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\section{Introduction}

In general position of planar diagrams of knots and links, two strands meet at every crossing. It is known since \cite{Ada13} that any knot and any link has a diagram where, at each of its multiple points in the plane, exactly three strands are allowed to cross (pairwise transversely). Such triple-point diagrams have been studied in several recent papers, such as \cite{Ada13, ACFIPVWZ14, AHP19, JabTro20, Nis19}.
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The triple-crossing number of a knot or a link $L$, denoted $c_3(L)$, is defined analogously to the classical (double-crossing) number as the least number of triple-crossings for any triple-crossing diagram of $L$. There are lower bounds for the triple-crossing number: in terms of double-crossing number $c_3(L)\geq \frac{1}{3}c_2(L)$, and if $L$ is an alternating link then $c_3(L)\geq \frac{1}{2}c_2(L)$ (see \cite{Ada13}); in terms of double-crossing braid index $c_3(L)\geq\beta_2(L)-1$ (where $L$ is an nonsplit link, see \cite{Nis19}).
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There is the known inequality between the genus $g$ of a link $L$, the canonical genus $g_c$ and its double-crossing number, namely $c_2(L)\geq 2\cdot g_c(L)\geq 2\cdot g(L)$. Combining the above-mentioned inequalities, one sees that $c_3(L)\geq \frac{2}{3}\cdot g_c(L)$. We will improve this lower bound as follows (where $r(L)$ is the number of components of the link $L$).

\begin{theorem}\label{t1}
	Let $L$ be a knot or a link. Then $c_3(L)\geq 2\cdot g_c(L)+r(L)-1.$
\end{theorem}

The paper is organized as follows. In Section\;\ref{s2} of this paper we give a lower bound for the triple-crossing number of a given link in terms of the canonical genus (and hence also the genus) of that link. As an application we show in Section\;\ref{s3} that the triple-crossing number of torus $T(p,q)$ knot is equal to $(p-1)(q-1)$ and describe its minimal triple-crossing diagram. In Section\;\ref{s4} we conclude from the bounds the triple-crossing number of additional knots.

\section*{Acknowledgments}

The author would like to thank the anonymous referee who provided useful and detailed comments on a earlier version of the manuscript.

\section{Definitions}\label{s1}

The \emph{projection} of a knot or a link $L\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ is its image under the standard projection $\pi:\mathbb{R}^3\to\mathbb{R}^2$ such that it has only a finite number of self-intersections (one may have to isotope $L$ in other to achieve this), called \emph{multiple points}, and in each multiple point each pair of its strands are transverse.
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If each multiple point of a projection has multiplicity three then we call this projection a \emph{triple-crossing projection}. The \emph{triple-crossing} is a three-strand crossing with the strand labeled $T, M, B$, for top, middle and bottom.
The \emph{triple-crossing diagram} is a triple-crossing projection such that each of its triple points is a triple-crossing (i.e. it has the labelings at each triple-point), such that $\pi^{-1}$ of the strand labeled $T$ (in the neighborhood of that triple point) is on the top of the strand corresponding to the strand labeled $M$, and the latter strand is on the top of the strand corresponding to the strand labeled $B$ (see Figure\;\ref{r01}).

	\begin{figure}[h!t]
		\centering
		\begin{lpic}[]{./figs/LM01(9cm)}

		\end{lpic}
		\caption{A deconstruction/construction of a triple-crossing.}
		\label{r01}
	\end{figure}

The \emph{triple-crossing number} of a knot or link $L$, denoted $c_3(L)$, is the least number of triple-crossings for any triple-crossing diagram of $L$. The classical double-crossing number invariant we will denote by $c_2$. A \emph{minimal triple-crossing diagram} of a knot or link $L$ is a triple-crossing diagrams of $L$ that has exactly $c_3(L)$ triple-crossings.
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A \emph{piecewise natural orientation} (see \cite{AHP19}) on a triple-crossing diagram is an orientation of each component of that link, such that in each crossing the strands are oriented in-out-in-out-in-out, as we encircle the crossing.
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Given any knot or link, one can obtain a \emph{Seifert surface} (i.e. an orientable surface embedded into $\mathbb{R}^3$ whose boundary equals the knot or link) by applying Seifert's algorithm to an oriented double-crossing of its projection. We split the diagram at each crossing and reglue so that the orientations of the resulting strands match. Then each of the disjoint simple closed curves that result is spanned with a disk. Half-twisted bands are attached to the boundaries of the disk at each crossing. We call a surface obtained in this manner a \emph{canonical Seifert surface} for the knot or link.

\section{Canonical genus and triple-crossing number of a knot}\label{s2}

The \emph{canonical genus} of a link $L$, denoted here by $g_c(L)$, is the least genus of any canonical Seifert surface for $L$. The \emph{genus} of a link $L$, denoted by $g(L)$, is the least genus of any Seifert surface for $L$. This definition and Theorem\;\ref{t1} immediately imply the lower bound of the triple-crossing number $c_3$ by replacing $g_c$ with $g$ in the right-hand side of the inequality, since for any link $L$ we have $g_c(L)\geq g(L)$.

	\begin{figure}[h!t]
	\centering

	\begin{lpic}[]{./figs/LM02(13.5cm)}

	\end{lpic}
	\caption{Deconstructing a triple-crossing and performing the resolution.}
	\label{r04}
\end{figure}

\begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem\;\ref{t1}]
	Let $L$ be any (unoriented) knot or link and let $D$ be a minimal triple-crossing diagram of $L$, and let $n$ be the number of the set of triple-crossings of $D$ (denoted $vertices(D)$). The set of edges of $D$, denoted $edges(D)$, contains $3n$ elements. For a planar diagram we know, from Euler characteristic, that the number of elements in $faces(D)$ (consisting of \emph{regions} defined as connected components of the planar complement of $D$) equals $\# faces(D)=2+\# edges-\# vertices=2+3n-n=2n+2$. We can color elements of $faces(D)$ in a checkerboard fashion (see \cite[Lemma 2.1.]{AHP19}). We now pick an orientation of $L$ that corresponds to the piecewise natural orientation of $D$ induced by the checkerboard coloring of regions of $D$, such that the boundary of each white region is oriented clockwise (i.e. the piecewise natural orientation with respect to this checkerboard coloring). Without loss of generality assume that at least half of elements from $faces(D)$ are colored white and are elements of the set $whitefaces(D)$, i.e. $\# whitefaces(D)\geq \frac{1}{2}(2n+2)=n+1.$
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	We now deconstruct every triple-crossing to a three double-crossings in a way such that we (locally) increase the number of white faces by one (see Figure\;\ref{r04} where the white regions are marked by the letter $W$, and the flat crossing can have arbitrary crossing information). This figure covers all cases since, the diagram $D$ has the piecewise natural orientation. In the end we obtain a double-crossing diagram $\overline{D}$ such that $vertices(\overline{D})=3n$, and $\# white faces(\overline{D})\geq (n+1)+n= 2n+1$.
	\par
	We can prove that $\# whitefaces(\overline{D})=\#\text{Seifert-circles}(\overline{D})$. To show this notice that this checkerboard coloring of $\overline{D}$ is induced from a checkerboard coloring of $D$, and that the orientation of $D$ is the piecewise natural one with respect to this checkerboard coloring. The Seifert algorithm performed on $\overline{D}$ gives us a canonical Seifert surface $F$ of genus $\displaystyle g(F)=\frac{1}{2}(2+\#vertices(\overline{D})-\#\text{Seifert-circles}(\overline{D})-r(L))\leq\frac{1}{2}(2+3n-(2n+1)-r(L))=\frac{n-r(L)+1}{2}$,
	 where $r(L)$ is the number of components of $L$.
	 \par
	 Hence, $c_3(L)=n\geq 2\cdot g(F)+r(L)-1\geq 2\cdot g_c(L)+r(L)-1$.
\end{proof}

\section{Torus knots and their minimal triple-crossing diagrams}\label{s3}

Torus knots, denoted $T(p,q)$ for coprime positive integers $p<q$ are known to have their minimal double-crossing diagrams as a closure of the braid word $(\sigma_1\sigma_2\cdots\sigma_{p-1})^q$ (see \cite{Mur91}). In this infinite family of knots, up to now, the triple-crossing number of nontrivial torus knots has been known only for the trefoil and the cinquefoil.

\begin{proposition}
	Let $K$ be a torus $T(p,q)$ knot (for coprime positive integers $p,q$). Then $c_3(K)=(p-1)(q-1)$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
	It is well-known (see \cite{BurZie03}) that the genus of the torus knot $T(p,q)$ equals $g(T(p,q))=\frac{1}{2}(p-1)(q-1)$. From Theorem\;\ref{t1} we have now that $c_3(T(p,q))\geq 2\cdot g_c(T(p,q))\geq 2\cdot g(T(p,q))=(p-1)(q-1)$. To finish the proof it suffices to find a triple-crossing diagram of $T(p,q)$ with $(p-1)(q-1)$ triple-crossings. Assuming $p<q$, we do this by first putting $p-1$ circles covering all double-crossings, one between each neighboring strands of the closure of $(\sigma_1\sigma_2\cdots\sigma_{p-1})^q$ braid word. Then performing the folding operation on each circle (described in \cite{Ada13}), obtaining triple-crossing diagram of $T(p,q)$ knot with $(p-1)q-(p-1)=(p-1)(q-1)$ triple-crossings.
\end{proof}

\begin{remark}
	By analogy, the same statement as in the above proposition holds for the mirror image of those knots and their diagrams.
\end{remark}

The above proposition can be proven at the following level of generality.

\begin{proposition}
Suppose that $K$ is a knot that may be written as the closure of a braid $\beta$ on $p$ strands, such that $\beta \in B_p$ may be written as a word of length $k$ in the standard generators of $B_p$ (in particular this means that $\beta$ is a positive braid). Then we have
$c_3(K) = k - p + 1.$
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
The upper bound on $c_3(K)$ comes from \cite[Theorem 2.2.]{Ada13}, and the lower bound on $c_3(K)$ comes from Theorem\;\ref{t1}, together with the fact that Seifert's algorithm, applied to a $2$-crossing diagram obtained by taking the closure of a positive braid, yields a Seifert surface of minimal genus (see \cite{Cro89}).
\end{proof}

\section{Other knots}\label{s4}

We have the following upper bound on triple-crossing number.

\begin{lemma}[\cite{Ada13}]\label{l2}
	Let $K$ be a nontrivial knot or a nontrivial link. If $K\not=T(2,n)$ for any $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, then $ c_3(K)\leq c_2(K)-2.$
\end{lemma}

\begin{remark}\label{rem:01}

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\end{remark}

\begin{corollary}
	Let $K_1$ and $K_2$ be each either torus knot or a knot from Remark\;\ref{rem:01}. Then $c_3(K_1)+c_3(K_2)=c_3(K_1\#K_2)$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
	From Theorem\;\ref{t1} and the additivity of the genus (in respect to the connected sum $\#$) we have: $c_3(K_1)+c_3(K_2)\geq c_3(K_1\#K_2)\geq 2\cdot g(K_1\#K_2)=2\cdot g(K_1)+2\cdot g(K_2)=c_3(K_1)+c_3(K_2).$
\end{proof}

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Shuttle Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of multi-form-factor solutions such as the world-famous XPC Mini-PC Barebones, will be exhibiting at the world's largest IT trade fair in March. An array of new products and concepts will be showcased there for the first time to a wide audience.
"Our 'We create!' philosophy is based on many years of experience as an innovative developer and manufacturer," says Tom Seiffert, Head of Marketing & PR at Shuttle Computer Handels GmbH. "And our trade fair presence in Hanover will precisely reflect this."
will be able to try out all exhibits directly at the show. Friendly Shuttle staff from sales, technology and marketing will also be on hand to answer any questions.
requests. Multilingual digital CeBIT press kits can also be ordered from there.


Super Beat Ball is a single tap reaction game that will keep you hooked for hours!
Tap to dash forward to avoid the traps.
Control the ball to dash in the middle with get you the most points, but sometimes it's impossible to do so.
SuperBeatBall is a new arcade game where the goal is to get as many points, and to get as far as possible. This game gives you the control of a red ball that is moving from side to side at the bottom of your screen, it will keep moving until you tap the screen to shoot it up in a straight line. Above the ball and where it will go towards when you shoot is one of many arrangements of colorful shapes which move around, blocking all possible paths. Your aim is to get the ball through this puzzle; you have to work with timings to get through it without hitting any of the shapes with the ball. This challenge is made harder as the ball is scrolling from side to side so the shapes may be in the right position, but the ball could be on the wrong side of the screen and when it finally gets in position, the shapes may have moved. This game be very difficult as each time the ball hits the side of the screen (when it is moving from side to side) you lose some points, this can be frustrating and could ruin a good run that you are having. When you get past a level (one lot of shapes) there will be the level number with a circle around it, made up of small circular blobs which when collected, will add to your total points. Overall the gameplay in this game is different, and fun, but can also be quite annoying and frustrating if you are trying to beat a high score or achieve a goal.
The graphics in this game are really clean and aesthetically pleasing. The game is completely 2D, with colors that stand out against each other. The ball that you use is a soft red, with a pale red outline. This contrasts with the white-beige background that reminds me of squared paper, a popular background for cartoony arcade games. The colors used for the obstacle shape arrangements are random for each different run, but all arrangements in the same run appear to have the same color. These go from purples to greens and yellow, I think it is form a selection of colors rather than completely random colors as some wouldnt work with other elements of the game. The animation of the ball shooting up is nice; the ball leaves a pale red trail behind it which fades out as the ball gets to the next level. Overall the graphics in this game are smooth, dramatically changing them would negatively affect the game in my opinion.
The audio in this game is also very simple, there are several funky tune playing the background when you are playing, this is quickly silenced by crashing cymbals if you hit one of the shapes, just to let you know that you have lost. The other sound effects that I have noticed are when you hit the side to lose points, every time you hit the side produces a clapping sound. I think this could be changed to a sound that gets higher or lower in pitch that is relative to their number of points; this would better help the player realise how many points they have and allow them to play differently according to that sound. The audio in this game is good and it suits the rest of the game well.
The controls in this game are very simple, all you have to do to launch the ball is tap on the screen when you desire, this games controls are not so much about being able to do them, but more-so knowing and having the ability to tap when you need to, to get the best possible outcome. Timing is very important in this game as tiny distances will end the game just like that. I will admit that this game is very difficult to master, so it will take a long time to get used to it. All of the different arrangements all have their own, same points where you can get through so learning all of them and the points you can get through will make the game easier to control and to know what to do when.
Gonna have to give this game a go looks interesting.
Sounds a little boring to be honest, never been a big fan of a game you just tap lol.
Sounds good, but the game is terrible & really hard. As soon as you start it's as if you're already on level 100 or something with how difficult it is.


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Ek Tha Tiger (übersetzt: Es war einmal ein Tiger) ist ein Action-Thriller aus dem Jahre 2012. In dem Film führt Kabir Khan Regie und produziert wurde er von Aditya Chopra. Die Hauptrollen spielen Salman Khan und Katrina Kaif, sowie Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth und Gavie Chahal in den Nebenrollen. Der Film war die dritte Zusammenarbeit von Kabir Khan mit Yash Raj Films nach Kabul Express (2006) und New York (2009). Der Film ist der erste Teil des YRF Spy Universe.

Handlung
Avinash Singh Rathore lebt nach außen ein unauffälliges Leben als Regierungsbeamter in Neu-Delhi. Doch er führt ein Doppelleben, unter dem Decknamen "Tiger".
Er ist Indiens Top-Spion und ein Offizier der Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Während einer Mission im Nordirak ist Tiger gezwungen, einen seiner eigenen Männer zu töten, der dem pakistanischen Geheimdienst Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Informationen überbracht hat. Auf seiner Flucht aus dem Irak, tötet Tiger viele ISI-Agenten.
Tiger kehrt nach Indien zurück und berichtet seinem Chef, Shenoy, von den Ereignissen. Er wird sofort auf eine Mission nach Dublin geschickt, um einen Wissenschaftler indischer Herkunft, Professor Anwar Jamaal Kidw zu beobachten, der am Trinity College unterrichtet. Man vermutet, dass er seine Ergebnisse mit der Pakistanverteidigung teilt. Gopi begleitet Tiger auf dieser Mission.
Tiger trifft den Wissenschaftler, aber kann nicht genügend Zeit mit ihm verbringen, für seine Beobachtungen. Stattdessen verbringt er Zeit mit der Haushaltshelferin des Wissenschaftlers, Zoya, die in einer Tanzakademie studiert.
Er versucht sich mit Zoya anzufreunden, um Informationen zu erhalten, aber fängt an, seine menschliche Seite zu entdecken, als er sie besser kennenlernt. Tiger wird angegriffen und in seiner Wohnung ausgeraubt. Der Verdacht liegt auf einer der ISI-Agenten. Gopi warnt Tiger immer wieder, sich nicht in Zoya zu verlieben, aber er tut es trotzdem. Als er gerade Zoya seine Gefühle offenbaren will, entdeckt Tiger, dass Zoya eine ISI-Agentin ist, jedoch weigert er sich, sie zu verraten. Statt Zoya zu töten, lässt er sie gehen.
Einige Zeit später, treffen sich Tiger und Zoya auf einem UN-Außenminister-Treffen in Istanbul. Zoya schickt ihm kryptische Nachrichten. Beide entscheiden sich dazu, alles für ihre Liebe aufzugeben und täuschen ihre jeweiligen Geheimdienste, indem sie ihnen sagen, dass sie nach Kasachstan fahren, in Wahrheit jedoch nach Kuba fliegen.
Einige Jahre später folgen beide Geheimdienste Zoya und Tiger nach Kuba. Dabei wird Zoya von ISI-Agenten geschnappt und gefangen genommen. Tiger trifft Gopi, der für seinen Geheimdienst auf der Suche nach ihm ist. Tiger lügt Gopi an, indem er sagt, dass sowohl er als auch Zoya beabsichtigen, nach Indien zurückzukehren und mit RAW zu kooperieren.
Anstatt jedoch nach Indien zurückzukehren, steigen die beiden in ein anderes Flugzeug und flüchten. Tiger ruft Shenoy an, der ihm sagt, dass RAW beide Spione finden wird. Tiger erzählt Shenoy, dass sie erst zurückkehren, wenn Pakistan und Indien ISI und RAW nicht mehr benötigen.
Zusammen reisen sie durch die Welt, unter anderem Venedig, Kapstadt, Zürich und London, aber keiner der beiden Geheimdienste konnte sie fangen.

Musik
Zunächst unterzeichnete Pritam, um für Ek Tha Tiger zu komponieren, wie es auf dem Plakat des Films geschrieben wurde. Wegen der Zusammenstöße mit Dhoom: 3 entschied sich Pritam dazu, für Yash Raj Films zu komponieren.

Synchronisation
Die deutsche Synchronfassung wurde anlässlich der DVD-Veröffentlichung am 8. Februar 2013 im Auftrag des deutschen Filmlabels Rapid Eye Movies angefertigt.

Weblinks

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Filmtitel 2012
Indischer Film

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Photo by: Davis scores 17 points, No. 24 Houston beats Saint Louis
Jan 27, 2016; Dayton, OH, USA; A general view of the Billikens logo on a Nike warmup shirt prior to the game between the Saint Louis Billikens and the Dayton Flyers at the University of Dayton Arena. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
SLU-BASKETBALL
SLU can't hold first-half lead, fall to St. Bonaventure 66-57
The Bills out-rebounded the Bonnies 41-33, but shot just 39 percent from the field.
Author: Associated Press
Published: 5:04 PM CST March 9, 2019
Updated: 5:04 PM CST March 9, 2019
SAINT BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (AP) — Courtney Stockard scored 20 points and had seven assists, Amadi Ikpeze's left-handed hook in the low post was the go-ahead and St. Bonaventure rallied in the second half to defeat Saint Louis 66-57 on Saturday, locking up fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Kyle Lofton added 14 points and LaDarien Griffin 10 for the Bonnies (16-15, 12-6). Loften was 8 of 12 at the free throw line and Stockard 8 of 12 as St. Bonaventure took advantage of 21 Saint Louis fouls to score 20 points at the line. The Bonnies also scored 15 points off 13 Saint Louis turnovers
Tramaine Isabell Jr. scored 21 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Billikens (19-12, 10-8), who out-rebounded Saint Bonaventure 41-33.
Hasahn French scored 14 points but Saint Louis shot 39 percent from the floor, 21 of 62 and was outscored 44-30 after halftime.


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Витольд Дембицкий (; род. ) — польский актёр театра, кино, радио, телевидения и кабаре.

Биография
Витольд Дембицкий родился в д. Дубно, в Бельском повяте (Подляское воеводство Польши, тогда — во время второй мировой войны — Округ Белосток). Дебютировал в кино в 1964, в театре в 1967 году. Актёрское образование получил в Государственной высшей театральной школе (теперь Театральная академия им. А. Зельверовича) в Варшаве, которую окончил в 1967 году. Актёр театров в Торуне, Варшаве и Познани, выступал также в телевизионном кабаре. С 1970 года выступает в спектаклях «театра телевидения» и «театра Польского радио».

Избранная фильмография
  — Жизнь ещё раз / Życie raz jeszcze
  — Один в городе / Sam pośród miasta
  — Жареные голубки / Pieczone gołąbki
  — Брак по расчёту / Małżeństwo z rozsądku
  — Давай любить сиренки / Kochajmy syrenki
  — Вестерплатте / Westerplatte
  — Привет, капитан / Cześć kapitanie
  — Пейзаж с героем / Pejzaż z bohaterem
  — Агент № 1 / Agent nr 1
  — Нужно убить эту любовь / Trzeba zabić tę miłość
  — Большая любовь Бальзака / Wielka miłość Balzaka (только в 1-й серии)
  — Чёрные тучи / Czarne chmury
  — Самый важный день жизни / Najważniejszy dzień życia (только в 6-й серии)
  — Сколько той жизни / Ile jest życia (только в 12-й серии)
  — Директора / Dyrektorzy (только в 6-й серии)
  — Сохранить город / Ocalić miasto
  — Альтернативы 4 / Alternatywy 4
  — Планета портной / Planeta krawiec
  — Медиум / Medium
  — Предупреждения / Zmiennicy
  — Пан Клякса в космосе / Pan Kleks w kosmosie
  — Пограничье в огне / Pogranicze w ogniu
  — Виновность невиновного, или Когда лучше спать / Coupable d'innocence ou Quand la raison dort
  — Ветер с востока / Vent d'est
 — — Экстрадиция / Ekstradycja
  — Последняя миссия / Ostatnia misja
  — Дамочки / Lejdis
  — Крылатые свиньи / Skrzydlate świnie
  — Чёрный четверг / Czarny czwartek
  — Облава / Obława

Признание
 1999 — Награда за роль — V Всепольский конкурс на постановку современной польской пьесы.
 2004 — Гран-при — 44-е Калишские театральные встречи.

Ссылки
 Актёр на сайте filmpolski.pl
 Актёр на сайте e-teatr.pl
 Фотографии на сайте fototeka.fn.org.pl

Выпускники Театральной академии им. А. Зельверовича


Zakynthos, influenced by the Venetian, the French and the British formed architecture with West European elements. The final form, however, was created after the devastating earthquake of 1953, when the city was rebuilt from the beginning since most of the island was destroyed.
There are several buildings currently housing Public Services with arches, a key feature of pro-earthquake period. There are also some mansions that have survived the earthquake and are of great architectural interest, as they were multiple, having large spaces. The houses at that period were influenced by the mansions and had all the large forefronts.


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Is it Possible to Tighten Up the Loose Skin on My Inner Thighs with Exercise?
When working out, it's common to focus your efforts on areas of the body that seem especially saggy. However, the inner thighs can be a rather troublesome spot, since many exercises don't target these muscles. If you are overweight, loose skin may form in this area, causing your legs to appear anything but svelte. Specific exercises can aid you in your efforts toward tighter thigh skin, but might not remedy the situation completely.
Loose skin on the inner thighs is easy to identify. It appears as droopy patches of skin that hang down from the muscle without tension or tone. The skin may look wrinkly or have cellulite. If you have recently lost a significant amount of weight, the loose skin may be even more pronounced.
Before you can even think about using exercise to tighten up the loose skin on your thighs, you need to understand why it showed up in the first place. Being overweight or obese is a primary cause of extra skin. As your weight increases, your skin expands to include the added fat. While losing weight is a step in the right direction to remedying this problem, the more weight that you lose, the more excess skin you'll have, according to the National Institutes of Health. The skin on your thighs will loosen and sag if you aren't very physically active, and sagging skin is a visible part of the aging process.
You can tighten up loose thigh skin with exercise, though it requires doing the right exercises to get the results you want. Running can help tone your thighs, burn calories and encourage weight loss. Standing leg lifts with a turned-out foot crossing in front of the body, standing side lunges and squats are also effective at toning the underlying muscles of your inner thighs. Pilates exercises such as the side split on a reformer will also work your inside thighs, according to the IDEA Health and Fitness Association.
Though exercise is beneficial in toning and tightening loose inner thigh skin, it's not a cure. In some cases, exercise just won't achieve the results you want. For instance, if you recently underwent weight loss surgery and dropped several pounds very quickly, the skin likely became loose just as quickly. This sort of shock to the skin can't be entirely remedied with exercise. Likewise, if you have lived a rather sedentary lifestyle and the skin has been loose for quite some time, it probably won't shrink very quickly with exercise alone.
If you've been sedentary, consult with your doctor before beginning any exercise program. You're doctor can help you determine the type of exercise that is best for you.
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A new release of Design Room ONE is available for download starting from today. In this release we have worked on documenting the steps necessary for setting up a scheme where RSAD models can be automatically exported to Design Room ONE as soon as they are changed and committed to an SCM system, such as Git. This makes it very easy to always have an up-to-date version of your models available on the web. Read the full article to learn all the details on how to perform the set-up. We have also recorded two videos on this topic: Automatic Export - Setup and Automatic Export - Usage.
The latter can now be done by selecting all the diagrams to open, then right click on one of them, and perform the new command "Open" in the context menu.
In addition to new features, Design Room ONE 2018.09 also contains many smaller improvements and bug fixes. As always, your feedback is most welcome. We plan to deliver the next release of Design Room ONE just after the IBM Think conference in Las Vegas (around March 26).


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In der Liste der Stolpersteine in Meerane werden die vorhandenen Gedenksteine aufgeführt, die im Rahmen des Projektes Stolpersteine des Künstlers Gunter Demnig bisher in Meerane verlegt worden sind. Nach derzeitigem Erkenntnisstand geht die Stadt Meerane heute davon aus, dass insgesamt 33 Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Stadt Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Lebensvernichtung waren.

Verlegte Stolpersteine
In Meerane wurden bis 2021 an neun Standorten zehn Stolpersteine verlegt.

Verlegedaten

 27. Januar 2009: Crotenlaider Straße 57
 2. April 2011: August-Bebel-Straße 51 und 63
 7. November 2013: August-Bebel-Straße 53
 27. Januar 2021: Böhmerstraße 24, Innere Crimmitschauer Straße 12, Kantstraße 34, Karlstraße 23, Philippstraße 52

Weblinks

 Website des Künstlers Gunter Demnig

Einzelnachweise

Stolpersteine
Meerane


Encres DUBUIT will be present at the Mumbai Media Expo in February 2019.
The 2019 edition of Media Expo Mumbai will be held in Hall 3 at the Mumbai Exhibition Center.
A visit to our stand will and you'll discover our digital UV solutions: standard range (Flexible and very flexible inks) as well as special digital products.


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Methodical Improv
Nur Kausar June 19th, 2014
Photos by Rik Keller
East-meets-jazz improvisational trio Swimming in Bengal releases new album
Eyes peripherally on each other, ears perked, a trio starts a meditative tune with the strumming of what sounds like a sitar but is actually Jed Brewer's guitar, specially constructed to mimic the eastern instrument's twang.
Brewer is accompanied by the methodical drumming of Alex Jenkins' tabla and either a sharp interruption of saxophone or a deep rumble from a standup bass, both played by Tony Passarell, adding a jazz element to the improvisational piece.
Pieces are a more accurate description than songs for what makes up Swimming in Bengal's Volume 1 album. Don't expect to ever hear the three tracks played live. In total improv fashion, the trio plays whatever it feels, when it can, where it can, without notes.
"Sacramento is historically a music/jazz/improv city," says Jenkins. "We have a deep and rich history of improv that dates back to the 1930s. You can find jazz/improv music every night of the week in Sacramento."
Chances are, wherever you find that improv, you'll find Jenkins or Passarell too—and less frequently but just as passionately, Brewer—as all three play in multiple bands, ensembles and jam sessions throughout the city, in churches, cafes, bars, music fests and local art galleries.
Jenkins has been playing drums for more than 25 years and tabla for 12 years. He took two long music study trips to India and attended the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California, for five years.
He now teaches "everything drums" and has been a full-time musician since 2003 (often with Passarell) in The Alex Jenkins Trio, The Nada Brahma Music Ensemble, Ross Hammond, Inertia, The Alex Jenkins Sound Immersion and other bands, almost all part of the improv scene.
In 2005, he won a Sacramento Music Award for his work on the self-titled Daisy Spot record release, and another in 2008 for his work with the Ross Hammond Trio.
"It's better than 90 percent of the crap out there," Jenkins says about why he loves and plays improvisational music.
For Passarell, the love comes from his musical interests and influences. These include Carnatic jazz, a fusion of Indian Carnatic music with American jazz that both utilize improv; jazz pianist Vijay Iyer; and Steve Coleman and his concept of M-Base, an idea of creating music that relies on improv and has "a very angular and snake charm-y" sound, according to Passarell.
He named several musicians across the country who have mashed eastern sounds with modern jazz, so that's what Passarell was hoping to do when he first came across Brewer.
"A few years ago, my wife was teaching at a school and Jed was teaching at the same school (he teaches second grade) and we had a ton of mutual musician friends but had never met somehow," Passarell says. "He said he had gotten this special gourd/sitar/guitar and I had heard his band San Kazakgascar that has a similar sound I was looking for. I knew Alex Jenkins for years so I introduced those guys and it was just one of those things where we got in a room and started playing together and it sounded good."
Out of this initial session came Swimming in Bengal, for now an experimental collaboration with no specific musical direction.
"All bands are whatever the musicians bring to them stylistically," Passarell says. "Because Alex and I are full-blown improvisers, we start at zero and end at zero. You're using whatever chops you have and whatever you can bring to the table to hook people. It's already a huge part of Indian music, like Ravi Shankar. He was often improvising."
Passarell has been part of the music scene since the early '70s, starting with jazz but moving into early punk in the Bay Area and Northern California where he grew up.
"My first band that people actually liked was Hunting Game. We used to tour around, had a record, got some airplay, so I kind of got away from jazz in the '80s and then went back in late '80s. I never stopped listening to it, though."
Brewer, meanwhile, grew up playing guitar and has been part of several bands in Sacramento since the early '90s, even starting a co-op record label, Lather Records, to release his and friends' music. It's a low-profile operation, he says, with no recording studio and bands paying for their releases; but with faster and easier ways of sharing music online, the bands have grown their local following easily through the small label.
Brewer's band San Kazakgascar also has a quasi-Middle Eastern and Indian-inspired sound, something that appealed to Passarell. The differences for Brewer, however, took some time to get used to—where San Kazakgascar is loud, lyrical and structured, Swimming in Bengal is not any of those things.
"It was challenging for me at first, but I'm getting more used to it," he says of improvising. "We're not doing anything authentic, just approximating those sounds and doing our take on it. [Jenkins and Passarell] come from a jazz background and I come from a more underground rock background. Sometimes we'll do a show and I won't have seen Alex for months and we'll meet up and say hi and we'll just start playing."
Swimming in Bengal's upcoming appearance is at the Davis Music Festival, a place dear to Brewer, as a UC Davis alum and former employee at the Davis-based community radio station KDVS.
"When I was a teenager, I really liked thrash metal so I wanted to play that and then I started finding out about other music when I went to school at Davis and worked at the radio station," he says. "Even years after I worked there, a lot of great DJs have turned me on to music that influences what I play now. They really opened up my eyes to the weirdo music that's out there compared to all commercial stuff."
His favorite bands and influences include Sonic Youth, Metallica, Camper van Beethoven and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.
As for Indian music, Brewer never grew up listening to it, but it's always affected him.
"It's minor sounding, and I like the chromatic nature of it too," he says. "Something about the scales and melodies has always really attracted me. There are rock bands that have a little of that in it."
The trance-like droning music that comes out of Brewer's guitar suits the style perfectly, though not everyone may have an ear for it.
"We are pretty straight with the shows—sometimes we're sitting, sometimes we're standing," he says. "You have to really like the music. It's not really a show-show. You won't see us jumping around. People with ears more geared toward instrumental like it, so it's a small group but enthusiastic."
Passarell separately adds that an audience hasn't really been built for what Swimming in Bengal plays, but events like the Davis Jazz Festival have been embracing of their style.
"A lot of it is just exposing people to stuff and seeing how they react to it," he says, adding that this is much easier to do than it was 30 years ago. "That's a big difference between the '70s, '80s and now, being able to produce and promote your own stuff, it's a totally different world. You could barely afford to do anything back then. It was a lot of money. That stuff's coming around, for bad musicians and good ones. It's kind of great though because people can decide if your stuff is good or bad."
With the current Swimming in Bengal album out with Lather Records, and another on the way in a few months, listeners can decide for themselves whether the improvisational East meets jazz sound is right for them. Check out Sanskazakgascarsolo.bandcamp.com to order the CD or download the album. You can see the band live as part of the Davis Music Festival on June 22, 2014. The festival will feature 54 bands playing in 11 venues from June 20–22. For more info, go to Facebook.com/davismusicfest.
Nur Kausar
Born in Pakistan. Raised in Las Vegas. Settled in Sacramento. Muslim American Feminist. Housing California staffer. Submerge Mag freelancer.


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Lowell is located conveniently between two major airports: Boston's Logan Airport and the Manchester, NH Airport.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell is located approximately 25 miles northwest of Boston, and is easily accessible from Routes 3, 93, 95 and 495.
Take Exit 35C to the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.
Follow Rte 93 North or South to Rte 495 South to Exit 35C, the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.
Take Exit 30B to the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.
Follow Rte 95/128 North or South to the Burlington area and take Rte 3 North to Exit 30B, the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.
Exit Logan Airport and follow signs for Rte 1A South towards Interstate 93/Sumner Tunnel/Boston. Go through the toll booth and continue on through the Sumner Tunnel. Stay left upon exiting the tunnel and merge onto I-93 North. Continue on I-93 and exit onto Rte 95/128 South (Exit 37B) towards Waltham. Follow Rte 95/128 North or South to the Burlington area and take Rte 3 North (Exit 32A) to Exit 30B, the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.
Take right onto Brown Avenue straight through three sets of lights. After 3rd light, take left onto Rte I-293. On I-293 head toward Bedford. Take the Everett Turnpike South, which becomes Rte 3 South once you cross the state border into MA. Follow Rte 3 South to Exit 30B, the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take Exit 3, Industrial Ave. Bear right off the exit ramp, onto Industrial Avenue. You will pass through a rotary, but continue straight on Industrial Avenue, up an incline to your first set of lights. Go straight through the lights onto Stevens St. Follow Stevens St. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn right onto Middlesex St. Take the first left onto Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus is ahead on your left. For UMass Lowell's North Campus, continue straight to the end of Wilder St. Turn right onto Pawtucket St. and then take the 2nd left (just past the hospital and nursing home) over the University Avenue Bridge. Southwick Hall is the first large yellow brick building on the right. For visitor parking, take a right just after Southwick Hall into the Cumnock Hall parking lot. Current UML students should park in the designated student parking lots.


Distance from Jaisalmer to Bangalore is 1,694 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 1,053 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Jaisalmer and Bangalore is 1,694 km= 1,053 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Jaisalmer to Bangalore, It takes 1.88 hours to arrive.
Jaisalmer is located in India.


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KULISAA looking beyond fellowship, reunions in Canada
The Canadian chapter of the Karachi University Library and Information Science Alumni Association (KULISAA), during their recent reunions, seems to have developed a consensus to look beyond fellowship and get-togethers.
"Let me remind you that last year, in our annual reunion, we had agreed that we should be lot more than just renewing our friendship and exchanging pleasantries. Since an association has now come into being it's time to fulfill our obligations to it. Let's get on with it and starting doing creative things from this platform of ours," Mohammad Khurshid Alam was quoted as saying in his welcome address during the recent KULISAA meeting held in Toronto.
"As agreed let's now get ready for bringing out an electronic newsletter of KULISAA, which will be initially produced on quarterly basis by the editorial team of Munir-ul-Haq Shahid, Dr Hafiz Mohammad Khalid and Nighat Qadeer. At a later stage we can change the frequency of the newsletter which will serve as our professional organ," he remarked.
Khurshid Alam reminded the gathering of about 350 alumni that the technology has made life much more convenient than in the past and the latest means of communication have made the job of word processing, imaging and page-making very quickly indeed.
The KULISAA members were urged to contribute by means of sharing their thoughts and experienced related to the field of librarianship on a regular basis and transmitting the same to the newsletter editors via e-mail.
Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, a former Chairman of the Library & Information Science Department of the University of Karachi, was recognized during the gathering and his initiatives were lauded by the KULISAA office-bearers.
Labels: Karachi University Library and Information Science Alumni Association, KULISAA, Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari
PLISJ maintains its punctuality
The October-December 2013 issue (Volume 44, Number 4) of the Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), a quarterly publication of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), Karachi, has arrived during the stipulated time to maintain its years long tradition of punctuality.
Like the preceding issue, the latest one also contains four-colour pictures of the editors as well as the contributors. The LPB President, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, who is also the Chief Editor of the PLISJ, has written on various issues in his thought-provoking editorial.
He has lavished the Pakistan Library Association (PLA) with praise for having achieved the approval of the College Librarians Service Structure in the Punjab where the provincial government had issued the long awaited notification required for the implementation of proposed service structure BS-17 to BS-20 for the college librarians.
The tour of the Chief Editor to the USA and Canada has been covered. The reports and photographs of the get-togethers of the Karachi University Library & Information Science Alumni Association (KULISAA) in Toronto have been published prominently.
Quite a few research articles have been published in the latest issue of PLISJ as well which include LIS Marketing Approach in Libraries: A selected Literature Review (Prof Dr Kanwal Ameen and Saira Hanif), Challenges for PLA in the development of profession: A survey (Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti and Shakeel Ahmed Khan) and LIS Research: A bibliometric study of library philosophy and practice 2006-2012 (Haroon Idrees and Mohammad Anwar) besides Atiya Shahid's detailed article on Karachi Public Library System.
The Urdu section is equally informative with Prof Dr Nasim Fatima contributing the fourth part of her series of private libraries while Dr Nasreen Shagufta, Editor of the section, has done a detailed interview of Fozia Bano, the young librarian of the Federal Urdu University, Karachi.
Labels: KULISAA, Library Promotion Bureau, Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal, Pakistan News and Features Services, PLISJ, PNFS, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari
KMC Administrator directs revival of low cost housing scheme
The Administrator of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Engr Rauf Akhtar Farooqui, has directed the Public Housing Department to commence low cost housing schemes in the city to facilitate the people who could not afford a house in commercial projects to get residential space for their families.
He has pointed out that no project in Karachi has been made on government level for people having low income after 1998 whereas capacity for much work was available in this sector and planning in this regard should be made on preferential basis.
He said that the defunct KDA has had the services of experienced and expert officers in this sector and nine divisions existed in housing sector in Engineering Department therefore location in this regard should be reviewed and feasibility report be prepared as soon as possible so that low cost housing project could be started for citizens.
He directed Financial Advisor that initial funds for feasibility and engineering should be arranged so that no financial hindrance could occur during construction works.
Engr Rauf Farooqui emphasized that the cost of project and total amount should be less than commercial projects being constructed in the city however no compromise should be made on quality standard in construction works and such planning should be made that people having low income could easily get their personal home in housing project and all necessary facilities including utility services should be available there.
He stated that the old residential problem of the citizens could be resolved by providing them with low cost and excellent residence which would improve life standard of common people and city infrastructure would also be built according to master plan.
Labels: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, KMC, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Rauf Akhtar Farooqui
Polio must be stopped in Pakistan
By Deepak Kapur & Aziz Memon
As the new year dawns, our respective neighboring states, India and Pakistan, both are in the news because of their efforts to eradicate the crippling childhood virus, poliomyelitis but due to completely opposite circumstances.
India, once projected by many experts to linger as polio's last stronghold, now has every hope of marking its third full year with no new cases on January 12. Once that milestone is reached, it will set the stage for a national celebration a month or so later, when the World Health Organization is expected to certify WHO's entire South-East Asia Region to be polio-free.
Unfortunately, the anti-polio campaign in Pakistan, which is in a different WHO region, is garnering international coverage for the wrong reasons as more than 30 health workers or their security escorts have been killed trying to reach children with the oral polio vaccine.
The escalation of violence keeps the Pakistani children at risk of contracting this incurable, disabling – but completely vaccine-preventable – disease. As of this writing, Pakistan had recorded 75 new cases of polio this year, up from 58 for all of 2012. Most of the infected children live within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, notably North and South Waziristan, where the vaccination activities were banned.
And the concern now is that the virus will spread back to other areas of Pakistan where it had previously been stopped, as well as to other countries.
Indeed, this is happening right now in several previously polio-free countries, such as Syria, where WHO has determined through genetic sequencing that a recent outbreak was caused by a polio strain originating in Pakistan.
The spread of polio in Pakistan also poses a threat to neighboring India's hard-earned success, which is exactly why anyone entering India from Pakistan after January 30 will be required to show proof of vaccination.
It is clear that remaining three polio-endemic countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria – especially the latter two – constitute the reservoir where this opportunistic virus thrives and from which it can spread. As of mid-December, new polio cases in non-endemic countries in 2013 outnumbered the cases in the endemic countries 224 to 136.
At stake is the incredible progress achieved by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, launched in 1988 by Rotary International, WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and now also supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Since 1988, the world has spent more than $10 billion on polio eradication, and the return on that investment has been a reduction in polio cases of more than 99 percent, from about 350,000 cases a year to only 223 in 2012, the lowest annual total ever. If we don't finish the job and stop polio in the endemic countries, we risk losing all of the ground we've gained and jeopardizing the health and lives of millions of children.
The outbreaks in the non-endemic countries this year are proof positive that the risk is real. Fortunately, India's success in stopping the transmission of polio provides practical lessons already being put to use in Pakistan. India's 116,000 Rotary clubs members contributed immensely to the nation's effort against polio, especially in raising awareness and maximizing public participation in national polio immunization days, which reach more than 172 million children under the age of five years.
This included engaging and working closely with Islamic leaders, ulemmas, and scholars in the predominantly Muslim communities of northern India to obtain their support to help quell any parental misconceptions or misgivings about the vaccination program.
The eradication volunteers among Pakistan's 3,500 Rotary members likewise are working hand-in-glove with local leaders to secure their buy-in. As a way to avoid entering communities where the risk is deemed too high for vaccination teams, Rotary has set up mobile health clinics at key transit points, such as toll plazas and military checkpoints near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, enabling thousands of children to receive the vaccine as families enter and exit the country.
Rotary also established permanent immunization centers to improve routine vaccination and organized health camps in high-risk districts, an approach that proved effective in India. Rotary also recently provided 5,000 copies of a "speaking" story book about polio vaccination – with audio in the Urdu and Pushto languages-as an advocacy tool for social mobilizers/health workers at Pakistan's Rotary Resource Centers.
It is through persistence, perseverance, and patience that the war against polio will be won in Pakistan. India proved polio can be beaten under the most challenging conditions.
But it was not easy, and it clearly will not be easy in Pakistan. We must find a way to end the violence. We must reach every last child with the polio vaccine in Pakistan and in the other endemic countries and we will.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative's commitment to the world's children demands no less.
**Deepak Kapur chairs Rotary's National PolioPlus Committee for India and Aziz Memon chairs Rotary's National PolioPlus Committee for Pakistan.
Labels: Aziz Memon, Deepak Kapur, Eradication of Polio, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Rotary International, World Health Organization
SSUET's orientation on January 16
The admission process, having started a couple of months back at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, is continuing with the orientation ceremony planned to be held on January 16, 2014.
The admission test was held on November 24, 2013 and results of admission seekers were announced on December 13 and the admission letters were sent to the successful candidates soon afterwards.
There had been very good response for admission in three newly introduced disciplines of Architecture, Software Engineering and Bio-Informatics. The University has already appointed faculties for the new programs and according to a market survey there is high demand for those passing out from these fields.
Earlier, the University's Board of Governors had approved the introduction of these three new programs in view of their high market value.
In view of introduction of new technologies and ever increasing number of admission seekers in the existing disciplines of Computer, Electronics, Civil, Telecommunication, Bio-Medical Engineering and Computer science, the university has already undertaken an expansion project whereby construction of a new block is going on speedily. Upon completion, the new block will provide increased space for class rooms and laboratories.
Labels: Abdul Qadir Qureshi, Admission 2014, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, SSUET
Dr Nasreen Shagufta's Darakhshan Sitaray to be launched upon author's return
Dr Nasreen Shagufta's first-ever book 'Darakhshan Sitaray' having seen the light of the day last month is set to be launched with great fanfare upon the author's return from the United States of America (USA)in the middle of February.
'Darakhshan Sitaray' is a unique book in which the leading 30 women library scientists of Pakistan have been profiled and interviewed in an orderly fashion. The book has been published under the auspices of the Library Promotion Bureau (LBP) which has been enthusiastically engaged in scholastic activities for nearly five decades now.
Dr Nasreen Shagufta has put together the accomplishments of the eminent library scientists of the country like Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, Prof Dr Kanwal Amin, Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti and Prof Dr Rafia Shaikh who are considered role models for the emerging librarians.
She has been a prolific writer, having contributed regularly in library journals and other publications over the years. She has now made her debut as author with the publication of 'Darakhshan Sitaray' which has already earned accolades from fellow professionals.
Dr Nasreen Shagufta, prior to taking up the challenge of authoring the book, taught library science at the college level for a number of years. She is one of the editors of the Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ) besides being a Vice President of the Bazm-e-Akram, a forum formed by the students of Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari. She is also a member of the editorial board of Bazm-e-Akram's annual publication Adab-o-Kutub Khana whose fifth edition was published recently.
Labels: Bazm-e-Akram, Darakhshan Sitaray, Dr Nasreen Shagufta, Library Promotion Bureau, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Prof Dr Nasim Fatima
US Aligarhian visits SSUET
"The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, is an institution on which, anyone having an admiration and love with the great reformer and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, can feel pride for its being the fruit of Sir Syed's educational endeavours."
This was observed by Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr Jawaid H. Rizvi while speaking at a reception hosted by the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) in the honour of Dr Shaheer Khan, the visiting Aligarhian and a noted member of Aligarh Muslim University Alumni, Northern California.
Dr Jawaid Rizvi welcomed Dr Shaheer Khan and appreciated his services for the cause of the Aligarhians at the international level.
In his remarks on the occasion, Dr Shaheer highlighted the establishment of the Aligarh Muslim University Alumni USA. He informed that its foundation was laid in the 1970s and now it has chapters in about 15 states which are playing an important role towards promotion of cause of education and Aligarh culture.
He further disclosed that a directory of Alumni members has also been prepared containing names and addresses of some 25,000 members from 102 countries of the world.
According to him quite a few websites have been developed and uploaded on the internet in relation to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Muslim University which contain enormous information about the Aligarh Movement which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan.
He paid rich tributes to the late SSUET Chancellor, Engr Z A Nizami, and the late General Secretary AMUOBA, Engr Mohammed Zakir Ali Khan, for the cause of promotion of the Aligarh Movement.
Appreciating the services of Dr Shaheer Khan in relation to the cause of Aligarhians, the AMUOBA's General Secretary, Mukhtar Ahmed Naqvi, described the establishment of the Sir Syed University as a great achievement of the Alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University and this exemplary feat was being eulogized the world over.
He suggested that a campaign be launched in the US for Endowment Fund of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology.
Labels: Abdul Qadir Qureshi, Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association, AMUOBA, Dr Shaheer Khan, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, SSUET
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima determined to take Bazm-e-Akram to higher level
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, one of the living legends in the field of Library & Information Science, aims to take the Bazm-e-Akram, a forum of library scientists, to higher level.
Having served as the Chairperson of the Library & Information Science department of University of Karachi until 2004 before taking up the assignment of the Principal Research Investigator at the Sindh Archives, she has been working with missionary zeal to boost the forum which was founded in 1976.
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, holding the distinction of being the first lady lecturer to be appointed in the Library & Information Science department of University of Karachi besides being the first lady to earn the doctorate degree in her field from any university of Pakistan, desires to transform the Bazm-e-Akram into a proactive body in line of the philosophy of their mentor Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari.
She has already proved the point in the fifth edition of Adab-o-Kutub Khana, the flagship publication of Bazm-e-Akram, in which contributions were different corners of the world have been published.
The livewire of the Karachi-based forum, Prof Dr Nasim Fatima is also the Chief Editor of Adab-o-Kutub Khana which now has a couple of new editors in Mian Mohammad Saeed and Tauqeer Taqi.
Like its previous editions, Adab-o-Kutub Khana 5 is rich in content and it has the contributions from library professionals as well as renowned literary figures of Pakistan alongwith a couple of articles from abroad.
Having earned numerous awards in her career, as she has authored and co-authored more than 30 books, the majority of whom are classified as worthy reference books all over the world., Prof Dr Nasim Fatima has already started preparations for the sixth edition of the annual journal due to be published next year.
Labels: Adab-o-Kutub Khana, Bazm-e-Akram, Pakistan News and Features Services, PNFS, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Prof Dr Nasim Fatima
Worthy students celebrate Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari's birthday
Glowing tributes were paid to the legendary Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Founder President, Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), Karachi, and Founder Chief Editor, Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), on the occasion of his birthday celebrations held at the Liaquat Memorial Library, Karachi.
The ceremony was organized by the worthy students of the great library scientist, having assembled under the banner of the Bazm-e-Akram which came into being in 1976, with Mr Adil Usmani being the Founder President. It has become a proactive literary organization of the library professionals.
"We celebrated the birthday of our beloved teacher with great enthusiasm in the presence of the majority of the members of the Bazm-e-Akram and we prayed for the health and long life of Doctor Sahib," Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, the Honorary Chairperson of the forum, disclosed.
"His accomplishments are a source of inspiration for all of us and we derive motivation by his continued guidance and support. To us he has been the pillar on whom the field of Library & Information Science has rested for a number of decades. May Allah Grant him long life and may he continue delivering with the same intensity all his life," she prayed.
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, having served the as the Chairperson of the Department of Library & Information Science at the University of Karachi, revealed that the Bazm-e-Akram, which has recently brought out fifth edition of its flagship publication Adab-o-Kutub Khana, has the plans to expand its activities.
Meanwhile, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, a legendary scholar and one of the pioneers of the profession of Library & Information Science in Pakistan, has continued working hard unabated for the cause even after having relocated to the United States of America (USA) a few years ago.
He has made a point to continue all the projects he had initiated which brings him to Pakistan regularly. He has lost none of his passion for scholastic activities and remains a perfect role model for the LIS professionals.
He has had a meritorious record of academic and professional career and qualifications. He earned the scholastic degrees of MLIS from the University of Michigan, USA, MA in Economics from the University of Karachi and PhD from Century University, USA. He served as Reference and Readers Advisor at the US Information Centre, Karachi, before joining the University of Karachi as an Assistant Professor where he became the Chairman of the LIS department.
He also worked at the Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari founded the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB) in 1966 to produce professional literature in LIS. He launched the Pakistan Library Bulltein in 1968 which was later renamed as the Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal which remains a premier quarterly journal of the country. Besides authoring a large number of books he is credited to have compiled the famous Pakistan Book Trade Directory in 1966.
Labels: Bazm-e-Akram, Library Promotion Bureau, Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal, Pakistan News and Features Services, PLISJ, PNFS, Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Prof Dr Nasim Fatima
Benetton's new outlet dazzles at Park Towers
The Kings Group, having pioneered the concept of franchise business in Karachi by bringing in the United Colours of Benetton more than three decades ago, opened an outlet of the famous global brand in the bustling Park Towers Mall, located in Karachi's posh locality of Clifton.
The presence of Benetton has been hailed as a welcome addition to the list of the high-profile brands which attract shoppers from the various corners of the ever-expanding metropolis.
"Karachi surely gets a little more colourful with the arrival of the United Colours of Benetton at the Park Towers Mall. The Benetton's Autumn Winter is in town now and the season's collection brings together exciting clothes and accessories for men, women and kids," Naheed Memon, Director, Kings Group, remarked during the inauguration ceremony on December 21.
The Sindh Senior Minister for Education, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, who had performed the opening of the first-ever Benetton outlet in the early 1980s, was again the chief guest in the inauguration ceremony of a new premises three decades later.
Speaking briefly on the occasion, he expressed the optimism that the steps taken by the government will help in roping in more foreign investment in Karachi, the commercial capital of the country.
"It's very heartening indeed that the foreign brands have continued coming in and our people have the access to the best in the world. The franchises are playing their role in boosting the economy," the Senior Minister noted.
The Consul General of Italy, Roberto Franceschinis, who was the guest of honour in the ceremony, attended by the elite of the town, was also delighted with the opening of the new outlet.
Aziz Memon, Chairman, Kings Group and one of the most respectable names in the business circles, was excited with the opening of the latest outlet of the Italian franchise in the bustling Park Towers, home to some of the leading brands of the world.
Labels: Aziz Memon, Kings Group, Naheed Memon, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Pakistan News and Features Services, Park Towers Mall, PNFS, Roberto Franceschinis, United Colours of Benetton
Shoaib Adil's efficiency deserves recognition
The Karachi Railway Division authorities have unearthed Rs 0.7 million embezzlement at Mirpurkhas Railway station which led to the arrest senior reservation supervisor.
The supervisor was arrested following a discreet raid conducted by Divisional Commercial Officer (DCO), Shaoib Adil Mughal, who earlier had received a tip of the loss being caused to Pakistan Railway.
According to railway sources, the Mirpurkhas booking supervisor had not deposited the ticket sale amount of Rs 0.7 million and thus caused a revenue loss to the railway.
The sources pointed out that an Inspection Team from Railway Headquarter Lahore had visited Karachi Railway Division on November 22 and 23 and also inspected Mirpurkhas Railway station but did not report this fraud to Karachi Railway division authorities.
Shaoib Adil Mughal, after taking over as DCO on September 9, was credited to have unfolded two frauds of Karachi division inside a couple of months. In year 2012, he was also instrumental in nabbing a gang of retired railway employees who were selling fake railway Paper card tickets in Karachi. A case was registered against them.
On that performance the Railway administration, headed by Anzar Ismail Rizvi, had recommended his name for bonus salary which was awarded to him besides the appreciation certificates. This year, despite unfolded two frauds, he has not been rewarded yet and instead having been recommended for OSD which was quite frustrating and demoralizing for any civil servant who has performed very well during the Mid career Management Course at NIM Karachi which offered him to join NIM and render his services for NIM as Additional Directing Staff.
Since joining in September 2013, he has shifted at least a dozen staff on their irregularities and disciplinary action is underway against them Recently he raided 19 up at Ghadar station and in midnight Khyber Mail 1 up surprisingly from Kot and a STE in 1 up Khyber mail has been caught taking money from a passenger and he caught him on the spot. He also conducted inspection of HDR-MPS section and caught minor irregularities and one major irregularity of a booking clerk at Tando Allah Yay.
Labels: Abdul Qadir Qureshi, Pakistan News and Features Services, Pakistan Railways, PNFS, Shaoib Adil Mughal
SSUET hailed for making fast strides in engineering education
The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, has been progressing at fast pace because of its highest quality of education and best possible facilities available to its students.
This was stated by the President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) and the Chancellor of the SSUET, Engr Mohammed Adil Usman, while addressing the Annual General Body of the AMUOBA held in Karachi.
He described the introduction of three new programmes of Architecture, Software Engineering and Bio Informatics from the 2014 academic session as a living example of the development and success of the university.
He observed that since its inception, the university not only focused on providing best and most modern education but also produced a large number of engineers who have demonstrated their talent and skill not only in Pakistan but world over.
Engr Adil Usman pointed out that a major character of this university is that no student is deprived from acquisition of education merely because of financial constraints but poor and deserving students are financially assisted and during the last academic year about Rs 35 million were given to 1884 boys and girls as scholarship.
He said that the establishment of CISCO Academy at SSUET was an important achievement and besides education in networking, the university has been made a center of online examination.
The Chancellor pointed out that the SSUET was the only university in the private sector where extracurricular activities were fully encouraged and its students won top positions in various important national and provincial events besides sports and which speaks of their talents.
Emphasizing upon making the promotion and pursuation of education mission of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as the AMUOBA's foremost objective he committed not to ignore the element of merit to achieve highest educational standards at the SSUET.
He specially recalled the services of AMUOBA's late President, Engr Z A Nizami and its late Secretary, Mohammed Zakir Ali Khan, and said that foundation stone of a new 8-story academic block at the campus has been laid and the construction work was in full swing.
Earlier the AMUOBA's Secretary Mukhtar Ahmed Naqvi present the Association's Annual report, highlighting the successes made towards the achievement of its objectives. The meeting approved the minutes of the AMUOBA's previous AGM. The Treasurer SSUET, Salman Saleh presented the audited accounts of the Association.
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I love Britax's line of strollers because they are full-featured, stylish and well priced. Now, my go-to recommendation – the B-Agile – is getting an upgrade in the form of the B-Free.
Designed for kids from birth to 65lbs, the B-Free is the perfect option for parents who want a 'one and done' solution.
From birth parents can use the stroller as a travel system by attaching their car seat to the frame. The B-Free comes with an adapter for Britax's B-Safe infant seats but it can also be used with many other popular car seats on the market.
New for Britax, the infant seat can be positioned facing you or facing out. I don't personally recommend this for newborns but you can turn them around as they get older and need a change of scenery.
Also from birth parents can use the seat in the flat-lying positon. The stroller seat comes with a 3 height position adjustable 5-point harness to keep your little one in place and a quilted backing to keep them comfy. The B-Free also has pockets in the seat for your child to keep their snacks or toys close.
The lever on the back allows parents to adjust the seat to any height. The flap over back can be rolled up to move air through the mesh panel on the back of the seat as well.
When we tested the 2016 B-Agile one of the things I wasn't fond of was the footwell. Designed to be more ergonomic, it didn't leave enough of a 'well' for kids to be able to rest their feet comfortably. I am happy Britax chose to add this back in when they were creating the B-Free because it offers kids a better strolling experience. As a bonus, Britax added a hidden pocket underneath for parents to store their phone or extra supplies while out. The B-Free actually comes with 7 pockets which are nice for a long day out traveling or to the park where you need to pack a lot and want to stay organized.
The canopy on the B-Free is the robust, full coverage we have come to expect from Britax. It is now in a stronger winter jacket like material and comes with a peekaboo window with magnetic closures.
On the back of the stroller, there are 3 pockets(1 zip and 2 open) you can use to store additional items.
The handlebar on the B-Free is more reinforced and adjustable for parents of different heights.
On this stroller, Britax uses all-terrain rubber tires so you'll never worry about a flat. The tires are larger than the ones we've seen on the B-Agile so they can handle rougher terrains. I personally like a 3-wheel configuration on a travel stroller because it allows you to maneuver through busier areas easily.
The storage on the B-Free is much bigger than the B-Agile and there are – you guessed it – MORE pockets. Easier to access, there is a spring-loaded bar on the back to allow you load your gear into the back.
Britax has also added mesh up the sides to ensure nothing falls out. The additional pocket is hidden along the back of the storage basket and have zippers to ensure everything stays in place.
When you're ready to store your stroller the fold is a quick two-step process that is easy for anyone to master. Just press the grey button on the side and pull the lever on the seat up and the whole thing folds in half. Flip the handle up before you fold it and the stroller will stand on its own!
A frame lock keeps everything closed during storage.
I love all the upgrade Britax has added to the B-Free. It truly is a great stroller that accomodates all situations. Whether you are a condo dweller who is low on space or a suburban mom who is constantly on-the-go, it conforms to all lifestyles.


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Flash Flood Watch issued
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch, in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, in an area including Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. Heavy rainfall is expected to move through the region through Wednesday evening with general rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches expected. Locally higher rainfall amounts in thunderstorms are likely; thunderstorms may produce rainfall rates of up to 3 inches ...
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch, in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, in an area including Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties.
Heavy rainfall is expected to move through the region through Wednesday evening with general rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches expected. Locally higher rainfall amounts in thunderstorms are likely; thunderstorms may produce rainfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour.
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding, a very dangerous situation. Those in a Watch area should monitor weather forecasts and be prepared to take action should a Flash Flood Warning be issued.
The Warnings/Advisories tab of VillageSoup's Weather link carries current advisories for Midcoast Maine.
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