"Mudra' is a Sanskrit word, means a symbolic hand gesture that has the power of producing joy and happiness. Our hands define our karma and fingers being the power points, are a link between individual pranic force and universal cosmic energy. Hand gestures and 'energy seals' stimulate specific regions in the brain as a language.
Each finger corresponds to a specific universal element and chakra (energy centers in the body) that may awaken or heal associated characteristics via nerve endings and energy pathways in the fingertips. Mudras start electromagnetic currents within the body which balance various constituting elements and restore health and wellbeing.
In yogic practices, our fingers represent the planetary energies. When we work with mudras (energy seals) we lock the thumb to a specific finger, or a part of the hand, to create an energetic circuit so we can amplify that energy in our body.
One can see in a horoscope what kind of energy deficiency exists in the body and use appropriate mudra to overcome that deficiency. A person is not necessarily has to do all the mudras. That is where astrology helps. Every planet and house is associated with five elements, so we can see in the horoscope where the problem exists and we can use proper mudra to overcome it.
The term "Rudraksha" itself symbolizes Lord Shiva. "Rudra" stands for Lord Shiva and "Aksha" are Shiva's tears. Lord Shiva is the first ardent user and admirer of the Rudraksha. Later on, devotees and sages began using Rudraksha as Shiva's blessing to gain health, self-empowerment and a fearless life on their path to Enlightenment and Liberation.
Brihad Jabala Upanishad a part of Atharva Veda deals with some practical aspects of worshipping Siva with Vibhuthi (the holy ash) and wearing Rudrakshas (the holy beads). The significance of Rudraksha is presented clearly in the form of a dialogue between Lord Siva as Kalagni Rudra and Rishi Busundi in this Upanishad.
With the development of modern science, many scientists have carried research for evidence to support the ancient beliefs about Rudraksha. Their findings and research have validated and confirmed the divine power of Rudraksha beads. Individuals from every walk of life irrespective of caste, creed, religion, nationality or gender can use the divine Rudraksha to attain maximum spiritual, physical and material benefits.
Rudraksha beads range from 1 Mukhi (faces) to 21 Mukhi (faces), each bead capable of aligning our mind and the energy around us to specific outcomes in health, happiness, spiritual upliftment, prosperity, creativity, intuitive ability, material fulfilment, family harmony, attraction, self- empowerment and a fearless life.
Rudraksha beads work in synchronization with chakras, the 'vortices of energy' within our body. Chakras (putative nodes in the subtle body) has been linked to the endocrine gland of our body. From ancient times Rudraksha beads are used for open up the blocked chakras and curing diseases. Rudraksha controls all the seven major chakras and each chakra control several organs of the body. Rudraksha carries immense importance in balancing the negative vibes of the subtle body and its energy centers. Rudraksha heals the blocked chakras of the body, as blocked chakra inhibit the free flow of energy and also creates emotional disorders and physical ailments.
Once anyone starts wearing the Rudraksha aligned with their astrological chart, they experience positive effects in usually 15 to 21 days. It helps to increase the aura of a person who wears the right Rudraksha.


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Mount Wilhelm is de hoogste berg in Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea met een hoogte van 4509 m boven de zeespiegel. Hij maakt deel uit van het Bismarckgebergte. De hoogste berg op het eiland Nieuw-Guinea is Puncak Jaya (4884 m) in Papoea (Indonesië). De top van Mount Wilhelm ligt op het snijpunt van de grenzen van drie provincies van Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea: Chimbu, Western Highlands en Madang. In de lokale Papoeataal, het Kuman, heet de berg Enduwa Kombuglu.

De berg kreeg zijn huidige naam in 1888 van de Duitse verslaggever Hugo Zöller, die als eerste Europeaan de bergketen beklommen had. Het noordelijke deel van Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea was van 1884-1914 een Duitse kolonie met de naam Keizer Wilhelmsland. Zöller noemde de bergketen naar de Duitse rijkskanselier Otto von Bismarck. De vier hoogste bergen kregen de namen van Bismarck en zijn drie kinderen: Ottoberg, Herbertberg, Mariaberg en Wilhelmberg, waarvan de Wilhelmberg (Mount Wilhelm) de hoogste is. Wilhelm von Bismarck (1852-1901), jongste zoon van de rijkskanselier, was jurist.

De top van Mount Wilhelm werd voor het eerst beklommen op 15 augustus 1938 door de Australische patrouille-officier Leigh Grant Vial (1909-1943) samen met twee Papoea's, Namba Wan Bare Kuakawa en Gend. Vial rapporteerde dat er sneeuw lag op de top van de berg, ondanks zijn nabijheid tot de evenaar.

Berg in Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea
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Gavin Crawford is returning to Sudbury with special guest Martha Chaves for an amazing night of stand-up comedy in support of Rainbow Camp. Supplied photo
Fifteen-time Gemini nominee and host of Because News on CBC Radio, Gavin Crawford is returning to Sudbury with special guest Martha Chaves for an amazing night of stand-up comedy in support of Rainbow Camp.
Crawford's work has garnered significant critical acclaim. In 1998 he was the recipient of the prestigious Tim Sims Encouragement Fund award for outstanding up-and-coming comedic performer. In addition to numerous nominations, he has received many awards for best male performance, television writing and ensemble performances from 2003 to present.
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Crawford has also guest-starred on many of Canada's most popular television shows, including Corner Gas, Robson Arms, The Red Green Show, CTV's Sonic Temple, Made in Canada, Heartland and Murdock Mysteries (for which he won a Gemini Award for best guest role in a dramatic series.)
Chaves, (a regular on Because News) will join Crawford on stage. She is a veteran of multiple Just For Laughs comedy festivals. She has also performed in Boston and in New York, in Toronto's SheDot Festival and in Colombia's Festival Del Humour.
Her stand-up TV credits include her two national comedy specials: Comics on CBC and There's Something about Martha on CTV and The Comedy Network.
You often hear Chaves on Laugh Out Loud and on The Debaters, both on CBC.
Chaves' infectious, candid style and her natural ability to relate to any audience has made her a very popular headliner comedian at clubs, colleges, festivals, fundraisers, and corporate functions.
In her film and TV career she has worked with Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock and Denzel Washington.
Her one-woman show, In Times of Trouble, opened Aluna Theatre's Caminos Festival in November 2015.
A portion of net proceeds from this event will support Welcome Friend Association's Rainbow Camp, a one-week camp for young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer questioning, two-spirited and plus, as well as allied youth, their siblings and children in queer families.
Rainbow Camp is committed to developing a camp community that honours creativity, individual choice and social justice while having fun. It provides opportunities for campers to make new friends and develop skills through traditional camp programming and innovative curricula. More than anything, Rainbow Camp is a fun place to come out and be yourself.
The comedy gets underway on May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy St. Tickets are on sale now at the STC box office and online at sudburytheatre.ca.
Greg Frewin in performance
Magician Greg Frewin takes to the stage in support of Diabetes Canada. Frewin has won first place in all of the world's top magic competitions, ranking him as the international grand champion of magic and the best magician in the world.
He performs at the Fraser Auditorium at Laurentian University on May 10 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.).
Get tickets at the door for $30 each or call 1-800-516-5810 for big family discounts in advance. Tickets may also be purchased at bit.ly/2FeXthn. For more information, please go to imaginetour.ca.
A Night on Lake Ramsey
The Laurentian Concert Band is pleased to present its year-end concert, A Night on Lake Ramsey, on March 29 at 7:30 p.m.
The band has created a program that evokes the darkness, romance and mystery of evenings on the water, including such diverse selections as Star Dance, All Through the Night and the rousing Treasure Island, among others.
A highlight of the evening will be the world premiere performance of Frederic Chopin's Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2, which was arranged especially for our concert band by our very own principal horn, Max Moote.
Now in its 11th year, Sally Lesk directs the Laurentian Concert Band. It consists of 40 musicians, many of whom are majoring in music at LU, as well as several community members from all walks of life.
The concert takes place in the auditorium at the Alphonse Raymond building, on campus at Laurentian University. Tickets (at the door) cost $10 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors. Parking is free across the street from the venue.
Twitter: @SudburyStar

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Name: Foley, Thomas C.
Current Position: Former Ambassador
Thomas C. Foley served as the United States ambassador to Ireland from October 18, 2006, until President George W. Bush left office. Foley holds a BA in economics from Harvard and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a classmate of George W. Bush.
Before Bush was elected President of the United States Foley was a venture capitalis. He began at McKinsey & Company and then moved on to Citicorp Venture Capital. He founded NTC Group, a private equity investing business, in 1985.
From August 2003 through March 2004, Foley served in Iraq as the Director of Private Sector Development for the Coalition Provisional Authority. He oversaw most of Iraq's state-owned enterprises, developed foreign trade and investment, and managed three state ministries. In this position, Foley was seen by many more as a plunderer than as a developer. He tried to privatize 150 state-owned companies, but the Iraqis did not trust his plan and he had to give it up. In his attempt to lure U.S. companies to invest in Iraq, ne compared the security dangers "to skydiving or riding a motorcycle, which are, to many, very acceptable risks."
A major Republican fundraiser, since 1993, Foley has himself donated $144,100 to various Republican causes and candidates, including Sandy Treadwell, Christopher Shays, Mitch McConnell, John Sununu, Paul Coverdell, John Warner, Chuck Hagel, Newt Gingrich, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain and George W. Bush. In 2000, he served as Connecticut finance chair for the Bush-Cheny campaign.
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It's exciting to be governor. It's especially exciting on a day like today. I started the day at Conway High School as part of my computer science tour through the high schools of Arkansas. We've already hit six high schools. We'll be hitting more than 10 before it's over with.
I was in Conway, then Mayflower. I'll be going to Arkadelphia later today, Jonesboro and Paragould tomorrow. I've already been up in Northwest Arkansas. So, we're really hitting a lot of schools.
The reason for this is that, as I tell the students, we're providing a new option that's not available to everybody in America. You will have the option of taking computer science in every high school in Arkansas next [school] year. It's only offered in one high school in 10 in America. That's why I was interviewed by Wired magazine, and the question was asked of me: "Governor, why is Arkansas leading the nation with a comprehensive computer science plan?" Who cares what my answer was. The point is, I got asked the question. And the fact is we are leading the nation. It's offered in every high school, we have real money behind it, and we're promoting it. We've got a task force of industry leaders and educators to push that effort.
So we are leading in this effort, but I tell the students that it is a choice, and we cannot be successful unless a number of them make the choice that, yes, we want to take that.
It's fun going out and promoting that, and it reflects back to a previous occasion when I spoke to the Political Animals Club and launched this campaign for governor. I announced that I wanted to champion the cause of computer coding, and I was greeted with an enormous amount of skepticism. But we won the campaign on that, we implemented that, and I want to compliment the legislators on the great work they did during the session.
We accomplished a great deal in a very short amount of time, and really every objective and desire I had for the session was fulfilled. Except for one. And that was that I wanted to get through the session without any drama whatsoever — and I almost made it. But we survived that. I think we handled it the right way, and I compliment the legislature.
But it's important to note Promises Kept. It's important for our young people to see that a candidate running for office, one, has ideas; secondly, has a vision for this state; and, finally, once elected, actually does what he talked about doing.
In the session, we passed the middle-class tax cut; the largest income tax rate reduction in the history of this state. Computer science in every high school. We reformed our workforce delivery system. We created a jobs agenda. We provided even a small thing — if you're a small school and you are performing academically and you're financially sound, you ought to have an appeals process before you're automatically closed down.
We promised a review of our Common Core curriculum; not to end it, but to review it, and we have that process in place. We took on another incredible challenge for our state, which was the advocacy for a $100 million prison. We looked at that and said we can do something different. We ultimately decided on a $50 million prison expansion, to relieve the overcrowding, to increase safety on our streets, combined with $12 million to $14 million for alternative sentencing on the front end and a more effective parole system on the tail end.
The Private Option extension. Through 2016 with a task force to review the future of healthcare services and Medicaid reform. It was promised and it was done.
We balanced the budget and there was no reduction in education spending.
Those are just 10 items that we accomplished during the legislative session.
As governor, I only offered one veto, and it was sustained.
I could say, "how many people in this audience are on a task force?" Everybody who's not on a task force gets to put on a new task force, which is to review how many task forces we have in Arkansas.
But, seriously, when it comes to my major initiatives, I'm clear. We wanted to have a more competitive tax rate in Arkansas. We wanted to upgrade STEM education in this state, computer science in every high school. We needed to reform our workforce education. Clear on all of these points. We accomplished them and we did it in an 81-day session.
There are other issues that we have not reached consensus on in this state. And I believe that one of the responsibilities of the governor is to bring people together of different viewpoints to ask how we can arrive at a consensus so that we can move the state forward.
I believe that is the right approach.
But I have spoken with both of them about the need for a special session. Today, I'm announcing that we will call, at my call, a special session of the General Assembly for May 26. It'll hopefully be a short session, but it is to help us be in position to create hundreds of jobs in south Arkansas with the leadership of Lockheed Martin, one of our defense contractors, in Calhoun County. So the purpose of this session will be to consider an Amendment 82 super project.
Now, we've known about this project for some time, but because of the sensitivity of the contracting system, we were not able to do this during the regular session. So we had to wait until the bids were in. Now that the bids are in, we need to approve the Amendment 82 funding for the project in Highland Industrial Park. What's exciting is two things: One, it will create over 500 jobs, good paying jobs in South Arkansas; secondly, it will be the first time in Arkansas that we will have a vehicle-assembly point. And the vehicle that will be assembled will be of military significance — the Joint [Light Tactical] Vehicle. It's anticipated that over 55,000 of those vehicles will be manufactured. If Lockheed Martin wins the contract, then this mission of national security will take place in the state of Arkansas.
I would emphasize that this is what we call a "contingent liability" that I'm asking them to approve. Because we need to approve this Amendment 82 project so that Lockheed Martin bid can be properly considered in a competitive environment. There's not any guarantee that the Department of Defense will award that contract. We are hopeful they will. But it is the right step for Arkansas. It is the right step for our nation, and I hope we win that contract for our state and our nation.
There may be some other items on our agenda; we will announce those at a later time.
But I want to come back to another topic, and that is what I call "efficiency in government." And I have a belief that, yes, big things matter — and that's what we did in the legislative session; we accomplished the big objectives, but small things matter in government also.
One of the best things I did as governor-elect was to make a surprise visit to the Alexander Youth facility in Alexander, Arkansas. What that did was tell all of the workers protecting and serving our juveniles that as governor your work was important to me. It also sent a signal to our contractors that the safety and the policies that guard our youth are important to the state of Arkansas, and we're going to watch you.
Little things matter still. And it's little things that don't make the headlines of the papers. Efficiencies. Sending a signal to my agency directors that I'm going to hold you accountable. I'm going to ask you, tell me how you've made your agency more efficient. How have you kept up delivering of your services to the taxpayers of this state at the same time doing it more efficiently and saving our tax dollars. We're going to hold them accountable.
During our last session, maybe it's a big thing, but I'd put it under the category of a small thing that makes a difference — and that's moving our Lottery Commission under the Department of Finance and Administration.
It gave us more efficiencies. It gave us more oversight. And I believe it was the right thing to do. It'll also save us money.
The Department of Rural Services in Arkansas is one of the most important agencies in my judgment. Because it serves rural Arkansas, which I identify with and I come from. But we moved the physical location of the Department of Rural Services into the Arkansas Economic Development offices.
Why? Because space was available, and it saves the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of time.
Now if you save a hundred-thousand dollars in one year, guess what, you're saving a million dollars in 10 years, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Whether it's Sam Walton or anyone in business, you understand that small things matter, and if you pay attention to the small details, you'll have a more efficient operation.
Whether it's an extension of broadband to rural schools or whether it is a combination of agencies to be more efficient, we're going to work with our Legislature to accomplish these things.
Finally … and maybe not quite finally. As one preacher said, finally doesn't mean that I'm really coming to an end. But the next item. I was making a speech at the manufacturing summit in North Little Rock. I turned it open for questions and someone popped up and the first question was, "Governor, tell me what you're doing to encourage the hiring of ex-offenders in Arkansas." I wasn't expecting that question. But it was a question that was right for the time, and also fits with what we tried to accomplish during the legislative session. And it reflects the compassion of the people of Arkansas that I want to call upon.
It is not all about what government can do. It is about what we in government and the private sector and the faith-based community can do together.
Historically in Arkansas, whether you serve one year, five years, 10 years, 15 years or more in prison, you would leave with two things: a hundred dollars and a bus ticket. Maybe they'd say good luck.
What is the chance of success? What is the chance that you would not return to prison?
So for the first time, we not only expanded the number of prison beds, but we created 500 reentry beds that we're implementing so that we're not just giving them a bus ticket and a hundred dollars, but transitional housing, help in getting a driver's license, or maybe job training, so that the ex-offenders actually have a better chance of getting employed and not returning to prison.
Many of them want to have a normal life and give back to society, and they deserve a second chance.
There are employers in this room and I'll ask a question. Usually, when you apply for a job, there's a question on the application form: Did you ever get convicted of a felony? And if somebody honestly checks that box, even though they really want a job, are they then excluded from the interview process? Are they nixed totally before they have an opportunity to make their case and be considered?
Now there are always reasons not to … if you're a banker, you may not want to hire somebody who has been convicted of embezzlement as a bank teller.
But there are other occupations. They should not be automatically disqualified. The government does not mandate that, but as governor I'm asking the private sector and our faith-based organizations to join us and make sure that our ex-offenders have a fresh start. That, to me, is the compassion of Arkansas.
I do want to get to the finally part of my speech, which is important to our body politic — and that is civility. That is civility. That is one of the things that this body promotes — Republican or Democrat, independent, whatever your background, let's fight hard in the election, then let's come together and have civil discourse and work for what's good for the state of Arkansas.
One of the pleasant surprises of being governor has been the number of people, Republican or Democrat, who, once the campaign was over, they simply wanted the governor of Arkansas to succeed. Now there are going to be differences and we won't always agree, but in their heart they want the governor to succeed. And that's not true in Washington, D.C., but it is true in the state of Arkansas.
Fay Vincent, former baseball commissioner, tells this story that illustrates the importance of civility in sports and the uniqueness of baseball. I happen to be a baseball fan. He tells a story — an observation, I should say — that if you watch baseball, day in and day out, you'll see a pop fly that will be going foul. So if it's a foul pop fly, what does the catcher do? He flips off his mask, runs to catch the ball, it goes out of bounds. Then he goes back to get his mask. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you'll see the opposing batter pick up the mask and hand it to the catcher. That is a civility and a tradition of baseball.
No rules. No mandates. But it is a tradition based on civility.
Isn't that a great story? And isn't that what we want in our politics, our government and our public service?
Thank you for what you contribute to the state of Arkansas.


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Celebrity News March 27, 2019
New Twists in the Jussie Smollett Case, Plus: Could He Win an Award This Weekend?
There are new twists in the Jussie Smollett investigation after prosecutors dropped all 16 felony charges against the star yesterday.
The "Empire" actor was accused of paying two brothers to stage an attack on himself in January, then lying to police about it. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, and yesterday insisted, "I have been truthful and consistent on every level from day one."
Still, questions remain. Did he get the star treatment? Could he face new, federal charges related to a threatening letter he says he received in the mail? Is he days away from taking home an award for his work on "Empire"?
Anthony Anderson Hopes Jussie Smollett Wins at NAACP Awards 2019
Chicago's mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke out on "Good Morning America" Wednesday morning, saying, "He's an actor, a person of influence. He got treated differently than everyone else."
Emanuel said, "Let's get to the bottom of this," adding that he wants the police records unsealed. "He's saying he's innocent and his words aren't true. They better get their story straight. This is actually making a fool of all of us."
Smollett's attorney, Tina Glandian of Geragos & Geragos, pushed back, telling "GMA" of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, "I think if they believed the charges, they never would have dismissed the case. I'm saying their actions speak louder than words. They could have proceeded in a variety of ways. We were ready to move forward. We appeared in court and pled not guilty. We were ready to fight the charges and they're the ones who voluntarily discontinued the matter, so I think that speaks volumes."
Meanwhile, Jussie could still face some legal action. The FBI is investigating whether he sent himself a threatening letter prior to the alleged attack. He has denied sending the note.
In other news, Smollett could be hitting the red carpet on Saturday at the NAACP Awards. The star is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama for his work on "Empire."
Jussie will appear in tonight's episode of "Empire," and we are asking our Twitter followers if they think he should return to the show next season. What do you think? Vote here.
#JussieSmollett
Sneak Peek at Jussie Smollett's Appearance on New 'Empire' Episode
Jussie Smollett's Criminal Charges Have Been Dropped
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Q: PHP Codeigniter, error: Array to string conversion on renaming uploaded file I got an error on file upload in Codeigniter when I try to rename image file. In local server is work fine, but in live server upload success but it showing error:  Array to string conversion and undefined index: userfiles which is pointed to this line:
$image_name = "image-slider" . date("Y-m-d-h-i-sa").$_FILES["userfiles"]['name'];

on model file.
This my controler:
public function uploadImages()
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    if($result){
        $this->session->set_flashdata('upload_success_msg', 'Upload Success!');
    }
    else
    {
        $this->session->set_flashdata('upload_error_msg', 'Upload Error!');
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    redirect(base_url('backend/homepage/C_images'));
}

And this is my model:
public function uploadImages()
{
    $image_name = "image-slider" . date("Y-m-d-h-i-sa").$_FILES["userfiles"]['name'];

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        'slider_title' => $this->input->post("slider-title"),
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        'slider_desc' => $this->input->post("slider-description")
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    {
        $this->db->insert($this->tableslider, $upload);
        return $this->db->insert_id();
    }
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    {
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        $upload['slider_file'] = $data['file_name'];
        $this->db->insert($this->tableslider, $upload);
        return $this->db->insert_id();
    }
}

Where am I doing wrong?

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Problem is in your variable change $upload into $upload_data
Before that check the files are posted or not to check  undefined index

public function uploadImages(){
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    'slider_alt' => $this->input->post("slider-alt"),
    'slider_link' => $this->input->post("slider-url"),
    'slider_desc' => $this->input->post("slider-description")
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    $this->db->insert($this->tableslider, $upload_data);
    return $this->db->insert_id();
  }
}

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        return $this->hasMany(UtilitiesBook::className(), ['utlities_rate_id' => 'utilities_rate_id']);
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Q: elipsis dots after UITextfield for secured text entry I have multiple uitextfields setup and they are all connected with IBOutlets. I have one textfield that is a password and I have the 'Secure text Entry' selected. when I have this check I get this
Any ideas why this happens? If i deselect the secured entry the textfield rises fine depending on the size of the password with no ellipsis dots.
It does not matter how long the password is. Same thing.

If i don't have the security text selected it works fine

Any idea why? It can be a width issue because it does autosize. But why does the 'secure text entry' cause the issue?

A: I have faced the same problem. I think it is a bug of UITextfield. It calculates size for the text but not for the secure text(dots). I have the problem when the text includes slim characters like 1, l etc...
As workaround I have subclassed the UITextfield class and overridden intrinsicContentSize function. You might need to adjust letter spacing. I couldn't find how to get it dynamically depending on font.
override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {

    let size = super.intrinsicContentSize
    if !self.isSecureTextEntry {
      return size
    }

    var width = size.width
    if let font = self.font,
    let charCount = self.text?.count {
      width = "•".size(withAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font : font]).width * CGFloat(charCount)
      width += (CGFloat(charCount)+1) * 4.5 // this magic number is for letter spacing
    }
    return CGSize(width: width, height: size.height)
}


Education means development of personality which is not limited to intellectual training only, but it is the development of the whole child mentally, emotionally, physically, ethically and socially.
Dwarka International School believes that education implies every phase of the process by which it seeks to develop socially significant abilities and characteristics in its students. The progress and expansion of education as the foundation of social stability and intelligent citizenship is our primary concern. We provide our students with a perfect environment to bloom into successful individuals and guide them to select the right kind of experiences which will promote the growth of their personalities and at the same time make them useful members of the society. The school emphasizes on meeting new conditions of life and builds its students with an objective and scientific knowledge of economics and social fact and with critical judgment for life of liberty and responsibility. The aim of Dwarka International School is therefore to enable the children to live a full life so that they can offer useful services to others of the society in the near future.
With each bygone year Dwarka International School has attained a higher step onto the success ladder. The staff and management have worked hand in hand in order to realize the vision of the school and have established a unique system of education which enables the students to interpret, enrich and adapt cultural heritage to new needs and to changing conditions as they may arise with the onward march of the society. The school has always strived hard to give the students a richer and broader preparation for enabling them to become creative human beings, sincere and diligent workers and responsible citizens. The school has encouraged the discovery of new ideas and new ways of doing things and build up progressive development of science and technology. We extend a warm welcome to all the students and parents who have become a part of the DIS family in the academic year 2015-16. We always believe that with each new entrant we get exposed to broader horizons of life, different cultural perspectives, perceptual experiences which foster in us a spirit of positivity and a feeling of long term and valuable associations. We also take this opportunity to thank the existing parents who have always supported us in all our endeavours.
An overview of the School.
Dwarka International School strictly emphasizes on the moral development of the child. It believes that the supreme end of the educative process should be the training of characters and personality of students in such a way that they will be able to realize their full potentialities and contribute to the well being of the community. It is education which can impart the ability or power of better judgment and build strong characters. Desirable qualities of head, heart and hand are ingrained through our system of education. Students here acquire these qualities not passively or theoretically but by in and through activities. They participate being led by their self- interest and with an eye to the meaning in connection with real life. Acquiring life skills is thereby a very essential and integral part of our educational process. Our ultimate concern is not only to cultivate wealth of muscles, fullness of knowledge or refinement of feelings but also strength and purity of character.
Education at Dwarka International School is child centric as well as life centric. The curriculum of the school has been rationally conceived with the aim to bring the child into the centre and to help him growing through the graded phases of development, physical, mental, moral and social. The syllabus of classes I and II is activity based and focuses on the needs of the students and changing conditions of society. The curricular of Classes III, IV and V emphasizes on the theoretical study of branches of knowledge as well as nourishes the creative imagination of the child, develops free thinking, reasoning and judgment. The syllabus of classes VI-VIII lays stress on the principles of correlation and coordination. The curricula also includes various types of useful experiences like music and fine arts, physical activities and other necessary social experiences. The syllabus of classes IX-XI is in accordance with CBSE guidelines which emphasizes on the joy of discovery, of creative activity as the child gets satisfied with the travail of his own soul. In such a well planned educational system, opportunities are provided at every level to the students for the exercise of their reflective powers, artistic abilities and practical work.


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Der Dickschnabelpinguin oder Fiordlandpinguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) ist eine Pinguin-Art, die im südlichen Neuseeland und den vorgelagerten Inseln zu finden ist. Er zählt zu der Gattung der Schopfpinguine.

Der Dickschnabelpinguin gehört gemeinsam mit dem Galápagos-Pinguin und dem Gelbaugenpinguin zu den seltensten Pinguinarten und wird von der IUCN derzeit als gefährdet (vulnerable) eingestuft.

Aussehen
Der Dickschnabelpinguin erreicht eine Körperlänge von bis zu 55 Zentimeter. Das Gewicht variiert beträchtlich innerhalb eines Jahres und ist außerdem vom Geschlecht beeinflusst. Männchen wiegen zwischen 3 und knapp 5 Kilogramm, Weibchen dagegen haben eine Gewichtsspanne von 2,5 bis 4,8 Kilogramm. Das geringste Gewicht weisen sie nach und das höchste Gewicht vor der Mauser. Der Sexualdimorphismus ist nicht sehr ausgeprägt, Weibchen sind lediglich grundsätzlich etwas kleiner und haben einen etwas weniger kräftigen Schnabel. Bei Paaren lässt sich auf Grund des Größenunterschieds in der Regel das Geschlecht bestimmen. Noch nicht geschlechtsreife Vögel mit einem Lebensalter von einem bis zwei Jahren lassen sich durch ihr Erscheinungsbild kaum von den geschlechtsreifen unterscheiden.

Adulte Vögel haben einen schwarzen Kopf, schwarze Wangen, ein schwarzes Kinn. Auch der obere Bereich der Kehle ist schwarz. Von anderen Schopfpinguinen unterscheidet sich der Dickschnabelpinguin durch die drei bis sechs weißen Streifen auf seiner Wange und die blassgelben bis schwefelgelben Federn, die sich vom Schnabel bis zum Scheitel ziehen. Am Hinterkopf haben diese Federn eine Länge von etwas weniger als fünf Zentimeter. Der Oberkörper ist blauschwarz. Unmittelbar vor der Mauser wirkt das Gefieder allerdings etwas blasser und bräunlicher. Die Körperunterseite ist weißlich. Eine scharfe, gerade Linie trennt die schwarze Kehle von der Körperunterseite.

Verwechslungsmöglichkeiten bestehen mit den anderen Arten der Schopfpinguine. Große Ähnlichkeit besteht vor allem mit dem Snaresinselpinguin. Noch nicht geschlechtsreife Dickschnabelpinguine können mit noch nicht geschlechtsreifen Felsenpinguinen verwechselt werden. Dem Snaresinselpinguin fehlen allerdings die weißen Wangenstreifen und er hat einen längeren Schnabel. Junge Felsenpinguine haben einen noch nicht scharf abgegrenzten Überaugenstreifen, der deutlich weiter hinten als beim Dickschnabelpinguin ansetzt.

Verbreitungsgebiet

Der Dickschnabelpinguin brütet ausschließlich auf Neuseeland. Brutkolonien sind an der westlichen und südwestlichen Küsten der Südinsel sowie auf einigen Inseln vor der Küste. Zu den wichtigsten zählt die Stewart Island, eine 30 Kilometer vor der Südinsel liegende, große Insel sowie die Solander Islands. Die Brutgebiete liegen in Regenwäldern der gemäßigten Breiten an Fjorden, Buchten und Halbinseln. Brutkolonien finden sich typischerweise an steilen Hängen, die dicht mit Kletterpflanzen und Farnen, Moosen und Lebermoosen bewachsen sind. Sie finden sich aber auch felsigeren Küstenabschnitten, wo sie in Felshöhlen, Geröllhängen und unter Felsüberhängen brüten.

Das Verbreitungsgebiet außerhalb der Fortpflanzungszeit ist bislang noch nicht hinreichend untersucht. Gesichert ist lediglich, dass Dickschnabelpinguine im Zeitraum von März bis Juni nicht in der Nähe ihrer Brutkolonien aufhalten. Irrgäste werden auch an anderen Küstenabschnitten Neuseelands sowie an der Australischen Küste beobachtet.

Nahrung und Nahrungserwerb
Dickschnabelpinguine leben überwiegend von Kopffüßern, Krustentieren und Fischen. Wie die Daten von GPS-Trackern zeigen, mit denen Wissenschaftler 17 ausgewachsene Tiere versehen haben, legen sie auf dem Weg von ihrem Nist- zum Futterplatz weite Entfernungen zurück. Eine Region, in der sie ihre Nahrung fingen, liegt rund 800 Kilometer südlich von Tasmanien, eine andere im subantarktischen Meer südlich des tasmanischen Futterplatzes. Die Tiere entfernen sich dabei bis zu 2500 km von ihrem Nistplatz.

Brutverhalten
Das Balzverhalten der Dickschnabelpinguine zeigt sehr viel Ähnlichkeit mit dem Verhalten anderer Schopfpinguine. Allerdings zeigt der Dickschnabelpinguin grundsätzlich eine weniger soziale Lebensweise als andere Vertreter dieser Gattung. Zu den aggressiven Gesten innerhalb der Art gehört ein Schnabeldrohen mit geöffnetem Schnabel. Dickschnabelpinguine ergreifen in direkten Auseinandersetzungen sich auch gegenseitig bei den Schnäbeln. Dieses Verhalten ist besonders bei solchen Pinguinen zu beobachten, die nebeneinander liegende Niststandorte besetzt haben. Dickschnabelpinguine versuchen gelegentlich, sich auch am Nacken zu greifen, oder schlagen mit den zu Flossen umgeformten Flügeln. Gelegentlich heben sie auch ihre Flossen, beugen sich nach vorne und gehen einige Schritte in Richtung ihres Gegners. Dabei rufen sie laut.

Dickschnabelpinguine suchen ihr Brutgebiet zwischen Juni und Juli auf. Die Brutkolonien sind grundsätzlich klein, sie nisten gelegentlich sogar einzeln. Die Nester stehen typischerweise zwei bis drei Meter auseinander. Durch die dichte Vegetation, zwischen der Dickschnabelpinguine brüten, sind die Nester gewöhnlich optisch voneinander isoliert. Das Nest besteht aus einer flachen Mulde mit einem Durchmesser von 30 Zentimeter. Die Mulde ist gelegentlich mit Farnblättern sowie Blättern anderer Pflanzen, kleinen Stöckchen oder Steinen ausgelegt. Häufig befindet es sich an oder sogar unter einer Baumwurzel, zwischen Felsen oder in kleinen Höhlungen.

Das Gelege besteht aus zwei Eiern, die gewöhnlich im Zeitraum Juli bis August gelegt werden. Der Legeabstand zwischen den Eiern beträgt gewöhnlich 4 Tage. Das erste Ei ist gewöhnlich etwas leichter und wiegt 99 bis 100 Gramm. Das zweite Ei hat ein Gewicht zwischen 116 und 120 Gramm. An der Bebrütung der Eier sind beide Elternvögel beteiligt. Die Brutzeit von insgesamt 30 bis 36 Tage lässt sich in drei Phasen unterteilen. Während der ersten fünf bis zehn Tage teilen sich die beiden Elternvögel. Während der zweiten Phase von 13 Tagen brütet ausschließlich das Männchen. Die dritte Phase, die gleichfalls dreizehn Tage währt, wird das Ei nur vom Weibchen bebrütet. Das frisch geschlüpfte Küken wird vom Männchen für zwei bis drei Wochen bewacht und gehudert. Das Weibchen kehrt in dieser Zeit in der Regel täglich in die Brutkolonie zurück und versorgt das oder die Küken mit Futter. Die Küken bilden dann lose Jungvogelgruppen (in der Literatur auch häufig "Kindergärten" genannt). In dieser Zeit füttern beide Elternvögel ihren Nachwuchs.

Es wird maximal ein Jungvogel pro Gelege flügge, dabei handelt es sich normalerweise um den Jungvogel, der aus dem zweiten gelegten Ei schlüpft. Die Zahl der Brutpaare, die zwei Eier noch in der letzten Phase bebrüten, variiert pro Jahr zwischen 68 und 83 Prozent. Dort, wo zwei Jungvögel pro Gelege schlüpfen, stirbt einer der beiden Jungvögel gewöhnlich innerhalb der ersten sieben Tage. Jungvogel sind zum Zeitpunkt des Flügge-Werdens in der Regel 75 Tage alt.

Bestand und Fressfeinde
Der Bestand wird derzeit von der IUCN auf 5.000 bis 6.000 geschlechtsreife Individuen geschätzt. Da nur sehr wenige historische Daten zur Verbreitung und zum Brutbestand vorliegen, lässt sich kein klarer Bestandstrend ermitteln. Hunde gelten als ein wesentlicher Störfaktor in den Kolonien. Ratten und die Wekaralle fressen Eier und Jungvögel. Der Einfluss der Wekarallen variiert je nach Standort der Kolonien. In einigen Kolonien werden 38 Prozent der Eiverluste auf diesen Vogel zurückgeführt. Zu den Fressfeinden der Dickschnabelpinguine zählen die neuseeländischen Seelöwen, neuseeländischen Seebären, Schwertwale sowie Haie.

Literatur
 Tony D. Williams: The Penguins. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-854667-X

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Ahmadu Bello University Theatre
Before starting the firm, Steven Ehrlich designed this project while teaching at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. Integrating indigenous forms and materials with an innovative site plan, the Ahmadu Bello University Theatre is a flexible art facility used for performances and drama workshops. Steven Ehrlich looked for inspiration from the ancient Hausa cities of northern Nigeria with their mud-walled compound houses, and devised a theatre plan that echoes this traditional cloistered configuration.
The theater incorporates four circular thatched huts, linked by compound walls that are positioned to create a circular central performance area. This arrangement allows for a variety of configurations, from the traditional proscenium stage to theatre-in-the-round.
The huts provide flexibility and serve as audience seating, secondary performance spaces and individual studio workshops.
A domed mud-walled square room, or soro, anchors the south end of the facility and serves as the theatre entrance. A second soro, at the opposite end of the compound, houses back-stage functions. Both of these square volumes are detailed with traditional bas-relief ornamentation.
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Lawrence Manning
Steven Ehrlich
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1982 AIA|Los Angeles, Citation


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Indian Embassy in Madagascar organises Gandhi Katha to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary
Antananarivo [Madagascar], September 26 (ANI): As a part of the celebrations of the grand finale of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Embassy in Antananarivo organised a Gandhi Katha on the theme "The Oceanic Gandhi" by renowned Gandhian Scholar Professor Makarand Paranjape, Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
The event was attended by participants from Madagascar and Comoros and was telecasted live on the Facebook page of the Embassy.
Professor Paranjape explained about the influences of oceans on the life of Mahatma Gandhi both metaphorically and literally. Mahatma Gandhi travelled as a young student across the Indian Ocean and through Atlantic Ocean to England for studying law. Thereafter he came back to India, only to travel to South Africa in 1893. He came back to India in 1915.
Prof Paranjape further talked about how oceans made Gandhi the person he was. Gandhi saw the Atlantic Ocean that was a symbol of the imperialist and colonialist mindset during that time and the Indian Ocean as an area where values of friendship, truth, reciprocity thrived.
Metamorphically, Gandhi was a personality who was open to new ideas; he was a cultural cosmopolitan but a staunch nationalist, thus reflecting that different currents merged in him.
The Professor laid emphasis on how Gandhi believed that society should be like an ocean where each individual was a centre, capable of expressing himself/herself fully and thus expanding emotionally in concentric circles with acceptance to animate/inanimate objects.
Gandhi believed that the greatest force that can bring change is the human spirit and not arms or human mind. He harnessed this force and gave birth to the practice of Satyagraha.
Paranjape shared interesting anecdotes from Mahatma Gandhi's life. The Katha was followed by a question-answer session where the Professor explained other aspects of Gandhian values.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Abhay Kumar informed that Madagascar has over 18,000 people of Indian origin, mostly from Gujarat. Comoros has a small community of about 250 persons of Indian origin.
He added that Mahatma Gandhi's words and teachings are even more relevant today in the 21st century when the planet is facing the unprecedented triple crisis of climate change, environmental pollution and biodiversity loss. (ANI)
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EAA Now Chairs GA Joint Steering Committee
October 27, 2016 - EAA's influence and relationships with the entire aviation community will be a major asset as the organization assumed the chairmanship of the FAA's General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GA-JSC) this month. Sean Elliott was in Washington, D.C., late last week to officially take the chairmanship from the retiring Bruce Landsberg, former president and executive director of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation.
The FAA's GA-JSC is an industry-agency partnership working to improve general aviation safety. It analyzes safety data and uses a consensus method to develop risk reduction efforts. Earlier recommendations from the group included those in loss-of-control accidents and system component failure. The stated goal of the committee is to reduce the GA fatal accident rate per 100,000 hours by 10 percent by the end of 2018, with no more than one fatal accident per 100,000 flight hours by that time.
"EAA's ability to build collaborative relationships throughout the aviation community is an important element in leading this group and developing safety recommendations that are effective and practical," said Elliott, EAA's vice president of advocacy and safety. "We are proud EAA's leadership role is recognized and can spearhead efforts toward our ultimate goal: reducing GA accidents and lowering risk barriers that keep people out of the sky."
The committee includes members from more than a dozen general aviation organizations, plus representatives from the FAA and observers from the National Transportation Safety Board. EAA is a charter member of the committee and will chair the group for three years, then rotate to the vice chairmanship in exchange with AOPA.
"This chairmanship is another example of where EAA is involved in the detailed, painstaking work to make aviation safer for everybody," Elliott said. "While the big issues where EAA is involved often grabs the visibility, being engaged in this kind of cross-community, long-term effort is important for our members and everyone who wants to grow recreational aviation."


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The rapid growth of the Asian beauty industry over the last few years has caught everyone's attention. News and analysis pieces focusing on this growth now regularly appear in both prestigious regional and global publications. The beauty industry in Asia is now constantly praised by the business media for its ability to successfully launch innovative products at high frequency and for being able to identify and leverage nascent growth opportunities. In addition to launching innovative new products, both global and local manufacturers of beauty brands have been applauded for their efforts to understand the needs of the Asian consumer in-depth and also for the use and application of exotic ingredients and rituals to redefine the product experience.
The geographic sphere of influence is also changing slowly with countries like Indonesia and Vietnam emerging as the fastest growing markets and challenging the leadership status of countries like Japan and Korea. Additionally, Asia is driving the growth of men's beauty, with reputed analysts estimating that Asia comprises nearly 60 per cent of the global market (a proportion that is estimated to grow in the coming years) for men's beauty and grooming products.
The role of branding in the Asian beauty industry
Branding has (and will continue to have) a strong role to play in the Asian beauty industry. In addition to being demanding, the Asian consumer is incredibly brand conscious when it comes to buying beauty products. On top of the vital role that brands play, brand ambassadors also play a very strong role in the success or failure of Asian beauty brands.
Procter & Gamble's hugely successful SK-II brand uses a host of celebrity brand ambassadors across the countries in which it has a presence – Chinese actress Tang Wei, Korean actress Kim Hee-ae, Indonesian singer-songwriter Anggun, Japanese actress Ayase Haruka, and Indian-Chinese fashion designer Priscilla Shunmugam.
Estée Lauder elevated the role of the Asian brand ambassador to a more global role when it got Irene Kim (Korean model and TV host) to pair with reality TV star Kendall Jenner on its new line of beauty products "Estée Edit" geared towards girls who are categorised as "rule breakers and risk takers".
Global fashion and luxury brand Chanel also has had its focus on Korea for a long time and has utilised the mass appeal of Korean pop stars like G-Dragon and CL, in addition to using model Soo Joo Park in its advertising campaigns.
In 2016, Maybelline signed Taiwanese model I-Hua Wu as one of its global model ambassadors, who joined the ranks of the likes of Gigi Hadid, Jourdan Dunn and Christy Turlington. This again represents the seriousness with which global beauty brands are now looking at Asia as part of their global strategy. In India, the market dynamics are different, with homegrown brands vying with multinationals to establish their credentials in the beauty and cosmetics industry. Brands like Kaya and Emami are now competing with the likes of Lakme and L'Oréal.
With penetration of beauty products still low and opportunities for growth significant, India has the potential to become one of the top four beauty markets in the world in the next decade. The use of celebrities is a tried and tested model in India and beauty brands are not shying away from adopting the same. A host of Bollywood actors and actresses endorse a range of beauty brands, which include both homegrown and multinational.
An analysis of the Asian beauty industry is incomplete without an in-depth look at China. Due to its enormous consumer base and spending power, global beauty brands have always approached China with a serious intent. Brands like L'Oréal have used ambassadors like Chinese actress and singer Fan Bing Bing with success but a greater part of it is due to the effective use of digital (social and non-social) platforms. But the Chinese beauty consumer has her own share of preferences that are quite unique.
Some emerging trends that are influencing the beauty industry include the preference for "holistic" beauty solutions, the emergence of niche brands, rising appeal of K-brands (beauty brands from Korea), rising clout and appeal of celebrities as brand ambassadors and the power and influence of digital platforms in beauty product marketing (the massive success of L'Oréal's Makeup Genius app is a testament of the power of digital platforms in brand building).
Challenges facing beauty industry players in the next decade
Amidst all this glitz, bling, star power and massive advertising and marketing spends, the Asian beauty industry needs to be cognizant of medium and long-term challenges. The first and foremost challenge, and which has no time-bound perspective, is the rise of a knowledgeable, discerning and critical Asian consumer. Gone are the days when an Asian consumer could be wooed by cheap French perfume or some American skin-conditioner. Western beauty brands are now increasingly taking inspiration from Asian beauty rituals for innovation and customisation.
Take for example Erborian, which is a French-Korean beauty brand. Founded by a Korean scientist and French beauty-expert, the brand's ethos is to share Korean beauty secrets with the rest of the world. The entire range of products combine the knowledge of Korean pharmacopeia with best ingredients, sophisticated techniques and refined French sensibility. Editors of renowned beauty magazines (e.g. Vogue) have admitted that the care, time and research Asian women dedicate towards their beauty regimes is a source of inspiration of not only Asian beauty products but also increasingly, for global brands.
Impact of societal transformations: Brands need to be respectful of the fact that care and dedication is increasingly coupled with knowledge and a strong sense of understanding of individualized needs. This behavior may, at the onset, seem contradictory to the appeal and influencing power celebrity brand ambassadors have over Asian consumers, but there is always method to the madness. Even though an Asian woman or a man may look up to the current pop, film and music heartthrob, there is still a strong sense of individuality towards one's needs, preferences and purchases. Asia represents a region that has strong social and community connections as a critical fabric, but individualistic expressions have their right place and acceptance. Beauty brands need to be able to understand this balance and communicate the right messages through appropriate positioning.
A critical aspect to keep in mind is the fact that "definitions of beauty" act as the tools for establishing and maintaining individual-level supremacy in competitive, fragmented and multi-dimensional Asian societies.
Societal transformations and reconfigurations of how people live their lives have a wide reaching impact in the usage and purchase behaviour of beauty products. Asian societies are in the middle of such types of transformations. According to global finance company Morgan Stanley, the availability of digital purchase platforms has significantly altered the way Chinese consumers buy beauty products. From a generation back, when everything that needed to be bought had to be bought from local state-owned stores, to the present time when there is a wider selection of local retailers selling a global assortment of products and the availability of online retailers at the touch of a smartphone button, the brand purchase funnel has seen a significant change.
With rising incomes and increasing availability of reputable and popular beauty brands at their fingertips, the average Chinese beauty consumer is now aspiring to buy more premium beauty products and increasingly from global shopping destinations.
Here is an overview of other key beauty markets in Asia:
Japan: AT Kearney's research points towards a completely different phenomenon in Japan, which is always considered to be a pioneer in the Asian beauty industry. In Japan, the point-of-sale (POS) or in-store experience plays a strong role in driving both trials and incremental sales for brands. The beauty consumer in Japan has a strong preference for individualized, one-to-one consultations and does not mind having such conversations in-store (over the counter or in private). Increasingly the current Japanese generation is getting its beauty inspirations from hip-hop culture, in which darker skin tones has a stronger influence compared to "pale" complexions.
In 2015, Japanese beauty behemoth Shiseido collaborated with IBM to provide all its beauty consultants with mobile apps that will offer new customer services, customer-centric product improvements and social innovations. This collaboration goes beyond the obvious need of utilising technology to significantly enhance the in-store experience. The deep underlying need was to use technology to further enhance the one-to-one consultation that Japanese consumers crave while buying beauty products.
India: Going back to India, which stands on the springboard of opportunity for beauty products, societal transformations have significantly impacted the purchasing behavior of consumers. The consumption of beauty products is now happening across a wider age spectrum, and is no more the vestige of the young. There is rising consciousness about ingredients and their source, accompanied by the need for more holistic solutions. The Indian consumer is incredibly brand conscious and, in the case of beauty, always has a preference for brands that can offer complete end-to-end solutions. The beauty industry in India is strongly influenced by the salon trade, which is an important channel for brands to leverage. There is increasing demand for professional beauty therapists, which has emerged as an attractive career option.
Brands like L'Oréal have established their presence in India using two key channels – retail trade for branded products and through L'Oréal Academies (which trains and educates hairdressers). A similar model has been adopted by local brands, which also include professional beauticians launching their own branded product lines or chains (Shahnaz Husain for her range of herbal cosmetics, Jawed Habib for his chain of more than 500 unisex hair salons).
Definitions and perceptions of beauty in India are an interesting concoction of the traditional and modern. The definition of beauty adopted during festivals, special occasions like marriages and religious ceremonies continue to be strongly influenced by traditional norms. The definition of beauty during day-to-day life has a more modern hue, which is influenced by rising consciousness and knowledge levels about beauty brands and their offerings. The Indian film industry has a strong influence on the concept of beauty in Indian society, which varies from the strongly traditional to the ultra-modern. The spending power of the burgeoning middle class, the changing role of women and the increase in complexity of modern life are some of the other key factors that are impacting beauty regimes. More recently, and through developments in adjacent market segments, there is an increase in interest and preference for natural, herbal and Ayurvedic beauty products. These segments of the Indian beauty industry are now the hotbeds of competition between multinationals and homegrown brands.
Indonesia: In countries like Indonesia, which has witnessed strong growth for the beauty industry, rising spending power of the middle class is the primary driver. The Indonesian beauty consumer is now more knowledgeable about global beauty trends due to increasing exposure to both online and offline channels. The two strongest trends in terms of beauty products usage are around "halal" and "herbal" options. The increasing popularity of halal beauty products is not only restricted to Indonesia, but is also catching up in countries with significant Muslim populations (e.g. Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Malaysia). Getting their brands "halal-certified" is becoming a priority for organisations that want to tap into the opportunities these under-penetrated markets provide. Global brands like L'Oréal have proactively got more than hundreds of their product lines halal-certified to become viable in these economies.
External factors with multidimensional impact: In addition to societal factors, aspects like changing lifestyle patterns, emerging health and wellness trends, changing environmental dynamics and a growing need for convenience are influencing beauty habits and regimes. These changes have direct impact on brands and their innovation pipelines. Brands that have enjoyed success in Asian markets have one thing in common (regardless of whether they are manufactured by multinationals or local players), and that is having products which are not direct imports but are developed specifically for the Asian consumer after understanding her needs deeply.
Understanding the Asian beauty consumer: For multinationals like Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal and Estee Lauder, success in Asia has been driven by the development and launch of products meant for the Asian consumer. Brands like Osaio from Estee Lauder and SK-II from P&G are examples of such successes. The strengthening of the health and wellness trend across multiple Asian markets is fuelling the demand for organic, natural and herbal beauty products. It is also contributing to rising levels of consciousness among consumers about source and purity of ingredients and the manufacturing process. All these factors are significantly influencing innovation strategies of companies.
As beauty manufacturers try to stay as close as possible to the consumer pulse, it is critical that they have the capability to shape the development of different beauty categories. Groundbreaking innovation needs to be able to do three things – create a category by effectively transforming existing needs, find new needs or create disruptive solutions for existing needs.
Innovation: As manufacturers focus on developing and launching herbal and natural beauty ranges, it is important to keep in mind the fact that fragmentation is a common phenomenon in beauty product categories, which needs to be managed. It is equally important to ensure that the innovation behind a range launch forms the core of the range's positioning (whether it is a new brand, a sub-brand or a new line under an existing master brand). In a crowded marketplace, real innovation always has strong prowess to act as a brand's strategic differentiator. The emergence of concepts like "biomimetics" is pushing thinking behind the manufacture of beauty products by borrowing principles from nature (which includes understanding of the microstructure of human skin and other animals).
Making products a part of the Asian lifestyle: The Asian beauty consumer has seen it all and has extremely high expectations from products they buy and the brands that sell them. In addition to health and wellness trends, busy lifestyles that combine extensive and deep beauty regimes, are increasingly seeking convenience. This need has fueled the launch of multi-functional beauty products and is pushing manufacturers to create holistic solutions under a single brand name. In light of this, beauty brands in Asia need to invest ever more strongly in building credibility around their positioning and offerings. Keeping in mind the fact that the Asian consumer is a hard taskmaster when it comes to evaluating beauty brands, manufacturers need to have sharp brand building strategies that enables positioning as holistic solution providers (instead of having a niche appeal in a single application area).
Incorporating Asian values into brand concept: Asia is a region characterized by deep social connections and collectivist societies. Individualism is appreciated but within a wider social fabric that still respects family oriented behavior. The concept of beauty also differs significantly across countries and so are the traditional beliefs and practices to maintain and enhance beauty. Due to the importance of families and the strong influence exerted by society on an individual's life, attitudes and beliefs towards beauty continue to be a balance of social norms and individual preferences. Beauty brands with strong ambitions should position themselves to be attractive with this balance in mind.
Keeping up with evolving beauty standards: In addition to multinationals adapting their global strategies or even creating new ones, homegrown players also need to design brand-building strategies that address the sensitivity of beauty as a concept in the region. As consciousness increases, knowledge strengthens and empowerment deepens, the age-old accepted definitions of beauty will be overturned. Brands need to be able to respond to such fundamental changes in outlook. The need to "look fair", one of the long-standing accepted definitions of beauty in Asia, is increasingly getting challenged.
The importance of ethnicity as a factor influencing brand purchase is also gaining in strength. Even though Korean beauty products have a strong regional appeal, the opposite is not true. The inflow of Chinese beauty products in their markets is increasingly irritating Koreans. The Japanese and Korean concepts of beauty, and more specifically, attitudes towards skincare are remarkably different. These attitudes and beliefs are now being challenged from multiple dimensions and the future is pointing towards an amalgamated set of beliefs, which again include a balance of traditional and modern.
Conclusion: Focus is critical for Asian beauty firms
As the Asian beauty industry solidifies its global presence and increasingly starts influencing and shaping global beauty trends, it is critical for it to not lose focus in its home territory. Brands have a strong role to play in defining the growth path of the industry, and local brands have an even stronger one. Category involvement, levels of trust, need for customisation, need for personalized attention and seeking out expert advice are all very high among Asian consumers when it comes to beauty products. With age-old beliefs about beauty being challenged, increasing exposure to global beauty trends coupled with the availability of world-class beauty products has made the Asian consumer empowered but also confused.
Beauty brands should start considering their roles beyond solutions of beauty – like vehicles of empowerment and confidence building solutions. Brands need to exponentially magnify the levels of trust they can exude and deliver on to be successful. Ongoing and future changes in societal structure, individual and collective thinking, beliefs and practices and the ability to absorb global thinking but still retaining their national identities is going to be transformational and significantly disruptive in Asia. The beauty industry will be at the forefront of these changes and its success or failure will be defined by its adaptability to these changes, and its ability to forge a clear and distinctive path forward.
Asian Business, CEO, Country of Origin, Culture, Innovation, Insights


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On Nov. 23, 2009 the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $45 million grant – the largest single award in university history and largest single grant by the U.S. DOE for wind power – to Clemson University. The purpose of the grant was to design, build and operate a facility capable of full-scale, highly accelerated testing of next-generation wind turbine drive-train technology.
Accelerate the development and deployment of new wind turbine technology.
Reduce the cost of energy delivered that will result in further growth in the market leading to economic development.
Support the country's push towards energy independence.
The $98M facility, which includes $53M of private and state contributions, is strategically located at the Clemson University Restoration Institute's (CURI) campus at the former U.S. Naval Base in North Charleston, South Carolina. Modeled after the success of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, the facility forges public/private partnerships in a unique industrial, port environment.
The world-class facility was named the SCE&G Energy Innovation Center during a dedication ceremony in November 2013. The center houses the world's most-advanced wind-turbine drivetrain testing facility capable of full-scale highly accelerated mechanical and electrical testing of advanced drivetrain systems for wind turbines.
The Duke Energy eGRID — Electrical Grid Research Innovation and Development — Center is housed in the SCE&G Energy Innovation Center. The 15-megawatt hardware-in-the-loop grid simulator supports education, research and economic development to speed new electrical technologies to market. The eGRID can simulate the electrical grid of any country in the world.
The mission of the drivetrain testing facility is to provide high value, high quality and cost-competitive testing services to industry that will lead to lowering the cost of energy delivered by wind power.
Building a sustainable future through education, collaborative research, strategic partnerships, workforce development, and accelerating new technologies to market.


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One annoying thing on most of the pay dating sites is the fact you can send little emoticons to people when you haven't paid, but you need to pay a monthly subscription to be able to have a meaningful conversation with anyone.
It was my favorite of the four listed, but I moved it down the page until I can confirm it's gone. For now, I'll leave its description, so people can research on their own.
Let me know if the community has moved its address.
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Valid passport must not be older than 10 years also it must be valid for at least SIX MONTHS longer than the intended stay. The passport must also have at least TWO BLANK PAGES to affix the visa and should be along with all old passport booklets.
1 Visa Form to be filled and duly signed at two places(column #37 and in last) by the passenger in his own handwriting only.
3 Photos (Matt finished, with white background 70 percent face area)... for further details under mark(**).
Covering Letter addressed to The Visa Officer, Embassy Of Sweden on Company Letter Head.
Return Confirmed Ticket showing the departure after 5-6 working days.
A document from pax Company signed by somebody else than the pax certifying that the pax will be visiting the Swedish Company.
The Embassy of Sweden will only accept Schengen visa application form and supporting documents in A4 size paper only.
VFS Charges Rs 1180/- (payable in cash) .
VFS Charges Rs 1120/- (payable in cash).
Return Confirmed Ticket showing departure after 5-6 working days.
Passenger Email Address, Contact No(Mobile No And One Landline Number too).
- We can apply the tourist visas only for the passports which are having heavily travelled history. Blank Passports Holders / First Timer to Schengen Country might be called for the personal interview.
- Authority letter on letter head/blank sheet from pax authorising Mr Pavan / Jagdish /Vasudevan of Jetsave to submit and collect the documents on his behalf.
VFS Charges Rs 1180/- (payable in cash).
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Junior defenseman Ryan Shea has been drafted by the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks.
At 21, Ryan Shea has already played a lot of hockey.
A three-year starter and captain during 2014-15 season at Boston College High School, the 21-year-old Shea is now a starting left-shot defenseman for the eighth-ranked Northeastern men's hockey team.
In between, the Milton resident skated for the Cape Cod Whalers U18 team and a season with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League. In 2015, Shea was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the fourth round of the NHL's First-Year Player Draft, with the 121st overall pick. His father, Dan, was a four-year player at Boston College (1984-88), racking up 69 goals and 121 assists.
In 19 games this season, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Shea has a team-leading 37 blocked shots, has registered 8 assists, and is a plus-18 overall. With a matchup this weekend against top-ranked University of Massachusetts Amherst on the docket, and in advance of the 2019 Beanpot, he took a few minutes to chat with the Globe.
During the 2015-16 season, in Youngstown, you suffered a pretty bad injury. How did you overcome that, and, at the same time, try to improve?
A: I broke my collarbone twice. The second time I was really down on myself but I think that has helped me mature as a player and a person, and I think even though I couldn't skate or do everything all the boys were doing, I still had to show up to the rink every day, ready to go for rehab or whatever was on the agenda that day just to try and get back in the lineup as quick as possible.
What was the USHL experience like?
A: At first it was a little strange, you go out there and you live with obviously not your real family, a family brings you in and treats you like one of their own. That was nice and a little different but once you get comfortable, I'd say the end of the first month, it was kind of like you were like a professional.
You're on your own, you're just with the guys on the team, going to the rink for practice. I did school out there so I had that to do too. It's pretty much treating yourself like a professional out there and maturing along the way.
Describe the day the Chicago Blackhawks selected you in the NHL draft?
A: Probably one of the best days of my life so far. I watched it actually by myself in my basement but once my name came up on that board, I started interacting with my family, all my buddies came over. We're really close with [Milton native] Keith Yandle of the Florida Panthers, so he came over and it turned into a little bit of a celebration. It was a special day.
What's it like to get to stay in your home state and be a part of a top program?
A: One of the best reasons is having your family come and watch every game. I mean I don't think my dad has even missed a game. He even came out to Michigan State when we played out there my freshman year so I think that's definitely something special, with my aunts, uncles, and siblings too. That was definitely the number one reason why I chose Northeastern and because of my relationship with the coaches. Coach [Jim] Madigan is also a Milton guy so I knew him before and I just thought that they could bring the best out of me and develop my skills for the next level.
Northeastern is coming off its first Beanpot win in 30 years. What is the mind-set this year?
A: Now that we have that one win under our belt, we know what it takes and we have a bunch of veteran guys that were here last year. . . . It's one-game elimination so you've got to give everything you have at every point during the tournament.
Your dad played hockey at BC, is there a rivalry there?
A: No. I just thought the best fit was Northeastern and he respected that — it was my decision. He has his legacy there and I kind of wanted to build my own so that's why I chose a school like this. I definitely joke around with him because he was at BC for four years and was in the Beanpot championship multiple times but he never won.
What's the hardest class you're taking now?
A: I'm a business management major, so I just took MIS which is Management Information Systems, so I'd definitely say that or business stats so far are the hardest that I've taken.
A: I mean I want to play hockey as long as I can. I think a business major from Northeastern will set me up for a good opportunity. I think I'm an open-minded kid. . . . I'm just trying to get the best grades possible because obviously hockey doesn't always pan out for people.


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Screenplay Review - Desperate Hours
Genre: Period
Premise: A small town crippled by WWI and the Spanish flu finds itself facing major moral questions and a brutal invading force when a young girl shows up on a rancher's doorstep covered in blood.
About: I don't know much about this project or this writer. If it's the same Mariani listed on IMDB, he's a guy who's making a bunch of shorts in whatever capacity he can, grip, sound, director. Would be pretty amazing if he just came out of nowhere. (edit) More information coming in. This is set up at Johnny Depp's production company. Hmm, that could be bad. Since Depp has a million projects, this could be stuck in purgatory until whenever he gets around to it. :(
Writer: E. Nicholas Mariani
Details: 120 pages (Sept 13, 2011 draft)
Depp for Sullivan?
As you may know, genius scripts don't come around very often on Scriptshadow. In fact, there's an ongoing joke that I've never even given a genius rating. Not true. I gave the original Source Code draft that made the Black List a genius rating.
But it's been so long that, I admit, I was wondering if I'd ever rate a script "genius" again. In fact, I was thinking of replacing the rating when the new site is launched.
But then days like this come along and...well, they give me hope not just about the industry, but about art in general. They let me know that there are writers out there who pour every ounce of heart and soul into their work and who have been at this long enough that that heart and soul amount to something. That's the thing - a lot of us have heart and soul. A lot of us channel that into our work. We just haven't learned the craft well enough to channel it in the right way. That takes time. It takes dedication. I don't know Mariani's story. But I'm guessing he's been at this for awhile. You don't write a script like Desperate Hours by accident.
So what makes a script genius? That's tough to say. I think a mastery of the craft is one. There are no technical mistakes in the work. An understanding of how to explore characters, which Mariani is fan-fucking-tastic at. Inspired choices (as opposed to boring and obvious ones - which is what I usually see). And then that x-factor, that way you connect with the reader on an emotional level. That last part is the tough one, because what inspires me emotionally may not inspire you emotionally.
The year is 1918. Don't know much about 1918? Let me give you some background. The Spanish Flu had just gone about killing 50 million people worldwide, over half a million in America alone. And if that wasn't bad enough, World War 1 had obliterated nearly every able-bodied man in America. America'd been stomped on, ground up, and spit out by God, and was just starting the healing process. It was fucking bad.
Enter Frank Sullivan, a man who's felt the worst of it. Frank lost his wife and his two children to the flu, and hasn't gone back into the world since. He lives out on his ranch, miles away from town, and if he has his way, he'll die without ever coming in contact with another human being again.
But, you see, the world is changing. Hope is slowly creeping back into people's daily lives, and Sullivan's best friend, Tom, who's both the sheriff and the mayor (hey, you gotta improvise when 1 out of every 4 people around you drops dead) convinces him to come join the town for a little celebration that night.
It's there where we meet Doctor Sue Fowler (a title she's received, like many others in town, via extenuating circumstances), a woman who Sullivan has all sorts of history with. The two were going to get married until Sullivan ran off to join Theodore Roosevelt's famed "Rough Riders," and fight for his country instead. Sue was then forced to marry her second choice, a drunken abusive man named George, who she's been stuck with ever since.
The two are absolutely still in love, but there's nothing they can do about it, so all they can do is stare forelornly into one another's eyes and wish things would've ended up differently.
However, their time together is about to get a lot more intimate, as that night, when Sullivan gets home, he finds that a woman who's been shot to pieces has stumbled into and passed out in his house. Sullivan races back to town, gets Sue, and the two do everything in their power to save the girl, a task that will be limited due to her near-death status and turn-of-the-century medicine. However, the woman *is* holding on, just barely, and that means there's hope of finding out what she's doing here.
The next day, Sullivan and Tom follow the woman's trail back to the hills, and find a brand new model-T Ford crashed into the river with two dead Federal agents inside. When news hits town that a huge mobster trial is going on in Kansas City, everyone slowly puts the pieces together. The woman is the star witness, and the mob is willing to do anything to put her out of commission.
And this is where things get interesting. You see, it doesn't take long for the mob to figure out the woman is still alive. And that means they'll be sending more people down to take care of her. But what does the town do about this? This isn't their problem. They don't know this woman. They just got done losing half their population to war and disease. Things are finally starting to look up again. Why get involved in more death, in more danger, when they don't have to? Let the mob have this girl and everyone can be on their merry way.
Except that's not what Sullivan believes in. You don't abandon someone in need. You don't sacrifice someone who can't fight for themselves. Frank is one of the few people left on this planet who stands for something. He believes in sticking your neck out and having your neighbor's back. Hell, he was part of the Rough Riders, the toughest crew in America. Not to mention his own personal reason. Frank watched helplessly as his family died one after another, unable to do anything. He couldn't save them. But he can save this girl.
And this leads to one of the best third acts I've ever read or seen in my life. Please for the love of everything, make this movie, because this third act is going to go down in fucking cinema lore. When the mob strolls into that town, and Sullivan prepares for a showdown of him vs. them, I don't remember ever being as electrified as I was in that moment. I was just fucking CHARGED. I'm not going to spoil everything that happens but I'll just leave it at this: FUCKING AWESOME.
Edward Norton for Tom?
I suppose I should go into what works here, but I can never really do that with a script I fall in love with. Basically, the script uses its first act to establish and make you fall in love with its characters, its second act to build the mystery of who the girl is, and it's third act for the big showdown. So yeah, in that sense, it's perfectly freaking structured.
I suppose one can make the argument that the first act is slow, but I don't know, I fell in love with the characters so much that I didn't care that the story wasn't emerging at warp speed. I loved how Mariani established the setting. That was so key - letting us know where America was at the moment, with everyone having lost someone, and then how that directly affected our main character. Who doesn't sympathize with someone who's experienced such a terrible loss? I was onboard with Sullivan from the moment I met him.
Then, when the mysterious girl shows up, it just gets better and better. We have a mystery driving the story now - and an intriguing one. Where did she come from? Why was she shot at? When we pull that car out of the river, I got goosebumps. "Whoa," I thought, "This is getting really good."
And while this was happening, I couldn't help but notice the amount of research and detail that went into everything. There's this throwaway moment early in the script, in town, where a group of old Civil War veterans marches down main street singing a solemn tune about their own war experience, and I just thought, "Who the hell thinks of that??" That only comes from a writer who has just so immersed himself in that world, who knows 1918 so well, he might as well have grown up there. Which is SO RARE in scripts I read, that a writer knows that much about what he's writing about, which is one of the many reasons why Desperate Hours is so great.
Anyway, the script reaches the midpoint with this amazing dual thrust going on. On the one hand you have the slow and steady buildup of the approaching mob. It's clear the town is in WAY over their heads with these guys, who are gradually cutting off all communication so the town can't call for help. And then you just have this amazing fucking character work, with each and every character having a backstory and a flaw they have to resolve before the end of the script.
Seeing Sullivan's issues with George (Sue's husband) play out -- I can't remember a more compelling character conflict. I mean it's just so layered and freaking INTENSE! But it's not just him. It's Tom, it's the guy who brought the flu back to town, its the cowards versus the brave. And that's another thing! Like we were talking about a few weeks ago - this script has a clear theme: FEAR. The levels of it. How we all back down. How we're all afraid. But how there's a time when you have to say enough is enough. And how that moment is different for everyone.
AHHH! This script is just so fucking good!
But when it really all comes together is the scene where THE STRANGER finally appears from a lone train, whistling through the town at night, a man who, we know, has come looking for this girl, and how he strolls into the bar, the most arrogant fearless mf'er in the world, and how he meets up with the only person on the planet who isn't afraid of him. This is one of the BEST SCENES I'VE EVER FREAKING READ! When Sullivan tells The Stranger to "hold on" so he can go pummel the shit out of George, before coming back and telling The Stranger to "continue," I was just...I was speechless. And when the stranger walks back to the train, whistling the whole time, then finally STOPS, intitiating "the signal," and we get one of the coolest fucking images we will ever see in movie history...I kind of thought I'd stumbled my way into script heaven.
I realize that at this point I'm a bumbling moron and not very helpful but this is what a great script does to me. And by great, I mean REALLY GREAT. As in going straight to the top of my Top 25 - and I mean WITHOUT QUESTION. NUMBER 1!
This script....wow. I mean...wow. I don't have words. Whoever has this, please make it now. You're sitting on a dozen Oscars.
[ ] wasn't for me
[x] genius (NEW NUMBER 1 SCRIPT ON TOP 25!!!!!)
What I learned 1: SETTING in period pieces. Establish it! This script doesn't work unless we get the opening title cards explaining that the flu and WW1 have obliterated America. The town's reluctance to engage the mob is a direct result of that, so without that knowledge, the script would've lost a ton. Too many writers write period pieces without establishing what was happening at the time, and we need that context if we're to understand and enjoy the story.
What I learned 2: Loss creates sympathy. A main character losing someone makes us root for them. Sullivan has lost THREE PEOPLE he loved more than anything. So we care IMMENSELY for him right away.
What I learned 3: LIVE IN YOUR SCENES. You can't get the most out of your scenes unless you place yourself in them, unless you look into your characters eyes, notice the detail in the surrounding elements, breathe the air, listen to the sounds. Immerse yourself in your scenes to find those little nooks and crannies that amateur writers ignore. Detail is EVERYTHING. It's what makes your scene and story specific, unique. There's a great scene in Desperate Hours where Sullivan comes into town for the party riding his horse. Times have changed though. Everyone else has moved onto cars. And Sullivan looks like an ancient has-been for tying his animal up next to these shiny metal technological beasts. However, when a storm comes through later in the night, it's Sullivan who looks like the smart one. The cars are spinning their wheels, twisting around in the mud, whereas he casually hops up on his horse and gallops away. I just don't think you imagine a scene like that, with those cars digging their own graves, unless you place yourself down there in the mud, see the texture, taste it, realize that a 1918 Model T Ford probably isn't going to be able to maneuver through mud that easily.
What I learned 4: ALWAYS KEEP YOUR MAIN SOURCE OF CONFLICT NEARBY - When Sullivan and Sue are nursing the girl back to health, Mariani doesn't leave them alone there for long. He gets George (Sue's husband) over to the house and puts him there with them, causing all sorts of weird energy and tension. Way more interesteing than giving Sue and Sullivan and unimpeded path back to a relationship.
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The Iowa State Bar Association is a voluntary bar association for the state of Iowa.

History
In May, 1874. Iowa lawyers met at the Polk County courthouse to organize The Iowa State Bar Association; it is the oldest voluntary state bar association in the United States.

Organization
The Association's overall governance by a 43-member Board of Governors, elected from the state's fourteen judicial election districts. A President, President-Elect and Vice-President, are nominated by the Board and elected by the membership.

Functions
Prior to 1995, the Association policed the Bar for ethical rules violations and non-lawyers engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. In 1995, both of those functions were ceded to the Iowa Supreme Court.

The Association currently provides a broad array of services to its membership and the public.

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