your design freedom and generally defeats the purpose of a new architecture.) So you've got a classic chicken-and-egg problem: There's no software for the new processor because it's too radical and has zero market acceptance, but you can't get traction in the market because there's no software for it. What's a genius/processor architect/entrepreneur to do?
Historically, what you did was spends millions of dollars subsidizing (read: bribing) third-party software developers to support your new CPU. Then, after about five years, you give up and go broke. That's how it's worked for the past 20 years or so. Time after time, processor companies spent huge sums developing a new architecture, and then they spent even huger sums trying to kick-start a software base for it. And we're not talking just garage-bound startups, either. Intel, Freescale, DEC, HP, and many other big firms all saw their new CPU family trees cut off at the roots. Anybody want a compiler for an 88000? How about M-Core, i860, Clipper, Transputer, Itanium, or Prism? Designing a new processor is the easy part. Convincing people to write software for it is hard. Very hard, indeed.
So, as a designer, how much risk are you willing to take? How much better does a new, better, faster CPU have to be before it's worth the effort to switch? The glib answer is that a 10x improvement is necessary before most engineers would be willing to jettison their old CPU family and start over with a new one. Yet we have examples that disprove that notion, both positive and negative. Plenty of designers have switched CPUs for far less than a 10x improvement. Such order-of-magnitude changes are exceedingly rare; if we all waited for 10x improvements in performance or power-efficiency, we'd never change processors at all. Conversely, those rare examples of processors that have delivered 10x improvements often languish, unable to find enough takers. Clearly there's something more at work here than just the magic motion of the decimal point.
What will you tell Dmitri?
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Nassau County Legislator Dennis Dunne Sr., participated in the program Parents as Reading Partners (P.A.R.P.) at Northside Elementary School in Levittown. He read to 2nd grade students.
Shown in photo: Legislator Dunne; Pat Carney, teacher's aide; Scott Campa, substitute teacher; Jennifer O'Brien, student teacher; Gina Rolston, teacher's assistant; and students of the 2nd grade.


In a new study, researchers found that women who were overweight prior to conception and had gestational diabetes were more likely to have daughters that became overweight or obese.
As many as one in 10 pregnant women develops gestational diabetes in the U.S.
A 20-year-old study concluded that gestational diabetes could be tied to an increased risk of early heart disease.
Researchers warn pregnant women and women looking to get pregnant about the risks involved with eating too much red meat.
Being obese during pregnancy can negatively affect the health of the mother and baby. Obese pregnant women are more likely to suffer problems like gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, infection and labor problems. While there is never a bad time to lose unhealthy weight, a new study reveals that dieting just before conception may not be enough to prevent health risks associated with obesity during pregnancy.
Levels of a pre-pregnancy hormone may predict a woman's gestational diabetes risk, according to a new study.
Baby Jasleen who was born last week, weighed in at 13.47 pounds and measured 23 inches long.


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The first Su-34 will arrive in the Central Military District at the beginning of 2018
In January-March of the next year, the Central Military District of Russia will receive the first six Su-34 bombers that are well-established in Syria, Assistant Commander of the Central Military District Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin told reporters on Friday. The aircraft will be deployed in the Chelyabinsk region.
This will be the first delivery of such aircraft to the Central Military District. Shagol air regiment pilots have already started retraining for the Su-34 multi-purpose fighter-bomber
- said Roshchupkin.
Pilot training is conducted on the basis of the State Center for Aviation Personnel Training and Military Tests of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in Lipetsk. The pilots began to study the technological base of the Su-34 and the features of piloting technology. The retraining program also includes a specialized course on simulators.
Retraining crews will last two months.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
ZVO pilots underwent retraining for Su-30CM fightersThe third Su-24 crashed
Sailor 22 December 2017 10: 27
This, as I understand it, for all the years of their production, they came only in the South-East and West-West Military District, how many total of them were delivered to the Air Force?
Safer 22 December 2017 10: 41
More than 100. First of all, they filled airbases on the border with probable partners, which is quite logical.
Andrey Yuryevich 22 December 2017 10: 42
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107 write .... during the conflict in Ossetia, 10 years ago (almost) was 2.
Alexey RA 22 December 2017 10: 45
Here is the situation at the end of November 2017:
All Su-2017 aircraft built in 34 at NAZ were manufactured under the contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense of February 2012 for 92 such aircraft. With the delivery of new four Su-18s on November 24 and 2017, 34, the total number of aircraft of this type transferred to the Aerospace Forces under the 2012 contract reached 66 units. The first two Su-34s under this contract were transferred to the Novosibirsk Air Force on December 24, 2013, the next 18 aircraft in 2014, another 18 aircraft in 2015, 16 in 2016, and now 12 in 2017. By the end of the year, four more Su-34 aircraft should be delivered to the Aerospace Forces due to the 2017 program.
With the transfer of the indicated four bombers by the Russian Air Force on November 18 and 24, 2017, the total number of Su-34s built under all contracts, including seven prototypes and pre-production models, reached 110 units.
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Lord of the Sith 22 December 2017 14: 56
We've already delivered it today. The news is fresh.
Bronevick 22 December 2017 12: 51
They finally waited. Congratulations to all the personnel of the 6980th Guards Air Base of the 1st category of the settlement of Shagol, Chelyabinsk Region.
NEXUS 22 December 2017 13: 25
Are these 34th already modernized, taking into account Syria, or the "old" model?


By Jason Romano — WELCOME TO THE WINDY CITY! The Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association has planned a new year of exciting events.
To kick off the year, we ask you to join us for the Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago Architectural Tour and Luncheon on Saturday September 29, 2012 from 12 to 2 pm. In addition to welcoming our newly arrived Fulbrighters as well as catching up with continuing students, guests will enjoy a 45 minute guided tour of Unity Temple, Wright's modern masterpiece, located in historic Oak Park, a vibrant neighborhood located just outside of Chicago's city limits, a short train ride from downtown Chicago.
This is an excellent opportunity to get to know one another, meet the members of the Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association, and to see one of the many exciting neighborhoods that the Chicagoland area has to offer.
Following the tour, guests are encouraged to visit other historic sites in the neighborhood such as Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home, the Ernest Hemingway House, and the Pleasant Home. Please visit www.visitoakpark.com for an area map.
Unity Temple is located at 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, and it is accessible via the Oak Park stop off of the CTA's Green Line. There is free street parking available along the viaduct; there is also metered parking on the streets as well as $6 all day parking available at various parking structures.
Please R.S.V.P using the online form or email fulbrightchicago@gmail.com by Tuesday September 25, 2012.
If you are a Fulbright alum please include your name and country where you had your Fulbright. The cost of the tour and luncheon is $25 (please bring cash or check).
If you are an international Fulbright student/scholar please include your name, country of origin and school that you are attending. It is FREE of charge for Fulbright students/scholars.
If you happen to reserve a spot and do not come, you will be charged the cost of the event, $25. The Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association needs to pay in advance and there are no refunds if people do not show up.
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Q: Meshgrid a N-columned matrix in Numpy (or smth else) Python version: 2.7
I have the following numpy 2d array:
array([[ -5.05000000e+01,  -1.05000000e+01],
   [ -4.04000000e+01,  -8.40000000e+00],
   [ -3.03000000e+01,  -6.30000000e+00],
   [ -2.02000000e+01,  -4.20000000e+00],
   [ -1.01000000e+01,  -2.10000000e+00],
   [  7.10542736e-15,  -1.77635684e-15],
   [  1.01000000e+01,   2.10000000e+00],
   [  2.02000000e+01,   4.20000000e+00],
   [  3.03000000e+01,   6.30000000e+00],
   [  4.04000000e+01,   8.40000000e+00]])

If I wanted to find all the combinations of the first and the second columns, I would use np.array(np.meshgrid(first_column, second_column)).T.reshape(-1,2). As a result, I would get a 100*1 matrix with 10*10 = 100 data points. However, my matrix can have 3, 4, or more columns, so I have a problem of using this numpy function.
Question: how can I make an automatically meshgridded matrix with 3+ columns?
UPD: for example, I have the initial array:
[[-50.5 -10.5]
 [  0.    0. ]]

As a result, I want to have the output array like this:
array([[-10.5, -50.5],
   [-10.5,   0. ],
   [  0. , -50.5],
   [  0. ,   0. ]])

or this:
array([[-50.5, -10.5],
   [-50.5,   0. ],
   [  0. , -10.5],
   [  0. ,   0. ]])

A: You could use * operator on the transposed array version that unpacks those columns sequentially. Finally, a swap axes operation is needed to merge the output grid arrays as one array.
Thus, one generic solution would be -
np.swapaxes(np.meshgrid(*arr.T),0,2)

Sample run -
In [44]: arr
Out[44]:
array([[-50.5, -10.5],
       [  0. ,   0. ]])

In [45]: np.swapaxes(np.meshgrid(*arr.T),0,2)
Out[45]:
array([[[-50.5, -10.5],
        [-50.5,   0. ]],

       [[  0. , -10.5],
        [  0. ,   0. ]]])

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