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It's a myth that they are emotionless and don't experience love. - by Zachary Zane
Roughly 1 percent of the population identify as aromantic and additional 0.7 percent indentifyas asexual, according to a 2016 study published in the Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling. But what does it actually mean to be aromantic and asexual? How do the two differ? What are the other related sexual identity labels like demisexual and greyromantic? Does everyone define these labels the same exact way? Let's break it down.
Aromantic Meaning
In its simplest form, aromantic (often shortened to aro) means that you're not romantically attracted to other folks. Seems simple enough, right? Nope! That's because being aromantic, like most (arguably all) sexualities, exists on a spectrum. Additionally, it's not super clear what qualifies as romance. No gesture in itself is inherently romantic. For example, some aromantics enjoy holding hands with a partner or friend, whereas others do not.
There are many misconceptions about aromantic folks—the biggest one being that they're emotionless or don't experience love. Aromantic people still feel familial love (like that between a mother and her child) and love their friends, platonically. Aromantic folks can also have what's commonly referred to as platonic life partner. Someone who they cherish and love (platonically). They can even be married to their PLP if they so choose. Aromantic folks also can and often do enjoy having sex, since romance and sex don't automatically go hand-in-hand.
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Asexual Meaning
Asexual (often abbreviated as ace) is a label used to describe someone who doesn't experience sexual attraction. But again, asexuality is a spectrum. Whereas some asexual folks experience absolutely zero sexual attraction to other folks, others may feel slight sexual attraction. While some folks are both aromantic and asexual, that's not always the case. As I mentioned, you can have sex while being aromantic and you can experience and enjoy romance as an asexual.
There are numerous misconceptions about asexuality as well. Asexuals can acknowledge when a person is objectively attractive—or even think someone is good looking—they simply have no desire to be with that person sexually. Asexuals can also date. Since romantic attraction is different from sexual attraction, ace folks are still interested in relationships, even if they're not interested in having sex. Similarly, ace folks can and often do fall in love. But sex isn't an expression of the love they have for their partner. Lastly, asexual folks still masturbate. Maybe they do it to relive stress, or because it feels good, or any number of reasons, but being asexual doesn't mean you can't touch yourself.
Grey-Aromantic (Greyromantic) Meaning
A greyromantic person falls on the aromantic spectrum, but still, from time to time, desires a romantic relationship, though far less than most individuals. Since I wasn't too familiar with the label myself, I reached out to my friend Hugo, 41, who identifies as greyromantic. He tells Prevention: "Back in the 90s, I would simply say that I rarely fall in love. Today, we have fancy, polysyllabic words to describe what I feel." Hugo recalls feeling "broken" growing up, "because everyone else was falling in love left and right, and I wasn't." Now, however, he's embraced being grey-aromantic and has also learned to revel in the area between romantic partner and just-friends. "I've thought for a long time our culture lacked words to express those nuances," Hugo says, "but I wonder if I notice them because I've stopped trying to fit everything stronger than plain friendship into the romantic box."
Grey-Asexual (Greysexual) Meaning
Similar to greyromantics, greysexuals folks fall on the asexual spectrum, not often experiencing sexual desire, but sometimes, greysexuals do, and they can act on these urges if they so choose.
While few folks are aware of the term demisexual or embrace the label for themselves, I believe demisexuality is in fact very common. There hasn't been research on this, so I can't support my claim scientifically, but I bet you know at least one person who fits the demisexual definition to a T. A demisexual person only feels sexual attraction to someone once they've formed a strong emotional bond. Demisexuals typically are not fans of one-night-stands or more casual encounters. They want to have an emotional connection with a person before sleeping with them.
A final note on aro and ace identities:
Being ace and/or aro manifests slightly differently from person to person, especially since the two identifies fall on spectrums. That's why it's always good to ask an ace or aro person what being ace/aro means to them if you're trying to be supportive of (or want to better understand) their identity. Lastly, being aro or ace has nothing to do with being gay/straight/bi. Hugo, for example, identifies as a bisexual greyromantic. You can identify as a gay asexual man if you're desire for romance/intimacy is with another man. Similarly, you can be hetero-aro if you only like having sex with the opposite sex.
This article originally appeared on Prevention US.
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When an influential prime minister is abducted from her home planet, it's time for the United Federation of Female Freedom Fighters to step in and save the day. Saving the day will not be easy, but it's definitely easy to get a kick out of listening to this audio adaptation of an Off-Broadway play that eventually became a comic book series. AudioComics brings this comical send-up of sci-fi to life and the podcast offers clips from the audio drama, as well as a discussion from some of the performers sharing their thoughts about the production. Be sure and give a listen!
Librarian by day, at night Susan is the audiobook reviews editor for SF Site. For more info about audiobooks, visit her site at Audiobook DJ.


Special Feature on Evan's 1970 Oldsmobile 442!
From the first time I met Evan at the Van Nuys GM show we were best friends. There's not anyone who understands my need for speed any more than Evan. He raced 1000 cc Sportbikes at Willow before it was cool to race 1000 Sportbikes at Willow, he's owned some of the most powerful muscle cars built AND he pilots private jets for a living. I hate to admit it but Evan actually out qualifies me at speed, damn, that was tough., but it couldn't go to a nicer guy. This day will definitely go down in musclecarcalendar history as you will see there was no shortage of deviancy here. Evan being the true perfectionist gave us an array of Firestone flare-ups! Evan's much more than a cool acquaintance he's a special person in my life and I'm proud to be his friend as all day we played like we were in High School again! Thanks Evan it's nice to know there are people out there who have the same screws loose and the same warped sense of humor as me!
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Seattle Mariners: Mitch Haniger isn't going anywhere
Despite speculation about Mitch Haniger's future in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Mariners will not trade the outfielder.
With the Seattle Mariners fully committed to a full rebuild, their chances of ending the longest current postseason drought anytime soon seem remote. However, it is tough to criticize the course the franchise is following, when you consider the alternative route has not brought much success since 2001.
Regardless of if you agree with the direction the Mariners are taking, they have a lot to do between now and the start of spring training. This has led to a myriad of questions, including what the fate will be for Mitch Haniger?
There have been a lot of rumors recently regarding Haniger. More specifically where he could be traded to, with teams such as the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians being mentioned as possible destinations.
This speculation gained momentum when The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported that the Mariners had been asked about the availability of Haniger. And yet, it's tough to imagine the team trading him, despite last season's injury-filled campaign.
The 28-year old was limited to 63 games in 2019, due to a ruptured testicle and back ailment. This led to a tough season, which was highlighted by a career-low .220 batting average.
Regardless, it is much too soon to give up on Haniger, and not just because the M's still have three years of team control. This is still the same player who was viewed as a team leader heading into last season.
The 2012 first round draft pick started to fulfill his potential in 2018, as he set a host of career-highs. He was voted to his first All-Star Game and finished the season 11th in voting for the American League MVP.
With the type of injuries Haniger endured during 2019, it's no surprise his production suffered. If he recovers, it will equally unsurprising to see him return to his All-Star form in 2020.
The Mariners still want to field a competitive team during the rebuild, which is where Haniger comes in. And if everything goes to plan, he would still be a key component on the roster when the rebuild is complete in the next two-three years.
In any event, General manager Jerry Dipoto has now spoken and confirmed he isn't planning to trade the outfielder. As reported by Greg Johns of MLB.com, Dipoto said:
"First, here's a really good player. He had an unfortunate injury that we had to be really patient with rehabbing, having never done anything like that before.
"But he projects as fully healthy; He looks great now…He embodies almost everything about what we stand for and what we're trying to set up in our systems and our programs."
Mariners fans must (continue) to be patient; it figures to be a long and frustrating road to becoming a competitive team. However — for now at least — Haniger should give them at least some reason to cheer.
What's your take on Haniger? Do you think the Seattle Mariners should keep or trade him, and why? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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By Shafaq Patel
Faculty members at Tuesday's Faculty Assembly meeting learned that the make-up day for last month's snow day will be moved from a Saturday in April to the last weekend in March.
Robert Colby, chair of the faculty council, said in the assembly that the makeup day, originally scheduled for April 8, had to be moved to March 25 because of an Admissions open house planned on the original date.
At the time of writing, the administration had not announced the makeup change to the student body yet.
Faculty members also approved a statement on their shared values about the political climate.
The statement, which passed unanimously, reaffirms that the faculty is committed to a diverse and inclusive society. It references the current climate of the nation and states that the faculty rejects discrimination and bigotry.
Colby said President M. Lee Pelton and Sylvia Spears, vice president for diversity and inclusion, reviewed an earlier draft of the faculty shared values statement. At that time, the preamble of the statement included President Donald J. Trump's name, but faculty voted to revise it so it would discuss current issues without naming him.
David Emblidge, writing, literature, and publishing associate professor, advocated for the preamble change.
"If the values mean anything, they should essentially be timeless and not attached to any specific political circumstances," Emblidge said. "I think it would be a stronger overall statement if it was disconnected to whatever is going on in Washington."
James Sheldon, associate professor in the department of visual and media arts, introduced the idea of the statement after he was inspired by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's declaration.
The statement still needs to be approved by the Board of Trustees before it's published on Emerson's website.


Joe Martinez has over 40 years of industry knowledge and experience with the last 37 of those years being at GT Southwest Hose. Joe has developed strong relationships with customer that even after they relocate to other cities across the United States they continue to reach out for all their industrial hose needs.
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http://www.geomagnetic.tv : San Francisco based Music and Video label. Featuring a fusion of Psychedelic visuals with music. Seaking submissions for tracks and artist albums as well as visual artist work. Full Power Dance as well as Downtempo welcome.
http://www.kagdilarecords.com -Los Angeles Based Psy Trance Record Label. Enter Kagdila Records, from Tarzana, California, supplying all of Los Angeles, and the rest of the United States with fresh, bountiful supplies of Psychedelic Trance, Psy-Breaks, and Ambient music as well.
http://www.auraquake.com (Californian trance label) - AuraQuake is the new trance label, based in San Francisco and Portugal, dedicated to releasing cutting edge psychedelic music.
http://www.soularrecords.com- Soular Records is the premiere psytrance label of the US.
http://www.ceibarec.com San Francisco / Bay Area - Record Label. Ceiba's mission is to create and offer sonic-visual manifestations of that evolving techno-organic energy that is the juice of life for a growing global community of artists, dancers, trancers, seekers and open-minded/hearted people.
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http://www.konflux.org - Producer and DJ, Southern California.
http://www.vaporvent.com/ -Home page of Waterjuice, SF Chill out.
http://www.devicsounds.com - Producer and DJ, Southern California.
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http://www.deeperinzen.com -Bay area psy producer.
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http://www.organixproductions.com - Vancouver, BC psytrance promoters. Running Organix Fridays, which has been alive for more than 6 years.
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Confirmed speakers include Michelle Booth (BAA board), Chris Cartwright, Donna Corrigan (Sense) and Martin O'Driscoll (CMUH) with more tbc.
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Q: projective geometry: how do I turn a projection of a rectangle in 3D into a 2D view So the problem is that I have a 3D projection of a rectangle that I want to turn into 2D. That is I have a photo of a sheet of paper laying on a table which I want to transform into a 2D view of that sheet. So what I need is to get an undistorted 2D image by reverting all the 3D/projection transformations and getting a plain view of the sheet from the top. I happened to find some directions on the subject but they don't suggest an immediate instruction on how this can be achieved. It would be really helpful to get a step-by-step instruction of what needs to be done. Or, alternatively, a link to a resource that breaks it down to little details.

A: You need more information in order to do that.
For example the size of the sheet of paper.
Let's say you have it.
What you need to learn about is called "homography".
This is basically the following situation:
You have the same planar surface (your sheet of paper) and you take a picture of it from two different cameras (Say one is the actual image that you have and the other is the one that you want to obtain - the one with the camera exactly above the sheet of paper).
There exists a transformation from 2D space of one image to 2D space of the other image (homography) and your goal is to find it. Once you find it you just apply it to your image to get the top view.
In order to find the homography matrix you need (at least) 4 points, whose coordinate you know in BOTH images.
An obvious choice for those points are the vertices of the sheet of paper of course.
In the image that you have you can locate those by hand.
In the target image, you can pick those such that the sheet is centered it (0,0), knowing the dimensions of it.
There is plenty of information about the homography matrix from 4 points online.
This is just one of the first I came upon, so there must be better sources out there :)
Note that most often these computation are done in the 2D projective space, as this is a projective transformation.

A: Petar's answer would be correct if you knew nothing about the shape of the paper – if the paper could be any arbitrary quadrilateral. But since the paper is a rectangle, this constrains the problem enough to determine the homography without needing to know the aspect ratio of the rectangle.
See section 4 of Microsoft Research's "Whiteboard It!" paper for details on how to do this.

A: If you do the correct 3D --> 2D transform of the vertices, it should work fine.
The starting point is to research DaVinci's model for 3D point --> 2D point projective geometry.

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Elon Musk is under growing pressure to have Tesla meet its production targets, and turn a profit.
Tesla's decision to cut 9% of its workforce is a sign the company's cash crunch is getting serious.
As dramatic as the cuts are, the savings they provide are most likely a small fraction of the cash Tesla is bleeding.
They come as Tesla is struggling to ramp up production of its Model 3 to the point where it can generate cash so the company won't have to go back to the public markets again for more funds.
There's good reason to believe Tesla will see further delays in meeting its production goal — which could mean more cuts or yet another return to the public markets.
The layoffs Tesla announced Tuesday shouldn't come as a surprise. Similarly, you shouldn't be shocked if the company makes other dramatic moves in the coming months.
You see, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is caught in a kind of bind. His company is hemorrhaging cash as it has been struggling to ramp up production of its new Model 3 car. The company has said it won't start generating profits from the vehicle until it's making 5,000 of them a week; at last check, it could sustainably make only 3,500 a week.
At the same time, Musk has essentially promised investors that Tesla won't have to go back to the public markets for more funding because it will start generating positive cash flow by the third quarter this year.
So, cash flow has become all-important at Tesla, and if the company can't get its production up to its target, it's likely to be looking for more places to cut.
Tuesday's job cuts, which Musk vaguely forecast on the company's earnings call last month, were fairly steep as these things go. Tesla announced it would cut 9% of its workforce, or more than 4,000 of its 46,000 workers.
Company representatives declined to say how much Tesla expected to save from the job cuts. In a statement, Musk made a point of noting that Tesla wasn't laying off any production workers as part of the reorganization. Instead, he said, the layoffs will "almost entirely" hit salaried workers. If you assume for a nice round figure that those salaried workers make about $100,000 a year, the company could save $400 million a year as a result of the cuts, or about $100 million a quarter.
Unfortunately for Musk, his company has been burning through a heck of a lot more than that. In the first quarter, Tesla's free cash flow — the amount of cash it generates and has available to fund its operations minus what it invests in things like property and equipment — was negative to the tune of $1.1 billion. That's after the company's free cash flow was in the red by $4.1 billion last year.
That's got to be disconcerting for Musk and his colleagues, given that by the end of the first quarter, Tesla had less than $3 billion in cash left — or fewer than three quarters' worth at its first-quarter burn rate.
Musk has been able to keep Tesla afloat in large part by repeatedly returning to the public markets for more funds, whether by selling stock or issuing new debt. Last year alone, Tesla raised $400 million in a stock offering. It netted another $3 billion by issuing debt — after paying off older notes.
But there have been signs investors are growing tired of this game and want Tesla, which has never posted a full-year profit, to finally show that it has a sustainable business. It's clear that Musk is starting to feel that pressure. In his note to employees, he said as much.
While Tesla's mission is to help drive the transition to a sustainable energy future, "we will never achieve that mission unless we eventually demonstrate that we can be sustainably profitable," Musk said. "That is a valid and fair criticism of Tesla's history to date."
Musk has repeatedly said the Model 3 is the key to creating that sustainably profitable business. The vehicle was touted as the company's first mass-market car, and the company has clearly hit a nerve with the public, with preorders topping 500,000. The company hopes to eventually make 10,000 or more a week, but right now it's shooting for 5,000 a week, the point at which Musk says it will start making money from it.
But the company has struggled to meet that target, repeatedly pushing it back. Tesla has had to shut down its Model 3 production line at least twice this year to make changes designed to increase production. And Musk has acknowledged making numerous mistakes on the line, most notably trying to automate processes that were better handled by human workers.
The 5,000-a-week goal is finally in sight, Musk said at the company's annual meeting last week. The company expects to hit it by the end of this month. Assuming that works out and the 5,000-a-week total is really what's needed for the company to start generating cash, that timeline would be right in line with Musk's forecast that Tesla will start generating a profit in the third quarter.
But there are good reasons to question those assumptions. The company has repeatedly failed to meet its production goals, not just with the Model 3 but also with the Model X and the Model S when it was ramping up manufacturing with them.
Also, Tesla has had a, shall we say, loose definition of production rates. When Musk has announced that Tesla has hit a certain level, sometimes he seems to have meant Tesla hit that for a day and is extrapolating out over the course of the week. Other times, the company may have reached that level for a week or two but wasn't able to maintain it for an entire month.
So if Tesla does make 5,000 cars in the last week of this month, whether it will be able to sustain that pace week after week is another question altogether.
Additionally, it's unclear whether Tesla really has a firm grasp on the economics of each Model 3. The company's Gigafactory production facility has been wasting up to 40% of the raw materials that go into its batteries, according to a Business Insider report, costing the company $150 million this year. That kind of waste level is bound to increase the costs of each car — making it harder for Tesla to turn a profit on them.
If Tesla can't meet its production targets on time in a sustainable way or cut down on the waste it's generating, its path to posting profits will be extended again. That could force the company to go back, hat in hand, to Wall Street yet again or make more — and even more painful — cuts.
That might not be the bright future Musk is painting for Tesla, but it may be its grim reality.


A large part of Barça's fans went to yesterday's evening match between FC Barcelona and Bate Borisov to show again it's opposition to the sanctions imposed to the club by UEFA for displaying independence flags.
Yesterday ANC, Drets, Òmnium Cultural and the Platform ProSeleccion Catalans distributed 30,000 independence flags around Camp Nou before the game between FC Barcelona and Bate Borisov and Barça's fans whistled the official anthem of the Champions League. At the whistle of the fans towards the European body and cries of "independence" was added a giant banner with the slogan "Respect".
UEFA wants to sanction with 40,000 € FC Barcelona after the independence flags displayed against Bayer Leverkusen, after an initial fine of 30,000 € for the same thing at 2015 Champions League final in Berlin. Present at the stadium, UEFA delegate, Karl-Erik Nilsson, standing president of The Sweden Football Federation and ex-international referee, took note of what happened and pictures of the wide deployment of independence flags throughout the game, especially at minutes 17 and 14 seconds when Barça's fans make a cry for independence (1714 is the year when Catalonia lost it's Independence).
It was also revealed that among the response actions prepared there is a letter from a group of FC Barcelona member for the Catalan MEPs to ask UEFA to modify it's disciplinary rules so they don't violate the right of freedom of expression.


There's always a lot to be worried about when a beloved film gets the remake treatment. That was certainly the case when Amazon Studio announced plans to make a new version of Dario Argento's acclaimed 1977 Italian horror film Suspiria. But those concerns were offset somewhat when recent Oscar nominee Luca Guadagnino came aboard as director, and after the first unveiled footage surprised (and horrified) audiences at CinemaCon earlier this year. Now we have our first trailer, and it looks incredible. Take a look.
Appropriately '70s throwback-style, but still crisp and very much it's own thing, no?
A young American aspiring dancer travels to Germany to perfect ballet dancing at a famous ballet school in Berlin. While attending, students begin to disappear and she soon finds out that the school has a dark history involving witchcraft and gruesome deaths.
Dakota Johnson plays the aspiring dancer Susie Bannion and Tilda Swinton plays her teacher Madame Blanc, while Chloë Grace Moretz, Mia Goth, and original Suspiria star Jessica Harper round out the cast. This is Guadagnino's first film after the critically revered Call Me By Your Name last year, for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director. He is re-teaming with Johnson and Swinton, who both starred in his 2015 film A Bigger Splash.
Something else to get excited about with the Suspiria remake: Radiohead legend Thom Yorke is doing the soundtrack. If that doesn't fire you up, hopefully the throwback cinematography and witchy visuals get you onboard.
What do you think? Did this trailer convince you that Suspiria could be a surprisingly relevant new horror film, or are you still mad it's being remade? Let us know in the comments!


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The number of temples which were demolished and had mosques built upon it. Prominent amongst them are Kashi Vishwanath, Shree Krishna Janmasthaan Mathura, etc. Other prominent examples are the Quwwat ul Islam in the Qutb Complex, the Jama Masjid Delhi etc.
Hindus, Muslims swap land for Kashi Vishwanath Dham
VARANASI: Just before the beginning of the Hindu holy month of Shravan, the Muslim community has announced a gift for Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust (SKVTT) in the form of a piece of land measuring 1,700 square-feet, adjacent to the Gyanvapi mosque for the development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor). In return gift, the temple administration has given a piece of land measuring 1,000 square-feet to the Muslim community. Though the announcement in this regard was made on Friday in Varanasi, the deal between the two parties was finalized on July 9.
However, the dispute of Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) and Gyanvapi mosque regarding the survey of the entire premises by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is still in the court.
The exchange deal was finalized on July 9 and signed by chief executive officer (CEO) of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, Sunil Kumar Verma on behalf of the UP governor and Abdul Batin Nomani of the Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid.
lakh) was paid by SKVTT CEO.
Talking to TOI on Friday, divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said, "The property given by the Muslim side was owned by the Wakf Board and the Gyanvapi-KVT control room was situated on this land. Since the land was needed for the development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, we offered a piece of land to them (Muslim community) on the main road and they agreed."
It took almost two years to make the exchange deal," said SM Yasin of Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid, adding that the permission of Sunni Central Waqf Board and opinion of all clerics was taken before the deal.
"All agreed, and the deal was finalized amicably. There was no pressure from the government side," Yasin told TOI on Friday.
"The existing dispute regarding ASI survey in the court has nothing to do with this deal. We hope that it will give a message of communal harmony," he added.
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Varanasi's Muslim community has announced a gift for Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust (SKVTT) in the form of a piece of land measuring 1,700 square-feet, adjacent to the Gyanvapi mosque for the development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor). In return gift, the temple administration has given...
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Remove All Encroachment Including Mosque, Mazar In Chandrashekhar Azad Park Within 3 Days: Allahabad HC To UP Govt
By - Sparsh Upadhyay
Update: 2021-10-06 09:05 GMT
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to remove, within three days, all the encroachments including Graves, Mazaars or Mosque constructed or created within the area of Alfred Park popularly known as Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Aazad Park (in Prayagraj).
The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Piyush Agarwalreferred to Apex Court's ruling in Allahabad Ladies Club Versus Jitendra Nath Singh and others (2007) 11 SCC 609, to direct the authorities that all illegal encroachments in the park that came up after 1975 should be demolished within two days.
Additionally, the Court directed thus on a plea that filed to save the park in consonance to the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of the Uttar Pradesh Parks, Playgrounds, and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1975.
The Court has also called for a report from the government authorities, after removing all the encroachments in view of the judgment and directions of the Apex Court in the case of Allahabad Ladies Club (supra), and listed the matter for October 8.
In the case of Allahabad Ladies Club (supra), the apex court had taken into account various provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1975 to rule thus:
"...no park, playground or space shall except with the previous sanction of the prescribed authority be used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was used on the date immediately preceding the date of commencement of the Act."
This clearly meant that if on the date of commencement of the Act a park, playground, or open space was being used for a particular purpose, the same can be continued, however, no further 'illegal' encroachment could be allowed to continue as per Sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Act.
Finding that there had been a failure of the Authorities to carry out the directions of the High Court [in Arun Kumar Vs. Nagar Mahapalika, Allahabad and others 1987 SCC OnLine All 379] so as the Apex Court, the Court directed the authorities to clear the encroachments and submit a report on October 8.
Importantly, the plea moved by one Jitendra Singh Vishen And Another alleging that for the last few years, the members of the Muslim community in their usual manner of capturing the land for their religious purposes are trying to construct a mosque within the parking area and some artificial Mazars (graveyards) have been created at the instance of fundamentalists and the patronage of the Waqf Board.
The plea states:
"…some members of the Muslims community are creating artificial graves to convert the park land into graveyard and they are also trying to convert a building into a mosque within the area of Azad Park…It is astonishing that in this historical park few persons had created artificial graves and were naming a building as Mosque."
Further averments in the plea
It has been contended in the plea that the Government or the Waqf Board have never issued any public notice for registering any portion of the parkland as Waqf property. Alleging that the building illegally raised is being tried to be converted into a mosque, the plea submits:
"No part of the park has ever been used as Waqf property either for the purposes of burying the dead, dargaah or mazar and no mosque was ever constructed or had been in existence in any manner. Even today no mosque is in existence."
Further, it has been averred that the Waqf Board without issuing any notice and giving any opportunity of hearing to members of the public and the affected persons in a celandine mannerdeclared an area of the parkland as Waqf property and that it does not confer any right or title on any person/s in pursuance of such illegal registration.
The plea submits that the Uttar Pradesh Government is bound to maintain Azad Park in accordance with the provisions contained in 'The Uttar Pradesh parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act 1975'.
Further, the plea has stated that in Arun Kumar Versus Nagar Mahapalika [Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.19296 of 1986], the Allahabad HC had issued strict orders to protect, preserve, maintain and develop the historical Azad Park.
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In Mulla Mulayam's tenure, encroachers and gangsters were the rulers like Ateek Ahmad and his absconding brother Ashraf, Raja Bhaiya,Mukhtar Ansari etc.
Credit goes to Mayawati for starting Crucade against such type of criminals.
UP wallas for the first time saw what a determined CM can do to improve Law and Order situation is otherwise a hopeless state.
Yogi is just following her footsteps.
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You mean Atiq Ahmad ? as Ansari and his whole family was/is in BSP
Atiq Ahmed was from Allahabad region if I remember correctly while Ansari clan rules from Azamgarh till Ghazipur of Purvanchal. They defacto own the vasooli gang in its entirety in their region.
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RTI activist and journalist Buddhinath Jha, aka Avinash Jha, was killed in Benipatti in Bihar's Madhubani district on Friday. The killers had tried to burn his body to hide his identity.
Jha, who was spearheading a crusade against malpractices by private hospitals in his area, was abducted on November 9.
RTI activist killed in Madhubani
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44 Million Pending Court Cases: How Did We Get Here?
There are about 73,000 cases pending before the Supreme Court and about 44 million in all the courts of India. Cases that have been in the courts for more than 30 years, as of January 2021: 1,05,560.
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Venturing out from Port Angeles we explored the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National park along with Crescent Lake.Venturing out from Port Angeles we explored the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National park along with Lake Crescent near the small community of Piedmont . This incredible lake is known for its brilliant blue crystal clear waters. This lake was formed when glaciers cut through carving out deep valleys during the last Ice Age and is the second deepest lake in Washington. Lake Crescent is a popular recreation area with lodging, hiking trails through the wooded areas surrounding, and getting out on the lake itself. What struck me in this scene was the amazing late afternoon light and shadow interplay, my favorite time of day.
I started this painting as a demo during the Hidden in the Hills open studio tour and finished it at home. Upon sharing it with the husband of a participating artist, he shared a great story with me. They are from the area and spent a week there while faced with a crossroads of sorts, especially with his career. He was there soul searching and praying, contemplating their future and seeking direction. What better place can there be to get close to nature, clear your mind, and seek divine counsel? The day after returning home he received a job offer in Arizona and off they went to a wonderful new life here. For this, I title the painting Contemplation.


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From Water Tasters to Horseback Riding: Diabetes Treatments Before Insulin
By Katie Taylor
Diabetes has been a thorn in the side of humankind since, as far as we know, the beginning of our history. Doctors and scientists have struggled, and still struggle, to understand diabetes and find a permanent cure.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, it's encouraging to think about how far diabetes treatment has come.
We no longer have to have people tasting urine or prescribing 500 calories a day (we hope). But the journey to insulin discovery, the best diabetes treatment we have so far, was long and painful.
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The term diabetes comes from Greek and means "siphon" or "flow through." In the first century AD, Greek physician Arataeus described the condition as "the melting down of flesh and limbs into urine." The prescribed treatment was exercise, which is consistent with medical advice for today, but with one difference: the preferred method of exercise was horseback riding. It was thought that this would decrease urination frequency.
In medieval times, diabetes was diagnosed by "water tasters," and their job—you guessed it—was to taste test a patient's urine to see if it was sweet.
Ancient Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese all created words for diabetes that meant sweet urine disease. And in 1675 the latin word for honey, "mellitus," was added to diabetes to create its official name, diabetes mellitus.
Are you sensing a theme here? Luckily, taste-testing urine is no longer the method for diagnosing diabetes. In the 1800s, scientists would develop tests to determine sugar in the urine that did not require a "water taster."
Still, despite being able to diagnose diabetes and prescribe horseback riding, there were no treatment options that were much more than a hopeful shot in the dark.
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The Advent of Starvation Diets
In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, French physician Apollonaire Bouchardat noticed that war rations had an interesting effect on his diabetic patients: they exhibited lower glucose levels in their urine while on their reduced diets. Bouchardat's new advice that diabetics eat as little as possible led to diets that prescribed eating just enough to survive. Some diets recommended eating only oatmeal or only milk. This trend in diabetic treatment would continue for over 50 years.
In the United States, "starvation diets" were championed by prominent diabetes specialists Dr. Frederick Allen and Dr. Elliott Joslin. Dr. Allen's theory was that low calorie diets would rest an overworked pancreas so that it could eventually function better. Dr. Allen had observed that dogs with only part of a pancreas lived longer on lower calorie diets, and a dog's high blood sugar could be eliminated through calorie reduction.
Granted, curing a dog completely was not possible. Still, after successfully keeping a dog alive for six months, Dr. Allen began treating human patients at the Rockefeller Institute.
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Outstanding checks are checks that have been written and recorded on the books, but have not yet been cashed or have not cleared the bank.
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Some reconciling items require adjustments to the book balance with an actual entry and some do not. Those that do not require adjustments are simply listed on the bank reconciliation and will be removed from the next month's reconciliation because they are really timing differences.
Review the prior month's bank reconciliation looking for any outstanding checks or deposits in transit that are now included in the current bank statement. Any outstanding checks that have still not cleared the bank will need to remain on the outstanding check list portion of the bank reconciliation. Any deposits in transit that do not appear on the bank statement will remain reconciling items, but will need to be researched with the bank.
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Identify any current deposits in transit by comparing the deposits on the current bank statement to deposits recorded on the books.
Review the bank statement for any new debits or credits such as NSF debits, bank fees, etc.
Make the necessary adjustments to the books.
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Former Impact World Champion Austin Aries lost to Johnny Impact at Bound For Glory two weeks ago, and proceeded to walk out of the arena after exchanging words with Executive Vice President of Impact Wrestling Don Callis. A lot has been speculated about Aries's walkout and his contractual status with Impact Wrestling, and on the most recent edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer shed more light on the situation.
Dave mentioned that a source told him about Aries suffering from a minor concussion, and that he was physically beaten down. Meltzer also noted that there are more layers to the story and what went down at Bound For Glory, and revealed that Impact Wrestling did not confirm, or wasn't aware of the concussion.
Regarding Aries's contractual status, Meltzer revealed that Austin's contract with Impact Wrestling has indeed expired, and a new deal hasn't been signed yet. Dave further noted that Aries was present in New York on 10/8 for the first day of TV tapings, but was sent home and the script had to be rewritten. Finally, Dave speculated that the entire story had a Pillman-esque vibe, which was evident during the build-up to the Bound For Glory match.


The NENA Board of Directors will be considering three updates to the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (NRP) documents and voting at its July 26, 2018 meeting.
A 21-Day Public Notification period started on June 29, 2018. All residents, businesses and property owners in the four Nokomis East neighborhoods are encouraged to review the plan modification materials and contact NENA or attend the July Board meeting if you have any questions and comments.
NENA will install utility box wraps in Nokomis East in partnership with the Nokomis East Business Association. NENA's Housing, Commercial and Streetscape Committee will draft a Scope of Service for this project and present to the NENA Board for review and approval. The project will be allocated against Identify/Address Neighborhood Concerns strategy (Phase I, Safety and Crime Prevention 1.2.6).
Proposed plan language: "The NENA neighborhoods want to create programs and a spaces that encourages family interaction and enhances livability of the neighborhood community. NENA will provide partial funding to provide safe and updated playground equipment for the Keewaydin School playground and other programs at the Lake Nokomis Community School – Wenonah and Keewaydin campuses.
Questions? Please contact NENA's Executive Director Becky Timm at (612) 724-5652 or becky.timm@nokomiseast.org.


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A Book for Margery Sharp's Birthday: Harlequin House (1939)
January 25, 2019 February 21, 2019 | Jane @ Beyond Eden Rock
I think it is fair to say that this book is not Margery Sharp at the very top of her game, but it does have its own distinctive charms.
It opens in Dortmouth Bay, a seaside resort town with a rather unlikely hero. Mr Partridge is an elderly widower, who has abandoned his duties to stroll along the seafront, hoping to find something interesting happening.
'The walk along their top was bounded on one side by a row of equally white palings, on the other by a stretch of perfectly-kept lawn adorned with moon- or star-shaped flower-beds. The beds made patterns on the lawn, the flowers made patterns in the beds, geometry and horticulture clasped hands. Upon all these things the sun, as Mr. Partridge sallied forth on the second afternoon in July, shone brightly down. (It had to: Dormouth Bay boasted a higher average of sunshine than any other town on the south coast.) The sea lapped gently in a neat blue crescent. A passing schoolchild stopped to pick up a paper bag and deposit it in a box marked LITTER. Every object in sight conformed unhesitatingly to either natural or municipal orders. Only Mr. Partridge was lawless.
His very presence on those lawns, at that hour, was a scandal. Already three infuriated subscribers had clamoured in vain at the door of his twopenny Library in Cliff Street; already two widows and a maid were facing the prospect of a lonely evening unsolaced by literature. One of them, who had just discovered the works of Miss E. M. Dell, and who had hastened back for more, rattled the knob with such violence that the BACK SHORTLY notice fell to the ground. This would have annoyed Mr. Partridge had he known, for he considered the phrase "Back shortly" to be the commercial equivalent of the social "Not at home" – something to be accepted without question, and with a good grace. In this, as in so much else, he was of course wrong. It was part of his lawlessness.
He did not look lawless. In height he was five foot four, in shape oval. His attire was inconspicuous – pepper-and-salt trousers, black alpaca jacket, panama hat – except about the feet. Mr. Partridge wore brown-and-white shoes, the white brilliantly pure, the brown chocolate-dark, and scarlet socks; and these added a peculiar touch of frivolity to his whole appearance. They were the single outward sign that the scenery of Dormouth Bay had for once fallen down on its job.
Mr. Partridge strolled across the grass and approached one of the star-shaped parterres. From its margin sprouted three notice boards. Two were municipal, bearing the injunctions "Please do not pick," "Please keep off the beds"; on the third, donated by the Dormouth Bay Rose-Growers Association, it said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, l. 43. D. B. R.-G. A." Mr. Partridge read all three, took out his penknife, and stepped between the bushes to cut a button-hole ….'
I was to grow very fond of this Mr. Partridge, and I miss him and wonder what he might be doing now that the story is over.
His progress led him to an elderly maiden lady, and she introduces him her niece, the lovely Lisbeth Campion, who she has brought to the seaside to keep her safe from the temptations and dangers of London while her new fiancé, a military man, is carrying out a terribly important secret assignment in the Middle East.
He was very taken with Lisbeth, who was beautiful and charming, and who dealt with any number of hopeful young men who fell at her feet kindly and firmly.
Later that day, Mr. Partridge sees Lisbeth driving off with one of her admirers.
'Mr. Partridge's first thought was purely instinctive. Because he acted on it, it was to have far-reaching effect, it was to turn the course of several lives; but it was based neither on reason nor even on common sense.
"Can't have that," thought Mr. Partridge.
For all he knew Miss Campion and Mr. Lambert were simply going for a run along the cliff. If he had stopped to consider, some such innocent explanation would at once have presented itself. But he did not stop. The car had almost drawn clear. Its rumble, open to accommodate an up-ended suitcase, was already all of it that Mr. Partridge could see. He had no time to consider, he had time only to jump forward and grip and scramble over the smooth side. He had certainly no time to settle himself. The car, leaping from first to second gear, did all the settling for him.
It wasn't going along the cliff. It was going to London …'
In London – in Trafalgar Square, to be exact – Mr Partridge discovered that there was much more to Lisbeth than met the eye. She had a loyal heart, a quiet determination, and a wonderful ability to mislead and misdirect people without actually telling lies.
She had come to London to meet her younger brother Ronny, who was as charming and attractive as his sister, and who she had been told by her aunts to forget. He was just out of prison after getting caught up in a cocaine-trafficking scandal, and his sister had decided to get him back on his feet again so that she could introduce him to her fiancé on his return.
The trio set up house together at Harlequin House.
Mr Partridge finds a job that is much more to his liking than that of small-town librarian, and Lisbeth finds a job that suits her just as well.
'Under Victoria the Good, even under Edward the Peacemaker, it would have been unthinkable; for in those days there was still an adequate supply of active single women ready to run about and perform extra tasks for the more fortunate married. (Miss Pickering, taking charge of her sister's two children, and being dispatched with Lisabeth to Dormouth Bay, was a good example.) But since then times had changed: the ranks of these useful creatures had been thinned: some had entered the professions, some preferred to work for (and be paid by) strangers, some had simply not been born. Wanted Women stepped into the breach. It would supply, on the shortest notice, a competent gentlewoman to supervise spring-cleaning, take children to school, shew country-cousins the town, meet trains, exercise dogs. The shades of a thousand Victorian aunts must have been constantly wringing their hands at this intrusion of hired help into the family circle; but Wanted Women was prosperous and busy.'
Isn't that wonderful?
The pair work together to find a useful occupation for Ronny, and to get him on a legal and independent footing, but it isn't easy because Ronny is indolent and skilled at sliding through life on charm. Even the two of them – even the admirers that Lisbeth continues to attract – are susceptible.
There are many twists and turns before a lovely finale, when Lisbeth's fiance comes home rather sooner than he was expected.
This book doesn't have the sparkling wit of many of the authors' better-known works, and it has less to say and less plot than those books, but it held me from start to finish. I loved and cared about the characters, I was very taken with its mixture of light and dark, and there are lovely Margery-isms scattered through the pages.
Turns of phrase, details of character, wry observations, little plot details ….
This is Margery Sharp in a minor key.
Not the book to pick up if you haven't read her before, but definitely a book to look out for if you like her style.
My Cousin Justin – or, Turn Ever Northward – by Margaret Barrington (1939)
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This is the Irish Virago Modern Classic that wasn't that I wrote about a few days ago.
I had been reading 'The House on Clewe Street' by Mary Lavin, and I noticed that there was a list of books by other Irish authors. I saw many familiar names and titles, but I also saw an unfamiliar title and the name of an author that I thought – no, I knew – that Virago hadn't published.
'My Cousin Justin' by Margaret Barrington.
I couldn't find out much at all about the author or the book, but I saw reasonable priced copies, and so I decided to take a chance.
When my book arrived, when I started to read, I found that had bought a historical novel set during turbulent years in the early years of the twentieth century.
The Thorauld family made its fortune on spinning mills and built a large, grand, stone house on the north-west coast of Ireland.
"North the land lies in great tongues out into the sea, protected by walls of black basalt, heave, rounded, smooth as a belly. When these bens do not present an even front to the ocean, the sea pours in over rocks and sand-bars, forming long, sandy bays which lie golden and blue under the summer sun, bleak and wind-swept in the winter storms.
At the foot of one of these little bays, sheltered by green hills lay the little village of Glasthule. Beyond the hills stretched the great moors rising gradually to the heights of the Slieve Dhu range. It lay cosy and snug, like an egg in the nest, forty houses or so, squat whitewashed buldings, golden-thatched, the roofs fasten with ropes and weighed down with stones. They surrounded a triangular green on which geese of unknown age and ownership grazed.
At the south corner of the green, near the church, there stood, apart from the other houses, a grey stone building. It was built in the French stly, surrounding a cobbled courtyard, and showed a bare front and shuttered windows to the world …."
It was here, "forgotten and it seemed abandoned" by parents who lived abroad, that cousins Loulie Delahaie and Justin Thorauld grew up. They were educated at home by their grandfather, in a household that was managed by his unmarried daughter. They were set apart from the village children, because they were gentry and because they were different; and so they grew wild and they grew close.
Loulie tells the story, and her account of these childhood years is rich and it is very well told. She catches the atmosphere of the old house, the dynamics of the small family group, the wild bleak landscape, and so many adventures that the cousins share.
The story loses a little when they are parted.
Justin is sent away to school, and then he is sent away to fight in the Great War. He marries in haste, believing that he will not return from the front, and his bride creates a sensation when she appear at his grandfather's house.
Loulie's parents return to Ireland and she is sent to live with them in a very different part of the country. Unhappy there, she escapes to college in Dublin. Then she finds work on a newspaper, she is drawn into the Republican movement, and that brings Egan – a boy from the village who had clashed with Justin – back into her life. He is a Republican too, a gunman on the run from the Black and Tans. She hides him, she falls in love with him, and they marry.
But Loulie finds that she and her husband are as mismatched as Justin and his bride; and that their shared cause was more important to him than it was to her.
The arc of their relationship is caught beautifully.
"I knew full well that Egan was slipping away from me, that I did not possess the wisdom to hold him, and if I did I could not use it. I knew that it would be better to leave him now than to watch him drift away, but I could not. There were times when I wished I could kill him to rid myself of this tyranny of love, yet I knew that not even death would set me free. It was a tyranny born as much in the mind as in the senses. I was caught up like a rabbit in a snare, and I did not know which way to turn."
The human story is always at the forefront, but the bigger history is well explained.
I felt that I knew Loulie well, but I would have liked to have seen a little more of Justin's and Owen's lives and to understand a little better how they became the men they were.
But I understood enough to empathise with Loulie when she thought:
"As I watched my husband and my cousin, I realised for the first time that each was as badly mulilated as if he had lost an arm or leg. What they had lost was more because one could not see it. The scars of war lay on their souls, and old wounds ache."
The story was a little contrived, but the lives and times felt real and true.
Margaret Barrington wrote well, and I am sorry that her first novel was also her last. She might have grown into a very interesting novelist, but she chose life as a journalist, an interpreter and a political activist.
I have no idea why his book didn't become a Virago Modern Classic; but I'm glad that it at least made the 'forthcoming' list and that I found it.
The arc of Loulie's story might not have entirely pleased a feminist publishing house, but I could say that same thing for quite a few books that Virago has published.
And yes, there are weaknesses – contrivances and a lack of depth in parts of the story – but I will remember this books for its strengths.
It gave me a greater understanding of Irish views of those conflicts, without ever lecturing; it wrapped those arguments up in an engaging human drama; and it described the setting of this drama, the place that Louilie and Justin would always think of as home, wonderfully well.


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Electric Vehicle Rapid Chargers
London Borough of Brent
The London Borough of Brent requires a suitably experienced operator to install, deliver, maintain and manage the rapid charging service for electric vehicles in Brent for 5 sites. The sites are 25 Bridge Road, Wembley, 246 Neasden Lane, Neasden, Christchurch Avenue, Kilburn, 29 Station Road, Harlesden, 1-2 Glenmore Parade, Ealing Road, Alperton.
Contract value £850,000 to £1,000,000
Dynamic Purchasing System for Technology Enabled Care Solutions
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
YPO is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Care Technology by YPO's permissible users. The DPS will be used as a mechanism through with Contracting Authorities will procure Care Technology which places a strong emphasis on outcomes for services users and social values of suppliers. The DPS is intended to be access...
Closing 19 October 2022
WSCC Dynamic Purchasing System for Children's Placements and Other Support Services (CPOSS) - Ongoing DPS
SE Shared Services
A pseudo-dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the provision of placements for children from providers of accommodation based services including independent foster and residential care and independent and non-maintained special schools (CPOSS). The DPS will consist of 4 Categories. The Categories and their Sub-Categories are as follows: D...
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Contract value £1,137,714,372 to £1,500,000,000
Publication date 5 November 2018
Open Framework For The Provision Of Public Health Services
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Capital Works and Associated Services Dynamic Purchasing System
Procurement For Housing
Procurement for Housing wish to establish a DPS for the delivery of capital works projects and provision of associated services for PfH Members throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is intended that the DPS will run for an initial period of five years with the option to extend for a further period of up to five years. Th...
Closing 5 August 2023
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Publication date 15 October 2018, last edited 15 October 2018
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Procurement stage Early engagement
Closing 1 November 2022
Subcontractors DPS Civil Engineering and Highway Maintenance
CORNWALL COUNCIL
If you have already submitted a tender for this opportunity, please do not submit in any further Rounds unless you are specifically asked to. Once notified of being successful you will then receive call offs as and when they are requested for the categories applicable to you. This is a restricted procedure being used to procure a DPS for subcontractor support...
DPS Subcontractors Property Responsive Repair and Maintenance
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Publication date 8 October 2018
PS027 Selection Questionnaire to establish a DPS for the Provision of Specialist Consultancy Services
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Closing 7 June 2022
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Publication date 28 September 2018, last edited 28 September 2018
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Closing 29 September 2023
Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System
Ministry of Justice.
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Closing 1 September 2028
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Residential Care Homes Older People
London Borough of Southwark
Long term contract for the provision of residential care services situated within the LB of Southwark for older people
Closing 1 January 2025
Contract value £3,000,000 to £15,000,000
Publication date 7 September 2018
OJEU Notice For Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - Home to School, Special Educational Needs and Vulnerable Adult Passenger Transport Services version 2
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Publication date 7 September 2018, last edited 7 September 2018
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System
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AC0366 Help to Live at Home Alliance
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COV - Monitoring and quality assurance of support given for school improvement services
Coventry - Solihull - Warwickshire
The Council is to operate a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of support received for school improvement, to ensure schools are making good progress in accordance with The Education and Inspections Act 2006, which places a statutory duty on all local authorities in England, in exercising their functions in respect of maintained schools causing...
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Westworks Construction & Development DPS OJEU-2018/S 155-354660
You are invited to apply for a position as a participating supplier (hereinafter "supplier") on the Westworks Construction DPS which is being procured for the benefit of "Collaboration" consortia which is described in more detail below. The questionnaire and supporting documents should be received into the Westworks in-Tend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westworks/aspx/Hom...
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Publication date 14 August 2018
Apprenticeship Training Services - Dynamic Purchasing System
South Gloucestershire Council
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Publication date 8 August 2018
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Plymouth City Council
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Run DMC famously collaborated with Aerosmith to produce 'Walk this Way' back in 1986. This track featured on their album 'Raising Hell', their breakthrough album that achieved triple platinum status. DMC said "By hooking up with Aerosmith, our music brought people together".
Thinking about the current artists in the industry today DMC talked about his new album coming out later this year. "DMC the LP but the DMC doesn't stand for me. It stands for Dynamic Musical Collaborations. Speaking of collaborations; I have a collaboration with Joan Jett, Sammy Hagar, Chuck D of Public Enemy and with Miles Kennedy; one of the greatest voices in rock produced by John Moyer, the bass player from Disturbed. I have a collaboration with Tim Armstrong from Rancid, Rome from sublime and with Justin Furstenfield from Blue October. This albums going to be crazy.".
In over 30 years the genre of Rap and Hip Hop has changed dramatically from the days where Run DMC played a significant part in stapling what the genre was about. "Now it seems that music is this big business, especially Hip Hop that's this big successful commercial entity now and everybody's looking at everything except the thing that makes the thing exist".
Interview – Run DMC performing Isle Wight Festival 2017.
Scouting for Girls - Mainstage at Ilse of Wight Festival.


What could be cuter than the real Totoro? TOTORO CUPCAKES! My mom came up with this "recipe" using techniques from the book What's New, Cupcake? by Karen Tack, and Alan Richardson, as well as some internet inspiration.
Bake cupcakes as usual, cool.
Stick donut holes on toothpicks and stand up on styrofoam. Chill.
Mix frosting with green food coloring and pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
Dust cupcakes with sprinkles or the topping of your choice.
In a microwavable container, mix blue food coloring into some frosting.
Heat in microwave a few seconds, stir, repeat until consistency coats back of spoon.
Remove chilled donut holes and dip into melted frosting, coating completely. Drizzle some on to fill in any missed spots.
Return to styrofoam and chill.
Mix up some black frosting, put it and white frosting into piping bags with small, round tips.
When donut holes have set-up, pipe on belly and eyes with white frosting, and the pupils, belly markings, nose, and whiskers with black.
Stick onto cupcakes with toothpick.
Look at how cute they are and EAT!