With the intention of enhancing the massive potential of women in the international workforce, consulting firm Harvey Nash has recently partnered with the University of Hong Kong. For the fifth time in a row, the Women's Directorship Program 2017 is to be held in the month of May and September, covering to three-day sessions.
Originally established in 2013, this program aims to enable participants to become effective board members, and also serves as a tool to increase the current supply of board-ready women workforce across the globe. The Program would comprise of lectures, academic theories, all within the purview of leadership qualities, along with case studies based on real stories and practical insights by international guest speakers.
Led by faculty members of the University of Hong Kong, the program is expected to help women from diverse sectors and cultures. Access to insights from boardrooms also makes women participants aware of the challenges ahead, and encourages them to prepare for success when facing them. From developing management to communication skills in order to face the challenges in the boardroom in the future, Women's Directorship Program will benefit participants in numerous ways.
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NRIs and Foreign Nationals starting or investing in a business in India have mainly done through a private limited company, as it allowed for 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route for many of the sectors. Though the cost for incorporation of a private limited company is relatively low compared, the effort required to maintain compliance was an inhibiting factor. To allow NRIs and Foreign Nationals to freely invest in businesses in India and improve foreign investment, the Government has now allowed 100% FDI in LLP under the automatic route. In this article, we look at the process for LLP Registration for NRIs and Foreign Nationals.
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) is one of the newest forms of business entity in India introduced through the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008. LLP registration started in India in 2008 and has quickly become popular amongst small businesses owing to the low registration cost and lesser compliance requirement when compared to a private limited company. IndiaFilings offers https://www.indiafilings.com/llp-registration starting from just Rs.7899 (approximately USD120) in India.
Incorporation of Company: Incorporation of private limited company or investment in a company has been the most preferred India entry strategy for NRIs and Foreign Nationals. 100% FDI under the automatic route has been the main reasons for the popularity of private limited company amongst NRIs and Foreign Nationals.
Opening of Branch Office: Opening a branch office requires approval from RBI and is a more cumbersome process when compared to incorporation of a private limited company. Further, only well established businesses having good track record in terms of financials are allowed to open a branch office in India. Therefore, India entry through establishing a Branch Office has not been preferred by NRIs or Foreign Nationals.
Registration of LLP: Prior to November, 2015, investment in LLP by NRI or Foreign National required Government approval. This made LLP incorporation involving NRIs and/or Foreign Nationals – a long, cumbersome and expensive process. Thus company registration was preferred over LLP registration by NRIs and Foreign Nationals. With the relaxation of FDI norms in November, 2015, LLP registration can be done easily by NRIs and Foreign Nationals, making it an ideal investment vehicle for establishing a small business in India with foreign direct investment.
Post changes to FDI regulations on 10th, November, 2015, 100% FDI in LLP is now permitted under the automatic route. 100% FDI in LLP is allowed for businesses operating in sectors/activities where 100% FDI is allowed, through the automatic route and there are no FDI-linked performance conditions. In addition, LLPs will also be allowed to make downstream investment in another company or LLP in sectors in which 100% FDI is allowed under the automatic route and there are no FDI-linked performance conditions. Therefore, FDI in LLP is now allowed and NRIs or Foreign Nationals can start or invest in a LLP.
A minimum of two person are required to register a LLP in India. It is recommended that atleast one of the Partner of the LLP be both an Indian Citizen and Indian Resident – similar to the requirement for registration of company in India. The procedure for LLP registration involves five major steps namely: Digital Signature, Designated Partner Identification Number, Name Approval, Incorporation and LLP Agreement Filing.


A sci-fi, time travel book that was recommended to me. Split Second really turns some things around. When a physicist is killed after being kidnapped, his wife escapes and wants to understand why. She hires a PI, a former Green Beret, and learns that her husband discovered how to send matter back in time 45 microseconds.
What use is that? Read the book and find out, because it turns into something I never expected. It's very useful, for a couple reasons, but it's also something that I hadn't considered in terms of time travel before.
The book is wild, way to exaggerated, but a fun, light read.


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Jürgen Klopp believes Flamengo carry the hopes of an entire continent in Saturday's Club World Cup final but will not surpass Liverpool's desire to create history by winning the competition for the first time. The Liverpool manager compared the European champions' mission in Qatar to the 1969 moon landing as they attempt to make the giant leap that eluded Bob Paisley's team in 1981, Joe Fagan's in 1984 and Rafael Benítez's in 2005. Klopp says his respect has increased for the Club World Cup during his time in the Gulf state although, with 15,000 fans expected to travel from Brazil to support the Copa Libertadores winners, he admits South American passion for the competition remains unrivalled. Liverpool addicted to winning trophies, says Lallana before Club World Cup final Read more Brazilian clubs have won the title 10 times in its various guises compared with two English triumphs, both by Manchester United. Flamengo's 3-0 victory over Liverpool in the Intercontinental Cup 38 years ago has been celebrated in song and on banners by their supporters in Doha.
But Klopp insists Liverpool's ambition to add the Club World Cup to Anfield's roll of honour is as strong as the backing for the Brazilian champions. Klopp, who has Virgil van Dijk available, said: "I don't know how you approach something that has never been done before – it is like landing on the moon. "We are playing against a side from a country and continent where this competition means everything to everyone and, in England, we have to explain why we come here. That's how Europe looks at the world, that we are the centre of attention. "Flamengo got sent here from their country with a clear order: win it and come back as heroes.
We got told: stay at home and play the Carabao Cup. That's a massive difference, and we cannot change that, but we are here and my team wants to win the competition. "So we saw that, adapted to it, won our semi-final in a very difficult situation and now we try to do the same against a very good side that finished their season on a super high by turning everything around from eight points behind to 16 points in front while winning the Copa Libertadores too." Facebook Twitter Pinterest Virgil van Dijk leaps highest in Liverpool training and is available again after illness. Van Dijk completed his first full training session on Friday since arriving in Qatar, having missed the semi-final defeat of Monterrey through illness. Although the competition may be regarded differently in Europe and South America, Klopp insists that will not be the case between the teams. "It means more to them [fans in South America] but to the players? "Did it mean more to Tottenham in the Champions League final? More to Chelsea [in the Super Cup final]? When our boys play football they show every time they want to win. Is it an advantage the whole country or continent wants Flamengo to win it more? Mexico wanted to win it more than people in England and we beat their team, so we will see. We spoke about it a few months ago and asked how did they want to play it? They are footballers, they are sportsmen and they want to win everything they can. "It is how it sounds: the team world cup winner. You don't often get the chance to do so and for most of them, with the countries they play for, they never have a chance to win a World Cup so this is the only chance. I don't feel pressure but I feel a really big opportunity and I want to do it." Klopp will become the first German coach to win the Club World Cup in its current form should Liverpool emerge victorious. The Liverpool manager admitted he does not know what the trophy looks like and, along with most Europeans, paid little attention to the competition in his youth. "It is a dream come true," Alisson said. "When I was 14 my former club Internacional became Club World Cup champions in 2006 and I watched it as a supporter. Now I am here, with this big opportunity to win it for the first time with Liverpool against a big club. "It is big for Brazilians but I think it is bigger for who is playing in the game. If you are on the outside of this competition you don't give it value. It is important to make history and put our names in the club as the first time ever that Liverpool won it." For Jorge Jesus's team, motivation comes not only from the significance of the Club World Cup but the memory of the 10 academy players who died in a fire at Flamengo's youth team training centre in February. The winger Éverton Ribeiro said: "The message to the families is may God be with them and we will dedicate this title to the players and their spirits. We hope winning the title will bring comfort to the families of the deceased." Liverpool meet Flamengo in the FIFA Club World Cup final on Saturday, with kick-off at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha scheduled for 5.30pm GMT. For Reds supporters outside of the UK, global TV listings for the game can be found here.
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Ford AppLink Brings Smartphone Control To 2011 Fiesta
If there's one automotive company that's really making a play to integrate with those on the cutting-edge of tech, it's Ford. The company made a big stand when they announced that Microsoft's SYNC system would be behind their in-car NAV and entertainment options, and that has been rapidly branching out ever since. This week, the SYNC AppLink is making its debut. It's an industry-first software application that gives SYNC users hands-free voice control of their smartphone apps, and it's available now for Ford Fiesta owners. Pandora internet radio, Stitcher news radio and OpenBeak are the first SYNC-enabled mobile apps, some of which can be downloaded today from Android Market and BlackBerry App... Read more...
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The Jetsons made us confident that we would one day talk to our vehicles, and while we expected to be flying around in spaceships by this point, talking to cars will work as a concession. Ford has enabled drivers to speak to their automobiles for awhile now through Microsoft's SYNC system, but to this point, all of the chatter was simply controlling the car's internal systems. What if you could speak to your car, and have the car control something else? It's a crazy thought, but it's happening on every 2011 Ford with SYNC.It will start with the 2011 Fiesta, which will be the first vehicle equipped with SYNC AppLink. This new system allows owners to access and control Android and BlackBerry smartphone... Read more...


Georgia law provides an important tool to help shield individuals from domestic violence: the Procedures for Prevention of Family Violence Act. Those who are able to show that they meet the Act's requirements are able to obtain a Family Violence Protective Order that all law enforcement agencies throughout the State are obligated to enforce. The Act has special expedited procedures and authorizes the court to enter a temporary order on any of a wide range of matters. For instance, the court has the authority on a temporary basis to decide custody of children, to set or modify the parenting time (or visitation) given the noncustodial parent, to award child support and spousal support, to award attorney fees, to provide direction regarding which party may keep possession of the family residence (and who must get out), to divide up the parties' personal property on a temporary basis, and to restrict the responding parties' possession of firearms. There are also potential remedies to use to prevent the respondent from harassing the petitioner at work.
To get a Family Violence Protective Order a petitioner must prove to the satisfaction of the Judge that parties' current or prior relationship is one of a type covered by the Act, that the respondent has engaged in one or more of the particular types of violence specified in the Act, and that the petitioner has a genuine need for protection against future violence by the respondent.
The expedited procedures provided in the Act permit the court to enter a temporary order after an initial "Ex Parte Hearing" with the petitioner. This "Ex Parte Hearing" is held before the respondent is served and the respondent is not given any chance to present evidence or argument to the court at that point. This initial order can stay in effect up to thirty days. A second hearing is scheduled to give the court an opportunity to hear from both parties. At this second hearing the court considers whether to lift the protective order, modify it, or extend it. The court can keep a protective order in place permanently.
Georgia law also provides remedies for stalking and cyberstalking, with a similar expedited procedure. To obtain a Stalking Protective Order a petitioner must show that the respondent has stalked him or her and that the petitioner needs protection against future stalking by the respondent. The petitioner is not required to show that there is any particular type of relationship between the parties.
Georgia Lord worked within the Family Division of Fulton Superior Court for over five years and is personally familiar with the processes used for Family Violence petitions and the ways in which such a petition can impact any other claims pending. She can suggest alternative courses of action and provide valuable assistance in evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of each, while always making your personal safety the top priority.
A scary cousin of mine keeps calling and threatening me. Can I bring a Family Violence petition against my cousin?
It depends. In order to get a Family Protective Order the petitioner must show that the respondent is either his or her past spouse, present spouse, the other parent of the petitioner's child, parent, foster parent, stepparent, child, foster child, stepchild, a person now living in the same household with the petitioner or a person form formerly living in the same household with the petitioner. So, a cousin would only be covered if he or she has shared a household with you or falls into one of the other relationships listed.
It is taking a really long time to get a hearing on my request for temporary relief. Can I speed up the process and get the jump on my husband by filing a Family Violence Petition? He yells at me sometimes and looks angry.
You should only file a Family Violence Petition if you believe in good faith that your husband's actions constitute violence within the meaning of the Family Violence Act and that you genuinely need protection against future violence by him. Any attempt to try to exaggerate the facts regarding what the respondent has done may boomerang on the petitioner: if the court ends up convinced that you have used this process in order to gain a tactical advantage rather than out of a genuine concern regarding potential violence it may view all your arguments with skepticism. Sometimes it is more appropriate to seek a restraining order in your family litigation instead of bringing a Family Violence Petition. This question should be discussed with counsel knowledgeable about both your existing cause of action and the Family Violence Act. Your personal safety and the safety of other family members should always be your top priority.
My husband told me he wanted a divorce and then two weeks later filed a Family Violence Petition. The court entered an order that kicks me out of the house, keeps me from seeing my kids, and requires me to hand over most of my salary to him. I did not even know about this until after the order was entered. What should I do?
You need to immediately obtain counsel proficient with family violence litigation. You will probably only get one chance to have some important issues heard and hearing may only be a day or two in the future. Check the paperwork you receive right away to see the date, time and place of your hearing and make sure you understand where and when you are supposed to show up. You will need the help of experienced counsel, such as Georgia Lord, in quickly gathering your evidence and presenting it to the court.


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Charles Barrington : On Like Barrington!
By Colin Flaherty
Andy Rodger's thespian character Charles Barrington has been treading the boards of the Melbourne comedy scene for a number of years but this is the first time that I have spent an hour in his company. I'm afraid I have to report that the experience was a bit of a let down.
Rather than the pompous theatre relic or the over the top Luvvy that you normally get with similar characters, this incarnation of Barrington is a broken man. Opening with some amusingly harsh reviews of last years show he rambles through his monologues with a defeatist attitude, often giving up on a joke and trailing off into awkward silence. Participatory parts of the show weren't clearly defined, resulting in Barrington scolding us when we didn't play along. The concluding segment that would normally have redeemed him as the hero of the piece was anti-climactic instead.
This show didn't delve into his past glories for laughs, instead being a series of skewed observations from this eccentric man. There was the odd flash of comical self importance with some snide remarks about us as an audience but he didn't deliver it with a twinkle in the eye to endear himself to us. He name dropped the odd celebrity or movie/theatre production to lead into comically lame puns but his heart wasn't in it to present them with the delusional grandeur required to extract maximum laughs/groans. He usually ended up unnecessarily explaining the joke to us when the laughs failed to materialise.
I'm all for keeping true to a downtrodden persona but the melancholy tended to mess up the timing of routines and stomp all over the punch lines. Underneath it all were some hilarious and clever ideas that weren't allowed to shine. A musical segment that was clearly supposed to be a major set piece was performed with lethargy and fell flat despite plenty of brilliant lines amongst the mumbling mess.
I've seen most of these routines do well in the short spots of Barrington that I have seen in the past. I'm hoping that this performance was a case of opening night nerves that will be tightened up as the run progresses rather than a new direction of wallowing in self pity.
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By Elyce Phillips
If you're anything like me, you've been wondering for years why there is not a comedy show that is also a dog show. It's such a hassle trying to attend both all the time. Why not bring them together? Well, lucky for us, our prayers have been answered by 'The Experiment'. Hosted by Asher Treleaven, Geraldine Hickey and the constantly-grinning Oliver Clark, the late-night show is the perfect opportunity for comedians to get weird.
The trio of hosts complement each other perfectly. Hickey was wonderfully deadpan, giving us some animal facts and reading out a very pertinent letter to our new Minister for Women's Affairs, Tony Abbott. Clark manned the sound effects and ran interference, dressed like an electric-blue nightmare – the lovechild of Tony Barber and Tony Clifton. Treleaven bridges the divide, holding the reins and fostering an enthusiastically supportive atmosphere that ensures the special guests are met with rapturous applause, regardless of the material they try out.
On the evening I attended there were four guests, all of which were fantastic. Anne Edmonds performed some great new material about Nazi fancy dress, Dave Callan busted some serious moves to Britney Spears' 'Hit Me One More Time', Claire Hooper treated us to a suite of Fables from her upcoming Fringe show and Charles Barrington delighted with his tale 'The Ugly Natalie Portman'. Alas, on this evening there was no dog show. A lady in the audience did bring a small toy dog, which Treleaven received with the disdain it rightfully deserved.
'The Experiment' is brilliantly unhinged and a great chance to see some comedy from the stranger end of the spectrum. With new guests every night, it's certainly a show that I'm going to check out a few more times. A really great way to top-off your night at the Fringe.
A final note- the call-out for small dogs is entirely serious, so bring your small dog if you have one. As of right now, the prize money has jackpotted to $45. Hot dang!
The Experiment in on in The Ballroom at the Lithuanian Club until October 5.
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OTTAWA—While he was rehabilitating his shoulder, Maple Leafs defenceman Travis Dermott watched his team struggle without him and heard the ever-growing criticism of the team's defence.
The biggest critic was Eugene Melnyk, the owner of the Ottawa Senators, who said the Leafs had gone about their rebuild all wrong because they "forgot about defence."
Dermott did his best Saturday, prior to his return to the Leafs' lineup against Ottawa, to shrug it all off.
"People are going to say what they want to say, whether it's a GM or a fan on the street," Dermott said. "We worry about our room and care about what the people in here say."
Dermott says the Leafs' defence is better than its given credit for. "I think our D-corps has been looked at as a weak part for a while. I know every single guy that's a part of it likes to push back there. We've had our times where I think we've been playing really well. Coming down to playoff time ... that's where you want to be every game."
Dermott played 17:43 Saturday, and ended up minus-three — he was on the ice for all three of Ottawa's even strength goals.
"I had a really good first period, but a couple of breakdowns later on that they capitalized on," he said. "But I think there's a lot to be happy about that I can move forward with."
Dermott missed 14 games and, with fellow blueliner Jake Gardiner out at the same time with a back injury, the Leafs' woes in their own zone were magnified. Gardiner took part in Saturday's optional skate, and Leafs coach Mike Babcock said the Leafs will call up Calle Rosen from the Marlies in time for Monday's game in Long Island against the New York Islanders.
"We thought (Rosen) had an opportunity (to make the team) in training camp," Babcock said. "It didn't go like he wanted. He went back (to the Marlies) and had a good year. Then he got injured. He would have been up a while ago. We wanted to make sure he got back and (was) feeling good and playing good before we brought him up."
While Rosen will get a look at the end of the season and a chance to make a case for himself for next year, the Leafs want to be as strong as possible heading into the playoffs. They are stronger with Dermott, who will take time to get up to speed.
"He's just a really good puck-moving defenceman," centre Auston Matthews said. "He makes plays offensively. The breakouts, he can make passes on his forehand and backhand. He's a pretty big part of that back end. Happy to have him back."
The Leafs went 7-5-3 without Dermott (and Gardiner), with Justin Holl, Martin Marincin and Igor Ozhiganov rotating in and out of the lineup. They allowed more goals (56) than they scored (54). Dermott knows the team is better than that.
"It's tough, especially when the team is not performing like we know we can," he said. "It can be frustrating sitting there, pretty helpless. It makes you want to come back more quickly ... and when you do come back you want to be ready."
Babcock said Dermott's game had been improving when he got hurt Feb. 27 against Edmonton.
"He's real good with the puck," the coach said. "He's good on the offensive-zone blue line and getting better in his own zone. He's an important player for us. When you take out Gardiner and him from our lineup, our ability to generate offence from the back end and get the forwards the puck wasn't the same."
The Leafs have earned much praise as being a leading team on the sports medicine front. And Dermott praised the help he got in recovery, both in planning rehabilitation and staying focused on recovering.
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"You don't know the body as much as these guys do," he said. "You know what you're feeling, but you don't know exactly what to do. So having them sit down with me and make sure I know, step by step, what to do, and how I'm going to get back quickly and strong was very calming for me. It took the stress out of it pretty quickly.
"I knew the plan pretty much from the night I got hurt. We sat down and pretty much wrote it out day by day what I wanted to accomplish. I quickly attached to that plan, and it's been going well so far. I think I had recovery-time mindset set pretty quickly, and I've just been sticking to that."
Kevin McGran is a sports reporter based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @kevin_mcgran


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So last night we were down a player, and had another player uncertain of his availability up to the last minute. Â So we decided to put our regular D&D game on hold and give Gamma World a try.
Unfortunately we didn't really get much actual play time in, due in large part to traffic and such meaning most of us were late getting there. Â But we did have a pretty good time with character generation, and deciding on all the details for the characters. Â I may suggest we play our next session as a Gamma World game too. Â We'll just roll up a new character for the player missing last session.
So who did we meet last night?
First up was Toucan Sam, a very down to earth mutant vulture (Hawkoid/Gravity Controller). Â He wears a very thick Canadian Tuxedo (with jorts) and wields a parking meter as his main weapon. Â He loves his pickup truck and his riding horse (who generally spends time in the back of the pickup).
Next we met a good friend of Toucan Sam's, Aero Gordon. Â Mr. Gordon is an android who's developed a symbiotic relationship with a plant creature of some sort that allows him to run on photosynthesis, and provides some armor (under his business suit of course). Â He wields a piece of rebar with some concrete on the end. Â Aero Gordon also owns a pickup truck (their shared enthusiasm for trucks is what sparked the friendship between Mr. Gordon and Mr. Sam), a wagon, and has replaced his original eyes with night vision eyes.
Next up the group was introduced Teriyaki Jackson, the most charming and charismatic man any of these people have ever met. Â He's a telepath, and a pyromancer who occasionally bursts into flames. Â As a result, even though Aero Gordon likes Teriyaki a lot, he always keeps his physical distance, (the plant part of Aero is very afraid of fire). Â Teriyaki Jackson wears a suit of Samurai Armor he managed to loot from the Smithsonian, as well as a messenger bag containing his laptop. Â He's armed with a potato gun that fires radioactive potatoes. He's also got a hairless kitten that often spends time on his shoulder. Â Jackson often carries around five gallons of gasoline, despite his tendency to burst into flames, and the fact that he's extremely clumsy.
Finally we met BenJarvus Maximillian, a very fast Yeti. Â BenJarvus wears football pads, and home insulation strapped to his body with a whole lot of chains. Â In addition he wears a soup pot with a space cut out for his face as a helmet and keeps a pair of nightvision goggles on his forehead ready for action at all times. Â He likes to hit things with the axel from a car (which still has a tire on one end). Â He's both quite strong and fast, though not particularly smart. But he speaks with a British accent, so many people don't notice that he's not that bright. Â He also owns a generator, which he occasionally lets Teriyaki Jackson use to power his laptop.
So for a bit under a year now (I can't remember exactly when I started but about a year ago I was gearing up to start) I've been GMing a game of 4th Edition D&D. It's my first time "on the other side of the screen" for any game and I must say I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's been a learning experience but I'm feeling a little more comfortable with it every session we do. 4th Edition has been great for a beginning GM, it makes a lot of things fairly easy for the GM, I'm not sure I'd have been able to jump in the way I did if we were still playing an earlier edition of D&D.
Anyway, I thought I'd write here about a few things I've learned and a few things I need to work on. Fellow GM's and players out there please comment or give feedback if you want to!
If there's a question about a rule and it can't be looked up in less than a few minutes, then it's usually best to make a ruling to keep the action moving and look it up later for the future.
Always remember the first rule of improvisation: say "Yes, and…" Try your best not to shoot down your players ideas!
Be sure to read/think through all your monsters and room features carefully.
Related to the above, try to run a few scenarios for a scene through in your head before sitting down at the table to anticipate questions or situations that might come up. Highlight things if you need to!
Make notes while playing, notes about things the players seemed to enjoy or didn't, names of NPC's places etc.
Pre-rolling initiative for your monsters can really speed things up.
Generally try to keep things moving, though don't rush the players.
If I make a ruling and plan to look up a rule for later, I really need to be sure to stop and make a note of it so you can actually do that.
There are a few rules and things that I really need to look up and read over and over till they sink in to speed things up at the table.
I need to work on making the story a bit more organic and based more on the players actions. I've gotten better about this, but I still sometimes feel like I'm railroading things a little bit here and there just because I'm not quite sure how to deal with things the players are doing.
I need to work on not rushing things. There have been times when the players have a little bit of downtime and while I of course want to keep things moving; in retrospect there have been a few times I've probably rushed through things more than I should have.
I need to work on how I run skill challenges, so they feel a little more organic and less mechanical. I also need to work on really trying to include everyone in them.
I'd like to work on encouraging the players to really describe what they're doing in combat and in skill situations rather than just saying "I use x power." They've actually been pretty good about this sort of thing, but I'd love to see more of it. The first step in this is of course leading by example, so this is something for me to really remember to do. At the same time I also need to remember that everyone enjoys different aspects of the game, so if some players really just don't want to do that sort of thing, that's ok too, as long as everyone is having fun!
I'd also like to work on my improvisation/acting skills to really bring some of the NPC's to life. I've had a few times where I've felt pretty good about this (the old man with a Main accent for one), but on the whole I feel like my characterization of the NPC's has been pretty flat and I've fallen back on the same phrases an quirks a bit too much. Really taking some time to think about who these people are and what they're interested in should help with this.
Music! I've only just started to really think about using music to set the mood, and have tried playing a little bit of music while the game is going on but I'd really like to do more of this. I've got some interesting ideas for using music, but I'm still trying to work out some technical aspects of both playing and controlling the music.
Player generated world and story elements. This is largely inspired by a section of the 4th Edition DMG 2 in which an example of a "shared world" is given with the DM letting players come up with a lot more of the details of the world than I think is normal. I'm trying to leave a lot of details open so that when/if we have to deal with them I can leave a lot of the details up to the players. I don't feel like I've done this enough so far but I'm working on it (and got some great ideas from the character backgrounds the players recently wrote) and I think the next sections of the adventure we're running should have some more opportunities for this. For example, two of the characters are from the city we're in now, so I plan to let those players come up with a lot of the details of what the city is like and how it works. From city government to some of the factions within the city to even some of the layout, I want this to be "their" city. Some of it I'll of course also be coming up with on my own, but I want this to feel like a place they're familiar with and really want to get an idea of what they're interested in and how I can work their ideas into mine.


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Technology Synopsis - Blu-ray
Blu-ray is the name for the next generation disc-based optical storage system. It is ultimately designed to replace DVD but the reality is that, just like video after DVD came out, DVD still has many years in it before being replaced.
If Blu-ray is just a replacement for DVD, what are the advantages? The advantages can be summed up by one word - capacity. Blu-ray will offer a huge leap in capacity over DVD, with capacities starting at 25GB (two and a half times the capacity of a dual-layer DVD disc). 25GB is just the start - it is likely that Blu-ray will be able go up to 200GB a disc - phenomenal storage in a medium no bigger than an existing CD or DVD.
As Blu-ray is seen as a replacement for DVD, it will be used as a storage media for computer data and high-definition movies. Computer drives supporting Blu-ray have already hit the streets, but at around $1,000 they aren't for everyone. Discs are also pricey, and expect to pay around $1 per GB (that is, a 25GB disc is around $25 while a 50GB costs about $50).
As with any new technology, there's a learning curve that anyone wanting to stay cutting-edge has to climb. The different media formats seem to be causing some confusion. There are four formats:
Read-only discs for movies, games and so on. Think CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
Recordable discs that can be written to once (think CD-R). This can be used for movies or data.
Re-writable discs that can be written to and erased multiple times (think CD-RW). This can be used for movies or data.
BD/DVD hybrid
This is designed to work with both Blu-ray and DVD drives
With Blu-ray also comes new security and DRM features. It seems that Hollywood is keen to tighten up on pirates and those that tinker with their systems and Blu-ray might have a hardware kill switch that can be triggered over the Internet.
There's no doubt that Blu-ray is heading mainstream, and it is likely that games consoles will be the way that most home users will get their introduction to the system, in particular PlayStation 3 users who will be buying a cutting-edge games console with a built-in Blu-ray player.
How long Blu-ray will take to become as mainstream as DVD is hard to tell, especially since to it depends on consumers making the leap to high-definition TVs. It's likely to be a tougher sell to consumers, especially given the current prices and poor range of movie titles, but in the long run it's a safe bet that it will be a winner.
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Q: How can I compare the pristine configuration files with the contents of /etc? Being tasked to put several machines under configuration management I was wondering how I could go about comparing the configuration files from all installed packages with the contents of /etc and any other places containing files marked as configuration files. The goal is to be able to discern any changes and be able to document those and translate them into Ansible playbooks, for example.
For this question it's alright to assume that all the packages are up-to-date and are available from the package repository and partially still cached locally.
My main interest is to get this to run on Debian-based machines (mainly Debian itself and Ubuntu), but it would be good to know the approach for CentOS (or RHEL) as well, as that will be the next target.

In essence I'm interested in an approach that takes this quite a bit further. I'm aware of dpkg -c and I am also an avid user of etckeeper, but etckeeper won't help you to compare against exactly the baseline installed by the latest packages. Probably a combination of debsums -e with apt-file and apt-get will get the job done, but I don't suffer from NIH syndrome and would like to avoid reinventing the wheel.

A: Speaking of RPM world:
rpm -qc SOMEINSTALLEDPACKAGE
will give you list of configuration files of that package.
You can verify the file against original package using:
# sudo rpm -V chrony
S.5....T.  c /etc/chrony.conf

This is example of list for chrony package where I modified the config file.
Additionaly rpm can during installation produce .rpmsave and .rpmnew packages. See https://serverfault.com/a/48819 And you can merge those files using rpmconf.

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This is Tara, and she wants to tell you about her 16th birthday. Normally, a 16th birthday is something very special that you're supposed to remember forever. Well, that was also true in her case!
She should probably say something about her background. Tara has a very interesting family. To all appearances, they're just a regular middle class family – her parents, her sister who is one year older than her, and Tara herself. But the fact is, they live in a circus. Or at an amusement park. Or both. Everyone in her family is a prankster, and even if from time to time it can get very tiring, Tara adores them. She's a prankster as well, just a less experienced one, so sometimes their jokes are very unexpected, and she gets scared. But she never feels offended – humour is what makes our lives funnier, after all.
But, turning back to her 16th birthday, at the time it certainly didn't seem like a time for jokes, and she was horribly scared. But, well, no spoilers. She was planning a huge party, with all of her relatives and friends invited. Initially, Tara wanted to organize everything on her own, but her parents insisted on taking care of everything, and she was supposed to just to relax, make herself pretty and turn up at the venue they had chosen. Sounds like a plan! She made an appointment to do her hair and nails on her birthday, so that straight from there she could go directly to the party, all beautiful and well dressed.
The day started out with a very nice surprise. Tara was supposed to get her presents at the party, so didn't expect anything in the morning. But as soon as she opened her eyes – surprise-surprise! – she saw car keys on her pillow! Whaaaa? Was it a prank? After all the happy birthday stuff, her parents informed her that they were giving her their old car! Technically it wasn't a gift, but they thought she would be pleased in any case. Hell yes, she was! She had just got her driving license and it was the first day she was able to drive a car on her own. Yaaay! She decided to make use of it at once and asked her sister to accompany her to the hairdresser's, because she didn't feel confident enough to drive on her own.
She and her sister stopped off to get a coffee and then headed on to the surprise location of the party, with her sister guiding her to where it was. Then suddenly, she started begging Tara to stop at a nearby mall, as she needed to use the bathroom badly.
As she watched her sister walking back, she saw something strange. There was some man following her. "Meh, just a coincidence," she thought. But he followed her all the way through the parking lot. She began to feel nervous, and started the engine so that she could pick her up and leave at once. But as she was inexperienced, she didn't manage to do it quickly enough. Now her sister also noticed that something was happening; she looked back, noticed the man and sped up. But it was too late. As she opened the back door of the car ready to jump in, he pushed her inside forcefully and jumped into the car as well.
She heard her sister whining in the background – poor thing, she could clearly feel that his knife very close. "Look, it's my birthday today! You don't want to ruin it!" "Oh please, I couldn't care less about your birthday! Just drive where I tell you to and everything will be ok". Tara obeyed. She was horribly scared – you know, they were the witnesses, her sister and her, and if they spotted his hideaway she was sure he would murder them. The man just stayed silent, apart from giving her directions, and kept on glaring at her ominously.
When suddenly the man said, "You can drop me off at the end of the street, and I'll go on foot. If you tell the police, I'll find you". She just nodded, not believing her luck, and stopped the car in front of a restaurant on the corner of the street.
He opened the door, but wouldn't leave. She looked back in terror, and saw that people were running out of the restaurant. It was…her parents and all of her friends! They were yelling: "Birthday prank! Surprise!" And her sister and the man were laughing in the back seat. It turned out that it had all just been her parents' latest prank to get her to her birthday party, and the man was an actor. Of course, she cried hysterically when all the pressure ebbed away from her, but then…Well, you may find it cruel, but in the end they all had a good laugh about it. At least her parents had made sure Tara would remember her 16th birthday party forever.


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Ok, not much of a photo there and those of you who follow the daily food diary will have seen these all before. This is basically a recreation of an old childhood junk food favourite of mine and one I have been trying to get right for a long time. Growing up I used to love these 'Creamy Garlic Shells' that were by Lipton and sold as part of the 'Sides' range. The idea being you serve this pasta on the side of some meat item and some veg. I loved it so much though I would often just have a big bowl of the pasta on it's own. Most Canadians would probably site Kraft dinner as their favourite "guilty pleasure" boxed pasta dish but for me it was this stuff, I couldn't get enough of it.
It was basically shells in a creamy white cheese sauce, the cheese being powdered parmesan and romano, I know, sounds gross but I really loved it!! I've made several attempts to veganize it, first with cheezly in a roux which wasn't even close, then I omitted the cheese altogether and simply made a roux with vegan milk and a Kallo Garlic and Herb stock cube thrown in and that was pretty darn close. I was happy with that.
But then Chloe Coscarelli's Mac and Cheese recipe came into my life. It's easily the best vegan mac and cheese I've tried and I have stopped even trying other nutritional yeast based ones altogether because of it. Then it dawned on me that I never tried to make this pasta using nutritional yeast to mimic the cheesy sauce. D'oh!
Then we had it with traditional macaroni on the side of a store bought disgusting vegan kiev and some tenderstem broccoli. If the kiev wasn't yucky this would have really worked!
It also works perfectly as a creamy sauce in a vegetable pot pie! This turned out so well I've since updated my last Creamy Vegetable Pot Pie recipe with it - just click on the link there for the recipe. Gorgeous!
I further made a variation on this recipe - Creamy Garlic Mushroom Penne - this was beautiful, I've been after a good creamy mushroom sauce for a while now and this is it! I've added sliced mushrooms and replaced the salt with a mushroom stock cube for extra mushroom flavour. Beautiful. Recipe below!
Now, this is usually a traditional roux sauce where you melt the butter then add the flour and stir for 1 minute then slowly start adding the milk mixed with the yeast, salt, garlic powder and parsley, stirring well after each addition then simmering until thick.
1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes, ground to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle.
1 tsp EACH salt, garlic powder, parsley, lemon juice and light agave syrup - I've also used Sweet Freedom syrup instead of the agave and it was perfect.
Meanwhile make the sauce: In a pyrex jug measure out the milk then add the yeast, salt, garlic powder and parsley and whisk well. (I hold the whisk between both hands and rub back and forth) Pour this into a saucepan and add the butter and sprinkle over the flour. Turn the heat onto high and whisk until the flour dissolves then just whisk now and again while the butter melts. As it comes to a simmer and it looks smooth switch from a whisk to a wooden spoon and simply stir now and again until thick and creamy. It's a lot easier! Turn off the heat then stir in the lemon juice and agave and pour over the cooked drained pasta and stir over low heat for a couple of minutes until the pasta is well coated with sauce.
While it's great on it's own this can take a lot of veg added: broccoli like I did, asparagus would be nice, as would peas - whatever you like really!
Source: Very much based on Chloe Coscarelli's Mac and Cheese.
1 tsp EACH garlic powder, parsley, lemon juice and light agave syrup - I've also used Sweet Freedom syrup instead of the agave and it was perfect.
Meanwhile make the sauce: In a small saucepan measure out the milk then add the yeast, stock cube, garlic powder and parsley and stir. Turn the heat onto low and heat whilst stirring just until the stock cube is dissolved and mixed in.
In a large saucepan add the butter, turn the heat to high and when melted add the mushrooms. Fry until the mushrooms are well coated in butter then add a small pinch of sea salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Keep frying until the start to wilt then reduce the heat to low to let them sweat. When almost all the liquid has evaporated but there is still some there add the flour and fry on low for about a minute.
Now slowly start adding the warmed milk mixture, a little at a time and beat well with a wooden spoon until smooth after each addition. When all the milk has been added turn the heat up to high and keep stirring until thick and creamy. Now stir in the lemon juice and agave then add the well drained penne and stir until very well coated in sauce. Serve immediately!
I pretty much gave up on the noochy mac n cheese recipes, but if this is as good as you say it is (and make it look), I may have to give it another shot! It looks so decadently creamy.
Wow, all of that food looks perfect. Chloe's book's been on my wish list for a while now but I think your post's pushed me over the edge & I'll be buying it shortly. Congratulations on the Women's Food Blogger award, that's awesome & I'm loving the new layout...no Comic Sans in sight!!


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The Fight for Justice in Pakistan – and what can you do for Pakistan?
The Fight for Justice in Pakistan – and what can you do for Pakistan?
"The Fight for Justice in Pakistan – and what can you do for Pakistan?"